BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:talks.ox.ac.uk BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Adventures in Countering Disinformation: Policy Insights from Expe rt Interviews - Callum Harvey (Oxford Internet Institute) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260217T110000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260217T120000Z UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/95901dfe-d56d-4777-a809-590814b009 9a/ DESCRIPTION:Postgraduate students\, fellows\, staff and faculty from any d iscipline are welcome. This group aims to foster frequent interdisciplinar y critical dialogue across Oxford and beyond about the political impacts o f emerging technologies.\n\nPlease contact Callum Harvey (callum.harvey@oi i.ox.ac.uk) in advance to participate or with any questions. Attendance is online only. You do not currently have to be affiliated with the Universi ty of Oxford to attend and participate in discussions.\nSpeakers:\nCallum Harvey (Oxford Internet Institute) LOCATION:Online Only TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/95901dfe-d56d-4777-a809-590814b009 9a/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Adventures in Countering Disinformation: Policy Insights from Expert Interviews - Callum Harvey (Oxford Internet Institute) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Hybrid Experts and the AI “Arms Race” - Lis Siegel (University of Oxford) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260210T110000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260210T120000Z UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/6ee76018-9277-472d-91f4-240b0f4158 3d/ DESCRIPTION:Postgraduate students\, fellows\, staff and faculty from any d iscipline are welcome. This group aims to foster frequent interdisciplinar y critical dialogue across Oxford and beyond about the political impacts o f emerging technologies.\n\nPlease contact Callum Harvey (callum.harvey@oi i.ox.ac.uk) in advance to participate or with any questions. Attendance is online only. You do not currently have to be affiliated with the Universi ty of Oxford to attend and participate in discussions.\nSpeakers:\nLis Sie gel (University of Oxford) LOCATION:Online Only TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/6ee76018-9277-472d-91f4-240b0f4158 3d/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Hybrid Experts and the AI “Arms Race” - Lis Siegel (U niversity of Oxford) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The (Geo)Political Economy of AI Openness: US and Chinese Open-Sou rce AI Approaches in Historical Context - Kayla Blomquist (The Oxford Inte rnet Institute) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260203T110000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260203T120000Z UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/4dbdbf89-8f54-4c8d-8551-43d39222cd 24/ DESCRIPTION:Postgraduate students\, fellows\, staff and faculty from any d iscipline are welcome. This group aims to foster frequent interdisciplinar y critical dialogue across Oxford and beyond about the political impacts o f emerging technologies.\n\nPlease contact Callum Harvey (callum.harvey@oi i.ox.ac.uk) in advance to participate or with any questions. Attendance is online only. You do not currently have to be affiliated with the Universi ty of Oxford to attend and participate in discussions.\nSpeakers:\nKayla B lomquist (The Oxford Internet Institute) LOCATION:Online Only TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/4dbdbf89-8f54-4c8d-8551-43d39222cd 24/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:The (Geo)Political Economy of AI Openness: US and Chinese Open-Source AI Approaches in Historical Context - Kayla Blomquist (The Ox ford Internet Institute) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Between Sovereignty and Interdependence: India and South Africa’ s AI development strategies - Ayantola Alayande (Oxford Department of Inte rnational Development) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260303T110000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260303T120000Z UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/52b0c4bf-5913-437e-bc78-56e593b1d8 97/ DESCRIPTION:Postgraduate students\, fellows\, staff and faculty from any d iscipline are welcome. This group aims to foster frequent interdisciplinar y critical dialogue across Oxford and beyond about the political impacts o f emerging technologies.\n\nPlease contact Callum Harvey (callum.harvey@oi i.ox.ac.uk) in advance to participate or with any questions. Attendance is online only. You do not currently have to be affiliated with the Universi ty of Oxford to attend and participate in discussions.\nSpeakers:\nAyantol a Alayande (Oxford Department of International Development) LOCATION:Online Only TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/52b0c4bf-5913-437e-bc78-56e593b1d8 97/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Between Sovereignty and Interdependence: India and South Africa’s AI development strategies - Ayantola Alayande (Oxford Departmen t of International Development) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:AI Workers\, Geopolitics\, and Algorithmic Collective Action - Syd ney Reis (University of Oxford) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260224T110000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260224T120000Z UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/c74579d2-cbab-4289-bffa-1c966300a8 30/ DESCRIPTION:Postgraduate students\, fellows\, staff and faculty from any d iscipline are welcome. This group aims to foster frequent interdisciplinar y critical dialogue across Oxford and beyond about the political impacts o f emerging technologies.\n\nPlease contact Callum Harvey (callum.harvey@oi i.ox.ac.uk) in advance to participate or with any questions. Attendance is online only. You do not currently have to be affiliated with the Universi ty of Oxford to attend and participate in discussions.\nSpeakers:\nSydney Reis (University of Oxford) LOCATION:Online Only TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/c74579d2-cbab-4289-bffa-1c966300a8 30/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:AI Workers\, Geopolitics\, and Algorithmic Collective Act ion - Sydney Reis (University of Oxford) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Cybersecurity and AI: Threats\, opportunities\, and the state of p lay - Elias Groll (Blavatnik School of Government) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250529T150000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250529T160000 UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/19de6023-a8a1-4944-a4b1-cfddec2749 82/ DESCRIPTION:Postgraduate students\, fellows\, staff and faculty from any d iscipline are welcome. This group aims to foster frequent interdisciplinar y critical dialogue across Oxford and beyond about the political impacts o f emerging technologies. Please contact Elisabeth Siegel at elisabeth.sieg el@politics.ox.ac.uk or Brian Kot at brian.kot@politics.ox.ac.uk in advanc e to participate or with any questions. Remote attendance is possible\, bu t in-person attendance is prioritized (and provided refreshment).\n\nAbstr act: This talk will describe the primary cybersecurity threats arising fro m AI systems\, especially important cybersecurity threats to AI systems\, how we might mitigate these threats via information sharing mechanisms\, a nd how to harness the cybersecurity opportunities that arise from contempo rary AI systems. \n \nAbout the speaker: Elias Groll is an MPP candidate a t the Blavatnik School of Government and a research affiliate at the Oxfor d Martin School's AI Governance Initiative. He was formerly a journalist w orking on technology and national security issues based in Washington\, D. C.\, with a particular focus on cybersecurity. He was a staff writer and e ditor at Foreign Policy magazine\, the managing editor at the Brookings In stitution's AI and Emerging Technology Initiative\, and\, most recently\, the senior editor at CyberScoop\, a trade publication covering cybersecuri ty issues where he supervised the reporting team and wrote about AI securi ty issues. \nSpeakers:\nElias Groll (Blavatnik School of Government) LOCATION:Nuffield College\, New Road OX1 1NF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/19de6023-a8a1-4944-a4b1-cfddec2749 82/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Cybersecurity and AI: Threats\, opportunities\, and the s tate of play - Elias Groll (Blavatnik School of Government) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Budgeting for AI: Towards a Systematic Understanding of the Impact of Public Budgeting on Public Sector AI Adoption - Chloe Chadwick (Oxford Internet Institute) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250612T150000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250612T160000 UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/02abe2e1-5aba-4323-aae3-9c8e242929 66/ DESCRIPTION:Postgraduate students\, fellows\, staff and faculty from any d iscipline are welcome. This group aims to foster frequent interdisciplinar y critical dialogue across Oxford and beyond about the political impacts o f emerging technologies. Please contact Elisabeth Siegel at elisabeth.sieg el@politics.ox.ac.uk or Brian Kot at brian.kot@politics.ox.ac.uk in advanc e to participate or with any questions. Remote attendance is possible\, bu t in-person attendance is prioritized (and provided refreshment).\n \nAbou t the speaker: Chloe is a digital government researcher and doctoral stude nt at the Oxford Internet Institute\, where she is researching the use of data-driven technologies and AI in public sector organisations. Chloe is a lso an Expert Affiliate for StateUp\, where she has worked on projects foc ussed on government innovation\, resilience\, and digitalisation.\n \nChlo e has most recently worked as an Adviser with the Australian Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet\, with previous roles including positions with the Cabinet Office\, Universities Australia and within the science co mmunication sector. Chloe holds an MPhil with distinction in Public Policy from the University of Cambridge.\nSpeakers:\nChloe Chadwick (Oxford Inte rnet Institute) LOCATION:Nuffield College\, New Road OX1 1NF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/02abe2e1-5aba-4323-aae3-9c8e242929 66/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Budgeting for AI: Towards a Systematic Understanding of t he Impact of Public Budgeting on Public Sector AI Adoption - Chloe Chadwic k (Oxford Internet Institute) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Securitisation of AI Safety Institutes - Renan Araujo (Institu te for AI Policy and Strategy) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250605T150000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250605T160000 UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/8a863b65-7cb8-49d4-a500-30acff8a69 ea/ DESCRIPTION:Postgraduate students\, fellows\, staff and faculty from any d iscipline are welcome. This group aims to foster frequent interdisciplinar y critical dialogue across Oxford and beyond about the political impacts o f emerging technologies. Please contact Elisabeth Siegel at elisabeth.sieg el@politics.ox.ac.uk or Brian Kot at brian.kot@politics.ox.ac.uk in advanc e to participate or with any questions. Remote attendance is possible\, bu t in-person attendance is prioritized (and provided refreshment).\n \nAbou t the speaker: Renan Araujo is a Research Manager at the Institute for AI Policy and Strategy (IAPS)\, where he leads the research workstream on int ernational AI governance and the IAPS AI Policy Fellowship. His work focus es on the implications of advanced AI on international relations\, with a focus on US-China\, and what institutional models might be conducive to in ternational cooperation on AI\, such as AI Safety Institutes.\n \nPrevious ly\, Renan was a researcher on AI governance and emergent technologies at Rethink Priorities and the Institute for Law and AI. He has experience lea ding global capacity-building programs\, especially in LMIC\, and conducti ng comparative policy research. He is also a co-founder and adviser of the Condor Initiative\, an educational nonprofit that supports Brazilian stud ents in shaping AI research and policy globally. He also advises the Vista Institute for AI Policy. In a previous life\, he was the youngest chief of staff of a Justice of Appeal at the State Court of Pernambuco\, Brazil\ , where he worked for five years. He’s a lawyer by training with an MSc from the London School of Economics.\nSpeakers:\nRenan Araujo (Institute f or AI Policy and Strategy) LOCATION:Nuffield College\, New Road OX1 1NF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/8a863b65-7cb8-49d4-a500-30acff8a69 ea/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:The Securitisation of AI Safety Institutes - Renan Araujo (Institute for AI Policy and Strategy) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Strategic Instability: A Practitioner’s Perspective on Narrative s Fueling the Conventional and Emerging Tech - Karuna Nandkumar (Oxford Ch ina Policy Lab) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250522T150000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250522T160000 UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/9c70f244-c503-4630-b0a5-13795b5bdb d4/ DESCRIPTION:Postgraduate students\, fellows\, staff and faculty from any d iscipline are welcome. This group aims to foster frequent interdisciplinar y critical dialogue across Oxford and beyond about the political impacts o f emerging technologies. Please contact Elisabeth Siegel at elisabeth.sieg el@politics.ox.ac.uk or Brian Kot at brian.kot@politics.ox.ac.uk in advanc e to participate or with any questions. Remote attendance is possible\, bu t in-person attendance is prioritized (and provided refreshment).