Past events
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Back to the Future: Reconceptualising Environments of Ageing
12:00 - 13:30 5 March 2025
Environments of ageing have long been a focus of social gerontologists. We can see this emphasis reflected in the Social, Behavioural and Design Research Programme (SBDRP) of the Healthy Ageing Challenge, a 4-year (2020–2024) programme of research and innovation in the UK. Collectively, projects under...
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International Women's Day 2025 - Women, Heritage, and Social Justice
12:15 - 14:30 5 March 2025
Join us in partnership with MACFEST Muslim Arts and Culture Festival for a panel event celebrating International Women's Day 2025. Dr Jenna Ashton, Mahboobeh Rajabi, Nusrat Ahmed and Dr Saskia Warren will discuss the theme 'accelerating action' with a particular focus on the role of heritage, arts and...
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Digital Health Equity Seminar: Cross-pollinating Knowledge on Digital Health Equity: Lessons from Two Countries
13:00 - 14:00 5 March 2025
The next seminar in the Digital Health Inequities Seminar Series is on Wed 5-Mar 2025 at 1-2pm GMT (2-3pm CET; 8-9am ET) for a virtual conversation titled “Cross-pollinating Knowledge on Digital Health Equity: Lessons from Two Countries” with Ibukun Abejirinde (Canada) and Nicole Goedhart (the Netherlands)....
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Digital Trust and Security Seminar Series: Dr Gunes Acar
14:00 - 16:00 5 March 2025
Register to explore a groundbreaking study on web tracking and advertising on child-directed websites. The research, which analyzes 2,000 sites, finds that nearly 90% embed trackers and 27% feature targeted ads, often without parental consent, violating privacy regulations. The study also reveals inappropriate...
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Annual Fred Jevons Lecture - What lies beneath the 'Chip War'? Knowledge flows, technology and geopolitics
17:00 - 18:30 5 March 2025
This year’s Fred Jevons lecture will be delivered by John Krige - a Kranzberg Professor Emeritus from the School of History and Sociology at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. What lies beneath the 'Chip War'? Understanding the global circulation of knowledge, its geopolitics and future...
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