School of Social Sciences

Beyond Borders: Rethinking Migration and Citizenship - Bridget Anderson

15:30 - 17:00 12 February 2026
Please join us for the University of Manchester Sociology Annual Lecture 2026, followed by a drinks reception. About the lecture The University of Manchester Sociology Annual Lecture…

‘“In the thick of it’: Releasing pressure in Santiago de Cuba’ - Social Anthropology Seminar Series

15:00 - 17:00 16 February 2026
Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier (University of Victoria) - ‘“In the thick of it’: Releasing pressure in Santiago de Cuba’

Macro Seminar - Hanbaek Lee (Cambridge)

16:00 - 17:00 17 February 2026
Title: Dancing on the Saddles: A Geometric Framework for Stochastic Equilibrium Dynamics

MET Seminar - Roberto Corrao (Stanford)

17:00 - 18:00 18 February 2026
Title: Resilience vs. Fragility: Global Properties of Economies with Endogenous Production Networks Authors: Simone Cerreia-Vioglio, Roberto Corrao, Joel Flynn, and Giacomo Lanzani…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series, Alessandro Lomi (University of Italian Switzerland, Lugano) Modeling Social Networks with Changeable Nodes

16:00 - 17:30 18 February 2026
One of the defining features of social networks is that their nodes—social agents—are not fixed entities but actively reconfigure their internal structure in response to changes in…

Manchester Online Seminars on Evidential Pluralism: Combining evidence for establishing causality.

15:00 - 16:30 23 February 2026
Medicine and health science relies on a variety of methods, but do they establish the same thing? It is not uncommon that the available evidence points in different directions with…

‘Fieldnotes, Library Scans and the Ethnographic Narrative After Catastrophe’ - Social Anthropology Seminar Series

15:00 - 17:00 23 February 2026
Yael Navaro (University of Cambridge) - ‘Fieldnotes, Library Scans and the Ethnographic Narrative After Catastrophe’

Macro Seminar - Santiago Garcia-Couto (Georgetown Qatar)

16:00 - 17:00 24 February 2026
Title: The Anatomy of the China Shock

MET Seminar - RStefan Trautmann (Heidelberg, Tilburg)

17:00 - 18:00 25 February 2026
Title: A choice-based approach to the measurement of inflation expectations Authors: Olga Goldfayn-Franka, Pascal Kieren, Stefan Trautmann Abstract: Economists widely rely on measures…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series. Bruce Cronin University of Greenwich, .THE STRUCTURE OF LOCAL FDI EMBEDDING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

16:00 - 17:30 25 February 2026
This study examines how structural characteristics of countries’ local inward and outward FDI networks influence economic development across different stages of development. Drawing…

‘Against Capture: The Political Life of Creative Anthropology’ - Social Anthropology Seminar Series

15:00 - 17:00 2 March 2026
Fiona Murphy (Dublin City University) - ‘Against Capture: The Political Life of Creative Anthropology’

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series. Shan Shi University of Manchester. Embedded Regional Origins: A Longitudinal Mapping of Collaboration Networks in China’s Music Industry (BADHEAD, 1999–2023)

16:00 - 17:30 4 March 2026
Abstract: This study examines the formation of collaborative networks in China’s music industry through BADHEAD, a sub-label of Modern Sky, one of the leading music companies headquartered…

The New International Economic (Dis)order: On Law, Privatization and Power

04:00 - 17:00 4 March 2026
In 1976, Gillian White published her famous article ‘The New International Economic Order’ in the Virginia Journal of International Law, finding a ‘climate in which some genuine amelioration…

‘Investment and Human Rights: Lessons from the Magomedov and Dynasty Cases’

16:00 - 18:00 5 March 2026
This lecture, delivered by Ms Galyna Carey (Fortior Law), will explore human rights concerns in major international investment disputes. Drawing on her experience representing parties…

'Bioengineering Financial Futures: From Synthetic Biology to Synthetic Bonds’ - Social Anthropology Seminar Series

15:00 - 17:00 9 March 2026
Kath Weston (University of Virginia) - 'Bioengineering Financial Futures: From Synthetic Biology to Synthetic Bonds’

International Human Rights Law (IHRL) Guest Speaker Series

14:00 - 15:00 9 March 2026
The Manchester International Law Centre (MILC) is delighted to invite you to the first event in our International Human Rights Law (IHRL) Guest Speaker Series. As part of this series,…

Macro Seminar - Johanna Wallenius (Stockholm)

16:00 - 17:00 10 March 2026
Title: Does Student Aid Improve Educational Mobility?

SOCIAL STATISTICS SEMINAR SERIES

14:00 - 15:30 10 March 2026
Please join us for the Social Statistics Seminar, we have coffee and cake. We are very pleased to welcome: Mónica Hernández Alava Professor in Health Econometrics, University of Sheffield Title: TBA Abstract: TBA

Annual Harry Street Lecture 2026 - speaker to be announced

17:30 - 19:30 11 March 2026
The School of Social Sciences and Department of Law are delighted to host the 2026 Annual Harry Street Lecture delivered by an alumnus of our school and leading figure in the legal…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 11 March 2026
Zsofia Boda University of Essex

“Can I steal your shade?’ On Fieldwork, Minor Gestures, and Associative Translations’ - Social Anthropology Seminar Series

15:00 - 17:00 16 March 2026
Cristiana Giordano (UC Davis) - “Can I steal your shade?’ On Fieldwork, Minor Gestures, and Associative Translations’

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