Foundation for Law, Justice and Society |
Social Media and the Culture of Connectivity |
This lecture by Professor José van Dijck reflects on how social media have become normalized in everyday life. |
José van Dijck |
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The Isaiah Berlin Lecture |
Pluralism and Human Rights |
The 2014 Isaiah Berlin lecture was given by highly respected philosopher and crossbench peer, Baroness Onora O’Neill. The Lecture was introduced by the President of Wolfson College, Dame Hermione Lee. |
Onora O'Neill |
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Refugee Studies Centre |
Weapons of mass migration: forced displacement, coercion and foreign policy |
Public Seminar Series, Trinity term 2014. Seminar by Professor Kelly M. Greenhill (Tufts University). Recorded on 7 May 2014 at the Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford. |
Kelly M Greenhill |
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Oxford Physics Public Lectures |
Galaxies and the Intergalactic Medium |
10th Dennis Sciama Memorial Lecture by Prof. James Binney. |
James Binney |
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Public International Law Discussion Group (Part I) and Annual Global Justice Lectures |
The effect of investment treaty arbitration on WTO dispute settlement: Tobacco plain packaging disputes and beyond |
Dr Anastasios Gourgourinis, University of Athens - 1 May 2014 |
Anastasios Gourgourinis |
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Changing Character of War |
How to Educate a General |
Defining and delivering military education: Col (rtd) Dr Randall Wakelam draws on his historical research to look at what constitutes good military education and how it can be most effectively delivered. |
Randall Wakelam |
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Rothermere American Institute |
Kant's little East Prussian Head and Other Reasons why we Write |
Writer Claire Messud gives the Esmond Harmsworth Lecture in American Arts and Letters 2014 |
Claire Messud |
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Refugee Studies Centre |
Solidarity and responsibility-sharing for refugee protection in the EU’s Common European Asylum System |
Public Seminar Series Trinity term 2014. Madeline Garlick (Radboud University). Recorded on 14 May 2014 at the Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford. |
Madeline Garlick |
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Refugee Studies Centre |
RSC 2014 Conference: Refugee Voices: Panel 22 – Statelessness: the Rohingya |
RSC 2014 Conference: Refugee Voices. Lectures by Tun Khin; Amal de Chickera; Maung Zarni. Recorded on 25 March 2014 at St Anne's College, University of Oxford. |
Tun Khin, Amal de Chickera, Maung Zarni |
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Refugee Studies Centre |
RSC 2014 Conference: Refugee Voices: Panel 18 – Refugees from Syria |
RSC 2014 Conference: Refugee Voices. Lectures by Cathrine Thorleifsson; Dina Jane Kiwan; Ruba Al Akash and Karen Boswall; Veronica Ferreri. Recorded on 25 March 2014 at St Anne's College, University of Oxford. |
Cathrine Thorleifsson, Dina Jane Kiwan, Ruba Al Akash, Karen Boswall, Veronica Ferreri |
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Refugee Studies Centre |
RSC 2014 Conference: Refugee Voices: Panel 14 – Detention and deportation |
RSC 2014 Conference: Refugee Voices. Lectures by Louise Newman; Julian Caruana and Alexia Rossi; Devorah Wainer; and Mollie Gerver. Recorded on 25 March 2014 at St Anne's College, University of Oxford. |
Louise Newman, Julian Caruana, Alexia Rossi, Devorah Wainer, Mollie Gerver |
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Refugee Studies Centre |
RSC 2014 Conference: Refugee Voices: Opening plenary – In search of solutions: refugees are doing it for themselves |
RSC 2014 Conference: Refugee Voices. Lecture by Dr Jeff Crisp (Refugees International) with an introduction by Professor Dawn Chatty, Director of the RSC. Recorded on 24 March 2014 at St Anne's College, University of Oxford. |
Jeff Crisp |
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Uehiro Oxford Institute |
St Cross Seminar: "I wouldn’t have consented if I’d known that could happen": Consenting without Understanding |
Tom Walker discusses autonomy and informed consent to medical treatment |
Tom Walker |
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism |
Innovation in Legacy Media - The Challenge for Leaders |
Professor Lucy Keung, Jonkoping University, gives a talk for the Reuters Institute seminar series |
Lucy Keung |
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism |
News in the digital age, and how The Economist fits in |
Tom Standage, media correspondent, The Economist, gives a talk for the Reuters Institute of Journalism seminar series |
Tom Standage |
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Border Criminologies |
Excision, Exclusion and Exile: Australia's Refugee Policy and Responsibility Shifting in the Asia-Pacific |
Dr Michelle Foster, Melbourne Law School |
Michelle Foster |
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Politics and International Relations Podcasts |
The 1790s and after |
Presenter Oscar Cox Jensen (KCL) and discussant Jon Mee (York) look at Mark Philp's work focusing on the 1790s and after |
Oscar Cox Jensen, Jon Mee, Elizabeth Frazer |
