Parasites, Invention, and Grace: Taking Turns in a Streetcorner Bureaucracy |
Michael Degani analyzes the styles of work and conflict amongst electrical contractors who congregate across the street from a power utility office in urban Tanzania. |
Michael Degani, Peyton Cherry |
2 October, 2023 |
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Anthropology, Philosophy and Symmetrisation |
Philippe Descola, one of Anthropology's most influential figures, invites us to go beyond the traditional boundaries of nature and culture and redefine our understanding of humanity's relationship with the world around us. |
Philippe Descola, Luise Eder |
2 October, 2023 |
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Intimate Rites: Ancestors and Queer Kinship in Zimbabwe |
Rafaela Taylor-Seymourn examines the engagements with ancestral spirits among young queer Zimbabweans |
Rafaela Taylor-Seymourn, Peyton Cherry |
2 October, 2023 |
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Nutritional Anthropology |
Stanley Ulijaszek discusses human dietary evolution, dietary flexibility and present day undernutrition and infection |
Stanley Ulijaszek, Jacob Evans |
2 October, 2023 |
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How to Stitch Ethnography |
Feminist anthropologist Tania Perez-Bustos discusses how immersion in the act of embroidery affects the body and enables collective reflection and listening. |
Tania Perez-Bustos, Malin Schlode |
2 October, 2023 |
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The Rise and Fall of Generations |
Does life take you any nearer to your ancestors or does it draw you ever further away from them? |
Tim Ingold, Luise Eder |
2 October, 2023 |
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Living in Tide: The Climate of the Urban Sea |
How do fishers and scientists read the uncertain terrain of the city in the sea? What stories does the urban sea hold for the futures of the city? |
Lan Duo, Nikhil Anand |
2 October, 2023 |
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Crude Sonics: Field Recordings from an Extractive Zone |
Zsuzsanna Ihar leads us through field recordings captured in the marginal settlements of Baku, capital of Azerbaijan. She traces sounds that haunt, interrupt, and resist processes of gentrification, displacement, and capitalist profiteering. |
Zsuzsanna Ihar, Eben Kirksey |
2 October, 2023 |
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How has COVID-19 influenced domestic life? |
The Disobedient Buildings team reflect on both the positive and negative implications of spending more time in the home and within the community during Covid-19 lockdowns across their field sites. |
Inge Daniels, Gabriela Nicolescu, Anna Ulrikke Andersen |
4 May, 2022 |
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Does home ownership increase inequality? |
The Disobedient Buildings team examine the relationships between the privatization of housing and rising inequality in London, Bucharest and Oslo. |
Inge Daniels, Gabriela Nicolescu, Anna Ulrikke Andersen |
4 May, 2022 |
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What does welfare mean today? |
The Disobedient Buildings team explore the continuities and differences in the welfare systems in the UK, Romania and Norway . |
Inge Daniels, Gabriela Nicolescu, Anna Ulrikke Andersen |
4 May, 2022 |
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Are local authorities meeting the needs of diverse communities? |
Anna Ulrikke Andersen interviews researcher Tom Davies about socially driven building design in post-Second World War Oslo and the challenges inhabitants of those buildings face today. |
Anna Ulrikke Andersen, Tom Davies |
4 May, 2022 |
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Have people lost their sense of civic duty? |
Gabriela Nicolescu interviews architecture lecturer Ilinca Păun-Constantinescu about the loss of community and the demise of civic duty in post-socialist Bucharest. |
Gabriela Nicolescu, Ilinca Păun-Constantinescu |
4 May, 2022 |
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Will the State look after you? |
Inge daniels talks to Jacky Peacock from Advice to Renters on the housing challenges faced by vulnerable people in London. |
Inge Daniels, Jack Peacock |
4 May, 2022 |
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Can participatory design reach ‘forgotten people’ in Oslo? |
Anna Ulrikke Andersen interviews the founders of MakersHub Oslo to discuss the value of participatory design in architectural practice. |
Anna Ulrikke Andersen, Jack Hughes, Else Abrahamsen |
4 May, 2022 |
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Is ‘ghettoisation’ happening in Bucharest? |
Gabriela Nicolescu speaks with Ștefan Ghenciulescu about social housing, privatisation and the impact of the market economy on residents in Bucharest. |
