Tech Geopolitics – The Current State of Play
With Dr Keegan McBride
15:00 - 16:00, Schwarzman Centre
This talk will explore the nexus of technological innovation, geopolitics, and security.
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How to do Ethnographic Research with Ethnote
With Emilie Munch Gregersen and Professor Morten Axel Pedersen
15:30 - 17:00, 58a Banbury Road
Via hands-on examples, this talk will explore how Ethnote enables systematic workflows while maintaining the open-endedness of anthropological knowledge making.
OII Pride Lecture 2026
With Dr Ewan Soubutts and Lucas LaRochelle
13:00 - 15:00, Schwarzman Centre
"Twink Death - A Deep-dive Into the Sociotechnical Relationship Between Ageing and Queerness Online" with Dr Ewan Soubutts and title tbc with Lucas LaRochelle
Network Canvas in the Cloud: Advances in Social Network Data Collection
With Dr Bernie Hogan and Joshua Melville
16:00 - 17:00, Schwarzman Centre
We introduce Network Canvas Fresco, including an online form builder, state-of-the-art family tree collection, new interfaces for efficient network data collection, multi-user projects, 2-factor authentication and extensive look and feel upgrades
OII 25th Anniversary Public Lecture. Dreaming of a Networked World: Reflections on the Political Economy of the Internet
With Dr danah boyd
17:30 - 19:30, Mathematical Institute
In this talk, danah will weave through internet pasts, presents, and future to shed light on the good, bad, and ugly so that we may leverage our knowledge of what happened in pursuit of a more just and generous future.
Digital public service infrastructures for culture: is a non-commercial mandate possible? The dotPublic case study
With Dr Ignacio Gallego and Prof Tony Ageh
16:00 - 17:00, Schwarzman Centre
This talk explores whether it is possible to imagine and develop genuinely non-commercial digital public infrastructures for culture in increasingly platformized media environments.
Connected Life 2026: New Intelligence, Old Questions
16:00 - 18:00, Oxford Union
The Connected Life Summit is a one-day, student-led conference focused on what it means to live in an increasingly connected world.