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5001 Creative Commons Rigour and Openness in 21st Century Science Keynote speech Keynote speech by Sir Mark Walport for the Rigour and Openness in 21st Century Science held on the 11th and 12th April 2013. Mark Walport 10 May 2013
5002 Creative Commons Rigour and Openness in 21st Century Science: Panel 1 part 1 Rigour and Open Access. Jason Hoyt from PeerJ gives a talk the Rigour and Openness in 21st Century Science held on the 11th and 12th April 2013. Jason Hoyt 10 May 2013
5003 Creative Commons Rigour and Openness in 21st Century Science: Panel 1 part 2 Rigour and Open Access. Liz Ferguson from Wiley Blackwell gives a talk for the Rigour and Openness in 21st Century Science held on the 11th and 12th April 2013. Liz Ferguson 10 May 2013
5004 Creative Commons Rigour and Openness in 21st Century Science: Panel 3 Part 1 Beyond Traditional Articles. Mark Hanhel, Figshare, gives a talk for the Rigour and Openness in 21st Century Science held on the 11th and 12th April 2013. Mark Hahnel 13 May 2013
5005 Creative Commons Rigour and Openness in 21st Century Science: Panel 3 part 2 Beyond Traditional Articles. Steve Pettifer, Utopia Docs, gives a talk for the Rigour and Openness in 21st Century Science held on the 11th and 12th April 2013. Steve Pettifer 13 May 2013
5006 Creative Commons Rigour and Openness in 21st Century Science: Panel 3 Part 3 Beyond Traditional Articles. Richard Price, Academia.edu, gives a talk via Skype for the Rigour and Openness in 21st Century Science held on the 11th and 12th April 2013. Richard Price 13 May 2013
5007 Creative Commons Introduction First lecture in the Value of Humanities series in which Professor Helen Small discusses the broad political and social context in which to place these lectures. Helen Small 13 May 2013
5008 Big Data and Biomedical Research: Developments and Implications Professor Sir John Bell, Regius Professor of Medicine, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the Green Templeton College 2016 lecture series on big data and biomedical research. Sir John Bell 28 Jul 2016
5009 Creative Commons Distinction (the distinctive character and work of the Humanities) Second lecture in the Value of Humanities series in which Professor Helen Small discusses how the humanities is distinct from other academic disciplines. Helen Small 13 May 2013
5010 Creative Commons Insurgencies: The Challenges of Intervention Professor Beatrice Heuser looks at the systemic challenges of intervening in insurgency. Beatrice Heuser 09 May 2013
5011 Creative Commons How to Clear a Room: Towards a Sociology of Contemporary Urban Combat A discussion of the sociology of contemporary urban combat and professionalism in the military. Anthony King 09 May 2013
5012 Creative Commons STRUBI Meet our Division of Structural Biology. Erica Mancini 07 May 2013
5013 Creative Commons Structural Genomics Consortium Oxford Meet our Structural Genomics Consortium. Wen Hwa Lee 07 May 2013
5014 Creative Commons Responses to collective religious hatred: Elements of a human rights-based coping strategy Professor Heiner Bielefeldt, Professor of Human Rights and Human Rights Policy, University of Erlangen and UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief - 26 April 2013. Heiner Bielefeldt 02 May 2013
5015 Revolution and Jihad in North Africa and the Sahel Professor Jean-Pierre Filiu uses his diplomatic experience and research to discuss Revolution and Jihad in North Africa and the Sahel. Jean-Pierre Filiu 02 May 2013
5016 Creative Commons How Useful are the Humanities? First lecture in the Value of Humanities series in which Professor Helen Small discusses the ideas of use and usefulness in the context of the value of the humanities. Helen Small 13 May 2013
5017 Creative Commons The Humanities' Contribution to Happiness Fourth lecture in the Value of Humanities series in which Professor Helen Small discusses the Humanities' contribution to happiness. Helen Small 13 May 2013
5018 Plant Conservation 1: conservation conventions, strategies and policies First in a series of four lectures on the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) given to third year biology undergraduates. This lecture looks at the events leading to the creation of the GSPC. Timothy Walker 20 Feb 2013
5019 Creative Commons FMR 48 - The value of accompaniment Friendship and compassionate companionship with the most vulnerable provide a powerful type of humanitarian service giving priority to personal accompaniment. Joe Hampson, Thomas M Crea, Rocío Calvo, Francisco Álvarez 04 Jun 2015
5020 Creative Commons Rigour and Openness in 21st Century Science: Panel 4 part 2 Open data. Geoffrey Bilder, CrossRef gives a talk for the Rigour and Openness in 21st Century Science held on the 11th and 12th April 2013. Geoffrey Bilder 15 May 2013
5021 Creative Commons FMR 48 - Local faith actors and protection in complex and insecure environments Faith leaders, faith-based organisations and local faith communities play a major role in the protection of people affected by conflict, disaster and displacement. Humanitarians, however, have only recently begun to fully appreciate their protection work. James Thomson 04 Jun 2015
5022 Creative Commons Applying a gender lens to migration and development: insights from research in Southern Africa Applying a gender lens to migration and development: insights from research in Southern Africa: presented by Belinda Dodson Belinda Dodson 04 Jun 2015
5023 Creative Commons FMR 48 - Religious leaders unite to disarm hearts and minds In the Central African Republic, where religion has been used as a tool to divide and manipulate the population, religious leaders have come together to promote tolerance and forgiveness as a basis for rebuilding peaceful cohabitation. Monsignor Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Imam Omar Kobine Layama, Pastor Nicolas Guerekoyame Gbangou 04 Jun 2015
5024 Creative Commons FMR 48 - From the Editors An introductory note on FMR 48, 'Faith and Responses to Displacement', from the Editors. Marion Couldrey, Maurice Herson 04 Jun 2015
5025 Creative Commons What archaeological data tell us about the movement of populations in the last millenia What archaeological data tell us about the movement of populations in the last millenia: presented by Nicolas Zorzin Nicolas Zorzin 04 Jun 2015