\n \nAbou t the speaker: Karuna Nandkumar is the Head of Policy Programmes at the Ox ford China Policy Lab. Her research focuses on Chinese foreign policy and diplomacy.\n \nPrior to OCPL\, she worked on Indo-Pacific policy at the US Department of Defense in D.C. and coordinated US-China Track II dialogues with the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in Beijing.\n \nShe speaks Mand arin Chinese\, Spanish\, Portuguese\, and French. She received her MA in G lobal Affairs as a Schwarzman Scholar at Tsinghua University and her BA in Public Policy from the University of Michigan.\nSpeakers:\nKaruna Nandkum ar (Oxford China Policy Lab) LOCATION:Nuffield College\, New Road OX1 1NF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/9c70f244-c503-4630-b0a5-13795b5bdb d4/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Strategic Instability: A Practitioner’s Perspective on Narratives Fueling the Conventional and Emerging Tech - Karuna Nandkumar ( Oxford China Policy Lab) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:AI Safety in Practice: Safeguarding Against Real-World Misuse and Near-Term Harms - Broderick McDonald (Kings College London) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250515T150000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250515T160000 UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/c4de42ff-9737-44a5-aac3-0a2cb4485d 8e/ DESCRIPTION:Postgraduate students\, fellows\, staff and faculty from any d iscipline are welcome. This group aims to foster frequent interdisciplinar y critical dialogue across Oxford and beyond about the political impacts o f emerging technologies. Please contact Elisabeth Siegel at elisabeth.sieg el@politics.ox.ac.uk or Brian Kot at brian.kot@politics.ox.ac.uk in advanc e to participate or with any questions. Remote attendance is possible\, bu t in-person attendance is prioritized (and provided refreshment).\n \nTopi c — AI Safety in Practice: Safeguarding Against Real-World Misuse and Ne ar-Term Harms\n \nAI safety has reached an inflection point\, with near-te rm risks becoming real-world harms amidst a new political and regulatory l andscape that has begun to reflect these shifts. Despite recent shifts in AI governance\, preventing high-severity harms\, including terrorist and v iolent extremist content (TVEC)\, chemical\, biological\, radiological\, a nd nuclear (CBRN) risks\, foreign influence operations\, ransomware\, targ eted phishing campaigns\, and scams remain top priorities for governments and industry alike. To examine the threat landscape\, real-world use cases from malicious actors—including terrorists & extremists\, criminal netw orks\, and hostile foreign states—will be examined alongside adversarial shifts and anticipated misues. While these high-severity risks represent an urgent threat\, the presentation focuses on practical solutions and pre sent a new socio-technical approach to close the capabilities gap.\n \nAbo ut the speaker: Broderick McDonald is an Associate Fellow at Kings College London’s International Center for the Study of Radicalisation working a t the intersection of conflict\, extremism\, and technology. Prior to this \, he served as an Advisor to the Government of Canada and was a Fellow wi th the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC). He has provided e xpert analysis for a range of international news broadcasters including AB C News\, BBC News\, CBC News\, Good Morning America\, France24\, and Al Ja zeera News. His research and commentary has appeared in The New York Times \, The Wall Street Journal\, Foreign Affairs\, Financial Times\, The Guard ian\, The Telegraph\, Al Jazeera\, CS Monitor\, and The Globe & Mail among st others. He previously lived in the Middle East and has conducted extens ive quantitative and qualitative fieldwork with armed combatants and forei gn terrorist fighters from ISIS\, HTS\, and other armed non-state actors. He currently serves on the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIF CT)‘s Independent Advisory Committee\, the Aspen Institute UK’s RLF Ad visory Board\, and the GLOCA Board of Advisors. Alongside his research\, B roderick has advised policymakers\, parliamentarians\, intelligence agenci es\, international prosecutors\, NGOs\, AI Safety Institutes\, AI labs\, a nd social media platforms on emerging technologies and security threats fr om terrorist & extremist entities\, organized crime\, and hostile foreign states.\nSpeakers:\nBroderick McDonald (Kings College London) LOCATION:Nuffield College\, New Road OX1 1NF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/c4de42ff-9737-44a5-aac3-0a2cb4485d 8e/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:AI Safety in Practice: Safeguarding Against Real-World Mi suse and Near-Term Harms - Broderick McDonald (Kings College London) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Emergent Prestige and Status-Seeking Dynamics in International AI Competition - Kayla Blomquist (The Oxford Internet Institute) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250508T150000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250508T160000 UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/e2dad58d-b861-4c2d-a67f-0721d60680 4b/ DESCRIPTION:Postgraduate students\, fellows\, staff and faculty from any d iscipline are welcome. This group aims to foster frequent interdisciplinar y critical dialogue across Oxford and beyond about the political impacts o f emerging technologies. Please contact Elisabeth Siegel at elisabeth.sieg el@politics.ox.ac.uk or Brian Kot at brian.kot@politics.ox.ac.uk in advanc e to participate or with any questions. Remote attendance is possible\, bu t in-person attendance is prioritized (and provided refreshment).\n \nAbou t the speaker: Kayla Blomquist is a co-founder and director of the Oxford China Policy Lab and a DPhil researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute\, with an affiliation to the Oxford Martin School AI Governance Initiative. Her research focuses on US-PRC relations and international AI governance\ , examining how status and legitimacy shape PRC AI governance and developm ent.\n \nPrior to Oxford\, she served as a diplomat in the U.S. Mission to China for four years\, specializing in governance of emerging and dual-us e technologies. She is professionally fluent in Mandarin Chinese. She hold s an MSc from the Oxford Internet Institute and a bachelor’s degree with Honors in International Relations\, Public Policy\, and Mandarin Chinese from the University of Denver's Korbel School of International Studies\, w ith additional studies at Peking University.\nSpeakers:\nKayla Blomquist ( The Oxford Internet Institute) LOCATION:Venue to be announced TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/e2dad58d-b861-4c2d-a67f-0721d60680 4b/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Emergent Prestige and Status-Seeking Dynamics in Internat ional AI Competition - Kayla Blomquist (The Oxford Internet Institute) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Ethics of AI for Intelligence - Dr Mariarosaria Taddeo (Univer sity of Oxford)\, Professor Mariarosaria Taddeo (University of Oxford) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250306T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250306T160000Z UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/fc717ebe-1e4b-4814-b6af-a73d7e9db2 76/ DESCRIPTION:\nStatus: This talk has been cancelled\nPostgraduate students\ , fellows\, staff and faculty from any discipline are welcome. This group aims to foster frequent interdisciplinary critical dialogue across Oxford and beyond about the political impacts of emerging technologies. Please co ntact Elisabeth Siegel at elisabeth.siegel@politics.ox.ac.uk or Brian Kot at brian.kot@politics.ox.ac.uk in advance to participate or with any quest ions. Remote attendance is possible\, but in-person attendance is prioriti zed (and provided refreshment). Discussion topics will be finalized and op tional readings will be sent out a week in advance. You do not currently h ave to be affiliated with the University of Oxford to attend and participa te in discussions.\n \nAbout the speaker: Professor Taddeo is Professor of Digital Ethics and Defence Technologies. She is also the Programme Direct or of the DPhil in Information\, Communication and the Social Sciences at the Oxford Internet Institute and Dslt Ethics Fellow at the Alan Turing In stitute.\n \nHer recent work focuses on the ethics and governance of digit al technologies\, and ranges from designing governance measures to leverag e artificial intelligence (AI) to addressing the ethical challenges of usi ng defence technology in defence\, ethics of cybersecurity\, and governanc e of cyber conflicts. She has published more than 150 articles in this are a\, focusing on topics like trustworthy digital technologies\, governance of digital innovation\, ethical governance of AI for national defence\, et hics of cybersecurity (complete list of her publications). Her work has be en published in major journals like Nature\, Nature Machine Intelligence\, Science\, and Science Robotics.\n \nProfessor Taddeo has led\, leads\, an d co-leads several projects in the area of Digital Ethics successfully. Mo st notably\, she is the PI of a current project on the ‘Ethical Principl es for the Use of AI for National Security and Defence’ funded by Dstl ( the UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory). She was Co-I in an EPSR C project\, which funded the PETRAS IoT Research Hub. She was PI on a pro ject funded by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CD D COE) to define ethical guidance for the regulation of cyber conflicts. S ince 2017 she has been Co-PI on research projects developed at the Oxford Internet Institute such as ‘Digital Well-Being’\; ‘The Ethics of Rec ommender Systems’\; ‘Posthumous Medical Data Donation’.\nProfessor T addeo is an internationally renowned scholar. She is the lead expert on th e CEPS Task Force on ‘Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity’\, CEP S is a major European think-tank informing EU policies on cybersecurity. B etween 2018 and 2020 represents the UK of the NATO Human Factors and Medic ine Exploratory Team (NATO HFM ET) ‘Operational Ethics: Preparation and Interventions for the Future Security Environment’.\n \nBetween 2016 and 2018\, she was the Oxford Fellow at the Future Council for Cybersecurity of the World Economic Forum\, helping to identify the ethical and policy c ybersecurity problems that could impair the development of future societie s. She has received multiple awards for her work on Digital Ethics\, among which the 2010 Simon Award for Outstanding Research in Computing and Phil osophy\; the 2016 World Technology Award for Ethics. In 2018\, InspiringFi fty named her among the most inspiring 50 Italian women working in technol ogy. In the same year\, ORBIT listed her among the top 100 women working o n the Ethics of AI globally\, both in 2018 and 2020. She has been named on e of the twelve 2020 “Outstanding Rising Talents” by the Womens’ For um for Economy and Society. In 2020 and 2023\, CoputerWeekly listed her am ong the top 100 most influential women in technology in the UK. She also s erves as editor-in-chief of Minds & Machines (SpringerNature).\n \nBefore joining the OII\, Taddeo was Research Fellow in Cyber Security and Ethics at the Department of Politics and International Studies\, University of Wa rwick. From 2010 to 2012 she held a Marie Curie Fellowship at the Universi ty of Hertfordshire\, where she was working on information warfare and its ethical implications.\nShe holds a PhD (Doctor Europeus) in Philosophy fr om the University of Padua. Her PhD thesis focused on the epistemic and et hical implications of trust in artificial systems.\nSpeakers:\nDr Mariaros aria Taddeo (University of Oxford)\, Professor Mariarosaria Taddeo (Univer sity of Oxford) LOCATION:Venue to be announced TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/fc717ebe-1e4b-4814-b6af-a73d7e9db2 76/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:The Ethics of AI for Intelligence - Dr Mariarosaria Tadde o (University of Oxford)\, Professor Mariarosaria Taddeo (University of Ox ford) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Title TBC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250227T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250227T160000Z UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/767287a8-e67b-418f-b028-e26c703b48 4d/ DESCRIPTION:Postgraduate students\, fellows\, staff and faculty from any d iscipline are welcome. This group aims to foster frequent interdisciplinar y critical dialogue across Oxford and beyond about the political impacts o f emerging technologies. Please contact Elisabeth Siegel at elisabeth.sieg el@politics.ox.ac.uk or Brian Kot at brian.kot@politics.ox.ac.uk in advanc e to participate or with any questions. Remote attendance is possible\, bu t in-person attendance is prioritized (and provided refreshment). Discussi on topics will be finalized and optional readings will be sent out a week in advance. You do not currently have to be affiliated with the University of Oxford to attend and participate in discussions.