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
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Navigating Power and Precarity: Violence and Resilience among Indonesian Migrant Domestic Workers in Hong Kong
12:00 - 14:00 13 October 2025
GDI Migration, Refugees and Asylum Research Group Seminar Speaker: Yiqui (Mia) Huang, University of Hong Kong In this seminar, Mia will examine the experiences of Indonesian migrant domestic workers (MDWs) in Hong Kong, who navigate complex structural vulnerabilities as one of the region’s largest migrant groups. Adopting a feminist, intersectional...
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Digital Trust and Security Webinar: Marilyne Ordekian
12:00 - 13:00 15 October 2025
Talk Title: Investigating Wrench Attacks: Physical Attacks Targeting Cryptocurrency Users Cryptocurrency wrench attacks are physical attacks targeting cryptocurrency users in the real world to illegally obtain cryptocurrencies. These attacks significantly undermine the efficacy of existing digital security norms when confronted with real-world...
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GDI Lecture: Globalisation, Populism, and Trump - Jan Nederveen Pieterse
16:00 - 17:30 15 October 2025
Speaker: Jan Nederveen Pieterse, University of California Santa Barbara What is the problem, Trump or the United States? American media talk about Trump nonstop, but what about frailties of the US? Are the frailties structural? The headline ‘The White House is undoing 80 years of American Greatness’ (Graff, New York Times 17.8.25) is off beam....
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SPRITE+ and Digital Futures: Lunch and Learn with Jennifer Cearns
13:00 - 13:30 15 October 2025
Time & Location 15 Oct 2025, 13:00 – 13:30 Online About the event Join SPRITE+ and our event partner Digital Futures on Wednesday 15th October for Dr Jennifer Cearns' talk 'Through the Looking Glass? The Collapse of Self/Other in AI Mental Health Apps'. Dr Jennifer Cearns is a digital anthropologist, specialising in AI and algorithms in social...
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Community of Practice: The role of hope in transforming places of despair into resilient spaces
08:00 - 09:00 21 October 2025
Hope represents a vital resource in a development landscape affected by rising geopolitical tensions, funding problems, employee burnout, climate crisis, and other interconnected challenges. But how can we harness hope to help us make genuine progress in our endeavours? How can we keep hope alive under difficult circumstances? And how can we...
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Digital Trust and Security Seminar Series: Robert Gorwa
14:00 - 15:00 5 November 2025
Talk Title: Full Stack AI Governance Every time someone trains, deploys, or queries an ‘artificial intelligence’ system, whether they know it or not, they are implicating the practices and services of an enormous number of interlinked businesses in the AI ‘stack’. In this talk, Robert Gorwa will present early findings from his ongoing...
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Digital Trust and Security Webinar: Wei-Yuan Wayne Lo
12:00 - 13:00 5 November 2025
Talk Title: Crypto and Crime in Taiwan As a prosecutor specializing in blockchain-related crime, Wei-Yuan Wayne Lo examines how the rise of blockchain technology has accelerated the growth of virtual assets while also creating new avenues for criminal misuse. The presentation first outlines Taiwan’s regulatory framework for virtual asset service...
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GDI Lecture: The Political Lives of Information - Janaki Srinivasan
16:30 - 18:00 5 November 2025
Speaker: Janaki Srinivasan, University of Oxford My talk will be based on my 2022 book, The Political Lives of Information: Information and the Production of Development in India, which examines the history of the idea of “information” and its political implications for poverty alleviation in India. We live in a world that sees information...
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Book Launch: Diverse Transnational Care: Ageing and Migration in Bolivia
16:00 - 17:00 7 November 2025
Join us to celebrate the publication of Diverse Transnational Care: Ageing and Migration in Bolivia, Policy Press https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/diverse-transnational-care By Tanja Bastia and Claudia Calsina Transnational care practices differ and are not available to everyone in equal measure. Drawing on interviews with migrants’...
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GDI Film Screening: A Place in the City, Gabriel Silvestre
16:30 - 18:00 12 November 2025
A Place in the City, by Dr Gabriel Silvestre, from Newcastle University's School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, features communities in Latin America facing displacement, segregation, and gender inequality. The film captures how ordinary people are reshaping their neighbourhoods—fighting not just for rights, but for the power to design...
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