"Sustainability scenarios for the global food and land-use system" with Dr Michael Obersteiner
24th October 2019: 5:00pm
Registration Required
Forthcoming
Events
Food futures: how can we safeguard the planet’s health, and our own?
View allIn this series we will look at how food is inter-woven into all aspects of ours and the planet’s present and future lives.
Forthcoming Events
October
16
'Healthy active life expectancy - a woman's perspective' with Prof Carol Jagger
16th October 2019: 5:00pm
It is well known that women have longer life expectancy at all ages than men but the majority of these extra years are years with disability and ill-health. With a focus on different health expectancies, this presentation will compare men and women's current trends and inequalities, future trends, and discuss possible solutions to give more healthy years.
Series: OIPA & George Institute Seminar Series: Older women's health
23
'Women's health in later life: the combination of work and family care across the life-course' with Dr Sara Zella
23rd October 2019: 5:00pm
This seminar is part of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing and George Institute series 'Older women's health'.
Series: OIPA & George Institute Seminar Series: Older women's health
24
"Sustainability scenarios for the global food and land-use system" with Dr Michael Obersteiner
24th October 2019: 5:00pm Registration Required
Michael Obersteiner will present new insights from co-producing a set of new sustainability scenarios.
Series: Food futures: how can we safeguard the planet’s health, and our own?
30
'Black women getting older in Britain: the experiences of Windrush Women' with Dr Jenny Douglas
30th October 2019: 5:00pm
This seminar is part of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing and George Institute series 'Older women's health'.
Series: OIPA & George Institute Seminar Series: Older women's health
31
"Linking people, nature, food and climate: progress and implications" with Dr David Nabarro
31st October 2019: 5:00pm Registration Required
Dr David Nabarro, former Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Food Security and Nutrition, will give a talk on what implications there will be for the planet and us in linking nature, food and the climate.
Series: Food futures: how can we safeguard the planet’s health, and our own?
November
06
13
"The protean character of protein: from Diet for a Small Planet to the Impossible Burger™" with Prof Julie Guthman
13th November 2019: 5:00pm Registration Required
A growing middle class in the developing world, as well as increasing concerns about the healthfulness, environmental footprint and inhumaneness of conventional livestock production have given rise to neo-Malthusian concerns about how to address what seems insatiable demand for protein.
Series: Food futures: how can we safeguard the planet’s health, and our own?
14
'Neurodegenerative disease: understanding the mechanisms of risk' with Prof Clare Mackay
14th November 2019: 5:00pm
This seminar is part of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing and George Institute series 'Older women's health'.
Series: OIPA & George Institute Seminar Series: Older women's health
20
'Alzheimer's disease under the sex and gender lens: the gateway to precision medicine' with Dr Antonella Santuccione Chadha
20th November 2019: 5:00pm
This seminar is part of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing and George Institute series 'Older women's health'.
Series: OIPA & George Institute Seminar Series: Older women's health
21
"Diet, obesity and health: from science to policy" with Prof Susan Jebb
21st November 2019: 5:00pm Registration Required
Poor diet is the leading risk factor for ill health in the UK, carrying more risk than smoking or hypertension.
Series: Food futures: how can we safeguard the planet’s health, and our own?
27
28
"Plant genetics from Mendel to Monsanto" with Dame Ottoline Leyser
28th November 2019: 5:00pm Registration Required
Plants and photosynthetic microbes have the extraordinary ability to convert light energy to chemical energy and as a consequence, they are the foundation of virtually all ecosystems and all agricultural systems on the planet.
Series: Food futures: how can we safeguard the planet’s health, and our own?
December
03
'Exploring the impact of domestic violence and abuse on the health and wellbeing of older women' with Julie McGarry
3rd December 2019: 5:00pm
This seminar is part of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing and George Institute series 'Older women's health'.
Series: OIPA & George Institute Seminar Series: Older women's health
05
"Brexit, agriculture & dietary risks in the UK" with Dr Florian Freund
5th December 2019: 5:00pm Registration Required
When the UK joined the EU in 1973 all previous trade barriers with the EU were abolished, which led to a strong intensification of trade with the European continent.
Series: Food futures: how can we safeguard the planet’s health, and our own?
