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| 13401 | Creative Commons | AI and the Future of Audio. Episode 1 - When AI meets creative writing: an audio experiment at Czech Radio | Can AI write better short stories than a human writer? This is the questions at the heart of the Digital Writer project from Czech Radio. | Gretel Kahn, Anna Vošalíková | 24 Jul 2024 |
| 13402 | July - Episode 34 | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Nicola Lindson discuss emerging evidence in e-cigarette research interview Jamie Brown, University College London | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Nicola Lindson | 29 Jul 2024 | |
| 13403 | Creative Commons | The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa | Professor Malika Zeghal (Harvard University) presents her new book 'The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa', an innovative analysis that traces the continuity of the state’s custodianship of Islam. | Malika Zeghal | 30 Jul 2024 |
| 13404 | Creative Commons | Interview with Robert Bracey on South Asian Coin Collections in the British Museum by Shreya Gupta | This interview discusses the afterlives of coin collections from South Asia held in UK museums today. | Robert Bracey, Shreya Gupta | 31 Jul 2024 |
| 13405 | Creative Commons | Interview with Dr Paul Stevens on collecting Indian coins by Shreya Gupta | This interview discusses Paul Steven’s journey of collecting and researching Indian coins | Paul Stevens, Shreya Gupta | 31 Jul 2024 |
| 13406 | The future of Particle Physics | Professor Daniela Bortoletto, Head of Particle Physics at University of Oxford, considers future advancements in particle physics and the ongoing quest to understand the universe's fundamental nature. | Daniela Bortoletto | 30 Jul 2024 | |
| 13407 | Neutrino oscillations | Professor Paul Harrison (University of Warwick) discusses the life and work of Don Perkins, focusing on neutrino oscillations. He reminisces about meeting Perkins in 1994 and the theoretical framework they developed together. | Paul Harrison | 26 Jul 2024 | |
| 13408 | Integrating Disability Across the Community | Watch the replay of the Social Sciences Division's Inaugural EDI lecture, an inspiring event, delving into the heart of disability justice and culture with Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Professor of English and Bioethics at Emory University. | Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Jonathan Herring | 02 Aug 2024 | |
| 13409 | AI and the Future of Audio. Episode 2 - The day AI clones took over a Swiss radio station | On April 27 2023, artificial intelligence took over a radio station in francophone Switzerland, the voices were AI clones of their real hosts, everything they said were scripts generated by AI, and even the music played was aggregated and composed by AI. | Gretel Kahn, Antoine Multone | 02 Aug 2024 | |
| 13410 | Cosmic Rays / Dark Matter | Professor Jocelyn Monroe (Particle Physics, University of Oxford) discusses cosmic rays, dark matter, and the work of Don Perkins, focusing on the tools of particle astrophysics. | Jocelyn Monroe | 26 Jul 2024 | |
| 13411 | CRISPR, Gene Editing, and Metamorphosis | Biotechnology is transforming the human condition. A molecular tool called CRISPR-Cas9 is being used to edit human DNA. Scientists will join influential disabled thinkers to discuss ethical issues hovering around gene editing. | Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Nada Kubikova, Dagan Wells, Julia-Sophia Bellingrath, Eben Kirksey, Sarah Kane | 26 Jul 2024 | |
| 13412 | Don Perkins and Neutral Currents | Professor Deiter Haidt, Don Perkin's collaborator on the Gargamelle project at CERN, details the seminal contributions of Don Perkins to neutrino physics and the Standard Model. | Dieter Haidt | 19 Jul 2024 | |
| 13413 | The early years: Bristol, Emulsions, Pion discovery | Professor Brian Foster (Experimental Physics at University of Oxford) explores the early years of Don Perkins in particle physics, his pion discovery, and his lasting impact on the field and cancer therapy. | Brian Foster | 19 Jul 2024 | |
| 13414 | Neutrinos at Soudan and proton decay | Join Professor Mark Thomson on a journey through particle physics from his early days in proton decay experiments to roles in major neutrino projects like MINOS and DUNE, and the profound implications of particle physics research. | Mark Thomson | 26 Jul 2024 | |
| 13415 | Don Perkins and Charged Currents | Professor Chris Llewelyn-Smith provides a detailed account of Don Perkins' contributions to particle physics, his role as a leading figure, and his impact on the field through his work on neutrino interactions and particle physics. | Chris Llewelyn-Smith | 19 Jul 2024 | |
| 13416 | Keynote: Time traveling with Gregor Samsa, or what you can do with six legs | Professors Rosemarie Garland-Thomson and Eben Kirksey use Gregor's transformation in 'Metamorphosis' to muse on the everyday changes we all experience and their relations to disability, design justice and ableism. | Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Eben Kirksey | 07 Aug 2024 | |
| 13417 | AI and the Future of Audio. Episode 3 - Meet NAT, the AI-generated presenter offering soft news to Mexican audiences | Mexican news organisation 'Grupo Fórmula' has created an AI news anchor to attract younger audiences. Host Gretel Kahn spoke with Oswaldo Aguilar Castro, Director of Technology and AI Infrastructure. | Oswaldo Aguilar Castro, Gretel Kahn | 06 Aug 2024 | |
| 13418 | Extraordinary Bodies, Disability Justice, and Metamorphosis | All of our bodies are gradually undergoing metamorphosis. Yet, many people with extraordinary bodies and minds experience discrimination in everyday life. Our speakers imagine metamorphosis and transformations on a grand societal scale. | Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Anna Landre, Benedict Ipgrave, Stuart Murray, Hannah Thompson, Zhixin Wan, Khansa Mari | 12 Aug 2024 | |
| 13419 | Creative Commons | Demystifying the A-level grading process | Associate Professor of Educational Assessment, Michelle Meadows and local teacher, Jonny Tridgell discuss the A-level grading process and how grade boundaries are set for these important national exams. | Michelle Meadows, Jonny Tridgell, Hamish Chalmers | 24 Jul 2024 |
| 13420 | How a sound methodology improves understanding of young Ethiopians’ experience of conflict | Researcher Sophie Von Russdorf explains how using audio computer-assisted self-interviews (ACASi), enabled Young Lives to gain a more accurate understanding of the impact of conflict on young people in Ethiopia. | Sophie von Russdorf, Julia Tilford | 14 Aug 2024 | |
| 13421 | Creative Commons | AI and the Future of Audio. Episode 4 - How Swedish Radio balances journalism and AI without falling for hype | How do you best integrate AI in your news strategy as a public service broadcasting organisation? That is a question that Swedish Radio has been pondering and tackling first hand for the past year. | Olle Zachrison, Gretel Kahn | 13 Aug 2024 |
| 13422 | Monstrosities and Metamorphosis in More-Than-Human Worlds | Metamorphosis is constantly taking place in the worlds of people and other animals. A freewheeling discussion featuring shape-shifting leopard men in Nigeria, gut microbes that shape the human condition, and circus freakshows. | David Pratten, Jamie Lorimer, Beth Greenhough, Eva Bredler, Eben Kirksey, Rosemarie Garland-Thomson | 20 Aug 2024 | |
| 13423 | Creative Commons | AI and the Future of Audio. Episode 5 - Is it possible to build a local radio station powered by AI? This tech CEO says so | Broadcast radio is facing an existential question: can it survive in the digital era, when young audiences don’t know what FM and AM mean? Tech company Futuri Media says they can revitalize local radio using AI. | Daniel Anstandig, Gretel Kahn | 14 Aug 2024 |
