School of Social Sciences

D&E Cluster Seminar with Dr David Schoch: 'Political Astroturfing'

13 March 2019
Dr David Schoch is a Presidential Fellow in Sociology at the University of Manchester since September 2018. David Schoch is part of an international team of researchers, dedicated to…

GPE Research Cluster with Dan Bailey: Greening the State: Quantitative Easing and state financing

15:00 - 16:30 13 March 2019
Please join the GPE Research Cluster for Dan Bailey's "Greening the State: Quantitative Easing and state financing" Dr Dan Bailey is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of…

Mitchell Centre Seminar series

16:00 - 17:30 13 March 2019
Heather McGregor, Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University Yasaman Sarabi, Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University Dimitris Christopoulos, Edinburgh Business School,…

The 2019 Dorothy Emmet Lecture

18:15 - 19:30 13 March 2019
The Philosophy Department at the University of Manchester is proud to present the 2019 Dorothy Emmet Lecture: Professor Clare Chambers (University of Cambridge) "Against Marriage:…

“I got the impression that people who went to the pub had horns and a tail”: Narrative inheritance and intergenerational learning about alcohol in families

14:00 13 March 2019
As sociologists of kinship have argued, families are 'mnemonic communities': they are brought into being through the creation, telling and re-telling of memories and family stories.…

MANCEPT Research Cluster with Vittorio Gerosa: Deliberative Democracy and the Co-Orginality Thesis

04:00 - 17:30 14 March 2019
Please join the MANCEPT Research Cluster for Vittorio Gerosa's (Manchester) "Deliberative Democracy and the Co-Originality Thesis". Vittorio is a Doctoral Researcher at the University…

Sascha Becker (Warwick)

13:00 - 14:15 14 March 2019
Applied Economics Seminar

Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr Tom Grisaffi – University College London

16:00 - 18:00 18 March 2019
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 18th March 2019 Dr Tom Grisaffi – University College London To Lead by Obeying: How Bolivia’s Coca Growers Reinvented Democracy At the turn…

Vania Stavrakeva (LBS)

16:15 - 17:45 19 March 2019
Macro seminar

Alessandro Pavan (Northwestern University) "Price Customization and Targeting in Matching Markets"

13:30 - 15:00 20 March 2019
Abstract: Recent technologies enable matching intermediaries to engage in unprecedented levels of targeting, whereby matches finely depend on the agents' characteristics, but also favour…

CGP Research Cluster with Jess Gifkins: The practice of legitimacy in the UN Security Council: Debating Darfur

13:30 - 15:00 20 March 2019
Please join the CGP Research Cluster for a seminar with Dr Jess Gifkins (University of Manchester). Dr Jess Gifkins' researches global governance in relation to questions of peace…

CPPI Research Cluster with Anna Sanders: The Impact of Gendered Policies on Women's Voting Behaviour: A Focus Group Analysis of the 2015 UK General Election'

15:30 - 17:00 20 March 2019
Please join the CPPI Research Cluster for Anna Sanders' seminar on 'The Impact of Gendered Policies on Women's Voting Behaviour: A Focus Group Analysis of the 2015 UK General Election'.…

Departmental Seminar: Dr Thomas Uebel (Manchester)

15:00 - 17:00 20 March 2019
Title *A Puzzle about Other Minds in Early Ayer Abstract *Language, Truth and Logic (LTL) had its share of critics over the years but one particular oddity pertaining to it appears…

Mitchell centre seminar series

16:00 - 17:30 20 March 2019
Xi Yang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Identifying Patent Risks in Technological Competition Based on Social Network Analysis Identifying patent risk is a crucial…

Marco Manacorda (Queen Mary)

13:00 - 14:15 21 March 2019
Applied Economics Seminar

Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr Martin Holbraad (UCL)

16:00 - 18:00 25 March 2019
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 25th March 2019 Dr Martin Holbraad – University College London Permanence premised: the granted power of revolution in Cuba. Martin Holbraad…

Emircan Yurdagul (Carlos III Madrid)

16:15 - 17:45 26 March 2019
Macro seminar

D&E Seminar with Rosalind Shorrocks: Party Policy Positions and the Varying Electoral Gender Gap

15:30 - 17:00 27 March 2019
Rosalind Shorrocks is a Lecturer in Politics at the University of Manchester. Rosie's research interests focus on gender and voting, British elections, and generational change in political…

GPE Research Cluster with Simone Claar: South African class relations and international trade

15:00 - 16:30 27 March 2019
Please join the GPE Research Cluster for Simone Claar's "South African class relations and international trade" The South African government freely joined the negotiations of an Economic…

JMCE Seminar with Martin Steven: Euro-realism in Party Politics, The Rise of European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) at the European Parliament

14:00 - 15:00 27 March 2019
Dr Martin Steven is a Lecturer at Lancaster University as well as a Research Associate with the Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence. At present Martin's focus is on the European…

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