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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The grey area: fascism between the general and the particular |
This Anthropology Departmental Seminar was delivered by Dr Paolo Heywood (University of Cambridge) on 25 May 2018 |
Paolo Heywood |
14 September, 2018 |
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Why Are There Always Candomblés? Situated Knowledges of Miscegenation and Syncretism in Brazil |
This Anthropology Departmental Seminar was delivered by Professor Marcio Goldman (National Museum, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) on 11 May 2018 |
Marcio Goldman |
14 September, 2018 |
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Rights and justice: reproductive politics and legal activism in India |
This Anthropology departmental Seminar was delivered by Professor Maya Unnithan (University of Sussex) on 26 January 2018 |
Maya Unnithan |
31 July, 2018 |
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A petition to kill: efficacious appeals against big cats in India |
Nayanika Mathur (Oxford) delivered this Anthropology Departmental Seminar on 5 May 2018 |
Nayanika Mathur |
31 July, 2018 |
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The seven moral rules found all around the world |
This Anthropology Departmental Seminar was delivered by Oliver Scott Curry (Oxford) on 18 May 2018 |
Oliver Scott Curry |
31 July, 2018 |
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The Marett Memorial Lecture 2018. Individualism in the Wild: Oneness in Jivaroan Culture |
The Marett Memorial Lecture for 2018 (27 April) was given by Professor Anne-Christine Taylor (emeritus; Director of Research at the CNRS) on the Amazonian 'Individualism' of the Jivaroan people of Ecuador and Peru |
Anne-Christine Taylor |
31 July, 2018 |
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The promise of the (foreign) image: post-post-internet art from the Philippines (and other notes from the field) |
An Anthropology Departmental Seminar delivered by Rafael Schacter (University College London) on 1 December 2017 |
Rafael Schacter |
27 March, 2018 |
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The concept of culture in cultural evolution |
The Keynote speech by Tim Lewens (Professor of Philosophy of Science, Cambridge) for the Cultural Evolution Workshop held at the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, on 28 February 2017 |
Tim Lewens |
27 March, 2018 |
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