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With Professor Yakov Yadgar as our guide, we explore how nation-states, particularly Israel, shape and sometimes constrain Jewish identities while emphasising the importance of celebrating diverse histories and practices, especially those of Mizrahi heritage.Our guestYaacov Yadgar is a Professor of Israel Studies at Oxford School of Global & Area Studies and Oxford Department of Politics & International Relations. Read more about his work.Key topicsDiversity of Identity: The importance of recognising Mizrahi histories and cultures to move beyond a Eurocentric view of Jewish identity.Nationalism vs. the Individual: How state influence creates tension between nationalised and localised Jewish practices, impacting personal identity.Your guideShort definitions of terms mentioned in this episode:Ashkenazi - Jewish people descended from Germany and Northern FranceMizrahi - Jews from the Middle East and North Africa - this term has a complex historySephardi - Jews descended from Iberia and the Spanish diasporaWant to learn more? Listen to previous episodes where we discuss identity.S1E1 The Big Three Origin StoriesS1E7 “Identity is overrated” with Dr Orphira GamlielReferences & ResourcesYadgar, Y (2024) To Be a Jewish State: Zionism and the New Judaism. NYU PressVideosUCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies (2024) To Be a Jewish State: Zionism as the New JudaismDive deeper into the JewniverseSubscribe to our SubstackWho Jew you think you are? Share your storyFind us elsewhere, here!Show creditsHost / Producer: Eylan EzekielPost-production: Communicating for ImpactArtwork: Emily TheodoreMusic: Aleksafor utransndr KarabanovSound effects: Serge Quadrado Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is an interview you will LOVE, start to finish. Get ready to be overjoyed. Elisabeth Sharp McKetta is an award-winning writer and writing teacher and a mother of two. With a PhD on the intersections between fairy tales and autobiography, as well as a seven-year streak of writing weekly poems for strangers, she teaches writing for Oxford Department for Continuing Education and for Harvard Extension School, where she won their highest teaching award. She has authored thirteen books, most recently the personal growth guide Edit Your Life, based on the experience of living three years in a 275-square foot backyard guest house with her family of four (five, if you count the Labrador)—and the middle grade novel Ark, set during the pandemic and described by Kirkus Reviews as “infectiously hopeful.” Elisabeth co-edited the anthology What Doesn't Kill Her: Women's Stories of Resilience, which Gloria Steinem described as stories that “will help each of us to trust and tell our own.” Her poetry and short work have been published widely, including in The Poetry Review and Real Simple; her work with myth and memoir has been spotlighted in Harvard Magazine. Elisabeth and her family call Boise home and travel widely. (elisabethsharpmcketta.com)❤️ Adventure 52 - Patreon

Date: 20.06.24 Join Raheel Ahmad for Thursday's show from 4-6pm where we will be discussing: “Gazan Refugees" and "Islamophobia" Gazan Refugees The latest conflict between Israel and Hamas has resulted in significant casualties and destruction. Given these dire circumstances, allowing Gazan refugees into the UK becomes a humanitarian duty, offering a lifeline to those escaping violence, destruction, and deprivation. Some people argue that Gazan refugees should not be allowed into the UK because they are led by Hamas, raising concerns about potential support for terrorism. Join us as we discuss the various opinions on this issue, examine British values of compassion, justice, and humanity, and the need to protect innocent individuals from injustice, regardless of their background. Islamophobia Hate crimes have been a topic of concern in the UK for many years. However, after the rising tensions in the Middle East, it seems that Islamophobia and hate crimes against Muslims has been rapidly increasing. Join us today as we discuss the sudden surge of hate crimes and the impact its had on Muslim communities. Guests Kafia Abdurahman Omar- Policy and Advocacy Adviser at War Child Rachel Power- Chief Executive of Patient Association Group Genevieve Caston- Director of Resettlement, Asylum, and Integration at International Dr Dawn Chatty- Emeritus Professor of Anthropology and Forced Migration and Oxford Department of International Development Farah Afify- Research & Advocacy Coordinator at CAIR (The council on American-Islamic Relations) John Esposito- Professor of Religion and International Affairs Stephen H. Jones- Specialises in the study of Muslims in the UK and their treatment by British society and the state. Producers Laiba Mubashar, Kafia Ahmad and Munahil Nasir

Elisabeth Sharp McKetta is an award-winning writer and writing teacher and a mother of two. With a PhD on the intersections between fairy tales and autobiography, as well as a seven-year streak of writing weekly poems for strangers, she teaches writing for Oxford Department for Continuing Education and for Harvard Extension School, where she won their highest teaching award. She has authored thirteen books, most recently the personal growth guide Edit Your Life, based on the experience of living three years in a 275-square foot backyard guest house with her family of four (five, if you count the Labrador)—and the middle grade novel Ark, set during the pandemic and described by Kirkus Reviews as “infectiously hopeful.” Elisabeth co-edited the anthology What Doesn't Kill Her: Women's Stories of Resilience, which Gloria Steinem described as stories that “will help each of us to trust and tell our own.” Her poetry and short work have been published widely, including in The Poetry Review and Real Simple; her work with myth and memoir has been spotlighted in Harvard Magazine. Elisabeth and her family call Boise home and travel widely. (elisabethsharpmcketta.com)

In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Hein de Haas about migration and many of the myths surrounding immigration. They discuss why immigration is a major issue globally and its connection with nationalism, distinctions between immigration, emigration, asylum seekers, and refugees, and how migration is not at an all-time high. They also talk about internal/external migration, borders, labor demand in the USA, low-skilled vs. high-skilled workers, refugee crisis, hypocrisy on the political left and right, future of migration, and many more topics. Hein de Haas is a sociologist and a geographer who has lived and worked in the Netherlands, Morocco and the United Kingdom. He is currently Professor of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). He has a Bachelor's in cultural anthropology and Master's degree in social and environmental geography from the University of Amsterdam and a PhD in social sciences from the University of Nijmegen. He has worked as a researcher at the University of Amsterdam and as a researcher and lecturer at the University of Nijmegen. He was visiting scholar at Bilkent University in Ankara (Turkey) the Program of Forced Migration and Refugee Studies at the American University of Cairo (AUC Egypt). He has been part of the International Migration Institute (IMI) at the University of Oxford and played a central role in lecturing and directing the newly established MSc in Migration Studies at the  Oxford Department of International Development (ODID). He was also a fellow at the Oxford Martin School and governing body fellow at Wolfson College. He is lead author of The Age of Migration: International Population Movements in the Modern World, a seminal text book in the field of migration studies. He is the author of the new book, How Migration Really Works: The Facts About the Most Divisive Issue in Politics. Website: https://heindehaas.org/Blog: https://heindehaas.blogspot.com/Twitter: @heindehaas Get full access to Converging Dialogues at convergingdialogues.substack.com/subscribe

Episode 15 of Borderlines showcases leading international law and international relations educators discussing their new book, IOM Unbound?: Obligations and Accountability of the International Organization for Migration in an Era of Expansion. Host Katerina Linos interviews the volume's editors, Megan Bradley (McGill), Cathryn Costello (Hertie School and Oxford), and Angela Sherwood (Queen Mary) about the IOM's activities and influence, unearthing key insights from this ground-breaking title in the field. The IOM's role in migration crises from Haiti to Libya is discussed, and current efforts to address global humanitarian emergencies, internal displacement, data collection, accountability, and controversial detention practices are analyzed. Listeners will come away with vital new information about this powerful yet under-researched organization, including the IOM's relationship to the United Nations, its history and involvement in moving white Europeans to apartheid South Africa, and highlights from expert author contributions on climate change and displacement, ethical labor recruitment, and the fundamental human rights of migrants and refugees. Support for the book also comes from the RefMig project, under the direction of Professor Costello, which is a collaborative project based at the Centre for Fundamental Rights at the Hertie School in Berlin and the Refugee Studies Centre (RSC), Oxford Department for International Development, University of Oxford. The project is a Horizon 2020 award funded by the European Research Council and runs between January 2018 to December 2023 (grant number 716968).For a transcript, please visit the episode page on the Berkeley Law podcast hub. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Life is hectic, there's a lot of static and radio interference, so many loud and confusing things vying for our attention. It is a testament to the incredible capacity of the human mind to filter through the chaos and actually find a way to focus on things, and accomplish specific goals and tasks.  As a person who probably would have been diagnosed with ADHD when I was a little kid many moons ago, I can't even imagine what kind of distractions I would have found in a cellphone, TikTok and YouTube.Sometimes we need a little help, a little inspiration. That's where today's guest Elisabeth Sharp McKetta comes in. She's written an extraordinary book called EDIT YOUR LIFE - An inspiring guide to focusing on what matters most in life—and hitting delete on what doesn't. Elisabeth Sharp McKetta, author and storyteller, teaches writing for Harvard Extension School and Oxford Department for Continuing Education. She is the author of a dozen books including her recent release: ‘Edit Your Life'....Her book shares simple ways to cut through the clutter, drama, and abundance of distractions of modern life to live with more intention and joy. She should know: Elisabeth and her husband James Stead once sold everything they owned and moved into a tiny house in Idaho (with their two children).  In our recent conversation I wanted to talk to Elisabeth about not only her book but the practice and habit of journaling and how it can help us zero in on our priorities and the things that matter in our lives. Listen my conversation with ELISABETH SHARP McKETTA from her home in Cornwall, England.For more about Elisabeth, visit her website at:https://elisabethsharpmcketta.com/

Charlotte Deane, professor of structural bioinformatics at the University of Oxford and upcoming speaker at the 14th Annual PEGS Europe Conference in Barcelona, joins moderator Brandon DeKosky, assistant professor of chemical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to discuss the use of machine learning in antibody structure prediction. In this episode, Deane talks about her lab's AI tools for high-throughput prediction pipelines and why collecting general antibody property data will produce better models. She also speaks about the importance of using and building publicly available data sets and her thoughts on what it will take to finally generate a complete antibody design from a computer. Links from this episode:  University of Oxford Department of Statistics SAbDAb: The Structural Antibody Database PEGS Europe The Critical Assessment of protein Structure Prediction (CASP) 

Didier Fellot, a retired psychotherapist, joins us to talk about handling our own emotions and those of our team mates at work. Didier trained as a psychotherapist at the University of Oxford and has spent his career working for the NHS, Thames Valley Police and the University Counselling Service as well as being in Private Practice. He was a tutor and lecturer at the Oxford Department for Continuing Education's course in Psychodynamic Counselling and the Chairman of the Oxford Psychotherapy Society.We recorded this episode on World Mental Health Day, 10th October 2022.The How To Be Happy At Work podcast was produced for Zeffr by Snaffle Podcasts and recorded at Zeffr HQ. Zeffr helps organisations who want to understand and prioritise how their teams are feeling at work through measurement and data insights. Find out more at zeffr.com and follow us on social media @zeffr or @zeffrhealth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jane Clark is a Senior Research Fellow of the Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society and has worked particularly on the Society's Archiving Project as well as looking after the library. She has been studying Ibn Arabi for more than forty years, and is engaged in teaching courses and lecturing on his thought both in the UK (including Oxford University and Temenos Academy) and abroad (including Egypt, Australia and the USA), and in research and translation of the Akbarian heritage. She has a particular interest in the correlation of Ibn Arabi's thought with contemporary issues. She organises the MIAS Young Writers Award. Jane Clark was a co-founder of The Journal of Consciousness Studies and is currently editor of the https://besharamagazine.org/ (Beshara Magazine ). She has presented many courses as part of the program of the University of Oxford Department for Continuing Education.

In this second special podcast recorded while I was in England last month, I try to answer all the questions I received about my Oxford course. How can you have the Oxford Experience yourself? How much does it cost? What does it include? What is the accommodation and meal time like? What kind of classmates can you expect? What kind of tours and excursions are on offer? This is a great overall review of the entire Oxford Experience offered by Christ Church through the Oxford Department of Continuing Education. Show Notes: English Speak Union Oxford Courses The official 'Oxford Experience' website (this is what I did) Oxford College Bed and Breakfast Christ Church Rousham House Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

In this second special podcast recorded while I was in England last month, I try to answer all the questions I received about my Oxford course. How can you have the Oxford Experience yourself? How much does it cost? What does it include? What is the accommodation and meal time like? What kind of classmates can you expect? What kind of tours and excursions are on offer? This is a great overall review of the entire Oxford Experience offered by Christ Church through the Oxford Department of Continuing Education.  Show Notes: English Speak Union Oxford Courses The official 'Oxford Experience' website (this is what I did) Oxford College Bed and Breakfast Christ Church Rousham House Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

Mon, 28 Feb 2022 06:30:00 +0000 https://gedankendealer.podigee.io/110-kristina-lunz 55509e125a6bd19855cfaf6151bdf6b9 In dieser Episode spricht Julie mit Kristina Lunz. Kristina ist eine preisgekrönte Menschenrechstaktivistin, Mitbegründeirn und Deutschlanddirektorin des Zentrums für Feministische Außenpolitik und Beraterin des Auswärtigen Amtes. Sie wurde in die Forbes-Liste 30 unter 30 aufgenommen und ist Young Leader der Atlantik Brücke, Ashoka Fellow sowie Responsible Leader der BMW Foundation. Zuvor arbeitete sie für das UN-Entwicklungsprogramm in NYC und Myanmar sowie für eine feministische NGO in Kolumbien. Kristina schloss ihr Studium der School of Public Policy des University College London mit Auszeichnung ab. Sie absolvierte einen zweiten Master in Diplomatie am Oxford Department of International Development. Während ihrer Zeit in Oxford begann sie, sich aktiv zu engagieren und führt seitdem Kampagnen durch. Unter anderem war sie Beraterin des UN-Frauennationalkomitees Deutschland bei der Kampagne „No Means No“ zur Änderung des deutschen Gesetzes zu sexualisierter Gewalt und Vergewaltigung. Im Julie 2016 wurde das Gesetz geändert und das Einverständnis zum Kriterium für Vergewaltigungen gemacht – ein großer Meilenstein für die Frauenrechtsbewegung. Für eine weitere Basiskampagne „Gegen sexualisierte Gewalt und Rassismus. #Ausnahmslos wurden Kristina und ihr Team von einer deutschen Bundestagsfraktion mit einem Frauenrechtspreis ausgezeichnet. Bildungsgerechtigkeit und der Abbau von Klassendenken sind eine weitere Leidenschaft von Kristina. Dies ist hauptsächlich von ihrer eigenen Geschichte inspiriert: Als Arbeitermädchen vom Land allen Widrigkeiten zum Trotz nach Oxford zu kommen. Dies hat sie dazu veranlasst, die „Initiative: Augenhöhe“ zu gründen, ein Mentoren- und Führungsprogramm für Arbeiterkinder aus dem Dorf. Darüber hinaus war Kristina die Forschungsberaterin für internationalen Waffenhandel, internationale Sicherheit und Stärkung der Rolle der Frau für die dreimalige Friedensnobelpreisträgerin und Gründerin zahlreicher NGOs, Dr. Scilla Elworthy. Sie ist auch freiberufliche Autorin und veröffentlich regelmäßig zu Themen wie Aktivismus, Frauenrechte, Bildung und internationale Politik. Ihr neues Buch „Die Zukunft der Außenpolitik ist feministisch – wie globale Krisen gelöst werden müssen.“ erschien am 24.02.2022. Kristina gibt regelmäßig Interviews und hält Reden über soziale Gerechtigkeit und Gleichberechtigung – zum Beispiel beim Europäischem Parlament, Google, im SPIEGEL oder dem Global Media Forum. Wenn Dir diese Episode gefällt, freuen wir uns über Deine Bewertung.