5026 Creative Commons FMR 49, FGM - Changing attitudes in Finland towards FGM Former refugee women are now working as professional educators among immigrant and refugee communities in Finland to tackle ignorance of the impact and extent of female genital mutilation/cutting. Saido Mohamed, Solomie Teshome 04 Jun 2015
5027 Creative Commons Rigour and Openness in 21st Century Science: Panel 4 part 6 Open data. Victor Henning, Mendeley gives a talk for the Rigour and Openness in 21st Century Science held on the 11th and 12th April 2013. Victor Henning 15 May 2013
5028 Rigour and Openness in 21st Century Science: Panel 4 part 3 Open data. Jason Wilde, Nature gives a talk for the Rigour and Openness in 21st Century Science held on the 11th and 12th April 2013. Jason Wilde 15 May 2013
5029 Creative Commons Rigour and Openness in 21st Century Science: Panel 5 part 2 Alternative Peer Review. Ciaran O'Neill, Biomed Central, gives a talk for the Rigour and Openness in 21st Century Science held on the 11th and 12th April 2013. Ciaran O'Neill 16 May 2013
5030 Creative Commons Rigour and Openness in 21st Century Science: Panel 5 part 4 Alternative Peer Review. Rebecca Lawrence, F1000, gives a talk for the Rigour and Openness in 21st Century Science held on the 11th and 12th April 2013. Rebecca Lawrence 16 May 2013
5031 Creative Commons 5.4 Cultural Economics and the Heritage Industry Dr Pegram Harrison (Fellow in Entrepreneurship, Saïd Business School) delivers part 4/5 of the lecture "How can leadership development and the world of commerce contribute?". Pegram Harrison 28 Feb 2013
5032 Creative Commons 5.3 Culture in Executive Education: Tangible Evidence Tracey Camillieri (Director, Oxford Strategic Leadership Programme, Saïd Business School) talks about culture in Executive Education. Tracey Camillieri 28 Feb 2013
5033 Creative Commons 5.5 Cultural Heritage and the Global Market Professor Linda Scott (DP World Chair for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Saïd Business School) delivers the final part of the lecture "How can leadership development and the world of commerce contribute?". Linda Scott 28 Feb 2013
5034 Creative Commons 6.1 Introduction: How Can the University and Cultural Organisations Collaborate? Professor Donna Kurtz introduces the sixth lecture in the Cultural Heritage Forum, entitled "How can the University and cultural organisations collaborate?". Donna Kurtz 08 Mar 2013
5035 Creative Commons 6.2 Introductory Remarks: How Can the University and Cultural Organisations Collaborate? Professor Loren Griffith (Director of International Strategy) delivers introductory remarks for the sixth lecture in the Cultural Heritage Forum "How can the University and cultural organisations collaborate?". Loren Griffith 08 Mar 2013
5036 Creative Commons Rigour and Openness in 21st Century Science: Panel 4 part 1 Open Data. Brian Hole, Ubiquity Press, gives a talk for the Rigour and Openness in 21st Century Science held on the 11th and 12th April 2013. Brian Hole 17 May 2013
5037 Creative Commons Rigour and Openness in 21st Century Science: Panel 4 part 5 Rebecca Lawrence, F1000, gives a talk for the Rigour and Openness in 21st Century Science held on the 11th and 12th April 2013. Rebecca Lawrence 17 May 2013
5038 The Nairne Seminar 2013: Lord Mandelson and Evan Davis This year's seminar will be given by Lord Mandelson (1973, PPE) in conversation with Evan Davis. Peter Mandelson, Evan Davies 22 Apr 2013
5039 Creative Commons "Europe Nothing Left to Die for?" NATO's European Allies, Military Capabilities and Political Will Drawing on her recent book, Janne Matlary addresses the question of burden-sharing in NATO and the role of the US's European allies. Janne Matlary 17 May 2013
5040 Creative Commons Are potential supporters of the English Defence League economic losers, protestors, Islamophobes or xenophobes? n recent years several European states have seen the emergence of 'counter-Jihad' movements, which in contrast to the established populist radical right eschew electoral politics and put stronger emphasis on mobilizing opposition to Islam and Muslims. Matthew Goodwin 20 May 2013
5041 Creative Commons With a lot of help from my friends: How do migrants use social networks to access jobs? This briefing provides a descriptive analysis of the role of social networks in the labour market, comparing immigrant and native men in the UK. The speakers will explore the determinants of using social networks as a channel for looking for jobs. Jackie Wahba 20 May 2013
5042 Creative Commons Can we block malaria transmission Dr Sumi Biswas talks about the development of a vaccine aimed at the mosquito stage of the malaria parasite cycle. Sumi Biswas 07 May 2013
5043 Creative Commons What are the migration pathways of UK graduates? It is often assumed that the pathway from home to university and onwards to the labour market is a linear upward trajectory, ultimately resulting in improved opportunities and social betterment. Joanna Sage 20 May 2013
5044 Creative Commons Psychiatric Genetics Every psychiatric disorder has a genetic contribution. Although anxiety and depression are very common diseases, current treatments are not very good. Jonathan Flint 21 May 2013
5045 Creative Commons Rigour and Openness 2013: Public Debate Evolution or Revolution In Science Communication? Public debate held in April 2013 in the Oxford Union looking at open access and debating the question - Evolution or Revolution In Science Communication? Amelia Andersdotter, Cameron Neylon, David Tempest, Graham Taylor, Jason Hoyt, Jason Wilde, Paul Wicks, Me Mike Taylor 10 May 2013
5046 Creative Commons South Africa's Constitutional Court: Battling populist political pressure Hugh Corder, Professor of Public Law, University of Cape Town - 15 May 2013. Hugh Corder 15 May 2013
5047 International Law in the Long 1990s: Notes Towards an Investigation Dr Akbar Rasulov, University of Glasgow - 9 May 2013. Akbar Rasulov 15 May 2013
5048 Creative Commons Updating what we know about intergenerational time and money transfers in the U.S. Prof. Bianchi (UCLA) presents a new survey component of American Time Use Data (ATUS) that investigates intergenerational time and money transfers. Suzanne Bianchi 17 May 2013
