Events
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Guilt by Association: race, culture and criminalization
10 October 2022, 2.30pm-4pm
In a recent controversial conspiracy case in Manchester several Black teenagers were found ‘guilty by association’ after prosecutors used social media messages and references t.. -
GDI Lecture Series - FutureDAMS: Addressing the water-energy-food-environment challenge
19 October 2022, 3pm-4.30pm
Following the completion of the interdisciplinary FutureDAMS project in early 2022, this lecture will be delivered by the project leads who will reflect on what they have learned t.. -
Sustainable Futures Seminar Series
20 October 2022, 2pm
This event will see talks from The University of Manchester's Dr Raphael Tarpani and Zoé Schyns. Agenda 14:00: Welcome and introduction with event chair, Dr Jelena Ponocko, Lect.. -
The Annual Harry Street Lecture
26 October 2022, 5pm-7pm
Newly appointed Chancellor of the University of Manchester, Nazir Afzal, is one of the UK’s leading advocates for social justice. Nazir spent many years with the CPS, and later.. -
Interconnected Worlds of Electronics Global Production Networks After the Pandemic
7 November 2022, 4pm-5.30pm
Based on his recent monograph Interconnected Worlds (Stanford University Press, June 2022), this presentation offers some key observations on the co-evolutionary trajectories of el.. -
GDI Lecture Series - Transformative change from below in a context of climate-related uncertainties: praxis, patches and politics
9 November 2022, 3pm-4.30pm
Climate-related uncertainties have tended to be defined by experts and bureaucrats (the ‘above’), mostly ignoring local perspectives and knowledges. Living in landscapes charac.. -
Tyndall Manchester Seminar on 'Understanding and responding to the backlash against climate policy in the UK’ by Prof. Matthew Paterson
10 November 2022, 12.30pm-1.30pm
Tyndall Manchester invite you to attend the first of its re-launched seminars on ‘Understanding and responding to the backlash against climate policy in the UK’ by Prof. Matthe.. -
GDI Lecture Series - Understanding migration dynamics in the Horn of Africa
16 November 2022, 3pm-4.30pm
The Horn of Africa (HoA) is a region with a long history of crises, including conflict, natural disasters, and mass displacement of people both within and across its borders. It is.. -
Sustainable Futures Seminar Series
17 November 2022, 2pm
This event will see talks from The University of Manchester's Prof Jonatan Pinkse and Dr Joe Blakey Agenda 14:00: Welcome and introduction with event chair, Dr Jelena Ponocko, Le.. -
GDI Lecture Series - Lost Lands: Indigenous People and Land Rights in East Africa
23 November 2022, 3pm-4.30pm
Indigenous people’s land claims meet with suspicion and distrust. This lecture will explore examples of indigenous people’s claims to lost lands. It reads these claims through..