This audio-only version of our twice weekly cyber security talk show, teissTalk.  Join us twice a week for free by visiting www.teiss.co.uk/talk  On this episode, we focus on the following news story; The Most Dangerous Attack Techniques in 2021 https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/imos21-dangerous-attack-techniques/  The panel discussion is titled “Managing the level of threat alerts” https://www.teiss.co.uk/teisstalk/managing-the-level-of-threat-alerts/  This episode is hosted by Geoff White  https://www.linkedin.com/in/geoffwhitetech/   Our Guests are Dr Victoria Baines, Visiting Research Fellow, Oxford Department of International Development https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-victoria-baines/  Craig McEwen, Chief Information Security Officer, Anglo American https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigjmcewen/  Dave Mareels, CEO and Founder, SOC.OS https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-mareels  

PIM Webinar Myths About the Feminization of Agriculture: Implications for Global Food Security September 14, 2021 The feminization of agriculture is a term used to describe women's increased roles in agriculture in many parts of the world. However, the changes occurring in the agricultural sector are more complex than this term suggests. In this webinar, we will present and discuss findings of a new paper on myths about the feminization of agriculture, which resulted from the PIM-supported project on Feminization of Agriculture: Building evidence to debunk myths on current challenges and opportunities. ( https://pim.cgiar.org/2018/10/11/feminization-of-agriculture-call-for-proposals-five-projects-selected/) Drawing on a wide range of literature, this paper debunks four common myths: 1) feminization of agriculture is the predominant global trend; 2) feminization is bad for agriculture; 3) the women remaining in agriculture are passive victims and not farmers; and 4) women farmers everywhere face similar challenges as the rural sector transforms. We argue that there are a wide range of changes happening regarding rural labor, for both men and women. Women's increased roles in agriculture may offer opportunities for gender transformation under certain conditions but maybe disempowering under other conditions. We discuss implications of these changes for global food security agenda toward gender equity and equality in the agricultural sector. Presenters: Cheryl Doss (https://www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/people/cheryl-doss), Associate Professor and Senior Departmental Lecturer in development economics at the Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford, and leader of the Cross-Cutting Gender Research and Coordination (https://pim.cgiar.org/research/f6/) flagship in PIM. Nozomi Kawarazuka (https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=uILZNTIAAAAJ&hl=en), Scientist, International Potato Center (CIP). Moderator: Frank Place (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/frank-place), Director, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM). If you wish to receive alerts about future PIM webinars, please subscribe here: https://pim.cgiar.org/subscribe/ For more information about this webinar, visit the event page: https://pim.cgiar.org/2021/08/31/myths-about-the-feminization-of-agriculture-implications-for-global-food-security/ Recordings of all previous PIM Webinars are available at https://pim.cgiar.org/knowledge-center/webinars/ If you wish to receive alerts about future PIM webinars, please subscribe here: https://pim.cgiar.org/subscribe/

In this instalment, hosts Alex Quigley and, EEF programme manager, Sarah Tillotson, are joined by guests including programme developers, speech therapists and school practitioners, to discuss oral language interventions and how to successfully implement them schools. Gillian West, Lecturer at the University of Oxford Department of Education; & Claudine Bowyer-Crane, Associate Research Director at the National Institute of Economic & Social Research (NIESR) explore the development of the Nuffield Early Language Intervention (NELI), along with the research on the impact of the Covid pandemic on young children. (Start – 38:12); Caroline Coyne, Joanne Burr & Rhian Owen - all part of Communicate SLT CIC - discuss the Leading Language and Loving It programme and approach. (38:13 – 55:34); and Charlotte Hardwick, a teaching assistant at Settrington Primary School and Rebecca Austwick, headteacher at Bentley High St Primary in Doncaster, explore the process of developing pupils' oral language and implementing NELI successfully in schools. (55:35 – End)

PIM Webinar June 10, 2021 Feminization of Agriculture: Building evidence to debunk myths This PIM webinar presents the findings from five projects that comprised a set of PIM grants on Feminization of Agriculture: Building evidence to debunk myths on current challenges and opportunities ( https://pim.cgiar.org/2018/10/11/feminization-of-agriculture-call-for-proposals-five-projects-selected/). Research teams from across CGIAR worked since 2018 to explore the dynamics and impacts of migration, including male-outmigration, on gender relations in agriculture and natural resource domains. Introduction: Rhiannon Pyburn, NL-CGIAR Senior Expert with PIM Gender and Senior Advisor, KIT Royal Tropical Institute; Leader of Collaborative Gender Research cluster in the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM). Presenter: Wei Zhang, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Jordan Chamberlin, Spatial Economist, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) Ana Maria Paez, Social Scientist, Gender, World Agroforestry (ICRAF) Markus Ihalainen, Senior Research and Engagement Officer, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Nozomi Kawarazuka, Scientist, International Potato Center (CIP) Discussant: Cheryl Doss, Associate Professor and Senior Departmental Lecturer in development economics at the Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford, and leader of the Cross-Cutting Gender Research and Coordination flagship in PIM. Moderator: Frank Place, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM). Links: Webinar page with more information, slide deck, and podcast: https://bit.ly/FemofAg1 If you wish to receive alerts about future PIM webinars, please subscribe here: https://pim.cgiar.org/subscribe/

Development’ discourse in the mainstream, is often defined in terms of economic growth that privileges modernity, urbanization, and scientific expertise. Across the Global South, this model has been internalized and reflected in a national focus on science—and recently STEM—education. Our guest today is Aizuddin Anuar a researcher from the University of Oxford Department of Education specializing in Comparative and International Studies. In this episode, we explore and focus on rural young people’s aspirations related to development, as they engage with (STEM) education as the state’s instrument for national development in Malaysia. Please follow Aizuddin’s work @aizuddin_anuar. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/suren-ladd/message

