Lecture Series
We're already looking forward to the Darwin College Lecture Series 2027, which will explore the idea of Cooperation from eight very different angles.
The lectures are open to all and free to attend, on a first come first served basis. We do not take bookings or issue tickets.
Lectures are held on Fridays at 5.30pm throughout Lent Term, in the Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick site.
Security: Cooperation within Government and between Governments
Ms Suzanne Raine MBE
Selwyn College, University of Cambridge
5.30pm, Friday 22nd January, 2027
Market Failure, Organ Shortage, Pandemic and Climate Change: The Architecture of Cooperation
Professor Axel Ockenfels
Max Planck Institute
5.30pm, Friday 5th February 2027
Welfare Reform and the Imperative of Cooperation
Sir Andrew Dilnot
Nuffield College, University of Oxford
5.30pm, Friday 12th February 2027
The Magic of Magnetism
Professor Russell Cowburn
University of Cambridge
5.30pm, Friday 19th February 2027
Cooperation as a Laboratory of Being
Professor Iris van der Tuin
Utrecht University
5.30pm, Friday 26th February, 2027
Together Now: Cooperation and Collaboration in Social Art Practice
Mr Harold Offeh
Royal College of Art
5.30pm, Friday 5th March 2027
Cooperation for Nature
Dr Mike Rands
Cambridge Conservation Initiative
5.30pm, Friday 12th March, 2027
Notes and Noises in Nature: Not a Swan Song?
Professor Hans Slabbekoorn
University of Leiden
5.30pm, Friday 23rd January 2026
Explore our collection of past lectures
Since 1986, the Darwin College Lecture Series has provided an important annual contribution to Cambridge's intellectual conversation. Watch previous lectures on our YouTube channel.
