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Professor of Poetry
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A Lament for the Earth

This episode will address the challenge to nature poetry.
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"Conflict resolution for the future of biodiversity conservation" with Dr Alexandra Zimmermann

Dr Alexandra Zimmermann, WildCRU, discusses the challenges of managing conflict between different groups in order to protect wildlife and natural resources
Asian Studies Centre
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Hidden histories of science; Ammal, Darlington, Haldane, and India, 1930-1960

The twentieth century was a period which saw debates on ecology, cytology, genetics and eugenics in the West develop in new and interesting ways both positive and negative to understand the position of humans within the natural world.
Putting magic in place: a knowledge exchange event

Touching the Numinous: ‘fairy places’ in legend and experience of the Irish landscape

Jenny Butler (UC Cork), gives the first talk in the third panel, The Land Remembers: Place as Keeper of Story. Chaired by Alice Purkiss.
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Evaluating and investing in Nature-based Solutions

Join Nathalie Seddon and Cameron Hepburn as they discuss the need for increased investment combined with rigorous evaluation of activities undertaken, using metrics which consider the complex, long-term benefits that nature-based solutions provide.
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Rethinking planetary prosperity: are we measuring what we value?

Professor Dame Henrietta L. Moore and Professor Sir Charles Godfray discuss how we can rebuild new economies in a way that ensures global prosperity.
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The Economics of Biodiversity Review

Join us for a conversation between the author of the Economics of Biodiversity Review, Sir Partha Dasgupta, and Professor Cameron Hepburn, where they will discuss the important messages from the review and the road ahead.
Professor of Poetry

Lines by Alice Oswald

It's fifty years since the publication of From the Life and Songs of the Crow (by Ted Hughes). This is a lecture about lines and other sound barriers and how Crow flies straight through them.
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Anna Atkins: Botanical Illustration and Photographic Innovation

This event is supported by TORCH as part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones of the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities.
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Resetting our relationship with nature in a post-COVID world

Professor E.J. Milner-Gulland and Professor Sir Charles Godfray discuss our relationship with nature, how it relates to the Covid-19 pandemic, and what we need to do differently in the future.
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Live Event: Could you be arrested for planting flowers in your street?

What guerrilla gardening reveals about our relationship with urban nature and culture.
Linguamania

Understanding our natural world: why languages matter

What role do languages play in helping us understand and protect our natural world? Do the words we use when talking about our local flora and fauna matter? In this episode of LinguaMania, we explore the links between language and nature.
Futuremakers

Solving climate change - nature or technology?

Solving climate change can involve either mitigation – reducing the greenhouse gases we're putting into the atmosphere – or adaptation – the process of adjusting to our changing environment.
Oxford Martin School Series: Food Futures
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Linking people, nature, food and climate: progress and implications

David Nabarro, former Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Food Security and Nutrition, will give a talk on what implications there will be for the planet and us in linking nature, food and the climate.
Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge

Between Art and Architecture

A lecture by celebrated artist Maya Lin
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Wildlife in the Anthropocene: Conservation after Nature

An interdisciplinary discussion of Jamie Lorimer's book
Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks

"Anomalies" Part 2 - Turing Patterns

Dr Christian Yates describes a phenomenon first noticed by the World War II code-breaker, Alan Turing.
Alumni Weekend

Wildlife in the Anthropocene: Environmentalism without nature

This lecture by Jamie Lorimer explores new ways of thinking and doing environmentalism that need not make recourse to nature.
The Secrets of Mathematics

Symmetry: a talk based on his second book, Finding Moonshine - Marcus du Sautoy

Professor Marcus du Sautoy (New College), Charles Simonyi Chair in the Public Understanding of Science, author and broadcaster gives a talk about symmetry and how the rules of symmetry influences our lives and the choices we make.
Chemistry for the Future: Solar Fuels

Photosynthesis in Nature

Dr Alison Foster, a former chemist and Senior Curator at the University of Oxford Botanic Garden explains the principals of natural photosynthesis that the Armstrong Group is trying to mimic in the lab.

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