Articles tagged with 'social-science' | University of Manchester

Gary Younge, the multi award-winning journalist who recently joined The University of Manchester as Professor of Sociology, will analyse the recent US election in a live streamed public lecture and Q&A on Thursday 19 November. ...

In an exclusive UK interview ahead of the release of his memoirs, former President of the United States Barack Obama will speak to The University of Manchester’s Professor of Public History David Olusoga about his country, his political career, and h...

Since the global financial crisis, there has been a renewed effort to emphasize financial frictions in designing closed- and open-economy macroeconomic models for monetary and macroprudential policy analysis. Professor Agénor draws on the extensive l...

Open-access monographs are a big headache for the arts and humanities: most publishers currently charge authors enormous sums, and new publishing models urgently need to be explored. Professor Helen Beebee (Philosophy) is the Editorial Chair of an ex...

Congratulations to six Manchester academics who have been named as new Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences, the national academy of academics, learned societies and practitioners in the social sciences. We are delighted that five of the new Fel...

Regulators have failed to properly address patient safety on discharge from hospital in England, leaving the physical wellbeing and dignity of patients continuously at risk at a time when they should be returning safely home, new research has found. ...

Donald Trump's presidency has been widely criticised for race-baiting violating democratic norms. But America was a slave state for more than 200 years, an apartheid state for a century and was only a non-racial democracy for just over 50 years. Gary...

On 11 November, The University is hosting a Music, Health & Wellbeing workshop that will serve to answer these questions. Presented in partnership with Creative Manchester, the Music Department and the Division of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work, th...

The local version of this national festival is now in its seventh year. Academics from The University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University and University of Salford will be partnering up to present the very latest in social science resea...

The University of Manchester Law School, one of the UK’s top-ranked law schools, has partnered with BARBRI, the global legal education provider, to offer the University’s students and alumni a comprehensive preparation programme for the Solicitors Qu...

The University of Manchester Law School is pleased to announce the winner of the McCollum Consultants Prize for the academic year 2019 - 2020. This year the student winner was Amelia Davis. The course, Principles of Law, Medicine and Ethics, analy...

Black people and men of Pakistani and Bangladeshi heritage are almost twice as likely to die from Covid-19 as White people, and mortality rates from the virus are three times higher for men in lower-paid, manual roles, according to a new report. ...

In celebration of Black History Month 2020, The Faculty of Humanities at The University of Manchester has collaborated with the Centre for New Writing, The Department of American Studies and Creative Manchester to pull together an extensive suggested...

Teenagers whose non-cognitive skills are poorly developed are more likely to suffer from health problems later in life, according to groundbreaking new research by a group of expert from The University of Manchester. ...

A new study by The University of Manchester and Liverpool John Moores University has found that the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown has been an ‘emotional rollercoaster’ for teenagers, which has created many difficult and intense feelings, as well ...

The 2017 Lancet Commission on dementia prevention, intervention, and care modelled nine potentially modifiable risk factors for dementia. These consist of: less education, hypertension, hearing impairment, smoking, obesity, depression, physical inact...

MICRA’s successful summer webinar series continued with an event on immunology and COVID19. This was chaired by Professor Rachel Watson, Co-Director of MICRA. Professor Tracy Hussell spoke on the The Coronavirus Immune Reponse and Clinical Outcome...

The UK’s first national pledge calling on senior leaders in NHS mental health trusts, public bodies and commissioning to reduce ethnic inequalities in mental health care launches today (Wednesday 5th August 2020)  ...

The ACMD is an independent body which makes recommendations to government on the control of dangerous or otherwise harmful drugs, including classification and scheduling under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and its regulations. Judith's research foc...

Humanities academics have been made Fellows of The British Academy, in recognition of their contribution to the humanities and social sciences. ...

Mohammad Javad was awarded the James Lincoln PhD studentship in Economics. The studentship is inspired by the life and legacy of Dr James Lincoln, a Lecturer in Economics at the University, who passed away in 2019. Dr Lincoln carried out research...

The event formed part of a mini-series hosted by the Business Engagement and Knowledge Exchange Team in early July. The aim of these events was to explore how and why academics work with partner organisations for collaborative research, including an ...

Anyone over 18 is invited to take part in a short, anonymous, online international survey to help understand how people are coping during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim is to learn about the issues you face and how you are managing with social distan...

The COVID-19 outbreak has caused world-wide disruption in community and social interactions. People over the age of 70, deemed as having a greater risk for severe illness, are expected to follow social distancing guidance particularly stringently and...

On 19th June, MICRA hosted the second title of the MICRA webinar series. Viewed by academics, policymakers, practitioners and the general public alike, we hosted three speakers from the Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group (MUARG) and a Q&A session...

Concerns about the increase in police officers permanently stationed in UK schools have been raised by a new report into racism in secondary schools. ...

COVID-19 has forced us all to rethink how to maintain social connections in the neighbourhoods where we live and work. For the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE), this has meant a rapid rethink in how to provide services whilst ...

Evidence shows that participating in dance can offer both physical and non-physical benefits to older people and those with neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s.  In recent times, especially in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, there has b...

A team of experts is investigating how the coronavirus lockdown has impacted on people’s relationships and routines. ...

The employment prospects of some ethnic minorities have improved since the 1970s but still lag behind the white majority because of “persistent racism”, a major new study says. ...