| Psychiatry |
Measuring social outcomes in psychiatry |
Francis Vergunst is a DPhil student at Oxford University. He speaks to Dr Daniel Maughan about his research into how mental health care affects social outcomes such as housing and employment. |
Francis Vergunst |
14 April, 2014 |
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| Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) |
Conceptualizing and Measuring Immigration Policies: The Immigration Policies in Comparison (IMPIC) Index |
This seminar discusses the Immigration Policies in Comparison (IMPIC) Index. This project builds a dataset on immigration policies in all OECD countries for the period 1980-2010. |
Marc Helbling |
14 April, 2014 |
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| Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) |
How can far-right extremism be tackled through policy? Lessons from 10 EU countries |
In recent years, many European countries have been grimly reminded of the threat from far-right violence motivated by hatred towards migrants and minorities. This talk explores how 10 European countires are attempting to address this. |
Vidhya Ramalingam, Nicola Perry, Sarah Pinnock |
14 April, 2014 |
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| Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) |
'We don't want to be sent back and forth all the time': Chagossian reflections on compulsion and choice in the context of forced displacement, onward migration, and prospective return |
This talk draws on a case study of forced displacement, onward migration, and prospective return within the living memory of one community, and explores questions of freedom and force ethnographically: |
Laura Jefferey |
14 April, 2014 |
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| Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) |
Forced marriage and immigration policies: understanding diversity or punishing difference? |
Geetanjali Gangoli, University of Bristol, gives a talk for the COMPAS seminar series on forced marriage and its implications on immigration and human rights |
Geetanjali Gangoli |
14 April, 2014 |
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| Women in Medical Science |
Bridget Ogilvie: Women in Science |
Dame Bridget Ogilvie discusses her life and illustrious scientific career, at The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics’ Women in Science series. |
Bridget Ogilvie |
11 April, 2014 |
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| Women in Medical Science |
Ellie Barnes :The long road to success |
A hepatologist and academic, a wife and a mother of two, Dr Ellie Barnes delighted researchers at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics’ Women in Science talk, held on Wednesday the 20th of November 2013. |
Ellie Barnes |
11 April, 2014 |
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| Women in Medical Science |
Irene Tracey: Women in Science |
Irene Tracey gives a passionate insight into her career and how she balances work and life. As she puts it 'A scientific career is not an easy one to choose: it’s tough and competitive'. |
Irene Tracey |
8 April, 2014 |
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| Women in Medical Science |
Heidi Johansen-Berg: Women in Science |
Professor Heidi Johansen-Berg heads the Plasticity Group at the Oxford Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain (FMRIB). Her research focuses on how the brain changes in response to damage, learning and experience. |
Heidi Johansen-Berg |
8 April, 2014 |
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| Oxford Transitional Justice Research Seminars |
Defending at the The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia: An English Barrister's Perspective |
David Josse, QC, gives a talk about working on the defense council at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia on the trials of Momcilo Krajisnik and then Milan Gvero. |
David Josse |
8 April, 2014 |
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| Politics and International Relations Podcasts |
Legally Married: Love and Law in the UK and the US - Book Launch |
Scot Peterson and Iain McLean discuss their new book, which explores the facts and opinions behind the legislating of same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom and the United States |
Scot Peterson, Iain McLean, Max Goplerud, Richard Johnson |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Politics and International Relations Podcasts |
Launch of Constitutional Studies Programme |
Marking the launch of Oxford's Constitutional Studies Programme, which seeks to increase the amount of interdisciplinary cooperation between law and political science in the field of constitutional studies. |
Scot Peterson, Elizabeth Frazer, Nick Barber, Iain McLean, Jeremy Waldron |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 Perspectives of refugees on returning to Somalia |
MSF recently asked Somali refugees in Dadaab’s Dagahaley camp about their living conditions and their thoughts about returning to Somalia in the near future. |
Caroline Abu Sa’Da, Sergio Bianchi |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 Connecting and communicating after Typhoon Haiyan |
In the first month of the Typhoon Haiyan response, one of the priorities facing the international community was to re-establish internet connectivity in order to facilitate information sharing and the provision of assistance. |
