Cafe Scientifique Oxford

Where and When?

The Oxford Cafe is hosted in Blackwells Bookshop on Broad Street, at 7.00pm on the second Tuesday of every month.

Blackwells kindly sponsor the event by providing the venue.

Doors usually open around 6:30 pm (earlier if it's cold and we are able to set up quickly!)

The first Cafe Scientifique in the city was held on 14th November 2000.

9th March 2010
Dr Myles Allen - "Climate change - the latest

9th February 2010
Dr Chris Atkinson - "More efficient watering strategies for plants" (both in commercial and home agriculture)

12th January 2010
Dr Charlie Simpson, on 'Carbohydrate, sports drinks and exercise'

8th December 2009
Professor Angela McLean - The spread of pandemic infections

10th November 2009
Dr Jan Zalasiewicz - Earth after us - what will the planet look like 100 million years in the future?

13th October 2009
Professor Len Seymour - Stem cells and anti-viral therapies

8th September 2009
Professor Simon Murch - Possible links between autoimmune diseases and unexplained intestinal problems

and later this year....

August 2010
No Cafe - we always take a break in August.

13th July 2010
Not yet fixed.

8th June 2010
Not yet fixed.

11th May 2010
Renowned author Philip Ball - either networks or music cognition (tbc)

13th April 2010
Not yet fixed.

August 2009
We do not hold a Cafe during August

14th July 2009 - was cancelled

9th June 2009 - Dr Jean Knox - Psychotherapy

12th May 2009 - Dr Helen Packer and Dr Marcus Gould - Biofilms

14th April 2009 - Professor Steve Roberts - Fusion - materials for building fusion reactors

10th March 2009 - Steve Moxon - Do men dominate women? Why are there sexes?

10th February 2009 - CANCELLED due to the high chance of difficult travelling conditions for speaker/audience/Blackwells staff.

13th January 2009 - Professor Russell Foster - Rhythms of life - the 24-hour body clocks that rule our lives

9th December 2008 - Dr David Robinson - Earthquakes, hazards and prediction: Can we ever predict an earthquake?

11th November 2009
Professor Peter Rothwell - Avoiding strokes: why medical research has been failing patients

Friday 17th October 2009
Dr Ben Goldacre - Bad Science

September 2008
Dr Stephen Samuel - Fuel economy and emission levels

July 2008
Late change - general discussion Cafe

June 2008
Dr Carolyn Willis - Cancer detection in dogs: from anecdote to evidence

May 2008
Professor Peter Atkins - Thermodynamics made easy

April 2008
CANCELLED - our apologies to all audience members

March 2008
Rita Carter - Multiple personalities

February 2008
Brian Clegg - Infinity

January 2008
Roger Ashby - Autism - a parent's viewpoint

December 2007
Dr Chris Blanford - The hydrogen economy and fuel cells

November 2007
Gavin Killip - Turning my house energy-efficient - a personal experience of going low-carbon.

October 2007
Chris Carpenter - Fusion within our grasp.

(Archive available here for details of previous years' speakers)