Lectures and seminars

Antony Overstall - Approximate Bayesian Multiple systems estimation with partial classification (- in person)

14:00 - 15:00 26 April 2023
Antony Overstall, Associate Professor in Statistics in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Southampton is our speaker for the Statistics seminar series. Title:…

Brownbag - Abhishek Chakravarty

13:00 - 13:50 26 April 2023
Title: Changing the Narrative: A Gender-Targeted Schooling Expansion and Women Leaders in India Abstract: We examine the impact of a national primary schooling expansion with an accompanying…

Democracy and Election Seminar

15:30 - 17:00 26 April 2023
Hannah Bunting (University of Exeter)

Luca Reggio (UCL)

15:15 - 16:15 26 April 2023
Title: Logical resources and arboreal adjunctions Abstract: I will give an overview of some recent work on applying categorical methods in finite model theory and descriptive complexity.…

MET Seminar - Paula Onuchic (Oxford)

17:00 - 18:00 26 April 2023
Title: Disclosure and Incentive in Teams (joint with Joao Ramos). Abstract: We consider a team-production environment where all participants are motivated by career concerns, and where…

SQUIDS Seminar: Vitaliy Kurlin - Geometric Data Science: old challenges and new solutions

15:00 - 16:00 26 April 2023
Join us for this research seminar, part of the SQUIDS (Statistics, quantification of uncertainty, inverse problems and data science) seminar series. Abstract: Geometric Data Science…

Thomas Bernhardt - On the Continuity of the Root Barrier

15:00 - 16:00 26 April 2023
Thomas Bernhardt (University of Manchester) will speak in the Probability seminar. (in-person) Sharp lower bounds of VIX call options are famously connected to Root's solution of the…

Transport for Inclusive Development - Online Seminar

14:30 - 16:00 26 April 2023
The 3rd INTALInC online seminar series, 'Showcasing INTALInC Research: Outputs and Impacts' looks at six years of global research activity, policy engagement and co-production with…

Applied Seminar - Valentina Melentyeva (Cologne)

13:00 - 14:00 27 April 2023
Title: Child Penalty Estimation and Mothers’ Age at First Birth Abstract: Child penalty estimations based on event study methods have become a popular tool to assess changes in labor…

Can you count on interpreters to have “super-skills”? Professionalization and the interplay between education, practice, and research in Public Service Interpreting (PSI)

14:00 - 15:30 27 April 2023
CTIS Research Seminar 3 The talk explores factors that influence professionalization within Public Service Interpreting. From the vantage point of a general model of professionalization…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Alison Jack, University of Edinburgh, Biblical Themes in Contemporary Crime Fiction

14:10 - 15:30 27 April 2023
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. Sessions will take place in a hybrid format - attendance is possible in person or online via Zoom. To register to attend online,…

The Birth of International Law Out of the Spirit of Political Theology

17:00 - 19:15 27 April 2023
The Birth of International Law Out of the Spirit of Political Theology In times of experiencing an unpredicted war in Europe it is necessary to rethink political and legal theories…

Nuclear Hydrogen | Dalton Seminar Series

15:00 - 16:00 28 April 2023
Watch the recording at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Cw7mshFF4Q There has been a lot of press around the 'hydrogen economy' and the role nuclear has to play in this. Join us for…

British Academy lecture: “The Elephant in the Room” Understanding Corruption in Roman Egypt

17:00 - 19:00 2 May 2023
The University of Manchester and The British Academy are delighted to welcome Professor Colin Adams of the University of Liverpool. The papyri of Roman Egypt provide a uniquely rich…

IDSAI Seminar: Professor Claudio Angione

14:00 - 15:00 2 May 2023
Speaker: Claudio Angione, Professor of Artificial Intelligence at Teesside University (TU) Title: Combining machine learning and metabolic modelling approaches to characterise the…

Manchester Algebra Seminar - Anja Meyer

13:00 - 14:00 2 May 2023
Speaker: Anja Meyer - Manchester Title: The mod-3 cohomology of a Sylow-3-subgroup of SL_2(Z/3^nZ) Abstract: The cohomology of matrix groups with entries in fields has been well studied.…

Abigail Mellor - Asymptotic analysis and efficient numerical solution of the Fokker-Planck Equations (with application to derivatives pricing)

12:00 - 13:00 3 May 2023
Abigail Mellor (University of Manchester) will speak in the Probability seminar. (in-person) The Fokker-Planck Equations (FPEs) are ubiquitous in numerous disciplines, not least in…

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