Events
Digital Trust and Security Seminar: Tao Wen
Explore a series of interconnected studies that examine human behavior and decision-making processes within social networks This event invites participants from all disciplines and backgrounds to come together, fostering interdisciplinary connections and discussions. Talk Title: Modeling and Analyzing User Behavior and Decision-Making in Soc..
Convivial futures: Living well together on a climate-ravaged planet
This interdisciplinary symposium will explore how we might reimagine mobility, belonging and kinship amidst mounting ecological upheavals Our current era of accelerating ‘ecocide’ marks a ‘double death’ (Rose, 2012) through the untimely obliteration of the ‘deep biological rivers that constitute entire species’ (Jones et al, 2020,..
Friends, family, and flows of things: Everyday practices of sustainability
Guest lecture from Professor Jo Lindsay (School of Social Sciences, Monash University). Co-organised by Sustainable Consumption Institute and University of Manchester Geography. Part of the Geography Department Research Seminar series Prof Lindsay is a sociologist in the fields of sustainability, consumption, families and households. She lead..
Remote Patient Monitoring in the NHS: From Promise to Practice
Speakers and more details to be announced soon! Remote patient monitoring is a cornerstone of the government’s 10-year plan to get the NHS 'fit for the future'. It could support earlier detection of health problems, better assessment of treatment response, and more proactive self-management. While there have been promising examples of succ..
Digital Economy Ethics of AI Workshop
Join us for an engaging and timely workshop exploring the ethical challenges emerging from the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence across research, industry and policy. Dr. Arash Hajikhani (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland; LUT University) will deliver a thought-provoking talk on the ethics of artificial intelligence, focusing o..
Creativity and AI: Free and Open-source AI Tools and Platforms
This event forms part of a three-part CreaTech Network Series running between February and April 2026, designed to strengthen connections across the CreaTech ecosystem in Greater Manchester and the North West, and to support collaboration between the University and the wider creative and cultural industries community. The third and final eve..
Regulating the Digital Society: UK and EU Perspectives
Join us & explore how the UK and EU member states are approaching the regulation of the digital society in the the post-Brexit era! The increasing digitisation of daily life poses important questions for policy makers, service providers and academics about whether and how we can regulate these technologies to ensure they work for the benefit..
Centre for Digital Trust and Society Forum 2026
Now in its 4th year, the Centre for Digital Trust and Society Annual Forum brings together leading voices from academia, government and civil society to explore the evolving challenges and opportunities shaping digital trust and security. The Centre for Digital Trust and Society (CDTS) brings together interdisciplinary expertise from across th..