| 13424 | Creative Commons | Asymmetrical Sympathies: the Global North’s Response to Protection Seekers | Why are some countries across the Global North more open and accepting towards refugees than others? How can asymmetrical sympathies and differential treatments be better understood? We search for answers with an expert panel. | Isabelle Lemay, Bridget Anderson, Rob McNeil, Jacqui Broadhead, Delphine Boagey | 23 Aug 2024 |
| 13425 | Kenneth Lonergan | Meet director and screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan. | Kenneth Lonergen, David Isaac | 23 Aug 2024 | |
| 13426 | General Equilibrium Effects of Cash Transfers in Kenya (Frisch Medal 2024 Winner) | Winner of the Frisch Medal 2024, this project examines the impact of a one-time cash transfers to over 10,500 poor households across villages in rural Kenya, on the individual households but also the community at large. | Dennis Egger, Stefan Dercon | 27 Aug 2024 | |
| 13427 | Bridging the subject divide (Vice-Chancellor’s Colloquium - Climate) | Exploring the Vice-Chancellor’s Colloquium on Climate, where 200 undergrads join forces with top academics to combat the climate crisis. VC Irene Tracey talks to programme lead Bill Finnegan, Pablo Mukherjee and two students. | Irene Tracey, Bill Finnegan, Erin Adlard, Michał Pietrzak, Pablo Mukherjee | 12 Jul 2024 | |
| 13428 | What makes a just primary education in Bristol schools? | Fatima Mohamed Ali, Claire Neaves and Dr. Claire Stewart-Hall discuss their experiences of teaching in Bristol schools and opportunities to reimagine schooling differently. | Claire Stewart-Hall, Fatima Mohamed Ali, Claire Neaves | 05 Sep 2024 | |
| 13429 | Creative Commons | Dr Shailendra Bhandare on the Ashmolean Museum’s South Asian coin collections | Shreya Gupta interviews Dr Shailendra Bhandare, Curator of South Asian and Far-eastern Coins and Paper Money at the Ashmolean Museum | Shailendra Bhandare, Shreya Gupta | 23 Aug 2024 |
| 13430 | Creative Commons | Jan Lingen, President of the Royal Dutch Numismatic Society, on collecting South Asian Coins | Shreya Gupta interviews Indian coin expert Jan Lingen on his collection. | Jan Lingen, Shreya Gupta | 20 Aug 2024 |
| 13431 | Creative Commons | Locked Down and Locked Out: Repurposing Social Assistance in South Africa | Researchers examine how an established social assistance system - not originally designed to support informal workers - can be re-purposed to provide emergency relief to support workers and their household in South Africa. | Rocco Zizzamia, Ihsaan Bassier | 11 Sep 2024 |
| 13432 | Doctor Anthony Fauci, former Chief Scientific Advisor to the President of the United States | Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, Director of the Oxford Vaccine Group at the University of Oxford and one of the country’s foremost immunologists, chats with Doctor Anthony Fauci, Chief Scientific Advisor to seven US presidents. | Andrew Pollard, Anthony Fauci | 17 Sep 2024 | |
| 13433 | Developing Oral Language through a Drama-based Intervention | Dr Faidra Faitaki discusses her research on using a drama-based intervention to help develop oral language proficiency among primary school learners. | Faidra Faitaki, Hamish Chalmers | 23 Sep 2024 | |
| 13434 | Dame Sally Davies, former UK government Chief Medical Officer and UK Special Envoy on antimicrobial resistance | Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, Director of the Oxford Vaccine Group at the University of Oxford and one of the country’s foremost immunologists, chats with Dame Sally Davies, former UK government Chief Medical Officer. | Andrew Pollard, Sally Davies | 25 Sep 2024 | |
| 13435 | Let's talk e-cigarettes, September 2024, Ep 35 | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Nicola Lindson discuss emerging evidence in e-cigarette research and interview Benjamin Toll, Medical University of South Carolina | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Nicola Lindson, Benjamin Toll | 26 Sep 2024 | |
| 13436 | Creative Commons | Cash Transfers and Micro-Enterprise Performance in a Refugee Camp in Kenya | Researchers discuss the business and price effects of a cash transfer programme delivered to 400,000 refugees in Kenya each month in the form of digital money for buying food at licensed shops. | Olivier Sterck, Antonia Delius | 26 Sep 2024 |
| 13437 | Antigone through a digital lens, with Creation Theatre | Creation Theatre's Artistic Director Dr Helen Eastman talks about digital theatre, Creation's award-winning approach to digital work, and how they have used it both to interpret and to intervene in Sophocles' ancient tragedy. | Helen Eastman, Giovanna Di Martino, Claire Barnes | 26 Sep 2024 | |
| 13438 | A model to understand assessment practice in medicine | Dr Nici Simms discusses her research on the assessment behaviours of clinician educators charged with assessing in undergraduate medical programmes. | Danica Simms, Laura Molway | 07 Oct 2024 | |
| 13439 | Fellowship Takeaways Episode 1 – How to cover democratic regression | Bite-sized insights from Reuters Institute’s fellowship seminars: what can we learn from experts in Indonesia, South Africa and Argentina about political coverage in times of democratic regression? | Sana Jaffrey, Adriaan Basson, Hugo Alconada Mon | 04 Oct 2024 | |
| 13440 | Joseph Boyle | Meet Worcester's Sustainability Research Assistant. | Joseph Boyle, David Isaac | 08 Oct 2024 | |
| 13441 | Missing angles on the climate crisis | Bite-sized insights from Reuters Institute’s fellowship seminars: covering the climate crisis, with a focus on how local stories can shape global conversations on this crucial topic. | Friederike Otto, Wanjira Mathai, Caithlin Mercer | 09 Oct 2024 | |
| 13442 | Screen time: the impact of the digital world, with Professor Andy Przybylski and Dr Sakshi Ghai | How the digital world is affecting society and individuals, and concerns around tech usage, with Professor Andy Przybylski (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford) and Dr Sakshi Ghai (London School of Economics). | Andy Przybylski, Sakshi Ghai, Roz Pacey | 15 Oct 2024 | |
| 13443 | A Good Science Read: A Walk on the Wild Side | Professor Richard Fortey joins Professor Frances Ashcroft to discuss 'Entangled Life' by Merlin Sheldrake and 'Wilding' by Isabella Tree. | Richard Fortey, Frances Ashcroft | 15 Oct 2024 | |
| 13444 | A Good Science Read: On the Origin of Modern Humans | Professor Chris Miller and Professor Frances Ashcroft discuss 'Who We Are and How We Got Here' by the Harvard geneticist David Reich. | Chris Miller, Frances Ashcroft | 15 Oct 2024 | |
| 13445 | Chatting with Luzaan Kock on innovative interprofessional education (IPE), Indigenous Knowledge Systems, and finding where you are meant to be | Luzaan honestly and passionately shares her journey from physiotherapy into interprofessional education, including details on how to innovatively embed IPE within health professions education for education and health impact | Luzaan Kock, Danica Sims | 11 Oct 2024 | |
| 13446 | Achieving social impact with private capital and hybrid financing models. | Charles Antoine Janssen shares his views on how investments aimed at improving the health of the most vulnerable populations in the world can still generate adequate financial returns for the investors. | Charles Antoine Janssen, Bruno Holtof | 18 Oct 2024 | |
| 13447 | Thinking about regulation early on in your innovation journey. | Rita Hendricusdottir talks to Bruno about Oxford spin-out, Regmetrics, which supports entrepreneurs bridge the knowledge gap between science and law. | Bruno Holtof, Rita Hendricusdottir | 14 Mar 2024 | |
| 13448 | The Portus Magnus of Alexandria: 25 years of underwater archaeological research | The ancient Portus Magnus of Alexandria with its sunken royal quarter was once home to historical figures Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony. Franck Goddio discusses his many years of exploration at the site and some key discoveries. | Franck Goddio, Damian Robinson | 22 Oct 2024 | |
