Past events
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Ingural Lectures: Prof Will Fletcher and Prof Seth Schindler
15:30 - 18:00 11 February 2026
You are warmly invited to join the School of Environment, Education and Development at The University of Manchester for inaugural lectures from Will Fletcher, Professor of Physical Geography, and Seth Schindler, Professor of Urban Politics & Development, at the Cordingley Theatre, Humanities Bridgeford...
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Writing for Policy
11:00 - 12:30 10 February 2026
Join Manchester Urban Institute and Policy@Manchester for an interactive workshop, Writing for Policy. Designed for early career researchers and postgraduate students working on urban topics, this training will help you develop the skills needed to strengthen policy engagement through your work. The...
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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...
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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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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 scepticism remains due to unrealistic assumptions...
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