Forthcoming
Events
Forthcoming Events
January
'Escaping the backtesting illusion: An application of evolutionary finance' with Prof Klaus Schenk-Hoppé
Two tests can help asset managers to develop more robust investment strategies: an impact test and a survival test. Both tests complement the backtest where one checks how a proposed investment strategy would have performed in the past.
FULLY BOOKED: "British politics after Brexit: reflections on the last three years and the next fifty" with Lord Sumption
30th January 2020: 5:00pm Registration Required
Lord Sumption will discuss the impact on our constitution and political system of the referendum of 2016 and its aftermath.
Series: Shaping the future
February
'Neural evolution of context-dependent fly song' with David Stern
It is unclear where in the nervous system evolutionary changes tend to occur. To localize the source of neural evolution that has generated divergent behaviours, a new approach has been developed to label and functionally manipulate homologous neurons across Drosophila species.
'Memory, meaning and human identity: the place of theology in constructing the purpose of age in the light of dementia' with Prof James Woodward
This seminar is part of the series 'The construction of ageing', co-hosted by The Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, Oxford’s Humanities and Healthcare programme and the McDonald Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Life.
“Road to somewhere? Resilient infrastructure for sustainable development” with Prof Jim Hall
6th February 2020: 5:00pm Registration Required
One estimate suggests that $2.3trillion was invested in infrastructure worldwide last year.
Series: Shaping the future
'Marginally stable economies?' with Jean-Philippe Bouchaud
Our understanding of so-called “complex systems” has made giant leaps forward in the last 40 years, due in particular to a flurry of activity in statistical physics, theoretical ecology, computer science and mathematics.
'The body as an ageing thing' with Dr Chris Gilleard
This seminar is part of the series 'The construction of ageing', co-hosted by The Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, Oxford’s Humanities and Healthcare programme and the McDonald Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Life.
"Pyrrhic progress: the history of antibiotics in Anglo-American food production" with Dr Claas Kirchhelle
11th February 2020: 5:15pm Registration Required
In this book talk, Claas will review central findings of his research on the past 80 years of antibiotic use, resistance, and regulation in food production with introduction by Prof Mark Harrison, Director of Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities.
'The worse-off and the restless: dynamics of the saliency of immigration and economic risk exposure' with Elif Naz Kayranof the saliency of immigration an
Do citizens get increasingly concerned about immigration based on their economic anxieties?
‘Climate change and water: There is no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable engineering’ with Dr Katrina Charles
Dr Katrina Charles will draw on work across Africa and Asia to explore the emerging challenge to sustaining and advancing progress through engineering and management to reduce the diarrhoeal disease burden in a changing climate.
Series: Alice in Typhoidland Series
"Powering the future: switching on the renewables" with Prof Malcolm McCulloch
13th February 2020: 5:00pm Registration Required
Globally, renewable energy has a foot in the door. But significant challenges remain.
Series: Shaping the future
'Monkey glands and moisturisers: anti-ageing in modern Britain' with Dr James Stark
This seminar is part of the series 'The construction of ageing', co-hosted by The Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, Oxford’s Humanities and Healthcare programme and the McDonald Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Life.
'Innovation, employment and wages' with Prof Maria Savona
Maria Savona's seminar will be based on the results of the ESRC SDAI project (TEMPIS) on the effects of technological innovation on employment and self-employment in the UK’s local labour markets and on wage inequality.
"Better doctors, better patients, better decisions: Risk literacy in health" with Prof Gerd Gigerenzer
19th February 2020: 5:00pm Registration Required
In modern high-tech health care, patients appear to be the stumbling block.
"Future options for making plastics more sustainable" with Prof Charlotte Williams
20th February 2020: 5:00pm Registration Required
This lecture will describe research in chemistry and polymer materials carried out in the Williams research laboratories.
Series: Shaping the future
'What can knowledge of history contribute to current understandings of ageing and old age?' with Prof Patricia M. Thane
This seminar is part of the series 'The construction of ageing', co-hosted by The Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, Oxford’s Humanities and Healthcare programme and the McDonald Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Life.
'Major transitions in information technology' with Dr Sergi Valverde
When looking at the history of technology, we can see that all inventions are not of equal importance. Only a few technologies have the potential to start a new branching series (specifically, by increasing diversity), have a lasting impact in human life, and ultimately become turning points.
"The future of health in the UK – the next 20 years" Prof Chris Whitty
26th February 2020: 5:30pm Registration Required
With the UK population predicted to grow nearly 20% by 2050 (circa 77 million people), over 65s making up around 25% of the population and more and more demands being put on the healthcare system what does the future hold?
Series: Shaping the future
"Income insecurity in the 21st Century" with special guest speaker Andy Haldane
28th February 2020: 11:15am Registration Required
‘Job insecurity at the end of the 20th century has given way to income insecurity at the start of the 21st.’ – Andy Haldane, July 2019
March
“What is Life?” with Sir Paul Nurse
2nd March 2020: 5:00pm Registration Required
For this year's James Martin Memorial Lecture, Sir Paul Nurse will consider some of the fundamental ideas of biology with the aim of identifying principles that define living organisms.
'Art, ageing and policy' with Stephen Bennett
This seminar is part of the series 'The construction of ageing', co-hosted by The Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, Oxford’s Humanities and Healthcare programme and the McDonald Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Life.
"Data work: the hidden talent and secret logic fuelling artificial intelligence" with Prof Gina Neff
5th March 2020: 5:00pm Registration Required
What happens when new artificial intelligence (AI) tools are integrated into organisations around the world?
Series: Shaping the future
'On the need to Stay human: Simone de Beauvoir's Philosophy of Age' with Dr Kate Kirkpatrick
This seminar is part of the series 'The construction of ageing', co-hosted by The Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, Oxford’s Humanities and Healthcare programme and the McDonald Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Life.
"Recipes for transforming food production and beyond" with Paul Clarke
12th March 2020: 5:00pm Registration Required
This talk will focus on the disruptive ingredients and recipes at the heart of Ocado's ongoing journey of self-disruption and reinvention.
Series: Shaping the future
‘Typhoid in Oxford’ with Dr Claas Kirchhelle & Dr Samantha Vanderslott
A talk about the extraordinary efforts to eliminate typhoid fever from a rapidly-expanding Victorian city.
Series: Alice in Typhoidland Series
"Nano Comes to Life: How Nanotechnology Is Transforming Medicine and the Future of Biology" with Prof Sonia Contera
Nanotech pioneer Professor Sonia Contera explains the nanotechnologies that are allowing scientists to manipulate the building blocks of life.
Series: Oxford Martin School at the FT Weekend Oxford Literary Festival 2020
"The Crowd and the Cosmos: Adventures in Zooniverse" with Prof Chiris Lintott
Astronomer and television presenter Professor Chris Lintott explains the amazing discoveries made by more than a million people that take part in the Zooniverse citizen science project he helped to found.
Series: Oxford Martin School at the FT Weekend Oxford Literary Festival 2020
"The Deep: The Hidden Wonders of our Oceans and How we can Protect Them" with Prof Alex Rogers
One of the world’s leading marine biologists Professor Alex Rogers describes the wonders that lie beneath the ocean’s surface and explains what we can do to protect them.
Series: Oxford Martin School at the FT Weekend Oxford Literary Festival 2020
"The Technology Trap: Capital, Labour and Power in the Age of Automation" with Dr Carl Frey
Economist Dr Carl Frey looks at the history of technological progress and explains how it has always radically shifted the distribution of economic and social power between members of society.
Series: Oxford Martin School at the FT Weekend Oxford Literary Festival 2020
April
‘The ethics of human challenge studies’ with Prof Julian Savulescu
Purposeful infection of healthy volunteers with a microbial pathogen seems at odds with acceptable ethical standards, but is an important contemporary research avenue used to study infectious diseases and their treatments.
Series: Alice in Typhoidland Series
May
'A new typhoid vaccine' with Prof Andrew Pollard & Dr Virginia Pitzer
In this joint talk, Prof Andrew Pollard will speak about the development, evaluation and deployment of a new typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) and Dr Virginia Pitzer will speak about how the potential impact of TCVs is being predicted using mathematical models to help policy decisions.
Series: Alice in Typhoidland Series
June
'Who did it? Solving a typhoid mystery' with Dr Roderick Bailey
Drawing on new data, this talk discusses the causes of an infamous outbreak of typhoid that occurred in the coastal town of Acre (Akka) in Palestine in 1948, when Jewish and Arab communities were in open conflict.
Series: Alice in Typhoidland Series