Past events
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Addressing racialised health inequalities in Sexual health care by using race as a marker of vulnerability to Trichomonas vaginalis infection – what could possibly go wrong? - Ulla McKnight
13:00 - 14:30 20 November 2025
In this CoDE lunchtime seminar, Dr Ulla McKnight (University of Sussex) shares her research. SUMMARY The seminar examines the controversial use of racialised categories as markers of vulnerability to Trichomonas vaginalis (T. vaginalis) infection, the most common non-viral sexually transmitted infection globally. Based on ethnographic observations...
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Mitchell Centre Seminar Series - Tobias Stark (Utrecht University) - Effects of Identity Signals on the Perception of 2nd Generation Immigrants’ Integration in Social Networks
16:00 - 17:30 26 November 2025
The majority of 2nd generation immigrants in Western Europe identify both with the ethnic group of their parents and with the national majority group. Yet their belonging to the national group is often not recognized. Descendants of immigrants are, for instance, labelled “Turks” or “Moroccans” instead of (also) “Dutch” or “German”....
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Mitchell Centre Seminar Series - Federico Bianchi & Francesco Renzini (University of Milan) - Agent-Based Modelling for Social Network Research: Two Examples
16:00 - 17:30 3 December 2025
The seminar will be centred on Agent-Based Modelling (ABM) as a strategy for modelling social networks while avoiding some of the pitfalls of standard statistical models. Because of its high flexibility, ABM allows researchers to model the formation of social ties and the influence that ties exert on individual attributes as the outcome of network...
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Mitchell Centre Workshop: Agent-Based Modelling with a Focus on Network Analysis
10:00 - 13:15 3 December 2025
The workshop starts with an introduction to agent-based modelling using Netlogo. It then focuses on ABM for social network data, touching upon the possibilities and limitations of ERGMs and SAOMs, as well as other approaches to use ABMs for social network data. The workshop ends with a discussion of future directions of SNA and ABM.
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Mitchell Centre Seminar Series - Scott Duxbury (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) - General Procedures for Micro-Macro Network Analysis
15:00 - 16:30 10 December 2025
How do interpersonal social interactions generate novel network structures? Historically researchers examined micro-macro linkages in social networks using simulation approaches, especially empirically calibrated agent-based models grounded in generative models for network structure. The research presentation will review recent developments in...
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I'm Just A Large Language Model, Please Excuse Me For Being Racist: Racial Inequalities Manifested In Generative Artificial Intelligence - Dhiraj Murthy
12:30 - 14:00 11 December 2025
-- Please note that the start time of this seminar has been changed to 12.30pm -- In this CoDE lunchtime seminar, Professor Dhiraj Murthy (University of Texas in Austin) shares his research. SUMMARY Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) platforms like ChatGPT and Gemini are being used throughout the world to generate text, images, music,...
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Student Voices in the Archives (The Rylands Lunchtime Seminar Series)
13:00 - 14:00 11 December 2025
The University of Manchester’s archives offer a rich resource for researching student life and the history of the institution more generally. In this seminar, Grant Collier (Curator for University Heritage) will introduce the range of materials available to researchers, highlighting the value of the archives for both historical and contemporary...
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Beyond Borders: Rethinking Migration and Citizenship - Bridget Anderson
15:30 - 17:00 12 February 2026
Please join us for the University of Manchester Sociology Annual Lecture 2026, followed by a drinks reception. About the lecture The University of Manchester Sociology Annual Lecture brings a distinguished guest lecturer to Manchester to share their research. This year we are pleased to welcome Professor Bridget Anderson (University of Bristol). The...
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'Denaturalisation and Modernity: Drugs and Racial Capitalism' Anne Pollock [HYBRID]
13:00 - 14:30 19 February 2026
In this CoDE lunchtime seminar, Professor Anne Pollock (King's College London) shares her research. SUMMARY From the earliest days of European colonialism in the Americas and transatlantic slavery, psychoactive drugs, racial inequality, and the global political economic order have had intertwined histories. This paper draws on collaborative research...
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