| 13449 | Creative Commons | The New Spirit of Islamism: Interactions between the AKP, Ennahda and the Muslim Brotherhood | Journalist and scholar, Dr Ezgi Başaran, presents her book which traces the links between the AKP, Tunisia’s Ennahda, and the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood after the Arab Spring. | Ezgi Başaran, Michael Willis | 22 Oct 2024 |
| 13450 | Underwater archaeology: 20 years of collaboration between OCMA and IEASM | Egypt's sunken ancient cities have been the fieldwork project of the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology (IEASM) since 1992. Franck Goddio discusses key finds and the creation of Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology. | Franck Goddio, Damian Robinson | 21 Oct 2024 | |
| 13451 | Yemima Hadad - Buber and Gandhi on land and resistance: Reading the Buber-Gandhi correspondence after October 7 | Contesting pacifist views and their implications today. | Yemima Hadad | 21 Oct 2024 | |
| 13452 | Stein's paradox | Dr Jason Oke, gives a talk on Stein's work, the paradox and some of its more controversial results and consider the implications for evidence-based medicine | Jason Oke | 24 Oct 2024 | |
| 13453 | Fellowship Takeaways. Episode 3 – AI and innovation in journalism | Bite-sized insights from Reuters Institute’s fellowship seminars: how AI is revolutionising newsrooms and opening up new possibilities for journalism. | Bahareh Heravi, Dima Saber, Hilke Schellmann | 18 Oct 2024 | |
| 13454 | Martin Goodman - The Image of Herod in Modern Israel | Jewish, Israeli, and Zionist perceptions of Herod. | Martin Goodman | 23 Oct 2024 | |
| 13455 | The challenges of writing Middle East history after 7 October: from Gaza to the climate crisis | Dr Ibrahim Al-Marashi reflects on the process of researching and writing the latest edition of his book, ‘A Concise History of the Middle East’. | Ibrahim al-Marashi, Eugene Rogan | 25 Oct 2024 | |
| 13456 | Why digital health and care interventions fail and what we can do about it | Unfortunately, many digital health interventions fail to realize their potential. Although there is no recipe for success, there are ways in which developers, implementers, and adopters can help to maximize successful implementation, adoption, and scaling | Professor Kathrin Cresswell | 25 Oct 2024 | |
| 13457 | Fellowship Takeaways. Episode 4 – Navigating ethics in sensitive stories | Bite-sized insights from Reuters Institute’s fellowship seminars: one of journalism’s most enduring challenges - navigating ethics when covering sensitive stories. | Connie Walker, Anas Aremeyaw Anas | 18 Oct 2024 | |
| 13458 | Chatting with Geoff Stetson on faculty development, feedback and MedEdMentor (and practicing what you preach) | Geoff shares his move from internal medicine to education and faculty development, reflecting on the broader culture and priorities of medicine and the need to emphasise education. | Geoff Stetson, Danica Sims | 11 Oct 2024 | |
| 13459 | Professor Heidi Larson, founding director of the Vaccine Confidence Project at the London School for Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, Director of the Oxford Vaccine Group chats with Professor Heidi Larson, founding director of the Vaccine Confidence Project at the London School for Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. | Andrew Pollard, Heidi Larson | 30 Oct 2024 | |
| 13460 | Tahrir, Gaza, and beyond: revolution, liberation, and praxis | Researcher and writer, Rusha Latif, gives a talk based on her new book ‘Tahrir’s Youth: Leaders of a Leaderless Revolution’ | Rusha Latif, Walter Armbrust | 31 Oct 2024 | |
| 13461 | From the Cradle to the Street: Family and the 1979 Revolution in Iran | Professor Naghmeh Sohrabi, Charles (Corky) Goodman Professor of Middle East History and Director for Research at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University, describes the role of the family in the 1979 Revolution in Iran. | Naghmeh Sohrabi, Maryam Alemzadeh | 31 Oct 2024 | |
| 13462 | Let’s talk e-cigarettes no 36, October 2024, Professor Stephen Higgins University of Vermont | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Nicola Lindson discuss emerging evidence in e-cigarette research and interview Stephen Higgins from the University of Vermont | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Nicola Lindson, Stephen Higgins | 31 Oct 2024 | |
| 13463 | Creative Commons | Michal Huss - You cannot really live (or die) here: ongoing struggles over cemeteries and housing in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, 1957-2020 | Debates over housing and cemeteries in Jaffa. | Michal Huss | 30 Oct 2024 |
| 13464 | Fellowship Takeaways. Episode 5 – Defining your strategy around AI and disinformation | Bite-sized insights from Reuters Institute’s fellowship seminars: how AI and disinformation have become intertwined, and what that means for journalists battling fake news. | Peter Pomerantsev, Dima Saber | 18 Oct 2024 | |
| 13465 | A Good Science Read: Why Sex Matters | Professor Russell Foster and Professor Frances Ashcroft discuss 'The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature' by Matt Ridley and 'Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation' by Olivia Judson. | Russell Foster, Frances Ashcroft | 15 Oct 2024 | |
| 13466 | Creative Commons | Apoptosis-mediated ADAM10 activation removes a mucin barrier promoting T cell efferocytosis | Professor Quentin Sattentau discusses research published in 'Nature Communications' on the role of enzyme ADAM10 in mediating clearance of apoptotic T cells by macrophages. | Quentin Sattentau, Paul Klenerman | 06 Nov 2024 |
| 13467 | Consciousness in Humans and in Other Things | How do conscious experiences arise from brains and bodies? What is the ‘self’? Anil Seth sheds light on these questions through the idea of the brain as an embodied ‘prediction machine’. The Charles Simonyi Lecture 2024. | Anil Seth, Marcus du Sautoy | 07 Nov 2024 | |
| 13468 | Creative Commons | New & Jew, Zionism and the Quest for National Culture | The Creation of Hebrew Music and its Origins | Yaron Peleg | 06 Nov 2024 |
| 13469 | Creative Commons | Elevated genetic risk for multiple sclerosis emerged in steppe pastoralist populations | Professor Astrid Iversen discusses research published in Nature, using historic genome data to investigate the emergence of genetic risk for multiple sclerosis in Northern Europe. | Astrid Iversen, Paul Klenerman | 06 Nov 2024 |
| 13470 | Creative Commons | O-Ring Production Networks | What is the role of international trade in economic development? Using a rich micro-level dataset from Turkey on a wide range of firms, researchers discuss strong assortative matching of skills in the firms' production networks. | Banu Demir Paker, Ana Cecilia Fieler, Daniel Yi Xu, Kelly Kaili Yang | 06 Nov 2024 |
| 13471 | The European Union | How does the European Union conduct its foreign policy in a turbulent world? | Jan Eijking, Nicholas Westcott | 11 Nov 2024 | |
| 13472 | Greenpeace | Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our times. One of the most important organisations dedicated to the topic is Greenpeace. How has Greenpeace dealt with shocks in the past, and what is the future of climate activism in a turbulent world | Jan Eijkin, Kumi Naidoo | 11 Nov 2024 | |
| 13473 | The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development | The growing membership of the OECD today accounts for 41.1% of global GDP. This powerful organisation is dedicated to stimulating economic growth and setting international standards. But what does the OECD do exactly? How has it dealt with past crises? | Jan Eijking, Mari Kiviniemi | 11 Nov 2024 | |
| 13474 | The World Health Organisation | What is the future of global public health? | Jan Eijking, Ilona Kickbusch | 11 Nov 2024 | |
| 13475 | Chatting with Aditi Siddharth on finding a deep interest and building a coherent career story before embarking on a DPhil | Aditi, an OBGYN registrar reflects on her doctoral journey sharing the importance of joy in research, good supervisory relationships, having a thick skin and building a CV that tells a story | Aditi Siddarth, Danica Sims | 11 Nov 2024 | |