Mariko Hall, Adam Ashcroft |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 Opportunity to change Lebanon’s asylum policy |
Lebanon’s attitude towards the ‘Syrian exception’ can be used as the starting point for its policy to come into line with international refugee and human rights norms, standards and protection. |
Samira Trad |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 Internal displacement in Kenya: the quest for durable solutions |
Internal displacement in Kenya has been a challenge since the colonial era but only recently has a legal framework been developed to address IDP protection issues. |
Lucy Kiama, Fredrick Koome |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 Translating global education standards to local contexts |
Global standards such as the Education in Emergencies Minimum Standards need to be applied locally and this requires a thoughtful and committed contextualisation process. |
Carine Allaf, Tzvetomira Laub, Arianna Sloat |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 Dictatorships, refugees and reparation in the Southern Cone of Latin America |
Since the return of democracy to Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay there has been particular recognition of forced displacement within the framework of reparations for the abuses suffered under dictatorial governments. |
Juan Pablo Terminiello |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 The challenge of mixed migration by sea |
While ‘boat people’ are often fleeing a situation of crisis, they share their mode of travel with many types of migrants. |
Judith Kumin |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 Regionalism: a strategy for dealing with crisis migration |
Regional solutions are becoming a strategic tool in dealing with the lack of globally agreed protection for crisis migrants. |
Liliana Lyra Jubilut, Erika Pires Ramos |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 The potential role of a racial discrimination law in Myanmar |
Ethnic discrimination has long fuelled violence and displacement within Myanmar, especially in relation to people of Rohingya ethnicity who have been fleeing in their ‘tens of thousands’ in 2013 alone. |
Nathan Willis |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 Humanitarian border management |
Humanitarian border management is one of the tools that can supplement the humanitarian response for migrants caught in a crisis situation. |
Maximilian Pottler |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 Misconceptions about human trafficking in a time of crisis |
Both natural and man-made crises are considered by many to be prime environments for trafficking in persons. However, the evidence for this is thin. |
Elżbieta M Goździak, Alissa Walter |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 On policies of hospitality and hostility in Argentina |
Following the Haiti earthquake of 2010, Argentina and other South American countries undertook to receive Haitians. |
Irene Duffard Evangelista |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 Questioning ‘drought displacement’: environment, politics and migration in Somalia |
The role of the recent drought in producing migration cannot be understood in isolation from human practices and past and concurrent political processes. |
Anna Lindley |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Oxford Physics Public Lectures |
Turning in the Widening Gyre: Accretion Processes in the Universe |
Inaugural Lecture by Professor Steven Balbus looking at the history of the universe |
Steven Balbus |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 Nuclear disasters and displacement |
The lessons of the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011 seem to be the same as those from Chernobyl 25 years earlier, despite the different political settings. |
Silva Meybatyan |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 New OAS Conventions protecting IDPs against racism and discrimination |
Two new Conventions approved in 2013 have the potential to offer greater protection to vulnerable groups, including IDPs, in the Americas. |
Maria Beatriz Nogueira |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 Non-citizens caught up in situations of conflict, violence and disaster |
When non-citizens are caught up in humanitarian crises, they can be as vulnerable to displacement, and suffer its consequences as acutely, as citizens. |
Khalid Koser |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 The rise of trapped populations |
As border security increases and borders become less permeable, cross-border migration is becoming increasingly difficult, selective and dangerous. |
April T Humble |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 Disaster Law |
The impetus for new disaster response laws lies in the gaps that exist in the scope and geographic coverage of existing international law. |
Stefanie Haumer |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 Forcing migration of globalised citizens |
Today’s constant flows of persons and information across frontiers mean that, when an emergency occurs, the international community feels it has to get involved not only out of solidarity but because its citizens could be in danger. |
