Past events
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Healthier Futures population survey workshop and networking lunch
10:00 - 12:30 25 February 2025
The Healthier Futures platform are excited to be holding a workshop and networking event on the use of population surveys in health inequalities research. The workshop will showcase four major surveys currently led by the University of Manchester, BeeWell, ELSA, EVENS and STAND, that are instrumental...
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Healthier Futures: survey workshop with networking lunch
10:00 - 12:30 25 February 2025
At the University, we lead a number of major surveys which help to identify health disparities and shine a light on potential levers and interventions that might reduce the inequalities identified. On 25 February, the Healthier Futures research platform will host a workshop showcasing four of these...
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'Fare Money' Stories: Transportation and everyday practices in the periphery of Rio de Janeiro
15:00 - 16:30 25 February 2025
This presentation contributes to ongoing debates on Southern urbanisms by arguing that taking money seriously - as a practical, moral and material issue and as an integral part of the production of infrastructures - can offer us new insights into the urban experience among the racialized poor in the...
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MIOIR Seminar Series - Artificial Intelligence, between industrial dynamics and industrial policy
15:30 - 16:30 24 February 2025
Artificial Intelligence, between industrial dynamics and industrial policy In this talk, I will combine three of my ongoing projects to offer a bird's eye view of important trajectories in AI economics research: whether AI is poised to follow industry-life cycle patterns; whether software-hardware tandems...
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International Mother Language Day 2025: Not all accents are created equal
12:00 - 13:00 21 February 2025
Not all accents are created equal: A discussion of accentism within British teacher training Join the Linguistic Diversity Collective for a talk by Dr Alex Baratta on accent bias to mark International Mother Language Day 2025. A study involving 41 British teachers, most of whom were...
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