The Trump Administration and International Law
Join Professor Harold Koh for a discussion of his new book, The Trump Administration and International Law.
The event will be chaired by Dapo Akande, Professor of Public International Law and Co-Director of the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict.
Shaheed Fatima QC will be a discussant.
The event will be chaired by Dapo Akande, Professor of Public International Law and Co-Director of the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict.
Shaheed Fatima QC will be a discussant.
Productivity takes Leave? Examining the Causes and Impact of Maternity Leave Policies on Academic Careers
Motherhood and professional advancements often conflict. Studies of female academics highlight gender disparities in senior ranks. One explanation for this inequality is unequal caregiving responsibilities borne by women, particularly early in their children’s lives. This project asks whether differential maternity leave provisions across 160 UK higher education institutions exacerbate differentials in the productivity, career paths and job satisfaction of female academics. Research on maternity benefits usually is confined to case studies of a few universities or is discipline specific.
The Nation-State bill and the meaning of Israel’s Jewish identity
Introducing the Changing Character of Conflict Platform Project: New approach to quantitative analysis of protracted conflicts
The interdisciplinary project aims to create a knowledge-based platform for academics, practitioners, policy-makers and the wider public to understand the changing character of conflicts across different epistemologies and methodologies. While we might not be able to stop some conflicts, we may well be able to prevent a drastic increase in casualties or erosion of social fabric if we understand the main patterns of organized violence.
Why Quantum Computing Will Not Destabilize International Security: The Political Logic of Cryptology
The implications of quantum information technology for cybersecurity and strategic stability seem worrisome. In theory, an adversary with a quantum computer could defeat the asymmetric encryption protocols that underwrite internet security, while an adversary using quantum communications guaranteed secure by the laws of physics could deny intelligence warning of surprise attack.
Workshop “Does the future of the European Union depend on differentiation? The sources and effects of the logic of differentiation”
Programme
8.15 | Welcome of participants
8.30-45 | Introduction
8.45-12 | I. SOURCES OF DIFFERENTIATION [at the Maison française d’Oxford]
Chair: Petar MARKOVIC, Free University of Brussels & LUISS
Discussant: Prof. Florence DELMOTTE, University of Saint-Louis, Brussels
8.45-10.15 | Panel 1. Sources of differentiation and (im)migration policies
Dr Cristina BLANCO SIO-LOPEZ, University of Oxford (St Antony’s College)
8.15 | Welcome of participants
8.30-45 | Introduction
8.45-12 | I. SOURCES OF DIFFERENTIATION [at the Maison française d’Oxford]
Chair: Petar MARKOVIC, Free University of Brussels & LUISS
Discussant: Prof. Florence DELMOTTE, University of Saint-Louis, Brussels
8.45-10.15 | Panel 1. Sources of differentiation and (im)migration policies
Dr Cristina BLANCO SIO-LOPEZ, University of Oxford (St Antony’s College)
Greek Diaspora Conference: Homeland‒diaspora relations in flux
Greece's long drawn out economic crisis is by now an indisputably pivotal event in the country's history and as such, it cannot but redefine the nature and role of Greece's diaspora. The modern Greek state was constructed by and for a trans-territorial national community and since its establishment the proclaimed aim of its diaspora policy has been the strengthening of ties between the Greek national centre and Greeks abroad.
Why We Fight
The Changing Character of War's Conflict Platform team is delighted to host Mike Martin for a seminar on ‘Why We Fight’, drawing on his recently published book of the same name.
When we go to war, morality, religion and ideology often take the blame. Mike argues that the opposite is true: rather than driving violence, these things help to reduce it. While we resort to ideas and values to justify or interpret warfare, something else is really propelling us towards conflict: our subconscious desires, shaped by millions of years of evolution.
When we go to war, morality, religion and ideology often take the blame. Mike argues that the opposite is true: rather than driving violence, these things help to reduce it. While we resort to ideas and values to justify or interpret warfare, something else is really propelling us towards conflict: our subconscious desires, shaped by millions of years of evolution.