Lectures and seminars

Dalton Seminar Series: Nuclear law - A helicopter view of international convention and policy

12:15 - 13:15 31 May 2017
An overview of the fascinating body of international convention and policy governing our civil nuclear power plants, developed against a backdrop of safety, security and safeguarding…

Global Political Economy Cluster Seminars - Matthew Watson - University of Warwick

15:30 - 17:00 31 May 2017
Matthew Watson, University of Warwick ‘The Market’ – One Political Language, Many Economic Models: Unravelling the Multiplicity of the Market Concept within Economic Theory Details to follow

Professor Xiangzheng Deng - graduate student seminar

31 May 2017
Professor Xiangzheng Deng, from the Chinese Academy of Sciences is visiting Manchester Urban Institute with funding from the University's Simon Visiting Professorship scheme. As well…

Cyber and you - a true story: come hear it

12:00 - 13:00 5 June 2017
Do you feel cyber safe? A number of recent news stories have highlighted cases of criminals using email hacking and ransomware to access accounts belonging to Hilary Clinton and David…

Innovation, structural change and employment: A long term view and some policy implications

13:00 - 14:00 5 June 2017
In this paper I will briefly review some literature on the impact of technology on employment, focusing in particular on the capacity of technology to substitute human labour. I will…

CGP Cluster Seminar Dates 2016-17: Semester 2 - IDEASLAB

15:30 - 17:00 7 June 2017
* IdeasLab is a PhD-led seminar exploring a timely theme over the course of a term. The organisers will choose a theme that should be of wide interest across the cluster. The theme…

Global Political Economy Cluster Seminars - Greig Charnock - University of Manchester

15:30 - 17:00 7 June 2017
Greig Charnock, Manchester University Digital Capitalism and the Rebel City Details to follow

Intersectional Discourses: Race and Gender

16:00 - 18:00 7 June 2017
This is to invite you to the fourth seminar of the Critical Discourses in the Academy seminar series. We will be looking at Intersectionality and the need to theorize Race, Gender,…

Research and Teaching Matters - Higher education research showcase

12:00 - 13:00 7 June 2017
Presented by Dave Hall and colleagues. We are kicking off with a Research Matters Higher Education Showcase on the 7th of June at 12 in Ellen Wilkinson AG3/4 to highlight the MIE research…

Public Lecture: Ian Alan Paul: The Conditions of Possibility: Democracy, Security, and Futurity in Post-Coup Cairo

14:00 - 16:00 9 June 2017
This event is part of CIDRAL's 2016/17 Semester 2 programme on Precarity. Ian Alan Paul is a transdisciplinary artist, theorist, and curator. His practice encompasses experimental…

The role of community assets in improving health + well-being In later life

14:00 - 16:00 9 June 2017
Policymakers across the world are becoming increasingly interested in improving health and well-being by creating a more inclusive community-based society. In 2010, the UK government…

The role of community assets in improving health + well-being in later life

14:00 - 16:00 9 June 2017
From MICRA, Manchester Centre for Health Economics, Manchester Centre for Primary Care and Inspiring Communities Together Seminar 2-4 pm, free networking lunch from 1 pm G306B, Jean…

PSYCHOANALYTIC MATRIX WITH COLLEGE OF PSYCHOANALYSTS

17:30 - 20:00 12 June 2017
MANCHESTER PSYCHOANALYTIC MATRIX WITH COLLEGE OF PSYCHOANALYSTS – UK OPEN MEETING WITH TWO TALKS LACAN IN BRAZIL AND MEXICO 1. The Body in Crisis: Psychosocial Care in Brazil GUSTAVO…

Sustainability innovations and tensions among value chain partners: insights from the tannery industry

13:00 - 14:00 12 June 2017
The more firms are challenged to consider their environmental impacts, the more they are asked to introduce new products and processes that reduce or avoid harm on the environment.…

CANCELLED: CMIST Afternoon Seminar: Ethnic variations in intragenerational social mobility between 1971 and 2011

16:00 - 17:30 13 June 2017
This seminar has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. Ethnic minority groups in England and Wales have repeatedly been shown to experience persistent socioeconomic disadvantage…

Cyber and you - a true story: come hear it

12:30 - 13:30 14 June 2017
Do you feel cyber safe? A number of recent news stories have highlighted cases of criminals using email hacking and ransomware to access accounts belonging to Hilary Clinton and David…

CMIST Afternoon Seminar: Generations and attitudes to immigration in Western Europe

16:00 - 17:30 20 June 2017
Abstract: Immigration is an increasingly politicized issue across Western European countries. While theories of modernization would suggest that individuals, and particularly those…

Cyber and you - a true story: come hear it

12:30 - 13:30 20 June 2017
Do you feel cyber safe? A number of recent news stories have highlighted cases of criminals using email hacking and ransomware to access accounts belonging to Hilary Clinton and David…

Do Standards in Global Value Chains Support or Undermine the Sustainable Development Goals? with Professor Raphael Kaplinsky

16:00 - 17:30 20 June 2017
Do Standards in Global Value Chains Support or Undermine the Sustainable Development Goals? with Professor Raphael Kaplinsky Standards matter to global trade. But they can play a dual…

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