Gabriela Nicolescu, Ștefan Ghenciulescu |
4 May, 2022 |
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Is London the most unequal European City? |
Inge daniels interviews Geography Professor Danny Dorling to discuss the extent of social and economic inequality in London. |
Inge Daniels, Danny Dorling |
4 May, 2022 |
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What is a Disobedient Building? |
The Disobedient Buildings team unpacks 'disobedience' and what the term means in the homes of their research participants in London, Bucharest and Oslo. |
Inge Daniels, Gabriela Nicolescu, Anna Ulrikke Andersen |
4 May, 2022 |
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Lazy, crazy and disgusting: stigma and the undoing of global health |
This UBVO seminar was given by Alexandra Brewis (Arizona State University) on 3 December 2020 |
Alexandra Brewis |
22 October, 2021 |
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Connection and conflict: hHw neoliberal healthism and inequity shape bariatric surgery support forum dynamics |
This UBVO seminar was presented by Zoe Meleo-Erwin (William Paterson University of New Jersey) on 19 November 2020 |
Zoe Meleo-Erwin |
22 October, 2021 |
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Voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention in Kenya: Anthropology and ethics in the pursuit of public health |
This UBVO seminar was presented by Adam Gilbertson (University of North Carolina) on 12 November 2020 |
Adam Gilbertson |
22 October, 2021 |
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Cultured meat as a case study in the future of food |
This UBVO seminar was presented by Ben Wurgaft (MIT) on 5 November 2020 |
Ben Wurgaft |
22 October, 2021 |
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Feeling the ‘weight’ of expectation: The necessity of understanding ‘obesity’ as a biopsychosocial phenomenon |
A UBVO seminar presented by Oli Williams (King's College London) on 29 October 2020 |
Oli Williams |
22 October, 2021 |
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The damaging impact of weight stigma: Psychosocial stress and harmful health consequences |
This UBVO seminar was given by Rebecca Puhl (University of Connecticut) on 22 October 2020 |
Rebecca Puhl |
22 October, 2021 |
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The syndemic of COVID-19, obesity and food insecurity in the United States |
This UBVO seminar was given by William Dietz (George Washington University) on 15 October 2020 |
William Dietz |
22 October, 2021 |
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"Emptiness: Ways of Seeing" Conference 2021 - Roundtable 1: Emptiness, Space, Capital and the State |
Considering the contours of emptiness by examining the shifting relationships between people, place, capital and the state. |
Volodymyr Artiukh, Dace Dzenovska, Saskia Sassen, Johanna Bockman, Don Kalb, Martin Demant Frederiksen |
5 October, 2021 |
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"Emptiness: Ways of Seeing" Conference 2021. Roundtable 2: On the Edge: Life along the Russia-China border |
A book discussion with Franck Billé and Caroline Humphrey |
Dominic Martin, Caroline Humphrey, Franck Billé, Madeleine Reeves, Allessandro Rippa, Natalia Ryzhova |
5 October, 2021 |
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Making Cultures Count: Following the Mayi Kuwayu National Study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing |
A UBVO seminar presented by Sarah Bourke (National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University) on 24 January 2019 |
Sarah Bourke |
31 March, 2021 |
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Framing obesity as a problem |
Stanley Ulijaszek (Professor of Human Ecology, University of Oxford) gave this presentation for the UBVO seminar series on 27 February 2020 |
Stanley Ulijaszek |
25 February, 2021 |
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Protein and meat as powerful symbols |
Stanley Ulijaszek (Professor of Human Ecology, University of Oxford) gave this presentation at the UBVO seminar on 21 February 2020 |
Stanley Ulijaszek |
25 February, 2021 |
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Sustainability on stage: FoodTech and the spectacle of innovation |
Tanja Schneider (University of St Gallen, Switzerland) gave this presentation for the UBVO seminar series on 12 March 2020 |
Tanja Schneider |
25 February, 2021 |
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Is obesity a choice? |
Giles Yeo from the University of Cambridge gave this presentation for the UBVO seminar series on 30 January 2020 |
Giles Yeo |
25 February, 2021 |
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Height, weight and prostate cancer |
Aurora Perez-Cornago (University of Oxford) gave this presentation for the UBVO seminar series on 23 January 2020 |