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Politics and International Relations Podcasts |
A celebration and critical evaluation of the work of Mark Philp: Roundtable |
Speakers from this day event join in discussion with Mark Philp himself about some of the issues raised throughout the day. |
Mark Philp, John Dunn, Joanna Innes, Jon Mee, David Hine, Oscar Cox Jensen, Elizabeth Frazer |
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Politics and International Relations Podcasts |
Introduction to the work of Mark Philp |
John Dunn (Cambridge) gives a broad overview of the work and legacy of Mark Philp. |
John Dunn, Elizabeth Frazer |
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Politics and International Relations Podcasts |
Comparative paths in democratisation |
Presenter Tom Cutterham (Oxford) and discussant Joanna Innes (Oxford) look at Mark Philp's work focusing on comparative paths in democratisation. |
Tom Cutterham, Joanna Innes, Elizabeth Frazer |
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Politics and International Relations Podcasts |
Political conduct and political corruption |
Presenter Ed Hall (LSE) and discussant David Hine (Oxford) look at Mark Philp's work focusing on political conduct and political corruption. |
Ed Hall, David Hine, Elizabeth Frazer |
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Researchers at work in Bodleian archives and historic collections |
Ether and Wireless: an Old Medium into New Media |
Jaume Navarro (Byrne-Bussey Marconi Fellow, 2013) talks about the influence of the idea of the 'ether', an all-pervading substance, in the history of wireless communication. |
Jaume Navarro, Guglielmo Marconi |
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Reid's Critique of Hume |
Reid on Causation and Active Powers |
The fourth part of Professor Dan Robinson's series examining Reid's critique of David Hume. |
Dan Robinson |
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Reid's Critique of Hume |
Hume’s “Sentimentalist” Theory of Morals |
The seventh part of Professor Dan Robinson's series on Reid's critique of David Hume. |
Dan Robinson |
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Reid's Critique of Hume |
Hume on Causation |
The third part of Professor Dan Robinson's series examining Reid's critique of David Hume. |
Dan Robinson |
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Reid's Critique of Hume |
Reid on Personal Identity |
The sixth part of Professor Dan Robinson's series on Reid's critique of David Hume. |
Dan Robinson |
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Reid's Critique of Hume |
Reid and Common Sense Realism |
Part two of Professor Dan Robinson's examination of Reid's critique of David Hume. |
Dan Robinson |
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Reid's Critique of Hume |
Hume on Personal Identity |
The fifth part of Professor Dan Robinson's series on Reid's critique of David Hume. |
Dan Robinson |
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Reid's Critique of Hume |
Reid on the Principles of Morals |
The final part of Professor Dan Robinson's series on Reid's critique of David Hume. |
Dan Robinson |
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Reid's Critique of Hume |
The “representational” theory of knowledge |
Professor Dan Robinson, Oxford University, delivers the first part of his series examining Reid's Critique of Hume. |
Dan Robinson |
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Mansfield College |
Human Rights and the Rule of Law: Eight Centuries after Runnymede |
David Boies, Chairman of Boies, Schiller and Flexner LLP gives a talk on human rights for the Hands Lecture 2014, Mansfield College. The lecture is in its 12th year and is recognition for the generosity of Guy and Julia Hands to the College. |
Helena Kennedy, Guy Hands, David Boies |
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Changing Character of War |
Current Progress in Afghanistan |
Brigadier Jones evaluates the current state of progress in Afghanistan, focussing in particular on summer 2013. He also discusses the extent to which achievements are reflected in the media narrative. |
Rupert Jones |
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Religious Epistemology, Contextualism, and Pragmatic Encroachment |
The inevitable implausibility of physical determinism |
Richard G. Swinburne, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the New Insights and Directions for Religious Epistemology seminar series. |
Richard Swinburne |
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Humanities at the Department for Continuing Education |
Was Schubert a musical brain? |
Prof. Raymond Tallis deepens his argument against the idea that we are our brains. He believes there is a distinction in kind between humans and other animals. This he illustrates by appeal to the differences between the music of Schubert and the singing |
Raymond Tallis |
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Humanities at the Department for Continuing Education |
Am I my brain? |
Prof. Raymond Tallis argues that extraordinary claims have been made for neurophysiology. For example it has been said that a person is nothing but his or her brain. Professor Raymond Tallis rejects this ‘neuromania’. He shows why it is attractive, but al |
Raymond Tallis |
