Past events
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MIOIR Seminar Series - What Gets Cited? Reference Practices in Patent–Publication Pairs
15:30 - 16:30 24 November 2025
Alfredo Yegros explores how inventors balance knowledge disclosure and protection through citation practices in patent–publication pairs. Abstract: While the relationship between science and technology has been extensively examined through citation linkages, far less attention has been paid to the...
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A Winter Concert
19:00 - 20:30 22 November 2025
University of Manchester Chamber Choirs present a Winter Concert featuring music by Martin, McDowall, Stanford and more...
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Data in the spotlight: Longitudinal data
10:00 - 11:30 20 November 2025
Did you know that longitudinal data from major social studies such as the British Birth Cohort Studies, Understanding Society and the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing can be accessed for research? The longitudinal studies are extremely rich data sources for high impact and policy relevant research....
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WCLC: Guitarrísimo: Isabel Martínez. Presented by the department of Music & The Cervantes Institute
13:10 - 13:50 20 November 2025
“Six Strings, Six Centuries” by Isabel Martínez invites audiences to explore the Spanish guitar’s rich legacy, from early Renaissance music to key works of the 20th and 21st centuries. Each piece reveals the instrument’s expressive power and stylistic evolution—a unique opportunity to experience...
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Creative Health: Supporting older adults to live well in Greater Manchester
14:00 - 17:00 19 November 2025
Creative Health: Supporting older adults to live well in Greater Manchester Join us for an afternoon exploring creative health approaches to supporting older adults to live well in Greater Manchester, with a particular focus on the link between creative health and brain health. The event is co-convened...
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MIOIR Seminar Series - Trump, Iran and Science
15:30 - 16:30 19 November 2025
Michael E. Rose will explore how the U.S. “Muslim travel ban” influenced the productivity and collaboration of Iranian computer scientists and how they adapted to sustain international engagement. Abstract: We study the role of travel restrictions on productivity and collaborations of scientists....
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HCRI Landmark Lecture 2025 - Intersectional Beginnings and Abolitionist Endings: On the Urgency of Critical Theories in Humanitarian Studies and Practice'
16:00 - 17:30 19 November 2025
The Lecture, drawing on critical concepts from Black feminist thought and postcolonial and critical race theories, provides an intersectional analysis of humanitarian intervention based on more than 15 years of ethnographic fieldwork around the world--including interviews with UN peacekeepers, humanitarian...
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GDI Lecture: Fettered Development and Political Turmoil: 15 Years Since the Arab Spring, Gilbert Achcar
16:30 - 18:00 19 November 2025
Speaker: Gilbert Achcar, SOAS The political landscape in the MENA region looks bleaker today than ever before. This is in sharp contrast with the euphoria aroused fifteen years ago by the 2011 revolutionary shockwave commonly known as the Arab Spring. Two years into that shockwave, regional political...
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Topological Data Analysis Ball Mapper for the Social Sciences Workshop
10:00 - 16:00 18 November 2025
This workshop introduces the Topological Data Analysis Ball Mapper algorithm as a model free tool for visualising data and is led by Dr Simon Rudkin. Dr Rudkin is a member of the University of Manchester's Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research (CMI) and his work has pioneered application of Ball...
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Data in the spotlight: Large scale social surveys
10:00 - 11:30 18 November 2025
Did you know that data from major social surveys such as the British Social Attitudes survey, the Labour Force Survey and the Health Survey for England can be accessed for research and teaching? These UK surveys provide a rich source of data from representative samples on important social and economic...
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