Aurora Perez-Cornago |
25 February, 2021 |
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Coffee, pure and simple: Rejection of milk and sugar by Brazilian specialty coffee consumers |
Sabine Parrish (from the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography) gave this presentation for the UBVO seminar on 6 February 2020 |
Sabine Parrish |
25 February, 2021 |
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An eco-bio-socio-political approach to anaemia in Peru |
Doreen Montag (Queen Mary College London) gave this presentation for the UBVO seminar on 13 February 2020 |
Doreen Montag |
25 February, 2021 |
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Nutrient timing and human health |
A UBVO Seminar given by James Betts (Professor of Metabolic Physiology, Department for Health, University of Bath) on 24 October 2019 |
James Betts |
22 January, 2020 |
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Can wearable sensors and machine learning enhance our understanding of lifestyle health behaviours? |
A UBVO Seminar given by Aidan Doherty (Nuffield Department of Population Health, Oxford) on 17 October 2019 |
Aiden Doherty |
22 January, 2020 |
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How mapping frames obesity and chronic disease risk factors |
Stanley Ulijaszek (Professor of Human Ecology, Oxford) interviews Professor Danny Dorling (School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford) for the UBVO Instruments and Institutions Interviews series, November 2019 |
Danny Dorling |
22 January, 2020 |
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Changing ecologies of disease |
A lecture given by Stanley Ulijaszek (Professor of Human Ecology, Oxford) on 16 October 2019 |
Stanley Ulijaszek |
22 January, 2020 |
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Biocultural approaches to human physical activity in (increasingly smart) urban environments |
A presentation given by Stanley Ulijaszek (Professor of Human Ecology, Oxford) at the Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna, at Ravenna |
Stanley Ulijaszek |
20 January, 2020 |
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The social life of childhood obesity |
A UBVO seminar presented by Zofia Boni (University of Poznan, Poland) on 2 March 2019 |
Zofia Boni |
20 January, 2020 |
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Obesity: human developmental perspectives |
The Keynote Lecture at the UBVO Green Templeton College Obesity Conference, 16 September 2019, given by Stanley Ulijaszek (Professor of Human Ecology, Oxford) |
Stanley Ulijaszek |
20 January, 2020 |
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The UK government's childhood obesity plan |
A presentation given by Mike Rayner (Professor of Population Health and Director of the Centre on Population Approaches for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention, Oxford) at the UBVO Green Templeton College Obesity Conference, 16 September 2019 |
Mike Rayner |
20 January, 2020 |
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The evolution of adipose tissues and how natural obesity in wild mammals elucidates human obesity |
A presentation given by Caroline Pond (Emeritus Professor, Open University) at the UBVO Green Templeton College Obesity Conference, 16 September 2019 |
Caroline Pond |
20 January, 2020 |
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The metabolic consequences of obesity |
A presentation given by Leanne Hodson (Professor of Metabolic Physiology, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, Oxford) at the UBVO Green Templeton College Obesity Conference, 16 September 2019 |
Leanne Hodson |
20 January, 2020 |
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Using low-energy diets to treat obesity: from research to practice |
A presentation given by Nerys Astbury (Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, Oxford) at the UBVO Green Templeton College Obesity Conference, 16 September 2019 |
Nerys Astbury |
20 January, 2020 |
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What's in the fridge? The everyday materiality of health and well-being |
A UBVO seminar presented by Tess Bird (Wesleyan University) on 15 May 2019 |
Tess Bird |
20 January, 2020 |
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The Danish Health Interview Surveys |
An interview with Ola Ekholm (Senior Adviser, National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark) for the UBVO Instruments and Institutions Interviews series (20 December 2010) |
Ola Ekholm |
20 January, 2020 |
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Materialities of eating disorders |
A UBVO seminar presented by Dr Karin Eli (Research Affiliate, University of Oxford) on 30 April 2019 |
Karin Eli |
20 January, 2020 |