| 13476 | Fellowship Takeaways. Episode 6 – Moral injury in the newsroom | Bite-sized insights from Reuters Institute’s fellowship seminars: moral injury and the mental health challenges faced by those reporting on conflict, trauma, and crisis. | Antony Feinstein | 18 Oct 2024 | |
| 13477 | How to make gig work fair: Professor Mark Graham and Dr Alessio Bertolini | The FairWork project and how it is helping make short-term, low job security 'gig' work fairer across the world, with Professor Mark Graham and Dr Alessio Bertolini (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford) | Mark Graham, Alessio Bertolini, Veena McCoole | 14 Nov 2024 | |
| 13478 | Synagogues in Israeli Urban Internal Frontiers as Symbols of Sovereignty | Israeli synagogues in mixed cities following the 1948 war, and their sovereign role | David Borabeck | 15 Nov 2024 | |
| 13479 | The Hubble Tension | Professor Prateek Agrawal discusses the ongoing crisis in cosmology regarding the measurement of the Hubble parameter by two separate probes in this Morning of Theoretical Physics talk from 9th November, 2024 | Prateek Agrawal | 15 Nov 2024 | |
| 13480 | Cosmic strings and gravitational waves from the early Universe | Professor Edward Hardy discusses how the network of cosmic strings that occurs in some theories of the early Universe evolves and emits gravitational waves in this Morning of Theoretical Physics talk from 9th November, 2024. | Edward Hardy | 15 Nov 2024 | |
| 13481 | Fellowship Takeaways. Episode 7 – Diversity and representation in newsrooms | Bite-sized insights from Reuters Institute’s fellowship seminars: issue of diversity and representation in newsrooms, with a focus on the indigenous perspective and global diversity in reporting. | Carmen Parahi | 18 Oct 2024 | |
| 13482 | Regional dimensions of the Gaza crisis, and the Arab role in the UN Security Council | Mouin Rabbani and Hasmik Egian discuss the impact the crisis in Gaza has had on the Arab world, with a particular focus on the UN Security Council. | Mouin Rabbani, Hasmik Egian, Eugene Rogan | 19 Nov 2024 | |
| 13483 | Abraham and Moses as Entrepreneurs: Educating for the Future with Narratives of the Past | How does the global entrepreneurial discourse, which advocates for a neoliberal, individualistic, and future-oriented identity, intersects with a state education system that seeks to establish a collectivist and ethno-national identity? | Sari R. Alfi Nissan | 22 Nov 2024 | |
| 13484 | Extra - 2023-24: the year in review | We discuss the highlights for the CPM in 2023-24, and look forward to the next year. | Rachel Horton, Anneke Lucassen, Susie Weller, Padraig Dixon | 15 Nov 2024 | |
| 13485 | Chatting with Nabeela Kajee on the complexity of empathy, and how it can be cultivated in health professionals and trainees | Chatting with Nabeela Kajee on the complexity of empathy, and how it can be cultivated in health professionals and trainees | Nabeela Kajee, Danica Sims | 19 Nov 2024 | |
| 13486 | Fellowship Takeaways. Episode 8 – AI and ethics in Journalism | Bite-sized insights from Reuters Institute’s fellowship seminars: the ethical use of AI and the responsibility that comes with it. | Arthur Grimonpont, Bahareh Heravi | 18 Oct 2024 | |
| 13487 | Dr Ananda Bandyopadhyay, Deputy Director of Technology, Research and Analytics in the Polio Team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, Director of the Oxford Vaccine Group chats with Dr Ananda Bandyopadhyay, Deputy Director of Technology, Research and Analytics in the Polio Team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. | Andrew Pollard, Ananda Bandyopadhyay | 27 Nov 2024 | |
| 13488 | Let's talk e-cigarettes, November 2024, Ep37 | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Nicola Lindson discuss emerging evidence in e-cigarette research and interview Marathi Vojjala from New York University, Global Institute of Public Health, USA. | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Nicola Lindson, Marathi Vojjala | 29 Nov 2024 | |
| 13489 | Writing Middle Eastern Lives: Biography in Modern Arab History | Sonja Mejcher-Atassi, author of ‘An Impossible Friendship’, Marilyn Booth, author of ‘The Career and Communities of Zaynab Fawwaz’, and Peter Hill, author of ‘Prophet of Reason’, discuss the writing of biography in modern Middle Eastern history. | Sonja Mejcher-Atassi, Marilyn Booth, Peter Hill, Eugene Rogan | 29 Nov 2024 | |
| 13490 | The Abraham Accords: The Gulf States, Israel, and the Limits of Normalization | In this talk, Dr Elham Fakhro, a Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, launches her new book ‘The Abraham Accords: The Gulf States, Israel, and the Limits of Normalization’ | Elham Fakhro, Pascal Menoret | 29 Nov 2024 | |
| 13491 | God’s Man in Iraq: The Life and Leadership of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani | In this talk, Iraqi political analyst, Sajad Jiyad, discusses his new book ‘God’s Man in Iraq: The Life and Leadership of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani’. | Sajad Jiyad, Raihan Ismail | 29 Nov 2024 | |
| 13492 | Deep Histories: the ground-waters of serpentine treasure guardians (Oxford Treasure Seminar Series) | Veronica Strang explores the role of serpentine water beings as guardians of treasures. | Veronica Strang | 29 Nov 2024 | |
| 13493 | From probabilistic bisimulation to representation learning via metrics | Strachey Lecture: From probabilistic bisimulation to representation learning via metrics - Professor Prakash Panangaden | Prakash Panangaden | 02 Dec 2024 | |
| 13494 | Fellowship Takeaways. Episode 9 – The role of newsroom diversity in reporting on gendered violence | Bite-sized insights from Reuters Institute’s fellowship seminars: how gender diversity in newsrooms shapes the stories that get told and ultimately impacts the broader conversation in society. | Marta Caparros, Fermín Elizari, Rosamund Urwin | 18 Oct 2024 | |
| 13495 | Upping the ante: how word choice, quotation and allusion in poems raise the stakes | Upping the ante: how word choice, quotation and allusion in poems raise the stakes (Professor of Poetry lecture, Nov 2024) | Alicia Stallings | 04 Dec 2024 | |
| 13496 | What people really want from platforms | In this episode we explore how people around the world use platforms for news and information about politics, the value they see in them, and the concerns that they have. | Mitali Mukherjee, Waqas Ejaz, Rasmus Nielsen | 02 Dec 2024 | |
| 13497 | Trade Networks Bridging Yemen, Israel, and Ethiopia: The Ḥibshūsh Family and Jewish-Muslim Commercial Relations in the 20th Century | This lecture examines the commercial legacy of the Ḥibshūsh family, a prominent Yemenite Jewish dynasty that played a pivotal role in the Red Sea basin trade from the 1880s to the 1970s | Menashe Anzi | 06 Dec 2024 | |
| 13498 | Living through multiple crises: Young Lives’ latest qualitative research uncovering the lived experience of young Ethiopians | Young Lives Country Director Alula Pankhurst launches the study’s latest wave of qualitative research in Ethiopia, exploring young people’s experiences and resilience through the multiple crises of recent years | Julia Tilford, Alula Pankhurst | 06 Dec 2024 | |
| 13499 | Fellowship Takeaways. Episode 10 – Data journalism in the age of AI | Bite-sized insights from Reuters Institute’s fellowship seminars: the evolving field of data visualisation in journalism. | Alberto Cairo, Simon Rogers, Caithlin Mercer | 18 Oct 2024 | |
| 13500 | Interview with Joe Cribb on the British Museum coin collection by Shreya Gupta | This interview discusses Joe's interest and approach in studying and curating coins, as well as the research being undertaken on the British Museum's South Asian coin collection. | Joe Cribb, former Keeper of the British Museum Money and Medals department and expert in Asian numismatics. Shreya Gupta, Doctoral Researcher, Ashmolean Museum and University of Exeter | 04 Dec 2024 | |
