School of Social Sciences

Mitchell Centre seminar series

16:00 - 17:00 16 February 2022
Ossi Mokryn University of Haifa The rich get richer, but what else? Observations in network growth over time” The temporal changes in complex systems of interactions have excited…

Social Statistics Seminars 2021/22

1 October 2021 - 30 June 2022
We are pleased to announce this year's Social Statistics Seminars. Our speakers: 12/10: Iris Gomez-Lopez (University of Michigan) 02/11: David Haziza (University of Ottawa) 07/12:…

Sociology seminar: Towards Inclusive Environmental Sustainability (TIES): why are we still talking about ‘inclusion’?

14:45 - 15:45 16 February 2022
Speaker: Nafhesa Ali (SCI, University of Manchester) Abstract: The ‘Towards Inclusive Environmental Sustainability (TIES)’ project is a 3-year Leverhulme funded project and the first…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr. Laura Roe

16:00 21 February 2022
Title : Memories of dust: Heroin and polydrug temporalities in post-industrial Scotland. Description : Laura Roe is a social researcher within the Scottish Government. She recently…

Macro Seminar - Nicola Limodio (Bocconi)

16:00 - 17:00 22 February 2022
Title: Depositor Behaviour and Deposit Insurance: Evidence from Colombia

Brownbag - Veronica Vienne Arancibia

13:00 - 14:00 23 February 2022
Title: Air Pollution and Labour Productivity: Evidence from Europe

Mitchell Centre seminar series

16:00 - 17:00 23 February 2022
Marion Hoffman IAST Toulouse Statistical modeling of social groups: An example and some outlooks Many social relations are situated within groups. Social groups are formed, for example,…

Philosophy Research Seminar: Professor Michael Ridge (Edinburgh)

15:15 - 16:50 23 February 2022
Please note that this seminar will be taking place on Zoom. For the relevant Zoom link, contact Dr Stephen Ingram Title: *Playfulness as a Moral Virtue? Abstract: *In this paper I…

"I danced here on other peoples' dreams" - Gary Younge

18:30 24 February 2022
This is a young people's talk organised by Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. This lecture will explore the topic of building a more diverse, respectful and inclusive society,…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr. Ed Pulford

16:00 - 18:00 28 February 2022
Title : Colliding temporalities across northeast China’s postsocialist borders Description : Crossing borders between states often involves a sense of temporal shift, with varied…

Social Statistics Seminar - 1 March 2022

16:00 - 17:00 1 March 2022
Manchester Social Statistics Seminars 2021/22 – March Session Measuring and understanding migration of scholars: Evidence from bibliometric data Emilio Zagheni (Max Planck Institute…

Mitchell Centre seminar series

16:00 - 17:00 2 March 2022
Michal Bojanowski Kozminski University Exponential-family Random Graph Models for egocentrically-sampled data: examples and new developments with illustrations using data on core discussion…

The impact of Care Act Easements on co-resident carers over 70

12:00 - 13:00 2 March 2022
This webinar will discuss emerging findings from their study “The impact of Care Act Easements on co-resident carers over 70 looking after partners living with dementia”. The project…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr. Susan Blum

16:00 - 18:00 7 March 2022
Title : What Anthropology has to say about learning Description : Susan Blum is is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology. At Notre Dame, she has served as Director of the…

Brownbag - Chi Yang Tsou

13:00 - 14:00 9 March 2022
Title: The Asset Durability Premium

JMCE Events Academic Year 2021-2022 SEMESTER II - Speaker: Prof. Marilena Simiti (University of Piraeus, Greece)

14:00 - 15:00 9 March 2022
Wednesday March 9, 2022, 2-3pm (GMT) via Zoom Webinar ID: 871 5909 0028 Speaker: Prof. Marilena Simiti (University of Piraeus) Title: The strength of civil society in Southern Europe:…

Mitchell Centre seminar series

16:00 - 17:00 9 March 2022
Drew Mackie Community network mapping and analysis Originally an architect and planner, Drew has been mapping community and health networks for many years. Based in Edinburgh, he has…

Politics Pankhurst Seminar Series - 2021/22 - Professor Matthew Paterson

13:00 - 14:00 9 March 2022
Professor Matthew Paterson ‘Thinking critically about the failures of COP26’ Date: Wednesday, March 9th Time: 1-2pm Place: Simon Building, Room 3.62

Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr. Vlad Schuler-Costa

16:00 - 18:00 14 March 2022
Title : Academia will never love you back”: precarity, passion, and meaningful work in science Description : Contemporary science is increasingly carried out by research projects…

Macro Seminar - Christian Bayer (Bonn)

16:00 - 17:00 15 March 2022
Title: Monopsony Makes Firms not only Small but also Unproductive: Why East Germany has Not Converged

Brownbag - Ron Chan

13:00 - 14:00 16 March 2022
Title: Complementarity between Intermittent Renewables and Electricity Transmission

CGP Cluster Seminar Series Events in Semester 2, 2021-2022 - PHD Panel - Magdalena Rodekirchen, Marion Greziller Charlotte Weatherill

14:00 - 15:30 16 March 2022
When: Wednesday 16 March Where: on zoom. Please email - aoileann.NiMhurchu@manchester.ac.uk - for the zoom information Papers being Presented: Charlotte Weatherill: ‘Vulnerability,…

Comparative Politics - Semester Two - Elisa Mendes Vasconcelos, ‘Gender and recruitment in senior bureaucratic posts in Brazil’

16:00 - 17:00 16 March 2022
Elisa Mendes Vasconcelos, ‘Gender and recruitment in senior bureaucratic posts in Brazil’ Liz Richardson Discussant: Francesca Gains All of our events this semester are going to…

Mitchell Centre seminar series

16:00 - 17:00 16 March 2022
Tomas Diviak University of Manchester From Text to Tainted Ties: Extracting and Analysing Corruption Networks from Deferred Prosecution Agreements Corruption, bribery, and white-collar…

Philosophy Research Seminar: Professor Ingrid Robeyns (Utrecht)

15:15 - 16:50 16 March 2022
Please note that this seminar will be taking place on Zoom. For the relevant Zoom link, contact Dr Stephen Ingram Title: *Three Ecological Arguments for Economic Limitarianism Abstract:…

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