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| 1 | Press freedom and media censorship | Rasmus Nielsen discusses what he believes the European Commission and EU member states can do to protect press freedom. | Rasmus Nielsen | 13 Jan 2020 | |
| 2 | Clouds and climate | Tapio Schneider discusses the influence of clouds on climate, and how advances in the modelling of clouds can help us predict our climate future more accurately. | Tapio Schneider | 06 Jan 2020 | |
| 3 | Creative Commons | All Souls Seminar - Structural Racism and Deaths in Police Custody in Europe: At the Crossroads of Criminal Law and Human Rights | All Souls Seminar - Structural Racism and Deaths in Police Custody in Europe: At the Crossroads of Criminal Law and Human Rights | Eddie Bruce-Jones | 02 Jan 2020 |
| 4 | UK Supreme Court: R (Privacy International) v Investigatory Powers Tribunal [2019] UKSC 22 | Session 3 of the Law and Politics in Three Courts conference Friday 8th November 2019 | Nick Barber, Richard Ekins, Jeff King, Helen Mountfield | 20 Dec 2019 | |
| 5 | Kenyan Supreme Court: Raila Odinga and Another v IEBC and Others, 2017 | Session 2 of the Law and Politics in Three Courts conference Friday 8th November 2019 | Anne Makena, John Ambani, Nic Cheeseman, Luis Franceschi | 20 Dec 2019 | |
| 6 | International Criminal Court: Appeal against the decision under article 87(7)of the Rome Statute on the non-compliance by Jordan with the request by the Court for the arrest and surrender of Omar Al-Bashir (ICC- 02/05-01/09 OA2) 6 May 2019 | Session 1 of the Law and Politics in Three Courts conference Friday 8th November 2019 | Catherine O’Regan, Dapo Akande, Evelyne Asaala, Dire Tladi | 20 Dec 2019 | |
| 7 | How effective can litigation be in foreseeing and preventing human rights abuse? | Alejandra Ancheita delivers the keynote address at the Justice for Transnational Human Violations - At the Crossroads of Litigation, Policy and Scholarship Conference June 2019 | Alejandra Ancheita | 20 Dec 2019 | |
| 8 | The Elders know Nothing: the Inversion of Tradition in the New Mining Context | Ramon Sarró and Marina P. Temudo deliver paper at 'Cultural Production in Africa's Extractive Communities' workshop. | Ramon Sarró, Marina P. Temudo | 14 Dec 2019 | |
| 9 | Creative Commons | Youth, insecurity and intimacy in the popular arts of the Niger Delta | David Pratten delivers paper at 'Cultural Production in Africa's Extractive Communities' workshop. | David Pratten | 14 Dec 2019 |
| 10 | Creative Commons | Artistic Movements: Music, Popular Painting and Cultural Exchanges on the central African Copperbelt | Enid Guene delivers paper at 'Cultural Production in Africa's Extractive Communities' workshop. | Enid Guene | 14 Dec 2019 |
| 11 | Mobutist Modernism: Art Education, State Sponsorship and the Visual Arts in Zaire | Sarah Van Beurden delivers paper at 'Cultural Production in Africa's Extractive Communities' workshop. | Sarah Van Beurden | 14 Dec 2019 | |
| 12 | Future of Cannabusiness | As restrictions on medical cannabis use loosen around the world, companies and entrepreneurs are entering the marijuana market in a big way. We learn more from leading players in this space and the first publicly-listed cannabis company. | Tejinder Verk, Paul Steckler | 12 Dec 2019 | |
| 13 | Creative Commons | Nano comes to life: how nanotechnology is transforming medicine and the future of biology | n this book talk, Professor Sonia Contera will talk about how Nanotechnology is transforming medicine and the future of biology. | Sonia Contera | 06 Dec 2019 |
| 14 | Why we need a fourth revolution in healthcare | William bird discusses how healthcare focused on communities and acitve lifestyles can lead to greater wellbeing. | William Bird | 06 Dec 2019 | |
| 15 | Plant genetics from Mendel to Monsanto | Ottoline Leyser discusses the ability to target and/or select specific genetic changes in plant genomes, and the impact of this on the governance of our food system. | Ottoline Leyser | 06 Dec 2019 | |
| 16 | Creative Commons | Psychologically informed micro-targeted political campaigns: the use and abuse of data | Data-driven micro-targeted campaigns have become a key part of political strategy. As personal and societal data becomes more accessible, we need to understand how it can be used and whether it is relevant to regulate political candidates' access to data. | Jens Koed Madsen | 04 Dec 2019 |
| 17 | Creative Commons | The technology trap - capital, labour and power in the age of automation | Carl Frey discusses his book 'The Technology Trap' | Carl Benedikt Frey | 04 Dec 2019 |