| 13501 | The Trial that Shook Britain: How a Court Martial Hastened Acceptance of Indian Independence | Book talk with Ashis Ray | Ashis Ray | 04 Dec 2024 | |
| 13502 | The digital lives of children: Professor Vicki Nash and Professor Katya Hertog | How digital technologies impact young children, and new ways to think about the ethical and safety measures that govern their use of technology, with Professor Vicki Nash and Professor Katya Hertog (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford) | Vicki Nash, Katya Hertog | 12 Dec 2024 | |
| 13503 | Underwater photography and maritime archaeology | Fascinating images that offer a glimpse into ancient Egypt: Photographer Christoph Gerigk talks about his work in the sunken ancient cities off the coast of Egypt and the challenges and developments in underwater photography. | Christoph Gerigk, Damian Robinson | 16 Dec 2024 | |
| 13504 | Episode 4: Reflections on COP29, what’s next for addressing climate change within cities? | As COP29 ends, what do the negotiations mean for climate change within cities? | Katherine Maxwell, Mark Watts | 19 Dec 2024 | |
| 13505 | Do they think money grows on trees? Yakṣas, nāgās and nidhis (Oxford Treasure Seminar Series) | John Guy looks at the embracing presence of gods of place in early Buddhist art. | John Guy | 19 Dec 2024 | |
| 13506 | Matt Hancock, former Conservative MP and Secretary of State for Health from 2018 to 2021 | Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, in conversation with Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Health from 2018 to 2021, on the communication of public health policy, the Covid-19 pandemic, and the role and impact of social media on it. | Andrew Pollard, Matt Hancock | 19 Dec 2024 | |
| 13507 | Defining antisemitism: what is the point | In this talk, Dr Klug and Professor Lavi explore the following questions, among others: What useful role can definitions play in this controversy? Can the IHRA definition perform this role? Does the JDA give better guidance? | Brian Klug, Shai Lavi, Eugene Rogan | 19 Dec 2024 | |
| 13508 | Reimagining Humanity in the Age of Technology | This lecture will provide a brief journey into the future, providing projections for how our lives will change as technological innovations continue to accelerat | Scott Clarke | 19 Dec 2024 | |
| 13509 | Reading in the Woods - Dating the Undatable: from blocks to prints | Elizabeth Savage and Ed Potten. A conversation reflecting on the techniques for ascribing dates to woodblocks and prints. | Elizabeth Savage, Ed Potten | 02 Jan 2025 | |
| 13510 | Reading in the Woods - First Impressions: Woodblocks used for printing | Andrew Honey and Alexandra Franklin Discovering and re-discovering the uses of wooden printing blocks within a library. | Andrew Honey, Alexandra Franklin | 02 Jan 2025 | |
| 13511 | Reading in the Woods - Conserving the Wooden Library | Madeleine Katkov, Alex Walker and Nicole Gilroy Exploring the conservation of the fabric and content of Bodley’s Library. | Madeleine Katkov, Alex Walker, Nicole Gilroy | 02 Jan 2025 | |
| 13512 | School leadership Training in Malawi | Can student progression test scores improve as a result of a custom-designed school leadership training programme? This episode discusses a custom-made training program for school leaders in Malawi's primary schools. | Salman Asim, Ravinder Casley Gera, Donna Harris, Grace Milner | 03 Jan 2025 | |
| 13513 | Episode 3: What role does climate finance play in enabling cities to reach their climate targets? | Billed as the ‘Finance COP’, this episode explores the scale of climate finance needed, to understand how we can improve the quality of finance delivered and access more diverse financial instruments to ensure greater financial predictability. | Katherine Maxwell, Sustain Aitken | 19 Dec 2024 | |
| 13514 | Episode 2: Why do cities need collaboration and partnerships to meet climate commitments? | This episode explores the outcomes from the mitigation and adaptation commitments at COP29. | Katherine Maxwell, Michele Acuto | 19 Dec 2024 | |
| 13515 | Episode 1: What role do cities play in delivering climate action? | This year’s COP priority is ‘enhancing ambition and enabling action’. This episode explores how cities are working with national governments to meaningfully develop and deliver on agreed NDCs and aligning with global climate targets. | Katherine Maxwell, Anaclaudia Rossbach | 19 Dec 2024 | |
| 13516 | Creative Commons | Optimising CAR-T cell sensitivity by engineering matched extracellular sizes between CAR/antigen and CD2/CD58 adhesion complexes | Professor Omer Dusk discusses a bioRxiv pre-print: ‘Optimising CAR-T cell sensitivity by engineering matched extracellular sizes between CAR/antigen and CD2/CD58 adhesion complexes’. | Omer Dushek, Paul Klenerman | 09 Jan 2025 |
| 13517 | ARCHiOX - Seeing the Unseen in Oxford University Collections | Experts discuss how the latest 3D recording technology has supported their research by revealing near-invisible markings from originals held at Oxford University Institutions | Richard Ovenden, Adam Lowe, John Barrett, Mark Crosby, Carlos Bayod Lucini, Richard Allen | 10 Jan 2025 | |
| 13518 | Episode 6 – Taking the long view | This podcast encourages you to think about the bigger picture to help you to get some perspective on any stress and anxiety you might currently be experiencing, and includes drawing up a plan for how to feel less stressed and anxious in the future. | Elizabeth Edginton | 15 Jan 2025 | |
| 13519 | Episode 5 – How understanding what’s going on in our bodies, brains, and minds can help us to counteract stress and anxiety | This podcast considers how an awareness of what is going on in our bodies, brains, and minds from a physiological and neurological perspective can help us to counteract stress and anxiety, and includes ten practical strategies that can help. | Elizabeth Edginton | 14 Jan 2025 | |
| 13520 | Episode 4 – How can understanding our early childhood development help when we feel anxious now? | This podcast focuses on how an awareness of child development and our early childhood experiences can help us to explore and start to understand our current anxieties. | Elizabeth Edginton | 13 Jan 2025 | |
| 13521 | Episode 3 – Anxiety | This podcast investigates anxiety from a medical and a psychodynamic perspective, including formal diagnoses and other ways of categorising anxiety, plus an exercise on identifying potential causes of underlying anxiety. | Elizabeth Edginton | 12 Jan 2025 | |
| 13522 | Episode 2 – Stress | This podcast focuses on different kinds of stress: helpful and unhelpful stress, acute and chronic stress, and macro and micro-stress, and offers a practical way in which you can start to get some control back over any stress you might be experiencing. | Elizabeth Edginton | 11 Jan 2025 | |
| 13523 | Episode 1 – Introduction | This first podcast defines stress and anxiety, explores common causes of stress and anxiety amongst the student community at the University of Oxford, and outlines key signs and symptoms to look out for. | Elizabeth Edginton | 10 Jan 2025 | |
| 13524 | Creative Commons | The Houthis: From Local Insurgents to a Regional Actor - Exploiting Global Solidarities | Yasmeen Eryani contributing to Session 3: Reverberations of Resistance, at a November 2024 Contemporary Islamic Studies Oxford / SEPAD, Lancaster University workshop: Transnational Islamic Movements: Global and Local Realities. | Yasmeen Eryani, Neil Ketchley | 13 Jan 2025 |
| 13525 | Creative Commons | Religious Actors and Transnational Solidarity: The question of Palestine | Prof. Raihan Ismail in Session 2: Islamist and Religious Currents: Networks of Influence and Ideology, at November 2024 Contemporary Islamic Studies Oxford/SEPAD, Lancaster University workshop: Transnational Islamic Movements: Global and Local Realities. | Raihan Ismail, Antonella Acinapura | 13 Jan 2025 |
