School of Social Sciences

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…

Afternoon Seminars@CMIST - Sin Yi Cheung - Gender Pay Gap in Wales: occupational segregation or part-time penalty?

16:00 - 17:15 17 March 2015
In this Afternoon Seminars@CMIST event, Sin Yi Cheung from Cardiff University will deliver a talk entitled 'Gender Pay Gap in Wales: Segregation and part-time penalty – do low-waged…

Global Political Economy research cluster seminar, Dr Chris Rossdale (RHUL)

15:30 - 17:00 18 March 2015
'Militarism, Anti-Militarism and the Politics of Resistance: An Ethnography'

Knowledge spillovers from clean and dirty technologies: A patent citation analysis

13:00 - 14:00 18 March 2015
Speaker: Ralf Martin (Imperial College London) Abstract: How much should governments subsidize the development of new clean technologies? We use patent citation data to investigate…

Mitchell Centre: Sociology Book Launch

15:00 - 17:00 18 March 2015
Come and join us for the Sociology book launch! • Elisa Bellotti, Qualitative networks. • Nick Crossley (et al) Social Networks and Musical Worlds. • Nick Crossley Networks of Sound,…

Sociology book launch and prize draws

15:00 - 17:00 18 March 2015
Come to our book launch and help us celebrate the following books recently published by Sociology staff. If you can't make it on the day, keep an eye on our Facebook and Twitter pages…

Sociology Seminar: 'Two worlds of retirement? Exploring the impact of labour market exit on health' Dr Martin Hyde

14:00 - 15:00 18 March 2015
There is increasing concern about possible widening inequalities in health amongst the older population. There is a growing body of work on the relationships between patterns of labour…

Econometrics and Applied Economics workshops: Xin Zhang

16:15 - 17:45 19 March 2015
For more information: http://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/subjects/economics/our-research/workshop-and-seminars/econometrics-and-applied-economics/

Moral and Social Norms and Public Policy

10:00 - 12:00 20 March 2015
Speaker: Hallsworth Visiting Professor, Karine Nyborg of the University of Oslo Biography: http://www.sv.uio.no/econ/english/people/aca/karineny/ Selected publications: Nyborg,…

Domestic Moral Economy Conference

24 - 26 March 2015
The Search for the Good Life in Precarious Times: Grassroots perspectives on the value question in the 21st century Papers will include, among others, ethnographic reports from five…

Home Grown Talent Seminars@CMIST - Lindsey Garratt

12:00 - 13:00 24 March 2015
The Home Grown Talent Seminars@CMIST events showcase the work of Manchester-based early career researchers. In this instalment of this series, which is held at lunchtime, Lindsey Garratt…

Ethics of the Alternatives to War

27 March 2015
Although there has been much written on the ethics of war by just war theorists, much less attention has been to the ethics of the alternatives to war (or ‘soft war’), including economic…

Afternoon Seminars@CMIST - Peter Dinesen

16:00 - 17:15 7 April 2015
In this Afternoon Seminars@CMIST event, Peter Dinesen from the University of Copenhagen will deliver a talk entitled "Putting attitudes into context: The role of the residential micro-context…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Monday, 13th April 2015 - Professor Fenella Cannell – London School of Economics - “Book of remembrance; making Mormon American family history”

15:00 - 17:00 13 April 2015
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 13th April 2015 Professor Fenella Cannell – London School of Economics “Book of remembrance; Making Mormon American family history” All Latter-day…

Cooperation & Equality Seminar: Elizabeth Kahn (Durham), title tba

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

Home Grown Talent Seminars@CMIST - Bram Vanhoutte

12:00 - 13:00 14 April 2015
The Home Grown Talent Seminars@CMIST events showcase the work of Manchester-based early career researchers. In this instalment of this series, which is held at lunchtime, Bram Vanhoutte…

Geopolitical Attitudes in Contested Ukraine: Comparing SE Ukraine and Crimea. Dr Gerard Toal

15:00 - 17:00 15 April 2015
By Dr Gerard Toal, Director, Government & International Affairs, Virginia Tech, United States This talk reviews key image events in Ukraine in 2014 -- the Maidan protests and flight…

Global Political Economy research cluster seminar, Ingar Solty (York/Berlin)

15:30 - 17:00 15 April 2015
‘Crisis, New Economic Governance and Legitimacy: Questioning the Interrelations of Economic and Political Crises in the Eurozone’

Mitchell Centre seminar series: Gerald Mollenhorst

16:00 - 16:30 15 April 2015
Gerald Mollenhorst, Utrecht University, The Netherlands and Stockholm University, Sweden Changes in personal networks in the Netherlands and Sweden: Assessing the role of social contexts…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Monday, 20th April 2015 - Dr Jan Lorenz – University of Manchester

15:00 - 17:00 20 April 2015
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 20TH April 2015 Dr Jan Lorenz – University of Manchester “Oneself as the other. First thoughts on affinity and becoming in Polish giyur - conversion…

Afternoon Seminars@CMIST - Mark Shephard - Social media and the independence referendum

16:00 - 17:15 21 April 2015
In this Afternoon Seminars@CMIST event, Mark Shephard from the University of Strathclyde will deliver a talk entitled 'Social media and the independence referendum'. Abstract: Using…

Philosophy Research Seminar: 'Thinking, inner speech and self-awareness'

15:00 21 April 2015
Speaker: Johannes Roessler (Warwick) Title: Thinking, inner speech and self-awareness Abstract: This paper has two themes. One is the question of how to understand the relation between…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series: Nial Friel

16:00 - 17:30 22 April 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…

Strategic Behaviour in Choice Experiments

13:00 - 14:00 22 April 2015
Speaker: Professor Susan Chilton, Newcastle University Title: Strategic Behaviour in Choice Experiments Abstract: This paper reports theoretical, simulation, and experimental evidence…

Econometrics and Applied Economics workshops

16:15 - 17:45 23 April 2015
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