Talks of interest to Oxford Ethics and Humanities
Talks:

Thursday 20 November 2025

Oxford Digital Festival: Exploring AI in research, education, and administration
Date: 20 November 2025, 9:00 - 10:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Rhodes House, South Parks Road OX1 3RG
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: Digital Transformations, University of Oxford

Scientific Writing: Getting Your Paper Published (in-person)
Date: 20 November 2025, 9:30 - 17:00
Speaker : Dr David Jones (Dr David Jones)
Venue Details: upon booking
Organiser: James Cunning (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Friday 21 November 2025

The Emerging Role of AI in Vascular Surgery
Date: 21 November 2025, 8:00 - 09:00
Speaker : Fabien Lareyre (Antibe Hospital, Nice)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Tarryn Ching (University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences)
Host: Tarryn Ching (University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences)

Using AI to find, analyse, and share information sources
Date: 21 November 2025, 14:00 - 16:30
Speaker s: Helen Bond (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Neil Jefferies (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue: 7-19 Banbury Road, 13 Banbury Road OX2 6NN
Venue Details: Isis room
Organiser: Helen Bond (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 24 November 2025

Rethinking children’s agency in cultural adaptation
Date: 24 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Sheina Lew-Levy (Durham University)
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers: Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford), Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford), Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)

Marie Curie and public histories of science
Date: 24 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker s: Sarah Dry (Oxford), Stéphane van Damme (CNRS/MFO)
Venue Details: Maison Française d'Oxford, 2-10 Norham Rd, Oxford OX2 6SE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 25 November 2025

Applying Nature Based Interventions to Populations with Complex Mental Health Needs
Date: 25 November 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker s: Dr Catriona Mellor (Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust), Dr Kathryn Rowsell (Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Ilina Singh (University of Oxford)

Ethox Seminar - The Significance of Human Interaction in Consent to Research: ASCEND PLUS and Beyond
Date: 25 November 2025, 11:00 - 12:30
Speaker : Professor Mark Sheehan (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lower Ground Seminar Room 0 and on Zoom
Organiser: Aileen Mooney (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

The Environmental Impact of Digital
Date: 25 November 2025, 11:00 - 15:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Weston Library, Broad Street OX1 3BG
Organiser: Centre for Digital Scholarship (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Preschoolers’ social emotional learning in children’s museums
Date: 25 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Dr Jessica Luke (University of Washington)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room E and online
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

The Boundaries of Humanity Reading Group
Date: 25 November 2025, 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker : Reading Group
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Seminar Room 56, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Decoding Democracy: Politics, Data and AI
Date: 25 November 2025, 17:30 - 19:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Jesus College, Turl Street OX1 3DW
Venue Details: Cheng Kar Shun Digital Hub, Jesus College Oxford, Market Street, oxford
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 26 November 2025

Ethics in AI Lunchtime Research Seminar: AI Skills Wanted: Why the Future of Work Needs Great Skills
Date: 26 November 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Fabian Stephany (Oxford Internet Institute)
Venue Details: Schwarzman Centre, room 00.308 ground floor seminar room
Organisers: Graham Bagley (Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford), Jacqueline Wright (Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford)
Hosts: Graham Bagley (Institute for Ethics in AI, Oxford), Jacqueline Wright (Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford)

OxSTAI Seminar - Implementation Challenges of Medical AI: the view from the ground
Date: 26 November 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker s: Dr Alex Novak (RCEM Associate Prof in Emergency Medicine, Director of Emergency Medicine Research Oxford (EMROx), Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Ambulatory Care), Dr Rubeta Matin (Consultant Dermatologist)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar Room 0 - in-person event only
Organisers: Angeliki Kerasidou (University of Oxford), The Ethox Centre
Hosts: TBA

Festival of Global Health screening of Spillover: Planet of Viruses
Date: 26 November 2025, 16:00 - 20:00
Speaker s: Associate Professor Toral Gathani (Oxford Population Health), Professor Miles Carroll (University of Oxford), Michael Wech (Broadview Films), Zoe McDougall (Oxford Nanopore)
Venue Details: This event will take place at the Curzon Cinema, Westgate Centre, Oxford
Organiser: Lulu Phillips (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

Why the Social Sciences Matter - More than ever
Date: 26 November 2025, 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker s: Jonathan Michie (Kellogg College), Marya Besharov (Saïd Business School, University of Oxford), Professor Robin Cohen (Emerotus Professor of Development Studies), Will Hutton (Herford College, University of Oxford ), Professor Iyiola Solanke (Jacques Delors Professor of European Union Law, University of Oxford and Fellow of Somerville College), Professor Gabriel Styliandes (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: The Hub
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 27 November 2025

