School of Social Sciences

Brownbag - Xiaobing Wang

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

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

Comparative Politics Seminar

15:30 - 16:30 1 November 2023
Dr Maxim Alyukov (Everhulme Early Career Fellow, SALC, The University of Manchester). 'It's Not That Simple, We Do Not Know The Whole Truth': Disinformation Discourse, Media Trust,…

Free culture and the city: hackers, commoners and neighbours in Madrid, 1997-2017

16:00 - 18:00 6 November 2023
Alberto Corsin Jimenez (Spanish National Research Council): Free culture and the city: hackers, commoners and neighbours in Madrid, 1997-2017. This talk introduces our recently published…

Macro Seminar - Iacopo Morchio (Bristol)

16:00 - 17:00 7 November 2023
Title: Policies for Early Childhood Skills Formation: Accounting for Parental Choices and Noncognitive Skills

What is good work and how do we get more of it?

14:00 - 16:00 7 November 2023
Exploring the Potential and Limits of the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter This workshop will bring together workers, campaigners and people interested in promoting better…

Democracy & Elections Seminar

15:30 - 17:00 8 November 2023
Vittorio Merolla (University of Durham)

Global Political Economy Seminar

15:00 - 16:30 8 November 2023
Teaching Global Political Economy

MANCEPT Seminar

16:00 - 17:30 8 November 2023
Dr Matilda Carter (Glasgow University)

MET Seminar - Bernhard Kasberger (Konstanz)

17:00 - 18:00 8 November 2023
Title: The combinatorial multi-round auction (with Alex Teytelboym) Abstract: The Combinatorial Multi-Round Ascending Auction (CMRA) is a new auction format that has already been used…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 8 November 2023
Paola Zappa, University College London

Teaching GPE (Panel and Roundtable Discussion)

15:00 - 16:30 8 November 2023
Co-hosted with GPE research cluster Abstract: In collaboration with the Political Economy Center, this seminar builds on and furthers some of our conversations around teaching GPE,…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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