Talks of Interest to the School of Geography and the Environment
Description: The School undertakes world-class interdisciplinary research, addresses societal and environmental problems, and advances knowledge within an intellectually vibrant, interdisciplinary research environment that combines natural and social sciences and has geography at its core.

In addition to world leading education and research in the School, we host three internationally recognised research centres and lead cross-university initiatives and collaborative networks:
Environmental Change Institute
Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment
Transport Studies Unit
Talks:

Thursday 15 May 2025

Walking Lahore’s Orange Line
Date: 15 May 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker s: Dr Chris Moffat (Queen Mary University of London), Dr Ammara Maqsood (UCL), Fizzah Sajjad (The London School of Economics and Poltical Science)
Venue Details: Online only
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

"The Role of Fungi in Solving Planetary Crises"
Date: 15 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Dr Andrea Hinwood (Chief Scientist, United Nations Environment Programme)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Organiser: Lorna Casselton Memorial Lecture Series
Hosts: TBA

'Powering Progress: Unlocking Renewable Energy Potential in Nigeria and Africa'.
Date: 15 May 2025, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker : Ernest Akinlola (MD/CEO of Bboxx Nigeria)
Venue: Oriel College, Oriel Square OX1 4EW
Venue Details: Harris Lecture Theatre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 16 May 2025

Transforming Nature-based Solutions
Date: 16 May 2025, 16:15 - 17:30
Speaker : Prof Nathalie Seddon (Director, Nature-based Solutions Initiative)
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)

Tuesday 20 May 2025

OPEN Conversation: Connecting Research, Citizens, and Policy: The Citizen Assembly Approach
Date: 20 May 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker s: Professor Tim Schwanen (Transport Studies Unit University of Oxford ), Dr Alison Chisholm (NDPCHS, University of Oxford), Carole Stow (Oxfordshire County Council)
Venue: Worcester College, Walton Street OX1 2HB
Venue Details: Nash Suite
Organiser: Oxford Policy Engagement Network (OPEN) (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

ONE Annual Lecture and briefing event
Date: 20 May 2025, 16:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Danny Sriskandarajah (Chief Executive at New Economics Foundation)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L1
Organiser: Environmental Change Institute (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

The Tourism Geopolitics of China’s Arctic Interventions
Date: 20 May 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Dr Benjamin Lucca Iaquinto (Department of Geography, University of Hong Kong)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Desert Room
Organiser: Dr Debbie Hopkins (School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Debbie Hopkins (School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford)

Wednesday 21 May 2025

Macro-financial dynamics in energy transitions: a stock-flow consistent, input-output approach
Date: 21 May 2025, 14:30 - 15:30
Speaker : Andrew Jackson (University of Surrey)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G and online via Zoom
Organisers: Dorothy Nicholas (INET Oxford), Francois Lafond (INET Oxford)
Host: Prof. Doyne Farmer

Fixing our food system is central to tackling the world's climate, biodiversity, water and human health crisis
Date: 21 May 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Prof Pete Smith (Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Seminar room 1
Organiser: Dr Lexi Earl (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 22 May 2025

Discussion with the Planetary Portals collective of their website and Photographers’ Gallery exhibition I am in your dreams but you are not in mine: Hallucinations of empire and the AI archive
Date: 22 May 2025, 16:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Planetary Portals
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Desert room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 27 May 2025

Approaching the Energy Impact Reduction of the National Trust’s Conservation Area Holiday Cottages
Date: 27 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:15
Speaker
Venue Details: Diversity Room
Organisers: Dr Tina Fawcett (ECI, University of Oxford), Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network)
Hosts: Dr Tina Fawcett (ECI, University of Oxford), Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network)

Rethinking conservation: inclusion and participation in the Pacific Islands
Date: 27 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:15
Speaker : Dr Sangeeta Mangubhai (Talanoa Consulting, Fiji)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (and Online)
Organiser: Oxford Martin School (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Antisemitism Today - a lecture by Anthony Julius
Date: 27 May 2025, 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 28 May 2025

An evaluation of mandatory calorie labelling in the out-of-home sector - what it tells us about mandatory calorie labelling and what it tells us about dietary public health policy making
Date: 28 May 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Jean Adams (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Seminar room 1
Organiser: Dr Lexi Earl (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 30 May 2025