Oscar A Gómez |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 New Orleans: a lesson in post-disaster resilience |
Factors that foster social cohesion in communities – such as shared long-term networks and community identity, central organisation to which the community adheres, and established trust – have been identified as critical for post-disaster resilience. |
Paul Kadetz |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 The global governance of crisis migration |
There is no coherent or unified global governance framework for the different areas that have been subsumed under the umbrella of ‘crisis migration’. |
Alexander Betts |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Oxford Physics Public Lectures |
Lorenz Gödel and Penrose: new perspectives on determinism and unpredictability, from fundamental physics to the science of climate change |
The 9th Dennis Sciama Memorial Lecture, looking at chaos theory and climate change |
Tim Palmer |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 Populations ‘trapped’ at times of crisis |
A focus on those who are trapped challenges both theoretical and practical approaches to mobility and crisis, which prioritise movement. |
Richard Black, Michael Collyer |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 Environmental stress, displacement and the challenge of rights protection |
Examination of migration histories and current politics in Kenya, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Ethiopia and Ghana sheds light on how rights are articulated for groups and individuals displaced in a context of environmental stress and climate change. |
Roger Zetter, James Morrissey |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 Aspects of crisis migration in Algeria |
Movements of migrants are only partially covered by international instruments and while the Algerian authorities certainly have opportunities to protect this stream of people, no agreements (bilateral or multilateral) are in force to do so. |
Mohamed Saïb Musette |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 International cooperation on the North Korean refugee crisis |
The biggest challenge concerning North Korean refugees is that, as yet, there is no international framework for how to respond once these individuals have crossed the border. |
Markus Bell, Geoffrey Fattig |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 Disaster risk reduction and mobility |
An essential step for advancing risk reduction measures at the local level is to define mobility-based indicators of vulnerability and resilience that can contribute to measuring and reducing human and economic losses resulting from disasters. |
Patrice Quesada |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Oxford Physics Public Lectures |
Building stars, planets and the ingredients for life between the stars |
Halley Lecture 2013 by Professor Dr Ewine van Dishoeck on new developments in astronomy |
Ewine van Dishoeck |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 Rising waters, displaced lives |
Although Pakistan and Colombia have relatively advanced disaster management frameworks, they were unprepared and ill-equipped to assist and protect people displaced by recent floods. |
Lindsey Brickle, Alice Thomas |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 Adolescence, food crisis and migration |
Adolescents who migrate because of food crises face distinct risks. Specific strategies are needed to prevent and respond to this phenomenon. |
Janis Ridsdel |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 Mexico: from the Guiding Principles to national responsibilities on the rights of IDPs |
The Mexican government needs facts and figures on internal displacement and then to mobilise national institutions to design appropriate responses. |
Fernando Batista Jiménez |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 Resettlement in the twenty-first century |
Deficiencies in planning, preparation and implementation of involuntary resettlement and relocation projects have produced far more failures than successes. |
Anthony Oliver-Smith, Alex de Sherbinin |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Oxford Physics Public Lectures |
The Fast Track to Finding an Inhabited Exoplanet |
The 8th Hintze Lecture by Professor David Charbonneau looking at investigating habitable exoplanets. |
David Charbonneau |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 Mexicans seeking political asylum |
Banding together in response to a situation of this seriousness gives people strength and confidence, and provides emotional, social and – above all – legal and political support. |
Leticia Calderón Chelius |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 Health crises and migration |
Individual and collective responses to health crises contribute to an orderly public health response that most times precludes the need for large-scale displacements. |
Michael Edelstein, David Heymann, Khalid Koser |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 Criminal violence and displacement in Mexico |
Rampant criminal violence, from direct coercion and physical threats to the erosion of the quality of life and livelihood opportunities, pushes people to move in a variety of ways. |
Sebastián Albuja |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Politics and International Relations Podcasts |
