Outer space exploration has been an area where the international community has demonstrated a considerable level of co-operation, successfully transcending geographical, national and cultural boundaries. In the age of global governance, international co-operation has never been more important in resolving today’s global challenges.

Reuters Institute / Nuffield College Media & Politics seminars
The following seminars will be given at 5pm on Fridays, normally in the Butler Room, Nuffield College.
Convenors: Meera Selva, David Levy, Andrew Dilnot

Herman Salton, DPIR alumnus and Associate Professor of PPE, Asian University for Women, Bangladesh, will be discussing his award-winning book, ‘Dangerous Diplomacy: Bureaucracy, Power Politics, and the Role of the UN Secretariat in Rwanda', recently published by OUP. The event will be chaired by Neil MacFarlane, Lester B Pearson Professor of International Relations and Fellow at St Anne's College, Oxford. A drinks reception will follow.

31 May 2018 (9:00-17:00) - 1 June 2018 (9:00-17:00)

In Trinity term Nuffield College will host a symposium on Cécile Laborde’s recent book Liberalism’s Religion, which came out with Harvard University Press in September. The book offers an account of the extent to which secularism is a requirement of liberal legitimacy, asks whether religion should receive special treatment in the liberal state, and revisits the concept of religion at the heart of contemporary western liberal philosophy.

Confirmed speakers include:

Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism”
The following seminars will be given at 2pm on Wednesdays, normally in the E.P. Abraham Lecture Theatre, Green Templeton College.
Convenor: Meera Selva

Professor Miguel Beltrán de Felipe speaks at the European Studies Centre, St Antony's College, on "Myths and Realities of Secessionisms: A Constitutional Approach to the Catalonian Crisis."

Digital technology plays a vital role in modern life. The firms of Silicon Valley have built vast revenue streams through offering services which are intangible, but which can, thanks to the internet, scale rapidly. Digital technology moves fast, and it sometimes feels like society cannot keep up. We worry that our elections have been influenced by bad actors, that the information we receive is filtered through systems that do more harm than good. Machine learning allows complex algorithms to be developed and deployed faster than ever.