5049 Creative Commons Psychiatric genetics Professor Jonathan Flint talks about his research on psychiatric genetics. Jonathan Flint 21 May 2013
5050 Creative Commons Development of chemical probes Professor Stefan Knapp tells us how the development of chemical probes helps us to find new drugs. Stefan Knapp 21 May 2013
5051 Ingrid Betancourt: Thoughts on Peacebuilding Ingrid Betancourt gives a keynote talk for the 2013 Oxford Peace Building on the nature of peace and reflections of her time as a hostage of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for 6 years. Ingrid Betancourt 21 May 2013
5052 Creative Commons OxPeace 2013: The Economic Dynamics of Conflict in Somalia 1993-2009 Session 1A: Counter Terrorism and Peacebuilding Anja Shortland, University of Rome, gives a talk for the OxPeace 2013 conference: The Future of Peace Building. Anja Shortland 21 May 2013
5053 Creative Commons OxPeace 2013: University cooperation to promote reconciliation Session 1B: Universities and Peacebuilding Massimo Caneva, University of Rome, gives a talk for the OxPeace 2013 conference: The Future of Peace Building. Massimo Caneva 21 May 2013
5054 Creative Commons FMR 49, FGM - The medicalisation of female genital mutilation The ‘medicalisation’ of female genital mutilation should be denounced on two counts.Firstly, it is usually anatomically more damaging and, secondly, it goes against the ethical basis of the medical profession. Pierre Foldes, Frédérique Martz 04 Jun 2015
5055 Creative Commons FMR 49, FGM - The Istanbul Convention: new treaty, new tool The new Istanbul Convention provides a powerful tool for more effectively guaranteeing the protection of asylum seekers at risk of gender-based persecution and at risk of FGM in particular. Elise Petitpas, Johanna Nelles 04 Jun 2015
5056 Creative Commons OxPeace 2013: Illicitily Governed Spaces: drugs, conflict and peace in Columbia Session 1A: Counter-Terrorism and Peacebuilding Annette Idler, gives a talk for the OxPeace 2013 conference: The Future of Peace Building. Annette Idler 21 May 2013
5057 Creative Commons OxPeace 2013: Olive Tree Scholarship Program: Session 1B: Universities and Peacebuilding Yoav Bornstein and Elizabeth Jadon (Israel/Palestine) gives a talk for the OxPeace 2013 conference: The Future of Peace Building. Yoav Bornstein, Elizabeth Jadon 21 May 2013
5058 Creative Commons OxPeace 2013: UN Peacekeeping Radio: Session 2A UN Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Sacha Meuter gives a talk for the OxPeace 2013 conference: The Future of Peace Building. Sacha Meuter 21 May 2013
5059 Creative Commons OxPeace 2013: African Peacebuilding Network: Session 2A UN Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Cyril Obi gives a talk for the OxPeace 2013 conference: The Future of Peace Building. Cyril Obi 21 May 2013
5060 Chris Zorn on ’Big Data' in the Social Sciences Chris Zorn discusses teaching quantitative methods focussing on (a) integrating contemporary data science approaches into undergraduate instruction, and (b) using "big data" examples to generate and maintain students' interest. Chris Zorn 04 Jun 2015
5061 Proustian Memory Professor Gordon Shepherd (Yale) ‘Reassessing Mechanisms of Autobiographical Memory’ and Dr Kirsten Shepherd-Barr (St Catherine’s, Oxford) ‘Madeleines and Neuromodernism’. Chaired by Dr Sowon Park (Corpus Christi, Oxford) Gordon Shepherd, Kirsten Shepherd-Barr 04 Jun 2015
5062 Creative Commons FMR 49, FGM - Editors’ Introduction An introductory note from the Editors of a special mini-feature on 'FGM and Asylum in Europe' in FMR 49. Marion Couldrey, Maurice Herson 04 Jun 2015
5063 Creative Commons FMR 49, FGM - Female genital mutilation: a case for asylum in Europe With some 71% of female EU asylum applicants from FGM-practising countries estimated to be survivors of this harmful traditional practice, it is time to accept that this subject demands greater scrutiny and a more dedicated response. Fadela Novak-Irons 04 Jun 2015
5064 Creative Commons FMR 49, FGM - FGM: challenges for asylum applicants and officials Asylum authorities in the European Union need to establish better procedures to help address the specific vulnerabilities and protection needs of women and girls who have undergone or are at risk of female genital mutilation. Christine Flamand 04 Jun 2015
5065 Watching the Brain Change Our research uses brain imaging techniques such as MRI, to assess changes in brain activity or brain structure. We then try to use this information to design new interventions to improve healthy ageing or boost recovery from stroke. Heidi Johansen-Berg 11 Jun 2015
5066 Seeing the Invisible in Health and Disease How our ability to now see the invisible is central to research in biology – from infectious disease to cancer and Alzheimers. Keith Gull 11 Jun 2015
5067 Cancer: why it's bad to the bone Why is cancer metastasis to bone so devastating, what are the challenges, and what are we trying to do about it. Claire Edwards 11 Jun 2015
5068 Climate Change and the fall of the Pyramid Age of Egypt Is Climate Change responsible for the downfall of the Pyramid Age of Egypt Michael Dee 11 Jun 2015
5069 Earth’s earliest super predators Anomalocaridids: their ecology & their diversity. Allison Daley 11 Jun 2015
5070 The ethics of rail travel; or, what George Eliot can teach us about HS2 An analysis of George Eliot's 'Middlemarch' and how the writer's critique of railroads might inform an ethically sensitive approach to HS2 Philip Chadwick 11 Jun 2015
5071 Trade Unions and North Africa's Arab Spring What role did trade unions play in the Egyptian and Tunisian uprisings of 2010/2011? Dina Bishara 11 Jun 2015
5072 What can dinosaurs tell us about evolution? Fossil records tell us a lot about evolution around the time of dinosaurs Roger Benson 11 Jun 2015
5073 Lost in Translation? Experiencing the body on stage and screen How audiences respond to the body on stage and on screen. Alexandra Greenfield, Vanessa Lee 11 Jun 2015
5074 Colouring-in for Adults How flow cytometry can help investigations into immune-mediated diseases. Hussein Al-Mossowi 11 Jun 2015
5075 Suffering History: Phenomenology at the Intersection of Disease and Illness A presentation by Austin Argentieri. Austin Argentieri 10 Jun 2015
