School of Social Sciences

Beyond the ‘fracking’ polemic: ‘energy landscape’ game

13:00 - 17:00 13 November 2015
A session that brings together citizens from Greater Manchester to engage in a role play game around key stakeholder perspectives. Based on research that considers responses to proposed…

Citizen social science: Crowdsourcing social science research

10:00 - 17:00 13 November 2015
This event examines the use of crowdsourcing for public involvement in academic research and how social science research improves understanding of these processes. The Zooniverse is…

Discovering neighbourhood statistics

09:30 - 12:30 13 November 2015
The event is relevant to the target audience members of local organisations interested in discovering aspects of the neighbourhoods where they live but may not know how to access these…

Bridging the digital divide

10:30 - 15:00 14 November 2015
Suitable for the General public. This is an open public event, at a fully accessible venue. There will be free parking and light refreshments available throughout the day. No prior…

Hard feelings: The science of emotion

10:30 - 15:00 14 November 2015
Our emotions are central to our lives – they allow us to figure out what we like and what we don't like and dictate how we should act in different situations. A number of key questions…

Introducing Spatial Presentation and Analysis

16 November 2015
This one day course is designed to introduce participants to preparing, presenting and analysing spatial data. The course uses Microsoft Excel and open source application QGIS 2.10,…

SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY SEMINAR - 16 NOVEMBER 2015 - ANDREW SANCHEZ - KENT

16:00 - 18:00 16 November 2015
Title : "Profane Relations: The Irony of offensive Jokes in India" On the shop floor of an Indian automobile plant, a multi-ethnic workforce exchanges potentially offensive ethnic…

Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop: Dr Peter Howley

13:00 - 14:00 17 November 2015
Title: It’s not all about the money! Exploring the multiple facets of farmer decision-making Abstract Given that utility is a difficult concept to measure, agricultural economists…

Philosophy Research Seminar: Jess Leech (Sheffield)

15:00 - 17:00 17 November 2015
"The Mereology of Representation" Kant famously distinguishes between two kinds of representation: intuitions and concepts. Intuitions, he tells us, are singular and immediate, whilst…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 18 November 2015
Joe Watson, University of Manchester

SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY SEMINAR - MONDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2015 - PATRICK LAVIOLETTE (UNIVERSITY OF TALLINN - ESTONIA)

16:00 - 18:00 23 November 2015
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 23rd November 2015 4:15-6:00pm (Tea and Coffee will be available outside the boardroom at 4:00pm) PATRICK LAVIOLETTE (UNIVERSITY OF TALLINN -…

CMIST afternoon seminar: When psychometrics meets epidemiology, and the studies which result!

16:00 - 17:30 24 November 2015
In this talk I will present a series of studies from across the last few years of my academic career which have (largely) focussed on the application of latent variable models to issues…

Development Economics Seminars: Dr. Marco Alfano, UCL

24 November 2015
Development Economics Seminar: Dr. Marco Alfano, UCL

Book Launch: What a Waste - Outsourcing and how it goes wrong

17:00 - 19:00 25 November 2015
What a Waste? is the latest in the Manchester Capitalism series of short books from MUP which aim to reframe the big issues of economic renewal, financial reform and political mobilisation.…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 25 November 2015
Soong Moon Kang, UCL School of Management

The rise and fall of aid effectiveness in the European Union

14:00 - 15:00 25 November 2015
Seminar series by the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence Manchester (JMCE Manchester)

Econometrics and Applied Economics workshop: Prof Robert Taylor

16:15 26 November 2015
“Tests of the Co-integration Rank in VAR Models in the Presence of a Possible Break in Trend at an Unknown Point” Joint with Steve Leybourne (Nottingham) and David Harris (Monash).…

SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY SEMINAR - MONDAY 30 NOVEMBER 2015 - AUSTIN ZEIDERMAN - (LSE)

16:00 - 18:00 30 November 2015
Title : "Submergence : Precarious Politics in Colombia's Future Port-City" In this talk, I will examine territorial conflicts in the rapidly expanding port-city of Buenaventura on…

CMIST afternoon seminar: Why are social inequalities in health stronger in some countries than in others?

16:00 - 17:30 1 December 2015
Although social inequalities in health exist in all societies worldwide, the degree of these inequalities varies spatially, and notable differences exist across countries. This implies…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 2 December 2015
Thomas Grund, University College Dublin

The Royal Economic Society Public Lecture: Does Starbucks Pay Enough Tax?

3 December 2015
How much tax do large multinational firms pay? Where do they pay it and where should they pay it? Professor Rachel Griffith will discuss some of the empirical evidence and the implications…

Open Minds XI

4 - 5 December 2015
We are pleased to announce our eleventh Open Minds philosophy conference. After a very successful decade as a conference for PhD students (and recently awarded PhDs), we are expanding…

SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY SEMINAR - MONDAY 07 DECEMBER 2015 - ANDREA MUEHLEBACH (TORONTO)

16:00 - 18:00 7 December 2015
Title : "(II) Legality, Emergency, and Search for Democracy : Water Politics in Campania" Abstract : This paper explores struggles around water as a private, public and common…

The EU’s Response to the Financial Crises in Ireland and Cyprus

14:00 - 15:00 9 December 2015
The EU’s Response to the Financial Crises in Ireland and Cyprus by Dr. Adonis Pegasiou (University of Cyprus)

Voters in Context: Lessons from the UK General Election of 2015 for understanding political change

14:00 - 17:00 9 December 2015
This seminar will present a series of working draft chapters for the prospective 2015 British Election Study book, from the BES team. We will provide original insights into how citizens…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum