Forthcoming virtual & in-person

Events

Forthcoming Events

October

Book talk - 'Roadkill: Unveiling The True Cost Of Our Toxic Relationship With Cars' with Prof Henrietta Moore and Arthur Kay

30th October 2025: 5:00pm   Registration Required
Oxford Martin School & Online

Join Professor Dame Henrietta L. Moore and Arthur Kay for a provocative discussion on how our dependence on cars has shaped not only our cities and infrastructure, but our economies, health, and freedoms. Based on the ideas explored in their new work, this talk will interrogate the hidden costs of car-centric development and propose bold, systems-level alternatives to rethink how we move, live, and thrive in a climate-constrained world.

November

Oxford Stem Cell Institute Symposium 2025: 'Stem Cells: From Mechanism to Therapy'

3rd November 2025: 9:15am   Registration Required
Lecture Theatre, Oxford Martin School

The Oxford Stem Cell Institute Symposium is an international event, unifying scientists and clinicians working in stem cells research in various fields of translational medicine.

'The energy transition: too little/too late or a new hope?' with Alan Haywood

5th November 2025: 5:00pm   Registration Required
Oxford Martin School & Online

With the impacts of climate change becoming ever more evident and challenging – can we “transition away from fossil fuels”, and create a new energy system which meets the many and divergent needs of the global population?

Book talk - 'Portals to a New Reality' with Prof Vlatko Vedral

6th November 2025: 5:00pm   Registration Required
Oxford Martin School & Online

In his new book 'Portals to a New Reality', Prof Vlatko Vedral argues that we are on the brink of a new revolution in physics. In this talk, he will describe a number of key thought experiments that test the foundations of physics, namely the interface between quantum physics and general relativity.

Panel Discussion: 'The nature of post-Western order' with Prof Amitav Acharya

10th November 2025: 5:00pm   Registration Required
Oxford Martin School & Online

Join us for a roundtable discussion with Professor Amitav Acharya, Professor Faisal Devji, and Professor Andrew Hurrell, chaired by Professor Louise Fawcett.

James Martin Memorial Lecture: 'Environment, health, society and economics in the new era of geopolitics' with Lord Hague

12th November 2025: 5:00pm   Registration Required
The Sheldonian Theatre and Online

We welcome the Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Lord Hague, who will give this year's James Martin Memorial Lecture on the occasion of the School's 20th anniversary.

‘Globalisation, global change and emerging infectious diseases’ with Prof John Drake

18th November 2025: 5:00pm   Registration Required
Oxford Martin School & Online

In this Pandemic Sciences Institute & Oxford Martin School talk, Professor Drake will trace the historical record of major 20th and 21st Century pandemics, highlighting how global forces such as economic integration, urbanisation and climate disruption shape the emergence and spread of novel pathogens.

'Adapting food systems to climate change: lessons from aquaculture in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta' with Dr Dao Minh Hai

25th November 2025: 12:30pm   Registration Required
Oxford Martin School & Online

The Mekong Delta, Vietnam's "rice bowl" and a globally significant biodiversity hotspot, is on the front line of climate change.

Kim Darroch & Kathy Harvey in conversation: 'Navigating the chaos: Trump, Putin, the rise of populism and the end of the rules-based international order'

26th November 2025: 5:00pm   Registration Required
Oxford Martin School & Online

Kathy Harvey will be in conversation with Kim Darroch, former British Ambassador to the European Union, National Security Adviser and Ambassador to the United States, about the new disorder and its consequences for governments and businesses.