\n \nAbout the speaker : Haydn is co-Chair of the Global Politics of AI Project and a Research Fe llow at the University of Cambridge's Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence and has been a Research Associate and Academic Project Manage r at the University of Cambridge's Centre for the Study of Existential Ris k for the past seven years. In that time the Centre tripled in size\, and he advised the UK\, US\, and Singaporean governments\; the EU\, UN and OEC D\; and leading technology companies. He has over 40 publications with ove r 2\,100 citations\, including on climate change\, pandemics\, and societa l collapse\, but most of his work is on the security implications of artif icial intelligence (AI). Previously he worked in UK politics as the Senior Parliamentary Researcher to a Labour MP in the Shadow Cabinet and was sec onded to several general election and referendum campaigns. He is a DPhil/ PhD Candidate in International Relations and has an MSc in Politics Resear ch and a BA in Politics\, Philosophy and Economics (PPE)\, all from the Un iversity of Oxford. His thesis 'Bombs\, Bugs\, Bytes and Bots' is on the h istory and future of arms control - what lessons from the varied success o f arms control regimes for nuclear\, biological and cyber weapons can be a pplied to international governance of artificial intelligence?\nSpeakers:\ nHaydn Belfield (Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence) LOCATION:Venue to be announced TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/767287a8-e67b-418f-b028-e26c703b48 4d/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Title TBC TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Silicon Valley in Context: Technology Corporations as Political Ac tors - Alina Utrata (University of Oxford) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250220T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250220T160000Z UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/8cbb82df-b71a-479f-8609-94d2d36f72 bc/ DESCRIPTION:Postgraduate students\, fellows\, staff and faculty from any d iscipline are welcome. This group aims to foster frequent interdisciplinar y critical dialogue across Oxford and beyond about the political impacts o f emerging technologies. Please contact Elisabeth Siegel at elisabeth.sieg el@politics.ox.ac.uk or Brian Kot at brian.kot@politics.ox.ac.uk in advanc e to participate or with any questions. Remote attendance is possible\, bu t in-person attendance is prioritized (and provided refreshment). Discussi on topics will be finalized and optional readings will be sent out a week in advance. You do not currently have to be affiliated with the University of Oxford to attend and participate in discussions.\n \nAbout the speaker : Dr. Alina Utrata is a political theorist focusing on the politics of tec hnology corporations. Her work largely sits at the intersection of politic al theory and critical technology studies\, as well as integrating compone nts of international relations and geography. She has published in the Ame rican Political Science Review comparing Silicon Valley’s outer space co lonization projects with the histories of other extractive corporations. S he received her PhD in Politics and International Studies at the Universit y of Cambridge in 2024\, where she was a Gates-Cambridge Scholar and where she received the departmental Lisa Smirl PhD prize for best PhD completed in 2023-2024. In her free time\, she hosts and produces the podcast the A nti-Dystopians\, a politics podcast about tech. She received her MA in Con flict Transformation and Social Justice from Queen’s University Belfast in 2018 as a Marshall Scholar and her BA from Stanford University in Histo ry with a minor in Human Rights. She teaches topics related to politics\, political theory and technology studies. For more about Dr. Alina Utrata\, visit her website at https://www.alinautrata.com/\nSpeakers:\nAlina Utrat a (University of Oxford) LOCATION:Venue to be announced TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/8cbb82df-b71a-479f-8609-94d2d36f72 bc/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Silicon Valley in Context: Technology Corporations as Pol itical Actors - Alina Utrata (University of Oxford) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Macro- and Micro-Politics of AI Standards-Making - Huw Roberts (University of Oxford) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250213T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250213T160000Z UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/b3fbc902-203e-4396-bc0e-05ad039f13 98/ DESCRIPTION:Postgraduate students\, fellows\, staff and faculty from any d iscipline are welcome. This group aims to foster frequent interdisciplinar y critical dialogue across Oxford and beyond about the political impacts o f emerging technologies. Please contact Elisabeth Siegel at elisabeth.sieg el@politics.ox.ac.uk or Brian Kot at brian.kot@politics.ox.ac.uk in advanc e to participate or with any questions. Remote attendance is possible\, bu t in-person attendance is prioritized (and provided refreshment). Discussi on topics will be finalized and optional readings will be sent out a week in advance. You do not currently have to be affiliated with the University of Oxford to attend and participate in discussions.\n \nAbout the speaker : Huw Roberts is a doctoral researcher at the University of Oxford’s Int ernet Institute and an Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Insti tute (RUSI). His research focuses on China’s role in international AI go vernance. Huw’s research has been published in various academic journals \, including Asian Affairs\, The Information Society\, and the Internet Po licy Review. His words have appeared in several general audience or China- focused media outlets\, such as The Financial Times\, The Times and East A sia Forum. Huw previously worked for the UK Government where he was involv ed in developing key AI policy documents\, such as the country's National AI Strategy. He has also worked on AI policy as a Research Fellow at the U niversity of Oxford’s Saïd Business School and the Tony Blair Institute . Huw holds an MSc from the University of Oxford’s Internet Institute (U K) and an MPhil from the Yenching Academy of Peking University (China). \n Speakers:\nHuw Roberts (University of Oxford) LOCATION:Venue to be announced TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/b3fbc902-203e-4396-bc0e-05ad039f13 98/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:The Macro- and Micro-Politics of AI Standards-Making - Hu w Roberts (University of Oxford) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Role of Internal Skills and Expertise in Public Sector Digital Transformation - Dr Aaron Maniam (BSG\, Univeristy of Oxford) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250206T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250206T160000Z UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/56248849-cfd8-499c-afc0-111e79269e 69/ DESCRIPTION:Postgraduate students\, fellows\, staff and faculty from any d iscipline are welcome. This group aims to foster frequent interdisciplinar y critical dialogue across Oxford and beyond about the political impacts o f emerging technologies. Please contact Elisabeth Siegel at elisabeth.sieg el@politics.ox.ac.uk or Brian Kot at brian.kot@politics.ox.ac.uk in advanc e to participate or with any questions. Remote attendance is possible\, bu t in-person attendance is prioritized (and provided refreshment). Discussi on topics will be finalized and optional readings will be sent out a week in advance. You do not currently have to be affiliated with the University of Oxford to attend and participate in discussions.\n \nAbout the speaker : Aaron Maniam is a Fellow of Practice and Director for Digital Transforma tion Education at the Oxford Blavatnik School of Government. Aaron’s wor k at the Blavatnik School focuses on issues connecting technology\, public policy and public administration. He teaches on the School’s Master of Public Policy and executive education programmes\, and convenes its digita l “thematic cluster”\, bringing together scholarship and practice on d igital issues. He co-chairs the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Cou ncil on the Future of Technology Policy and is a member of the OECD’s Ex pert Group on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Futures. \n \nPreviously a poli cymaker in the Singapore government\, he was most recently Deputy Secretar y (Industry & International) at the Singapore Ministry of Communications & Information\, overseeing the ministry’s work in the digital economy\, d igital literacy and inclusion\, and digital diplomacy - with a concurrent cross-government role coordinating Singapore’s strategy in global brandi ng\, soft power and public diplomacy. Before that\, he served in the Minis tries of Foreign Affairs and Trade & Industry\, the Public Service Divisio n and Civil Service College. In particular\, he was the founding Head of t he Centre for Strategic Futures\, currently under the Prime Minister’s O ffice Strategy Group\, and Institute Director for the Institute of Public Sector Leadership. In both roles\, he was involved in conceptualising\, fa cilitating\, delivering and sustaining cross-government strategy\, visioni ng\, leadership development and organisational development efforts\, as we ll as sharing Singapore’s work with other countries in capability-buildi ng programmes. \n \nHe was recognised by the World Economic Forum as a You ng Global Leader in 2013\, by the Asia Society as an Asia 21 Young Leader in 2007\, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of th e Arts\, Manufacture and Commerce (FRSA).\n \nAaron did his PhD at the Bla vatnik School of Government on a Clarendon Scholarship\, focused on compar ing the work of leading digital states like Estonia\, New Zealand and Sing apore. He holds an MPP from the School (with Distinction)\, a Master of Ar ts in International and Development Economics from Yale University\, and a BA (double first-class honours) from Oxford in Philosophy\, Politics and Economics. \nSpeakers:\nDr Aaron Maniam (BSG\, Univeristy of Oxford) LOCATION:Venue to be announced TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/56248849-cfd8-499c-afc0-111e79269e 69/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:The Role of Internal Skills and Expertise in Public Secto r Digital Transformation - Dr Aaron Maniam (BSG\, Univeristy of Oxford) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Hacktivism? Predatory Sparrow and the Ambiguities of “Ethical” Cyber Operations - Hannah Sophie-Weber (University of Oxford) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250313T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250313T160000Z UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/7d7119d1-6a78-4ca0-b219-3e38ba027c 82/ DESCRIPTION:Postgraduate students\, fellows\, staff and faculty from any d iscipline are welcome. This group aims to foster frequent interdisciplinar y critical dialogue across Oxford and beyond about the political impacts o f emerging technologies. Please contact Elisabeth Siegel at elisabeth.sieg el@politics.ox.ac.uk or Brian Kot at brian.kot@politics.ox.ac.uk in advanc e to participate or with any questions. Remote attendance is possible\, bu t in-person attendance is prioritized (and provided refreshment). Discussi on topics will be finalized and optional readings will be sent out a week in advance. You do not currently have to be affiliated with the University of Oxford to attend and participate in discussions.\n \nAbout the speaker : As a DPhil candidate at DPIR and a Junior Researcher at the European Cyb er Conflict Research Initiative (ECCRI)\, Hannah Sophie Weber’s research examines public-private interaction in cybersecurity governance. Supervis ed by Professor Lucas Kello\, she focuses on cyber conflict and collaborat ion around critical infrastructure. She has worked with (among others): th e German Foreign Ministry\, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU ) in Geneva\, the Geschwister-Scholl-Institute of Political Science (GSI)\ , the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)\, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in Brussels\, and th e Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF).\n \nShe earned an MPhil with Distinction in Politics (European Politics and Society) at Oxford\, investigating what best explains public-private alignment behind sovereign ist and multistakeholderist models in EU cybersecurity governance.