School of Social Sciences

Econometrics and Applied Economics workshops

16:15 - 17:45 23 April 2015
Dennis Kristensen

Social Anthropology Seminar - Monday, 27TH April 2015 - Dr Katharine Tyler – University of Exeter - Scientific reality or genetic astrology?

15:00 - 17:00 27 April 2015
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 27th April 2015 Dr Katharine Tyler – University of Exeter Scientific reality or genetic astrology? Laypeople’s perspectives on the role of genetic…

CoDE_Seminars@CMIST

13:00 - 14:00 28 April 2015
Title: Creative approaches to researching and engaging diverse communities

Cooperation & Equality Seminar: Thomas Smith (Manchester), 'What on earth would joint action be?'

13:00 28 April 2015
Thomas Smith (Manchester), 'What on earth would joint action be?' Part of the Cooperation & Equality Project: http://thomassmit3.wix.com/cooperation-equality

Posing Problems to Ethnography: New Objects and Matters of Concern in Management and Organization

28 April 2015
Ethnography is widely regarded as one of the most important methods for studying business and management, and in recent years has been identified as the fastest growing method in organization…

Global Political Economy research cluster seminar, Professor Georgina Waylen (Manchester)

15:30 - 17:00 29 April 2015
'Gendering Global Governance: A Feminist Institutionalist Perspective'

Econometrics and Applied Economics workshops

16:15 - 17:45 30 April 2015
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Peter Tatchell debates what next for democracy

18:45 - 20:15 30 April 2015
Calling all students: join renowned human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell for a conversation about the state of democracy at University Place on 30 April, in the run up to the General…

Afternoon Seminars@CMIST - Paul Crawshaw

16:00 - 17:00 5 May 2015
In this Afternoon Seminars@CMIST event, Paul Crawshaw from Teesside University will talk about his ongoing research. No need to register; all welcome!

Political Economy Institute Annual Lecture: Why We Can’t Afford the Rich, Professor Andrew Sayer

15:30 - 17:30 5 May 2015
Drawing upon his recent book, Why We Can’t Afford the Rich (Policy Press, 2014), and using a moral economy approach, Andrew Sayer’s talk will identify the basic mechanisms that allow…

Global Political Economy research cluster seminar, Dr Jason Weidner (Virginia Tech)

15:30 - 17:00 6 May 2015
The Global Intellectual Property Regime and the New 'Mega-Regional' FTAs

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series: Zsofia Toth

16:00 - 17:30 6 May 2015
Zsofia Toth, University of Nottingham

CMIST Short Course :: Intermediate :: Demographic Concepts and Methods

10:00 11 - 16:00 12 May 2015
This course is delivered over two consecutive days and is aimed at those with no demographic training. The focus will be on the basic components of demographic change through measures…

CMIST Short Course :: Introductory :: Population Estimating and Forecasting

13 May 2015
This course is aimed at those with a working knowledge of demography but who have a need to expand this into the use of estimation and forecasting. The morning sessions will focus on…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series: Thomas House

16:00 - 17:30 13 May 2015
Thomas House, University of Manchester Social Networks for Spreading I will consider three aspects of spreading processes such as disease epidemics, gossip, or social influence, on…

Sociology seminar: Why is my curriculum white? - Dr Katy Sian

13:45 - 15:00 13 May 2015
All welcome. This paper will discuss some of the key challenges and barriers around decolonizing the social sciences. Drawing upon insights from a range of critical thinkers across…

CMIST Short Course :: Advanced:: Demographic Forecasting with POPGROUP

14 - 15 May 2015
The course introduces the standard methods of forecasting population, households and the labour force, each with age and sex detail, through use of the POPGROUP software. The course…

Philosophy and the Sciences

10:30 - 17:15 18 May 2015
Scientists sometimes express the view that science, in principle, has all the answers to the important questions about the Universe and our place in it, and that philosophy therefore…

Afternoon Seminars@CMIST - Neli Demireva

16:00 - 17:15 19 May 2015
In this Afternoon Seminars@CMIST event, Neli Demireva from the University of Essex will deliver a talk entitled 'Is Co-ethnic Concentration a Barrier to the Successful Integration of…

Manchester workshop on evolution, economics, and computation

19 - 20 May 2015
The workshop will revolve around algorithmic and economic ideas applied to evolution. Among the explored topics are cooperative vs competitive interactions among biological entities…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series: Luka Kronegger

16:00 - 17:30 20 May 2015
Luka Kronegger, University of Ljubljana

Morgan Centre Dialogue: Dormant Things

15:30 20 May 2015
Sophie Woodward will initiate discussion by talking on the theme of ‘Dormant Things’. Houses are full of things we keep hold of but no longer use; some things that have accumulated…

Social Egalitarianism and the Economy

09:30 21 - 14:00 22 May 2015
The third of four workshops on Social Equality Sponsored by the British Academy and the Leverhulme Trust Convened by Christian Schemmel (Manchester), Fabian Schuppert (QUB),…

CoDE_Seminars@CMIST

13:00 - 14:00 26 May 2015
Title: Negative politics: the conformity, struggles and radical possibilities of youth culture in outer East London Dr Malcolm James, University of Sussex Drawing on a two-year ethnography…

Veena Das Public Lecture: The Limits of the Human

15:30 - 18:00 27 May 2015
Veena Das Public Lecture 4-6 pm (teas and coffees from 3.30), John Caskin Lecture Theatre, Martin Harris Building.

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