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Humanities at the Department for Continuing Education |
Spiders, yes, but why cats? |
Prof.Iain McGilchrist illustrates his argument by appeal to a number of paintings done by psychotic patients. He points to various commonalities between these paintings and speculates on the ways in which they support claims about the two hemispheres and |
Iain McGilchrist |
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Power Structuralism in Ancient Ontologies |
Powers: Necessity and Neighbourhoods |
Neil Williams (Buffalo University) gives a talk for the Power Structuralism in Ancient Ontologies podcast series |
Neil Williams |
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Power Structuralism in Ancient Ontologies |
Processes and Powers |
John Dupré (Exeter) gives a talk for the Power Structuralism in Ancient Ontologies podcast series |
John Dupré |
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Power Structuralism in Ancient Ontologies |
Causal Production as Interaction: a Causal Account of Persistence and Grounding |
Rögnvaldur Ingthorsson (Lund University) gives a talk for the Power Structuralism in Ancient Ontologies podcast series |
Rögnvaldur Ingthorsson |
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Humanities at the Department for Continuing Education |
Am I my mind? |
Prof. Iain McGilchrist, whilst agreeing with Tallis that we are not our brains argues that we can learn a great deal about our culture by learning more about our brain. In particular we should recognise we have two hemispheres, each with a different funct |
Iain McGilchrist |
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Rothermere American Institute |
Social Sector Dynamics - Opportunities Abound! |
Chairman and Founder of the Bridgespan Group Thomas J. Tierney gives a talk for the Rothermere American Institute on philanthropy and how many Americans are giving back to society |
Thomas J Tierney |
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History of Art: Undergraduate Course Lectures |
Core Course: Space: Approaches to Architecture |
This lecture forms part of series entitled 'Art History: Concepts and Methods', offered to second year Undergraduate and MSt History of Art students. |
Matthew Walker |
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History of Art: Undergraduate Course Lectures |
Core Course: Art and Art History: Painting in China |
This lecture forms part of series entitled Introduction to the History of Art, a core course taught to the first year undergraduate History of Art students. |
Craig Clunas |
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Alumni Weekend |
The Num8er My5teries |
With topics ranging from prime numbers to the lottery, from lemmings to bending balls like Beckham, this creative session with Marcus du Sautoy gives an entertaining and unexpected approach to explain how mathematics can be used to predict the future. |
Marcus du Sautoy |
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Alumni Weekend |
Alumni Weekend in Asia 2014: Does the 21st Century belong to Asia? |
Will this be the Asian Century? Four leading voices from Oxford University debate this motion, moderated by the Chancellor, Lord Patten of Barnes. |
Ranna Mitter, Linda Yueh, Ngaire Woods, Peter Tufano, Chris Patten |
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Alumni Weekend |
Alumni Weekend in Asia 2014: Welcome and University Update by Vice-Chancellor |
Oxford University Vice-Chancellor Professor Andrew Hamilton kicks off a stimulating day of academic sessions in Hong Kong for the inaugural Alumni Weekend in Asia. |
Andrew Hamilton |
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Alumni Weekend |
Alumni Weekend in Asia 2014: Closing Speech by Chancellor |
Oxford University Chancellor Lord Patten of Barnes reflects on the offerings from academic sessions in Hong Kong as part of the inaugural Oxford Alumni Weekend in Asia. |
Chris Patten |
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Changing Character of War |
The Perception of Victory: Israel’s Recent Experiences of Winning and Losing the Narrative |
Tim Fawdry-Jeffries considers observer perceptions of the outcome of war, taking as examples the Second Lebanon and Gaza Wars. |
Tim Fawdry-Jeffries |
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Anthropology |
Photo archives as historical resources: the Jeffrys and Dalrymple archives compared |
Professor Verkijika G. Fanso of Yaounde University in Cameroon compares two photo archives both taken around the same time, which are now held in Cambridge and South Africa |
Verkijika Fanso |
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Anthropology |
Fifty years of Cameroon unification: controversies and archival echoes |
A special lecture in Oxford by Professor Verkijika G. Fanso from the University of Yaounde in Cameroon |
Verkijika Fanso |
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Anthropology |
'Native Life', or, Being outside the carbon imagery |
Professor Elizabeth Povinelli of Columbia University examines contemporary scientific discussions of the Anthropocene and climate change and theoretical theories of New Vitalism, New Animism and Relational Ontology |
Elizabeth Povinelli |
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Anthropology |
Cultural understandings of roles and responsibilities in addressing obesity |
