Seminars will be delivered on Thursdays in weeks 2, 4, 6 & 8 of Hilary Term (January-March) 2019, 4-6pm at the School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford.

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Week 2: 4-6pm, Thursday 24 January 2019 | H O Beckit Room, SoGE

Inequality in Transport

  • Prof David Banister, Emeritus Professor of Transport Studies, University of Oxford
  • Chair: Dr Debbie Hopkins

Week 4: 4-6pm, Thursday 7 February 2019 | H O Beckit Room, SoGE

Taken for a ride: Grounding neoliberalism, precarious labour, and public transport in an African metropolis

  • Dr Matteo Rizzo, Development Studies, SOAS University of London
  • Chair: Dr Jennie Middleton

Week 6: 4-6pm, Thursday 21 February 2019 | H O Beckit Room, SoGE

How to make I.T. good? Developing digital ethics as an engine for innovation through collaborative research with disaster risk management practitioners

  • Prof Monika Büscher, Centre for Mobilities Research, Lancaster University
  • Chairs: Dr Debbie Hopkins and Dr Ersilia Verlinghieri

Week 8: 4-6pm, Thursday 7 March 2019 | H O Beckit Room, SoGE

Looking for Gender in mobility justice: Implications for transport and mobility futures

  • Dr Lesley Murray, School of Applied Social Science, University of Brighton
  • Chair: Dr Tim Schwanen