Events
Climate Crimes and Human Rights: Examining the Efficacy of Human Rights, International Law and Criminal Law in the Fight for Climate Justice
Seminar hosted by the Climate and Justice Study Group Speaker: Paul Clark, Barrister, Garden Court Chambers Given the role that the law and the courts play in contemporary governance both domestically and internationally, it is unsurprising that litigation is viewed by many as a key weapon in the fight against climate change. The invocation..
Training Course on Advanced Scripting and Batching of Tomographic Datasets
Although X-ray tomography is an attractive characterisation technique in materials science, it generates a huge amount of data at a fast rate and it can be extremely time consuming to process the data manually. A great benefit to creating scripts and plugins in Avizo is the ability to reuse a workflow on more than one image or to develop a bes..
Geography Seminar: Dr Monica Winsborrow, The Arctic University of Norway - Ice Sheets and the Global Carbon Cycle
The department of Geography welcomes Dr Monica Winsborrow (UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø), to deliver this in-person seminar, 'Ice Sheets and the Global Carbon Cycle' open to staff and students.
Contesting "Just" Transitions in South Africa
Politics, Governance, and Management research seminar Speakers: Alex Beresford (University of Leeds) Ruth Bookbinder (University of Leeds) The Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) between South Africa and a collection of Western countries (USA, UK, France, EU and Germany) is hailed as a blueprint for energy transitions in the global sou..
GDI Film Screening: One Side of the Road
GDI is hosting a film screening of One Side of the Road, a documentary film by Jalil Nordman (French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development-DIAL), on Thursday, 27th March at 5-7pm in A101, Samuel Alexander Building. The award-winning documentary explores the segregation and oppression of Dalit populations in southern India and..
AMBS Event - Reimagining Business and Management as a Force for Good
Alliance MBS and The British Academy present Professor Nelarine Cornelius, who will explore how EDI must evolve and adopt a more inclusive approach - including incorporating social mobility. The lecture starts at 17:30, with arrival refreshments from 17:00.
GDI Alumni Talk - Development in Action: What They Don't Teach You in School
Speaker: Taio Gardey, Farming Out Of Poverty (FOOP) Join us for an open conversation with Taio Gardey, an alumnus of the University of Manchester and Executive Director of Farming Out of Poverty (FOOP), an NGO empowering farmers in Sierra Leone to overcome hunger and poverty. Taio will share his journey from studying International Developmen..
Webinar: What Next for Our Broken Aid System?
Following recent upheavals in aid programmes worldwide, GDI and the Development Studies Association (DSA) have organised a webinar to discuss whether and how these dramatic changes could serve as a catalyst for reform. Titled, ‘What Next for Our Broken Aid System?’, we’ll cover topics including how we can tackle the structural inefficien..
The Important Role of School Leaders in Developing Global Citizenship
In an increasingly interconnected world, the role of school leaders in fostering global citizenship has never been more crucial. This webinar will delve into the pivotal responsibilities of educational leaders in shaping students into empathetic, informed, and proactive global citizens. Featuring a panel of leading experts from the Manchester..
GDI Lecture: Class, Politics, and Agrarian Policies in Post-Liberalisation India
Speaker: Sejuti Das Gupta (Michigan State University) India entered a new political and economic phase in 1991 with adoption of the structural adjustment programme. Since then, studies have tended to focus on global and national factors to understand ongoing political processes in the country. With cultural nationalism and symbolic politics h..