Introducing the audio edition of our teissTalk series. Each week we dive into the latest cyber security news with our expert panel and then deep dives into an issue that is vital to the cyber security industry. On this episode: Are InfoSec Leaders guilty of inflating the cyber threat?Are too few Security Analysts dealing with too many cyber security alerts?Recognising burn out in your Security Analysts, and ways in which we can reduce the stress of these key individualsHost: Geoff WhiteGuests: Dr Victoria Baines, Visiting Research Fellow, Oxford Department of International DevelopmentKarl Knowles, Global Head of Cyber | CISO, HFWMarc Samson, Chief Information Security Officer, Engie Solutions BeLuxSamantha Humphries, Head of Security Strategy, EMEA, Exabeam----Attend a live teissTalk, for free, by visiting https://www.teiss.co.uk/talk/

Tomislav is a former professional dancer and performer, who since 2014 has been part of the development of Ferus Animi // Terra Nova, a movement research collective based in Europe. Ferus Animi's mission statement is to share and disseminate the most up-to-date research from a host of scientific and artistic disciplines, including neuroscience, evolutionary physiology, biomechanics, psychology and philosophy, in a relevant and accessible way, to enrich the practices of their students and collaborators. Tomislav is a current Master of Science student at Trinity LABAN Conservatoire (department of Dance Science) in London, and a graduate of the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance, London Contemporary Dance School and the Oxford School of Drama, holding a 1st-class Bachelor of Arts degree. Tomislav's personal practice is influenced by the research, teachings and practices of GrandMaster Tae Yong Lee, Ko Murobushi, Wim Hof, Linda Kapetanea & Jozef Frucek, Professor Gui Arashiro, Mestre Itamar, David Zambrano, Moshé Feldenkrais, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Kristin Linklater, Cameron Shayne, Bruno Caverna, Ido Portal, and the respective writings of Yoshi Oida, Shunryu Suzuku and 'Neuroplastician' Norman Doidge, in addition to academic research through The University of Oxford (Department of Psychiatry/Oxford Mindfulness Centre), The Buddhist Society, Royal Holloway University of London, England Rugby (RFU), Barça Universitas (Department of Sports Neuroscience) and FC Barcelona. In this rich conversation, Tomislav weaves through a number of thoughts, ideas, and philosophies ranging from an acceptance of not knowing, adaptation to the changes of the modern world, and individual's unique perception of reality. He talk about developing a range of sensory options and the difference between complicated and complex systems. He also shares his thoughts on imitation, and the role is plays on the road to individual style. And, he discusses embracing a variety of approaches, discourse, curiosity, and sharing in a non-heirarchical community.

Publishing Agricultural Development Research in Social Science Journals: Writing and Responding to Referee Reports PIM Webinar December 7, 2020 This PIM Webinar Co-organized by the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM), the CGIAR Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA), and African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD), was recorded on November 30,2020. This webinar, the 3rd and final in the series “Publishing Agricultural Development Research in Social Science Journals”, focuses on the specifics of the referee process—how (and why) to do good reviews, and how to respond to referee comments received. The session includes sample “revise and resubmit” reviews. More info about the series: https://bit.ly/PublishingAgRes Presenters: Cheryl Doss, Senior Departmental Lecturer in Development Economics and Associate Professor, Oxford Department of International Development J. V. Meenakshi, Professor, Delhi School of Economics; SPIA Member Chair: Michele Mboo-Tchouawou, Deputy Director, Programs, African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD)

This PIM Webinar co-organized by the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM), the CGIAR Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA), and African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD), was recorded on November 23, 2020, the 1st in the series “Publishing Agricultural Development Research in Social Science Journals”, provides an overview of the publication process, reviews the overall landscape of journal publishing, and shares guidance on selecting a journal, including: • Assessing journal audience, impact factors, and reputation • Gated, open-access and hybrid business models • How to distinguish predatory journals • Overview of the process, from submission to publication, with tips for each stage • Journal special issues. Presenters: Ruth Meinzen-Dick (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/ruth-meinzen-dick), Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Cheryl Doss (https://www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/people/cheryl-doss), Senior Departmental Lecturer in Development Economics and Associate Professor, Oxford Department of International Development Chair: Frank Place (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/frank-place), Director, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) More info about the series: https://bit.ly/PublishingAgRes

In this webinar, chaired by Professor Jane Millar, Senior Research Fellow in the University of Oxford Department of Social Policy and Intervention, Fran Bennett, and Change Director General and Senior Responsible Owner for Universal Credit, Neil Couling CBE, discuss the policy issues for couples claiming Universal Credit. This webinar took place on 25 September 2020.

Derek Hockaday interviews Keith Hawton, consultant psychiatrist and professor of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, 19 September 2014. Topics discussed include: (00:00:15) why Hawton chose Cambridge, not Oxford, and pre-clinical training; (00:01:28) journey into medicine through experimental psychology; (00:04:20) Oxford Medical School and clinical student years; (00:08:30) surgical house job; (00:10:14) post house job roles, coinciding with psychiatric training scheme, 1971, and research; (00:12:36) relationship between physical and mental illness; (00:15:44) Oxford Department of Psychiatry and Michael Gelder; (00:17:55) MD thesis topic on self harm and suicide research at the Barnes unit; (00:19:35) work of colleagues; (00:23:40) roles in the Department of Psychiatry since 1974; (00:25:58) clinical tutoring and teaching; (00:28:50) Oxbridge student suicides in the 1950s; (00:31:50) suicide and pseudocide; (00:35:41) time abroad in the Netherlands and New Zealand; (00:38:10) pathogenesis of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; (00:40:40) national meetings and roles in national groups; (00:42:20) writing and editing; (00:45:57) change in psychiatric awareness from start of career to present day; (00:50:35) current local psychiatric services; (00:54:19) sport.

Podcast: Working with AtomsEpisode: Dr Anna Ploszajski - Hydrogen, 4D printing and science comedy.Pub date: 2020-07-16Notes from Listening Post:HydrogenAnna is a materials scientist, engineer and science communicator. She graduated from the Oxford Department of materials in 2013 with a first, then went on to research at UCL for both her PhD and for post-doctorate research. In 2017 she was named Young Engineer of the Year by the Royal Academy of Engineering, and in 2018 won the Silver Medal from the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. She is a keen science communicator who regularly speaks at both comedy clubs and science festivals about materials, has written regular pieces in both the guardian and materials world and hosts her own podcast Handmade.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Jack Aspinall, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

Jessie Barton-Hronesova, Johana Wyss and Diego Sánchez-Ancochea introduce the conference and Sujatha Fernandes gives the first keynote to the conference. OPENING REMARKS Jessie Barton-Hronesova (University of Oxford), Johana Wyss (IE, Czech Academy of Sciences and Max Planck) and Diego Sánchez-Ancochea (Head of the Oxford Department of International Development): Introduction and Practical details. KEYNOTE I: CURATED STORIES: THE USES AND MISUSES OF STORYTELLING Sujatha Fernandes (University of Sydney), chaired by Johana Wyss (IE, Czech Academy of Sciences and Max Planck).