\nSpeake rs:\nHannah Sophie-Weber (University of Oxford) LOCATION:Venue to be announced TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/7d7119d1-6a78-4ca0-b219-3e38ba027c 82/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Hacktivism? Predatory Sparrow and the Ambiguities of “E thical” Cyber Operations - Hannah Sophie-Weber (University of Oxford) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Political Economy of Strategic Technology Transfer: Security\, Aid\, and Benefit-Sharing in an Era of AI Competition - Sumaya Nur Adan ( Oxford Martin School AI Governance Initiative) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250130T144500Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250130T154500Z UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/f341aed1-7dc1-4a7b-91c0-2f6484460c 8f/ DESCRIPTION:Postgraduate students\, fellows\, staff and faculty from any d iscipline are welcome. This group aims to foster frequent interdisciplinar y critical dialogue across Oxford and beyond about the political impacts o f emerging technologies.\n\nPlease email elisabeth.siegel@politics.ox.ac.u k in advance to participate or with any questions. Remote attendance is po ssible\, but in-person attendance is prioritized (and provided refreshment ). Discussion topics will be finalized and optional readings will be sent out a week in advance.\n\nAbout the speaker: Sumaya Nur Adan is an AI gove rnance researcher with a background in Law and AI. She currently serves as an AI Risk Advisor at the Central AI Risk Function in the UK’s Departme nt of Science\, Innovation\, and Technology\, focusing on international or ganisations\, AI risk assessment\, institutional design\, and benefit-shar ing institutions Sumaya’s previous roles include advocating for the regu lation of autonomous weapons at the United Nations through the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots and researching the ethics of military AI applications . As a summer fellow at the Centre for AI Governance\, she researched inte rnational benefit-sharing models for AI. With her expertise in AI and law\ , Sumaya has made significant contributions to various international initi atives\, including the United Nations High-Level Advisory Board on Effecti ve Multilateralism\, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction ’s Sendai Framework\, and the African Commission’s work on AI and huma n rights. Looking ahead\, Sumaya is passionate about developing equitable and inclusive frameworks that amplify the roles of Global Majority countri es in shaping AI policy and ensuring the global sharing of AI benefits\, w here she balances national security concerns with equitable global access to AI technologies. Sumaya holds an MPhil with distinction in Ethics of AI \, Data\, and Algorithms from the University of Cambridge and an LLB from Strathmore University.\n\nSpeakers:\nSumaya Nur Adan (Oxford Martin School AI Governance Initiative) LOCATION:Nuffield College\, New Road OX1 1NF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/f341aed1-7dc1-4a7b-91c0-2f6484460c 8f/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:The Political Economy of Strategic Technology Transfer: S ecurity\, Aid\, and Benefit-Sharing in an Era of AI Competition - Sumaya N ur Adan (Oxford Martin School AI Governance Initiative) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Rethinking Military AI Governance: From Principles to Practice - B rianna Rosen (Blavatnik School of Government\, University of Oxford) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20241205T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20241205T160000Z UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/489a87ef-e1bb-457f-826b-8bebd42d98 5c/ DESCRIPTION:Postgraduate students\, fellows\, staff and faculty from any d iscipline are welcome. This group aims to foster frequent interdisciplinar y critical dialogue across Oxford and beyond about the political impacts o f emerging technologies.\nPlease contact Elisabeth Siegel at elisabeth.sie gel@politics.ox.ac.uk in advance to participate or with any questions. Rem ote attendance is possible\, but in-person attendance is prioritized (and provided refreshment).\nDiscussion topics will be finalized and optional r eadings will be sent out a week in advance. You do not currently have to b e affiliated with the University of Oxford to attend and participate in di scussions.\n\nAbout the speaker: Dr Brianna Rosen is a Strategy and Policy Fellow in the Executive Office of the Blavatnik School of Government\, wh ere she focuses on the governance and ethics of emerging technologies. \n\ nShe is a Senior Fellow at Just Security and Research Affiliate of the Mac hine Intelligence and Normative Theory Lab at the Australian National Univ ersity. \n\nPreviously\, Brianna was the Policy Engagement Manager and a V isiting Fellow of Practice at the Oxford Institute of Ethics\, Law and Arm ed Conflict. Prior to coming to Oxford\, she was a US civil servant with a decade of experience working on national security issues\, including at t he White House National Security Council and Office of the Vice President. She has also held positions at the Woodrow Wilson International Center fo r Scholars\, the Middle East Institute\, and other leading research instit utes in Washington\, DC.\n\nBrianna received a doctorate in Public Policy from the University of Oxford\, where she was a Clarendon Scholar. She hol ds a Master of Public Policy (with Distinction) from Oxford\, where she st udied as a Public Service Scholar\, an MA in Political Science and Mathema tics\, and a BA in International Relations. \nSpeakers:\nBrianna Rosen (Bl avatnik School of Government\, University of Oxford) LOCATION:Nuffield College\, New Road OX1 1NF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/489a87ef-e1bb-457f-826b-8bebd42d98 5c/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Rethinking Military AI Governance: From Principles to Pra ctice - Brianna Rosen (Blavatnik School of Government\, University of Oxfo rd) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Understanding the Geoeconomics of Data Centres and the Cloud - Abi d Abdurrahman Adonis (Oxford Internet Institute) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20241031T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20241031T160000Z UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/cd3b48bd-cacf-406b-bd50-949490623a c0/ DESCRIPTION:Postgraduate students\, fellows\, staff and faculty from any d iscipline are welcome. This group aims to foster frequent interdisciplinar y critical dialogue across Oxford and beyond about the political impacts o f emerging technologies. \n\nPlease contact Elisabeth Siegel at elisabeth. siegel@politics.ox.ac.uk in advance to participate or with any questions. Remote attendance is possible\, but in-person attendance is prioritized (a nd provided refreshment). Discussion topics will be finalized and optional readings will be sent out a week in advance. You do not currently have to be affiliated with the University of Oxford to attend and participate in discussions.\n\nSpeaker bio: Abid is a DPhil student at Oxford Internet In stitute\, Pembroke College\, supervised by Prof. Vili Lehdonvirta. His res earch aims to understand Digital Industrial Policy and Digital Sovereignty in the context of geoeconomic rivalries. His DPhil research project is ti tled\, “The Geoeconomics of Digital Industrial Policy in the US\, EU\, a nd UK: Examining Liberalism in the Age of Technological Rivalries”.\n\nA bid is a Bakrie Scholar Fellow with a DPhil scholarship from the Bakrie Ce ntre Foundation (BCF)\, Indonesia. Abid previously worked for Oxford Infor mation Labs (OXIL). Abid is also a former President of Perhimpunan Pelajar Indonesia Oxford (PPI Oxford).\n\nPrior to joining OII\, Abid studied for a dual master’s degree in International Affairs at Sciences Po\, Paris and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He earned his Bachelor of Social Science at the Department of International Relation s\, Universitas Indonesia. Abid is also a junior researcher at Abdurrahman Wahid Centre for Peace and Humanities\, Universitas Indonesia (AWCPH UI). \n\nHe is also a co-founder of Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia at Un iversitas Indonesia (FPCI UI) and LSESU Association for International Peac e and Security (LSESU AIPS).\n\n\nSpeakers:\nAbid Abdurrahman Adonis (Oxfo rd Internet Institute) LOCATION:Nuffield College\, New Road OX1 1NF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/cd3b48bd-cacf-406b-bd50-949490623a c0/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Understanding the Geoeconomics of Data Centres and the Cl oud - Abid Abdurrahman Adonis (Oxford Internet Institute) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:AI Governance & U.S.-China Track II Diplomacy - Kayla Blomquist (T he Oxford Internet Institute)\, Elisabeth Siegel (University of Oxford) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20241128T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20241128T160000Z UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/d76f6ca5-9922-40fe-a35a-12401d51a0 a8/ DESCRIPTION:Postgraduate students\, fellows\, staff and faculty from any d iscipline are welcome. This group aims to foster frequent interdisciplinar y critical dialogue across Oxford and beyond about the political impacts o f emerging technologies.\nPlease contact Elisabeth Siegel at elisabeth.sie gel@politics.ox.ac.uk in advance to participate or with any questions. Rem ote attendance is possible\, but in-person attendance is prioritized (and provided refreshment).\nDiscussion topics will be finalized and optional r eadings will be sent out a week in advance. You do not currently have to b e affiliated with the University of Oxford to attend and participate in di scussions.\n\nAbout the speakers:\n\nKayla Blomquist is a DPhil Affiliate of the Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative\; a current DPhil candidate at the Oxford Internet Institute\; and Co-Director of the Oxford China Pol icy Lab.\n\nHer research focuses on international approaches to artificial intelligence governance\, concepts of legitimacy\, and US-China relations . Kayla's expertise has been featured in outlets including The Economist\, Just Security\, and Oxford Global Society\, and she recently wrote as the lead contributing author to the Oxford China Briefing Book.\n\nPrior to j oining Oxford\, she worked as a diplomat in the US Mission to China for 4 years\, where she specialised in the governance of emerging technologies\, human rights\, and improving the use of new technology within government services. She also has experience in the non-profit sector managing democr acy-building and anti-corruption grants in East and Southeast Asia.\n\nKay la previously studied at Peking University and is professionally fluent in Mandarin. She holds an MSc in social science of the Internet from the Uni versity of Oxford and a bachelor's degree in international relations\, pub lic policy\, and Mandarin Chinese from the University of Denver’s Korbel School of International Studies.\n\nElisabeth Siegel is a DPhil Affiliate of the Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative\, a current DPhil candidate at the Oxford Department of Politics and International Relations\, and th e leader of the Oxford Technology & Security Nexus\, a constituent group o f the Oxford Strategy\, Statecraft\, and Technology Centre at Pembroke Col lege. She is the Director of Events for the Oxford China Policy Lab. \nSpe akers:\nKayla Blomquist (The Oxford Internet Institute)\, Elisabeth Siegel (University of Oxford) LOCATION:Nuffield College\, New Road OX1 1NF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/d76f6ca5-9922-40fe-a35a-12401d51a0 a8/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:AI Governance & U.S.-China Track II Diplomacy - Kayla Blo mquist (The Oxford Internet Institute)\, Elisabeth Siegel (University of O xford) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Turning the Tide: Government Action to Counter Ransomware - Dr Rox ana Radu (SNSF Postdoctoral Researcher) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20241121T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20241121T160000Z UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/63155c75-7b08-4d91-9f16-ef9c83954b bc/ DESCRIPTION:Postgraduate students\, fellows\, staff and faculty from any d iscipline are welcome. This group aims to foster frequent interdisciplinar y critical dialogue across Oxford and beyond about the political impacts o f emerging technologies.\nPlease contact Elisabeth Siegel at elisabeth.sie gel@politics.ox.ac.uk in advance to participate or with any questions. Rem ote attendance is possible\, but in-person attendance is prioritized (and provided refreshment).\nDiscussion topics will be finalized and optional r eadings will be sent out a week in advance. You do not currently have to b e affiliated with the University of Oxford to attend and participate in di scussions.\n\nAbout the speaker: Dr. Roxana Radu is an Associate Professor of Digital Technologies and Public Policy and a Hugh Price Fellow at Jesu s College. Her research focuses on the governance of technology and intern et-related policymaking. She is the author of the monograph 'Negotiating I nternet Governance' (Oxford University Press\, 2019)\, inspired by her wor k with the diplomatic community in Geneva\, Switzerland. She often advises governments and international organisations on digital governance issues and currently serves on the Advisory Group of the EU Cybersecurity Agency. Since January 2023\, she is the elected Chair of the Global Internet Gove rnance Academic Network (GigaNet).