We examined who feels economically insecure in Britain – and why – to directly explore the relationship between economic insecurity, security and vote choice. This is useful because using income or social class to analyse people’s economic circumstances misses a picture of economic insecurity and security over the age distribution.

In this event, Financial Times columnist Simon Kuper traces how the rarefied and privileged atmosphere of Britain’s oldest university - and the friendships and worldviews it created – has shaped the nation and helped make Brexit.

St Anne's College, the University of Oxford and GiveOut are delighted to announce that the second Michael Dillon LGBT+ Lecture will be given by Lord Browne of Madingley, the most senior British businessperson to have come out as LGBT+.

The lecture will take place on Friday 17 June in the Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre in St Anne's College, University of Oxford, from 17:00 and will be followed by a drinks reception.

The Colorado River and the Nile River are both undergoing dramatic transformations. Throughout the last century and continuing today, major infrastructure developments have played a pivotal role in shaping the regional economies, livelihoods and environmental conditions of these two critical transboundary river systems. Our growing dependencies on these finite renewable resources are driven by population growth and economic expansion, but are being increasingly challenged by water scarcity that is partly driven by climate change.

Discussed by Edward Higgs, Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, and Jonny Steinberg.

A two round-tables event chaired by Ricardo Soares de Oliveira and Miles Larmer.

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