School of Environment, Education and Development

Schinkel in Manchester 1826-2026

7 September 2026 - 2 January 2027
An exhibition of architectural models by students from the Manchester School of Architecture of early nineteenth buildings in Berlin and Manchester created to celebrate the bicentenary…

SPA Lab Policy Seminar "An overview of spatial cohesion policies in the EU (and the UK), past policies and future challenges"

14:00 - 15:30 30 September 2026
Drawing on more than three decades of leading spatial cohesion, regional development and environment policy making, Hon Prof Elisa Ferreira will present an overview of how spatial cohesion…

A socio-ecological feminist dialogue

15:00 14 October 2026
Dr Giulia Mininni, Dr Ariana Tozzi and Dr Lin Zhang (Department of Geography, UoM). Chair: Aliki Koutlou; 3pm in Coupland 3 Building, Theatre B.

Hydrocide: water is natural, scarcity is political

15:00 4 November 2026
Dr Bayes Ahmed (Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, UCL). Chair: Mehebub Sahana; 3pm in Coupland 3 Building, Theatre B.

The mobility trap: transport exclusion in global south cities

15:00 11 November 2026
Prof. Karen Lucas (Department of Geography, UoM). Chair: Saska Petrova; 3pm in Coupland 3 Building, Theatre B

From pans to point bars: applications of multiple elevated temperature infrared stimulated

15:00 18 November 2026
Dr Tessa Spano (Department of Geography, UoM). Chair: Abi Stone; 3pm in Coupland 3 Building, Theatre B

Geographies of Anticipation: AI growth zones, data centres, and post-industrial futures

15:00 25 November 2026
Prof. Karen Lai (Department of Geography Durham University). Chair: Chloe Fox-Robertson; 3pm in Coupland 3 Building, Theatre B

The gendered half-life of deindustrialization: Industrial masculinities in East and West German shipbuilding

15:00 2 December 2026
Dr. Nora Mariella Küttel (Institute for Geography, University of Bremen). Chair: Sarah Marie Hall; 3pm in Coupland 3 Building, Theatre B

The Whitworth

Jodrell Bank

Martin Harris Centre

The John Rylands Library

Manchester Museum

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