The first Open Lecture of the 2025/2026 academic year will feature Sarah Meltzoff (University of Miami), Professor in Marine Ecosystems and Society.

Her talk, entitled “Dolphin Hunters or Dolphin Saviors as Cultural Identity Shifts in the Solomon Islands”, explores more than fifty years of research in the Solomon Islands, where she has documented how cultural practices around dolphin hunting are being reshaped by environmental, social, and economic change in an age of globalization.

Open to all, no registration required