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:

Friday 26 April 2024 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

Restoration Social Science: Understanding how and why people restore landscapes, and what the impacts of that restoration is on human well being.
Date: 26 April 2024, 16:15 - 17:15 (Friday, 1st week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Forrest Fleischman (University of Minnesota,)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: main lecture theatre
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 30 April 2024 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

Africa- Oxford Nature Networking Event
Date: 30 April 2024, 16:30 - 18:00 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
Venue: Biology Mansfield Road, 11a Mansfield Road OX1 3SZ
Organisers: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment), Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Oxford Energy Seminar Series – Week 2 TT24: Sustainable Energy in Refugee Camps: Technologies, Politics, and Governance
Date: 30 April 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Sarah Rosenberg-Jansen (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Place Suite, School of Geography
Organisers: Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network), Robin Morris (Convenor Oxford Energy), Robin Morris (Oxford Energy Convenor)
Hosts: Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network), Robin Morris (Oxford Energy Convenor)

Howard Covington on AI & Climate Change - Adrian Fernando Memorial Lecture
Date: 30 April 2024, 17:00 - 19:00 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Howard Covington (Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford)
Venue: St Hilda's College, Cowley Place OX4 1DY
Venue Details: Riverside Pavilion, St Hilda's College, Cowley Place, Oxford OX4 1DY
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 2 May 2024 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

Global Ecological Shift: for the protection and restoration of biodiversity
Date: 2 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Thomas Ward Crowther (ETH Zürich)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Dr. Cecile Girardin (School of Geography), Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 3 May 2024 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

Does science impact nature conservation policy? Stories of success and failure.- Hugh Possingham
Date: 3 May 2024, 16:15 - 17:15 (Friday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Professor Hugh Possingham (Director of The Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science at the University of Queensland)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main Lecture Theatre
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 7 May 2024 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

Energy Oxford Energy Seminar Series - Week 3 TT24: Leveraging the campus as a test bed for climate and sustainability leadership: Catalysing learning, imagination, and impact
Date: 7 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Julie Newman (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Venue: Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road OX1 3PU
Venue Details: Martin Wood Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network), Robin Morris (Convenor Oxford Energy), Robin Morris (Oxford Energy Convenor)
Hosts: Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network), Robin Morris (Oxford Energy Convenor)

Friday 10 May 2024 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

Boldly reimagining our approaches to nature recovery
Date: 10 May 2024, 16:15 - 17:15 (Friday, 3rd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Justin Adams
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 14 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Oxford Energy Seminar Series – Week 4 TT24: Substitution of the Suez Canal and Bab El Mandeb Strait with the new Mesopotamian Canal. Bypassing the Strait of Hormuz
Date: 14 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Xhevair Ngjqari (University of Tirana)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Atmosphere Room, School of Geograpy
Organisers: Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network), Robin Morris (Convenor Oxford Energy), Robin Morris (Oxford Energy Convenor)
Hosts: Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network), Robin Morris (Oxford Energy Convenor)

Friday 17 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Climate Change and Rural Livelihoods in Ghana: the impacts, adaptations and barriers
Date: 17 May 2024, 16:15 - 17:15 (Friday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Prof. Philip Antwi-Agyei (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology,)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: main lecture theatre
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 21 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

Oxford Energy Seminar Series – Week 5 TT24: Nuclear: Why small is beautiful
Date: 21 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Andrew Murdoch (newcleo)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Atmosphere Room, School of Geograpy
Organisers: Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network), Robin Morris (Oxford Energy Convenor)
Hosts: Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network), Robin Morris (Oxford Energy Convenor)

Tuesday 28 May 2024 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

Title TBC
Date: 28 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Greg Jackson (Octopus Energy)
Venue: Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road OX1 3PU
Venue Details: Martin Wood Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network), Robin Morris (Oxford Energy Convenor)
Hosts: Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network), Robin Morris (Oxford Energy Convenor)

Friday 31 May 2024 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

Wildlife, Warriors, and Women: Large Carnivore Conservation in Tanzania and beyond. Amy Dickman
Date: 31 May 2024, 16:15 - 17:15 (Friday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Amy Dickman (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 4 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Energy Seminar - Week 7 TT24: Beyond 2030: A national blueprint for a decarbonised electricity system in Great Britain
Date: 4 June 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Paul Wakeley (ESO)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Atmosphere Room, School of Geograpy
Organisers: Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network), Robin Morris (Convenor Oxford Energy), Robin Morris (Oxford Energy Convenor)
Hosts: Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network), Robin Morris (Oxford Energy Convenor)

Tuesday 11 June 2024 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

Oxford Energy Seminar Series – Week 8 TT24: Bristol City Leap: A novel finance and procurement model for delivering net zero
Date: 11 June 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 8th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Tedd Mose (University of Oxford), Katherine Sugar (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Place Suite, School of Geography
Organisers: Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network), Robin Morris (Convenor Oxford Energy), Robin Morris (Oxford Energy Convenor)
Hosts: Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network), Robin Morris (Oxford Energy Convenor)

Friday 28 June 2024 (10th Week, Trinity Term)

The ecology and conservation of atolls - Sebastian Steibl
Date: 28 June 2024, 16:15 - 17:15 (Friday, 10th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

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?
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
Thinking Through Toxicity
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