An introduction to the UK Civil Service and routes from academia into science policy
Date: 27 November 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Dr Helena Dodd (FCDO, UK Government)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lower Ground Seminar Room 1
Organiser: Jane Itzhaki (Training and Career Development Lead)
Host: Jane Itzhaki (Training and Career Development Lead)

Friday 28 November 2025

Brain mechanisms of insomnia and its consequences for mental health
Date: 28 November 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Prof Eus van Someren (Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience)
Venue Details: Stoke House
Organiser: Katarina Jerotic (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Professor Morten Kringelbach (Professor of Neuroscience and Director of Centre for Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing, Linacre College, University of Oxford), Katarina Jerotic (University of Oxford)

The Anti-stigma Principle and Legal Protection from Fattism
Date: 28 November 2025, 15:00 - 16:30
Speaker : Professor Iyiola Solanke (Jacques Delors Professor of European Union Law, University of Oxford and Fellow of Somerville College)
Venue: Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbe's Street OX1 1PT
Venue Details: Uehiro Oxford Institute, suite 9 Lecture room, please press buzzer 1
Organiser: Binesh Hass (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

AI- vs Human-led career guidance, agency, and labour market outcomes in Kenya
Date: 28 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Jasmin Baier (University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room E
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 1 December 2025

A Proposal for Integrating AI into Science and Religion
Date: 1 December 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Dr Lyndon Drake (Faculty of Theology, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Ground Floor (Room 00.079)
Organiser: Ian Ramsey Centre for Science & Religion
Hosts: TBA

Anxious nurses and forgotten patients: psychoanalysing the hospital in mid-century Britain
Date: 1 December 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Grace Whorrall-Campbell (Oxford)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Seminar Room 00.063, Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Controlling Death: Assisted Dying, Radical Life Extension, and the Meaning of (Im)Mortality
Date: 1 December 2025, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker s: William B. Hurlbut (Stanford University, USA), Ann-Marie Shorrocks (University of Oxford), Cristina Voinea (University of Oxford), Dominic Wilkinson (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Cross College, St Giles OX1 3LZ
Organiser: Andrew Moeller
Hosts: TBA

Precision Warfare: AI, Genomic Targeting, and the Future of Biosecurity
Date: 1 December 2025, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker
Organiser: Zachary Turinsky (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 2 December 2025

Cashing in on Network Psychiatry
Date: 2 December 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Dr Giovanni Briganti (University of Mons, Belgium)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Kate Saunders (University of Oxford)

Literature, Film, and the Desirability of Life Extension
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 2 December 2025, 9:30 - 16:30
Speaker : Various Speakers
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Tsuzuki Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Andrew Moeller
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 3 December 2025

PSI seminar: ‘Vaccine Development Evaluation Centre (VDEC): Countermeasure development to licensure in support of pandemic preparedness’ presented by Dr Bassam Hallis
Date: 3 December 2025, 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker : Dr Bassam Hallis (UK Health Security Agency)
Venue Details: Hybrid event. MS Teams or Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine (IDRM), Old Road Campus, University of Oxford.
Organisers: James Hay (Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellow), Ksenia Ananyeva (University of Oxford)
Host: Pandemic Sciences Institute

Lunchtime Lab Talks: Church & Milosevic Groups
Date: 3 December 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Rooms A&B or join on MS Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YTRmNDNhN2QtMjdjYS00MDQ2LTk0ZjEtNmJjNjUwMDBlYmIz%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22faee8eaf-f9bf-478e-9151-5bbfc3b39a0f%22%7d
Organiser: Isabel Schmidt (University of Oxford, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics)
Hosts: Dr Ira Milosevic (University of Oxford), Dr David Church (University of Oxford)

Thursday 4 December 2025

From Greening to Wellbeing: Critical spatial data science for green infrastructure, mental health and wellbeing in the UK
Date: 4 December 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Wenjing (Wendee) Zhang (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Desert Room
Organiser: Dr Avidesh Seenath (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Avidesh Seenath (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 16 December 2025

Can we Predict the Future of Psychiatry?
Date: 16 December 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Professor Benoit Mulsant (University of Toronto)
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Karl Marlowe (Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust)

Monday 26 January 2025

Responsible Research and Innovation
Date: 26 January 2026, 9:30 - 17:00
Speaker s: Sarah Callaghan (Research Practice Group, University of Oxford), Sally Charles (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: upon booking
Organiser: Alison Trinder (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 28 January 2025

Lunchtime Lab Talks: Parks & Bull Groups
Date: 28 January 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Rooms A&B or join on MS Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NjNiMWJhMjktOWI1Yy00NTUyLTg5OGYtMGQ4M2NiYWJiNjQ2%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22faee8eaf-f9bf-478e-9151-5bbfc3b39a0f%22%7d
Organiser: Isabel Schmidt (University of Oxford, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics)
Hosts: Dr Katherine Bull (Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics), Tom Parks (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 11 February 2025