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Boys, bulk and body ideals: epidemiology of muscle-enhancing and disordered eating behaviours in US adolescents |
A UBVO seminar presented by Jason M. Nagata (Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco) on 18 September 2019 |
Jason M. Nagata |
20 January, 2020 |
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Nutrition and aging well: evidence from centenarians |
Claudio Franceschi (Professor of Immunology, University of Bologna) is interviewed by Stanley Ulijaszek (Oxford) for the UBVO Instruments and Institutions Interviews series (May 2019) |
Claudio Franceschi |
20 January, 2020 |
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Materialities of food education: practice, research and policy |
A UBVO seminar presented by Barney Haughton (Chef and Director of Square Food Foundation, Bristol) on 9 May 2019 |
Barny Haughton |
20 January, 2020 |
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Rights-based approaches to the regulation of food marketing |
A UBVO seminar presented by Amandine Garde (Professor of Law, University of Liverpool) on 16 May 2019 |
Amandine Garde |
20 January, 2020 |
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China in the global reproduction migration order |
Peidong Yang (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) presented this seminar as part of the COMPAS/Fertility and Reproduction Studies Group seminar series on 14 January 2019 |
Peidong Yang |
8 July, 2019 |
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Food insecurity of fatness: from evolutionary ecology to social science |
This Evolutionary Medicine and Public Health seminar was presented by Professor Daniel Nettle (Newcastle University) on 16 January 2019 |
Daniel Nettle |
8 July, 2019 |
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Intimate geopolitics: migration, marriage of citizenship across Chinese borders |
This COMPAS/Fertility and Reproduction Studies Group seminar was presented by Elena Barabantseva (University of Manchester) on 21 January 2019 |
Elena Barabantseva |
8 July, 2019 |
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The dual burden of malnutrition and the obstetric dilemma |
Professor Jonathan Wells (University College London) delivered this seminar as part of the Evolutionary Medicine and Public Health series on 23 January 2019 |
Jonathan Wells |
8 July, 2019 |
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Grandparenting migration: reproduction, care circulations and care ethics across borders |
Elaine Ho (National University of Singapore) delivered this seminar as part of the COMPAS/Fertility and Reproduction Studies Group series on 28 January 2019 |
Elaine Ho |
8 July, 2019 |
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Investment migration and social reproduction: the case of recent patterns of migration from China |
Professor Gracia Liu-Farrer (Waseda University, Tokyo) delivered this seminar as part of the COMPAS/Fertility and Reproduction Studies Group series on 4 February 2019 |
Gracia Liu-Farrer |
8 July, 2019 |
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Iron, infection and anaemia: evolutionary viewpoint on a huge global health problem |
Hal Drakesmith (Radcliffe Department of Medicine, Oxford) delivered this seminar as part of the Evolutionary Medicine and Public Health series on 6 February 2019 |
Hal Drakesmith |
8 July, 2019 |
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Birth tourism from China and Taiwan to the United States: cosmopolitan strategies and aspirations |
Sean Wang (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin) delivered this seminar as part of the COMPAS/Fertility and Reproduction Studies Group series on 11 February 2019 |
Sean Wang |
8 July, 2019 |
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Stunting does not equal malnutrition: evolutionary perspective on human height variation applied to public health |
An Evolutionary Medicine and Public Health seminar delivered by Professor Barry Bogin (Loughborough University) on 13 February 2019 |
Barry Bogin |
8 July, 2019 |
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Assisted reproductive technologies and medical travel |
A COMPAS/Fertility and Reproduction Studies Group seminar delivered by Professor Andrea Whittaker (Monash University) on 18 February 2019 |
Andrea Whittaker |
8 July, 2019 |
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Childbearing as global security strategies |
Professor Pei-Chia Lan (National Taiwan University) delivered this COMPAS/Fertility and Reproduction Studies Group seminar on 25 February 2019 |
Pei-Chia Lan |
8 July, 2019 |
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Educational migration: youth, time and transformation |
Professor Francis Collins (University of Waikato) delivered this COMPAS/Fertility and Reproduction Studies Group seminar on 4 March 2019 |
