The Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy, and Natural Resource Governance (CEENRG) is hosting a weekly seminar series throughout the 2017-2018 academic year. These are informal and friendly talks allowing discussion of on-going work for PhD students, early career and senior researchers.

Despite important strides in the fight against poverty over the past two decades with nearly 1.1 billion people escaping extreme poverty since 1990, child poverty remains widespread and persistent, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. This three-day international conference aims to engage policy makers, practitioners and researchers in identifying solutions for fighting child poverty and inequality in Africa, and inspiring action towards change. The conference offers a platform for bridging divides across sectors, disciplines and policy, practice and research.

The Hinton Lecture is the flagship lecture of the Royal Academy of Engineering. Vincent de Rivaz CBE FREng, current Chief Executive Officer of EDF Energy, will give this year's lecture, reflecting on a career spanning four decades at the forefront of the energy sector.

A research and networking event for researchers in the language sciences at the University of Cambridge. Now in its third year, this annual meeting of minds brings together established and early careers researchers for an afternoon of talks and poster presentations, and provides an opportunity for informal networking. The theme of this year's Symposium is the link between research in language sciences and tech innovation.

The Michaelmas 2017 edition of the REAL Centre Seminar Series (Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge) will explore topics related to the innovation, leadership, policy and specific cases of the social context of education. All welcome.

This course aims to provide those involved in disaster risk reduction with a clear understanding of the challenging dynamics of designing policies, mobilising resources and leveraging technology to reduce the risks and effects of disasters.

Within the theme of operationalising sustainability, this two-day professional development programme will give you the opportunity to understand how to identify and assess natural capital, create an effective natural capital strategy, and understand the natural capital risks and opportunities for your business.

Being Human takes place in various locations around the UK, centred on the Senate House in London. The festival is led by the University of London's School of Advanced Study, working in partnership with the Arts & Humanities Research Council and the British Academy.

Professor Helen Margetts, director of the prestigious Oxford Internet Institute, presents her personal, positive vision - and then leads discussion - on how the UK's social media can be a force for greater equality in the year 2027.

The Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy, and Natural Resource Governance (CEENRG) is hosting a weekly seminar series throughout the 2017-2018 academic year. These are informal and friendly talks allowing discussion of on-going work for PhD students, early career and senior researchers.