\n\nRoxana holds a PhD (summa cum laude) in International Relations from the Geneva Graduate Institute and an MA ( honours) in Political Science from the Central European University.\n\n\nS peakers:\nDr Roxana Radu (SNSF Postdoctoral Researcher) LOCATION:Nuffield College\, New Road OX1 1NF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/63155c75-7b08-4d91-9f16-ef9c83954b bc/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Turning the Tide: Government Action to Counter Ransomware - Dr Roxana Radu (SNSF Postdoctoral Researcher) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Content Moderation\, Platform Governance\, and Legitimacy - Diyi L iu (Oxford Internet Institute) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20241107T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20241107T160000Z UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/76e55e42-9296-4463-b672-f72505003e b2/ DESCRIPTION:Postgraduate students\, fellows\, staff and faculty from any d iscipline are welcome. This group aims to foster frequent interdisciplinar y critical dialogue across Oxford and beyond about the political impacts o f emerging technologies.\nPlease contact Elisabeth Siegel at elisabeth.sie gel@politics.ox.ac.uk in advance to participate or with any questions. Rem ote attendance is possible\, but in-person attendance is prioritized (and provided refreshment).\nDiscussion topics will be finalized and optional r eadings will be sent out a week in advance. You do not currently have to b e affiliated with the University of Oxford to attend and participate in di scussions.\n\nAbout the speaker: Diyi Liu's work has appeared in peer-revi ewed journals including International Journal of Communication\, Internati onal Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health\, Frontiers in Ps ychology\, and news outlets such as The Diplomat. Previously\, she worked with UNESCO’s Communication and Information Unit\, substantially contrib uting to pilot research applying the Internet Universality Indicators fram ework in Thailand\, and has recently been communicating around current ini tiatives regarding the Guidelines for the Governance of Digital Platforms. \nSpeakers:\nDiyi Liu (Oxford Internet Institute) LOCATION:Nuffield College\, New Road OX1 1NF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/76e55e42-9296-4463-b672-f72505003e b2/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Content Moderation\, Platform Governance\, and Legitimacy - Diyi Liu (Oxford Internet Institute) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Political Economy of Worker Retraining in the Age of AI - Juli an Jacobs (University of Oxford) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20241024T150000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20241024T160000 UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/852e5a03-7ed0-4f39-93c8-f4bb4de84c b2/ DESCRIPTION:Postgraduate students\, fellows\, staff and faculty from any d iscipline are welcome. This group aims to foster frequent interdisciplinar y critical dialogue across Oxford and beyond about the political impacts o f emerging technologies.\nPlease contact Elisabeth Siegel at elisabeth.sie gel@politics.ox.ac.uk in advance to participate or with any questions. Rem ote attendance is possible\, but in-person attendance is prioritized (and provided refreshment).\nDiscussion topics will be finalized and optional r eadings will be sent out a week in advance. You do not currently have to b e affiliated with the University of Oxford to attend and participate in di scussions.\n\nAbout the speaker: Julian Jacobs is a political economist at the University of Oxford specialising in artificial intelligence policy\, the political implications of technological shocks\, inequality\, debt\, and polarisation. His previous research looked at the relationship between technological disruption and socio-political views\, with a focus on popu lism\, class dealignment\, and polarisation. This writing and research has previously been featured in the New York Times\, Financial Times\, Vox\, Politico\, Bloomberg\, and Jacobin. He is a Senior Economist at OMFIF—a monetary policy think tank—where he helps to drive our AI policy workstr eam. And he is a consultant at The Brookings Institution and Center for AI Safety. \n\nSpeakers:\nJulian Jacobs (University of Oxford) LOCATION:Nuffield College\, New Road OX1 1NF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/852e5a03-7ed0-4f39-93c8-f4bb4de84c b2/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:The Political Economy of Worker Retraining in the Age of AI - Julian Jacobs (University of Oxford) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Compute North vs. Compute South: The Uneven Possibilities of Compu te-based AI Governance Around the Globe - Boxi Wu (Oxford Internet Institu te\, University of Oxford) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20241114T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20241114T160000Z UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/db3b87c6-c568-43b3-aaed-429a3aae02 c9/ DESCRIPTION:Formerly known as the ‘Cyber Strategy & Technology Studies W orking Group’\nPostgraduate students\, fellows\, staff and faculty from any discipline are welcome. This group aims to foster frequent interdiscip linary critical dialogue across Oxford and beyond about the political impa cts of emerging technologies.\nPlease contact Elisabeth Siegel at elisabet h.siegel@politics.ox.ac.uk in advance to participate or with any questions . Remote attendance is possible\, but in-person attendance is prioritized (and provided refreshment).\nDiscussion topics will be finalized and optio nal readings will be sent out a week in advance. You do not currently have to be affiliated with the University of Oxford to attend and participate in discussions.\n\nAbstract: Governments have begun to view AI compute inf rastructures\, including advanced AI chips\, as a geostrategic resource. T his is partly because “compute governance” is believed to be emerging as an important tool for governing AI systems. In this governance model\, states that host AI compute capacity within their territorial jurisdiction s are likely to be better placed to impose their rules on AI systems than states that do not. In this study\, we provide the first attempt at mappin g the global geography of public cloud GPU compute\, one particularly impo rtant category of AI compute infrastructure. Us- ing a census of hyperscal e cloud providers’ cloud regions\, we observe that the world is divided into “Compute North” countries that host AI compute relevant for AI de velopment (ie. training)\, “Compute South” countries whose AI compute is more relevant for AI deployment (ie. running inferencing)\, and “Comp ute Desert” countries that host no public cloud AI compute at all. We ge nerate potential explanations for the results using expert interviews\, di scuss the implications to AI governance and technology geopolitics\, and c onsider possible future trajectories.\n\nAbout the speaker: Boxi Wu is a D Phil student at the OII. Their research interests focus on the social and political impacts of AI\, focusing on the materiality of AI infrastructure and implications for AI ethics and governance. They have previously worke d as a policy researcher\, lecturer and strategy consultant. Prior to thei r DPhil\, they completed the MSc at the OII and spent four years at DeepMi nd on the Responsible AI team\, focusing on the ethical and societal impli cations of frontier AI models across both LLMs and multimodal models. In t his role\, they advised teams on ethical risks and mitigations and led int ernal ethics & safety governance forums\, most recently focusing on the re lease of GDM Gemini models.\nSpeakers:\nBoxi Wu (Oxford Internet Institute \, University of Oxford) LOCATION:Nuffield College\, New Road OX1 1NF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/db3b87c6-c568-43b3-aaed-429a3aae02 c9/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Compute North vs. Compute South: The Uneven Possibilities of Compute-based AI Governance Around the Globe - Boxi Wu (Oxford Interne t Institute\, University of Oxford) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Oxford Technology & Security Nexus — Space Policy\, Data Centres on the Moon\, and New Colonialism - Yung Au (Oxford Internet Institute\, Oxford University) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240612T150000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240612T160000 UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/b55580c8-7f36-4904-b78e-584c3af121 b2/ DESCRIPTION:This week\, Yung Au will be speaking about Data centres on the moon and other stories: thinking about the coloniality of tech infrastruc tures.\n \nAbout the speaker\n \nYung Au is Clarendon scholar\, Rotary sch olar\, and a Doctoral researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute\, Univer sity of Oxford. Her thesis examines the vast surveillance industry and act ivism against the supply chain of surveillance technology. The broader the mes of her work explores the uncertain geographies\, the complicated power dynamics\, and the (re)coloniality of technological infrastructures. Yung is also a PI of a project called “Stories in/around the Machine”\, an d an associate lecturer at UAL where she teaches about the future of surve illance\, and computation & human rights.\n\nSpeakers:\nYung Au (Oxford In ternet Institute\, Oxford University) LOCATION:Nuffield College (Please email elisabeth.siegel@politics.ox.ac.uk to be able to attend.)\, New Road OX1 1NF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/b55580c8-7f36-4904-b78e-584c3af121 b2/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Oxford Technology & Security Nexus — Space Policy\, Dat a Centres on the Moon\, and New Colonialism - Yung Au (Oxford Internet Ins titute\, Oxford University) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Oxford Technology & Security Nexus: Multilateral Institutions & AI governance - Sam Daws (University of Oxford ) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240605T150000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240605T160000 UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/bf306433-6498-4b88-8692-146f43bd69 e5/ DESCRIPTION:This week\, Sam Daws will be speaking about multilateral insti tutions and AI\, as well as the current UN negotiations on AI governance.\ n \nAbout the speaker\n \nSam Daws works on the interface of multilateral policy\, diplomatic strategy\, and geopolitics\, with a focus on AI govern ance. He has worked in UN-related policy roles for over three decades. Fro m 2000 to 2003 he served as First Officer to UN Secretary-General Kofi Ann an in New York. He later served as Deputy Director in the UK Cabinet Offic e supporting the Prime Minister’s role as Co-Chair of the UN Panel on th e creation of the Sustainable Development Goals. His previous roles includ ed Senior Principal Research Analyst in the Multilateral Policy Directorat e of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office\, Executive Director of the United Nations Association of the UK\, and UK Representative of the United Nation s Foundation.\n \nIn his early career he worked in India at a hospice in C alcutta (Kolkata) and a renewable energy project in Ladakh\, and later for the Quaker UN Office in Geneva at the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall . He also served as a Parliamentary researcher for the incoming Chair of t he House of Commons Defence Select Committee\, and as the inaugural head o f UNA-UK’s UN and Conflict programme.\n \nSam is a Senior Practitioner A ssociate in the Department of Politics and International Relations\, with an interest in all aspects of UN research and policy. He has served as pol icy lead and Senior Advisor to Oxford University’s collaboration with th e UN’s Academic Impact initiative\, and has directed a UN Governance and Reform project for over ten years. He recently also served as Special Adv isor to the Rector of the United Nations University\, and as an Associate Fellow in the International Law Programme of Chatham House (The Royal Inst itute of International Affairs). He has written or co-edited 14 books on t he UN including The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (OUP\, 2007 and 2nd edn. 2018) and The Procedure of the UN Security Council (OUP\, 1998 an d 4th edn. 2014).\n \nHis current policy focus is on the international gov ernance of Artificial Intelligence. He is Senior Advisor to the start-up D iploAI\, and the founding director of the diplomacy policy network\, mullt ilateral.ai. He has also served as strategic advisor on AI governance to t he Simon Institute for Longterm Governance in Geneva.