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Dr Chris Ballance. Dr Chris Ballance Quantum computing’s up-and-coming star
End-of-the-world scare stories have the opposite effectCelebrated conservationist EJ Milner-Gulland accentuates the positive
Professor Shadreck Chirikure: We owe a lot to the pastArchaeology can take us back to the future
Professor Ben AnsellEverything is political, says Ben Ansell, as he is named the new Reith lecturer
We need to help create a future we cannot predictProfessor Soumitra Dutta and AI, education and exciting times
Professor Zoltán Molnár
Mental health is not written in the stars – but some conditions can be determined even before birth
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Professor Yaacov YadgarThe dangers of asking questions and of not asking questions
Professor Carlos Vargas-SilvaI’d never been in a category before leaving my own country
From Wadham to GCHQ and backRobert Hannigan on cyber crime, spying and the AI tsunami coming our way
The Coronation is based on 3,000-year old Biblical traditionProfessor George Garnett on kings, crowns and ... communism
Professor Marion TurnerChaucer's Wife of Bath is saying women should be listened to, many people found this threatening
Professor Carolyn Hoyle, academic, advocate, campaigner'The death penalty is not ok anywhere.'
Professor Andrea CiprianiThe search for a revolution in mental health treatments - and an organ to play
Professor Marina JirotkaThe accidental computer expert, and the battle to make tech ethical, sustainable and fair
'Of course' Shakespeare should be taughtProfessor Emma Smith and the importance of studying Humanities
Does it matter if Christmas isn't Ho Ho Holy?Graham Ward on secular festivities and his long road to Oxford
From running COVID-19 trials to researching respiratory diseases Professor Daniela Ferreira discusses her journey from Brazil to Oxford
It's Biology's time nowThe enthusiastically scary Professor Mike Bonsall talks aliens, bio-threats and cool science
It’s perfectly possible to remove CO2 from the atmosphereProfessor Myles Allen, the physicist behind net zero
If there were a first prize for coming firstProfessor Brenda Stevensonwould surely be in the running
There is no such thing as TrussonomicsSir Dieter Helm on strong opinions, prime ministers and making an impact
'My mother always said I overdid things'Professor Ngaire Woods, the founding head of Oxford's Blavatnik School of Government
From OPEC to Net Zero and still optimisticProfessor Nick Eyre on 34 years as an environmentalist
Creating statistical models for infectious diseases is challengingCOVID modeller Professor Christl Donnelly on making a difference
Oxford Professor, award-winning innovator, cricketerByron Byrne gets things done
It was a mistake to write off the RussiansInternational Relations Professor Neil MacFarlane takes a long view
Master and CompanionDame Valerie Amos and her journey from Guyana to the Garter
Throwing open Oxford's digital doorsBodley’s LibrarianRichard Ovenden on transforming scholarship, protecting democracy and Man U
In academic DisneylandSocial Sciences head Professor Timothy Power talks politics, power and his road to Oxford
From Tony Benn intern to Oxford history professorNow William Whyte is steering a new future for universities - among other roles
The glass half full manProfessor Chas Bountra and Oxford's innovative future
Myths, mistakes and Kremlin revengeDr Vlad Mykhnenko and the devastating invasion of his Ukraine home
Women academics don't realise how amazing they areSays the in-demand (and amazing) Professor Lucie Cluver
Prepared to changeProfessor Dan Grimley at the helm of Oxford's Humanities
Journeys in the EastProfessor Henrietta Harrison and the hidden histories of China
The dead grateful Professor Mark PollardWhy archaeology is not all treasure, trowels and Indiana Jones
Religious people need to explain and debate betterProfessor Alister McGrath on faith, CS Lewis and Christmas
If we did the right thing, we did it by accidentProfessor Dominic Wilkinson talks COVID, ethics and the next pandemic
Genocide, mass murder...and OxfordProfessor Dapo Akande, the very genial new UN law expert
(The) Heather Viles on ...ruins, rocks, rubble and winning a certain gold medal
No wonder he relaxes with waspsSir Charles Godfray and the enormous challenges of climate and feeding the world
Exceptional people make a differenceSudhirHazareesingh on heroes...and villains
Bad COP, Good COP?Oxford law professor Lavanya Rajamani and why climate talks matter
Professor Aditi Lahiri
From punk rock to plantsRobert Scotland argues we need hard science to 'save' the natural world
The accidental academicProfessor Abigail Williams on Dead Poets, dangerous novels and her love for literature
Where the wild things should beYadvinder Malhi and why rainforest diversity is critical
Not a tea ladyThe prime of Professor Dame Kay Davies
Deadly heatThe pleasantly terrifying Dr Fredi Otto talks extreme climate events
Beautiful clouds, Mr BondPhilip Stier and why you shouldn't look up the same way again
Call me SpockThe dedicated and disruptive Melinda Mills takes a (quick) break
Putting the eco into economicCameron Hepburn: More Skippy than Crocodile Dundee
A million reasons for talking to ...Martin Landray, co-leader of the Covid RECOVERY trial, estimated to have saved a million lives
From a forest track to the corridors of powerThe wild lives of Nathalie Seddon
Oxford profiles
Leading academics and researchers from across the University's divisions talk about their lives, their work and their paths to Oxford. Curated by Sarah Whitebloom, contact: [emailprotected]