5076 St Cross Seminar: The 'New' Guestworker? Rethinking the Ethics of Temporary Labour Migration Programme This talk probes into the ethical landscape of contemporary TLMPs in liberal democratic states, and examines issues such as migrants' rights. Mimi Zou 10 Jun 2015
5077 St Cross Seminar: The moral insignificance of self-consciousness In this talk, Dr Josh Shepherd examines the claim that self-consciousness is highly morally significant. Joshua Shepherd 10 Jun 2015
5078 Creative Commons Unlocking the Power of Hydrogen Kylie Vincent and Philip Ash discuss how bacteria harness the energy stored within hydrogen molecules, and how this could help build a more sustainable energy future. Kylie Vincent, Philip Ash 10 Jun 2015
5079 Creative Commons Chemistry is Central to our Energy Future Phil Grunewald, Deputy Director of Energy Research at the University of Oxford, explains how chemistry helps to solve global energy challenges. Phil Grunewald 10 Jun 2015
5080 Creative Commons Nanoparticle Catalysis: Size Matters Hanif Mahadi, Researcher in Edman Tsang’s group, explains how nanoparticle catalysts help us use fossil fuels more efficiently and develop cleaner alternative sources of energy. Hanif Mahadi 10 Jun 2015
5081 Creative Commons Using Catalysts to Make Exhaust Fumes Greener How can we reduce the pollution from car exhausts? Elizabeth Raine 10 Jun 2015
5082 Creative Commons The Energy Challenge:  Research at Oxford Providing secure, affordable and sustainable forms of energy is one of our biggest challenges this century.  Hear how the cutting-edge fundamental research we undertake addresses real world problems and helps us to move towards a more sustainable future.  Phil Grunewald 10 Jun 2015
5083 The Gaisford 2015 Lecture: Pearls before Swine? The Past & Future of Greek The Gaisford 2015 Lecture: Pearls before Swine? The Past & Future of Greek Edith Hall 09 Jun 2015
5084 Creative Commons Questioning the UK government’s vision of higher education and social mobility A public seminar from the Department of Education, given by Dr Susan James Relly, Assistant Director of SKOPE. Susan James Relly 09 Jun 2015
5085 Sanjaya Lall lecture 2015 Professor Abhijit Banerjee (Sanjaya Lall Visiting Professor) delivers the 2015 Sajaya Lall Lecture. Abhijit Banerjee, Ingrid Lunt, John Vickers, Vincent Crawford, Roger Myerson 08 Jun 2015
5086 What Kind of Learning do we want? 21st Century Learning, the Standards Agenda and Expert Learners How can we help students move from being novices to proficient apprentices to experts in the domain? Gordon Stobart 08 Jun 2015
5087 Chasing Fast Dynamos in the Plasma Lab Physics Colloquium 29th May 2015 delivered by Professor Cary Forest Cary Forest 08 Jun 2015
5088 Climate Observations from Space Physics Colloquium 5th June 2015 delivered by Professor Stephen Briggs Stephen Briggs 08 Jun 2015
5089 The Geography of Territory: rethinking space through Arctic materialities In this seminar, Professor Phil Steinberg presents alternative ways of thinking about territory. Philip Steinberg 06 Jun 2015
5090 Cees van der Eijk on “Contextualising Research Methods Cees van der Eijk gives a talk for the Sociology seminar series. Cees van der Eijk 04 Jun 2015
5091 Creative Commons Oxpeace 2015: UN Peacebuilding and the pursuit of multi-Ethnicity in Kosovo Dana Landau gives a talk for Session A of the 2015 OxPeace conference; New directions in the study of peacebuilding. Dana Landau 16 Jun 2015
5092 Creative Commons Oxpeace 2015: Of Mandates and Majors: Exploring The United Nations' Role in Disarmament Demobilisation and Reinsertion, the Case of Timor Leste Dr Kate Roll gives a talk for Session A of the 2015 OxPeace conference; New directions in the study of peacebuilding. Kate Roll 16 Jun 2015
5093 Creative Commons OxPeace 2015: UN Protection of Civilians, with special emphasis on South Sudan Hilde Johnson gives a talk at OxPeace 2015 Conference, held at St John's College on 10th May 2015. Hilde Johnson 16 Jun 2015
5094 Creative Commons OxPeace 2015: Opening Plenary Peace and the UN at 70 Edward Mortimer CMG gives the opening talk for the OxPeace 2015 conference, held at St John's College on 10th May 2015. Edward Mortimer 16 Jun 2015
5095 Creative Commons Oxpeace 2015 Introduction Dr Liz Carmichael opens the 2015 OxPeace Conference, held in St John's College on 10th May 2015. Liz Carmichael 16 Jun 2015
5096 Creative Commons OxPeace 2015 Keynote: Peace and the UN at 70 Mark Maloch-Brown gives the keynote address at the 2015 OxPeace conference. Mark Maloch-Brown 16 Jun 2015
5097 Phenomenology and Health A highlights video from the one-day conference Andrew Papanikitas, Anna Kirkengen 15 Jun 2015
5098 CSAE Conference 2015 - Interview with Nava Ashraf Keynote speaker Nava Ashraf provides an overview of her presentation at the CSAE Conference 2015 Nava Ashraf 12 Jun 2015
5099 CSAE Conference 2015 - Interview with Michael Clemens Plenary speaker Michael Clemens provides a short overview of his presentation at the CSAE Conference 2015 Michael Clemens 12 Jun 2015
5100 CSAE Conference 2015 - Interview with Melanie Morten Plenary speaker Melanie Morten provides a short overview of her presentation at the CSAE Conference 2015 Melanie Morten 12 Jun 2015
5101 CSAE Conference 2015 - Interview with Doug Gollin Plenary speaker Doug Gollin provides a short overview of his presentation at the CSAE Conference 2015 Douglas Gollin 12 Jun 2015
5102 CSAE Conference 2015 - Vox Pops Find out a little about the 2015 Conference and hear what some of our participants think Julia Coffey 12 Jun 2015
5103 Creative Commons Cross-border journalism – a new method of collaborative reporting A Reuters podcast given by Brigitte Alfter, journalist, lecturer and author of handbook on cross-border journalism. Brigette Alfter 12 Jun 2015
5104 St Edmund Hall Research Expo 2015: Introduction A brief overview of the event Keith Gull 12 Jun 2015
5105 From Moral Neutrality to Effective Altruism: The Changing Scope and Significance of Moral Philosophy The third in the series of the Tanner Lectures which serve to advance and reflect upon the scholarly and scientific learning relating to human values Peter Singer 12 Jun 2015
5106 Promoting nutrition through schools in a lower middle income country, Sri Lanka Investigating how schools may help improve diet, particularly in low- and middle-income countries Julianne Williams 11 Jun 2015