\nSam has served as a n advisor to a variety of governments\, international foundations and UN b odies including the office of four successive UN Secretaries-General. He d esigned the inaugural digital training on the UN for the FCO’s Diplomati c Academy\, and has trained diplomats from a range of countries on how to navigate the politics and processes of the UN. He is a visiting lecturer o n the international staff course of the Royal College of Defence Studies i n London\, on the MSc in International Strategy and Diplomacy at the LSE\, and on the Oxford University Diplomatic Studies Programme. He has also ta ught courses on the UN and international negotiation for visiting students at St Catherine’s College\, Oxford\, and has served for ten years as a Sector Consultant (industry advisor - IOs and public policy) to Oxford Uni versity’s Saïd Business School.\nSam has a degree in social anthropolog y with African and Asian development studies\, and a Masters in internatio nal conflict analysis. He studied for a DPhil at New College\, Oxford in i nternational relations (on UN Security Council reform) but left for New Yo rk before completing his doctorate to work for the UN Secretary-General. He later spent a year at the University of Cambridge as a Visiting Fellow in International Law and was a visiting fellow at Yale University in UN st udies. He has undertaken executive courses in international negotiation at the Centre d'études pratiques de la négociation internationale in Genev a\; in environment and human security at the UNU leadership academy in Amm an\, Jordan\; and in economics for foreign policy at the LSE.\n \nHe is Di rector of the advisory firm 3D Strategy Ltd. He has a postgraduate qualifi cation from Cass Business School in Grantmaking\, Philanthropy and Social Investment. In 2009 he completed the one-year executive leadership and man agement programme (TMP 91) of the National School of Government\, sponsore d by the Cabinet Office. He previously studied Foundation and Endowment As set Management at London Business School. He is completing the AI Programm e at Oxford's Saïd Business School.\n \nSam has been a non-executive dire ctor on the Boards of the Academic Council on the UN System and the World Federation of UN Associations\, He was trust secretary to the UNA-UK chari table trust and a trustee of the Gilbert Murray Trust. He founded and conv ened the UN working group of the British International Studies Association \, and served on BISA’s national executive committee.\nSpeakers:\nSam Da ws (University of Oxford ) LOCATION:Nuffield College (Please email elisabeth.siegel@politics.ox.ac.uk to be able to attend.)\, New Road OX1 1NF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/bf306433-6498-4b88-8692-146f43bd69 e5/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Oxford Technology & Security Nexus: Multilateral Institut ions & AI governance - Sam Daws (University of Oxford ) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Oxford Technology & Security Nexus — "Cloud empires’ physical footprint: How trade and security politics shape the global expansion of U .S. and Chinese data centre infrastructures" - Vili Lehdonvirta (Oxford In ternet Institute\, University of Oxford)\, Boxi Wu (Oxford Internet Instit ute\, University of Oxford) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240522T150000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240522T160000 UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/4116eb92-94e4-4709-a00e-036749646b 3d/ DESCRIPTION:This week\, Dr. Vili Lehdonvirta and Boxi Wu will be presentin g on their paper (written in conjunction with Zoe Hawkins): “Cloud empir es’ physical footprint: How trade and security politics shape the global expansion of U.S. and Chinese data centre infrastructures”\n \nPaper Ab stract\n \nU.S.-China technological rivalry presents dilemmas for third co untries. Cloud computing infrastructure has become an acute front in this rivalry because of the infrastructural power that it affords over increasi ngly cloud-based economies\, and because it is a control point in AI gover nance. We ask what factors explain a third country’s “cloud infrastruc ture alignment”—the degree to which the country’s local cloud comput ing infrastructure belongs to U.S. versus Chinese providers. Based on lite rature\, we sketch three different answers: international trade\, digital imperialism\, and third-country strategic choice. In the first quantitativ e study on the topic\, we test propositions derived from these views using original data on global hyperscale cloud infrastructure combined with tra de statistics and security variables. We find that cloud infrastructure al ignment is positively associated with other imports from the U.S. or China \, negatively associated with interstate disputes\, and only weakly associ ated with security cooperation ties. The findings suggest that commercial interests and third-country strategic choice may be more influential in sh aping cloud infrastructure than any imperialist expansion or containment b y the superpowers. We conclude that researchers should direct more attenti on to the role of third-country agency in technology geopolitics\, and to the role of tech firms as autonomous geopolitical actors.\n \n \nAbout the speakers\n \nProf. Vili Lehdonvirta\n \nVili Lehdonvirta is Professor of Economic Sociology and Digital Social Research at the Oxford Internet Inst itute\, University of Oxford. He leads a research group examining the poli tics and socio-economic implications of digital technologies. He is one of the world’s most cited authors on gig work and the platform economy. Hi s current research examines the geopolitics of digital infrastructures. Hi s books Cloud Empires: How digital platforms are overtaking the state and how we can regain control and Virtual Economies: Design and analysis are p ublished by MIT Press. He is a frequent keynote speaker and has advised th e European Commission\, the World Bank\, and other public\, private\, and third-sector organizations on digital policy and governance.\n \nLehdonvir ta’s latest book Cloud Empires was shortlisted for the Association of Am erican Publishers’ 2023 PROSE Award. “It is a highly accessible and re freshingly original book\, and a must-read for anyone interested in our di gital past\, present\, or future” (Regulation & Governance). The book qu estions the current paradigm of platform competition regulation and puts f orward a historically grounded argument towards the democratization and co nstitutionalization of transnational digital institutions. “The hypothes is underlying the book is bold: the organization of virtual space by digit al platforms follows a trajectory similar to the social organization of We stern societies in the past centuries” (Information\, Communication & So ciety). Cloud Empires has been adopted as a textbook in undergraduate and graduate courses in economic sociology\, organization studies\, and politi cal theory. An Italian translation is published by Einaudi\, with translat ions to Chinese and Japanese forthcoming. From 2018 to 2021 Lehdonvirta se rved on the European Commission’s Expert Group on the Online Platform Ec onomy\, advising policy makers on platform regulation and governance.\n \n From 2015 to 2021 Lehdonvirta led the iLabour research project\, a major i nvestigation funded by the European Research Council on the implications o f digital platforms to labour markets\, global development\, and collectiv e action. One of the project’s outputs was the Online Labour Index\, an automated statistics production system adopted by researchers\, journalist s\, and international organizations. At the project’s conclusion the sys tem was transferred to the International Labour Organization to be maintai ned as a public research resource. The project also produced over a dozen highly cited articles in journals such a Socio-Economic Review\, Sociology \, and Journal of Management. According to a 2021 bibliometric analysis\, Lehdonvirta co-authored the top two most cited studies in gig economy rese arch. From 2018 to 2019 Lehdonvirta served on the European Commission’s High-Level Expert Group on Digital Transformation and EU Labour Markets\, advising policy makers on issues such as access to platform data.\n \nLehd onvirta’s current research focuses on the international political econom y and geopolitics of digital infrastructures. His Political Geography of A I Infrastructure research project seeks to map the world’s GPU compute\, one of the key bottlenecks in AI system development and operation. Lehdon virta’s group uses both conventional social science research methods as well as novel data science approaches to map infrastructures and model pol icy impacts. His research has been supported by major grants from the Euro pean Research Council\, the UK Economic and Social Research Council\, and other science funding agencies.\n \nLehdonvirta is a Senior Research Fello w of Jesus College\, Oxford\, an associate member of the Department of Soc iology\, Oxford\, and a former Turing Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute\ , London. He co-organizes the Digital Economy Network of the Society for t he Advancement of Socio-Economics and sits on the editorial boards of the journals Information Society and Journal of International Business Policy. From 2013 to 2018 he was editor of the journal Policy & Internet. In 2022 -2023 he served on the European Research Council’s Social Sciences and H umanities Advanced Grants panel.\n \nLehdonvirta holds a PhD in Economic S ociology from the University of Turku (2009) and a MSc from the Helsinki U niversity of Technology (2005). He has previously worked at the London Sch ool of Economics\, the University of Tokyo\, and the Helsinki Institute fo r Information Technology. In 2020 he was a visiting professor at the Insti tute of Innovation Research\, Hitotsubashi University. Before his academic career Lehdonvirta worked as a software developer.\n \n \nBoxi Wu\n \nBox i Wu works in Google DeepMind’s Responsible AI team\, focusing on the et hical and societal implications of frontier AI models across both LLMs and multimodal models. They advise teams on ethical risks and mitigations\, a nd lead internal ethics & safety governance fora\, alongside their part-ti me studies in the MSc in Social Science at the OII. Their research interes ts focus on the social and political impacts of AI\, focusing on the mater iality of AI infrastructure and implications for AI ethics and governance\ , working with Professor Vili Lehdonvirta to map global AI infrastructure. Other research interests include the politics of AI compute as a geostrat egic resource for nation-states.\n \nThey are also an organiser and progra mmer with ESEA Green Lions\, where they have worked with local museums and galleries on events that bring the public into conversation with question s on AI\, the environment and diaspora. They have previously worked as a p olicy researcher\, lecturer and strategy consultant.\nSpeakers:\nVili Lehd onvirta (Oxford Internet Institute\, University of Oxford)\, Boxi Wu (Oxfo rd Internet Institute\, University of Oxford) LOCATION:Nuffield College (Please email elisabeth.siegel@politics.ox.ac.uk to be able to attend.)\, New Road OX1 1NF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/4116eb92-94e4-4709-a00e-036749646b 3d/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Oxford Technology & Security Nexus — "Cloud empires’ physical footprint: How trade and security politics shape the global expan sion of U.S. and Chinese data centre infrastructures" - Vili Lehdonvirta ( Oxford Internet Institute\, University of Oxford)\, Boxi Wu (Oxford Intern et Institute\, University of Oxford) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Oxford Technology & Security Nexus — Political and Environmental Impact of AI Supply Chains - Ana Valdivia (The Oxford Internet Institute) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240515T150000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240515T160000 UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/5b0a76d5-3a25-48d5-bdef-0682ab5fe0 09/ DESCRIPTION:This week\, Dr. Ana Valdivia from the Oxford Internet Institut e will be speaking on the political and environmental impact of AI and its supply chains.\n \nAbout the speaker\n \nAna Valdivia is a Departmental R esearch Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence (AI)\, Government & Policy at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII). Ana investigates how datafication and algorithmic systems are transforming political\, social and ecological wo rlds. Building on her experience as a mathematician and computer scientist \, her interest lies in investigating how AI is impacting on local communi ties\, borders and territories. In her current research\, Ana aims to exam ine the political and environmental impact of AI by understanding its life cycle from mineral extractivism\, data centres and electronic waste dumps . She is also interested in analysing algorithmic resistance and oppressio n from feminist lens.