Join broadcaster and journalist Evan Davis as he chairs a debate using the freedom of speech ‘tips’ developed by Worcester in collaboration with colleges across Oxford. As well as student speakers, Evan will be joined by Halima Begum (Chief Executive, Oxfam GB) and Paul Mason (journalist and commentator).

On 13-14 May, over 130 countries came together in Berlin for the UN Peacekeeping Ministerial to discuss the future of peacekeeping and to make concrete pledges to fund and support it. This panel will look at the outcomes of the Ministerial in the wider context of current international political and financial turbulence. It will consider:
- How geopolitical tensions are impacting UN peacekeeping
- What specific challenges the UN is facing and whether and how it can adapt to them
- How key conflicts can be addressed going forward

We are excited to announce that this year’s speaker for the prestigious Tanner Lecture on Human Values is the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk. The title of his lectures will be ‘Human Rights: Cooling a Planet on Fire.’

Mr Türk has dedicated his career to advancing universal human rights and protecting vulnerable populations, including refugees. Previously, he served as Under-Secretary-General for Policy in the UN Secretary-General’s Executive Office.

As part of a conference on the role of the media in the peace process and coverage of ongoing legacy issues, John Alderdice will convene a panel of senior journalists and academics.

The annual Oxford-Georgia Forum serves as a dynamic platform for fostering dialogue and advancing partnership initiatives between Georgia and the United Kingdom. Bringing together scholars, practitioners, and policymakers, the forum draws on a broad range of academic disciplines, including political science, international relations, anthropology, sociology, history, literature, archaeology, cultural studies, economics, and business.

This workshop examines the impact of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on global and regional security. The event will open with a roundtable exploring interactions between Ukraine, Taiwan, and Israel in the context of global instability. In the afternoon, we will first consider the role of the EU and NATO in securing Ukraine’s borders, as well as explore Ukraine’s responses to rising cybersecurity challenges. We will then examine the domestic dimension of the full-scale war, addressing civil-military dynamics during wartime, challenges of force generation, and veteran politics.

Lucy Easthope is a leading authority on responding to and recovering from emergencies. For over two decades she has challenged others to think differently about what comes next after complex, tragic events. She is a passionate and thought-provoking voice in planning for pandemics, conflict, sudden death and disaster, and has been a tactical advisor to international emergency responders since 2001.

She is the author of The Recovery Myth and of the Sunday Times Bestseller ‘When The Dust Settles’. Her new book ‘Come What May’ was released in May 2025.

The story of the Rwandan Genocide has been told many times by scholars and journalists. Over the course of a hundred days in the spring and summer of 1994, about eight hundred thousand Tutsi and moderate Hutu were murdered by their extremist Hutu compatriots. Those hundred days were the final phase of a four-year civil war, also known as the Struggle for Liberation, which formed the immediate context of the genocide.

Admiral Munsch, a former Rhodes Scholar (Hertford) and current commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa and NATO Joint Force Commander - Naples, will argue that achieving lasting peace in the 21st century demands a fundamental shift in how we wage war. This new approach must prioritize the deliberate building of peace as our core strategy, moving beyond simply winning battles. He will explain how a conveyor belt of innovation, supported by strong partnerships, are essential to securing our collective future in our changing world.

Dr. Yuiko Asaba is a Lecturer (equiv. Assistant Professor) in Music at SOAS University of London. In her research, she examines aspects of migration, maritime history and globalisation surrounding popular music between Latin America and Asia. Yuiko is the author of the monograph, Tango in Japan: Cosmopolitanism Beyond the West, and has published articles including in the East Asian Journal of Popular Culture and the Cambridge Companion to Tango.