5107 Past and Future Earthquake Hazard in Asia This lecture illustrates the ways in which the landscape in Central Asia has been influenced by active faults and earthquakes and will examine the hazard faced at the present-day. Richard Walker 11 Jun 2015
5108 Rethinking the American Revolution and the US Founding Myth The importance of looking at the American colonial period not as the ‘Thirteen Colonies’ but as a British America consisting of twenty-six colonies and provinces. Trent Taylor 11 Jun 2015
5109 The stimulated brain How non-invasive brain stimulation techniques might work, and how we have started to use them in stroke survivors. Charlotte Stagg 11 Jun 2015
5110 Can we predict the structure of matter? From predicting the properties of nanotechnological devices to the structural stability of small proteins and dynamics of water. Mariana Rossi 11 Jun 2015
5111 Current practice in preventing and handling missing data alongside clinical trials: are we doing well? Reviewing the methodology surrounding missing data in research and statistical analysis, clarifying why it can contribute to misleading results. Ines Rombach 11 Jun 2015
5112 The Eternity Puzzle How mathematicians think about the puzzle that Christopher Monckton launched in 1999. Oliver Riordan 11 Jun 2015
5113 What debt management strategies do OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries follow? How do debt managers decide about the maturity of new public debt? Ilona Mostipan 11 Jun 2015
5114 Shakespeare's Animals Why animals are everywhere in Shakespeare's language. Tom MacFaul 11 Jun 2015
5115 Looking at atoms to understand mega-structures' structural integritySome components of nuclear reactors, such as steam generators, can weigh over 300 tonnes (4m diameter and 20m tall) and are expected to be safely in service for over 20 years. However, it How we need to characterize materials at atomic level in order to understand their macroscopic behaviour. Sergio Lozano-Perez 11 Jun 2015
5116 How to spot a liar in literature An introduction to the theory of unreliable narration and outlines two critical approaches: the cognitivist and the rhetorical. Alex Lloyd 11 Jun 2015
5117 Who killed "Dead Meat" Thompson? Using a scenario from the Hollywood film "Hot Shots", how should a compensation payment have been divided up between all those involved in the circumstances of "Dead Meat" Thompson's death? Dominik Karos 11 Jun 2015
5118 A digital database of the correspondence of Catherine the Great of Russia Demonstrating the pilot and explaining the significance of this digital database. Andrew Kahn 11 Jun 2015
5119 Creative Commons Oxpeace 2015: Partnering to Make Peace: The Effectiveness of UN-African Joint Mediation Efforts in Civil Wars in Africa Allard Duursma gives a talk for Session A of the 2015 OxPeace conference; New directions in the study of peacebuilding. Allard Duursma 16 Jun 2015
5120 Creative Commons Oxpeace 2015: 'A Force for Peace': The UN Secretary-General and the Cold War, 1946-1953 Ellen Jenny Ravndal gives a talk for Session A of the 2015 OxPeace conference; New directions in the study of peacebuilding. Ellen Jenny Ravndal 16 Jun 2015
5121 Archie Cochrane Lecture 2015: Malaria control - past, present and future Professor Nicholas John White, Professor of Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford and Mahidol University, Physician, John Radcliffe Hospital gives the Archie Cochrane 2015 lecture. Nicholas John White 16 Jun 2015
5122 Creative Commons Delivering Low Carbon Transport across the UK's Devolved Administrations part one Jack Snape, Committee on Climate Change gives a talk for the Transport Studies Unit Hilary Term Seminar Series. Jack Snape 17 Jun 2015
5123 Creative Commons EU's Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans: Whose Politics? Part Two Anne Shaw, Birmingham City Council, gives a talk for the Transport Studies Unit Hilary Term Seminar Series. Anne Shaw 17 Jun 2015
5124 Creative Commons EU's Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans: Whose Politics? Part One Mark Major, The Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission, gives a talk for the Transport Studies Unit Hilary Term Seminar Series Mark Major 17 Jun 2015
5125 Parlez-vous Beams? The Frontier of Beam Physics and Accelerator Science: from High Energy Particle Colliders to Quantum Degenerate Beams Physics Colloquium 12th June 2015 delivered by Professer Swapan Chattopadhyay Swapan Chattopadhyay 17 Jun 2015
5126 The Quantum Universe The 2015 Hintze Lecture delivered by Professor Hitoshi Murayama Hitoshi Murayama 16 Jun 2015
5127 Creative Commons OxPeace 2015: Closing Remarks Dr Liz Carmichael closes the 2015 OxPeace Conference. Liz Carmichael 16 Jun 2015
5128 Creative Commons OxPeace 2015: Key concerns in peace and security: building more peaceful and inclusive societies Sunil Suri gives a talk for Session C of the 2015 OxPeace conference; Peace and the proposed UN Sustainable Development Goals. Sunil Suri 16 Jun 2015
5129 Creative Commons OxPeace 2015: Themes in the relationship between development and peace Jonathan Granoff gives a talk for Session C of the 2015 OxPeace conference; Peace and the proposed UN Sustainable Development Goals. Jonathan Granoff 16 Jun 2015
5130 Creative Commons Oxpeace 2015: ISIL and Islamic responses to extremism Imam Monwar Hussain give a talk for Session B of the 2015 OxPeace conference; Religion in peace and conflict: extreme war-making, didcated peacebuilding. Monawar Hussain 16 Jun 2015
5131 OxPeace 2015: In the name of religion: the untold story of faith-based conflict prevention Professor Alpaslan Ozerdem and Laura Payne give a talk for Session B of the 2015 OxPeace conference; Religion in peace and conflict: extreme war-making, didcated peacebuilding Alpaslan Ozerdem, Laura Payne 16 Jun 2015
5132 Creative Commons OxPeace 2013: Tigris and Euphrates as intruments of peace: the Marshes, Iraq: Session 2B Environmental Peacebuilding Azzam Alwash, Iraq, gives a talk for the OxPeace 2013 conference: The Future of Peace Building. Azzam Alwash 21 May 2013
5133 Creative Commons OxPeace 2013: Peacebuilding through Biodiversity: Session 2B Environmental Peacebuilding Chris Naylor, A Rocha, gives a talk for the OxPeace 2013 conference: The Future of Peace Building. Chris Naylor 21 May 2013