Emily Henderson of Durham University discusses the causes of obesity, those responsible for it and how it should be addressed. |
Emily Henderson |
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Anthropology |
Inspirations for publications - ISCA Anthropology Book Launch |
Anthropologists from ISCA discuss the research and inspiration behind six recent publications |
Stanley Ulijaszek, Hélène Neveu-Kringelbach, Iain Morley, Mette Berg, Marisa Wilson, Elizabeth Ewart |
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Anthropology |
Culture and motivation: long distance running in Japan and the UK |
Anthropologist Emma Coleman-Jones and distance runner Mara Yamauchi compare their experiences of running in the UK and Japan |
Emma Coleman-Jones, Mara Yamauchi |
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Anthropology |
Claiming resources, honouring debts: miners, herders and the land masters of Mongolia |
Rebecca Empson of UCL discusses the form of capitalism emerging in Mongolia's mineral economy. An anthropology departmental seminar. |
Rebecca Empson |
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Psychiatry |
Measuring social outcomes in psychiatry |
Francis Vergunst is a DPhil student at Oxford University. He speaks to Dr Daniel Maughan about his research into how mental health care affects social outcomes such as housing and employment. |
Francis Vergunst |
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Psychiatry |
Continuity of care |
Stephen Puntis is a DPhil student at Oxford University. He speaks to Dr Daniel Maughan about his research into the benefits of continuity of care for patients with severe and enduring mental illness. |
Stephen Puntis |
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Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) |
'We don't want to be sent back and forth all the time': Chagossian reflections on compulsion and choice in the context of forced displacement, onward migration, and prospective return |
This talk draws on a case study of forced displacement, onward migration, and prospective return within the living memory of one community, and explores questions of freedom and force ethnographically: |
Laura Jefferey |
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Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) |
Forced marriage and immigration policies: understanding diversity or punishing difference? |
Geetanjali Gangoli, University of Bristol, gives a talk for the COMPAS seminar series on forced marriage and its implications on immigration and human rights |
Geetanjali Gangoli |
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Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) |
Conceptualizing and Measuring Immigration Policies: The Immigration Policies in Comparison (IMPIC) Index |
This seminar discusses the Immigration Policies in Comparison (IMPIC) Index. This project builds a dataset on immigration policies in all OECD countries for the period 1980-2010. |
Marc Helbling |
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Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) |
How can far-right extremism be tackled through policy? Lessons from 10 EU countries |
In recent years, many European countries have been grimly reminded of the threat from far-right violence motivated by hatred towards migrants and minorities. This talk explores how 10 European countires are attempting to address this. |
Vidhya Ramalingam, Nicola Perry, Sarah Pinnock |
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Women in Medical Science |
Ellie Barnes :The long road to success |
A hepatologist and academic, a wife and a mother of two, Dr Ellie Barnes delighted researchers at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics’ Women in Science talk, held on Wednesday the 20th of November 2013. |
Ellie Barnes |
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Women in Medical Science |
Bridget Ogilvie: Women in Science |
Dame Bridget Ogilvie discusses her life and illustrious scientific career, at The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics’ Women in Science series. |
Bridget Ogilvie |
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Women in Medical Science |
Heidi Johansen-Berg: Women in Science |
Professor Heidi Johansen-Berg heads the Plasticity Group at the Oxford Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain (FMRIB). Her research focuses on how the brain changes in response to damage, learning and experience. |
Heidi Johansen-Berg |
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Women in Medical Science |
Irene Tracey: Women in Science |
Irene Tracey gives a passionate insight into her career and how she balances work and life. As she puts it 'A scientific career is not an easy one to choose: it’s tough and competitive'. |
Irene Tracey |
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Oxford Transitional Justice Research Seminars |
Defending at the The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia: An English Barrister's Perspective |
David Josse, QC, gives a talk about working on the defense council at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia on the trials of Momcilo Krajisnik and then Milan Gvero. |
David Josse |
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Politics and International Relations Podcasts |
Legally Married: Love and Law in the UK and the US - Book Launch |
