In the second term of every academic year since 1986 Darwin College has organised a series of eight public lectures. Each series has been built around a single theme, approached in a multi-disciplinary way, and with each lecture prepared for a general audience by a leading authority on his or her subject. The theme of the 2015 lecture series is "Development".
Darwin College Lecture Series 2015 – Development "Technology Development" Herman Hauser
Darwin College Lecture Series 2015 – Development "Economic Development" Ha-Joon Change (Cambridge)
Darwin College Lecture Series 2015 – Development "Biomimicry – Development of Sustainable Design" Michael Pawlyn
Darwin College Lecture Series 2015 - Development "Development of Climate Science" Professor Dame Julia Slingo
Darwin College Lecture Series 2015 - Development "Developing a Sense of Self" Professor Bruce Hood (Bristol)
Darwin College Lecture Series 2015 - Development "Development of an Athlete" Katherine Grainger
Darwin College Lecture Series 2015 - Development "The Development of Galaxies" Professor Richard Ellis (Caltech)
Darwin College Lecture Series 2015 – Development "Reprogramming Animal Development" Professor Sir John Gurdon (Cambridge)