Winning friends abroad: can Britain’s cultural power maintain its influence in the modern world? |
Sir Martin Davidson KCMG, CEO of the British Council, examines the UK’s soft power capacity. |
Martin Davidson |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Academic Blogging: Political Analysis in the Digital Age |
Concluding Academic Blogging: Political Analysis in the Digital Age |
Niki Seth-Smith and Stuart White launch the 'Democratic Wealth' e-book by openDemocracy and Politics in Spires |
Niki Seth-Smith, Stuart White |
4 April, 2014 |
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| Academic Blogging: Political Analysis in the Digital Age |
Introduction to Academic Blogging: Political Analysis in the Digital Age |
Stuart White, Director of the Public Policy Unit, gives an introduction to Academic Blogging: Political Analysis in the Digital Age one day conference |
Stuart White |
4 April, 2014 |
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| Academic Blogging: Political Analysis in the Digital Age |
How to blog effectively? |
What do we know about audiences, readership and patterns of use of political analysis on-line? |
A. Blake Ewing, Andrew Sparrow, Victoria Nash, Chris Prosser, Rosemary Bechler |
4 April, 2014 |
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| Politics and International Relations Podcasts |
The Global Liberal Order and its Future |
On 24 January 2014, the Centre for International Studies hosted a workshop on 'The Global Liberal Order and its Future' that explored the current shift of power and influence between nations that is taking place globally. |
Rosemary Foot, John Ikenberry, Andrew Hurrell, Kate Brooks, Julian Gruin |
4 April, 2014 |
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| Academic Blogging: Political Analysis in the Digital Age |
Why blog? (session one, part two) |
Analysing the wider effects of blogging: what is at stake in contributing academic analysis on-line? |
Kate Brooks, William Dutton, David Levy, Will de Frietas |
4 April, 2014 |
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| Academic Blogging: Political Analysis in the Digital Age |
Why blog? (session one, part one) |
Exploring the phenomena of blogging – the motivations and the consequences – with UK academic blogs producers |
Kate Brooks, A. Blake Ewing, Chris Gilson, Sierra Williams, Chris Bertram |
4 April, 2014 |
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| The Engagement of Theory |
Prisoners, Felons, and the Right to Vote |
Jeremy Waldron talks about what the right to vote is, and isn't, and how it applies to those in the penal system |
Jeremy Waldron, Elizabeth Frazer |
4 April, 2014 |
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| The Engagement of Theory |
The growing clamour for a codified constitution of the UK (or what is left after Scotland leaves) |
Iain McLean asks for a rethink of the structure of the law of the United Kingdom after A.V. Dicey |
Iain McLean, Scot Peterson |
4 April, 2014 |
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| The Engagement of Theory |
Reparations and the End of Empire |
Daniel Butt talks about the practicalities of the paying of reparations for acts committed in the decline of Empire |
Daniel Butt, Elizabeth Frazer |
4 April, 2014 |
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| The Engagement of Theory |
The eccentric genius of Lewis Carroll, the pioneer mathematician of voting |
Iain McLean talks about his early research into the pioneering work on the mathematics of voting undertaken by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll |
Iain McLean |
4 April, 2014 |
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| The Engagement of Theory |
Making Sense on Immigration |
David Miller discusses the practical dilemmas of immigration policy. |
David Miller, Stephen Whitefield |
4 April, 2014 |
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| The Secrets of Mathematics |
James D Murray, reflections of a life in academia, in conversation with Phillip Maini |
Jim Murray is one of the leading mathematical biologists of our times. |
James D Murray, Phillip Maini |
2 April, 2014 |
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| Promoting Interdisciplinary Engagement in the Digital Humanities |
The Bodleian First Folio: A Story of Digital Engagement |
This talk presents an overview of the 2012 campaign that took up the story of the Bodleian First Folio (a copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio), the collaboration that made it possible, its outreach activity, and its future. |
Pip Wilcox |
1 April, 2014 |
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| Promoting Interdisciplinary Engagement in the Digital Humanities |
Digital Humanities Research Support and Training in Oxford |
James surveys the kinds of support provided for digital humanities by the University of Oxford for those inside and outside the University. |
James Cummings |
1 April, 2014 |
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| Promoting Interdisciplinary Engagement in the Digital Humanities |
Introduction to dhAHRC and Launch of Crowd Map The Crusades |
Emma introduces the series and Crowd Map The Crusades, a proof-of-concept transcription and mapping project, which is affiliated with the ‘Promoting Interdisciplinary Engagment in the Digital Humanities’ (dhAHRC) and hosted at www.dhcrowdscribe.com. |
