Past Events
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Technology and Mobilities in Africa Seminar Series: Social Media Warfare and Kenya’s Conflict with Al Shabaab in Somalia
Date: Tuesday 6 March 2018
Speakers: Tom Molony
The Oxford Internet Institute is excited to welcome Tom Molony from the University of Edinburgh for the Technology and Mobilities in Africa Seminar Series talk "Social Media Warfare and Kenya's Conflict with Al Shabaab in Somalia".
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OII Colloquia: Can Blockchains be regulated?
Date: Thursday 1 March 2018
Speakers: Dr Michèle Finck
The Oxford Internet Institute is excited to welcome Dr Michèle Finck from the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition for the OII Colloquia talk "Can Blockchains be regulated?". The event is followed by a short drinks reception.
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Book Launch: “Reinventing Capitalism in the Age of Big Data” by Viktor Mayer-Schönberger
Date: Wednesday 28 February 2018
Speakers: Professor Viktor Mayer-Schönberger
The Oxford Internet Institute is delighted to welcome Professor Viktor Mayer-Schönberger for the launch of his new book "Reinventing Capitalism in the Age of Big Data". The event is followed by a short drinks reception.
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OxDeg: Ethnography of and in the state: perspectives on qualitative research in government service design
Date: Wednesday 21 February 2018
Speakers: Alex Blandford
The Oxford Internet Institute is excited to welcome Alex Blandford for the OxDeg talk 'Ethnography of and in the state: perspectives on qualitative research in government service design'.
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Technology and Mobilities in Africa Seminar Series: Crossing Digital Divides?: Social Media, Children and Young People in Malawi, Africa
Date: Tuesday 20 February 2018
Speakers: Dr Elsbeth Robson
The Oxford Internet Institute is excited to welcome Dr Elsbeth Robson from the University of Hull for the Technology and Mobilities in Africa Seminar Series talk "Crossing Digital Divides?: Social Media, Children and Young People in Malawi, Africa".
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The Revolution Will Not Be Brought To You by IBM: A Return to the Historical Roots of Internet Afro-Pessimism
Date: Thursday 8 February 2018
Speakers: Charlton McIlwain
The Oxford Internet Institute is excited to welcome Charlton McIlwain from New York University for the talk "The Revolution Will Not Be Brought To You by IBM: A Return to the Historical Roots of Internet Afro-Pessimism".
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OxDeg: Digital detox: One Forest, Two Cities, and My Facebook
Date: Wednesday 7 February 2018
The Oxford Internet Institute is excited to have Theodora Sutton, DPhil student at the OII, for the OxDeg talk 'Digital detox: One Forest, Two Cities, and My Facebook'.
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OII Colloquia: What’s wrong with using machine learning to personalise law?
Date: Thursday 25 January 2018
Speakers: Professor Karen Yeung, Professor Timothy Endicott
The Oxford Internet Institute is excited to welcome Professor Karen Yeung and Professor Timothy Endicott for the OII Colloquia talk "What's wrong with using machine learning to personalise law?". The event is followed by a short drinks reception.
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OxDeg: The Internet is for Strangers: Virtual and real modes of obligation, the case of Timor Leste
Date: Wednesday 24 January 2018
Speakers: Dominik Lukes
The Oxford Internet Institute is excited to welcome Dominik Lukes from Saïd Business School for the OxDeg talk 'The Internet is for Strangers: Virtual and real modes of obligation, the case of Timor Leste'.
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Live Virtual Q&A for Prospective OII DPhil Students
Date: Friday 8 December 2017
Live virtual Q&A session with Professor Gina Neff Director of DPhil programme.
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An Evening with Dame Stephanie Shirley
Date: Thursday 30 November 2017
Speakers: Dame Stephanie Shirley
The Oxford Internet Institute is excited to welcome Dame Stephanie Shirley to share the story of her career and personal life.
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OxDeg: Anthropology, Ethnography, and the Study of Online Sexual Offending
Date: Wednesday 29 November 2017
Speakers: Dr Jonah Rimer
The Oxford Internet Institute is excited to welcome Dr Jonah Rimer from the School of Anthropology & Museum Ethnography for the OxDeg talk 'Anthropology, Ethnography, and the Study of Online Sexual Offending'.
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The Robust Appetite for Deception
Date: Tuesday 28 November 2017
Speakers: Judith Donath
The Oxford Internet Institute is excited to welcome Judith Donath from The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School for the talk 'The Robust Appetite for Deception'.
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OII Colloquia: Artificial Intelligence for policing
Date: Thursday 23 November 2017
Speakers: Dr Miriam Fernandez
The Oxford Internet Institute is excited to welcome Dr Miriam Fernandez from The Open University for the OII Colloquia talk 'Artificial Intelligence for policing'. The event will be followed by a short drinks reception.
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Comparative analysis of national histories in Wikipedia & Britannica: A Temporal and Linguistic Perspectives
Date: Monday 20 November 2017
Speakers: Anna Samoilenko
The Oxford Internet Institute is excited to welcome alumna Anna Samoilenko for the talk "Comparative analysis of national histories in Wikipedia and Britannica: A Temporal and Linguistic Perspectives"
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OxDeg: Introducing Project Seventy: A disruption of visual culture
Date: Wednesday 15 November 2017
Speakers: Dr. Alison Kahn
The Oxford Internet Institute is excited to welcome Dr. Alison Kahn from Oxford Brooke's University for the OxDeg talk 'Introducing Project Seventy:Introducing Project Seventy- a disruption of visual culture'.
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Distilling Digital Traces and Capturing Crowds with NodeXL
Date: Thursday 9 November 2017
Speakers: Marc Smith
The Oxford Internet Institute is excited to welcome Marc Smith for the talk 'Distilling Digital Traces and Capturing Crowds with NodeXL'.
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Live Virtual Q&A for Prospective OII DPhil Students
Date: Friday 3 November 2017
Speakers: Professor Gina Neff
Live virtual Q&A session with Professor Gina Neff Director of DPhil programme.
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OxDeg: The impacts of official conspiracy theories: The Gezi Park protests
Date: Wednesday 1 November 2017
Speakers: Dr Türkay Salim Nefes
The Oxford Internet Institute is excited to welcome Dr Türkay Salim Nefes from the Sociology Department at the University of Oxford for the OxDeg talk 'The impacts of official conspiracy theories: The Gezi Park protests'.
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Bellwether Lecture: Exploring the Materialities of Digital Information
Date: Thursday 26 October 2017
Speakers: Paul Dourish
The Oxford Internet Institute is excited to welcome Paul Dourish from the University of California, Irvine for the Bellwether talk 'Exploring the Materialities of Digital Information'.