Articles tagged with 'humanities-local' | University of Manchester

New generation innovation policy and the role of placeIn recent years, and in response to major societal challenges such as climate change, migration, or food and energy security, innovation policy has both broadened its scope for action and widened ...

Congratulations to AMBS professors Frank Geels and Javed Siddiqui who are both named by Thomson Reuters in this year’s prestigious list of Highly Cited Researchers.The list includes scientists and social scientists who have demonstrated “significant ...

Alejandra Navea Parra and Hien Dao are just two of six researchers nationwide to have received the scholarships this academic year. Alejandra and Hien are both first year doctoral researchers at Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, a Research...

On 15th and 16th November 2022, the European Commission launched its first European Partnership Stakeholder Forum. The Forum focused on the review of the first year of European Research and Innovation Partnership initiatives in Horizon Europe and in ...

Perhaps no sector of the global economy is in greater need of concerted efforts toward deep decarbonization than industry, which includes energy-intensive sectors such as chemicals, iron and steel, cement, and aluminum (1).Yet industry has long been ...

The demand for evaluation in science and innovation policy continues to grow alongside the demands on STI policy to deliver a broad range of economic and societal goals against financial constraints. Thus, evaluations are increasingly understood as a...

Professor Kevin Malone of The University of Manchester’s Department of Music has produced new music for the Ukrainian Composers Union amid the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.Prof Malone, Professor of Social and Autoethnographic Composition at Manchester,...

As part of a Professional Development Workshop (PDW) at the Academy of Management in August 2022 on the theme of the Puzzle of the Informal Economy and the Circular Economy, they considered the opportunities and challenges associated with the adoptio...

The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) has awarded researchers at The University of Manchester funding to partner with local communities to tackle health inequalities across the UK.The award comes as part of a new wave of research projects a...

A new book by Stephanie Sodero of the HCRI explores the intersection between fossil fuel-powered mobility and climate change and how communities and mobility need to be revolutionised in Sodero’s homeland of Canada and beyond  in the context of clima...

The team of the Methods for Change research project is holding two sessions at the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences open to anyone with an interest in creative, participatory, spatial, and mixed methods in social science research.The events are open ...

The Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute at University of Manchester in collaboration with Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and five partner organisations have secured funding from National Institute for Health and Care Research (...

We are delighted to announce that we are welcoming bestselling author and renegade economist Professor Kate Raworth for the Sustainable Consumption Institute Annual Lecture 2022 on 6th December from 3pm!This event is held in collaboration with the Su...

Professor Kevin Malone (Dept of Music) has visited Ukraine 11 times over the past two decades, with over a dozen pieces premiered and broadcast on their national TV and radio networks. With Ukraine enduring a war of survival for its identity and cult...

This week we are joined by two more guest speakers starting with Dirk Lindebaum, Professor in Organisation and Management at Grenoble Ecole de Management (France) on Monday 24th October from 15:30-16:30pm (BST).What is the future of scientific theory...

Saba Sams, a Centre for New Writing Alumna, has scooped the BBC National Short Story Award for a story taken from her debut collection Send Nudes.The wordsmith has taken home a £15,000 prize for Blue 4 eva which frames ‘complex family dynamics’ in a ...

After two decades of research on Emerging Market Multinational Enterprises (EMNE), the debate still concerns the antecedents and strategies of their foreign expansion. However, much less has been said on the effects of international participation on ...

Debapriya Chakrabarti has joined the MIOIR as a Research Associate in the ‘Place-based innovation strategies and Entrepreneurial ecosystems’ UMRI Interdisciplinary Research project, working with Elvira Uyarra, Mabel Sanchez-Barrioluengo, Philip Shapi...

We are delighted to announce that between 22nd October to 13th November, the annual ESRC Festival of Social Sciences returns to Manchester for its 20th anniversary, with events taking place both virtually and in person. We will be showing some of the...

In May, Prof Kevin Malone worked with the distinguished and multi-Emmy award-winning television, film and concert composer John Wineglass, whose African ancestry underpins his latest compositional work about American slave ownership.  As a Professor ...

Despite the growing interest in the concept of entrepreneurial ecosystem (EE), the structure of value-adding activities within ecosystems remains overlooked. Therefore, in this paper we explore a possible conceptual interplay between the EE and the g...

Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell, our President and Vice-Chancellor, already expressed The University’s profound condolences to the Royal Family on the death of the late Queen and with them thanksgiving for her life of dedicated public service.  Staff a...

In a recent conspiracy case in Manchester, prosecutors were able to build a group case against several black teenagers and have them convicted after they used social media messages between the teenagers that referenced violence in drill rap lyrics. T...

David Olusoga is Professor of Public History at The University of Manchester, specialising in the British Empire and how different communities experience its lasting effects in modern society. Awarded an OBE in 2019 for his services to history and co...

Marcos Antón Tejón will be joining us for 3 months from 15 September 2022 until 22 December 2022 to carry out a research visit, supervised by Mabel Sanchez Barrioluengo. The circulation visit is funded by the European Forum for Studies of Policies fo...

From his extensive career and experience, and once described as 'the most influential man in British broadcasting,’ Sir Peter Bazalgette will be outlining the current context of the Creative and Cultural Industries, current research and projects from...

This article offers a framework for the study of research governance effects on scientific fields framed by notions of research quality and the epistemic, organizational, and career choices they entail. The framework interprets the contested idea of ...

The recent white paper on levelling up has highlighted the damage caused by socioeconomic inequality and the importance of a more place-based, inclusive strategy for growth and prosperity. Regional disparities have been aggravated by shocks such as B...

Centre for New Writing PhD candidate Charlotte Wetton has had a collection of surreal poetry acquired by The Emma Press, an independent publishing house based in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter.Charlotte’s Accessioning examines what it is we consider ...

Professor of Electroacoustic Music Composition and Director of the Electroacoustic Music Studios (MANTIS) at The University of Manchester Prof David Berezan has scooped two international industry prizes for a recent composition.Tongue Drum, an electr...