Megafauna recovery and relevance amidst people and poverty in India
Date: 30 May 2025, 16:15 - 17:30
Speaker : Ninad Mungi (Aarhus University, Denmark)
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)

Tuesday 3 June 2025

Public attitudes towards energy infrastructure and technologies: Why it matters what people think and feel about the energy transition
Date: 3 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:15
Speaker : Christina Demski (CAST ISCC)
Venue Details: Diversity Room
Organisers: Dr Tina Fawcett (ECI, University of Oxford), Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network)
Hosts: Dr Tina Fawcett (ECI, University of Oxford), Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network)

Wednesday 4 June 2025

The trouble with rational expectations in heterogeneous agent models: A challenge for macroeconomics
Date: 4 June 2025, 14:30 - 15:30
Speaker : Benjamin Moll (London School of Economics)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G and online via Zoom
Organisers: Dorothy Nicholas (INET Oxford), Francois Lafond (INET Oxford)
Host: Prof. Doyne Farmer

Thursday 12 June 2025

Decolonising Environmental Research: Rethinking Knowledge and Power
Date: 12 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker s: Dr Carol Ibe (JR Biotek Foundation), Dr Ricardo Roche, Dr Catherine Souch (Royal Geographical Society), Dr Monique Mulder
Venue: Ship Street Centre, 4 Ship Street OX1 3DA
Venue Details: Jesus College
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 18 June 2025

Addressing equity challenges in the environmental governance of food supply chains: the case of deforestation-risk commodities in the tropics
Date: 18 June 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Rachael Garrett (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Seminar room 1
Organiser: Dr Lexi Earl (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 26 June 2025

Beyond the EV Fix: Rethinking Low-Carbon Transitions in Popular Transport
Date: 26 June 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker s: Dr Gaurav Mittal (University of Oxford), Dr Varsolo Sunio (University of Asia and the Pacific), Dr Sandy Mae Gaspay (University of the Philippines Diliman), Dr Herrie Schalekamp (Mtracs Educational Institute for Knowledge Creation & Dissemination), Dr Rutul Joshi (CEPT University, India), https://csud.climate.columbia.edu/people/jacqueline-m-klopp (Columbia University)
Organisers: TBA
Host: Transport Studies Unit (TSU) (Transport Studies Unit (TSU))

Thursday 10 July 2025

Aspirational Transport Infrastructure and Emerging Narratives of City-making in India
Date: 10 July 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Rutul Joshi (CEPT University)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Diversity Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

This list contains talks from the following series:
Biodiversity Institute talks
Biodiversity Network Coffee Seminar Series
Biodiversity Network Seminars, Michaelmas Term 2015
Climate Careers
Climate Change and the Challenges of Development
ECI Big Ideas Seminar
Energy Colloquia
Energy Colloquia Series
Energy Events
Environmental Change Institute
Food Thinkers Lunches - Trinity Term 2018
Future of Cities Programme
Future of Food Lunchtime Talk Series
Geographies of informal and precarious labour - Transformations & Technological Natures Seminars
Grand Challenges in Environmental Research
Grand Challenges Seminar Series
IFSTAL
IFSTAL Lecture Series
InSIS seminar series: Ecologies of Expertise
Life after the Anthropocene
Model Truths: modelling, evidence, and truth in science and policy?
NatureFinance@Oxford Seminar Series
NEST - New Energy Systems Thinkers
Net Zero Home School
ONE
Oxford Centre for Tropical Forests
Oxford Interdisciplinary Microbiome Project
Oxford Water Network
Oxford Water Networks Water Quality Series (2019-2020)
Sandscapes
School of Geography and the Environment
Smith School Business Fellows
Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment
SoGE Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Conservation Cluster Events
SoGE Climate Systems and Policy Cluster Events
SoGE Economy and Society Cluster Events
SoGE Landscape Dynamics Cluster events
SoGE Political Worlds Cluster Events
SoGE Technological Life Cluster events
Technological Natures & Transformations Hilary 2017 Seminar Series
Technological Natures & Transformations Michaelmas 2016 Seminar Series
The Agile Initiative Research Planning workshop series (online)
Thinking Through Toxicity
Transport Studies Seminar Series 2025
Transport Studies Unit Hilary Term Seminar Series
Transport Studies Unit (TSU) Lunchtime Seminar Series
TSU Seminar Series
TSU Seminar Series, Hilary Term 2017 : Transport & Mobilities Across the Life Course
TSU Seminar Series Trinity 2016