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ISC Brownbag Seminar Series

The Institute for Social Change (ISC) a at Manchester University are hosting a Brownbag seminar series in 2011/12.

The seminar series will be of interest to all members of ISC both staff and students as well as to many others in the University and outside.

Seminars are held on the first Wednesday of every month.  1-2pm in room 2.07B Humanities Bridgeford Street.

12th October:

Cheryl Anderson

The Political Transition of Young People: An Experimental Approach

*This seminar has been postponed; a new date will be announced soon*

9th November:

Ben Lee

Business as usual? Constituency Level Web campaigns during the 2010 UK General Election

7th December:

Mark Littler

Demos: Using Facebook to research 'hard to reach groups’. Notes and experiences from studying the 'digital populists'

11th January:

Lee Bentley

TBA

8th February:

Denise Annett

Using Interviews and Documents to Generate your own Research Data: what are the Pitfalls?

7th March:

Virginia Ros

TBA

14th March: Toni Rodon
Abstention Because of Indifference and Alienation: When and Why the Context Matters
4th April:

Dr. Jane Green and Dr. Will Jennings

Do Politicians Need to be Competent? What does the Public Notice and does it Matter?

2nd May:

Silvia Galandini

Residential Concentration and Political Participation of Black Africans in Britain: The Role of Ethnic Social Resources

13th June:

Dr. Huw Vasey

Topographies of ‘Migrant Work’: International Migration, Local Labour Markets and Networks of Stratification

4th July: -TBA-

A full list of seminars can be donwloaded here

Details from previous years Brownbag sessions can be found here: 2010/11

If you have any further queries about the ISC Brownbag Seminar Series, please contact:
Stefanie Doebler Stefanie.Doebler@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk