Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR)

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Title	Description	People	Date
Arctic War or Arctic Peace?	Are international relations in the Arctic really that different from those in other regions – and if so, why?	Michael Byers	1 September, 2015
Power and Order, Peace and War: lessons for Asia from 1914-1918	How might a new regional order in Asia look, and how could it be built?	Hugh White	1 September, 2015
'The Resurgence of Identity Politics' Session 4: Keynote Presentation	The launch of the tenth edition of St Antony’s International Review includes panels and presentations on the theme of the resurgence of identity politics.	Craig Calhoun, Katharine Brooks	1 September, 2015
'The Resurgence of Identity Politics' Session 3: The Role of Identity in International and Regional Relations	The launch of the tenth edition of St Antony’s International Review includes panels and presentations on the theme of the resurgence of identity politics.	Bettina Schorr, Erika Harris, Emily Tamkin, Kalypso Nicolaidis, Gwendolyn Sasse	1 September, 2015
'The Resurgence of Identity Politics' Session 2: The Devoted Actor: Pancultural Foundations of Intractable Conflict	The launch of the tenth edition of St Antony’s International Review includes panels and presentations on the theme of the resurgence of identity politics.	Scott Atran, Kalypso Nicolaidis	1 September, 2015
'The Resurgence of Identity Politics' Session 1: Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict and New Political Identities	The launch of the tenth edition of St Antony’s International Review includes panels and presentations on the theme of the resurgence of identity politics.	Aurelien Mondon, Jonathan Leader Maynard, Alexander Betts, Katharine Brooks	1 September, 2015
Innovators in Digital News Panel Discussion	Lucy Küng (RISJ) presented key findings followed by a panel discussion including; Aron Pilhofer (Executive Editor of Digital, the Guardian); James Lamont (Managing Editor, Financial Times) and Kevin Sutcliffe (Head of News Programming EU, VICE News)	Lucy Küng, Aron Pilhofer, James Lamont, Kevin Sutcliffe	5 August, 2015
Cross-border journalism – a new method of collaborative reporting	A Reuters podcast given by Brigitte Alfter, journalist, lecturer and author of handbook on cross-border journalism.	Brigette Alfter	12 June, 2015
How to make serious magazine journalism pay	Bronwen Maddox (editor, Prospect magazine) delivers a talk for the Reuters Institute Business and Practice of Journalism seminar series.	Bronwen Maddox	4 June, 2015
Making News for Young Adults?	A Reuters podcast given by by Anna Doble, assistant editor, Newsbeat, BBC Radio 1.	Anna Doble	28 May, 2015
News in the digital age, and how The Economist fits in	Tom Standage – Digital Editor, The Economist, spoke at the Business and Practice of Journalism seminar on Wednesday 7 May 2014.	Tom Standage	21 May, 2015
The battle for authenticity- the future of news, current affairs and documentary	Kevin Sutcliffe, Head of News Programmes for Europe, Vice News, gives a talk for the Reuters Seminar Series.	Kevin Sutcliffe	14 May, 2015
The spread of news in the age of social media	RISJ seminar by Jonathan Bright, research fellow, Oxford Internet Institute.	Jonathan Bright	8 May, 2015
New publishing models for a modern world: a legacy brand re-invents itself	Reuters Institute Business and Practice of Journalism seminar by Laurie Benson, Chief Executive of Upnexxt. We apologise for the interference in this recording.	Laurie Benson	7 May, 2015
Causes and Consequences of Growing Inequality - and what can be done about it	Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz discusses the growing levels of inequality in societies like the United States and Britain, why inequality is a problem, and how the levels of inequality can be reduced.	Joseph Stiglitz, Ngaire Woods, Andrew Hamilton	2 April, 2015
Creativity and Change in public service broadcasting - managing the tough times	Helen Boaden (Director, Radio, BBC) gives a talk for the Reuters Institute.	Helen Boaden	12 March, 2015
Environmental journalism and sustainable development in China	Dr Sam Geall, University of Sussex and author of China and the Environment: The Green Revolution, gives a talk for the Reuters seminar series	Sam Geall	26 February, 2015
The Future of Television News	Richard Sambrook, Former Visiting Fellow, gives a talk on what's next for news on television.	Richard Sambrook	19 February, 2015
Innovation in News Media - a look at the latest innovations shaping the future of news	A seminar given by Juan Señor, a former visiting fellow for the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism.	Juan Seńor	19 February, 2015
A little piracy can be a good thing: what the press can learn from Hollywood	Tom Thomson will begin by giving the context on the Scottish media landscape, followed by Grant Gibson speaking about digital strategies and paywalls.	Tom Thomson, Grant Gibson	12 February, 2015
The top five dilemmas of news aggregation	Andrew Jack, Editor at FirstFT, head of aggregation/chief curator, gives a talk for the Reuters Institute seminar series on 4th February 2015.	Andrew Jack	9 February, 2015
Answers to questions in 'Causes and Consequences of Growing Inequality...'	Joseph Stiglitz answers questions from the The Fourth Annual Oxford Fulbright Distinguished Lecture On International Relations.	Joseph Stiglitz	2 February, 2015
Reporting the Unreported	Timothy Large, director of journalism and media training, Thomson Reuters Foundation gives a talk for the Reuters Seminar Series.	Timothy Large	27 January, 2015
Reporting the Unreported	Belinda Goldsmith, editor in chief, Thomson Reuters Foundation, gives a talk for the Reuters Seminar Series.	Belinda Goldsmith	27 January, 2015
Silicon Valley and Journalism: Make up or Break up?: Reuters Memorial Lecture 2014	Emily Bell, Director at the TOW Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia Journalism School, today delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture 2014 for the Reuters Institute in Oxford.	Emily Bell, Tim Gardam, Alun Rusbridger, Vivian Schiller, Madhav Chinnappa, Chris Patten	10 December, 2014
Snowden and the debate on surveillance versus privacy	Ewen MacAskill, defence and security correspondent, the Guardian, gives a talk for the Reuters Institute seminar series.	Ewen Macaskill	4 December, 2014
What are the needs and challenges for data visualisation? - Media Perspective part two	Alan Smith, Principal Methodologist, Data Visualisation at Office for National Statistics, gives a talk for the Reuters Institute seminar series.	Alan Smith	18 November, 2014
What are the needs and challenges for data visualisation? - Media Perspective part one	Claire Miller, Senior Data Journalist, Trinity Mirror Regionals, gives a talk for the Reuters Institute seminar series.	Claire Miller	18 November, 2014
What are the needs and challenges for data visualisation? - Civil society perspective	Aleks Collingwood, Programme Manager, Statistics and Quantitative Specialist, Joseph Rowntree Foundation gives a talk for the Reuters Institute seminar series	Aleks Collingwood	18 November, 2014
What are the needs and challenges for data visualisation? - Policy/government perspective	Chris Hemingway, Head of Analytics, Fraud, Error and Debt Programme, Cabinet Office gives part one of a talk for the Reuters Institute seminar series.	Chris Hemingway	18 November, 2014
Visual journalism at the BBC - where the web meets TV	Amanda Farnsworth, editor, Visual Journalism for the BBC, gives a talk for the Reuters Institute seminar series	Amanda Farnsworth	18 November, 2014
Has European Integration Reached the End of the Road? - 2014 Cyril Foster Lecture	Professor Loukas Tsoukalis, Professor of European Integration at the University of Athens, gives the 2014 Cyril Foster Lecture.	Loukas Tsoukalis	17 November, 2014
How New Media Became Now Media	Carla Buzasi, founding editor of The Huffington Post UK, and current Global Chief Content Officer at trend forecasters WGSN gives a talk for RISJ.	Carla Buzasi	11 November, 2014
The Fixed-term Parliaments Act: Quiet Revolution or mere Technical Detail?	Prof. John Curtice discusses the implications of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act. Is it merely a technical detail of little consequence - or does it represent a quiet constitutional revolution?	John Curtice, Petra Schleiter	3 November, 2014
Gatekeepers no More: Public Relations gets the better of journalism in the digital age	John Lloyd, (senior research fellow at the Reuters Institute), gives a talk for the Reuters Institute seminar series	John Lloyd	3 November, 2014
How journalism faces a second wave of disruption from technology and changing audience behaviour	Nic Newman (former Future Media Controller, BBC and RISJ Research Associate) gives a talk for the Reuters Institute seminar series.	Nic Newman	3 November, 2014
China and the Future of Global Governance	Dr Katherine Morton (Australian National University) discusses China and the future of global governance, with particular emphasis on the areas of food security and the maritime commons.	Katherine Morton, Rosemary Foot	29 October, 2014
Data visualisation and the fourth technological revolution?	Professor Luciano Floridi, Director of Research, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the Data Visualisation Conference, 20 June 2014.	Luciano Floridi	29 October, 2014
Reporting the EU: News, Media and the European Institutions launch event at ECFR	Launch event of the Reuters Institute new report 'Reporting the EU'.	Sara Hobolt, John Lloyd, Cristina Marconi, Hans Kundnani	28 October, 2014
Humanitarian Access in 21st Century Armed Conflict: Legal and Practical Lessons from Syria	A discussion of the international law on humanitarian access with a focus on the legal and practical implications of the ongoing civil war in Syria.	Emanuela Gillard, Ruvi Ziegler, Janina Dill	27 October, 2014
The Unfinished Media Revolution	Dr Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Reuters Institute, gives a talk for the Reuters Institute	Rasmus Kleis Nielsen	22 October, 2014
The New Terrain of International Law: Courts, Politics, Rights	Karen Alter (Northwestern University) discusses her new book 'The New Terrain of International Law: Courts, Politics, Rights'.	Karen Alter, Kalypso Nicolaidis	11 June, 2014
Conflicts and Post-Conflicts Dynamics (DRC and Rwanda): Occult Beliefs versus Modern Politics, Truth versus Justice and Justice versus Peace	Alex Ntung provides insight into the significance of occult beliefs in the construction of modern political ideologies	Alex Ntung, Kalypso Nicolaidis	11 June, 2014
Responding to Conflict in Africa: the United Nations and Regional Organizations	Dr Jane Boulden discusses the different ways in which United Nations and Regional Organizations will respond to conflict in Africa.	Jane Boulden, Kalypso Nicolaidis	11 June, 2014
Explaining the Rise of Diaspora Institutions	Alan Gamlen talks about how formal offices of state dedicated to emigrants and their descendants have been largely overlooked in mainstream political studies.	Alan Gamlen, Robin Cohen, Kalypso Nicolaidis	11 June, 2014
From Pictures to Policy. Reporting Famine and Other Disasters	Professor Suzanne Franks, City University London, gives a talk for the Reuters seminar series	Suzanne Franks	11 June, 2014
Causes and Consequences of Growing Inequality - and what can be done about it	Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz discusses the growing levels of inequality in societies like the United States and Britain, why inequality is a problem, and how the levels of inequality can be reduced.	Joseph Stiglitz, Ngaire Woods, Andrew Hamilton	6 June, 2014
Syria – what chance of a free media?	Armand Hurault, the director of public relations for the Syrian Association of Free Media (ASML - Association de Soutien aux Medias Libres) gives a talk for the Reuters seminar series	Armand Hurault	4 June, 2014
The intelligence agencies and their relations with the media	Paul Lashmar, Brunel University, gives a talk for the Reuters Institute seminar series	Paul Lashmar	21 May, 2014
Innovation in Legacy Media - The Challenge for Leaders	Professor Lucy Keung, Jonkoping University, gives a talk for the Reuters Institute seminar series	Lucy Keung	19 May, 2014
News in the digital age, and how The Economist fits in	Tom Standage, media correspondent, The Economist, gives a talk for the Reuters Institute of Journalism seminar series	Tom Standage	19 May, 2014
A celebration and critical evaluation of the work of Mark Philp: Roundtable	Speakers from this day event join in discussion with Mark Philp himself about some of the issues raised throughout the day.	Mark Philp, John Dunn, Joanna Innes, Jon Mee, David Hine, Oscar Cox Jensen, Elizabeth Frazer	16 May, 2014