Lunchtime Lab Talks: Mentzer Group (second group TBC)
Date: 11 February 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Rooms A&B or join on MS Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZGY5N2MxNGUtMGNlNy00ZGQ0LTlhNDQtY2M2OGQwMDNkOTY3%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22faee8eaf-f9bf-478e-9151-5bbfc3b39a0f%22%7d
Organiser: Isabel Schmidt (University of Oxford, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics)
Host: Dr Alex Mentzer

Wednesday 25 February 2025

Lunchtime Lab Talks: O'Callaghan & Beagrie Groups
Date: 25 February 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Rooms A&B or join on MS Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NGJlMWYyZDktOWEwNS00YjE0LWFkMjgtNDZjYTI3NTMyYmY4%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22faee8eaf-f9bf-478e-9151-5bbfc3b39a0f%22%7d
Organiser: Isabel Schmidt (University of Oxford, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics)
Hosts: Dr Rob Beagrie (University of Oxford), Prof Chris O'Callaghan (WIMM, HIU)

Wednesday 11 March 2025

Lunchtime Lab Talks: Carroll & Fowler Groups
Date: 11 March 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Rooms A&B or join on MS Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_OTljMjAzMTEtMjkzNi00NWRhLWFhN2MtOGFkNjE0MWVhNjQz%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22faee8eaf-f9bf-478e-9151-5bbfc3b39a0f%22%7d
Organiser: Isabel Schmidt (University of Oxford, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics)
Hosts: Sybille Marchese (University of Oxford), Steph Fowler (University of Oxford), Professor Miles Carroll (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 29 April 2025

Lunchtime Lab Talks: Taylor Group (second group TBC)
Date: 29 April 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue Details: Rooms A&B or join on MS Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NDhhZmIyOTUtMDhlZi00YThjLWJiMGEtZDkyNzQ0MWNhMzEz%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22faee8eaf-f9bf-478e-9151-5bbfc3b39a0f%22%7d
Organiser: Isabel Schmidt (University of Oxford, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics)
Host: Professor Jenny Taylor (Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics)

Wednesday 13 May 2025

Lunchtime Lab Talks: Knight & Milosevic Groups
Date: 13 May 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Rooms A&B or join on MS Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_OWNlOTdjZGMtYjIyYi00ZDE4LWI5MzQtM2Q5NDAxMTZlZGE2%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22faee8eaf-f9bf-478e-9151-5bbfc3b39a0f%22%7d
Organiser: Isabel Schmidt (University of Oxford, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics)
Hosts: Dr Ira Milosevic (University of Oxford), Prof Julian Knight

Wednesday 3 June 2025

Lunchtime Lab Talks: Uhlig & Lang Groups
Date: 3 June 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Rooms A&B or join on MS Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MGE5NWU1MjktZjVmMC00MTU1LTk0NjEtNDRiMjk3YTAzY2Rh%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22faee8eaf-f9bf-478e-9151-5bbfc3b39a0f%22%7d
Organiser: Isabel Schmidt (University of Oxford, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics)
Hosts: Charmaine Lang (University of Oxford), Prof Holm Uhlig (Nuffield Department of Medicine)

Wednesday 24 June 2025

Lunchtime Lab Talks: Mentzer & Beagrie Groups
Date: 24 June 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue Details: Rooms A&B or join on MS Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MDgyOTQ0NDMtZTQxYy00YmNhLWI4ZDgtNDJhMDQ3ZWUyZWZh%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22faee8eaf-f9bf-478e-9151-5bbfc3b39a0f%22%7d
Organiser: Isabel Schmidt (University of Oxford, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics)
Hosts: Dr Rob Beagrie (University of Oxford), Dr Alex Mentzer

This list contains talks from the following series:
2019- Grand Challenges in Science
AfOx insaka - a gathering for sharing ideas and knowledge about Africa-focused research
Annual Uehiro Lectures
Astor Lectureship in Science and Capitalism events
CHG Lunchtime Lab Talks
Covid Conversations
Data Debates: Talking about my generation
Ethox Centre Seminars
Governance of AI Seminar Series
Launch of the Ethics in AI seminar series
Ledingham Lectures
Methods and Work in Progress Seminar in Practical and Medical Ethics
New St Cross Special Ethics Seminar Series
Oral History Seminar
Our Mental Wellness Seminar Series
Oxford Centre for the History of Science Medicine & Technology (OCHSMT) Seminars and Events
Oxford Medical Humanities
Oxford SARS-CoV-2 Lecture Series
Population Health Seminars
Psychiatry Seminars
Psychiatry Seminar Series
Reuters Institute Business and Practice of Journalism seminar
The Conversation Training Series
The Ethics of Exercise During the Covid-19 pandemic – UK perspectives
The SOAS-Oxford Research For Development (R4D) Lunchtime Series
Tropical Medicine Seminars
Uncomfortable Oxford Project
Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities and Ethox Centre