School of Social Sciences

Afternoon Seminars@CMIST - Kevin Lang - Does Competition Eliminate Discrimination? Evidence from the Commercial Sex Market in Singapore

16:15 - 17:30 18 February 2015
In this Afternoon Seminars@CMIST event, held on a Wednesday (one-off date change), Kevin Lang from Boston University will give a talk entitled 'Does Competition Eliminate Discrimination?…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 18 February 2015
Mason Porter, University of Oxford Multilayer Networks In most natural and engineered systems, a set of entities interact with each other in complicated patterns that can encompass…

Political parties and non-standard employment

15:30 - 17:00 18 February 2015
Democracy and Elections seminar Political Parties and Non-Standard Employment: France, Germany, Italy, and Spain in Comparison by Georg Picot, University of Manchester & Irene Menendez,…

Book launch: Sacred and Secular Musics by VS Kalra

19:00 20 February 2015
Virinder S. Kalra book launch featuring a musical performance by Raj Veer. Drawing on examples from spiritual music of North West India, this talk will illustrate some the themes from…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr James Staples, Brunel University London - ‘’COWS, BEEF, AND IDENTITY POLITICS IN COTEMPORARY INDIA”

15:00 - 17:00 23 February 2015
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 23rd February 2015 Dr James Staples, Brunel University London ‘’COWS, BEEF, AND IDENTITY POLITICS IN COTEMPORARY INDIA” The fact that debates…

CoDE_Seminars@CMIST

13:00 - 14:00 24 February 2015
Enacting Citizenship: Migration, gender, performing theory and methods Dr Umut Erel The Open University This paper reflects on research with participatory theatre methods with a group…

Cooperation & Equality Seminar: Rob Lawlor (Leeds), Climate Change and the Theoretical Storm

13:00 - 14:30 24 February 2015
Seminar organised by the Cooperation and Equality Project. More information: http://thomassmit3.wix.com/cooperation-equality

Philosophy Research Seminar - 'Aristotelian Supervenience'

15:00 24 February 2015
Visiting Speaker: Professor John Heil (Washington University in St Louis) Title: Aristotelian Supervenience

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 25 February 2015
Daniel Tischer, University of Manhcester CDOs' as network(ed) products In this seminar, I will explore the networks of firms involved in the structuration of Collateralised Debt Obligations…

Econometrics and Applied Economics workshops: Arnaud Chevalier

16:15 - 17:45 26 February 2015
Not All Cohorts Are Born Equal: Evidence from the Educational Outcome of the "Children of the Wall" Abstract: After the fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany experienced an unprecedented…

Afternoon Seminars@CMIST - Jon Williamson - The role of mechanistic evidence in establishing causal claims

16:00 - 17:15 3 March 2015
In this Afternoon Seminars@CMIST event, Jon Williamson from the University of Kent will deliver a talk entitled 'The role of mechanistic evidence in establishing causal claims'. Abstract:…

Public Opinion and the 2015 Election

17:40 - 19:00 3 March 2015
As part of a series of events to coincide with the 2015 General Election, the People’s History Museum brings together leading pollsters and academics to discuss current thinking on…

Global Political Economy research cluster seminar, Dr Daniela Tepe-Belfrage (Sheffield)

15:30 - 17:00 4 March 2015
'Broken Britain: post-crisis Austerity and the trouble with the Troubled Families Program'

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 4 March 2015
Nial Friel, University College Dublin Improved Bayesian estimation for exponential random graphs Bayesian inferential methods have proved useful in the analysis of exponential random…

Risk preferences and subjective beliefs: implications for crop insurance subsidies

13:00 - 14:00 4 March 2015
Speaker: Carlo Fezzi (University of East Anglia) Abstract: This paper proposes a novel methodology to estimate risk preferences using market insurance data and incorporating individuals'…

The Golden Dawn's nationalist solution: Explaining the rise of the far right in Greece

14:00 - 15:00 4 March 2015
A Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence seminar. Open to all. Jean Monnet website: http://www.manchesterjmce.ac.uk/

Social Anthropology Seminar - Monday, 9TH March 2015 - Dr. Elisabeth Kirtsoglou - University of Durham - “We are all immigrants : the politics of mis-recognition in Thessaloniki Greece”

15:00 - 17:00 9 March 2015
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 9TH March 2015 Dr. Elisabeth Kirtsoglou - University of Durham “We are all immigrants : the politics of mis-recognition in Thessaloniki Greece”…

Cooperation & Equality Seminar: Jack Holme (Manchester), 'The Super-Rich, Philanthropy, and Equality'

13:00 - 14:30 10 March 2015
Seminar Organised by the Cooperation & Equality Project: http://thomassmit3.wix.com/cooperation-equality Abstract: Philanthropy aims to mitigate the worst symptoms of injustice in…

Philosophy Research Seminar - 'Are Perceptual Experiences Just Representations?'

15:00 - 17:00 10 March 2015
Abstract: While there are good reasons to think that perceptual experiences involve representation (contrary to some recent Naive Realist claims to the contrary), there are also reasons…

Dem Elect seminar: Strength of representation of BME MPs

15:30 - 17:00 11 March 2015
Rebecca McKee, Doctoral candidate The growth in support for of far right political parties, coupled with increasing immigration to Europe and more ethnically heterogeneous societies…

European Union Citizens or Migrants?

18:00 - 19:30 11 March 2015
A Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence seminar. Open to all. Jean Monnet website: http://www.manchesterjmce.ac.uk/

Let’s Talk About Sex

19:00 - 22:00 11 March 2015
As part of the Wellcome Collection Sexology season in Manchester, behavioural economists Dr Nikhil Masters (The University of Manchester) and Dr Jeroen Nieboer (LSE) are running a scientific…

Mitchell centre seminar series: Denise Annett

16:00 - 17:30 11 March 2015
Denise Annett, University of Manchester Grassroots Activism in Political Parties: the role of social networks The concept of networks of activists working together in local parties…

Econometrics and Applied Economics workshops: Adam Rosen

16:15 - 17:45 12 March 2015
“Generalized Instrumental Variable Models, with Application to the Analysis of Treatment Effects” Abstract: In this talk I will present an overview of joint work with Andrew Chesher…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Monday, 16th March 2015 - Professor Harri Englund - University of Cambridge - “Forget the Poor: Radio Kinship and Exploited Labour in Zambia”

15:00 - 17:00 16 March 2015
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 16th March 2015 Professor Harri Englund - University of Cambridge “Forget the Poor: Radio Kinship and Exploited Labour in Zambia” With a focus…

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