Scot Peterson and Iain McLean discuss their new book, which explores the facts and opinions behind the legislating of same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom and the United States |
Scot Peterson, Iain McLean, Max Goplerud, Richard Johnson |
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Politics and International Relations Podcasts |
Launch of Constitutional Studies Programme |
Marking the launch of Oxford's Constitutional Studies Programme, which seeks to increase the amount of interdisciplinary cooperation between law and political science in the field of constitutional studies. |
Scot Peterson, Elizabeth Frazer, Nick Barber, Iain McLean, Jeremy Waldron |
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FMR 45 Opportunity to change Lebanon’s asylum policy |
Lebanon’s attitude towards the ‘Syrian exception’ can be used as the starting point for its policy to come into line with international refugee and human rights norms, standards and protection. |
Samira Trad |
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FMR 45 Internal displacement in Kenya: the quest for durable solutions |
Internal displacement in Kenya has been a challenge since the colonial era but only recently has a legal framework been developed to address IDP protection issues. |
Lucy Kiama, Fredrick Koome |
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FMR 45 Translating global education standards to local contexts |
Global standards such as the Education in Emergencies Minimum Standards need to be applied locally and this requires a thoughtful and committed contextualisation process. |
Carine Allaf, Tzvetomira Laub, Arianna Sloat |
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FMR 45 Dictatorships, refugees and reparation in the Southern Cone of Latin America |
Since the return of democracy to Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay there has been particular recognition of forced displacement within the framework of reparations for the abuses suffered under dictatorial governments. |
Juan Pablo Terminiello |
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FMR 45 Perspectives of refugees on returning to Somalia |
MSF recently asked Somali refugees in Dadaab’s Dagahaley camp about their living conditions and their thoughts about returning to Somalia in the near future. |
Caroline Abu Sa’Da, Sergio Bianchi |
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FMR 45 Connecting and communicating after Typhoon Haiyan |
In the first month of the Typhoon Haiyan response, one of the priorities facing the international community was to re-establish internet connectivity in order to facilitate information sharing and the provision of assistance. |
Mariko Hall, Adam Ashcroft |
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FMR 45 Forcing migration of globalised citizens |
Today’s constant flows of persons and information across frontiers mean that, when an emergency occurs, the international community feels it has to get involved not only out of solidarity but because its citizens could be in danger. |
Oscar A Gómez |
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FMR 45 New Orleans: a lesson in post-disaster resilience |
Factors that foster social cohesion in communities – such as shared long-term networks and community identity, central organisation to which the community adheres, and established trust – have been identified as critical for post-disaster resilience. |
Paul Kadetz |
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FMR 45 The global governance of crisis migration |
There is no coherent or unified global governance framework for the different areas that have been subsumed under the umbrella of ‘crisis migration’. |
Alexander Betts |
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Oxford Physics Public Lectures |
Lorenz Gödel and Penrose: new perspectives on determinism and unpredictability, from fundamental physics to the science of climate change |
The 9th Dennis Sciama Memorial Lecture, looking at chaos theory and climate change |
Tim Palmer |
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Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 Populations ‘trapped’ at times of crisis |
A focus on those who are trapped challenges both theoretical and practical approaches to mobility and crisis, which prioritise movement. |
Richard Black, Michael Collyer |
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FMR 45 Environmental stress, displacement and the challenge of rights protection |
Examination of migration histories and current politics in Kenya, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Ethiopia and Ghana sheds light on how rights are articulated for groups and individuals displaced in a context of environmental stress and climate change. |
Roger Zetter, James Morrissey |
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FMR 45 Aspects of crisis migration in Algeria |
Movements of migrants are only partially covered by international instruments and while the Algerian authorities certainly have opportunities to protect this stream of people, no agreements (bilateral or multilateral) are in force to do so. |
Mohamed Saïb Musette |
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FMR 45 International cooperation on the North Korean refugee crisis |
