School of Social Sciences

Democracy and Election Seminar

15:30 - 17:00 15 March 2023
Tom O’Grady (University College London)

MET Seminar - Sinem Hidir (Warwick)

17:00 - 18:00 15 March 2023
Title: When to go negative? (joint with Xueying Zhao) Abstract: We consider the problem of an incumbent politician who decides whether to use negative advertising against a competitor…

Reflecting on Environmental NGOs in Regulation = POSTPONED

17:30 - 19:30 15 March 2023
Environmental NGOs contribute to the regulatory space in a variety of ways. They can be involved in shaping the rules of regulation by participating in both the drafting of law and…

Econometrics Seminar - Jeremy Fox (Rice)

13:00 - 14:00 20 March 2023
Title TBA

Macro Seminar - Anthony Priolo (Lancaster)

16:00 - 17:00 21 March 2023
Title: How Do Entrants Build Market Share? The Role of Demand Frictions

MET Seminar - Ludvig Sinander (Oxford)

17:00 - 18:00 22 March 2023
Title: Comparative statics with adjustment costs and the le Chatelier principle (joint with Eddie Dekel and John Quah) Abstract: We develop a theory of monotone comparative statics…

BASS Annual Lecture 2023

11:00 - 12:00 23 March 2023
Nazir Afzal was appointed Chancellor of the University of Manchester in 2022. He has a long and prestigious record of engaging with, and fighting for human rights, social justice,…

Lewis Lab Seminar - Edmond Smith (Manchester)

16:00 - 17:00 6 April 2023
Title: TBC

Macro Seminar - Alexander Ludwig (Frankfurt)

16:00 - 17:00 18 April 2023
Title: The Medical Expansion, Life-Expectancy and Endogenous Directed Technical Change

Brownbag - Patrick Bennett (Liverpool)

13:00 - 13:50 19 April 2023
Title: The Decline of Routine Tasks, Education Investments, and Intergenerational Mobility

Comparative Politics Research Cluster Seminar - Liz Richardson

16:00 - 17:30 19 April 2023
Liz Richardson (University of Manchester)

MET Seminar - Ji Hee Yoon (UCL)

17:00 - 18:00 19 April 2023
Title: Design of Market-Clearing Technology (with C. Lyu and M. Rostek) Abstract: Technological developments have spurred interest in innovation on multi-asset market-clearing mechanisms.…

Mitchell Centre seminar

16:00 - 17:00 19 April 2023
Jürgen Pfeffer Technical University of Munich CONCOR Revisited: Algebraic Clarifications and Practical Implications In 1975, Breiger et al. presented an algorithm, CONCOR (an…

This Is Who I Am

14:30 - 17:00 19 April 2023
This is Who I Am - verbatim testimonies from LGBT+ refugees about their experiences in their own country and on arrival in the UK, addressing the particular challenges they face. Read…

Joint MET-Macro-Applied Seminar: Anne Villamil (Iowa)

15:00 - 16:00 20 April 2023
Title: Tighter Credit and Consumer Bankruptcy Insurance Abstract: How does bankruptcy protection affect household balance sheet adjustments and aggregate consumption when credit tightens?…

Political Deference (MANCEPT)

16:00 - 17:30 20 April 2023
Fabienne Peter (University of Warwick) Political deference is deference to the political judgment of others. The standard view in political philosophy is that citizens are not required…

Faith in paper: Title deeds, land fraud and anxious subjectivities - the pursuit of middle-class homeownership on Nairobi’s urban frontier

16:00 - 18:00 24 April 2023
Dr Peter Lockwood Faith in paper: Title deeds, land fraud and anxious subjectivities - the pursuit of middle-class homeownership on Nairobi’s urban frontier Beginning with scenes of…

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