Emma Goodwin |
1 April, 2014 |
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| Promoting Interdisciplinary Engagement in the Digital Humanities |
Crowdsourcing in the Arts and Interdisciplinarity |
Kathryn Eccles talks about her research around the virtual art collection Your Paintings, and talk about what interdisciplinary insights can be gleaned from crowdsourcing platforms such as Your Paintings Tagger. |
Kathryn Eccles |
1 April, 2014 |
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| Weidenfeld Debates |
Is sustainability too expensive? (2014 Hoffmann Lecture) |
Dr Mathis Wackernagel, President, Global Footprint Network, delivers the 2014 Hoffmann Lecture. |
Mathis Wackernagel, André Hoffmann, Nick Rawlins |
1 April, 2014 |
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| Promoting Interdisciplinary Engagement in the Digital Humanities |
Poetry Visualisation on the Web |
Alfie presents an example of how existing web tools can be used to create a visualization application for poetry. |
Alfie Abdul-Rahman |
1 April, 2014 |
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| Promoting Interdisciplinary Engagement in the Digital Humanities |
Crowdsourcing Community Collections: The Oxford Community Collection Model |
In this presentation Kate Lindsay introduces the Oxford Community Collection Model, part of the Community Collections and Crowdsourcing Service based at the University of Oxford. |
Kate Lindsay |
1 April, 2014 |
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| Promoting Interdisciplinary Engagement in the Digital Humanities |
Launch of Crowd Map The Crusades |
Pat presents Crowd Map The Crusades, a proof-of-concept transcription and mapping project, which is affiliated with the ‘Promoting Interdisciplinary Engagment in the Digital Humanities’ (dhAHRC) project and hosted at www.dhcrowdscribe.com. |
Patrick Lockley |
1 April, 2014 |
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| Public International Law Discussion Group (Part I) and Annual Global Justice Lectures |
Are Arbitrators Political? |
Dr M Waibel, University of Cambridge |
Michael Waibel |
1 April, 2014 |
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| Public International Law Discussion Group (Part I) and Annual Global Justice Lectures |
Trashed, or treasured? Which will be the fate of international dispute resolution? |
The Honorable Charles N Brower, 20 Essex Street |
Charles N Brower |
1 April, 2014 |
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| Changing Character of War |
Remembering War |
Marking the anniversary of the first world war, Professor Cecile Fabre considers why we remember war, |
Cecile Fabre |
1 April, 2014 |
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| Changing Character of War |
Enemy Within: Underlying Flaws in Policy-Making on Afghanistan |
Matt Waldman considers what went wrong in policy-making on Afghanistan |
Matt Waldman |
1 April, 2014 |
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| Changing Character of War |
How the Syrian Regime Sells its War at Home |
Drawing his own experience of working as a journalist in Syria, Stephen Starr reports on the war in Syria and how the current regime presents the war to the people of Syria. |
Stephen Starr |
1 April, 2014 |
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| Changing Character of War |
The Prosecution of Rape in Wartime: Evidence from 1950s Kenya |
Julianne Weis draws on historical data to consider the prosecution of rape in wartime. |
Julianne Weis |
1 April, 2014 |
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| Changing Character of War |
An Uncommon Point of View: Military Diplomacy in an Active Theatre |
Brigadier Matthew Overton draws on his own professional experience to discuss the role of diplomacy in active conflict. |
Matthew Overton |
1 April, 2014 |
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| Changing Character of War |
Generals, Politicians and Mandarins: the Malfunctioning Political-Military Relationship in Britain |
Drawing on his 2013 report, James de Waal discusses civil-military relations in Britain following the conflicts in recent years and considers what lessons could be learnt. |
James de Waal |
1 April, 2014 |
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| Changing Character of War |
Religious and Nationalist Motivations in Insurgency: Evidence from the Caucasus |
Professor Monica Toft explores religious motivations in insurgency. |
Monica Toft |
1 April, 2014 |
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| Changing Character of War |
Post-COIN : The Future of Conventional Warfare |
Lt Col Alexandre Vautravers, Associate Professor at Webster University looks at the future of armed conflict and the role of conventional forces, post-COIN. |
Alexandre Vautravers |
1 April, 2014 |
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| Changing Character of War |
Planning Future War |
The Director of CCW outlines the future of armed conflict and how we should be preparing for it. |
Rob Johnson |
1 April, 2014 |
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| Changing Character of War |
Searching for Reflective Armed Forces: A Lithuanian Civil-Military Relations Perspective |
CCW Visiting Fellow, Deividas Slekys analyses civil-military relations, using Lithuania as a case study. |
Deividas Slekys |