| 18 | Creative Commons | Diet, obesity and health: from science to policy | Susan Jebb discusses how science and policy can help us make wiser choices for our health. | Susan Jebb | 04 Dec 2019 |
| 19 | Putting the audience at the heart of journalism | Federica Cherubini, Engagement Manager at Hearken, on tried and tested methods of audience engagement in journalism | Federica Cherubini | 04 Dec 2019 | |
| 20 | Creative Commons | Tamar Calahorra, Competition between Members of Parliament and Governmental ministries on Policy Outcomes through Legislation – Israel as a Test case | Dr. Calahorra studies some dramatic changes in the ways legislation is conducted in Israel | Tamar Calahorra | 03 Dec 2019 |
| 21 | Creative Commons | Migration: the movement of humankind from prehistory to the present | Robin Cohen discusses migration throughout history and in the present day. | Robin Cohen | 02 Dec 2019 |
| 22 | Creative Commons | 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. | David Nabarro | 02 Dec 2019 |
| 23 | Creative Commons | Nancy Hawker - Palestinian multilingualism: A perfectly normal adaptation to colonialism, conflict and late capitalism | Nancy Hawker (The Aga Khan University) considers the developing place of Arabic in official nation-statist platforms in Israel | Nancy Hawker | 27 Nov 2019 |
| 24 | Ending energy poverty: reframing the poverty discourse | The President of the Rockefeller Foundation discusses the need for new solutions for energy transformation and economic development. | Rajiv J. Shah | 27 Nov 2019 | |
| 25 | Creative Commons | Sustainability scenarios for the global food and land-use system | Michael Obersteiner presents new insights from co-producing a set of new sustainability scenarios. | Michael Obersteiner | 27 Nov 2019 |
| 26 | Rees Centre Annual lecture 2019 - School Exclusions | Panel presentations (Harry Daniels, Alison Woodhead and Lisa Cherry) for the Rees Centre Annual Lecture 2019 on school exclusion and issues for looked after and adopted children. | Harry Daniels, Alison Woodhead, Lisa Cherry | 27 Nov 2019 | |
| 27 | All Souls Seminar Series - Rethinking "Smuggling" in Libya | All Souls Seminar Series - Rethinking "Smuggling" in Libya | Gabriella Sanchez | 26 Nov 2019 | |
| 28 | CGHE series on international and global higher education – seminar 2: The global and the post-colonial PART TWO | David Mills and Simon Marginson present on the theme of ‘The global and the post-colonial’ | Simon Marginson, David Mills | 22 Nov 2019 | |
| 29 | CGHE series on international and global higher education – seminar 2: The global and the post-colonial PART ONE | David Mills and Simon Marginson present on the theme of ‘The global and the post-colonial’ | Simon Marginson, David Mills | 22 Nov 2019 | |
| 30 | CGHE series on international and global higher education – seminar 1: International development in higher education PART TWO | Maia Chankseliani and Tristan McGowan on international development in higher education | Maia Chankseliani, Tristan McCowan | 22 Nov 2019 | |
| 31 | CGHE series on international and global higher education – seminar 1: International development in higher education PART ONE | Maia Chankseliani and Tristan McGowan on international development in higher education | Maia Chankseliani, Tristan McCowan | 22 Nov 2019 | |
| 32 | Virtual Reality News: the post-hype reality in 2019 | Zillah Watson, Commissioning Editor of the BBC's VR Hub discusses the potential for engaging news audiences through virtual reality | Zillah Watson | 22 Nov 2019 | |
| 33 | Creative Commons | Ethnography for Digital Natives? Rethinking Form and Content in a New Text on Contemporary Angola | Jess Auerbach provides a wonderful discussion of her new book, in which she explores how those that have always had access to the internet learn and think differently. | Jess Auerbach | 20 Nov 2019 |
| 34 | Creative Commons | Yoav Ronel - 'Love, Zionism and Melancholy in the Prose of Micha Yosef Berdichevsky' | Yoav Ronel (Bezalel and BGU) considers representations of a melancholic national and subjective desire in the prose of Micha Yosef Berdichevsky (1865-1921) | Yoav Ronnel | 20 Nov 2019 |
| 35 | Creative Commons | Rethinking Work from A Uganda Marketplace | William Monteith explores the marketplaces of Uganda, specifically larger ones in Kampala, to discuss how the differences between waged and non-waged labour are viewed. He also discusses the role of different types of work in this context. | William Monteith | 20 Nov 2019 |
