Talks of interest to Oxford Ethics and Humanities
Talks:

Thursday 5 February 2025

Is it acceptable to restrict patients’ welfare for physicians’ profit motive?
Date: 5 February 2026, 10:30 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Julia Koenig (University hospital Heidelberg)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Richard Doll Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Aileen Mooney (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

God and Silicon Valley: The Place of Religion in the Development of Artificial Intelligence
Date: 5 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker s: Professor Andrew Davison (Christ Church, University of Oxford), Dr Bartek Papiez (University of Oxford)
Venue: Reuben College,
Venue Details: Reuben College, Lecture Theatre, Parks Rd, Oxford, OX1 3QP
Organisers: Reuben College, Medical Humanities (Oxford)
Host: TORCH (University of Oxford)

God and Silicon Valley: The Place of Religion in the Development of AI
Date: 5 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker s: Professor Andrew Davison (Christ Church, University of Oxford), Bartek Papiez (Big Data Institute, Oxford)
Venue: Reuben College,
Venue Details: Reuben College (Lecture Theatre)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 6 February 2025

AfOx Insaka
Date: 6 February 2026, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker s: Professor June Bam (University of Johannesburg), Dr. Theofrida J. Maginga (Sokoine University of Agriculture)
Venue: Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details: The Hub
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 9 February 2025

Disease and the Dead Body in Britain in the Long-Eighteenth Century
Date: 9 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Eleanor Kerfoot (Oxford)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 00.063 (ground floor), Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Public Seminar: What do research funders actually do? And how could they do it better?
Date: 9 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Stian Westlake
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room A and MS Teams
Organiser: Dr Alis Oancea (Oxford University Department of Education)
Hosts: TBA

Building Confidence in AI
Date: 9 February 2026, 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker : Ella Wicks (Content Officer at the AI Competency Centre)
Venue: Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details: The Hub
Organiser: Kellogg College
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 10 February 2025

Nationwide studies on COVID-19 and brain disorders in Denmark
Date: 10 February 2026, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Clara Springhorn Grønkjær (University of Copenhagen)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)

A Discussion on the Desirability of Life Extension with Professor John K. Davis
Date: 10 February 2026, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker : Professor John K. Davis
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: TBA
Host: TORCH (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 11 February 2025

Lunchtime Lab Talks: Mentzer & Fowler Groups
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

Thursday 12 February 2025

Conversations on Consciousness: Who or what has consciousness?
Date: 12 February 2026, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker s: Prof Philip Goff (Durham University), Dr Heather Browning (University of Southampton), Dr Patrick Butlin (University of Oxford)
Venue: Cohen Quadrangle, Walton Street OX1 2HD
Venue Details: Fitzhugh Auditorium
Organisers: Professor Charles Foster, Associate Professor Kerry Walker (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

The global AI inflection point
Date: 12 February 2026, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker : Dr Lennard Lee (University of Oxford)
Venue: Green Templeton College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HG
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (access information: https://www.accessguide.ox.ac.uk/green-templeton )
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Can electrodes in the brain treat chronic pain?
Date: 12 February 2026, 18:00 - 19:00
Speaker s: Professor Alex Green (University of Oxford), Professor Ben Seymour (University of Oxford)
Venue: Rewley House, 1-7 Wellington Square OX1 2JA
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 16 February 2025

Chronic Constitutions: Experts, Disease Risks and Remaking Indian Bodies in Post Colonial India (1940-70s)
Date: 16 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Kavita Sivaramakrishnan (Columbia)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 00.063 (ground floor), Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 17 February 2025

PSI seminar: ‘From local to continental: how vector ecology shapes tick‑borne disease emergence in Europe’ presented by Dr Helen Esser
Date: 17 February 2026, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Helen Esser (Assistant Professor, Wildlife Ecology & Conservation group, Wageningen University)
Venue Details: Hybrid event: MS Teams or The Richard Doll Building Lecture Theatre, Old Road Campus.
Organisers: James Hay (Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellow), Ksenia Ananyeva (University of Oxford)
Host: Pandemic Sciences Institute

Wednesday 18 February 2025

Ethics in AI Lunchtime Research Seminar:
Date: 18 February 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Dr Felix Simon (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Schwarzman Centre/Remote
Organisers: Graham Bagley (Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford), Jacqueline Wright (Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Shaping the future of AI and Human Rights
Date: 18 February 2026, 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Yuval Shany (King's College, London)
Venue Details: Lady Margaret Hall, Norham Gardens, Oxford
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, University of Oxford), Jacqueline Wright (Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford)

