Luba Kassova, co-founder and director of the international audience strategy consultancy AKAS (Addy Kassova Audience Strategy Ltd), will speak about her recent report on the missing perspectives of women in the coverage of the pandemic, commissioned by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Turkey is required to hold presidential and parliamentary elections no later than June 2023. Barring any unexpected developments, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan could very well remain in office. As the country’s longest serving leader, Erdogan has cast a long shadow on the country’s economic, social and political development. Until 2010, Erdogan was exemplified as a transformational leader who significantly raised per-capita incomes, placing Turkey on the path to full accession to the European Union (EU) and a “model” country for regional powers emerging out of the Arab uprisings.

The 21st century has undoubtedly been marked by periods of upheaval and disjunction. Examples include the global COVID-19 pandemic, the revitalising of Black Lives Matter by the US murder of George Floyd by a policeman, the Russian war against Ukraine, the murder of Sarah Everard by a UK policeman and the accession of King Charles.

With the conclusion of the 20th National Party Congress in China and the selection of a new Politburo Standing Committee, President Xi Jinping has broken traditions to begin an unprecedented third term in power. What does this mean for China's future, and what are its implications to great power conflicts and to the security and prosperity of the World? The Oxford Political Review is excited to invite Cindy Yu, presenter of the Spectator's Chinese Whispers podcast and Prof. Rosemary Foot, research fellow at Oxford and an expert on Chinese foreign policy, to unpack what all this means.

Inclusion is an important yet undervalued part of an equitable energy transition. It is vital in order to build truly sustainable and climate-compatible energy systems. In this session, we will look at inclusivity in energy transitions through the lens of different demographic groups including gender, disability, age, and class. Centering Global South perspectives, we will investigate how accounting for the needs of diverse groups in decision-making can have a positive effect on energy-enabled growth.