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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GDI Lecture: Beyond the World Bank: The Fight for Universal Social Protection in the Global South
16:30 - 18:00 22 April 2026
Speaker: Matthew Greenslade, Economist and former employee of the UK Department for International Development Matthew Greenslade describes the damage being done by the World Bank's insistence on pursuing a poverty-targeted approach to social protection (social security, or the benefit system) in lower income countries. Matthew describes why...
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Masterclass: Remembering Violent Histories: Against Erasure
14:00 - 15:30 28 April 2026
Claire Loughnan, University of Melbourne Through oral testimonies of those detained at the immigration prison located on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea, Against Erasure focuses on how the demolition of an immigration prison site erased its violent history. This interdisciplinary research project adopted innovative approaches to produce a digital...
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Digital Trust and Security Webinar: Daniel Shiu
12:00 - 13:00 29 April 2026
The Internet is shifting to post?quantum security as current encryption weakens. This talk explores the risks &how we can protect our future This event invites participants from all disciplines and backgrounds to come together, fostering interdisciplinary connections and discussions. Talk Title: Can we make the Internet quantum-resistant? The...
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GDI Lecture: The Toxic Effects of Border Violence, Claire Loughnan
16:30 - 18:00 29 April 2026
Speaker: Claire Loughnan, University of Melbourne The recent deaths of US citizens at the hands of that country’s ICE agents signal disturbing patterns of violence and misconduct that are spilling over in ways that have been enabled by Trumpist politics. But such patterns are not new. They are the product of an accumulation of harsh border policies...
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Digital Trust & Security Webinar: Online Harms-Policy, Regulation & Policing
13:00 - 14:30 30 April 2026
Online harms are on the rise, but how well are our legal frameworks, regulatory bodies and police actually equipped to respond? This event brings together four speakers from NGO, regulation, frontline investigation and national policing to examine online harms from four different perspective: policy, regulation, investigation and victim support....
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Digital Trust and Security Seminar: Tao Wen
13:00 - 15:00 7 May 2026
Explore a series of interconnected studies that examine human behavior and decision-making processes within social networks This event invites participants from all disciplines and backgrounds to come together, fostering interdisciplinary connections and discussions. Talk Title: Modeling and Analyzing User Behavior and Decision-Making in Social...
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Digital Health Equity seminar: Women’s health, equity and the role of digital health policy in addressing health inequalities in the UK
13:00 - 14:00 13 May 2026
The next seminar in the University of Manchester Digital Health Equity Seminar Series is on Wed 13th-May, 1-2pm BST via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/92175396746. Lopa Patel MBE (Diversity UK) will talk about Women’s health, equity and the role of digital health policy in addressing health inequalities in the UK. For more information about the talk...
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Interdisciplinarity &: 2026 Series - Research Ethos: Speed-Networking
14:30 - 16:30 13 May 2026
Each research discipline has its own ethos—distinct ways of asking questions, applying methods, and communicating ideas. This diversity can sometimes feel like a barrier to collaboration, even within schools, let alone across the wider university. As interdisciplinary research becomes increasingly vital—driven by complex societal challenges...
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Digital Economy Ethics of AI Workshop
14:30 - 16:30 24 June 2026
Join us for an engaging and timely workshop exploring the ethical challenges emerging from the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence across research, industry and policy. Dr. Arash Hajikhani (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland; LUT University) will deliver a thought-provoking talk on the ethics of artificial intelligence, focusing on...
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Regulating the Digital Society: UK and EU Perspectives
1 July 2026
Join us & explore how the UK and EU member states are approaching the regulation of the digital society in the the post-Brexit era! The increasing digitisation of daily life poses important questions for policy makers, service providers and academics about whether and how we can regulate these technologies to ensure they work for the benefit of...
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