Events
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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...
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UNMASKED - Mental Health Photography Exhibition
18:00 - 21:00 10 September 2026
UNMASKED is a powerful photography exhibition exploring mental health through lived experience, personal stories, and creative expression. Coinciding with World Suicide Prevention Day, the exhibition encourages honest conversations, challenges stigma, and promotes greater understanding of mental health. Every photograph has been self-directed...
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How to become a computational social scientist
10:00 - 11:00 14 September 2026
Scientific research and teaching are increasingly influenced by computational tools, methods and paradigms. The social sciences are no different, with many new forms of social data only available or practical through computational means (Kitchen, 2014). While social science research has always been marked by technological approaches to some degree,...
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Exploring census microdata
10:00 - 11:30 22 September 2026
Census microdata provides detailed anonymised information about individuals and households, allowing researchers to explore relationships between population characteristics in ways that are not possible using standard aggregate census tables. This free workshop will introduce census microdata available through the UK Data Service and demonstrate...
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Fire and Ice: The Conception, Birth and Infancy of Cybernetics.
13:00 - 15:00 24 September 2026
Meat the Machine: or, the Hidden History of Cybernetics and the Possible Futures of Humans 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...
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