5134 The Spanish Golden Age A session chaired by Dr Frances Lannon that examines this period of flourishing arts and literature in Spain, which coincided with the political rise and subsequent decline of the Spanish Habsburg dynasty. Frances Lannon, John Elliott, Jonathan Thacker 22 May 2013
5135 Creative Commons OxPeace 2013: Evolving an Integrated Approach to Peacebuilding in the UN Dr Carolyn McAskie OC, University of Ottawa, first UN Asst SG for Peacebuilding and head of the UN Peacebuilding Commission gives the first keynote on how the UN has spent over a decade and a half realizing an integrated approach to peacebuilding. Carolyn McAskie 21 May 2013
5136 Creative Commons SPLiCE: Sustainable Pathways to Low Carbon Energy (Scoping Workshop) Part 1: Legal and Energy Policy Context To scope out an ambitious research programme (SPLiCE) that would identify how the transition to a low carbon energy system can be made in a sustainable way. With Tom Bain (DECC). Tom Bain 22 May 2013
5137 Creative Commons Low Carbon Heat: Research Gaps and Opportunities: Part one Heat and the City With Jan Webb, University of Edinburgh. A two-day UKERC Meeting Place event to bring together experts from academia, consultancy and industry to discuss low carbon heat. Jan Webb 22 May 2013
5138 Creative Commons The Future of the UK Gas Network: Part two Scenarios for the future of the network With Paul Dodds, UCL. The purpose of this talk is to To examine research and policy issues surrounding the future of the UK gas network from a range of perspectives, including government, industry and academia. Paul Dodds 22 May 2013
5139 Spain and Europe, Old Myths and New Realities W.H.Auden described Spain as "...that arid square, that fragment nipped off from hot Africa, soldered so crudely to inventive Europe". This discussion looks in more detail at Spain's place in Europe, as well as the image and reality of Spain today. Charles Powell, Esperanza Aguirre, Tom Burns 22 May 2013
5140 Creative Commons SPLiCE: Sustainable Pathways to Low Carbon Energy (Scoping Workshop) Part Two National Ecosystem Assessment To scope out an ambitious research programme (SPLiCE) that would identify how the transition to a low carbon energy system can be made in a sustainable way. With Ian Bateman, UEA. Ian Bateman 22 May 2013
5141 Creative Commons Sparks Symposium: Interdisciplinary Research, Communication and Dissemination Part one Assessing Interdisciplinary Research With Catherine Lyall, University of Edinburgh, The aim of the symposium is to offer advice, training, tools and best practices to participants undertaking or considering interdisciplinary energy research. Catherine Lyall 22 May 2013
5142 Creative Commons Delivering Low Carbon Transport across the UK's Devolved Administrations part two Stuart Hay, Vice Chair of Transform Scotland and Scottish Director of Living Streets gives a talk for the Transport Studies Unit Hilary Term Seminar Series. Stuart Hay 17 Jun 2015
5143 Politics of Infrastructure: Spineless Development? part one Nigel Tipple, Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership gives a talk for the Transport Studies Unit Hilary Term Seminar Series. Nigel Tipple 17 Jun 2015
5144 Creative Commons Politics of Roadspace part one Justin Spinney, University of Cardiff gives a talk for the Transport Studies Unit Hilary Term Seminar Series. Justin Spinney 17 Jun 2015
5145 Creative Commons Politics of Infrastructure: Spineless Development? part two Tim Schwanen, Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford gives a talk for the Transport Studies Unit Hilary Term Seminar Series. Tim Schwanen 17 Jun 2015
5146 Politics of Roadspace part two Martin Cassini, Equality Streets, gives a talk for the Transport Studies Unit Hilary Term Seminar Series. Martin Cassini 17 Jun 2015
5147 Mastering Women’s Studies? Habitus and Hazards Professor Ros Ballaster talks on the beginning of the Women's Studies course at Oxford in 'Mastering Women's Studies? Habitus and Hazards' Ros Ballaster 22 Jun 2015
5148 Why was the Beveridge report so popular? William of Durahm Lecture. Ben Jackson 22 Jun 2015
5149 Creative Commons Beveridge, the Webbs and the coming of the Welfare State. William of Durham Lecture. Michael Ward 22 Jun 2015
5150 The Greece of the East: Writing the History of Music in Meiji Japan A talk from Dr Jonathan Service, Wadham College, Oxford, at the Nissan Institute. Jonathan Service 22 Jun 2015
5151 Japan's New Security Cooperation in Counter-Piracy Missions A talk by Professor Wilhelm Vosse, International Christian University, at the Nissan Institute. Wilhelm Vosse 22 Jun 2015
5152 Engineering the Empire: "Comprehensive Development" in Japan's Colonial Borderlands Professor Aaron S. Moore, Arizona State University gives a talk at the Nissan Institute. Aaron S. Moore 22 Jun 2015
5153 Design and practice: a study of the design, build and occupation of new schools Prof. Harry Daniels & Hau Ming Tse present an account of ways in which the discourses and practices of school design produce educational spaces which mediate and shape the discourses and practices of teaching and learning when the building is occupied. Harry Daniels, Hau Ming Tse 22 Jun 2015
5154 European security and defence: a personal account from Latvia’s perspective President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, renowned politician, diplomat, and former President of Latvia (1999-2007), talks autobiographically about her life and career. Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga 19 Jun 2015
5155 Creative Commons FMR 49 - From the Editors An introductory note on FMR 49, 'Disasters and displacement in a changing climate', from the Editors. Marion Couldrey, Maurice Herson 18 Jun 2015
5156 Creative Commons FMR 49 - Foreward In order to make progress on disasters, climate change and human mobility, it is essential to bring together different strands of the discussion to develop a comprehensive response that also anticipates future challenges associated with climate change. Børge Brende, Didier Burkhalter 18 Jun 2015
