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 7 November 2025

How Story Creates Agency for the Nature and Climate Crises
Date: 7 November 2025, 16:15 - 17:30
Speaker : Jules Pretty (University of Essex)
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 11 November 2025

Oxford Energy Network Seminar – MT25 Week 5: Innovations for zero-carbon heating and cooling: the path to net-zero buildings by 2050
Date: 11 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:15
Speaker : Professor Jesus Lizana (Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Diversity Room, School of Geography
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 12 November 2025

Understanding Palestinian University Students’ Attitudes Toward Cycling - a Machine Learning Approach
Date: 12 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Khaled Al-Sahili (An Najah National University)
Venue Details: Online only
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Cities for everyone
Date: 12 November 2025, 14:30 - 15:30
Speaker : Rafael Prieto-Curiel (Complexity Science Hub, Vienna)
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: Professor Doyne Farmer (INET Oxford)

James Martin Memorial Lecture: 'Environment, health, society and economics in the new era of geopolitics'
Date: 12 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Lord Hague (Chancellor, University of Oxford)
Venue: Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street OX1 3AZ
Organiser: Oxford Martin School (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 13 November 2025

Measuring the environment: metrics that guide science, policy and resilience
Date: 13 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Anna Freeman (Humanities Division, 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)

Financing Forest Restoration: The Distribution and Role of Green Fintech in Nature-based Solutions to Climate Change
Date: 13 November 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Felicia Liu (University of York)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Village Room, ECI
Organiser: Andrey Levitskiy (University of Oxford)
Host: Environmental Change Institute (University of Oxford)

Friday 14 November 2025

Oxford Water Day
Date: 14 November 2025, 9:00 - 17:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Saïd Business School, Park End Street OX1 1HP
Organiser: Oxford Water Network
Hosts: TBA

What drives species sensitivity to deforestation? Clue: it’s not what you think.
Date: 14 November 2025, 16:15 - 17:30
Speaker : Cristina Banks-Leite (Imperial 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: Dr Jesús Aguirre-Gutiérrez (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 18 November 2025

Oxford Energy Network Seminar – MT25 Week 6: Exploring digitalisation’s footprint
Date: 18 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:15
Speaker : Yee Van Fan (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Diversity Room, School of Geography
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)

Thursday 20 November 2025

Land degradation – is it a cause for concern?
Date: 20 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor John Boardman (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)

Friday 21 November 2025

The Natural Capital of Wasps
Date: 21 November 2025, 16:15 - 17:30
Speaker : Seirian Sumner (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)

Tuesday 25 November 2025

Oxford Energy Network Seminar - Week 7: Raising the standard: Can internatioanl standards help save energy and carbon?
Date: 25 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:15
Speaker : Ian Byrne (ibeccs)
Venue Details: Desert Room, School of Geography
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)

Thursday 27 November 2025

Just Urbanism; rethinking spatial practices in the city
Date: 27 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Mahsa Alami Fariman (University College London)
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)

Friday 28 November 2025

The Spirit of the Rainforest
Date: 28 November 2025, 16:15 - 17:30
Speaker : Rosa Vásquez Espinoza PhD (Amazon Research Internacional)
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 2 December 2025

Oxford Energy Network Seminar - Week 8:
Date: 2 December 2025, 17:00 - 18:15
Speaker : TBC
Venue Details: Diversity Room, School of Geography
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 3 December 2025

Mission analysis – how does the UK government model the transition to Clean Power 2030 and Accelerate to Net Zero by 2050, perspectives from the Chief Economist
Date: 3 December 2025, 14:30 - 15:30
Speaker : Donna Leong (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
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)
Hosts: TBA

Mobility Under Occupation: Everyday Travel, Injustice, and Resilience in Palestine
Date: 3 December 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Huthaifa I. Ashqar (Arab American University)
Venue Details: Online only
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

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)

Friday 5 December 2025

Relational Values and Nature Recovery: Navigating the Politics of Environmental Decision-Making
Date: 5 December 2025, 16:15 - 17:30
Speaker : Robert Fish (Imperial College London)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Place Suite, 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)

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 Energy Network Seminars 2025-26
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