All events

Utopianism and Early Modern Scientific Collaboration

Monday, 11 May 2026 to Tuesday, 12 May 2026, 9am - 5pm

Speaker(s): Various speakers

Department: History (Department)

Host: Maison Française d'Oxford

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person

Exploring and overcoming Imposter Phenomenon (in-person)

Monday, 11 May 2026, 9.30am to 12.30pm

Speaker(s): Dr Tracy Bussoli

Department: Maths, Physical & Life Sciences (Division)

Organiser: Dr Justin Hutchence

Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person

Graduate Lightning Talks

Monday, 11 May 2026, 10.30am to 11.30am

Department: English (Department)

Series: Digital Approaches and Methodologies Network (DAMN)

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person

Rethinking healthy cities – To what extent can urban health be designed?

The seminar will offer a basis for critical reflection and discussion across urban health, geography and planning.

Monday, 11 May 2026, 11.30am to 12.30pm

Speaker(s): Dr Mirjam Schindler (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand; Visiting Research Associate at the Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation)

Department: Kellogg College (College)

Organiser: GCHU

Host: Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: Hybrid

Controlled Human Challenge

Monday, 11 May 2026, 12pm to 1pm

Speaker(s): Professor Helen McShane (University of Oxford), Dr Jonathan Pugh (University of Oxford)

Department: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology (Unit)

Organiser: Tess Lawless

Host: Professor Mark Coles

Series: Kennedy Institute External Seminar Series

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person

Advancing Excellence, Opportunity, Freedom of Speech and Pluralism through EDI

Date: Monday, 11 May 2026 Time: 13:00 - 17:30 GMT. With lunch from 12:00. Followed by a drinks reception. Venue: DPIR

Monday, 11 May 2026, 12pm to 5.30pm

Department: Social Sciences (Division)

Organiser: Aradhana Cherupara Vadekkethil

Series: SSD EDI Research Spotlight Events

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person

Nineteenth Century Research Seminar  - Title TBC

Monday, 11 May 2026, 12.15pm to 1.15pm

Speaker(s): Rachel Onunain and Tzen Sam (Oxford)

Department: English (Department)

Organiser: Prof. Helen Small, Dr Clare Broome Saunders

Series: Nineteenth Century Research Seminar

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person

From Beliefs to Practice: A Critical Re-examination of Teacher Academic Optimism in Swiss Primary Schools

Monday, 11 May 2026, 12.45pm to 2pm

Speaker(s): Hannah Bolten (University of Zurich)

Department: Education (Department)

Series: Quantitative Methods Hub

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: Hybrid

DEI U-Turns: Understanding Negative Turns in DEI Attitudes

Monday, 11 May 2026, 12.45pm to 2pm

Speaker(s): Felix Danbold (UCL)

Department: Sociology (Department)

Series: Sociology Weekly Seminar Series

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: Hybrid

IDEU Seminar - Early measles vaccination in Ugandan infants – an RCT

Monday, 11 May 2026, 1pm to 2pm

Speaker(s): Professor Merryn Voysey

Department: Nuffield Department of Population Health (Department)

Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann

Host: Professor Angela Brueggemann

Series: IDEU Infectious Disease Seminar Series

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person

Understanding and manipulating ubiquitin ligase specificities

Monday, 11 May 2026, 1pm to 2pm

Speaker(s): Professor Sonja Lorenz

Department: Biochemistry (Department)

Organiser: Jessica Barnes

Host: Dr. Paul Elliott

Series: Biochemistry Department Seminar

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person

Multiscale modelling of dementia: from proteins to neuronal activity

Monday, 11 May 2026, 1.30pm to 2.30pm

Speaker(s): Prof Alain Goriely, FRS

Department: Biology (Department)

Host: Prof Sunetra Gupta

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person

Probability seminar: Nathanaël Boutillon

A FKPP system with Allee effect

Monday, 11 May 2026, 2pm to 3pm

Speaker(s): Nathanaël Boutillon (University of Vienna)

Department: Statistics (Department)

Organiser: Christina Goldschmidt, James Martin, Julien Berestycki

Series: Probability seminar

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person

Role of Dysregulated Angiotensin II Signaling in Maternal Microvascular Dysfunction After Preeclampsia

Monday, 11 May 2026, 2pm to 3.30pm

Speaker(s): Anna Stanhewicz

Department: The Centre for Human Genetics (Unit)

Organiser: Yvonne Kenworthy

Series: CDPRC Seminar Series

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: Hybrid

Designing a conference poster in medicine: getting started

Monday, 11 May 2026, 3pm to 4pm

Speaker(s): Hannah McGivern

Department: Bodleian Information Skills (Unit)

Organiser: Helen Bond

Series: Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications

Audience: Other Format: In Person

Climate News, Emotions, and Climate Policy Support

SSEE Environment and Resource Economics Seminar

Monday, 11 May 2026, 3pm to 4.15pm

Speaker(s): Andreas Lange

Department: Economics (Department)

Series: SSEE Environment and Resource Economics Seminar

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person

Between Ideology and Policy: The Development of Medicine and Public Health in French Indochina, 1859–1914

Monday, 11 May 2026, 4pm to 5.30pm

Speaker(s): Dr Mizuki Kitada (Osaka)

Host: Oxford Centre for the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology

Series: Seminars in the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person

Emotion preparedness: The foundation of emotional expressions

Monday, 11 May 2026, 4pm to 5pm

Speaker(s): Professor Disa Sauter

Department: Experimental Psychology (Department)

Organiser: Professor Asifa Majid; Professor Matthew Rushworth

Host: Professor Asifa Majid

Series: Perspectives in Psychology - Departmental Seminar Series

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person

Between Ideology and Policy: The Development of Medicine and Public Health in French Indochina, 1859-1914

Monday, 11 May 2026, 4pm to 5.30pm

Speaker(s): Mizuki Kitada (Osaka)

Department: History (Department)

Host: Oxford Centre for the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology

Series: Seminars in the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person