| 13526 | Creative Commons | Whatever happened to Algerian Islamism? | Prof. Michael Willis in Session 2: Islamist and Religious Currents: Networks of Influence and Ideology, at November 2024 Contemporary Islamic Studies Oxford/SEPAD, Lancaster University workshop: Transnational Islamic Movements: Global and Local Realities. | Michael Willis, Antonella Acinapura | 13 Jan 2025 |
| 13527 | Creative Commons | Islamist Networks 2011-2013: The AKP, Ennahda and the Muslim Brotherhood | Dr Ezgi Basaran in Session 2: Islamist and Religious Currents: Networks of Influence and Ideology, at a November 2024 Contemporary Islamic Studies Oxford/SEPAD, Lancaster University workshop: Transnational Islamic Movements: Global and Local Realities. | Ezgi Başaran, Antonella Acinapura | 13 Jan 2025 |
| 13528 | Creative Commons | Saudi Arabia and Iran: Transnational Shifts and Regional Order | Prof. Simon Mabon contributing to Session 1: Intra-Muslim relations and Geopolitical Transformation, at a November 2024 Contemporary Islamic Studies Oxford/SEPAD, Lancaster University workshop: Transnational Islamic Movements: Global and Local Realities. | Simon Mabon, Eugene Rogan | 13 Jan 2025 |
| 13529 | Creative Commons | Iran is Far Less Interested in Resistance than You are Made to Believe | Prof. Maryam Alemzadeh in Session 1: Intra-Muslim relations and Geopolitical Transformation, at a November 2024 Contemporary Islamic Studies Oxford/SEPAD, Lancaster University workshop: Transnational Islamic Movements: Global and Local Realities. | Maryam Alemzadeh, Eugene Rogan | 13 Jan 2025 |
| 13530 | Creative Commons | The 'Day After' October 7 and Geopolitical Transformations in the Wider Arab World Region | Dr Hisham Hellyer contributing to Session 1: Intra-Muslim relations & Geopolitical Transformation at a November 2024 Contemporary Islamic Studies Oxford/SEPAD, Lancaster University workshop: Transnational Islamic Movements: Global and Local Realities. | Hisham Hellyer, Eugene Rogan | 13 Jan 2025 |
| 13531 | Creative Commons | Prospects for Democracy and the Muslim Subject: Reflecting on the Raba'a Massacre Ten Years On | This talk is the closing plenary address given by Professor S Sayyid, University of Leeds the final part of a 2-day online academic conference convened on 15-16 August 2023 by Dr Usaama al-Azami. | Salman Sayyid, Usaama al-Azami | 07 Jan 2025 |
| 13532 | Jobs of the future: Dr Fabian Stephany and El-Iza Mohamedou | The future of work in an AI-driven world, whether these new technologies help or hurt the labour market, and what employees should be doing to future-proof their skills, with Dr Fabian Stephany (Oxford Internet Institute) and El-Iza Mohamedou (OECD). | Fabian Stephany, El-Iza Mohamedou, Veena McCoole | 16 Jan 2025 | |
| 13533 | What should we expect from journalism in 2025? | In this episode we discuss what news publishers are excited and concerned about in the year ahead. | Federica Cherubini, Nic Newman | 17 Jan 2025 | |
| 13534 | Let's Talk E-Cigarettes: Ep 38. January 2025 | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Nicola Lindson discuss emerging evidence in e-cigarette research and talk about the findings of their newly published Cochrane review of interventions for quitting vaping. | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Nicola Lindson | 27 Jan 2025 | |
| 13535 | Trailer | Get ready for a new behind-the-scenes podcast from the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford! | Rebecca Martin, Christopher Morton, Beth Hodgett, Xolile (X) Madinda, Rawz | 27 Jan 2025 | |
| 13536 | Series 3 Episode 1: What is personalised medicine? | The CPM team discuss what we mean when we talk about personalised medicine. | Rachel Horton, Anneke Lucassen, Susie Weller, Ali Kay, Sarah Briggs, Sally Sansom | 24 Jan 2025 | |
| 13537 | Not just "what," but also "how well:" Intervention fidelity in clinical trials of complex interventions in healthcare | The concepts of intervention fidelity and how they can influence the results of clinical trials. | Arsenio Paez | 28 Jan 2025 | |
| 13538 | A Good Science Read: 'The Fly Trap' and 'As If Human: AI and Artificial Intelligence' | Professor Sir Charles Godfray and Professor Frances Ashcroft discuss 'The Fly Trap' by Fredrik Sjöberg and 'As if Human: AI and Artificial Intelligence' by Neil Shadbolt and Roger Hampson. | Charles Godfray | 24 Jan 2025 | |
| 13539 | Creative Commons | Bargaining through Agents: Experimental Evidence from Mexico's Labour Courts | Researchers discuss using field experiments with ongoing cases to analyse sources of dysfunction in Mexico's largest labour court. | Joyce Sadka, Enrique Seira, Christopher Woodruff | 29 Jan 2025 |
| 13540 | Professor Peter Doherty, Nobel laureate and immunologist responsible for the discovery of killer T cells | Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, in conversation with Professor Peter Doherty, Nobel laureate, immunologist and Australian National Treasure. | Andrew Pollard, Peter Doherty | 28 Jan 2025 | |
| 13541 | Creative Commons | Lebanon and Syria Amidst Regional Turmoil | A talk from Joseph Bahout, Director of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) at the American University of Beirut (AUB) and Associate Professor of Practice in Political Studies. | Joseph Bahout, Eugene Rogan | 30 Jan 2025 |
| 13542 | Creative Commons | The Oxford Handbook of Religion in Turkey | A launch event for ‘The Oxford Handbook of Religion in Turkey’ (OUP), jointly convened by the MEC and SEESOX, with panellists Caroline Tee, Fabio Vicini, Sertaç Sehlikoğlu, and Stefan Williamson Fa. | Caroline Tee, Fabio Vicini, Sertac Sehlikoğlu, Stefan Williamson Fa, Eugene Rogan | 30 Jan 2025 |
| 13543 | Creative Commons | What we can learn from England, Northern Ireland, and Wales' Performance in PISA 2022 | In this episode, Professor Jenni Ingram and Dr Stuart Cadwallader discuss their analysis, undertaken with Pearson for the OECD, of England, Northern Ireland and Wales' performance in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2022. | Jenni Ingram, Stuart Cadwallader, Joe Bullough | 23 Jan 2025 |
| 13544 | Creative Commons | Lebanon and Syria Amidst Regional Turmoil | A talk from Joseph Bahout, Director of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) at the American University of Beirut (AUB) and Associate Professor of Practice in Political Studies. | Joseph Bahout, Eugene Rogan | 31 Jan 2025 |
| 13545 | Creative Commons | WRRS: Rethinking Masculinity Through Men's Sexual Experiences in Tehran | A Women’s Rights Research Seminar (WRRS) with Dr Nafiseh Sharifi, Research Fellow at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter. | Nafiseh Shafiri, Maryam Alemzadeh | 07 Feb 2025 |
| 13546 | Creative Commons | Sudan's current war: a longer view on peacemaking and prospects | A talk from Dr Richard Barltrop, Visiting Senior Fellow at the LSE Middle East Centre, reflecting on the current war in Sudan and exploring lessons from the longer history of peacemaking in Sudan and other recent civil wars. | Richard Barltrop, Walter Armbrust | 07 Feb 2025 |
| 13547 | Creative Commons | On Track or Not? Projecting the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index | Can we measure whether countries are on track to halve poverty incidence between 2015 and 2030? This research proposes a framework for modelling projections of multidimensional poverty. | Natalie Naïri Quinn, Ricardo Nogales, Nicolai Suppa | 11 Feb 2025 |
| 13548 | Creative Commons | The Axis of Resistance | A panel with Kamran Matin (University of Sussex), Yasmeen al-Eryani (Tampere Peace Research Institute) and Neil Ketchley (University of Oxford). Chaired by Raihan Ismail (University of Oxford). | Kamran Matin, Yasmeen al-Eryani, Neil Ketchley, Raihan Ismail | 11 Feb 2025 |
| 13549 | A discussion with Class Divide | Claire Neaves talks to Curtis from Class Divide, a grassroots movement fighting to transform educational opportunities in East Brighton. | Claire Neaves, Curtis James | 07 Feb 2025 | |
