Events
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Best practices for documenting social sciences research data
10:00 - 11:30 29 October 2026
Data documentation is essential to make sure that well-organised and well-documented research data can be produced from our research projects. This workshop provides an overview of different types of documentation depending on data type (e.g. primary or secondary, survey or transcripts), as an essential part of implementing good data management...
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Book launch: China +100
17:30 - 18:30 29 October 2026
What might China look like in the year 2119, a century after the first outbreak of Covid-19? This is the question posed by editor Xueting C. Ni to ten leading Chinese science fiction writers in Comma Press’s new anthology China +100. Join us to explore the book and its themes, including readings from two of the anthology’s authors – Anna...
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Everyday Money Mistakes, And How to Avoid Them
18:30 - 19:30 29 October 2026
Feel like you should “know more about money by now”? You’re not alone, and this event is designed exactly for you. Join Laura Whateley, award?winning journalist and author of Money: A User’s Guide, and Emiel Jerphanion, lecturer in finance at the University of Manchester, for an accessible, myth?busting session on the everyday money mistakes...
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SALIENT Lunch & Learn Webinar Series 2026
30 April - 26 November 2026
SALIENT Lunch and Learn Webinars are your chance to: Discover the latest developments in the world of National security and resilience. Hear short TED-style talks by experts on related topics. Get your questions answered with 10 mins of Q&A. Join us on the last Thursday of the month at 12:00 pm (GMT) for a lightning 20-minute talk from an Industry...
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Those Serendipitous Mavericks: The Ratio Club and early British Cybernetics
13:00 - 15:00 29 October 2026
A series of nine monthly seminars at the University of Manchester exploring the rich and vibrant history of the radical science of cybernetics, and the potentially profound implications of this hitherto occluded history for our shared socio-technical futures. All events will run from 13:00 to 15:00 and will be hosted at the University of Manchester. Event...
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