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.

Find out everything you need to know about visas for working in the UK after your studies.

We will be covering the Graduate Route details (allowing graduates to stay in the UK for 2 years or 3 years if you're undertaking a PhD).

Details on the Skilled worker visa (for those hoping to stay longer term and secure permanent roles)

information on other visa types specific to individual situations will also be included.

Careers Adviser Abby Evans, will be joined by expert advisers from the Oxford Student Immigration office.

This lecture and Q&A session will discuss emerging strategies for managing so-called overshoot, or the breaching of the 1.5– and quite possibly also 2–degree targets. Political ruling classes have largely accepted such global warming as fait accompli. So what are we supposed to do when temperatures exceed these critical thresholds? Three potential strategies are on offer: adaptation to cope with the disasters, carbon dioxide removal to bring the CO2 concentrations back down, and solar geo-engineering to shave off the peak of the heat.

Political science literature has documented that the electoral behavior of voters with opposing preferences across dimensions (i.e., culturally progressive and economically conservative, or viceversa) is highly dependent on the importance they attach to each dimension. This study aims to expand our knowledge of this phenomenon in two ways.

In How to Blow Up a Pipeline? (2020) Andreas Malm argues that economic sabotage is an effective form of climate activism that is woefully under-utilised in contemporary climate movements. This seminar, which will take the form of a moderated discussion with Malm himself, aims to build on this work, and critically asses the moral dimensions of ecotage, asking questions like: Who is liable to having their property sabotaged? When is ecotage too risky? Who, if anyone, has a duty to do ecotage? How should governments respond to ecotage?

Are you thinking about a career in International Development, but don't know much about the sector? If so, this session could be for you. In this introductory session we will be discussing how the sector is structured, different types of roles and how to find jobs and work experience opportunities.

Shaharzad Akbar in conversation with Shazia Choudhry.
The strongest civil resistance to the drastic attacks on human rights and women’s rights in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover in August 2021 comes from the Afghan women’s rights communities, internally and in exile. Shaharzad and Shazia will reflect on the struggle for women’s rights over the past two decades and the dilemmas for Afghan activists now.