Thursday 19 February 2025

Hidden in plain sight – retinal imaging data for AI-driven early detection of systemic diseases and augmentation of drug discovery
Date: 19 February 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Wen Hwa Lee (Foresight Research Ltd)
Venue: IMS-Tetsuya Nakamura Building, Roosevelt Dr, Headington OX3 7TY
Venue Details: Ground Floor Seminar Room and Microsoft Teams
Organisers: Eneida Parizotto (University of Oxford), Sheena Lee (MSD Business Partnerships Office), Medical Sciences Division Business Partnerships Office (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Eneida Parizotto (University of Oxford), Sheena Lee (MSD Business Partnerships Office)

Friday 20 February 2025

The Valley Children: How collaborative creative practice can help us make sense of predictive genomics
Date: 20 February 2026, 9:30 - 10:45
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue Details: Learning centre (00.018)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 23 February 2025

EDI Research Spotlight: Discrimination and Decolonisation
Date: 23 February 2026, 13:30 - 17:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

The Mental After-Care Association, Recovery and Psychotherapy
Date: 23 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Hannah Blythe (Leeds)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 00.063 (ground floor), Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

How AI will affect defence, foreign and security policy?
Date: 23 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker
Venue Details: Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR), St Antony's College
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 24 February 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 24 February 2026, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Dr Benjamin Perry (University of Birmingham)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host: Riccardo De Giorgi (University of Oxford)

AI Workers, Geopolitics, and Algorithmic Collective Action
Date: 24 February 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Sydney Reis (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online Only
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

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)

AI if Human: The Ethics, Regulation and Governance of AI
Date: 25 February 2026, 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker : Sir Nigel Shadbolt (Jesus College)
Venue: Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details: The Hub
Organiser: Kellogg College
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 26 February 2025

An Interfaith Discussion on the Ethics of Preimplantation Genetic Testing
Date: 26 February 2026, 19:15 - 20:15
Speaker
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 27 February 2025

Music and the Medical Humanities
Date: 27 February 2026, 15:00 - 16:30
Speaker
Organiser: Dr Alberto Giubilini (The Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics)
Host: TORCH (University of Oxford)

AI for Nature Recovery – Improving the Journey from Data to Decisions
Date: 27 February 2026, 16:15 - 17:30
Speaker : Prof Kate Jones (University College London)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre, 1st floor (lift available)
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Monday 2 March 2025

Popular Science Writing: Literary Approaches
Date: 2 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Michael Whitworth (Oxford)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 00.063 (ground floor), Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 3 March 2025

Excitation-inhibition balance in psychosis - what does it really mean, and can we really measure it?
Date: 3 March 2026, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Dr Rick Adams (University College London)
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Robert McCutcheon (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 4 March 2025

Lunchtime Lab Talks: Cornall & Handunnetthi Groups
Date: 4 March 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Dr Mukta Deobagkar-Lele (Cornall Group, University Of Oxford)
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_YzIyZDhlZTEtOGQ4MC00MTcxLWI0MTEtMGU2NDM0Y2I5NmI5%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
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: Dr Lahiru Handunnetthi (University of Oxford), Professor Richard Cornall (University of Oxford)

Monday 9 March 2025

The quantification of famine in the British Empire, 1770-1801
Date: 9 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : John Lidwell-Durnin (Exeter)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 00.063 (ground floor), Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 10 March 2025

Digital Innovation in Metabolic Psychiatry: AI-enabled Ketogenic and GLP-1-Supported Lifestyle Interventions
Date: 10 March 2026, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Dr Megan Kirk Chang (University of Oxford)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 11 March 2025

Lunchtime Lab Talks: Carroll & Irving-Pease 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: Evan Irving-Pease (University of Oxford), Professor Miles Carroll (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 18 March 2025

Lunchtime Lab Talks: Carter & Groups
Date: 18 March 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker s: Michael Carter (University of Oxford), Dr Gavin Band (University of Oxford )
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_YjRhMmNjNTItOGMzNS00ZjQ3LTgxYmEtMjE2YjQxYjJiNGE3%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: Michael Carter (University of Oxford), Dr Gavin Band (University of Oxford )

Tuesday 28 April 2025

What is data cosmopolitanism?
Date: 28 April 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Jon Rueda (President’s Cabinet and the Ethics in Research Department, Spanish National Research Council)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lower Ground Seminar Room 0 OR Zoom
Organiser: Olivia Lush (University of Oxford)
Host: The Ethox Centre

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