School of Social Sciences

Social Science and the Public: Between Opposition and Accommodation

17:00 - 19:00 2 November 2016
The recent decision to leave the European Union has re-ignited a long simmering debate on the role of experts in both the public policy process and civic debate more generally. Similarly,…

Visit of Niko Besnier - Simon Visiting Professor

23 October - 13 November 2016
Social Anthropology Visit of Niko Besnier Simon Visiting Professor 23 Oct – 13 Nov. 2016 Niko Besnier is Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. He is…

Workshop with Professor Niko Besnier - Getting Published

10:00 - 12:00 2 November 2016
Wednesday 02 Nov. 10am-12pm AL Building - Boardroom Workshop Getting published Convened by Professor Niko Besnier (Editor of American Ethnologist)

Creative Approaches to Qualitative Researching

3 - 4 November 2016
This intermediate level course offers a hands-on introduction to creative approaches to doing qualitative research. The various stages of research will be covered, from data collection…

Intimate Geopolitics Workshop

3 - 4 November 2016
This one and a half day workshop seeks to explore the potentials and possibilities opened up by the turn towards thinking about geopolitics as part of the intimate everyday lives of…

ESRC Festival of Social Science

5 - 12 November 2016
The University of Manchester has teamed up with the University of Salford and Manchester Metropolitan University to bring you this year's Festival of Social Science, generously sponsored…

Simon Visiting Professor - Niko Besnier - Seminar

16:00 - 18:00 7 November 2016
Visit of Niko Besnier Simon Visiting Professor Niko Besnier is Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. He is currently directing a five-year project entitled…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Niko Besnier - Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research – Manchester Simon Visiting Professor

16:00 - 18:00 7 November 2016
Niko Besnier – Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research – Manchester Simon Visiting Professor. Rethinking Masculinity, Nation, and Sport Few contexts of modern life showcase…

Cancelled: CMIST Afternoon Seminar- “Immigrationization” of Welfare Politics?

16:00 - 17:30 8 November 2016
This seminar has been cancelled. We will rearrange this seminar. “Immigrationization” of Welfare Politics? How Sociocultural and Socioeconomic Circumstances Shape the Relationship…

Development Economics Seminar: Arun Advani (UCL/IFS)

13:00 - 14:00 8 November 2016
Title: Informal Insurance and Endogenous Poverty Traps. Abstract: Households in developing countries appear to invest too little in `lumpy' capital goods, which from asset transfer…

Sketching the everyday: Being thrifty

10:30 - 12:00 8 November 2016
Look at everyday life from a different perspective. Join us to find out how sociologists from The University of Manchester do research on our everyday lives and try out one of our more…

Sketching the everyday: Belonging and not belonging

14:30 - 16:00 8 November 2016
Look at everyday life from a different perspective. Join us to find out how sociologists from The University of Manchester do research on our everyday lives and try out one of our more…

Sketching the everyday: Drop-in session

12:15 - 14:15 8 November 2016
Look at everyday life from a different perspective. Join us to find out how sociologists from The University of Manchester do research on our everyday lives and try out one of our more…

Francesco Pasarelli (University of Bocconi)

17:00 - 18:00 9 November 2016
Title: TBA Host: Antonio Nicolo/Horst Zank

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 9 November 2016
Jef Vlegels, Universiteit Antwerpen Music classification, genres, and taste patterns: a ground-up network analysis on the clustering of artist preferences In the early 1990s, Peterson…

Sociology Seminar 9th Nov, 2-3pm: 'The Lighter, the Whiter, the Brighter, the Better? The Mixed Race Dilemma' by Karis Campion, Sociology PGR

14:00 - 15:00 9 November 2016
You are warmly invited to the next Sociology seminar, given by Karis Campion, Sociology PGR, UoM, on 9th November 2016, 2-3pm in the Arthur Lewis Boardroom (second floor). The talk…

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