Francis Collins |
8 July, 2019 |
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The Science of Modelling Through |
Professor Dan Sarewitz delivered this seminar at the Institute for Science Innovation and Society on 4 March 2019 |
Daniel Sarewitz |
8 July, 2019 |
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Is female health cyclical? Evolutionary perspectives on menstruation |
Alex Alvergne (Oxford) delivered this seminar on 6 March 2019 as part of the Primate Conversations seminar series |
Alexandra Alvergne |
8 July, 2019 |
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Global householding: care migration and the question of gender inequality |
A presentation by Professor Brenda Yeoh (National University of Singapore) for the COMPAS/Fertility and Reproduction Studies Group seminar (11 March 2019) |
Brenda Yeoh |
8 July, 2019 |
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Addressing childhood obesity using a family and community-based approach: The MEND programmes |
This UBVO seminar was presented by Paul Sacher, the Chief R&D Officer for MEND, on 3 November 2009 |
Paul Sacher |
1 July, 2019 |
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'Instruments and Institutions'. An interview on 'Evolving Human Nutrition' |
An interview with Professor Stanley Ulijaszek (5 November 2018) |
Stanley Ulijaszek |
1 July, 2019 |
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Energy balance behaviours: the role of emotions and emotion regulation |
This UBVO seminar was presented by Cristiana Duarte (University of Leeds) on 31 January 2019 |
Cristiana Duarte |
1 July, 2019 |
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Making Cultures Count: Following the Mayi Kuwayu National Study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing |
Sarah Bourke (a DPhil student in Anthropology, Oxford) presented this UBVO seminar on 1 February 2019 |
Sarah Bourke |
1 July, 2019 |
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How do we fix the food waste problem? |
Claire Kneller (Head of Food, Wrap Global) delivered this UBVO seminar on 21 February 2019. |
Claire Kneller |
1 July, 2019 |
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Functions of fat. What are the determinants and what does it matter? |
Marijana Todercevic (Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolis), delivered this UBVO seminar on 28 February 2019 |
Marijana Todercevic |
1 July, 2019 |
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Obesity, insecurity, inequality and social welfare |
A talk by Professor Stanley Ulijaszek |
Stanley Ulijaszek |
1 July, 2019 |
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Obesity and socioeconomic status |
A talk by Professor Stanley Ulijaszek (march 2019) |
Stanley Ulijaszek |
1 July, 2019 |
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From village chickens to maternal and child health |
A UBVO seminar presented by Robyn Alders (Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney) in July 2018. |
Robyn Alders |
12 February, 2019 |
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Marion Nestle and Claude Fischler in conversation about commensality and the soda tax, Tokyo |
A conversation for UBVO between Professor Marion Nestle (NYU Steinhardt) and Professor Claude Fischler (CNRS, Paris), December 2018. |
Marion Nestle, Claude Fischler |
12 February, 2019 |
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Sociality and aging |
Professor Stanley Ulijaszek (Oxford) gave this presentation at the Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science, Dublin, in 2018 |
Stanley Ulijaszek |
12 February, 2019 |
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How could it be otherwise? The body as a resource for exploring the past |
A UBVO seminar given by Dr Caroline Potter of the Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, on 10 May 2018. |
Caroline Potter |
12 February, 2019 |
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Ultra-processed Foods, Big Food and the Corporate Capture of Nutrition |
A UBVO seminar given by Gyprgy Scrinis of the University of Melbourne on 31 October 2018. |
Gyorgy Scrinis |
12 February, 2019 |
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An interview with Professor Meg Warin on 'the Australian Senate Inquiry into Obesity' |
An interview for UBVO with Professor Meg Warin, University of Adelaide, 8 October 2018 |
Meg Warin |
12 February, 2019 |
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A cognitive profile of obesity and its translation into new cognitive-behavioural health care interventions |
A UBVO seminar by Anita Jansen, Professor of Experimental Clinical Psychology at Maastricht University, given 13 June 2018 |
Anita Jansen |
12 February, 2019 |
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An interview with Andrew Ross on 'The future of bread' |
