Past events
GDI Lecture Series: Batman Saves the Congo: How Celebrities Disrupt the Politics of Development - Postponed
Due to the planned UCU strike action, this lecture has been postponed. We are working to reschedule...
GDI Lecture Series: How can we bridge the gap between local and global knowledge in urban development research?
Conceptualising the realities of cities in the global South is often characterised by ‘informality...
Perfecting the River: Dams, Dreams and Organic Machines
In 1996, the geographer Richard White published a book on the history of human exploitation of the C...
Climate Urbanism: Strategies for Just Transitions
This event will present some of the pioneering research funded by the Urban Studies Foundation (USF)...
The Safe Place: Building a safe space for active and effective listening, sharing & allyship in the workplace
Black women face barriers throughout their lives, including in the workplace. Organisations play a...
GDI Lecture Series: Clash of Powers: US-China Rivalry in Global Trade Governance
In this talk, Kristen Hopewell presents research from her new book analysing the impact of growing U...
Dig for Victory: An interactive urban gardening workshop to grow Greater Manchester's sustainable food revolution
Have you, or would you like to set up a community garden in your local area? Are you interested in...
Moving to a zero carbon world and the future role of hydropower
This FutureDAMS webinar will be exploring hydropower as a key solution to the challenge of transitio...
ESRC Festival of Social Science Manchester
The University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University, and the University of Salford are...
MUI Reconfiguring Future Urban Infrastructures Series: Graduate Symposium
Reconfiguring Future Urban Infrastructures Webinar Series. Graduate Symposium. The COVID-19 crisis...