| 13550 | How AI is being regulated: Professors Sandra Wachter and Brent Mittelstadt | The current state of artificial intelligence regulation, the potential negative consequences of AI proliferation, and what needs to change about how AI is governed by policymakers, with Professor Sandra Wachter and Professor Brent Mittelstadt. | Veena McCoole, Sandra Wachter, Brent Mittelstadt | 13 Feb 2025 | |
| 13551 | How to make climate journalism more effective and relevant | In this discussion held at the Reuters Institute we discuss how the news media can make climate journalism that lands with their audiences. | Katherine Dunn, Ivan Couronne, Waqas Ejaz, Mitali Mukherjee | 13 Feb 2025 | |
| 13552 | Creative Commons | Gendered Aspects of Ukraine’s Displacement Crisis | With war comes displacement. The full-scale invasion of Ukraine has forced millions to flee homes and rebuild elsewhere. What role does a women's agency play in navigating the complexities of displacement and building resilience? | Daryna Dvornichenko, Tania Orlova, Jacqui Broadhead, Rob McNeil, Delphine Boagey | 14 Feb 2025 |
| 13553 | Sheldonian Series: Life | The Vice Chancellor moderates three guest speakers, delivering presentations examining the theme of Life from planetary, technological and ethical perspectives followed by a lively audience Q&A session. | Irene Tracey, Nigel Shadbolt, Jayne Birkby, Luke Bretherton | 17 Feb 2025 | |
| 13554 | Sheldonian Series: Democracy | The inaugural event - Invited participants in the panel discussion represented a range of perspectives, and students, staff and alumni in attendance had an opportunity to engage with the views put forward on the topic of Democracy | Tim Soutphommasane, Rachel Sylvester, Irene Tracey, Henry Zeffman, Sonia Sodha, Ben Ansell, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Simon Johnson | 26 Nov 2024 | |
| 13555 | Creative Commons | Treasure and archaeology: reflections on the Begram hoard and the interpretation of deposits of valuable objects (Oxford Treasure Seminar Series) | Lauren Morris examines archaeologically discovered hoards: how does one tell if their concealment was pragmatic, or ritual? And can one always even make such distinctions? | Lauren Morris, Robert Mayer | 11 Feb 2025 |
| 13556 | Making Music with Sound Archives | Hip hop, rap, and multimedia artists X and Rawz tell us about the music they produced using sounds from the museum archives. The project team talk about how understanding more about makers (rather than takers!) fits into the work of a modern museum. | Rebecca Martin, Rawz, Xolile (X) Madinda, Beth Hodgett, Christopher Morton, Noel Lobley, Miles Ncube | 17 Feb 2025 | |
| 13557 | Creative Commons | Israeli Public Opinion, War and Prospects for Peace | Political strategist and public opinion researcher, Dr Dahlia Scheindlin, shares her analysis of public opinion surveys before and during the war in Gaza. | Dahlia Scheindlin, Eugene Rogan | 19 Feb 2025 |
| 13558 | Creative Commons | Anyons: New Types of Particles in Quantum Physics | While it was originally believed that only bosons and fermions were allowed by quantum mechanics, in fact, when objects are restricted to move on a two-dimensional plane, new types of particles called "anyons" can emerge. | Steve Simon | 21 Feb 2025 |
| 13559 | Creative Commons | Topology in the Physics of Condensed Matter | Prof Shivaji Sondhi explains how topology is applied to understanding properties of condensed matter systems, providing an introduction to topics including defects & solitons, the quantum Hall effect, and topological insulators. | Shivaji Sondhi | 21 Feb 2025 |
| 13560 | Creative Commons | A New Twist on Topology: The Rise of “Moiré Materials” | Prof Sid Parameswaran discusses how quantum condensed matter physics has been revolutionized by “moiré materials”, made by stacking individual atomically thin layers such as graphene with a relative twist/offset between layers. | Siddharth Parameswaran | 21 Feb 2025 |
| 13561 | What These Ithakas Mean: Cavafy, Translation, Influence, and Imitation | What These Ithakas Mean: Cavafy, Translation, Influence, and Imitation (Professor of Poetry lecture, Feb 2025) | Alicia Stallings | 25 Feb 2025 | |
| 13562 | Professor Margaret Stanley OBE, Emeritus Professor of Epithelial Biology at the University of Cambridge | Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, in conversation with Professor Margaret Stanley OBE, Emeritus Professor of Epithelial Biology at the University of Cambridge. | Andrew Pollard, Margaret Stanley | 26 Feb 2025 | |
| 13563 | NRPF and the UK Welfare System | Over 2.6 million people are locked out of the welfare state in the UK and now subject to ‘no recourse to public funds’ (NRPF), an immigration policy restricting access to social security. How can local government respond? | Rupinder Parhar, Ann, Lucy Leon, Rob McNeil, Jacqui Broadhead, Delphine Boagey | 27 Feb 2025 | |
| 13564 | Creative Commons | Starvation and infection: The role of sickness-associated anorexia in metabolic adaptation during acute infection | Dr. Barbara Kronsteiner-Dobramysl discusses a recent Metabolism article: ‘Starvation and infection: The role of sickness-associated anorexia in metabolic adaptation during acute infection’. | Kronsteiner-Dobramysl, Paul Klenerman | 27 Feb 2025 |
| 13565 | Let's talk e-cigarettes, February 2025 | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Nicola Lindson discuss emerging evidence in e-cigarette research and interview Olivier Drouin from the University of Montreal, Canada. | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Nicola Lindson | 25 Feb 2025 | |
| 13566 | Series 3 Episode 2: Risk and Prevention in Personalised Medicine | The CPM team discuss the benefits and challenges of personalised prevention approaches with Dr Malte Gerhold from the Health Foundation. | Rachel Horton, Anneke Lucassen, Sally Sansom, Louisa Chenciner, Malte Gerhold | 17 Feb 2025 | |
| 13567 | Creative Commons | Nidhi (treasure) in the Jayadrathayāmala, a 10th century tantric compendium from Kashmir (Oxford Treasure Seminar Series) | Olga Serbaeva describes how the Jayadrathayāmala envisaged magically discovered nidhi (treasure) as an integral part of its soteriological program. | Olga Serbaeva, Robert Mayer | 04 Mar 2025 |
| 13568 | The ‘Key-spring’ of The Lord of the Rings? | Stuart Lee talks on 'The ‘Key-spring’ of The Lord of the Rings?' | Stuart Lee | 01 Mar 2025 | |
| 13569 | C.S. Lewis’s Influence on The Lord of the Rings | Michael Ward talks on 'C.S. Lewis’s Influence on The Lord of the Rings' | Michael Ward | 01 Mar 2025 | |
| 13570 | Medievalism in the Margins: Echoes of Anglo-Saxon England in Appendix A of The Lord of the Rings – From Page to Screen | Grace Khuri talks on 'Medievalism in the Margins: Echoes of Anglo-Saxon England in Appendix A of 'The Lord of the Rings' – From Page to Screen' | Grace Khuri | 01 Mar 2025 | |
| 13571 | A Harmless Vice: Tolkien’s Invented Languages | Mark Williams talks on 'A Harmless Vice: Tolkien’s Invented Languages' | Mark Williams | 01 Mar 2025 | |
| 13572 | The authors and styles of 'The Lord of the Rings' | Giuseppe Pezzini talks on 'The authors and styles of The Lord of the Rings' | Giuseppe Pezzini | 01 Mar 2025 | |
| 13573 | J. R. R. Tolkien and G. B. Smith: Two Forgotten War Poets? | Stuart Lee talks about Tolkien's recently published war poetry in the context of G. B. Smith. | Stuart Lee | 01 Mar 2025 | |
| 13574 | Tolkien as Interpreter and Transformer of Culture: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' as a Modern Book | Holly Ordway presents on 'Tolkien as Interpreter and Transformer of Culture'. | Holly Ordway | 01 Mar 2025 | |
| 13575 | The chaos (fawḍà) Bashshar al-Asad warned against – Damascus University 10th November 2005 – and present-day Syria | On Friday 21 February 2025, Professor Johannes Waardenburg gave the Middle East Centre’s Friday seminar | Johannes Waardenburg, Walter Armbrust | 06 Mar 2025 | |
