Events
GDI Webinar: Cybersecurity Economics for Development
Speaker: Estefania Vergara Cobos (PhD, Economist at the World Bank) Chair: Isaac López-Moreno Flores (PhD Candidate in Development Policy and Management at GDI) Join us for a discussion on the connection between cybersecurity and economic development, inspired by the World Bank’s new book, Cybersecurity Economics for Emerging Markets: htt..
The Albatross Lecture 2025: Dr Jared Margulies
* **Please note this event is open to those both internal and external to The University of Manchester*** Join us on the 23rd January 2024 to hear a keynote presentation from Dr Jared Margulies, Assistant Professor at The University of Alabama and author of The Cactus Hunters: Desire and Extinction in the Illicit Succulent Trade. Followed by..
Digital Trust and Security Seminar Series: Dr. Ben Collier
UK police forces are increasingly adopting 'influence policing', a form of digital influence campaign that uses internet technologies and behavioral psychology to prevent crime. Initially developed for counter-radicalization, it now targets a range of areas, including online child abuse, knife crime, and cybercrime, raising ethical and theoret..
The Harry Street Lecture 2025: Access to Life-saving Medication for All?
Access to Life-saving Medication for All? Positive Obligations, Corporations, and Fundamental Rights Join us for the 37th Annual Harry Street Lecture as our guest speaker, Professor David Bilchitz delves into a critical contemporary issue: the accessibility of life-saving medications. Using the recent National Institute for Health Care and..
Training Course on Visualisation & quantification of tomographic datasets
A 2 day in person training course covering theory and computer-based practical works using the Thermo Scientific™ Amira-Avizo Software. Lab/synchrotron X-ray tomography has emerged as one of the most important techniques for research in a wide range of applications including healthcare, energy, food and geology. Advances in the quality of X..
GDI Webinar: Navigating Crises: Turkey’s Migration Policies in the Face of Refugee Challenges and Disaster Response
Presenters: Prof Tim Jacoby, Dr Ibrahim Efe Chair: Prof Tanja Müller Webinar abstract: Turkey’s migration policies have undergone profound transformations since the onset of the Syrian conflict, evolving from an open-door approach to a multifaceted framework addressing both refugee integration and voluntary return. The February 6, 2023,..
Fragments of Home: Refugee Housing and the Politics of Shelter (HCRI talk)
The Humanitarian & Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) is hosting Prof Tom Scott-Smith to introduce and discuss his new book - Fragments of Home: Refugee Housing and the Politics of Shelter. Registration is required, via https://fragments-of-home.eventbrite.co.uk ABOUT THE BOOK Abandoned airports. Shipping containers. Squatted hotels. These a..
GDI Lecture: 2,500 Years and Counting: The Historical Roots of Cash Transfers and Their Lessons for Today’s Debates
Speaker: Ugo Gentilini (World Bank) Cash transfers (direct payments of money to people by the state) reach hundreds of million people worldwide. But when did they start, and how did they spread over countries and centuries? What did past practices look like, and how did they evolve? Why, despite compelling evidence, are policymakers sometimes..
GDI Film Screening and Panel Discussion: We Don't Do Charity
Panel: Alan Braithwaite (Executive Producer) Amanda Campbell (Producer) David Campbell (Director) Join GDI and One World Together for a screening of ‘We don’t do charity’, a compelling film pushing for change in the aid and development space towards a global finance system that supports the priorities and dignity of local communities. H..
Training Course on In situ experiments and Digital Volume Correlation
Digital Volume Correlation (DVC) is a powerful experimental technique that computes 3D full-field displacement and strain maps from volumes images acquired during a deformation process of a material. DVC is the 3D extension of Digital Image Correlation (DIC) which was first described four decades ago. The emergence of DVC started early 2000s w..