Articles tagged with 'humanities' | University of Manchester

One World Together (OWT) has been awarded a prize at the University of Manchester’s inaugural Partnership Excellence Awards. 

Dr Omer Aijazi, Senior Lecturer in Disasters and Climate Crisis at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI), has been awarded the Bloomsbury Pakistan Book Prize for his critically acclaimed monograph, Atmospheric Violence: Disaster …

The Teach Economics programme, delivered by The University of Manchester in partnership with the Bank of England, is celebrating the successful completion of its first year, with 18 teachers from across North-West England completing …

Research suggests primary school pupils can engage with complex ideas about fairness, freedom and equality – and develop their own ideas about what rights people

Postgraduate students using their accounting skills to help organisations across the city tackle practical financial challenges

University of Manchester researchers form part of a team of experts working on the British Election Study, the UK’s longest-running survey of voting behaviour.

This year’s ESRC Festival of Social Science brings research beyond the lecture room, creating opportunities for the public to explore the issues shaping everyday life.

Professor Pierre-Richard Agénor, Professor of Economics at The University of Manchester, has been awarded a Fellowship of the Royal Economic Society (RES).

Many people continue to face the threat of shelling, displacement, bereavement and uncertainty in their daily lives, highlighting the urgent need for sustained mental health support

‘Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction’ is among six books competing for the UK’s leading history writing prize

New research highlights combined dangers of extreme rainfall and poor transport accessibility for China’s farmland

Dr Danielle Child has published a new edited book, Art and Capitalism: A Contemporary Perspective, bringing together international scholarship to examine the complex and evolving relationship between art and capitalism.

Professor Michelle Phillips has now commenced her role as the new Director of Creative Manchester and Professor of Music. To find out more about Michelle, we sent her some questions.

The Manchester China Institute (MCI) at The University of Manchester successfully hosted the Manchester International Arbitration Training Programme (MIATP) from 1 to 7 September 2026, bringing together more than 40 participants from leading …

The exact timeline of the recent Nepal flooding disaster is becoming clearer. 

#BeeWell today announces the appointment of two new National Co-Directors

Dr David Buil-Gil, Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Criminology in the Department of Criminology, was recognised for his article, The Structure of Unstructured Time and Crime: A Spare Time Model, published in The British Journal of Criminology in …

‘grasp, grasp’ is a digital artwork which draws on the anonymised life stories of members of two different Buddhist communities, collected by University of Manchester academics Erica Baffelli and Jane Caple.

New research suggests tackling the factors behind suspensions could help prevent repeated exclusions and support vulnerable pupils

Experts recognised for their significant contributions to social science and their work addressing major societal challenges

The Creative Manchester research platform has appointed Professor Ana Carden-Coyne as Academic Research Lead to oversee its new Activating Collections Research Theme.

New research suggests widespread use of generative AI creates new challenges for businesses seeking to stand out through their business communications

Manchester Literature Festival returns from 9-25 October, featuring a series of exciting partnership events from Creative Manchester and the Centre for New Writing.

New research calls for a rethink of ‘presenteeism’ as technology makes it possible to work while unwell from almost anywhere

China’s dominance of batteries, electric vehicles and solar power is helping drive global decarbonisation - but creating tensions with the UK and other Western economies

A new study has found that sexual role identities among men who have sex with men vary systematically by age and geographic region.

Government plans to make the UK a world leader in artificial intelligence could worsen existing problems around productivity

The Confucius Institute at The University of Manchester was honoured to co-host the 23rd International Conference on Teaching and Learning Chinese in Higher Education with the British Chinese Language Teaching Society (BCLTS) and Beijing Normal …

Major new study says older people must have a greater say in shaping the future of their communities

The government’s Local Power Plan must go further in addressing energy poverty and upskilling communities, argues The University of Manchester’s People, Place and Energy Research Centre (PPERC).