Past events
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Introduction to effective and practical research data management
15 May - 25 July 2026
Research data management encompasses all stages of handling data created during a research project, either primary or secondary. It is not only about adhering to principles but also about enhancing the efficiency, impact, and integrity of research. Effective data management ensures that data are Findable,...
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Filming the City
08:00 - 15:00 14 May 2026
How might moving images reshape the ways in which cities are studied, represented and understood? This question sits at the centre of an upcoming USL ThinkSpace event, which brings together scholars working across the arts, architecture, urban studies and film studies to reflect on the methodological...
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Remote Patient Monitoring in the NHS: From Promise to Practice
11:00 - 17:00 14 May 2026
Remote patient monitoring is a cornerstone of the government’s 10-year plan to get the NHS 'fit for the future'. It could support earlier detection of health problems, better assessment of treatment response, and more proactive self-management. While there have been promising examples of success,...
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Labour's wobbling Jenga tower: The 2024 general election two years on
16:00 - 18:00 14 May 2026
Join us in person for a presentation by Rob Ford, Professor of Political Science at the University of Manchester on his latest book: The British General Election of 2024. This is the latest in the world's longest-running and best-known series of election studies, long associated with David Butler, which...
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Digital Health Equity seminar: Women’s health, equity and the role of digital health policy in addressing health inequalities in the UK
12:00 - 13:00 13 May 2026
The next seminar in the University of Manchester Digital Health Equity Seminar Series is on Wed 13th-May, 1-2pm BST via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/92175396746. Lopa Patel MBE (Diversity UK) will talk about Women’s health, equity and the role of digital health policy in addressing health inequalities...
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Friends, family, and flows of things: Everyday practices of sustainability
09:00 - 11:00 12 May 2026
Guest lecture from Professor Jo Lindsay (School of Social Sciences, Monash University). Co-organised by Sustainable Consumption Institute and University of Manchester Geography. Part of the Geography Department Research Seminar series Prof Lindsay is a sociologist in the fields of sustainability, consumption,...
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Computational social science drop-in
12:00 - 13:00 12 May 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
13:00 - 14:30 12 May 2026
Please join us for the Social Statistics Seminar , we have coffee and cake. We are very pleased to welcome: Amiya Bhatia Associate Professor, University of Oxford Title: TBA Abstract: TBA
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Getting started with secondary analysis
09:00 - 10:30 11 May 2026
Participants will learn about the key issues to consider when using secondary data analysis as a method. This introductory workshop will briefly cover the pros and cons of reusing data and the importance of learning about the origins of your data. Quantitative and qualitative secondary analysis will...
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Convivial futures: Living well together on a climate-ravaged planet
8 May - 25 July 2026
This interdisciplinary symposium will explore how we might reimagine mobility, belonging and kinship amidst mounting ecological upheavals Our current era of accelerating ‘ecocide’ marks a ‘double death’ (Rose, 2012) through the untimely obliteration of the ‘deep biological rivers that constitute...
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