In this week's episode of Covid In Africa, we examine how geography and space in densely populated African cities determines the effectiveness of measures to control the spread of the corona virus. We speak to Prof. Caroline Wanjiku Kihato, visiting Fellow at the Oxford Department of International Development.

If my country, the United States, were to adopt a feminist foreign policy, I believe there would be a major, positive shift on this planet. I tweeted that sentiment after interviewing my current guest, Kristina Lunz.  I was a little nervous about doing it. I'm not sure exactly why.  Speaking your truth is always a little scary, especially for us women. But I got a lot of likes on Twitter from men and women alike. That was interesting to see. What is a feminist foreign policy? I will let Kristina mostly answer this question because she will do it much better than I. But I will say at the outset that, like this podcast, it supports processes and leadership that build common ground rather than dividing and polarizing people. It emphasizes more of the win-win, less win-lose to resolve differences. Frankly, the egocentric “I want it now and it's your fault that I can't get it”, the “blame game”, is wearing super thin on me. This includes the drumming up of conflict and zero-sum thinking, and attacking people to get your interests met as a style. It's not just developmentally juvenile, it's plain dangerous, especially if the person using it has a lot of power. And its end-game is a homogeneous world where one dominant cultural group, often white straight men, are on top, with the rest of us supporting them and dependent on them for handouts and our survival.  I know I'm not interested in that, and I know so many others -- men, women, people  -- who are not either. This podcast advocates empowering women, not just because it's an end in itself, which it is, but because it's the most powerful way to get to a more peaceful and sustainable planet for all of us.  To begin with, you can only have real democracy when you have real democracy starting at home — and better sex too, by the way. I hope you've noticed that what the countries with the best coronavirus responses have in common is that they are run by women. This is not because there aren't many great men leaders out there, but because these women are probably more effortlessly bringing the quality of collaboration to the table which is so sorely needed on the planet right now.  My greatest wish for the silver lining of this pandemic is that it deeply underscores our interdependence and need to further develop our collaborative skills.  As Kurt Lewin, a grandfather of social psychology said long ago, everyone understands authority, but democracy is a learned behavior. The Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy (CFFP) was co- founded by my current guest, Kristina Lunz. It's an international research and advocacy organization, was established in 2016, and is dedicated to promoting feminist foreign policy across the globe. The problem CFFP addresses is outdated, patriarchal structures, and their vision is to create an intersectional approach to foreign policy globally. Kristina tells me that research shows that… "The most significant factor toward whether a country is peaceful within its own borders or towards other countries is the level of gender equality. So, if that's true, it's pretty easy. It just means that there won't be any peace without feminism." Kristina is an award-winning human rights activist, co-founder and Germany Director of the Center for Feminist Foreign Policy and advisor to the German Federal Foreign Office. She was also recently named on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. She graduated with distinction from University College London School of Public Policy, and did a second Masters at the Oxford Department of International Development in diplomacy. Her activism started at Oxford and has continued ever since. I've learned so much from doing this episode and talking to Kristina. Here are a few of the many things that stand out: I spent years traveling to The Hague to provide intercultural negotiation skills programs for ICTY, the UN's International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia), but wasn't aware until now that 100 years ago, during the First World War, about 1500 women came to the Hague from many parts for the International Congress for Women. They called for an end to the First World War and to establish a set of resolutions to avoid another World War. These included, for example, the dismantling of the military-industrial complex, the prioritization of mediation for conflict resolution, and the democratization of foreign policy, reverberations of themes which have motivated me throughout my life.  History is always so interesting. I found it deeply moving that Sweden describes its government as “feminist” and created the first feminist foreign policy (for modern times) in 2014. This was followed by Canada, followed by Mexico. Check out the CFFP website to see the history of feminist foreign policy. It shows what's possible. I found it interesting to hear about the actor, Emma Watson's conversation with the academic Valerie Hudson, and the latter's new book called The First Political Order: How Sex Shapes Governance and National Security Worldwide. I can't wait to read it and hope to get Hudson on the podcast soon. In reading the transcript of that conversation, I learned from Emma Thompson that I can refer to myself as “self-partnering” rather than “single”. I've enjoyed my journey of the last 10 years living without a partner, though I've dated some wonderful guys. Self-partnering somehow struck me as empowering because living without the protection of a guy can still feel frightening to so many women around the world, myself included. So I'll stop there and let you listen to Kristina Lunz, a woman who is really on fire, and is going to do a lot to contribute to our common great future.

