Past events

Digging into the Index of Multiple Deprivation

12:00 - 16:00 18 March 2026

Hosted by Open Data Manchester, with support from the Spatial Policy and Analysis Lab, University of...

Digital Trust and Security Seminar: Dr Carolyn Swinney

13:00 - 15:00 18 March 2026

Explore how Software Defined Radios expose & detect radio?frequency vulnerabilities across 5G, auton...

From the pesticide treadmill to the Global Pesticide Complex: Uneven and combined chemical geographies

15:00 - 16:00 18 March 2026

Guest seminar from Professor Marion Werner, State University of New York, Buffalo Part of the Geogr...

The Real Cost of Urban Innovation in Lagos, Nigeria

11:30 - 13:00 16 March 2026

Speaker: Taibat Lawanson, University of Liverpool African cities are leveraging opportunities inher...

Second Cold War Cities: Geopolitics and Urbanization in the 21st Century

18:00 - 20:00 13 March 2026

From microchip factories in Germany to port expansions in East Africa, from tech hubs in Southeast A...

What did animals ever do for us? Why geomorphologists need to be aware of what animals get up to in rivers and why it matters for everyone

15:00 - 16:00 11 March 2026

Part of the Geography Department Research Seminar series. Guest lecture from Professor Stephen Rice...

GDI Lecture: Roundtable on Taxation and Development

16:30 - 18:00 4 March 2026

African states raise more revenue through taxation than the combined total of overseas development a...

GDI Lecture: The Price is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won’t Save the Planet, Brett Christophers

16:30 - 18:00 3 March 2026

GDI Lecture co-organised with the Geography Department Recent technical advances mean it is typical...

Building China: People’s Infrastructure

1 March - 31 May 2026

"Building China: People’s Infrastructure" invites audiences to encounter China from the kitchen ta...

Digital Worlds Fireside Chat: Meet Our Theme Lead

14:30 - 16:00 27 February 2026

Find out more about our Digital Worlds theme and learn more about the support we can provide. Meet...