A termly programme of academic seminars (either part of a series or special one-off events) - open to all; generally held on Tuesdays or Wednesdays in the Seminar Room of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Hayes House, 75 George Street, Oxford 0X1 2BQ.
The format: 30 minutes presentation followed by open discussion is designed to facilitate the exchange of ideas on a specific subject area.
To join our event e-database or to let us know if you are attending a seminar in a group of 5 or more, please email events [at] smithschool.ox.ac.uk.
Thursday 31 May 2012; 16:00.
SSEE Visiting Fellow, Dr Robert Burke, will look at the ways we can learn from the futures, in an upcoming seminar at the Smith School.
Seminar Summary: Essentially futures thinking and strategy development is about organisational and societal transformation. It involves an emphasis by individuals and organisations to think about the future and [...]
Dr Juan Añel (Research Fellow, SSEE) will host a seminar series in Trinity term 2012, on climate change risks.
Speakers will include: Professor Ricardo Garcia Herrera (Professor of Atmospheric Physics at the Department of Earth Physics II, in the Complutense University in Madrid) and Dr Valery Masson (Senior Scientist from MeteoFrance, Toulouse).
All seminars are open to all and [...]
Wednesday 23 May 2012; 16:00.
Upcoming Smith School Visiting Fellow, Professor Laszlo Zsolnai, will be talking about ecological sustainability.
Seminar Summary: Ecological sustainability cannot be achieved via the competitiveness-oriented business model which promotes self-interest and measures success in monetary terms only. The collaborative business model fits better in ecological sustainability. In this new model, economic agents aim to [...]
Wednesday 30 May 2012; 16:00.
Smith School Visiting Fellow, Professor Stephen Gardiner, will be giving a talk here at the Smith School in May.
Speaker Biography: Stephen M. Gardiner is Professor of Philosophy and Ben Rabinowitz Professor of Human Dimensions of the Environment at the University of Washington, Seattle. His main areas of interest are ethical theory, [...]
This year’s Environmental Law Discussion Group series, co-hosted by the Faculty of Law, will take place across both Hilary and Trinity terms 2012.
Please rsvp to dhvani.mehta [at] magd.ox.ac.uk if you would like to attend.
All seminars will be held at SSEE, Hayes House, 75 George Street, Oxford, OX1 2BQ. Please arrive ten minutes ahead of the [...]
The Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment and UBS are delighted to announce the “Smith in the City” evening seminar series.
The series will profile leading thinkers from around the globe looking at some of the major issues and challenges facing the world’s economies and people.
The series launched on Wednesday 22nd February, 2012, when Professor Charles [...]
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