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Ethical decisions, and often dilemma, lie at the heart of all research methodologies and practice. Marianne Talbot, course director in Philosophy, chaired three presentations from across the disciplines.

The three presentations challenge us, as well as the researchers themselves, to consider the ethical frameworks that shape daily practice and understanding of the world around us. Abi Sriharan: Ethical Dilemmas of Global Health Research David Griffiths: Heritage, Landscape and Ownership Kate Blackmon: Oversight of Research Ethics - Issues and Challenges Chair: Marianne Talbot (Departmental Lecturer in Philosophy)

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Rewley House Research Seminars

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Department: Oxford Lifelong Learning

Date Added: 20/06/2012

Duration: 01:36:01

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Revolution

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Rewley House Research Seminars

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Revolutionary concepts continually shape and uproot research agendas, and occasionally researchers themselves. This seminar examined the many ways revolution impacts on research.

Kerry Lock explores the role of new ecological thinking in the way we understand and try to conserve the biophysical environment. Peter Watson takes a radical perspective and assesses how the label 'revolution' can distort our understanding of history. Kerry Lock: The Green RevolutionPeter Watson: The Feudal Revolution: Fact or Fiction?

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Date Added: 20/06/2012

Duration: 00:59:45

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Risk

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Rewley House Research Seminars

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The inaugural research seminar invited three speakers to consider how the concept and experience of 'risk' influenced their current research.

Professor Jonathan Michie assessed the role of uncertainty in the current global economy and explored how that influences our economic behaviour today, while Nigel Mehdi considered the 'natural' hazards that shape everyday urban living. Finally, Adam Josephs engaged us with his experiences of risk as a management consultant, and how that has led to him explore the language of risk in new technologies.Jonathan Michie: Risk, uncertainty and the economyNigel Mehdi: Risk management and natural hazards in the built environmentAdam Josephs: Risky conversations: studying how technology product development teams talk about risk

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Date Added: 20/06/2012

Duration: 01:32:12

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Rewley House Research Seminars

The multi-disciplinary research seminars are held once a term at Rewley House, and are designed to highlight current and future research initiatives in the Department for Continuing Education.

Wellcome Lecture in Neuroethics

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Uehiro Oxford Institute

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The brain disease model of addiction: Assessing its validity, utility and implications for public policy towards the treatment and prevention of addiction.

Genetic and neuroscience research on addiction has been interpreted by leading figures in the USA as demonstrating that addiction is a chronic relapsing brain disease that reflects enduring changes in brain function that are produced by sustained heavy drug use and explain the inability of addicted persons to refrain from using drugs, despite their professed intentions to do so. The brain disease model contrasts starkly with the commonsense view that drug use is a free choice for which individual drug users are responsible. This paper: assesses the evidence and arguments offered in favour of the brain disease model of addiction; assesses the arguments advanced by critics of the model; considers the social and ethical implications of these views in dealing with addicted persons and in formulating public health policies that we should adopt to prevent the harmful use of and addiction to alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs.

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Uehiro Oxford Institute

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Wayne Hall

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Date Added: 20/06/2012

Duration: 00:59:00

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Research into Stuttering using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

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Research Topics in Biomedical Sciences

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Dr Kate Watkins, University Lecturer, discusses her research into stuttering, which makes use of MRI scans.

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Research Topics in Biomedical Sciences

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Department: Medical Sciences Division

Date Added: 20/06/2012

Duration: 00:08:13

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Fluorescence Imaging and Research into Cardiac Contraction

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Research Topics in Biomedical Sciences

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Dr Pawel Swietach, University Lecturer, talks about his use of fluorescence imaging in his research into the role of calcium in cardiac contraction.

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Research Topics in Biomedical Sciences

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Date Added: 20/06/2012

Duration: 00:05:01

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and its role in research

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Research Topics in Biomedical Sciences

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Dr Daniel Bulte, Research Lecturer, explains how Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) works and introduces his research at the Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain (FMRIB).

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Date Added: 20/06/2012

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Melina Mercouri's cultural activity and its continuation: Europe-economy and the power of culture

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European Studies Centre

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Spyros Mercouris delivers a lecture on 7 June 2012 at St Antony's College, University of Oxford.

Mr Spyros Mercouris has been Honorary President of the Cultural Capitals and Cultural Months of Europe Network, member of the board of directors of Melina Mercouri foundation and special advisor to the kids of Guernica movement. He has organised innumerous cultural events, symposia and exhibitions of high impact all over the world as well as presented documentaries and lectures on television. He is the brother of the legendary greek figure Melina Mercouri, (1920-1994) known as 'the last greek goddess', former minister of culture in Greece and actress of international acclaim having won the award of best actress in Cannes film festival and been nominated for an academy award, three golden globe awards and two BAFTA awards. Melina Mercouri was the one who conceived and established the 'european capital of culture' institution. She was a strong political activist starting an international campaign during greek military junta despite two terrorist attempts and one assasination attempt against her in Genova and her being deprived of her greek citizenship and contributed to the re-establishment of democracy. She died in 1994 while being in her post as minister of culture and received a state funeral with Prime Minister Honours. Her day of death was announced by UNESCO as international day of culture.