Past events
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SPRITE+ and Digital Futures: Lunch and Learn with Jennifer Cearns
12:00 - 12:30 15 October 2025
Time & Location 15 Oct 2025, 13:00 – 13:30 Online About the event Join SPRITE+ and our event partner Digital Futures on Wednesday 15th October for Dr Jennifer Cearns' talk 'Through the Looking Glass? The Collapse of Self/Other in AI Mental Health Apps'. Dr Jennifer Cearns is a digital anthropologist,...
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Using integrated non-survey data for evaluating and correcting for non-response bias in surveys
12:00 - 13:30 14 October 2025
Over the past decade, the landscape of survey data has substantially changed as response rates in probability-based surveys have seen a steady decline. Survey non-response can have a substantial impact on data quality, including the precision and reliability of survey estimates. The integration of non-survey...
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Refugees and the UK housing crisis (HCRI public event)
14 October 2025 - 8 August 2026
Join the Humanitarian & Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) for roundtable discussion with four leading scholars on the realities and politics of refugee housing in the UK. SPEAKERS: - Dr Jessica Field - Author of 'Eviction: A Social History of Rent' (Verso, 2025) and is currently working on crisis-setting...
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MIOIR Seminar Series - From Trust to Threat: A Case Study of Fraudulent Research Networks
14:30 - 15:30 13 October 2025
From Trust to Threat: A Case Study of Fraudulent Research Networks Leslie D. McIntosh explores how fraudulent research networks exploit trust in science and why stronger research integrity is vital to protect open science. Abstract: Trust underpins the research ecosystem, yet it is increasingly exploited...
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Sarah Hall and Daisy Johnson (Manchester Literature Festival in partnership with Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester)
14:00 - 15:15 11 October 2025
Join us for a captivating afternoon with two of Britain’s most original literary talents, Sarah Hall and Daisy Johnson, as they discuss their haunting new books exploring nature, myth, folklore and the female body. In Helm, Sarah Hall (twice Booker Prize–nominated, winner of the BBC National Short...
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Resistance in the Age of Trump 2.0
15:00 - 16:00 9 October 2025
Roundtable Speakers: Prof. Elisabeth Anker (George Washington University) Prof. Sonya Posmentier (NYU) Dr. Monica Pearl (EACW)
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Dissertation projects: Introduction to secondary analysis for qualitative and quantitative data
09:00 - 10:30 8 October 2025
Secondary analysis offers a great option for dissertation students who are looking to gain experience working with data but who have limited abilities to go out into the field or would like to study a hard-to-reach population. This free workshop will take you through the research process of a secondary...
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Digital Health Equity Seminar Series - Advocating for digital health equity in the academic and digital health sectors - 8th Oct
12:00 - 13:30 8 October 2025
The next seminar in the Digital Health Equity Seminar Series is on Wed 8th-Oct, 1-2pm BST (8-9am EDT) via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/91546057388. Victoria Betton (co-founder of the Equity Charter), Mahima Kalla (University of Melbourne) and Laura Brown (University of Manchester) will talk about Advocating...
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2025 Annual International Peace Lecture: The Continuous Struggle: Women’s Rights in the Last Four Decades and the Backlash Against Progress.
14:00 - 16:30 8 October 2025
Join us for the 40th Anniversary International Peace Lecture, hosted by the University of Manchester's Department of Politics. For forty years, this renowned series has brought together leading voices to reflect on the challenges and possibilities for global peace. It was first established in 1985,...
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Politics - 2025 Annual Peace Lecture - The Continuous Struggle: Women’s Rights in the Last Four Decades and the Backlash Against Progress
14:00 - 16:30 8 October 2025
Join us for the 40th Anniversary International Peace Lecture, hosted by the University of Manchester's Department of Politics. For forty years, this renowned series has brought together leading voices to reflect on the challenges and possibilities for global peace. It was first established in 1985,...
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