Comparative paths in democratisation	Presenter Tom Cutterham (Oxford) and discussant Joanna Innes (Oxford) look at Mark Philp's work focusing on comparative paths in democratisation.	Tom Cutterham, Joanna Innes, Elizabeth Frazer	16 May, 2014
Political conduct and political corruption	Presenter Ed Hall (LSE) and discussant David Hine (Oxford) look at Mark Philp's work focusing on political conduct and political corruption.	Ed Hall, David Hine, Elizabeth Frazer	16 May, 2014
The 1790s and after	Presenter Oscar Cox Jensen (KCL) and discussant Jon Mee (York) look at Mark Philp's work focusing on the 1790s and after	Oscar Cox Jensen, Jon Mee, Elizabeth Frazer	16 May, 2014
Introduction to the work of Mark Philp	John Dunn (Cambridge) gives a broad overview of the work and legacy of Mark Philp.	John Dunn, Elizabeth Frazer	16 May, 2014
Post-humanitarianism: Humanitarian communication beyond a politics of pity	Professor Lilie Chouliaraki, London School of Economics, gives a talk for the Reuters Seminar series	Lilie Chouliaraki	14 April, 2014
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Making Sense on Immigration	David Miller discusses the practical dilemmas of immigration policy.	David Miller, Stephen Whitefield	4 April, 2014
The FT’s digital strategy	James Lamont, Managing Editor, Financial Times, gives a talk for the Reuters Institute seminar series	James Lamont	17 March, 2014
Could PR be the saviour of Journalism?	Professor Anne Gregory, Leeds Metropolitan University, gives a talk for the Reuters Institute Seminar Series	Anne Gregory	3 March, 2014
How Mobile Phones are changing journalism practice in the 21st Century	Dr Adrian Hadland, Director of Journalism, University of Stirling gives a talk for the Reuters Institute seminar series	Adrian Hadland	15 February, 2014
Leaks, Snowden and the Guardian	Ewen Macaskill, Diplomatic Editor, the Guardian, gives a talk for the Reuters Institute of Journalism seminar series	Ewen Macaskill	11 February, 2014
Reporting Pakistan and specialist journalism	Owen Bennett-Jones,BBC presenter and journalist, gives a talk for the Reuters Institute Semianr Series	Owen Bennett-Jones	3 February, 2014
Communicating India's Soft Power: Buddha to Bollywood	Professor Daya Thussu, University of Westminster, London, gives a talk for the Reuters seminar series	Daya Thusso	3 February, 2014
The strengths and weaknesses of social media	Jamie Bartlett, Director, Centre for the Analysis of Social Media, Demos, gives a talk for the Reuters seminar series	Jamie Bartlett	9 December, 2013
Framing death - how journalists report the death of public figures	Keith Somerville, Lecturer at the School of Politics and International Relations, University of Kent, and editor of African Arguments, gives a talk for the RISJ seminar series	Keith Somerville	4 December, 2013
The Political Origins of Global Justice - Cyril Foster Lecture 2013	Against the background of the broader history of the idea of human rights, this lecture investigates when and why the contemporary field of "global justice" in philosophy and political theory was invented.	Andrew Hamilton, Louise Fawcett, samuel moyn	29 November, 2013
Responsible Journalism and National Security in the Age of Big Data part 5	John Micklethwait, Editor-in-Chief, The Economist, gives a short talk for the panel discussion on Journalism and National Security in the Age of Big Data	John Micklethwait	26 November, 2013
Responsible Journalism and National Security in the Age of Big Data part 4	Sylvie Kauffmann, Editorial Director, Le Monde, gives a short talk for the panel discussion on Journalism and National Security in the Age of Big Data	Sylvie Kauffmann	26 November, 2013
Responsible Journalism and National Security in the Age of Big Data part 3	Professor Michael Parks, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California , gives a short talk for the panel discussion on Journalism and National Security in the Age of Big Data	Michael Parks	26 November, 2013
Responsible Journalism and National Security in the Age of Big Data part 2	Iain Mathewson CMG, Associate Fellow, International Security, Chatham House, gives a short talk for the panel discussion on Journalism and National Security in the Age of Big Data	Iain Mathewson	26 November, 2013