An interview with Professor Andrew Ross (Food Science and Technology Department, Oregon State University) for the UBVO 'Instruments and Institutions' series. July 2018. |
Andrew Ross |
12 February, 2019 |
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How war is shaping the Ukrainian HIV epidemic: A phylogeographic analysis |
An Evolutionary Medicine and Public Health seminar presented by Tetyana Vasylyeva (Department of Zoology, University of Oxford) on 24 October 2018 |
Tetyana Vasylyeva |
31 January, 2019 |
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Why are men muscular? Reproductive, hormonal, and ecological hypotheses to explain variation in human male muscularity within populations of Bangladeshi and British men |
An Evolutionary Medicine and Public Health seminar presented by Kesson Magid (Department of Anthropology, University of Durham) on 7 November 2018 |
Kesson Magid |
31 January, 2019 |
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Life history, parental investment and health of Agta foragers |
An Evolutionary Medicine and Public Health seminar presented by Abigail Page (Department of Anthropology, University College London) on 14 November 2018 |
Abigail Page |
31 January, 2019 |
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Telomeres as integrative markers of exposure to stress and adversity: A systematic review and meta-analysis |
An Evolutionary Medicine and Public Health seminar presented by Dr Gillian Pepper (Centre for Behaviour and Evolution, University of Newcastle) on 28 November 2018 |
Gillian Pepper |
31 January, 2019 |
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Militant masks: youth and insecurity in the Niger Delta |
David Pratten, the University of Oxford, presented the Anthropology Departmental Seminar on 9 November 2018 |
David Pratten |
31 January, 2019 |
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Trials of the everyday: spaces of global health in South Africa |
Michelle Pentecosts, King's College London, presented the Anthropology Departmental Seminar on 2 November 2018 |
Michelle Pentecost |
31 January, 2019 |
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Precolonial Microbiome: how microbiologists access anthropology museums to contribute to the debate on restitution |
Frederick Keck, Musée du quai Branly, presented this Anthropology Departmental Seminar on 26 October 2018 |
Frederick Keck |
31 January, 2019 |
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'Don't Bury the Famine Dead': how humanitarian intervention killed the most vulnerable in Ajiep, South Sudan, in 1998 |
This Anthropology Departmental Seminar was given by Jok Madut Jok, SUNY Upstate Medical University, on 23 November 2018 |
Jok Madut Jok |
31 January, 2019 |
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Social life of a license: caste and everyday struggles for work legitimacies in India |
This Anthropology Departmental Seminar was given by Bhawani Buswala, University of Oxford, on 30 November 2018. |
Bhawani Buswala |
31 January, 2019 |
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How literary studies can help us understand eating disorders |
This UBVO seminar was given by Emily Troscianko (The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities) in May 2018 |
Emily Troscianko |
17 September, 2018 |
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The matter of being: knowing bodies and 'mental' health |
This UBVO seminar was given by Grace Lucas (Centre for Maternal and Child Health, London University) in May 2018 |
Grace Lucas |
17 September, 2018 |
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What remains? Dancing archaeology |
This UBVO seminar was given by Marie-Louise Crawley (Centre for Dance Research, Coventry University) in May 2018 |
Marie-Louise Crawley |
17 September, 2018 |
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My fat body: an axis for research |
This UBVO seminar was given by independent artist Rebecca D. Harris on 17 May 2018 |
Rebecca D. Harris |
17 September, 2018 |
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What is Rational About Obesity? |
This UBVO seminar was given by Professor Stanley Ulijaszek in May 2018 |
Stanley Ulijaszek |
17 September, 2018 |
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Framing Obesity as a Problem |
This seminar was given by Professor Stanley Ulijaszek at the Center for Research on Human Nutrition in Paris in 2018 |
Stanley Ulijaszek |
17 September, 2018 |
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Studying the origins of human material culture in young chilldren |
This Anthropology Departmental Seminar was delivered by Dr Eva Reindl (University of Oxford) on 2 February 2018 |
Eva Reindl |
14 September, 2018 |
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