Past events
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Development as Transformation: Theory and Practice for a revival of development thinking
15:00 - 16:30 15 June 2023
Post Second World War, certainly in the 1950s, and 1960s, Development Economics as a topic was prominent in economics. There was much interest in trying to understand why some countries had done better than others, as newly independent countries across the world tried to ‘catch up’. A few influential...
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Connectivity and Inclusivity In Higher Education Institutions - A solutions'-based approach
09:00 - 16:00 14 June 2023
Join us to connect, share knowledge, and network with other people in the culmination of this transformative series of workshops. About this event 'To be an agent of change, you need to understand your environment' – Professor Monioluwa Olaniyi, National Open University of Nigeria, Keynote speaker...
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Talk | Containment and leakage: towards a general containerology
10:30 - 12:00 14 June 2023
In this talk, we explore containment as an ontological condition. We begin by situating its presence, spanning from the life-giving vessel of the womb to the numerous container technologies that render human and more-than-human worlds thinkable, knowable and liveable. Inspired by – but not limited...
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Research café: ‘A Journey with Two Maps’: practice-based research and creative interventions for well-being
11:00 - 12:30 14 June 2023
Join us for an informal lunch event exploring the potential, possibilities and challenges of creative writing and other arts interventions in the context of healthcare workplace settings. From the Social Prescribing Movement to numerous studies corroborating the positive impact of expressive writing...
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Are clinicians the forgotten people of digital health inequities?
12:00 - 13:00 14 June 2023
The University of Manchester's Christabel Pankhurst Institute, supported by ARC-GM, is running a programme of work around digital health inequities. As part of this, we are hosting a seminar series about the topic with speakers from different disciplines who have done exemplary research on understanding,...
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