Past events
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Centre for Digital Trust and Society Forum 2026
2 July - 8 August 2026
Now in its 4th year, the Centre for Digital Trust and Society Annual Forum brings together leading voices from academia, government and civil society to explore the evolving challenges and opportunities shaping digital trust and security. The Centre for Digital Trust and Society (CDTS) brings together...
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Regulating the Digital Society: UK and EU Perspectives
1 July - 8 August 2026
Join us & explore how the UK and EU member states are approaching the regulation of the digital society in the the post-Brexit era! The increasing digitisation of daily life poses important questions for policy makers, service providers and academics about whether and how we can regulate these technologies...
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Survey data drop-in
11:00 - 12:00 1 July 2026
This free online drop-in is for anyone working or thinking of working with secondary survey data who are looking for help and advice with their project or research. It is targeted at academic and non-academic researchers, analysts, as well as students and anyone with an interest in survey data, whether...
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Creativity and AI: Free and Open-source AI Tools and Platforms
13:30 - 16:00 25 June 2026
This event forms part of a three-part CreaTech Network Series running between February and April 2026, designed to strengthen connections across the CreaTech ecosystem in Greater Manchester and the North West, and to support collaboration between the University and the wider creative and cultural industries...
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Digital Economy Ethics of AI Workshop
13:30 - 15:30 24 June 2026
Join us for an engaging and timely workshop exploring the ethical challenges emerging from the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence across research, industry and policy. Dr. Arash Hajikhani (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland; LUT University) will deliver a thought-provoking talk on the ethics...
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Legal Frameworks and Personal Experiences: Egg Donation in Japan and Taiwan (Hybrid)
15:00 - 16:30 24 June 2026
Japan has no legal framework governing donor conception. In contrast, Taiwan has legislation that guarantees donor anonymity and restricts egg donation to infertile, legally married heterosexual couples. In this presentation, I examine the impact of these legal frameworks on people, as well as individuals’...
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Professor Christian Goeschel’s Inaugural Lecture: Senses, Emotions, and Politics in Germany in 1933
16:00 - 18:00 24 June 2026
Abstract: In the current global crisis of liberal democracy, a menacing threat of right-wing populism, and war in Europe and elsewhere, a fresh analysis of the Nazi capture of power has renewed relevance. The process by which Germany became a one-party dictatorship was accompanied by an everyday assault...
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Solstice and Equinox series: Cosmic Titans – in conversation with David Olusoga
18:00 - 21:00 19 June 2026
Join Creative Manchester and Jodrell Bank for an evening that moves between science, art and philosophy to ponder what it means to imagine the universe when what we know is only ever partial. Reflecting on Cosmic Titans – an exhibition of sculpture, installation and photographic work created through...
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PPERC Launch: 'The Political Economies of Fossil Fuel Phase Out'
14:00 - 16:00 18 June 2026
Launch of the People, Place and Energy Research Centre with a guest lecture by Professor Peter Newell Launch of PPERC position paper on place-based energy transformations with Nannette Youssef, Policy Manager at the Runnymede Trust How can the world wean itself off climate changing fossil fuels? This...
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Code Anxiety Club
12:30 - 13:00 16 June 2026
Feeling overwhelmed by the command line? Confused by file pathways? Want to navigate the world of coding with confidence? Join the Code Anxiety Club! Viewers can follow along as we work through common beginner topics while coding live for a quick half hour. No prior experience, installed software or...
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