School of Social Sciences

Tasty molds: brewing culinary cultures for contemporary Japan

16:00 - 18:00 9 October 2023
Alice Doublier (CNRS): Tasty molds: brewing culinary cultures for contemporary Japan. For about a decade now, a small group of Japanese soy sauce brewers have been working on the revitalisation…

Macro Seminar - Stephen Hansen (UCL)

16:00 - 17:00 10 October 2023
Title: National Accounts in a World of Naturally Occurring Data: A Proof of Concept for Consumption

Brownbag - Maria Plakhtieva

13:00 - 14:00 11 October 2023
Title: Measuring the gains of participation of compatible pairs in a Kidney Exchange Program

Democracy & Elections Seminar

15:30 - 17:00 11 October 2023
Elizabeth Simon (Queen Mary University of London)

Global Political Economy Seminar

15:00 - 16:30 11 October 2023
Sahil Dutta (City, University of London)

MET Seminar - Josue Ortega (Queen’s, Belfast)

17:00 - 18:00 11 October 2023
Title: The Limits of School Choice with consent (joint with Gabriel Ziegler) Abstract: The deferred acceptance (DA) algorithm is used all around the world to assign pupils to schools…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 11 October 2023
TBC

Language and normalised abnormalities in the world today - Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o

18:00 - 20:00 12 October 2023
In this lecture, Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o will address topics of coloniality and harms of imperialism/colonialisation. He will, in particular, focus on the lasting impact on colonialism…

Entitled to contraband: citizenship and sovereignty in an indigenous borderland (Venezuela-Guyana)

16:00 - 18:00 16 October 2023
Olivier Allard (EHESS): Entitled to contraband : citizenship and sovereignty in an indigenous borderland (Venezuela-Guyana). Illicit trade became pervasive in Venezuela in the late…

Macro Seminar - David Hemous (Zurich)

14:00 - 15:00 17 October 2023
Title: Trade, Innovation and Optimal Patent Protection

Brownbag - Xiaobing Wang

13:00 - 14:00 18 October 2023
Title: A Class of Prosperity Measures

Comparative Politics Seminar

15:30 - 16:30 18 October 2023
Dr Peg Murray-Evans (University of York) & Dr Peter O'Reilly (Liverpool John Moores University). Performing local vaccine production in Africa: from vaccine apartheid to biontainers.

MANCEPT Seminar

16:00 - 17:30 18 October 2023
Rufaida Al Hashmi (Nuffield College Oxford)

MET Seminar - Jorgen Kratz (York)

17:00 - 18:00 18 October 2023
Title: Weak Misrepresentations in College Admissions (joint with Makoto Shimojo) Abstract: Much of the literature on admission mechanisms for schools and universities is focused on…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 18 October 2023
Giulia Berlusconi, University of Surrey

Political Economy Centre Research Seminar

02:00 - 15:30 19 October 2023
Political Economy Centre Research Seminar with Professor Stephanie Barrientos, Professor Emeritus at the University of Manchester. Professor Barrientos will be speaking about her important…

What does care take? Saving and sequestering in orangutan conservation

16:00 - 18:00 23 October 2023
Liana Chua (with the GLO [globallivesoftheorangutan.org] and POKOK [pokokborneo.wordpress.com] project teams): What does care take? Saving and sequestering in orangutan conservation.…

Brownbag - Nuno Palma

13:00 - 14:00 25 October 2023
Title: African Slavery and the Reckoning of Brazil

Cancelled: Critical Global Politics & Global Political Economy Seminar

15:30 - 17:00 25 October 2023
Due to unforeseen circumstances this event has been cancelled. Nisha Shah (University of Ottawa)

Democracy & Elections Seminar

15:30 - 17:00 25 October 2023
Sofia Collignon (Queen Mary University of London)

Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence Seminar

15:00 - 16:00 25 October 2023
Professor Dominique Kirchner Reill. University of Miami. Immigrant Empires: Habsburg Europe’s Legacy in the United States. Char: Dr Christian Goeschel (UoM SALC). Co-organised with Dr Claire Morelon (UoM History)

MET Seminar - Estelle Cantillon (Libre, Brussels)

17:00 - 18:00 25 October 2023
Title: Respecting priorities versus respecting preferences in school choice: When is there a trade-off? (with Li Chen and Juan Pereyra) Abstract: A classic trade-off that school districts…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 25 October 2023
Srebrenka Letina, University of Glasgow

Wellbeing in Law – Promoting Mental Health for Students and Professionals

13:30 - 16:30 31 October 2023
In collaboration with the University of Manchester’s Justice Hub, the University of Salford’s SILKS Law Clinic, Salford City Council and two law firms: Ward Hadaway and Fieldfisher,…

Brownbag - Chi-Yang Tsou

13:00 - 14:00 1 November 2023
Title: Pollution Abatement Investment under Financial Frictions and Policy Uncertainty

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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