Responsible Journalism and National Security in the Age of Big Data part 1	Chancellor of Oxford University, Lord Patten of Barnes, gives a short talk for the panel discussion on Journalism and National Security in the Age of Big Data	Chris Patten	26 November, 2013
A global standard for reporting conflict	Jake Lynch, Associate Professor at the University of Sydney, and Director of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, gives a talk for the RISJ seminar series.	Jake Lynch	22 November, 2013
A life in a treacherous journalistic environment	Alejandro Quesada, former director of El Comercio (in Lima), and president of the Inter-American Press Association (SIP) gives a talk for the RISJ seminar series.	Alejandro Quesada	20 November, 2013
Future media trends and changing audience behaviour	Nic Newman, former Future Media Controller, BBC and RISJ Research Asscociate, gives a talk for the Reuters Institute Seminar series.	Nic Newman	20 November, 2013
Political Journalism in Transition	This seminar marks the publication of a new Reuters Institute book, Political Journalism in Transition: Western Europe in a Comparative Perspective, which provides a comprehensive and comparative analysis of the state of political journalism today.	Raymond Kuhn, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, John Lloyd	14 November, 2013
Moscow is not Russia - reporting Russia's outback	Ben Judah, author of 'Fragile Empire: How Russia Fell In And Out Of Love with Vladimir Putin', gives a talk for the Reuters Schoolf of Journalism seminar series.	Ben Judah	6 November, 2013
The global citizens movement and the role of independent journalists	David Hoffman, Founder/President Emeritus, Internews gives a talk for the Reuters School of Journalism seminar series.	David Hoffman	29 October, 2013
Ten years that shook the media world [2013]	Rasmus Kleis Nielsen gives a talk for the Reuters seminar series.	Rasmus Kleis Nielsen	22 October, 2013
Moral Maze, Arijit Sen	Arijit Sen, CNN-IBN gives his opinion on the debates premise 'Journalism coarsens, simplifies and distorts politics (and the new journalism won't be any better)'. As part of the 30th Anniversary Reunion of the Journalism Fellow Programme.	Arijit Sen, Jean Seaton, Michael Parks, Paul Taylor, Nick Fraser, John Lloyd	19 September, 2013
Plenary panel debate: The Future of Journalism	Panel debate at the 30th Anniversary Reunion of the Journalism Fellow Programme.	Mark Thompson, Natalie Nougayrède, Peter Barron, John Stackhouse, Nic Newman	17 September, 2013
Paying the Piper: Rethinking the Economics of Newspaper Journalism	Reuters Memorial Lecture 2013 - by Mark Thompson, President and Chief Executive of the New York Times Company.	Mark Thompson, David Levy, John Lloyd	17 September, 2013
The Future of Journalism - Natalie Nougayrède (Le Monde)	Natalie Nougayrède, Executive Editor of Le Monde talks at the 30th Anniversary Reunion of the Journalism Fellow Programme.	Natalie Nougayrède	17 September, 2013
The Future of Journalism - Nic Newman (RISJ Research Associate)	Nic Newman, Digital Media Strategist and RISJ Research Associate, talks at the 30th Anniversary Reunion of the Journalism Fellow Programme.	Nic Newman	17 September, 2013
The Future of Journalism - John Stackhouse (Editor-in-chief, Globe and Mail, Toronto).	John Stackhouse, Editor-in-Chief of The Globe and Mail, Toronto, talking at the 30th Anniversary Reunion of the Journalism Fellow Programme.	John Stackhouse	17 September, 2013
The Future of Journalism - Peter Barron (Google)	Peter Barron, Peter Barron, Director of Communications and Public Affairs for EMEA, Google, talks at the 30th Anniversary Reunion of the Journalism Fellow Programme.	Peter Barron	17 September, 2013
What Obama's Elections Have Taught the Media - and the Rest of Us: RISJ/BBC Butler Lecture 2013	Larry J. Sabato, American political scientist and political analyst and Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, and director of its Center for Politics, gives the 2013 RISJ/BBC Butler lecture.	Larry J Sabato	27 August, 2013

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