EPISODE NOTES In this episode, Claire meets with Lee Peckover, a former primary school teacher and now Proofreading Manager at Classroom Secrets. Lee discusses how he started his teaching journey, coaching Muay Thai boxing as a teenager, which ignited his interest in helping children learn. From that, he volunteered at a local primary school before gaining his teaching qualification and gaining experience from working in schools. Unfortunately, due to personal circumstances, Lee made the decision to move out of teaching; he discusses his keen interest in Early Years Foundation Stage and the current developments within this area. Lee also discusses the changes and transitions between year groups and different phases of education – in particular, from Nursery to Reception and then the transition into Year 1 standardised learning. Lee and Claire explore how Classroom Secrets has started to provide EYFS resources for teachers, and the inspiration behind the development and creation of these resources. KEY TAKEAWAYS One of the main reasons for leaving teaching was the workload. Although it was a childhood dream and ambition, the strain and workload was having a detrimental effect on his health, which ultimately contributed to Lee’s decision to leave full-time teaching. Nonetheless, working at Classroom Secrets full-time, enables him to stay connected to the education sector, whilst studying a Master’s. He has also begun to research and read materials towards a thesis, in order to move on to studying at a doctorate level. He is interested to see the transition from EYFS to Key Stage 1 – observing children move from play based learning to more formal instruction and standardised learning. Early Years enables children to become confident learners and enables the teacher to observe the passion and enjoyment children get from their school experience. This can be different to the learning that takes place in other Key Stages which is why Lee is so passionate about this particular learning stage. Lee notes that by the end of a child’s academic year in Early Years, they will have spent a quarter of their life in education. EYFS has a different curriculum – The Statutory Framework for EYFS is so different and broad to the National Curriculum for Key Stage 1 and 2. It is important for the curriculums and objectives to be different to allow children to explore in open-ended tasks. The opportunity to have open-ended investigations and play-based learning is not limited to Early Years and when adapted in Key Stage 2 it has worked very well. Early Years allows children the opportunity to learn constantly. They are learning by communicating with others and seeing the adult intervene in their learning. This setting also allows the adult to be removed from the situation, whilst learning continues. Early Years learning is focussed on experience and play-based learning, rather than standardised, formal learning; freedom and choice should be given to all learners in every Key Stage instead of the adult planning every element of the lesson. There are many parts to consider in a lesson for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2, for example, input, mini plenary, second input, final plenary, key vocabulary etc, but in Early Years this has never happened - the learning is still taking place. It may be beneficial to take the play-based learning forward to Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 rather than have a trickle-down effect of; if Year 2 have formal learning then Year 1 should also be formal. It is important to give children a reason to want to learn in Early Years. The more frequently this is done, the more this will support learning for Key Stage 1. This opportunity allows children to then be excited for their learning in Year 1 as they have a purpose and understanding of why they are learning and what lies ahead. A longitudinal study that took place in New Zealand, measures the practitioner’s knowledge and the engagement of children in the tasks they were undertaking. Children should be given something they are already interested in and by allowing them the opportunity to finish something as well. The outcomes of the study showed that children who progressed the most were the ones who felt that sense of achievement, who knew they had completed something and who knew they have done something worthwhile. The opportunity to complete and finish the task/activity instead of moving on and cutting it short is important. It is important to give teachers and practitioners the choice of how they would like to use resources and enable them the ownership to be able to adapt them. A Scotland project focuses on age appropriateness of Early Years education. It pushes on a movement towards the idea of starting education at the age of seven. It looks at the impact of starting education at such a young age, right into adulthood and how much of an impact it has on a person’s mental well-being, as well as the pressure it puts on children. PISA tests, the outcomes and testing numeracy rates have shown Shanghai to be near the top including other Asian countries. It fails to be mentioned that learners in China also start formal education at the age of seven. Even at the age of seven, children to not start primary, they go to Kindergarten which is completely different and separate. Most successful education systems have children starting formal education at the age of six or seven, not four. It is important to consider the real long-term impact we are having on children by going the way that we are; by having children start formal education at such a young age. Lee wants to focus on the areas of what comes before phonics, understand what impact removing some of the formalisation has on children at that age group and how much it alleviates pressure further on in school. Early Years can be improved by improving funding. More staff and more importantly, better trained staff will have an incredible impact. It is important to ensure that adults can attend CPD courses. LIFE/WorkBalance – reduce paperwork. Although some statements and tracking systems are not used; there is an undeniable pressure that if work and learning is not evidenced, it didn’t happen. More trust should be put on the professionals and their judgements who work with children on a day to day basis. BEST MOMENTS “I still have more free time than I did when I was teaching and I'm still healthier and having fewer seizures. It's, it's a little bit of a worry for teachers I suppose” “I think there's a maybe, maybe I'm completely wrong about this, but it's, in my own experience. The minute you start at a school, they kind of have an anticipation that male teachers are not necessarily going to be that keen to be in year one and reception.” “I don't know how much you get that end of the year groups compared to early years, how much you get that just kind of unbridled joy where a child comes in and feels that they're playing, they almost don't even realise that they are learning.” “There's no structure and yet they're still learning everything.” “Working with a child who's three years old, that year they spend with you, taking them up to the age of four is a quarter of their life.” “It's a quarter of that entire experience of the world. 25% of everything they know, has been potentially learned in that one year spell.” “So you can teach children to tell the time by just having a constant focus on what time of the day is at that point. Knowing for themselves, what time they go for break and knowing sort of when the end of the day. So they constantly are aware of the time and telling time. You never then have to do lessons on it, but EYFS is kind of all that.” “But you, often times you can remove the adult from the situation and the learning doesn't stop.” “Giving them a reason to want to learn to read.” “Not one of the resources that we've made so far has looked at just one outcome.” “Confucius said that, 'real wisdom is knowing your own ignorance'” “China starts formal education at age seven as well and it seems to just be completely overlooked.’” “The board, are the ones where children's start their formal education at age six or at age seven.” “Being open to finding new things and being really open minded to changing things and trying out different things I think is really important.” “There's almost a pressure of people feeling that if it's not on paper or if it's not evidenced, then it didn't happen.” “'How would you evidence that?', and I think the evidence is that the child now has learned something.” VALUABLE RESOURCES The Teachers’ Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheTeachersPodcast/ Classroom Secrets Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClassroomSecretsLimited/ Classroom Secrets website: https://classroomsecrets.co.uk/ LIFE/work balance campaign: https://classroomsecrets.co.uk/lifeworkbalance-and-wellbeing-in-education-campaign-2019/ The movement in Scotland I reference without naming - Upstart Scotland: https://www.upstart.scot/   A consultant and blog I recommend for CPD etc - Alistair Bryce-Clegg: https://abcdoes.com/  The longitudinal study I reference - Wylie, Cathy. Competent Children at 6. Wellington: ERIC, 1998. Another site and hashtag I mention - EY Matters: https://www.eymatters.co.uk/ Other sources for further reading either referenced or recommended -  Neaum, Sally. What Comes Before Phonics Exeter: Learning Matters, 2017.  Bruner, Jerome S. The Culture of Education. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1996. Laevers, Ferre. Making Care and Education More Effective Through Wellbeing and Involvement - Experiential Education. 1994 Gibbs, Graham. Learning By Doing. London: FEU, 1988. Rogers, Sue. Rethinking Play and Pedagogy In Early Childhood Education. London: Routledge, 2011. Siraj-Blatchford, I, K Sylva, S Muttock, R Gilden, D Bell. Researching Effective Pedagogy in the Early Years. Oxford: Department for Educational Studies, 2002 ABOUT THE HOST Claire Riley Claire, alongside her husband Ed, is one of the directors of Classroom Secrets, a company she founded in 2013 and which provides outstanding differentiated resources for teachers, schools, parents and tutors worldwide. Having worked for a number of years as a teacher in both Primary and Secondary education, and experiencing first-hand the difficulties teachers were facing finding appropriate high-quality resources for their lessons, Claire created Classroom Secrets with the aim of helping reduce the workload for all school staff. Claire is a passionate believer in a LIFE/work balance for those who work in education citing the high percentage of teachers who leave or plan to leave their jobs each year. Since February 2019, Classroom Secrets has been running their LIFE/work balance campaign to highlight this concerning trend. The Teachers’ Podcast is a series of interviews where Claire meets with a wide range of guests involved in the field of education. These podcasts provide exciting discussions and different perspectives and thoughts on a variety of themes which are both engaging and informative for anyone involved in education.

Prof John Geddes, Head of the University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry, reflects on the impact of Michael Gelder and Guy Goodwin, and looks forward to what Oxford can achieve for people with mental illness over the coming years.

Prof Seena Fazel and Dr Danny Whiting from the University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry talk about clinical prediction models.

Associate Professor in the University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry talks about the opportunities and challenges of school mental health services.

The 50th Anniversary of the University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry with presentations and talks focussed on: - Psychological Treatments - Epidemiology and Data Science - Experimental Medicine and Neuroscience - Psychiatry and Oxford Medicine