\n \nHer previous research has analysed the impact of datafication technologies from a critical perspective in different contex ts such as migration or criminal justice. She has analysed the colonial an d racial legacy of biometrics\, which has been featured in relevant confer ences like ACM Fairness\, Accountability and Fairness in Machine Learning. As a postdoctoral researcher at King’s College London\, she developed d igital methodologies to unveil which algorithmic systems are used in the f ield of border security\, such as biometric databases or maritime surveill ance algorithms. Moreover\, Ana led a collaboration with magistrates in Sp ain to understand the impact of gender-based violence risk assessment tool s implemented in courts\, which was featured by the Montreal AI Ethics Ins titute. Her transdisciplinary research agenda stems from the ability to co mbine quantitative and qualitative methodologies bridging the gap between computer and social science\; and collaborate with scholars from a range o f different disciplines\, including political science\, philosophy and law . Ana also serves as a co-editor of Big Data & Society journal.\n \nIn 202 3\, her academic contribution to AI was awarded by the British Academy. In 2022\, Ana was awarded with the Post-Doctoral Enrichment Award by The Ala n Turing Institute. She is a former fellow of Data Science for Social Good program at University of Chicago (USA). Ana has recently been invited as a keynote speaker by Tecnológico de Monterrey (México).\n \nShe is activ ely collaborating with international grassroot organisations such as AlgoR ace or Tierra Común to raise awareness on how algorithmic harms impacts o n racialised subjects. Ana also collaborates with Post Apocalipsis Nau pod cast where she brings her critical perspective towards digital technologie s to the general public. She also writes in the Jevon’s Paradox blog\, w here she examines power unbalances between science\, technology and knowle dge. Her work has been widely featured in international media outlets (Pú blico\, El País\, El Salto\, elDiario.es).\nSpeakers:\nAna Valdivia (The Oxford Internet Institute) LOCATION:Nuffield College (Please email elisabeth.siegel@politics.ox.ac.uk to be able to attend.)\, New Road OX1 1NF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/5b0a76d5-3a25-48d5-bdef-0682ab5fe0 09/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Oxford Technology & Security Nexus — Political and Envi ronmental Impact of AI Supply Chains - Ana Valdivia (The Oxford Internet I nstitute) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Oxford Technology & Security Nexus - Taiwan's satellite production & geopolitics - Yi-Ting Chang (University of Oxford\, School of Geography and the Environment) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240508T150000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240508T160000 UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/3aef84d4-9491-45e9-bf0d-26d3a76d84 a0/ DESCRIPTION:This week\, Yi-Ting Chang will be speaking about Engineering t he state: Taiwan's satellite production amid geopolitical tensions \n \n Satellite technology has proven crucial for states that find themselves at the forefront of inter-state conflict and war. However\, it is as yet lit tle understood what role such technology has played for those polities tha t lack recognition. Focusing on FORMOSAT-5\, Taiwan's first locally manufa ctured high-resolution Earth observation satellite launched in 2017\, this article examines global satellite equipment regulations and domestic engi neers' efforts. Contrary to existing state-building literature which empha sizes the de facto state’s dependency on a patron state\, ethnographic r esearch at TASA reveals that engineers are actively developing technologic al autonomy to strategically navigate the power dynamics between Taiwan an d the Western countries. This article emphasizes the often-overlooked role of engineers in shaping the geo- and astropolitics by highlighting their role in nation-building and outer space geopolitics.\n \nAbout the speaker \n \nYi-Ting Chang is a PhD candidate at Oxford’s School of Geography an d the Environment. Her broad research interests lie in critical geopolitic s and science and technology studies. She has been working on vertical geo -politics\, focusing especially on power\, body\, materiality\, and infras tructure in the three-dimensional world. She is a founding member of the T aiwan Space Generation (TSG) and a pivotal figure within the TSG Reporter Team. In September 2023\, she co-convened “Off-Earth Geopolitics\,” a workshop at the University of Oxford.\n \nHer DPhil thesis aims to investi gate Taiwan's outer space history and politics against the backdrop of the ongoing cross-strait tension. Her PhD is fully funded by Clarendon Fund S cholarship with joint partnerships with St. John's College and the Taiwan- Oxford Scholarship. She obtained her BA from National Taiwan Normal Univer sity (graduate with honour) and MSc from National Taiwan University (with an awarded thesis).\nSpeakers:\nYi-Ting Chang (University of Oxford\, Scho ol of Geography and the Environment) LOCATION:Nuffield College (Please email elisabeth.siegel@politics.ox.ac.uk to be able to attend.)\, New Road OX1 1NF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/3aef84d4-9491-45e9-bf0d-26d3a76d84 a0/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Oxford Technology & Security Nexus - Taiwan's satellite p roduction & geopolitics - Yi-Ting Chang (University of Oxford\, School of Geography and the Environment) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Oxford Technology & Security Nexus — AI in the Workplace and Emp loyment Power Dynamics - Nikki Sun (Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative ) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240424T150000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240424T160000 UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/1dc85513-6f73-4e18-a421-7664db11bb 2b/ DESCRIPTION:Note that this week we'll be in the Nuffield Cole Room.\n\nThi s week\, Nikki Sun will be speaking about how AI is being used in workplac es in China and its influence on the power dynamics between workers and em ployers.\n \nAbout Nikki:\n \nNikki Sun is a programme manager at the Oxfo rd Martin AI Governance Initiative. She has a decade of experience working at the intersection between journalism\, public policy\, and emerging tec hnologies. Prior to joining Oxford\, she was a researcher at Chatham Hous e\, where she studied the impact of AI on employment and labour in China. Nikki is a seasoned speaker at UK parliamentary sessions on labour policie s and runs training courses for UK civil servants. \n \nBefore moving to the UK\, Nikki was an award-winning journalist and columnist in Hong Kong where she covered China technology and politics. Her work appears in publi cations including Nikkei Asia\, Financial Times\, and South China Morning Post. Nikki studied journalism at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and holds an MSc in international political economy from King’s College Lon don.\n\nSpeakers:\nNikki Sun (Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative) LOCATION:Nuffield College (Please email elisabeth.siegel@politics.ox.ac.uk to be able to attend.)\, New Road OX1 1NF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/1dc85513-6f73-4e18-a421-7664db11bb 2b/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Oxford Technology & Security Nexus — AI in the Workplac e and Employment Power Dynamics - Nikki Sun (Oxford Martin AI Governance I nitiative) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Oxford Technology & Security Nexus — China's AI Posture and Capa bilities - Sihao Huang (University of Oxford Department of Politics and In ternational Relations) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240501T150000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240501T160000 UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/7db0d361-716d-47f4-a4b6-1af20c37c1 d4/ DESCRIPTION:Note that we're back in the Chester Room this week.\n\nThis we ek\, Sihao Huang will be speaking about China’s current “State of AI ” and advanced technology posture. \n \nAbout the speaker:\n \nSihao Hua ng is a DPhil student at DPIR studying AI governance and technology policy . He is a Marshall Scholar\, a Technology Security Fellow at RAND\, and an external advisor at UK DSIT. Prior to Oxford\, he researched China's semi conductor industrial policy in Beijing as a Schwarzman Scholar. Sihao also founded a startup in the aerospace industry and holds a B.S. in Physics a nd Electrical Engineering from MIT.\nSpeakers:\nSihao Huang (University of Oxford Department of Politics and International Relations) LOCATION:Nuffield College (Please email elisabeth.siegel@politics.ox.ac.uk to be able to attend.)\, New Road OX1 1NF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/7db0d361-716d-47f4-a4b6-1af20c37c1 d4/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Oxford Technology & Security Nexus — China's AI Posture and Capabilities - Sihao Huang (University of Oxford Department of Politi cs and International Relations) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Lessons from a Case Study of Social Media Disinformation - Discuss ion Group\, Rutendo Chabikwa (Oxford Internet Institute) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240306T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240306T160000Z UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/c8b7fb88-57cd-48f8-90b1-1c448d6b29 ae/ DESCRIPTION:\nSpeakers:\nDiscussion Group\, Rutendo Chabikwa (Oxford Inter net Institute) LOCATION:Nuffield College (Chester Room)\, New Road OX1 1NF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/c8b7fb88-57cd-48f8-90b1-1c448d6b29 ae/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Lessons from a Case Study of Social Media Disinformation - Discussion Group\, Rutendo Chabikwa (Oxford Internet Institute) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:“Explainable AI” & Black Boxes within Black Boxes - Discussion Group DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240228T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240228T160000Z UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/98e023ae-9159-46a1-9aa1-d0973966df 20/ DESCRIPTION:\nSpeakers:\nDiscussion Group LOCATION:Nuffield College (Chester Room)\, New Road OX1 1NF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/98e023ae-9159-46a1-9aa1-d0973966df 20/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:“Explainable AI” & Black Boxes within Black Boxes - D iscussion Group TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Cyber Strategy & Technology Studies Working Group: Week 6 - Mappin g the State of Judicial Technology & Policy in China - Lujain Ibrahim (Uni versity of Oxford) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240221T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240221T160000Z UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/52d16847-3599-4815-bca2-2a55432c98 f4/ DESCRIPTION:Please contact elisabeth.siegel@politics.ox.ac.uk to participa te.\nSpeakers:\nLujain Ibrahim (University of Oxford) LOCATION:Nuffield College (Nuffield College)\, New Road OX1 1NF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/52d16847-3599-4815-bca2-2a55432c98 f4/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Cyber Strategy & Technology Studies Working Group: Week 6 - Mapping the State of Judicial Technology & Policy in China - Lujain Ibr ahim (University of Oxford) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Cyber Strategy & Technology Studies Working Group: Week 5 - Supply Chain Politics for Emerging Technologies - Discussion Group DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240214T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240214T160000Z UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/172dbfb8-c6bc-4c04-8012-14d4761e55 3c/ DESCRIPTION:Please email elisabeth.siegel@politics.ox.ac.uk to participate \nSpeakers:\n Various Speakers LOCATION:Nuffield College (Nuffield College)\, New Road OX1 1NF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/172dbfb8-c6bc-4c04-8012-14d4761e55 3c/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Cyber Strategy & Technology Studies Working Group: Week 5 - Supply Chain Politics for Emerging Technologies - Discussion Group TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Tracing transformation in Intelligence: Open-Source Intelligence a nd AI - Angeliki Martinou (Brunel Center for Intelligence and Security Stu dies) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240207T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240207T160000Z UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/6426c512-4b1e-4485-ad56-5ac9acc138 42/ DESCRIPTION:Please contact elisabeth.siegel@politics.ox.ac.uk to participa te\nSpeakers:\nAngeliki Martinou (Brunel Center for Intelligence and Secur ity Studies) LOCATION:Nuffield College (Nuffield College)\, New Road OX1 1NF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/6426c512-4b1e-4485-ad56-5ac9acc138 42/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Tracing transformation in Intelligence: Open-Source Intel ligence and AI - Angeliki Martinou (Brunel Center for Intelligence and Sec urity Studies) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Democratization of AI & Global Equity in Technology - Discussion G roup DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240131T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240131T160000Z UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/16daff59-a9cd-4dd1-87fa-9614832543 22/ DESCRIPTION:\nSpeakers:\nDiscussion Group LOCATION:Nuffield College (Chester Room)\, New Road OX1 