1 April, 2014 |
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| Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies |
Productive Motherhood: Women's Labour and Japan's Lowest-Low Fertility |
Professor Mary Brinton, Harvard University, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies Seminar Series |
Mary Brinton |
1 April, 2014 |
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| Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies |
The Geography of Ageing and Population Decline in Japan |
Professor Ralph Lützeler, University of Bonn, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies Seminar Series |
Ralph Lützeler |
1 April, 2014 |
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| Border Criminologies |
Women’s experiences of detention |
Sarah Campbell (Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID), UK) |
Sarah Campbell |
31 March, 2014 |
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| Border Criminologies |
Time, space, and trust: Some methodological challenges of researching immigration detention |
Sarah Turnbull (University of Oxford, UK) |
Sarah Turnbull |
31 March, 2014 |
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| Border Criminologies |
Prisons as places to negotiate ‘illegality’ |
Steven De Ridder (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) |
Steven De Ridder |
31 March, 2014 |
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| Border Criminologies |
A prison that isn't a prison: Globalization, mobility control, and state power |
Thomas Ugelvik (University of Oslo, Norway) |
Thomas Ugelvik |
31 March, 2014 |
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| Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies |
Declining Fertility Rates in Japan and Other Low Fertility Nations: Can We Diagnose and Cure this 'Disease'? |
Leonard Schoppa, Professor of Politics, University of Virginia, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies Seminar Series. |
Leonard Schoppa |
31 March, 2014 |
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| Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies |
The Political Arena of Low Fertility - Comparing Japan and Germany |
Professor Axel Klein gives a talk for the Nissan Centre for Japanese Studies Seminar Series. |
Axel Klein |
31 March, 2014 |
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| School of Geography and the Environment Podcasts |
Water Lives: forging a science-policy interface |
Exploring the interface between science and policy-making at Water Lives - a science-policy symposium for Freshwater life in Brussels, January 2014. Listen to find out what every scientist should know about policy-making. |
Paul Jepson, Helen Scales |
31 March, 2014 |
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| Border Criminologies |
Trajectories and identities of foreign national women: Rethinking prison through the lens of gender and citizenship |
Raquel Matos (Catolica University) |
Raquel Matos |
31 March, 2014 |
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| Border Criminologies |
The neocolonial prison and the ‘mark’ of whiteness in current Argentina: Race, gender and chronopolitics in media accounts of incarcerated immigrant population |
Victoria Pereyra (Warwick University) |
Victoria Pereyra |
31 March, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 Flight to the cities |
The conditions from which most crisis migrants have fled — threats to life, health, physical safety and/or subsistence — are likely to be reproduced in some form in their urban destinations, at least in part due to their presence there. |
Patricia Weiss Fagen |
28 March, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 Foreword on migrants in crisis |
When it comes to protecting migrants' well-being and rights, smart practices abound. There are many practices that can and should become global standards. |
Peter D Sutherland |
28 March, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 Illegal migration in the Indian Sunderbans |
It is expected that due to sea-level rises in the future many millions of Bangladeshis will flee to India, exacerbating further the ongoing disputes between India and Bangladesh. |
Sahana Bose |
28 March, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 Lessons from the development of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement |
The Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement filled a major gap in the international protection system for uprooted people. |
Roberta Cohen |
28 March, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 From the Editors |
From the editors. |
Marion Couldrey, Maurice Herson |
28 March, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 Migrants on offshore islands of Bangladesh |
Riverbank erosion and the consequent formation of new islands in the Bay of Bengal cause frequent changes in the shape and size of the delta, forcing the inhabitants to migrate frequently. |
Rezwan Siddiqui |
28 March, 2014 |
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| Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 The concept of crisis migration |
Crisis migration needs to be understood in terms of 'tipping points', which are triggered not just by events but also by underlying structural processes. |
Jane McAdam |
28 March, 2014 |
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