Dr Imane Chaara (QEH Oxford), Dr Doris Gray (Al Akhawayn University), Dr Nadia Sonneveld (Radboud University) take part in a discussion at the Middle East Studies centre. Chair by Michael Willis (St Antony's College). About the speakers: Dr. Imane Chaara (QEH Oxford) Title: Moroccan Mothers' Religiosity. Impact on Daughters' Education Abstract: The participation of mothers in decisions within their household has non-neutral effects and in many instances positive impacts, especially on children’s health and education. In this chapter, I focus on the participation of women in decisions concerning girls’ education, and I investigate whether mothers’ religiosity could be related to their involvement in education decisions. By analysing data I collected in Morocco in 2008, I found a positive and significant correlation between the intensity of religious practice of the mothers and their participation in decisions concerning their daughters’ education. This result is driven by women with limited or no formal education, which suggests that religion acts as a factor that compensates for the lack of education. I use qualitative information to explore one potential mechanism and question whether religion could play the same role as education regarding consciousness-raising about the importance of children’s education and self-valuation of women with respect to their capacity to play a key role within their household. I argue that, in the context of Morocco, the existence of a religious movement that is socially influential may drive the empirical results. Dr Imane Chaara is a micro-economist and Research Associate at the Oxford Department of International Development, where she was Departmental Lecturer in Development Economics between October 2012 and September 2017. Her research focuses on institutional transformations in developing countries, legal reforms and the change of social norms, access to justice and rule of law, gender issues and women’s rights, as well as intra-household decision-making. Her research investigates, among others, the role of legal reforms in confronting unfair customs and social norms, the impact of religious identity on people’s behaviour, and the interplay between justice systems (state formal and customary institutions). More recently, she contributed to the Refugee Studies Centre project “Refugee Economies” and she did research on the economic strategies developed by refugees in Eastern Africa. Her work is both theoretical and empirical, mostly using first-hand original data. Dr. Doris H. Gray Title: Women and Social Change in North Africa: What Counts as Revolutionary? Abstract: This presentation asks what social change – in women’s rights, religion, migration, and law – is, and when it counts as revolutionary. We argue that a highly contextual approach is needed to capture changes that are not always immediately visible, but which nevertheless contribute to human development. We discuss the cross-cultural collaboration that resulted in this book and present one chapter that illustrates the point of social change where least expected: “Moroccan Mother's Religiosity: Impact on Daughter's Education.” Dr. Doris H. Gray directs the Hillary Clinton Center for Women’s Empowerment at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco where she also serves as Associate Professor of Gender Studies. Her latest publication with the International Center of Transitional Justice in New York is entitled “Who hears my voice today? Indirect Women Victims in Tunisia.” She has published three books: “Women and Social Change in North Africa: What counts as Revolutionary?”, “Beyond Feminism and Islamism: Gender and Equality in North Africa” and “Muslim Women on the Move: Moroccan Women and French Women of Moroccan Origin Speak Out”. Before becoming an Academic, she worked as a journalist, 12 years as foreign correspondent first in South Africa and then Kenya. Dr. Nadia Sonneveld Title: Women and Social Change in North Africa: What is Social Change? Abstract: This presentation asks what social change – in women’s rights, religion, migration, and law – is, and when it counts as revolutionary. We argue that a highly contextual approach is needed to capture changes that are not always immediately visible, but which nevertheless contribute to human development. Dr. Nadia Sonneveld has an academic background in anthropology, Arabic, and law. She is affiliated to the Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance, and Society, Leiden University, the Netherlands. The common factor in all her research activities is the focus on gender and law in Muslim-majority countries, particularly in Egypt and Morocco. In her new research project (“Living on the Other Side: A Multidisciplinary Analysis of Migration and Family Law”) she focuses on the rights of migrants in Morocco, and North Africa, both in the books and in practice. Previously, she was a guest scholar at the School of Oriental Studies (SOAS) in London, and Al-Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco. She authored Khul‘ Divorce in Egypt: Public Debates, Judicial Practices, and Everyday Life (2012), and has co-authored Women Judges in the Muslim World: A Comparative Study of Discourse and Practice, with Monika Lindbekk (2017) and Women and Social Change in North Africa: What Counts as Revolutionary?, with Doris Gray (2018).

What is antimatter? Antimatter was one of the most exciting physics discoveries of the 20th century, and has since been picked up by fiction writers such as Dan Brown. But what exactly is it? Antimatter has fuelled many a supernatural tale, but it's also fascinating all by itself. Many people think of it as an "out there" theoretical idea, unaware that it is actually being produced every day. What's more, research on antimatter is actually helping us to understand how the universe works! To find out more we visited Donal Hill, particle physicist from the University of Oxford Department of Physics to ask: What is antimatter? Listen here to find out…

In the second part of this week’s episode, we speak to Dr. Cedric Tan, from the University of Oxford Department of Zoology’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU), which has sought to engage society with conservation through the wide communication of scientific research. Most recently, WildCRU has been developing board games to demonstrate some of the challenges faced by conservationists, the animals themselves, or the indigenous people who live with them. We find out more about the WildCRU Game: Global Carnivore Conservation, which is based on real research experiences.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Jennifer Chesters joins Peter Reitzes to discuss her research on transcranial direct current stimulation in stuttering treatment. Chester and colleagues current study on this topic is available at no charge. Jennifer Chesters, MA, MSc, DPhil, is a neuroscience researcher and speech and language therapist at the Oxford Department of Experimental Psychology. Dr. Chesters is a […] The post Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Stuttering Treatment (Ep. 640) appeared first on StutterTalk: Changing how you think about stuttering.

Dr Sabina Alkire is the director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), an economic research centre within the Oxford Department of International Development. She is a professor in International Affairs at the George Washington University and is a fellow of the Human Development and Capability Association. With fellow economist James Foster, she developed the Alkire-Foster Method, which measures multidimensional poverty by considering a range of deprivations associated with poverty which are aggregated to reflect societal poverty. In the seven years since its adaptation the multidimensional poverty indicator (MPI) has been adopted the United Nations Development Programme and several national governments, notably that of Bhutan. In this lucid interview, Sabina outlines the MPI and stresses that effective measurements are crucial to the eradication of poverty. She describes the benefits of using a multidimensional approach which considers deprivations associated with poverty, such as lack of access to adequate education, healthcare and employment. While the MPI compliments conventional measures, Sabina emphasises how it is more sensitive to immediate gains, such as improvements in education enrolment rates, which monetary measures are slow to account for. Furthermore, the MPI demonstrates that solving poverty requires multifaceted strategies and collaboration; a growing global trend that is perhaps epitomised by the SDGs. Sabina also discusses the practical implementation of the MPI and provides some positive insights into the Gross National Happiness index of Bhutan. Finally, she finishes by describing the future of the MPI, particularly efforts around child poverty measures. The post Episode 37: Interview with Sabina Alkire, director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI: how to effectively measure poverty using the  multidimensional poverty indicator (MPI) appeared first on The Sustainability Agenda.

In this week's The Beacon, Nicholas Chin interviews Masooda Bano, Associate Professor in the Oxford Department of International Development, Senior Golding Fellow, Brasenose College, University of Oxford and author of The Rational Believer: Choices and Decisions in the Madrasas of Pakistan. They discuss aid effectiveness, what we can do to make sure aid is more effective and looking at ways in which we donate money.

A seminar by Elaine Chase of the University of Oxford Department of Social Policy and Intervention delivered on 5 March 2013

A seminar by Lucie Cluver of the University of Oxford Department of Social Policy and Intervention delivered on 5 February 2013

A seminar by Elisabetta Aurino of Young Lives, Oxford Department of International Development delivered on 12 February 2013

Part 1 of 3 of a series of podcasts from the special workshop 'The Arab Uprisings: Displacement and Migration', held at the Oxford Department of International Development on 16 May 2014 The aim of this workshop was to investigate the relation between migration and revolts. Some of the questions that were addressed include: What is the theoretical link between emigration, immigration and revolts? What have been the short-term and long-term impacts of the uprisings on mobility, migration and displacement in the Middle East and North Africa region in terms of patterns and trends and of institutional responses to movements induced by the Arab Uprising? What has been the impact of the Uprisings on broader processes of social change in the region?

