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
Poverty Dynamics: The Case of Bangladesh
In this webinar, Isaac will explain the concept of “poverty dynamics” and discuss the results from research papers that have analysed poverty dynamics in Bangladesh using quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods. The objective is to provide relevant insights about various reasons behind different poverty dynamics and poverty trajectori..
GDI Lecture: Where do we go from here? Navigating power inequalities between development NGOs in the aid system
With speakers Nicola Banks, Badru Bukenya (Makarere University), Willem Elbers (Radboud University), Emmanuel Kumi (University of Ghana), Margit van Wessel (Wageningen University), Thomas Yeboah (University of Ghana), Innocent Kamya (Makarere University), and Lau Schulpen (Radboud University) In a context in which localisation, locally-led d..
GDI Lecture: The politics of complaint: Digitalizing discontent, in Bangladesh and beyond
The first quarter of the 21st century has seen so many mass protest movements that popular discontent barely registers any more. It may be no coincidence that digital platforms for registering discontent have simultaneously proliferated in tandem, from the ‘free speech’ platforms of social media to the highly constrained mechanisms for gri..
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..
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