Events
We engage with students, researchers, government, policy makers and the public through our talks, seminars, workshops and conferences. Our events are open to students, staff and the general public.
Upcoming events
Pankhurst Seminar Series: Digital Health Inequities Edition - Intersectionality in digital health disparities research
Our next seminar in digital health inequities seminar series is on 8th of May, 1-2pm via Zoom (https://zoom.us/j/91295080563). Laiba Husain from the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences will talk about “Desperately Seeking Intersectionality in Digital Health Disparities Research”. Laiba Husain is a third-year DPhil student..
GDI Webinar: AI for Social Good and the Corporate Capture of Global Development
In this webinar, Gianluca Iazzolino will discuss his recently co-authored article focusing on the AI for Social Good (AI4SG) movement, which aims to leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). It argues that, through AI4SG, Big Tech is attempting to adva..
Social Metabolism and Valuation Languages in the Atlas of Environmental Justice
Join us for a lecture delivered by Joan Martinez-Alier, Emeritus Professor of Economics and Economic History, and senior researcher at ICTA UAB. Joan will discuss the Atlas of Environmental Justice (ejatlas.org), of which he is a co-director, and his recent textbook exploring Global Comparative Political Ecology, Land, Water, Air and Freedom..
Good Governance in Nigeria: Rethinking Accountability and Transparency in the Twenty-First Century
Book launch with Dr Portia Roelofs, King’s College London Political science has long claimed that African political systems are dysfunctional because they are too embedded in social and material relations. This assumption informed the rise of the World Bank’s good governance agenda in the late 1980s. This lecture and book launch situates..
GDI Webinar and Documentary Screening - 'Migrants: Joy, Rest & Celebration'
Join us for a film screening of Sheril A. Bustaman’s Migrants: Joy, Rest & Celebration, a short film supported by the SEED Impact Fund and produced in collaboration with MIDEQ researchers – Dr Nadiah Ahmad (Monash), Prof Tanja Bastia (GDI) and Dr Matthew Walsham (GDI). The film looks at the activities of Nepali migrant workers in Kuala Lum..
Advances in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Conference 2024
This year’s Advances in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Conference, a Digital Futures activity, will take place at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Manchester over the course of two days on the 3rd and 4th of June 2024. It will also coincide with The University of Manchester’s bicentenary celebrations occurring across the year. The Adv..
GDI Webinar: Growing up in poverty, growing old with multimorbidity
Webinar with Gindo Tampubolon, Senior Lecturer in Global Health. Childhood poverty is directly associated with many health outcomes in late life irrespective of youth health and of variation in health systems. The childhood poor in America, Britain and Europe have reported worse cognitive, muscle and mental functions in their fifties to ninet..
Art in Times of Crisis - Bicentenary Exhibition
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT Immerse yourself in the unique fusion of academia and artistry at an exhibition hosted by the University’s Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI). We’ll be showcasing art and culture inspired by HCRI’s research on challenging global issues and be guided through the displays by distinguished scholars and ta..
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