1NF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/16daff59-a9cd-4dd1-87fa-9614832543 22/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Democratization of AI & Global Equity in Technology - Dis cussion Group TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Military AI & Nuclear Security - Noah Greene (Center for a New Ame rican Security) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240124T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240124T160000Z UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/0df8cde8-0b38-4814-a0ac-a1e141ec89 d9/ DESCRIPTION:\nSpeakers:\nNoah Greene (Center for a New American Security) LOCATION:Nuffield College (Chester Room)\, New Road OX1 1NF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/0df8cde8-0b38-4814-a0ac-a1e141ec89 d9/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Military AI & Nuclear Security - Noah Greene (Center for a New American Security) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Compute as a Critical Resource - Discussion Group DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240117T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240117T160000Z UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/f8457496-258a-494a-8dee-5b4966b9c9 01/ DESCRIPTION:\nSpeakers:\nDiscussion Group LOCATION:Nuffield College (Chester Room)\, New Road OX1 1NF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/f8457496-258a-494a-8dee-5b4966b9c9 01/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Compute as a Critical Resource - Discussion Group TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Implications for Artificial Intelligence on Military and Political Decision-Making - Adam McCauley (University of Oxford) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20231108T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20231108T160000Z UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/b5bbab58-3dc2-49e3-8394-5acf154d21 b1/ DESCRIPTION:The Cyber Strategy and Tech Statecraft Group meets every Wedne sday during term-time. It has a hybrid meeting format\, held in person in the Chester Room at Nuffield College (in person) and on Microsoft Teams (o nline). \n\nPreparatory materials will be sent in advance of the session\, together with discussion questions for the session. Some background knowl edge or experience of the topic is recommended but not required. \n\nAtten dance to all sessions are open to graduate students and members of the aca demic or policy communities. Group attendance may be limited\; it is encou raged for all interested participants to contact Elisabeth (elisabeth.sieg el@politics.ox.ac.uk) in advance to secure their place and receive the pre paratory materials. \nSpeakers:\nAdam McCauley (University of Oxford) LOCATION:Nuffield College (Chester Room)\, New Road OX1 1NF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/b5bbab58-3dc2-49e3-8394-5acf154d21 b1/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Implications for Artificial Intelligence on Military and Political Decision-Making - Adam McCauley (University of Oxford) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Current Issues in Educating Public Officials about Emerging Techno logies - Discussion Group DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20231129T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20231129T160000Z UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/49866ee7-ca4e-4e3a-a705-0f28c69727 8d/ DESCRIPTION:The Cyber Strategy and Tech Statecraft Group meets every Wedne sday during term-time. It has a hybrid meeting format\, held in person in the Chester Room at Nuffield College (in person) and on Microsoft Teams (o nline). \n\nPreparatory materials will be sent in advance of the session\, together with discussion questions for the session. Some background knowl edge or experience of the topic is recommended but not required. \n\nAtten dance to all sessions are open to graduate students and members of the aca demic or policy communities. Group attendance may be limited\; it is encou raged for all interested participants to contact Elisabeth (elisabeth.sieg el@politics.ox.ac.uk) in advance to secure their place and receive the pre paratory materials. \nSpeakers:\nDiscussion Group LOCATION:Nuffield College (Chester Room)\, New Road OX1 1NF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/49866ee7-ca4e-4e3a-a705-0f28c69727 8d/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Current Issues in Educating Public Officials about Emergi ng Technologies - Discussion Group TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Intelligence Services and Artificial Intelligence - Carla Zoe Crem er (Human Information Processing Lab) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20231115T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20231115T160000Z UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/a07ae9dd-9493-483a-b2da-52b74bf81f c3/ DESCRIPTION:The Cyber Strategy and Tech Statecraft Group meets every Wedne sday during term-time. It has a hybrid meeting format\, held in person in the Chester Room at Nuffield College (in person) and on Microsoft Teams (o nline). \n\nPreparatory materials will be sent in advance of the session\, together with discussion questions for the session. Some background knowl edge or experience of the topic is recommended but not required. \n\nAtten dance to all sessions are open to graduate students and members of the aca demic or policy communities. Group attendance may be limited\; it is encou raged for all interested participants to contact Elisabeth (elisabeth.sieg el@politics.ox.ac.uk) in advance to secure their place and receive the pre paratory materials. \nSpeakers:\nCarla Zoe Cremer (Human Information Proce ssing Lab) LOCATION:Nuffield College (Chester Room)\, New Road OX1 1NF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/a07ae9dd-9493-483a-b2da-52b74bf81f c3/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Intelligence Services and Artificial Intelligence - Carla Zoe Cremer (Human Information Processing Lab) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Deepfakes and Disinformation II - Cassidy Bereskin (University of Oxford) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20231101T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20231101T160000Z UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/31aec35d-4fe3-4a53-bcca-c22462596c 31/ DESCRIPTION:The Cyber Strategy and Tech Statecraft Group meets every Wedne sday during term-time. It has a hybrid meeting format\, held in person in the Chester Room at Nuffield College (in person) and on Microsoft Teams (o nline). \n\nPreparatory materials will be sent in advance of the session\, together with discussion questions for the session. Some background knowl edge or experience of the topic is recommended but not required. \n\nAtten dance to all sessions are open to graduate students and members of the aca demic or policy communities. Group attendance may be limited\; it is encou raged for all interested participants to contact Elisabeth (elisabeth.sieg el@politics.ox.ac.uk) in advance to secure their place and receive the pre paratory materials. \nSpeakers:\nCassidy Bereskin (University of Oxford) LOCATION:Nuffield College (Chester Room)\, New Road OX1 1NF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/31aec35d-4fe3-4a53-bcca-c22462596c 31/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Deepfakes and Disinformation II - Cassidy Bereskin (Unive rsity of Oxford) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Technology\, Great Power Competition\, and Track II Dialogues - Di scussion Group DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20231018T150000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20231018T160000 UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/e0ba8e25-def3-499c-aaa2-e99d5fe61d 3d/ DESCRIPTION:The Cyber Strategy and Tech Statecraft Group meets every Wedne sday during term-time. It has a hybrid meeting format\, held in person in the Chester Room at Nuffield College (in person) and on Microsoft Teams (o nline). \n\nPreparatory materials will be sent in advance of the session\, together with discussion questions for the session. Some background knowl edge or experience of the topic is recommended but not required. \n\nAtten dance to all sessions are open to graduate students and members of the aca demic or policy communities. Group attendance may be limited\; it is encou raged for all interested participants to contact Elisabeth (elisabeth.sieg el@politics.ox.ac.uk) in advance to secure their place and receive the pre paratory materials. \nSpeakers:\nDiscussion Group LOCATION:Nuffield College (Chester Room)\, New Road OX1 1NF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/e0ba8e25-def3-499c-aaa2-e99d5fe61d 3d/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Technology\, Great Power Competition\, and Track II Dialo gues - Discussion Group TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Smart Cities\, Surveillance\, and Human Data - Discussion Group DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20231011T150000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20231011T160000 UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/0ca0612f-a14f-4430-a843-b33ccb8d7e 6d/ DESCRIPTION:The Cyber Strategy and Tech Statecraft Group meets every Wedne sday during term-time. It has a hybrid meeting format\, held in person in the Chester Room at Nuffield College (in person) and on Microsoft Teams (o nline). \n\nPreparatory materials will be sent in advance of the session\, together with discussion questions for the session. Some background knowl edge or experience of the topic is recommended but not required. \n\nAtten dance to all sessions are open to graduate students and members of the aca demic or policy communities. Group attendance may be limited\; it is encou raged for all interested participants to contact Elisabeth (elisabeth.sieg el@politics.ox.ac.uk) in advance to secure their place and receive the pre paratory materials. \nSpeakers:\nDiscussion Group LOCATION:Nuffield College (Chester Room)\, New Road OX1 1NF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/0ca0612f-a14f-4430-a843-b33ccb8d7e 6d/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Smart Cities\, Surveillance\, and Human Data - Discussion Group TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Technology Private Sector as a site of US-China Competition - Discussion Group\, Virginia Nizza (University of Oxford) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20231122T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20231122T160000Z UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/922b94dc-9def-497b-ab4e-c9a57d8040 14/ DESCRIPTION:The Cyber Strategy and Tech Statecraft Group meets every Wedne sday during term-time. It has a hybrid meeting format\, held in person in the Chester Room at Nuffield College (in person) and on Microsoft Teams (o nline). \n\nPreparatory materials will be sent in advance of the session\, together with discussion questions for the session. Some background knowl edge or experience of the topic is recommended but not required. \n\nAtten dance to all sessions are open to graduate students and members of the aca demic or policy communities. Group attendance may be limited\; it is encou raged for all interested participants to contact Elisabeth (elisabeth.sieg el@politics.ox.ac.uk) in advance to secure their place and receive the pre paratory materials. \nSpeakers:\nDiscussion Group\, Virginia Nizza (Univer sity of Oxford) LOCATION:Nuffield College (Chester Room)\, New Road OX1 1NF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/922b94dc-9def-497b-ab4e-c9a57d8040 14/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:The Technology Private Sector as a site of US-China Compe tition - Discussion Group\, Virginia Nizza (University of Oxford) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Deepfakes and Disinformation I - Discussion Group DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20231025T150000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20231025T160000 UID:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/ed28b796-fcae-4374-89bb-35e69ab706 16/ DESCRIPTION:The Cyber Strategy and Tech Statecraft Group meets every Wedne sday during term-time. It has a hybrid meeting format\, held in person in the Chester Room at Nuffield College (in person) and on Microsoft Teams (o nline). \n\nPreparatory materials will be sent in advance of the session\, together with discussion questions for the session. Some background knowl edge or experience of the topic is recommended but not required. \n\nAtten dance to all sessions are open to graduate students and members of the aca demic or policy communities. Group attendance may be limited\; it is encou raged for all interested participants to contact Elisabeth (elisabeth.sieg el@politics.ox.ac.uk) in advance to secure their place and receive the pre paratory materials. \nSpeakers:\nDiscussion Group LOCATION:Nuffield College (Chester Room)\, New Road OX1 1NF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/ed28b796-fcae-4374-89bb-35e69ab706 16/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Deepfakes and Disinformation I - Discussion Group TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR