Past events
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Humanitarian Extractivism: The digital transformation of aid
16:00 - 17:30 7 March 2024
DETAILS Date/Time: Thurs 7th March 2023, 4pm – 5.30pm (UK) Location: Hybrid - Samuel Alexander Building, Room SG.16 + Zoom Open to all // Registration essential // Organised by HCRI at University of Manchester ABOUT THE TALK This talk will investigate the digital transformation of aid as a form...
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GDI Lecture: Contending nationalisms in Ethiopia: New contours of Amhara politics
16:30 - 18:00 6 March 2024
Ethiopia is one of the few countries in Africa where the idea of the nation state was implemented in the European sense of the term; expressed in the form of cultural homogenization and political centralisation. This nation state project has succeeded to the extent that it has produced a national Ethiopian...
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Vital Topics: The Economics of Levelling Up
17:30 - 19:00 6 March 2024
In this Vital Topics lecture Paul Ormerod, chair of the Atom Valley Mayoral Development Zone and the Rochdale Development Agency and Honorary Professor at AMBS, will explore the connections between the theory and the practice of levelling up.
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Introduction to the UK Data Service
11:00 - 12:30 5 March 2024
The UK Data Service holds the UK’s largest collection of research data. This introductory workshop is for anyone with an interest in social research who wants to hear about the vast array of resources we offer. Participants will learn about the different types of quantitative and qualitative data...
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Nat Ogle and Victoria Adukwei-Bulley, CNW Writer Fellows for Spring 2024
18:30 - 20:00 5 March 2024
Victoria Adukwei Bulley is a poet, writer and artist whose work has appeared widely in publications including the London Review of Books, LitHub, and The Atlantic. She is the winner of an Eric Gregory Award, and her critically acclaimed debut poetry book, QUIET, won the Folio Prize for Poetry, the John...
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