| 13576 | Creative Commons | Immunities and the Crime of Aggression - A Search for Normative Coherence | Tom Dannenbaum, Associate Professor of International Law at the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University, examines approaches to addressing the crime of aggression within a normatively coherent framework of immunities and international crimes. | Tom Dannenbaum | 06 Mar 2025 |
| 13577 | Genocide in Gaza | On Tuesday 18 February 2025, the Middle East Centre hosted the launch for St Antony’s Emeritus Fellow, Professor Avi Shlaim’s, new book ‘Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine’ (Irish Pages Press, 2025). | Avi Shlaim, Eugene Rogan, Chris Agee | 07 Mar 2025 | |
| 13578 | The Indigeneity of Early Christianity in Africa: Has the time come for Late Afriquity? | “The Indigeneity of Early Christianity in Africa: Has the time come for Late Afriquity?“ Father Jarel Robinson-Brown | Jarel Robinson-Brown | 07 Mar 2025 | |
| 13579 | To Be a Jewish State | A book launch event marking the publication of Yaacov Yadgar's new book, To Be a Jewish State: Zionism as the New Judaism. The author in conversation with Amnon Ray-Krakotzkin | Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin, David Borabeck, Yaacov Yadgar | 05 Mar 2025 | |
| 13580 | A Good Science Read: Metabolism | Professor Tim Coulsen and Professor Frances Ashcroft discuss 'Burn: the Misunderstood Science of Metabolism' by Herman Pontzer and 'Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death' by Nick Lane. | Frances Ashcroft, Tim Coulsen | 04 Mar 2025 | |
| 13581 | J3: A Roman ship's boat from the Portus Magnus of Alexandria | A small Roman boat was discovered in the port of Alexandria. Why was it transporting a large iron anchor at the moment it sank? Professor Damian Robinson presents this fascinating and rare find. | Damian Robinson, Alexander Belov, Nesreen Elgaly, David Honore, Catherine Grataloup, Tina Roushannafas, Patrice Sandrin | 10 Mar 2025 | |
| 13582 | Dr Carine Asnong – A Journey in Global Health | Dr Carine Asnong takes a look at her personal journey in global health. | Carine Asnong, Naima Nasir | 10 Mar 2025 | |
| 13583 | From Jihad to Politics: How Syrian Jihadis Embraced Politics | In this Friday seminar, Jérôme Drevon discusses his book ‘From Jihad to Politics: How Syrian Jihadis Embraced Politics’ (OUP 2024). | Jérôme Drevon, Neil Ketchley | 11 Mar 2025 | |
| 13584 | Why social media is the new frontier for misinformation, and what we can do about it: Professor Mohsen Mosleh and Cameron Martel | The link between misinformation and polarisation on social media, what's being done to combat misinformation and disinformation, the role of social media platforms and regulators, and where the research gaps are. | Cameron Martel, Mohsen Mosleh, Veena McCoole | 12 Mar 2025 | |
| 13585 | Privacy, Verification, Robustness: A Cryptographer's perspective on ML | Strachey Lecture: Privacy, Verification, Robustness: A Cryptographer's perspective on ML | Shafi Goldwasser | 11 Mar 2025 | |
| 13586 | Naima Nasir - Contextual Considerations in Global Health | Naima Nasir discusses the importance of understanding and considering context in the determination of global health policies and health systems. | Naima Nasir, Carine Asnong | 17 Mar 2025 | |
| 13587 | Young Lives 7th survey round: Seven headline findings and what the future holds for this 20+ year study | Young Lives has just published results from the study’s 7th survey round. Director Marta Favara reflects on this latest data collection, highlights seven key findings, and shares the next steps for this unique longitudinal study. | Marta Favara, Julia Tilford | 18 Mar 2025 | |
| 13588 | Creative Commons | Understanding Syria through Syrian Voices: Refugees’ Stories of Revolution, War, and the Struggle for Home | In this joint seminar with Oxford University’s Refugee Studies Centre, Wendy Pearlman, Professor at Northwestern University, shares personal testimonies collected from displaced Syrians around the world. | Wendy Pearlman, Dawn Chatty | 24 Mar 2025 |
| 13589 | Creative Commons | How Can AI Be Deployed Ethically in the Defence Sector? With Professor Mariarosaria Taddeo and Sir Chris Deverell | Our experts discuss why AI adoption in defence is slow -- covering procurement, regulation, and tech hurdles -- and how conflicts like the Ukraine war shape its future. They also call for public debate on risks and ethics. | Mariarosaria Taddeo, Chris Deverell | 24 Mar 2025 |
| 13590 | Series 3 Episode 3: Sustainability (environmental) | The CPM team discuss environmental sustainability in personalised medicine with Dr Gabrielle Samuel from King's College London. | Rachel Horton, Gabrielle Samuel, Sarah Briggs, Louisa Chenciner | 25 Mar 2025 | |
| 13591 | Creative Commons | Analysis of the diverse antigenic landscape of the malaria protein RH5 identifies a potent vaccine-induced human public antibody clonotype | Dr Kirsty McHugh and Dr Carolyn Nielsen discuss a recent Cell article: ‘Analysis of the diverse antigenic landscape of the malaria protein RH5 identifies a potent vaccine-induced human public antibody clonotype’. | Carolyn Nielsen, Kirsty McHugh, Paul Klenerman | 24 Mar 2025 |
| 13592 | Who Influences the Career Choices of Young People in Care? | Dr Mariela Neagu discusses her research exploring the experiences young people who grew up in care when it comes to making education and career choices. | Mariela Neagu, Laura Molway | 26 Mar 2025 | |
| 13593 | Creative Commons | Migration Sounds | What does migration sound like? Migration Sounds features 120 sounds of migration across 51 countries from Argentina to Australia, with personal stories from diaspora communities and people who have migrated all over the world. | Rob McNeil, Stuart Fowkes, Delphine Boagey, Jacqui Broadhead | 26 Mar 2025 |
| 13594 | Professor Andrew Steer, Director of Infection, Immunity and Global Health at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute | Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, in conversation with Professor Andrew Steer, Director of Infection, Immunity and Global Health at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, and Paediatric Infectious Disease Specialist at Royal Melbourne Children's Hospital. | Andrew Pollard, Andrew Steer | 27 Mar 2025 | |
| 13595 | Misunderstandings and misuses of commonly-cited methods for systematic reviews & meta-analyses. | Professor Julian Higgins explains why he believes the systematic review and meta-analysis methods described in many highly cited papers are routinely misunderstood or misused. | Julian Higgins | 28 Mar 2025 | |
| 13596 | Let's talk e-cigarettes, March 2025 | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Nicola Lindson discuss emerging evidence in e-cigarette research and interview Monserrat Conde from the University of Oxford. | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Nicola Lindson, Monserrat Conde | 28 Mar 2025 | |
| 13597 | Creative Commons | System Entrepreneurship: Lessons from Rwanda | Educating future leaders in Africa and driving transformational impact on African economies. | Peter Drobac | 31 Mar 2025 |
| 13598 | Adult-child interactions while using touchscreen apps | Dr Sandra Mathers discusses her research exploring how adults and children interact while using touchscreen apps. | Sandra Mathers, Hamish Chalmers | 10 Apr 2025 | |
| 13599 | Immigration Policy in Transatlantic Perspectives | Geopolitics, irregular movement, the rise of the far-right: these are just some of the buzzwords populating your morning news headlines. But where is the relationship between Europe and the U.S. heading? What are the implications for immigration policy? | Naika Foroutan, Tarik Abou-Chadi, Rob McNeil, Jacqui Broadhead, Delphine Boagey | 15 Apr 2025 | |
| 13600 | Chatting with Louise Allen on continuous professional development, qualitative research and the need for mentorship and guided self-reflection | Louise Allen, a dietician by background and currently a post-doctoral researcher in Medical Education, shares her personal experiences and research on social learning journeys and effective CPD. | Louise Allen, Danica Sims | 07 Apr 2025 |