Lobito-Bound: the high-stakes story of Africa’s next geopolitical frontier

The ‘Lobito Corridor’ is a daring plan to put Africa at the heart of the global economy and tilt the global geopolitical equilibrium. By investing billions in Africa’s roads and railways, the United States hopes to challenge China’s dominance on the continent, secure the resources needed for a high-tech future and unlock potentially trillions of dollars of fresh GDP.

But is it too late? Has the West been left behind in Africa? And what do local people feel about the economic battle intensifying around them?

From Surviving to Thriving: A New Vision for Global Development

Professor Khwaja will share ideas on a new vision for global development that moves from a traditional poverty based lens to one that seeks to maximize each individual’s innate potential. Together with colleagues at the Harvard Center for International Development, this reimagining seeks to build a thriving world for all and not simply a surviving world for some. By reframing development as a co-investment in people’s potential, the talk will explore how to unlock trillions in global GDP growth and foster more inclusive, sustainable societies.

John Williams: A Composer's Life

On Wednesday, 26th November, the RAI will host author and historian, Tim Greiving, to discuss his new biography, John Williams: A Composer's Life. The talk will be moderated by the composer Daniel Pemberton.

Daniel Pemberton is an Ivor Novello Award and multi-BAFTA nominated composer. His film scores include 'Into the Spider-verse', 'Slow Horses', and 'The Materialists' among others.

Oxford Conservative Thought Reading Group (Week 5: Freedom and Markets)

The Oxford Conservative Thought (OCT) Reading Group is a non-partisan group devoted to academic exploration of small-c conservative political thought. We welcome, and actively encourage, viewpoint diversity and constructive engagement across ideological divides (all good-willed participants are welcome!)

Each week we read one assigned text, and we recommend more for anyone who is very keen!

Week 4 focuses on conservative views of freedom and markets, with a reading from Kevin Vallier

Find our reading list here:

—> https://bit.ly/OCTMT25

Maria Florencia Gayraud

I am a DPhil candidate in Politics at the University of Oxford, supported by Balliol College and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). My research examines why Latin American high courts differ in the extent to which they rule with a gender perspective, combining comparative judicial politics, gender and law, and computational text analysis with in-depth case studies. More broadly, I am interested in how new legal ideas related to gender equality emerge, circulate, and become institutionalised in judicial reasoning across Latin America.

Oxford Conservative Thought Reading Group (Week 4: Migration)

The Oxford Conservative Thought (OCT) Reading Group is a non-partisan group devoted to academic exploration of small-c conservative political thought. We welcome, and actively encourage, viewpoint diversity and constructive engagement across ideological divides (all good-willed participants are welcome!)

Each week we read one assigned text, and we recommend more for anyone who is very keen!

Week 4 focuses on conservative views of migration, with a reading from Eric Kaufmann.

Find our reading list here:

—> bit.ly/OCTMT25

The Anti-stigma Principle and Legal Protection from Fattism - hybrid event

‘Fattism' has been described as the last acceptable prejudice. Discrimination on the grounds of weight is experienced regularly by women and men in relation to employment as well as access to goods and services. As I show in this article, it can also be seen as a form of intersectional discrimination. Yet a legal remedy for weight discrimination exists in just a few countries.
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