Part 3 of 3 of a series of podcasts from the special workshop 'The Arab Uprisings: Displacement and Migration', held at the Oxford Department of International Development on 16 May 2014 The aim of this workshop was to investigate the relation between migration and revolts. Some of the questions that were addressed include: What is the theoretical link between emigration, immigration and revolts? What have been the short-term and long-term impacts of the uprisings on mobility, migration and displacement in the Middle East and North Africa region in terms of patterns and trends and of institutional responses to movements induced by the Arab Uprising? What has been the impact of the Uprisings on broader processes of social change in the region?

Part 2 of 3 of a series of podcasts from the special workshop 'The Arab Uprisings: Displacement and Migration', held at the Oxford Department of International Development on 16 May 2014 The aim of this workshop was to investigate the relation between migration and revolts. Some of the questions that were addressed include: What is the theoretical link between emigration, immigration and revolts? What have been the short-term and long-term impacts of the uprisings on mobility, migration and displacement in the Middle East and North Africa region in terms of patterns and trends and of institutional responses to movements induced by the Arab Uprising? What has been the impact of the Uprisings on broader processes of social change in the region?

Special seminar by Dr Maha Shuayb (Centre for Lebanese Studies), which took place at the Oxford Department of International Development on 19 May 2014. Since the beginning of the Syrian crisis in 2011, more than 3 million refugees have fled to the neighbouring countries Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt. According to the last regional response plan, it is estimated that the number of Syrian refugees in need of assistance across the region reached 3.45 million by the end of 2013. In Lebanon, the number of Syrian refugees has soared to over a million; 630,000 of them are between 3 and 18 years old. Syrian refugee children face a number of barriers in trying to access the educational system in Lebanon. The language of instruction poses difficulties for Syrians in coping with host country curricula: the Syrian national curriculum is solely in Arabic, whereas the Lebanese system includes English and French both as subjects and as languages of instruction for maths and science. The impact of all of these conditions on students' education retention and opportunities to continue higher education is yet to be seen. This talk, hosted by Oxford Solidarity for Syria in collaboration with the RSC, focuses on access and quality of education offered to Syrian refugee children in Lebanon. The initial findings of the ongoing study of public, private and UNRWA schools that have Syrian students have highlighted numerous challenges facing Syrian children including discrimination, violence, acculturation and lack of support in the classroom. With the increase of the scale of the crisis, and hostilities toward the Syrian refugees, the Lebanese Ministry of Education and Higher Education has already started to adopt an exclusory approach to the education of the refugees by banning new Syrian children from registering in public schools, whilst putting pressure on UN agencies to sponsor afternoon school shifts for Syrian students only. About the speaker: Maha Shuayb is the Director of the Centre for Lebanese Studies (CLS). She is also a visiting fellow at the Faculty of Education at the University of Oxford and the President of the Lebanese Association for History. Maha joined CLS in 2008 as a Senior Research Fellow at St Antony's College. In 2012, Maha became the Director of the Centre. Maha has a BSc in Sociology from the Lebanese University and a PhD degree in Education from the University of Cambridge. She has been a visiting scholar at various universities including University of Cambridge and the American University of Beirut. Maha's research focuses on the sociology and politics of education. Her research interests include education and social cohesion, refugee education, citizenship education and history education. Her most recent publications are: Rethinking Education for Social Cohesion: International Case Studies (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) and 'The art of inclusive exclusions educating Palestinian refugee students in Lebanon' (Refugee Survey Quarterly, forthcoming).

The Silent University Visible Award Ceremony 2013 took place at the Oxford Department of International Development on 20 May 2014. Ahmet Öğüt, Silent University founder, was presented with the Visible Award, and various speakers contributed to the event. On 14 December 2013, the second edition of the Visible Award was awarded to The Silent University, a knowledge exchange platform initiated by the artist Ahmet Öğüt and led by a group of asylum seekers, refugees, and migrants. In recognition of the award, the London branch of The Silent University produced a two-day event, with the first day organised in collaboration with the Oxford Migration Studies Society and the Refugee Studies Centre. The event focused on drawing together members of The Silent University in dialogue with artists, curators, and theoreticians who are working on projects that deal with migration issues in the legal framework of Western democracies. The Visible Award, which in its mission is looking for art that 'leaves its own field and becomes visible as part of something else,' is proud to accompany The Silent University in its encounter with the academic realm outside of the space of art. Read more about The Silent University here: http://thesilentuniversity.org/. Recording details: 00:00:00-00:03:15 - Welcome by Professor Dawn Chatty, Refugee Studies Centre; 00:03:16-00:11:24 - Introduction to the day by Matteo Luchetti and Judith Wielander, Visible; 00:11:30-00:15:21 - Presentation of the Visible Award by Andrea Zegna, Fondazione Zegna; 00:15:32-00:22:46 - Paolo Naldini, Pistoletto Foundation; 00:22:47-00:26:06 - Acceptance of the Visible Award by Ahmet Öğüt, The Silent University.

Two presentations and the first panel discussion of the Silent University event which took place at the Oxford Department of International Development on 20 May 2014. Recording details: 00:00:00-00:13:28 - Ten Types of Arabic Calligraphy (in English and Arabic), Behnam al-Agzeer, The Silent University; 00:13:32-00:17:01 - Sexually Transmitted Diseases and the History of HIV, Mulugeta Fikadu, The Silent University; 00:17:06-00:48:29 - Panel 1: Migrant Communities and Networks, and Social Exclusion in the UK and Europe. Moderator: Professor Bridget Anderson, COMPAS. Panellists: Carlos Cruz, The Silent University; Uvindu Kurukulasuriya, The Silent University; Geraldine Takundwa, The Silent University; Miriam Binsztok, The Silent University; Karin Waringo, The Silent University Paris.

The second panel discussion of the Silent University event which took place at the Oxford Department of International Development on 20 May 2014. Panel 2: The role of artists and institutions in challenging popular narratives about migrants. Moderator: Ahmet Öğüt, The Silent University. Panellists: Aaron Cezar, Delfina Foundation; Emily Fahlén, The Silent University Stockholm; Jonas Staal, New World Academy.

RSC and Oxford Diasporas Programme special seminar. Professor Harris Mylonas (George Washington University). Recorded on 27 May 2014 at the Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford. What drives a state's choice to assimilate, accommodate, or exclude ethnic groups within its territory? In this talk, Harris Mylonas speaks on his book, The Politics of Nation-Building: Making Co-Nationals, Refugees, and Minorities (Cambridge University Press, 2013), in which he argues that a state's nation-building policies toward non-core groups – any aggregation of individuals perceived as an ethnic group by the ruling elite of a state – are influenced by both its foreign policy goals and its relations with the external patrons of these groups. Through a detailed study of the Balkans, Mylonas shows that how a state treats a non-core group within its own borders is determined largely by whether the state's foreign policy is revisionist or cleaves to the international status quo, and whether it is allied or in rivalry with that group's external patrons. Mylonas injects international politics into the study of nation-building, building a bridge between international relations and the comparative politics of ethnicity and nationalism. This is the first book to explain systematically how the politics of ethnicity in the international arena determine which groups are assimilated, accommodated or annihilated by their host states.