| 36 | Creative Commons | Adam Smith as Jurist | John Cairns and Scott Peterson discuss Adam Smith's lost work on jurisprudence, examining his influence on the Scottish legal profession and religious freedoms | John W Cairns, Scot Peterson | 19 Nov 2019 |
| 37 | Creative Commons | Adam Smith as Jurist | Senior Research Fellow in Politics Professor Iain McLean unearths the secrets of Adam Smith's lost work on jurisprudence, and posits a connection between smith's jurisprudence and the framers of the US Declaration of Independence and Constitution | Iain McLean | 19 Nov 2019 |
| 38 | Argument, Evidence and Continuity in the Augar Report | Released in May 2019, the Augar report was a result of a 6 person panel chaired by Philip Augar and was the first in England to have a remit for the whole of tertiary education. Parry argues whether its features are the nature of expert panels. | Gareth Parry | 19 Nov 2019 | |
| 39 | Creative Commons | Between Optimism and Pessimism: prospects for the conclusion of a new treaty on marine biodiversity on the high seas | The United Nations is currently undertaking negotiations with a view to concluding an international legally binding instrument for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (the BBNJ Treaty). | Joanna Mossop | 18 Nov 2019 |
| 40 | Creative Commons | Book Launch: State and Society in Nigeria | Portia Roelofs and Gavin Williams discuss in this podcast Gavin's influential book, State and Society in Nigeria. | Gavin Williams, Portia Roelofs | 13 Nov 2019 |
| 41 | Creative Commons | ILC’s Draft Conclusions on Peremptory Norms of General International Law | Dire Tladi is a Professor of international law at the University of Pretoria and an Extraordinary Professor at the University of Stellenbosch. | Dire Tladi | 13 Nov 2019 |
| 42 | Creative Commons | Avihu Shoshana - 'Nocturnal Inequality: Ethnographies of Social Selection and Waiting in Line for Night Clubs in Tel-Aviv' | Avihu Shoshana (Haifa University) discusses findings from his ethnography of social selection in Israeli night-clubs. | Avihu Shoshana | 13 Nov 2019 |
| 43 | Integrating and AugmentingTertiary Education Students' Experiences in Workplace Settings | Drawing upon three large studies in Australian higher education, this presentation sets out a case for the kinds of curriculum practices, as well as a range of pedagogic practices that can be enacted prior to, during and after students’ work placements. | Stephen Billett | 12 Nov 2019 | |
| 44 | Artificial Intelligence and Social Relations in Schools: Who are the 'Digital winners'? | This lecture explores the different types of artificial intelligence systems in common use in education, before relating this to the covert use of algorithms in influencing educational journeys. | Sandra Leaton-Gray | 12 Nov 2019 | |
| 45 | Creative Commons | Crimmigration and Refugees in Australia: Visa Cancellation on Criminality Grounds and 'Living in the Community' as Punishment and Deterrence | Crimmigration and Refugees in Australia: Visa Cancellation on Criminality Grounds and 'Living in the Community' as Punishment and Deterrence | Anthea Vogl | 12 Nov 2019 |
| 46 | Creative Commons | All Souls Seminar Series: Democracy and the Mafia. | Democracy and the Mafia. | Federico Varese | 12 Nov 2019 |
| 47 | The 50:50 Project: increasing women's representation in the BBC's journalism | Ros Atkins of BBC News talks about how the 50:50 project led to a significant increase in the number of women appearing across the BBC's journalism. | Ros Atkins | 11 Nov 2019 | |
| 48 | Creative Commons | Documenting Crimes in Syria and Iraq: ISIS and the Crimes Against the Yazidis | This talk was given as part of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series. | Sareta Ashraph | 11 Nov 2019 |
| 49 | Creative Commons | Measuring Peace: Local Participation and Perspectives in Peacebuilding | This talk was given as part of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series. | Anupah Makoond | 11 Nov 2019 |
| 50 | Creative Commons | Colombia's Special Jurisdiction for Peace: Are There Reasons for Hope? | This talk was the keynote seminar given as part of the Oxford Translational Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series | Julieta Lemaitre | 11 Nov 2019 |
| 51 | Litigating Rights : The Right to Health | Litigating Rights : The Right to Health – Mark Heywood and Maya Foa in Conversation | Mark Heywood, Maya Foa | 08 Nov 2019 | |
| 52 | Creative Commons | Jonathan Leslie - Fear and Insecurity: Competing Narratives of the Iran-Israel Relationship | Jonathan Leslie considers the history of Iran's "becoming" and existential threat in Israel | Jonathan Leslie | 06 Nov 2019 |
