School of Social Sciences

Fiction and Research

14:30 - 16:00 14 May 2025
This online seminar is aimed at researchers who are interested in learning about the different ways fiction relates to social science research. Drawing on Becky and Leah's recently…

MET Seminar - Peter Klibanoff (Northwestern)

17:00 - 18:00 14 May 2025
Title: Persuasion with Ambiguous Communication Authors: Xiaoyu Cheng, Peter Klibanoff, Sujoy Mukerji and Ludovic Renou Abstract: This paper explores whether and to what extent ambiguous…

Econometrics workshop: Advances in Macroeconometrics

09:00 - 18:00 16 May 2025
The Econometrics group at the University of Manchester is happy to announce a workshop on Advances in Macroeconometrics. The workshop takes place on Thursday the 16th of May, 2025 at…

Archival film night: "Wages for Housework & Beyond"

17:00 - 19:00 21 May 2025
Join us for a screening of All Work and No Pay and a discussion of the legacies and relevance of 1970s feminist activism and political economy today. We will be screening a 1976 documentary…

Alternative Futures and Popular Protest

16 - 18 June 2025
AFPP is an international, cross-disciplinary conference on social movements, protest and cognate topics. It has drawn participants from over 60 countries, whether based in departments…

Manchester Online Seminars on Evidential Pluralism: Epistemic games and causal problems

14:00 - 15:30 16 June 2025
Epistemic games and causal problems: a framework for teaching the evaluation of scientific information. Studies in science education demonstrate that laypeople typically engage with…

Evidence-Based Law Workshop

20 June 2025
The emerging field of evidence-based law (EBL) holds that laws ought to be based on good evidence to demonstrate that they will achieve their desired end, such as reduced crime, increased…

Manchester Online Seminars on Evidential Pluralism: How is Who. Evidence as Clues for Action in Participatory Research Interventions.

15:00 - 16:30 30 June 2025
How is Who. Evidence as Clues for Action in Participatory Research Interventions. Participatory and collaborative approaches in sustainability science and public health research contribute…

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