Events
Active Lives, Natural Spaces: Supporting Children and Young People's Wellbeing and Mental Health
As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science, Sarah MacQuarrie and Alexandra Hennessey from the Manchester Institute of Education are leading a drop-in event to explore how play, physical activity and engaging with green spaces shape the wellbeing and mental health of children and young people. They will be sharing: - Practical, research-in..
Unit M Startup Weekend
Calling all Women in STEM - Students, staff & alumni (2025): Have you ever wondered what day 0 of your startup actually feels like? In collaboration with The Tech Bros, Unit M are running an all-expenses paid weekend in Cheshire (hotel stay included) on 24th-26th October. What’s on the agenda? - A founder crash-course - A true startup s..
Start or end of life? Advancing the Sociology of Life, Death & Bereavement
Join us for the inaugural lecture of Professor Kate Reed, hosted by the University of Manchester's School of Social Science and Department of Sociology. ‘Life’ and ‘death’ affects us all. Drawing on groundbreaking research on reproductive loss, post-mortem and bereavement, Professor Reed will problematise the boundary between life an..
Digital Trust and Security Seminar Series: Robert Gorwa
Talk Title: Full Stack AI Governance Every time someone trains, deploys, or queries an ‘artificial intelligence’ system, whether they know it or not, they are implicating the practices and services of an enormous number of interlinked businesses in the AI ‘stack’. In this talk, Robert Gorwa will present early findings from his ongoing..
Digital Trust and Security Webinar: Wei-Yuan Wayne Lo
Talk Title: Crypto and Crime in Taiwan As a prosecutor specializing in blockchain-related crime, Wei-Yuan Wayne Lo examines how the rise of blockchain technology has accelerated the growth of virtual assets while also creating new avenues for criminal misuse. The presentation first outlines Taiwan’s regulatory framework for virtual asset se..
GDI Lecture: The Political Lives of Information - Janaki Srinivasan
Speaker: Janaki Srinivasan, University of Oxford My talk will be based on my 2022 book, The Political Lives of Information: Information and the Production of Development in India, which examines the history of the idea of “information” and its political implications for poverty alleviation in India. We live in a world that sees informatio..
Hulme Nannas' exhibition of (in)visibility, community and urban change
This event is the launch of an exhibition of artwork and poetry co-curated by older women living on the Aquarius Estate in Hulme. The event will include a talk by community members explaining their art work, a panel discussion by research team explaining the themes and learning from project, Q&A and some time to network, along with refreshment..
Book Launch: Diverse Transnational Care: Ageing and Migration in Bolivia
Join us to celebrate the publication of Diverse Transnational Care: Ageing and Migration in Bolivia, Policy Press https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/diverse-transnational-care By Tanja Bastia and Claudia Calsina Transnational care practices differ and are not available to everyone in equal measure. Drawing on interviews with migran..
Reimagining New Towns: Delivering Growth and Place-Making for 21st Century England
Join us for an exploration of the New Towns Taskforce Report to Government, a major contribution to the national conversation on housing and place-making. The event will explore how new towns can help address England’s housing challenges, featuring reflections from Dame Kate Barker, the deputy chair of the government taskforce that produced..
GDI Film Screening: A Place in the City, Gabriel Silvestre
A Place in the City, by Dr Gabriel Silvestre, from Newcastle University's School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, features communities in Latin America facing displacement, segregation, and gender inequality. The film captures how ordinary people are reshaping their neighbourhoods—fighting not just for rights, but for the power to de..