School of Social Sciences

Are Friends Electric?

10:00 - 15:30 23 October 2024
In this interactive exhibition led by Dr. Scott Midson, visitors will explore the concept of friendship and whether robots can be friends. The exhibition covers themes like emotion,…

Data Treasure Hunt – Behind the scenes of where our everyday information comes from!

10:00 - 11:30 23 October 2024
As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences, an event at Salford Museum & Art Gallery will explore the secrets behind everyday data. This 90-minute, in-person event includes a treasure…

MET Seminar - Aram Grigoryan

17:00 - 18:00 23 October 2024
Title: Robust Market Design under Opaque Announcements Authors: Aram Grigoryan & Markus Möller Abstract: We introduce a framework where the announcements of a clearinghouse about…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 23 October 2024
Robin Dunbar, University of Oxford The Fractal Structure of Social Networks Human egocentric social networks have a limiting size (around 150 alters) and a very distinctive fractal…

Social Media and Me: Exploring young people's digital worlds

10:00 - 11:30 23 October 2024
In a world where adults think they know what’s best, is banning social media the answer to improving everyone’s mental health? Do they really understand how young people use and experience…

Social Media: Lifting a lid on young people's digital worlds

12:00 - 13:00 23 October 2024
It's no secret that lots of people think social media is the reason young people are increasingly suffering from poor mental health, but what is the evidence really telling us? Join…

The American Elections: One Week to Go!

16:00 - 17:30 28 October 2024
Join us for an insightful online discussion on the upcoming American elections! Professor Angelia Wilson, Professor Rob Ford and Dr. David Stroup will delve into the latest numbers,…

Gardening with Dementia: The power of nature and the outdoors

10:00 - 16:00 29 October 2024
Join us for a compelling photographic exhibition at the Royal Horticultural Society Bridgewater Garden in Worsley, Salford, celebrating the powerful connection between home and garden…

Macro Seminar - Piotr Denderski (Leicester)

16:00 - 17:00 29 October 2024
Title: The Job ladder, Unemployment Risk, and Incomplete Markets

Jon Schubert (Basel): Authoritarian Planning: Speculation, spectral infrastructure, and extractivism in Angola

15:00 - 17:00 4 November 2024
In a moment of pervasive economic crisis, when any economic rationalities that may have justified investments in big infrastructure appear increasingly like pure fantasy, what visions…

Gardening with Dementia: The power of nature and the outdoors

10:00 - 16:00 5 November 2024
Join us for a compelling photographic exhibition at the Royal Horticultural Society Bridgewater Garden in Worsley, Salford, celebrating the powerful connection between home and garden…

Macro Seminar - Alistair Macaulay (Surrey)

16:00 - 17:00 5 November 2024
Title: The Mis(Allocation) of Corporate News

New pioneers in digital platform businesses

12:00 - 14:00 5 November 2024
How do pioneering digital businesses overcome entry challenges and navigate market dynamics in an ecosystem dominated by large platform-based businesses? To explore this question,…

'A Letter to Chinatown' Documentary Film Screening

15:30 - 17:30 6 November 2024
Join us at HOME Manchester (Cinema 2) on Wednesday, 6 November at 3:30PM for a special viewing of this captivating documentary followed by a thought-provoking Q&A session with the filmmakers…

Brownbag - Yiming Liu (UMich, UCL)

13:00 6 November 2024
Title: tbd

Culture on the Periphery

17:30 - 19:30 6 November 2024
Culture on the Periphery: social and cultural infrastructure in left-behind places This event will be a 2-hour hybrid panel discussion featuring policy and sector stakeholders, including…

Cycle Smart, Live Smarter: Building Sustainable Cities on Two Wheels?

11:00 - 14:00 6 November 2024
Join us for a fun-filled day of cycling activities and bike-themed giveaways. Discover how cycling can transform our cities and lives. Learn about the benefits of cycling and bike-sharing…

Manchester Urban Ageing Film Screening

14:00 - 16:00 6 November 2024
Join us at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation on Wednesday, 6 November at 2:00 PM for an afternoon of films about life in Manchester as we age. The Manchester Urban Ageing…

MET Seminar - Simon Jantschgi

17:00 - 18:00 6 November 2024
Title: The Hidden Cost of Zero-Commission Abstract: This paper studies how transaction cost transparency influences incentives and welfare in two-sided markets. Hidden transaction…

Mitchell Centre Seminar series

16:00 - 17:30 6 November 2024
Elisa Bellotti & Tomas Diviak University of Manchester Gender inequalities: the role of social networks in gendered interactions and social structures. Gender inequalities are a worldwide…

Stitching for change: A cross stitch exhibition with conversations about drugs and drug policy

12:30 - 17:00 6 November 2024
Join us for a unique exhibition and interactive panel discussion that combines art, activism, and drug policy, aimed at 16-18 year old students and the wider general public. You'll…

Econometrics Seminar - Weiguang Liu (Cambridge, UCL)

12:00 - 13:00 7 November 2024
Title TBA

Global Marxism Panel Discussion (online)

18:00 7 November 2024
Event organised by Manchester University Press. Though his work has been both praised and criticized, Karl Marx is considered one of the most influential figures in the modern era.…

Sophie Woodward (Manchester): Imagination and Gifts: The lives and temporalities of dormant gifts

15:00 - 17:00 11 November 2024
Gifts that are hidden unwanted in a cupboard could be dismissed as a relationship that has gone wrong, or a lack of understanding of a recipient’s preferences. An implicit but key aspect…

Social Statistics Seminar Series - Lorraine Dearden

14:00 - 15:30 12 November 2024
The impact of violence on partnered women’s labour market outcomes: evidence from Australia Longitudinal survey data measuring domestic violence (DV) is very rare which makes looking…

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