Events 2022/23

Where: St Anne's College, Oxford

When: 12th and 13th of June, running from Monday 11:00 until Tuesday 13:00

Deadlines to present: 01 May 2023

Deadlines to register: 29 May 2023  

How to register: via Microsoft Forms (a link has been distributed via email to those eligible to attend)

We are excited to announce that the Call for Participation and Registration are now open for the Grand Union DTP Annual Conference 2023. 

There are various formats available for participation, or you are welcome to come along as an attendee. 

Like last year we would like all attendees to submit a postcard-sized digital representation of their thesis, suitable for printing. This might be in the form of an image, or a limerick, a three word thesis, or any variation. Whatever can fit on a postcard. The only stipulation is that it should also include your name. These will be printed and displayed in the communal areas at the conference, with opportunities for discussion and there will be prizes for the best postcards!

In addition you may choose to present in one of the following ways:

1. A 15-20 minute presentation (traditional conference format) to be followed by 5 minutes Q&A;
2. A 5 minute presentation;
3. A poster presentation.

For category (a) you will be asked for a 200 word abstract; for categories (b) and (c) only a title is required at this stage. All stages of research are welcomed for all formats.

Please note this event is only for ESRC Grand Union DTP funded students from The University of Oxford, Brunel University, and the Open University. 

Where: Online via Teams

When: 18th May, 15:00-16:30

How to register: https://forms.office.com/r/6VjKcHmxGh 

How can social science research be adapted to be relevant for business and public policy audiences? Beyond academic publishing, what does it mean to translate research so that it can be accessible and influential among key decision-makers? 

This online panel will draw upon a series of insights from academics and professional services staff whose work engages with public policy or business. 

The event will also offer an opportunity to meet the new, incoming Director of the DTP, Professor Rebecca Surender. 

Confirmed speakers (to include):

• Alexander Betts, Prof. of Forced Migration and International Affairs, University of Oxford 
• Rebecca Surender, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford 
• Helena Channon-Wells, Innovation and Business Partnerships Manager, Social Sciences Division, University of Oxford 
• Trisha Gopalakrishna, Oxford Policy Engagement Network (OPEN) Fellow and a DPhil student in Geography, University of Oxford

Please note, this event is only for students from The University of Oxford, Brunel University, and the Open University. Please register using your University email address We will not send invites to personal email addresses.

This event will be online via Teams and the link to join the meeting will be distributed closer to the time. If you are not a student from the University of Oxford, Brunel University, or The Open University you will not be sent the Teams link.

Where: Online via Zoom

When: 31st May, 13:30-17:00

How to register: https://forms.office.com/e/adDcKbhgGa

We will be offering a half-day (three and a half hour-hour) Zoom workshop on media engagement with two experienced former BBC journalists, Claire Bolderson and Caroline Finnigan. They will guide you through the process of refining your academic work into a story that is accessible to a wider audience. How do you draw people in with relevant and appropriate hooks and angles? How do you tell your story the story of your research effectively and fairly?

This event is only open to ESRC Grand Union DTP Scholars at Brunel University, the Open University, and Oxford University. Please register your interest via the booking form by 25th May 2023, and we will then inform those who have been allocated a place on the course.

There are limited spaces available for these sessions and the DTP is paying for external trainers to facilitate, so please only register your interest if you are certain you would attend if offered a place and if you have not already attended a Media Training Event we have run. 

Please see the tab on the left-hand side or click here to access the library of Grand Union DTP event recordings made available to students. 

(This series has completed - recordings of the below sessions are now available for viewing at the same link)

The Department of International Development has organised a series called the 'Oxford Development Talks' to showcase the best of Oxford thinking on international development and to make it accessible to a wider general public. The talks will take a variety of forms, from lectures to interviews, and will take key ideas from research and explain them in an accessible way. All the talks will be live on Zoom at regular points during Trinity Term 2020. Themes will include:

• 'How Covid-19 Will Affect the Global Poor'

Monday 18th May, 2pm 

Sabina Alkire 

• 'China's Growth Strategy, and What It Means for the World'

Tuesday 26th May, 2pm 

Xiaolan Fu

• 'Space, Class and Social Distancing in the Indian City'

Monday 1st June, 2pm 

Nandini Gooptu

• ‘Migration Control and Human Rights in the Pandemic Era'

Monday 8th June, 2pm 

Cathryn Costello

• 'The Growing Costs of Inequality: Lessons from Latin America'

Monday, 15th June, 2pm 

Diego Sanchez-Ancochea

• 'Islam in the Changing World'

Friday, 19th June, 2pm 

Masooda Bano

• 'The Politics of Pandemics in Africa' 

Monday, 22nd June, 2pm 

Simukai Chigudu 

• 'Should We Abolish Immigration Control?'

Monday, 29th June, 2pm 

Matthew Gibney 

To access the complete programme and registration details, please visit https://www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/content/oxford-development-talks.