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Collection: Geography and the Environment

Collection of talks organised by or hosted in the School of Geography and the Environment.

Tuesday 18 November 2025

17:00 - Oxford Energy Network Seminar – MT25 Week 6: Exploring digitalisation’s footprint
Yee Van Fan (University of Oxford)
Oxford Energy Network Seminars 2025-26

Thursday 20 November 2025

13:00 - Land degradation – is it a cause for concern?
Professor John Boardman (University of Oxford)
ECM Brown Bag Seminar Series
17:00 - Cities at the Forefront - Book Launch on Solutions to Identity Based Violence
Come meet the co-editors and several contributors, hear unique testimony and practical examples of how evidence-based, innovative practice can reduce and prevent violence while shaping safer, more inclusive communities.
Various Speakers

Friday 21 November 2025

13:00 - Applying Satellites, Models, and Monitoring to Assess Water Resources at Global to Regional Scales with Potential Solutions
Professor Bridget Scanlon (University of Texas)
15:00 - The Mursi Encountering the Other: challenging hierarchies of knowledge and power
This event will be hybrid. Please sign up via MS Forms: https://forms.office.com/e/12GUSnifKd
Various Speakers
SoGE Economy and Society Cluster Events
16:15 - The Natural Capital of Wasps
Seirian Sumner (University College London)
Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery and the Biodiversity Network seminar series
17:00 - The Future of Data Centres
Tea and coffee from 4.30pm, networking drinks & nibbles from 6.30pm
Various Speakers

Tuesday 25 November 2025

17:00 - Oxford Energy Network Seminar - Week 7: Raising the standard: Can internatioanl standards help save energy and carbon?
Ian Byrne (ibeccs)
Oxford Energy Network Seminars 2025-26

Wednesday 26 November 2025

13:45 - Seminar 1: Research on societal support for sustainability policies
Stefania Innocenti (Economics of Sustainability, INET Oxford), Matthew Amengual (University of Oxford), Mary Johnstone-Louise (Saïd Business School), Juliane Reinecke (Saïd Business School, University of Oxford)
New! Seminar series from Oxford Smith School & Saïd Business School - Seminar 1: Research on societal support for sustainability policies

Thursday 27 November 2025

13:00 - Just Urbanism; rethinking spatial practices in the city
Dr Mahsa Alami Fariman (University College London)
ECM Brown Bag Seminar Series

Friday 28 November 2025

16:15 - The Spirit of the Rainforest
Rosa Vásquez Espinoza PhD (Amazon Research Internacional)
Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery and the Biodiversity Network seminar series

Tuesday 2 December 2025

17:00 - Oxford Energy Network Seminar - Week 8: Chemistry at Oxford and the Energy Transition: research contributions past and present, and future plans
TBC, James Durrant (University of Oxford), Professor Robert Hoye (University of Oxford)
Oxford Energy Network Seminars 2025-26

Wednesday 3 December 2025

15:00 - Mobility Under Occupation: Everyday Travel, Injustice, and Resilience in Palestine
Dr Huthaifa I. Ashqar (Arab American University)
TSU Seminar Series 2025 "Mobility and urbanisation in Palestine"

Thursday 4 December 2025

13:00 - From Greening to Wellbeing: Critical spatial data science for green infrastructure, mental health and wellbeing in the UK
Dr Wenjing (Wendee) Zhang (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford)
ECM Brown Bag Seminar Series

Friday 5 December 2025

16:15 - Relational Values and Nature Recovery: Navigating the Politics of Environmental Decision-Making
Robert Fish (Imperial College London)
Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery and the Biodiversity Network seminar series

Wednesday 15 April 2025

09:00 - Geographies of Fascism & Authoritarianism in Global Africa
Various Speakers

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