5157 Creative Commons FMR 49 - The Nansen Initiative: building consensus on displacement in disaster contexts The Nansen Initiative consultative process has identified a toolbox of potential policy options to prevent, prepare for and respond to the challenges of cross-border displacement in disaster contexts, including the effects of climate change. Walter Kälin 18 Jun 2015
5158 Creative Commons FMR 49 - National Adaptation Plans and human mobility In order to avoid displacement when possible, displacement and human mobility issues need to be better integrated within national and regional adaptation planning processes. Koko Warner, Walter Kälin, Susan Martin, Youssef Nassef 18 Jun 2015
5159 Creative Commons FMR 49 - The state of the evidence Researchers have much to do, not only to understand climate- and disaster-induced migration but also to transmit their understanding for the use of policymakers and practitioners. Justin Ginnetti 18 Jun 2015
5160 Creative Commons FMR 49 - The necessity for an ethnographic approach in Peru A movement of people is rarely explained by environmental or climatic factors alone. Therefore an analysis which does not take into consideration the cultural consequences of climate change for affected societies is incomplete. Geremia Cometti 18 Jun 2015
5161 Creative Commons FMR 49 - An integrated focus The key to successfully addressing the challenges of environmental, climatic and natural disasters is integrating migration concerns – including displacement – into all climate change, disaster risk reduction and development policies and frameworks. William Lacy Swing 18 Jun 2015
5162 Creative Commons FMR 49 - West Africa: a testing ground for regional solutions West Africa has a very mobile population and high vulnerability to natural hazards. It also, however, has a number of regional cooperation agreements and may therefore be a useful testing ground for addressing cross-border disaster displacement. Julia Blocher, Dalila Gharbaoui, Sara Vigil 18 Jun 2015
5163 Creative Commons FMR 49 - Development and displacement risks The impact of climate change induces systemic patterns of socio-economic erosion that also affect the dynamics of disaster displacement and that require parallel responses. Glaucia Boyer, Matthew McKinnon 18 Jun 2015
5164 Creative Commons FMR 49 - Developing temporary protection in Africa Formalised temporary protection arrangements in Africa could significantly improve access to territory and human rights for people displaced across borders by disasters. Such arrangements must adhere to states’ existing protection obligations. Tamara Wood 18 Jun 2015
5165 Creative Commons FMR 49 - Climate effects on nomadic pastoralist societies Oman and Mongolia reflect the modern climatic and social challenges to mobile pastoral livelihoods. Dawn Chatty, Troy Sternberg 18 Jun 2015
5166 FMR 49 - Guidance for ‘managed’ relocation The international community has been slow to develop climate change-specific instruments to guide the relocation process beyond those that relate to displacement generally. Brent Doberstein, Anne Tadgell 18 Jun 2015
5167 Creative Commons FMR 49 - Preparing for planned relocation Preparing for planned relocation FMR 18 Jun 2015
5168 Creative Commons FMR 49 - Lessons from planned relocation and resettlement in the past Placing contemporary deliberations about relocation within a longer historical and intellectual framework reveals unexpected connections and salutary lessons. Jane McAdam 18 Jun 2015
5169 Creative Commons FMR 49 - Post-disaster resettlement in urban Bolivia Post-disaster resettlement programmes can be unsuitable and ineffective, often exacerbating the vulnerability of people to the effects of climate change. Gemma Sou 18 Jun 2015
5170 Creative Commons FMR 49 - Focusing on climate-related internal displacement Global attention should place a primary focus on the application of best practice and the development of innovative initiatives to solve climate-related internal displacement, rather than on grappling with the far rarer movements of people across borders. Scott Leckie, Ezekiel Simperingham 18 Jun 2015
5171 Creative Commons FMR 49 - Brazil’s draft law for environmental migrants Brazil is developing a long-term solution for filling a legislative gap affecting environmental migrants. Isabela Piacentini de Andrade 18 Jun 2015
5172 Creative Commons FMR 49 - Disasters, displacement and a new framework in the Americas There is a startling range of positive examples of national law, policy and practice all across the Americas that states have used to respond to the migratory consequences of disasters. David James Cantor 18 Jun 2015
5173 Creative Commons FMR 49 - Temporary protection arrangements to fill a gap in the protection regime Predictable measures are needed to provide protection for people displaced across borders by disasters, where there is currently a gap. Volker Türk 18 Jun 2015
5174 Creative Commons FMR 49 - Refugees, climate change and international law How can the category of ‘climate refugee’ be considered within international law in the 21st century? María José Fernández 18 Jun 2015
5175 Creative Commons FMR 49 - Displacement as a consequence of climate change mitigation policies Climate change mitigation policies and ‘green solutions’, such as biofuels, are also creating displacement. Sara Vigil 18 Jun 2015
5176 Creative Commons FMR 49 - Statelessness and environmental displacement Stateless people and migrants are at greater risk of displacement and are less likely to receive assistance; in turn, environmental displacement (especially multiple migrations) heightens the risk of becoming stateless. Jessie Connell 18 Jun 2015
5177 Creative Commons FMR 49 - A role for strategic litigation Strategic litigation to protect individuals at risk can usefully support higher-level protection initiatives. Matthew Scott 18 Jun 2015
5178 Creative Commons FMR 49 - Floods and migration in the Czech Republic Residents’ strategies are generally aimed at either protection from or adaptation to flooding. Large-scale migration from the floodplains of rivers has not been seriously considered, even in high-risk zones. Robert Stojanov, Ilan Kelman, Barbora Duží 18 Jun 2015
5179 Creative Commons FMR 49 - 'One Safe Future’ in the Philippines The Philippine government’s ‘One Safe Future’ programme relocated disaster-affected poor families in areas where structures enabling opportunities are lacking. Lloyd Ranque, Melissa Quetulio-Navarra 18 Jun 2015