| 53 | Creative Commons | Ruth First's Red Suitcase: In and Out of the Strongroom of Memory Book launch of Written Under the Skin: Blood and Intergenerational Memory in South Africa | Carli Coetzee discusses her book and surrounding themes in this talk. Ideas of femininity and issues about Ruth First regarding her time in prison are central to this interesting discussion. | Carli Coetzee | 06 Nov 2019 |
| 54 | Journalism under assault | Meera Selva, Director of the RISJ Journalist Fellowship Programme, discusses attacks on journalists and the media in central and eastern Europe. | Meera Selva | 05 Nov 2019 | |
| 55 | When Global Players Struggle: The Political and Material Aspects of International Organisations’ Cooperation in Higher Education | University of Lyon 2's Dorota Dakowska on re-examining the transnational circulation of policy schemes relative to Higher Education governance | Dorota Dakowska | 05 Nov 2019 | |
| 56 | Moriel Ram, 'A tale of sand and snow: Bar-Lev line and the Hermon ski site as material fantasies' | Moriel Ram (SOAS) discusses how sand and snow produce potent imageries and physical realities in Israeli political culture. | Moriel Ram | 05 Nov 2019 | |
| 57 | The State of Journalism | Head of News and Current Affairs at Channel 4 | Dorothy Byrne | 05 Nov 2019 | |
| 58 | Re and De-contextualizing global citizenship education – systematic analysis of the scholarship in the field | With the rising interest in GCE, understanding the current research landscape could be useful for policy-makers, educators and scholars who seek to build upon the existing body of knowledge and develop it in new directions. | Miri Yemini | 04 Nov 2019 | |
| 59 | Historian of Protest Katrina Navickas discusses Mike Leigh's film Peterloo | Historian of Protest Katrina Navickas discusses her involvement in Mike Leigh's film Peterloo, and its political and contemporary resonances | Katrina Navickas | 04 Nov 2019 | |
| 60 | The Legal Evolution of the Climate Change Regime: Past, Present, and Future | What have been the key themes in the legal evolution of the UN climate regime? | Daniel Bodansky | 31 Oct 2019 | |
| 61 | Creative Commons | Individual Adaptation Strategies to Flooding in a Low-Income Urban Setting in Nigeria | In this talk, Dr Pedi Obani explores the impact of flooding in Benin City and the different ways in which people combat this hardship. Dr Obani also analyzes how these strategies could be improved for the betterment of the community as a whole. | Dr Pedi Obani | 30 Oct 2019 |
| 62 | Poverty Matters: Family income, parenting and child outcomes | Naomi Eisenstadt presents evidence that low income itself reduces the chances of good outcomes for children and causes stress in families which exacerbates the risk. | Naomi Eisenstadt | 28 Oct 2019 | |
| 63 | Us and them? Analysing the inclusion of foreign-born academics in British academia | Abertay University's Toma Pustelnikovaite on the nuances underlying the influx of migrant academics into the UK. | Toma Pustelnikovaite | 25 Oct 2019 | |
| 64 | FMR 62 - From the Editors | Voluntary return in safety and with dignity has long been a core tenet of the international refugee regime. | Marion Couldrey, Jenny Peebles | 25 Oct 2019 | |
| 65 | Creative Commons | The Role of Domestic Law in the International Legal Validity of Treaty Withdrawal | If a state withdraws from a treaty in a manner that violates its own domestic law, will this withdrawal take effect in international law? | Hannah Woolaver | 25 Oct 2019 |
| 66 | Litigating Rights - Wolfgang Kaleck in Conversation | Litigating Rights Series - Wolfgang Kaleck in Conversation | Wolfgang Kaleck, Ben Wizner, Annelen Micus | 24 Oct 2019 | |
| 67 | Surviving the cash crunch: Bhekisisa's road to non-profit health and social justice journalism | Mia Malan, journalist, gives a talk for the Reuters Institute seminar series. | Mia Malan | 18 Oct 2019 | |
| 68 | Climate Change and the Rule of Law | Despite three decades of legal development, existing systems of law fail to provide effective foundations for limiting climate change. | Cinnamon Carlarne | 18 Oct 2019 | |
| 69 | FMR 62 - Shared obstacles to return: Rohingya and South Sudanese | The common barriers to return in the cases of Rohingya refugees and South Sudanese IDPs prompt serious questions about how to ensure the safety and voluntariness of returns. | Daniel P Sullivan | 14 Oct 2019 | |
