Events
We organise a range of research seminars, lectures and conferences relating to the Internet; the majority open to the public, and many of them webcast. Please register for events by contacting: events@oii.ox.ac.uk, tel: +44(0)1865 287210.
Our events take place in a range of locations, often at the Oxford Internet Institute.
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OII’s Wednesday Webinar Week 3 ‘Data, Governance and Geopolitics’
Date: Wednesday 28 October 2020
Speakers: Pari Esfandiari, Greg Treverton
The Oxford Internet Institute welcomes Pari Esfandiari and Greg Treverton Co-Founders, and respectively President and Chairperson of the Global TechnoPolitics Forum. Hosted by Professor Philip Howard, Director of the OII.
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OxDEG: Do we need a canonised digital social research?
Date: Monday 2 November 2020
Speakers: Giuseppe Alessandro Veltri
The Oxford Internet Institute welcomes Giuseppe Alessandro Veltri for this Digital Ethnography webinar session on the extent of innovation that the digital world is bringing to research.
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OII’s Wednesday Webinar Week 4 ‘Are We Really Living in an Infodemic? Deconstructing a Buzzword’
Date: Wednesday 4 November 2020
Dr Chico Camargo and Felix M. Simon from the OII will discuss the term 'infodemic', and argue it's uncritical use in policy making, whilst highlighting the additional dangers of it's associated terms.
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OII’s Wednesday Webinar Week 5 ‘In Conversation with Professor Lisa Nakamura’
Date: Wednesday 11 November 2020
Speakers: Lisa Nakamura
The OII hosts Lisa Nakamura, Gwendolyn Calvert Baker Collegiate Professor in the Department of American Cultures at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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OxDEG: Music Videos and Prosthetic Memories in Pakistan’s Coke Studio
Date: Monday 16 November 2020
Speakers: Dr Richard Williams
The OII is delighted to present Dr Richard Williams (SOAS University of London) for the next Digital Ethnography Group session, discussing The Coke Studio in Pakistan, and it's effects on the arts in the country's narrative.
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OII’s Wednesday Webinar Week 6 ‘There’s an app for that: Tech governance during COVID-19’
Date: Wednesday 18 November 2020
Speakers: Dr Seda Gürses, Dr Michael Veale , Dr Aaron Martin, Nikita Aggarwal, Corinne Cath
Following the publication of 'Data Justice and COVID-19: Global Perspectives', the Oxford Internet Institute is hosting a discussion among leading experts to reflect on the enduring lessons for technological governance following from the pandemic.
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OxDEG: Fedoras, Virgins, and Hardware: Hackathons and the social dynamics of competitive creation
Date: Monday 30 November 2020
Siân Brooke will present her findings from research into gender at hackathons and programming competitions across the UK. The presentation builds on an ethnography of six hackathons undertaken in 2019-2020, part of the data for a forthcoming DPhil thesis
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OII’s Wednesday Webinar Week 8 ‘Destroy the Internet Advertising Economy With This One Weird Trick’
Date: Wednesday 2 December 2020
The OII welcomes Visiting Policy Fellow Tim Hwang, to discuss his new book 'Subprime Attention Crisis' with Dr Scott A. Hale. Tim is a researcher and lawyer, working at the intersection of technology, public policy and economics.