The South-West Indian Ocean region is one of the world’s most vulnerable regions to climate change, facing high tropical cyclones, floods, and drought risks, among others. Serving as the World Bank Country Director for Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles since 2020, Idah Pswarayi-Riddihough brings a unique perspective and hands-on experience on supporting these countries in preparing for and responding to disasters small and large.

Five years on from the UK officially withdrawing from the EU, we try and separate the facts from the noise about what Brexit has meant for the UK, and ahead to what a post-Brexit economy and country mean under a new Labour government. Join our expert panel chaired by Professor Anand Menon, Director of UK in a Changing Europe, with the Institute for Government’s Director, Hannah White, and Paul Johnson, Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

The Oxford Taiwan Studies Programme invites you to the Annual Oxford Taiwan Studies Conference 2024 at St Antony's College, University of Oxford. Join us to explore the implications of this pivotal election year worldwide for Taiwan and the geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific region.

China Centre Talk + Taiwan Studies Seminar

China studies have long drawn inspiration from many disciplinary studies, such as those in sociology, anthropology and political sciences. Criminological research on China has started to take shape over the past two to three decades. So far, theories and concepts from criminology have rarely found their places in the field of China studies.

Jonathan Edwards and the Spiders: Tracing the Ecological in Early American Environmental Thought (Sheila Byers):

Over the last decade, election campaigns in India have undergone a dramatic shift. Political parties increasingly rely on political consulting firms, social media volunteers, pollsters, data-driven insights and hashtag wars to mobilise voters. What is driving these changes in the landscape of electioneering? The Backstage of Democracy takes readers to the hidden arena of strategising and deliberations that take place between politicians and a new cabal of political professionals as they organise election campaigns in India.

Following the rise of social networks and the spread of dis-information and misinformation on social media, political scientists, social psychologists, and media scholars have proposed and studied several instruments to slow down propagation of false news.

We are very excited to be hosting Admiral Stuart Munsch on Current Conflicts' Effects on Future Warfare. The talk will take place on Tuesday, November 26th in the Old Library at All Souls College at 8:30pm. As always, there will be a drinks reception prior to the event, starting at 8pm.