| 70 | FMR 62 - South Sudanese returns: perceptions and responses | Gaining insight into the experiences and perceptions of refugees can help ensure programming is better able to support refugees’ durable return and reintegration. | Catherine Huser, Andrew Cunningham, Christine Kamau, Mary Obara | 14 Oct 2019 | |
| 71 | FMR 62 - Return decision making by refugees | There are multiple factors influencing refugees’ decisions to return to their country of origin, not all of which reflect conventional wisdom. | Chloe Sydney | 14 Oct 2019 | |
| 72 | FMR 62 - Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in India: return or integration? | For Tamil refugees, considerations of sustainability affect their decision to remain in India or return to Sri Lanka. Their views and aspirations must inform planning for both integration and repatriation. | Amaya Valcárcel Silvela | 14 Oct 2019 | |
| 73 | FMR 62 - Syrians in Germany: individuals’ reasons for returning or remaining | Syrian refugees in Europe are not one homogenous group but are individuals and families from different parts of Syria who have different experiences in exile and different expectations around return. | Ahmad Al Ajlan | 14 Oct 2019 | |
| 74 | FMR 62 - Working with ‘stayee’ communities: learning from Eritrea | Better understanding of the perceptions and living conditions of the communities into which returnees will arrive may facilitate better integration of those returning from displacement. | Georgia Cole | 14 Oct 2019 | |
| 75 | FMR 62 - Repatriation principles under pressure | The laws and norms established by the international community to ensure that organised repatriation takes place in a way that protects the rights of refugees are increasingly being violated. | Jeff Crisp | 14 Oct 2019 | |
| 76 | FMR 62 - Durable solutions for returnee children | Durable solutions frameworks for measuring progress towards sustainable return and reintegration fail to specifically consider children’s different needs and experiences. | Stefanie Barratt, Marion Guillaume, Josiah Kaplan | 14 Oct 2019 | |
| 77 | FMR 62 - Syrian refugees’ return from Lebanon | Analysis of return practices in Lebanon reveal challenges to voluntary, safe and dignified return. | Tamirace Fakhoury, Derya Ozkul | 14 Oct 2019 | |
| 78 | FMR 62 - Encouraging Syrian return: Turkey’s fragmented approach | Turkey’s approach to encouraging refugees to return to Syria risks jeopardising the safety and voluntariness of such returns. | Zeynep Sahin Mencutek | 14 Oct 2019 | |
| 79 | FMR 62 - The politics of return from Jordan to Syria | Return preparedness of Syrian refugees has become a prominent issue in Jordan, but the prospect of return raises numerous concerns. | Julia Morris | 14 Oct 2019 | |
| 80 | FMR 62 - Rethinking Somali refugee solutions in Kenya | Amid uncertain return conditions, the repatriation of Somali refugees from Kenya risks leading to instances of forced return. Alternative avenues, such as local integration, should be explored. | Peter Kirui, Suzanne Francis | 14 Oct 2019 | |
| 81 | FMR 62 - Educating for return: Somali refugees in Dadaab | Finding a ‘durable’ solution for Somali refugees in Dadaab means ensuring they have the knowledge, capacity, confidence and qualifications required for meaningful, lasting return. | Ochan Leomoi, Abdikadir Abikar, HaEun Kim | 14 Oct 2019 | |
| 82 | FMR 62 - Forced to return? Facilitated return of refugees to Myanmar | Despite recent political developments in Myanmar and difficult conditions in Thailand, there has been widespread and deep-seated reluctance among refugees to participate in the official facilitated return mechanism. | Yuka Hasegawa | 14 Oct 2019 | |
| 83 | FMR 62 - A premature attempt at cessation | There are many lessons to be learned from UNHCR’s controversial – and ultimately reversed – decision to end refugee status for Burmese Chins in India and Malaysia. | Hamsa Vijayaraghavan, Pallavi Saxena | 14 Oct 2019 | |
| 84 | FMR 62 - Repatriation with dignity | The Rohingya in Bangladesh and Syrians in Lebanon have different expectations of what repatriation ‘with dignity’ would entail. | Kerrie Holloway | 14 Oct 2019 | |
| 85 | FMR 62 - Minority return: the way home | Studying cases of successful minority return may help determine what policies could help other potential returnees. | Djordje Stefanovic, Neophytos Loizides | 14 Oct 2019 | |
| 86 | FMR 62 - Legal preparedness for return to Syria | Preparation in terms of legal rights is crucial for Syrian refugees who are planning to return. | Martin Clutterbuck, Laura Cunial, Paola Barsanti, Tina Gewis | 14 Oct 2019 | |