5180 Creative Commons FMR 49 - Post-disaster resettlement in the Philippines: a risky strategy Experience in the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan suggests that resettlement as a strategy for mitigating disaster-induced displacement can create significant protection risks. Alice R Thomas 18 Jun 2015
5181 Creative Commons FMR 49 - Cross-border migration with dignity in Kiribati The ‘migration with dignity’ policy is part of Kiribati’s long-term nation-wide relocation strategy. Karen E McNamara 18 Jun 2015
5182 Creative Commons FMR 49 - Land, disasters and mobility in the South Pacific The adaptive characteristics of customary land systems deserve greater recognition in disaster or climate change policy frameworks. Daniel Fitzpatrick 18 Jun 2015
5183 Creative Commons FMR 49 - Not drowning but fighting: Pacific Islands activists Focusing on climate-induced migration, rather than mitigation, can be at odds with grassroots demands and can make the future uninhabitability of some Pacific Islands appear as a foregone conclusion. Hannah Fair 18 Jun 2015
5184 Creative Commons FMR 49 - Samoa: local knowledge, climate change and population movements The voices of scientists, academics, politicians and development practitioners dominate the climate change debate, yet local knowledge, values and beliefs are essential elements of navigating the way forward for affected communities. Ximena Flores-Palacios 18 Jun 2015
5185 Creative Commons FMR 49 - Facilitating voluntary adaptive migration in the Pacific Voluntary adaptive migration across int'l borders will be a critical component of an overall adaptation strategy for at-risk individuals and households in the Pacific in order to increase their resilience to natural hazards and prevent future displicement Bruce Burson, Richard Bedford 18 Jun 2015
5186 Creative Commons FMR 49 - Integrating resilience in South Asia Communities can strengthen their resilience by integrating disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and poverty reduction measures. Mi Zhou, Dorien Braam 18 Jun 2015
5187 Creative Commons FMR 49 - “Everyone likes it here” Sea-level rise threatens communities of the Lakshadweep islands. But what happens when belongingness, religious beliefs and the identity of being an islander make them stay? Himani Upadhyay, Ilan Kelman, Divya Mohan 18 Jun 2015
5188 Creative Commons FMR 49 - Building adaptive capacity in Assam A starting point for adapting to longer-term climate change could be adaptation to short-term climate variability and extreme events. Making more informed choices about the use of remittances can enhance the adaptive capacity of receiving households. Soumyadeep Banerjee, Suman Bisht, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra 18 Jun 2015
5189 Creative Commons FMR 49 - Mixed motivations and complex causality in the Mekong Many climate change-affected communities have already been using migration as a means to adapt to and withstand the challenges to their livelihoods and security. Strengthening of existing protections for all migrants is clearly advantageous. Jessica Marsh 18 Jun 2015
5190 Creative Commons FMR 49 - One good reason to speak of ‘climate refugees’ The concept of ‘environmental refugees’, or ‘climate refugees’, has been progressively abandoned, as having no legal basis. I want to argue that there are good reasons to use the term. Francois Gemenne 18 Jun 2015
5191 Creative Commons FMR 49 - Governance questions for the international community The Nansen Initiative has highlighted significant questions about how the international community should collectively think about displacement and mobility issues relating to natural disasters and climate change, and how to improve the governance thereof. Alexander Betts 18 Jun 2015
5192 Creative Commons FMR 49 - Building respectful solutions Tribes in coastal Alaska and Louisiana in the United States are among the communities at immediate risk of displacement due to climate change impacts. Colleen Swan, Chief Albert P Naquin, Stanley Tom 18 Jun 2015
5193 Creative Commons FMR 49 General - The Cartagena process: 30 years of innovation and solidarity The 30th anniversary of the 1984 Cartagena Declaration offers the opportunity to consider the achievements of the Cartagena process and the specific characteristics that make it so remarkable. Carlos Maldonado Castillo 18 Jun 2015
5194 Creative Commons FMR 49 General - Trafficking for human organs Trafficking of people for their organs is an emerging transnational crime that has failed to receive sufficient international attention. Vladimir Makei 18 Jun 2015
5195 Creative Commons FMR 49 General - Sweet tea and cigarettes: a taste of refugee life in Jordan Among refugees in Jordan, utter boredom – the result of restrictions on mobility, prohibitions on employment, and feelings of marginalisation – is an unmistakable source of anguish. Rana B Khoury 18 Jun 2015
5196 Creative Commons FMR 49 General - Refugee-state distrust on the Thai-Burma border Distrust between refugees and their state of origin must be given due consideration in institutional approaches to repatriation of refugees, on the Thai-Burma border and in other refugee contexts worldwide. Karen Hargrave 18 Jun 2015
5197 Creative Commons FMR 49 General - Animals and forced migration Harm to animals resulting from forced migration of people is intricately interwoven with and contingent upon the simultaneous suffering of humans. Piers Beirne, Caitlin Kelty-Huber 18 Jun 2015
5198 The Unspeakability of Trauma, the Unspeakability of Joy: The Pursuit of the Real at the Turn of the Twenty-first Century A lecture by Amy Hollywood with response from Kate Kirkpatrick and Johannes Depnering. Amy Hollywood, Kate Kirkpatrick, Johannes Depnering 18 Jun 2015
5199 Henry Adams, Henry James, and Minnie Temple: The Pursuit of the Real at the Turn of the 20th Century A lecture by Amy Hollywood. Amy Hollywood 18 Jun 2015
5200 The Real, the True, and Critique: Mysticism in the Study of Religion A lecture by Amy Hollywood with response from Vincent Gillespie and Joana Serrado. Amy Hollywood, Vincent Gillespie, Joana Serrado, Kate Kilpatrick 18 Jun 2015

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