Events
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The Politics of Feeling: Populism, Progressivism, Liberalism
14:00 - 15:30 4 February 2026
UoM Geography & the Humanitarian & Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) will host two leading scholars to discuss their new book - The Politics of Feeling: Populism, Progressive, Liberalism. --- In The Politics of Feeling, Ben Anderson and Anna Secor argue that politics has become a matter of political feelings in an age of uncertainty. The uncertainties...
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Linguistics and English Language Seminar: The Optimal Assignment Principle
13:00 - 15:00 5 February 2026
Ramon Ferrer-i-Cancho, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya Quantitative, Mathematical and Computational Linguistics Research Group The idea that languages are shaped by a constellation optimization principles is receiving increasing attention. However, some skepticism remains due to unrealistic assumptions or the apparent lack of precision or...
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WCLC: Jonathan Ainscough, Sarah-Louise Young and Jordan Paul Clarke: Who I’d Be
13:10 - 13:50 5 February 2026
Three seasoned musical theatre performers explore the vast spectrum of characters found in the musicals of Stephen Sondheim, Jerry Herman, Jeanine Tesori, Jason Robert Brown and many more, in a decades-spanning programme of captivating theatre songs. The Thursday lunchtime concerts are part of the Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series, which...
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Computational social science drop-in
13:00 - 14:00 10 February 2026
Do you find yourself: - stuck on a project with no one to ask about it? - not sure what to learn next? - the only person in your team using computational methods? - wanting to meet other computational social scientists? - interested to learn or teach some data skills with like-minded individuals? Join our free UK Data Service data drop-in where...
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SOCIAL STATISTICS SEMINAR SERIES
14:00 - 15:30 10 February 2026
Please join us for the Social Statistics Seminar, we have coffee and cake. We are very pleased to welcome: Ridhi Kashyap Professor of Demography & Computational Social Science, University of Oxford Title: TBA Abstract: TBA
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