| 87 | FMR 62 - Return to Syria after evading conscription | Syrian refugees who have evaded military service face barriers to return which call into question the viability and sustainability of other refugee returns. | Ahmad Araman, Shaza Loutfi | 14 Oct 2019 | |
| 88 | FMR 62 - IDPs of East Beirut versus the Lebanese State | This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of the Taif agreement that formally ended the Lebanese Civil War of 1975–1990. Three decades later, some communities remain internally displaced because of the actions of the State. | Diala Lteif | 14 Oct 2019 | |
| 89 | FMR 62 - Emerging options for durable solutions in Darfur | IDPs in Darfur continue to face difficulties in securing a durable solution to their displacement. Recent developments may offer new hope for some, but complex challenges remain. | Zurab Elzarov | 14 Oct 2019 | |
| 90 | FMR 62 - Political and economic reintegration: key to successful return | Refugees and IDPs require national and international actors to make concerted efforts to ensure that they are successfully reintegrated into the economic, social and political landscapes of their countries of origin. | Barbra N Lukunka, Peter de Clercq | 14 Oct 2019 | |
| 91 | FMR 62 - Returns in complex environments: the case of South Sudan | Humanitarian agencies must be extremely cautious about how they support returns and relocations to ensure that they avoid causing harm or allowing humanitarian assistance to be instrumentalised by political actors. | Babette Schots, Garth Smith | 14 Oct 2019 | |
| 92 | FMR 62 - Mini-feature - Preventing displacement, addressing root causes and the promise of the Global Compact on Refugees | Preventing displacement by addressing its root causes requires a holistic approach and engagement by a wide range of actors. The starting point must be a better understanding of root causes and their complexity. | Volker Türk | 14 Oct 2019 | |
| 93 | FMR 62 - Mini-feature - Shifting power and changing practice to support locally led peace building | Building sustainable peace requires both a greater awareness of the dynamics of localised conflict and a willingness on the part of external actors to cede control to local actors. | Alex Shoebridge | 14 Oct 2019 | |
| 94 | FMR 62 Mini-feature - Land and conflict: taking steps towards peace | Thousands of displaced Yazidis in Iraq have been assisted in making a safe, sustainable return through a project that addressed the complexity of issues around land tenure. | Oumar Sylla, Ombretta Tempra, Filiep Decorte, Clarissa Augustinus | 14 Oct 2019 | |
| 95 | FMR 62 - Mini-feature - Community-level conflict prevention and peace building in DRC and Somalia | There is growing recognition of the need to address the root causes of displacement through the perspective of the humanitarian-development-peace ‘triple nexus’. A locally led programme in DRC and Somalia reflects this approach and offers useful lessons. | Wale Osofisan, Shuna Keen | 14 Oct 2019 | |
| 96 | FMR 62 - Mini-feature - Gang violence, GBV and hate crime in Central America: State response versus State responsibility | Significant displacement is caused in Central America by gang violence, gender-based violence and hate crimes against LGBT+ people but State responses have failed to address their root causes. | Vickie Knox | 14 Oct 2019 | |
| 97 | FMR 62 - Mini-feature - The Palestinian refugee question: root causes and breaking the impasse | Acknowledging the root causes of Palestinian displacement and objectively applying international law will be key to any solution to the Palestinian refugee question. | Francesca P Albanese, Damian Lilly | 14 Oct 2019 | |
| 98 | FMR 62 - Mini-feature - Resilience spaces: rethinking protection | Collaborative approaches to building capacities of urban IDPs and host communities are emerging as a more effective way of confronting the root causes of protracted and secondary displacement in informal settlements in Colombia. | Pablo Cortés Ferrández | 14 Oct 2019 | |
| 99 | Creative Commons | But what about men?: Gender Discomfort in International Criminal Justice | Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) has become 'hyper-visible' in international criminal justice, yet scholars disagree whether this is a good thing for feminism or not. | Leila Ullrich | 07 Oct 2019 |
| 100 | Using Formative Assessment to Catalyse Self-Regulated Learning | This 2019 Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment lecture is delivered by Professor Nancy Perry. | Nancy Perry | 17 Jul 2019 |
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