The biggest challenge concerning North Korean refugees is that, as yet, there is no international framework for how to respond once these individuals have crossed the border. |
Markus Bell, Geoffrey Fattig |
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FMR 45 Disaster risk reduction and mobility |
An essential step for advancing risk reduction measures at the local level is to define mobility-based indicators of vulnerability and resilience that can contribute to measuring and reducing human and economic losses resulting from disasters. |
Patrice Quesada |
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Oxford Physics Public Lectures |
Building stars, planets and the ingredients for life between the stars |
Halley Lecture 2013 by Professor Dr Ewine van Dishoeck on new developments in astronomy |
Ewine van Dishoeck |
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Crisis (Forced Migration Review 45) |
FMR 45 The challenge of mixed migration by sea |
While ‘boat people’ are often fleeing a situation of crisis, they share their mode of travel with many types of migrants. |
Judith Kumin |
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FMR 45 Regionalism: a strategy for dealing with crisis migration |
Regional solutions are becoming a strategic tool in dealing with the lack of globally agreed protection for crisis migrants. |
Liliana Lyra Jubilut, Erika Pires Ramos |
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FMR 45 The potential role of a racial discrimination law in Myanmar |
Ethnic discrimination has long fuelled violence and displacement within Myanmar, especially in relation to people of Rohingya ethnicity who have been fleeing in their ‘tens of thousands’ in 2013 alone. |
Nathan Willis |
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FMR 45 Humanitarian border management |
Humanitarian border management is one of the tools that can supplement the humanitarian response for migrants caught in a crisis situation. |
Maximilian Pottler |
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FMR 45 Misconceptions about human trafficking in a time of crisis |
Both natural and man-made crises are considered by many to be prime environments for trafficking in persons. However, the evidence for this is thin. |
Elżbieta M Goździak, Alissa Walter |
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FMR 45 On policies of hospitality and hostility in Argentina |
Following the Haiti earthquake of 2010, Argentina and other South American countries undertook to receive Haitians. |
Irene Duffard Evangelista |
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FMR 45 Questioning ‘drought displacement’: environment, politics and migration in Somalia |
The role of the recent drought in producing migration cannot be understood in isolation from human practices and past and concurrent political processes. |
Anna Lindley |
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Oxford Physics Public Lectures |
Turning in the Widening Gyre: Accretion Processes in the Universe |
Inaugural Lecture by Professor Steven Balbus looking at the history of the universe |
Steven Balbus |
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FMR 45 Nuclear disasters and displacement |
The lessons of the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011 seem to be the same as those from Chernobyl 25 years earlier, despite the different political settings. |
Silva Meybatyan |
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FMR 45 New OAS Conventions protecting IDPs against racism and discrimination |
Two new Conventions approved in 2013 have the potential to offer greater protection to vulnerable groups, including IDPs, in the Americas. |
Maria Beatriz Nogueira |
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FMR 45 Non-citizens caught up in situations of conflict, violence and disaster |
When non-citizens are caught up in humanitarian crises, they can be as vulnerable to displacement, and suffer its consequences as acutely, as citizens. |
Khalid Koser |
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FMR 45 The rise of trapped populations |
As border security increases and borders become less permeable, cross-border migration is becoming increasingly difficult, selective and dangerous. |
April T Humble |
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FMR 45 Disaster Law |
The impetus for new disaster response laws lies in the gaps that exist in the scope and geographic coverage of existing international law. |
Stefanie Haumer |
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FMR 45 Resettlement in the twenty-first century |
Deficiencies in planning, preparation and implementation of involuntary resettlement and relocation projects have produced far more failures than successes. |
Anthony Oliver-Smith, Alex de Sherbinin |
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Oxford Physics Public Lectures |
The Fast Track to Finding an Inhabited Exoplanet |
The 8th Hintze Lecture by Professor David Charbonneau looking at investigating habitable exoplanets. |
David Charbonneau |
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FMR 45 Mexicans seeking political asylum |
Banding together in response to a situation of this seriousness gives people strength and confidence, and provides emotional, social and – above all – legal and political support. |
Leticia Calderón Chelius |
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