Past events
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The Suburban Frontier: Middle-Class Construction in Dar es Salaam
16:30 - 18:00 16 October 2024
Speaker: Claire Mercer (LSE) Co-organised with the Geography Department African cities are under construction. Beyond the urban redevelopment schemes and large-scale infrastructure projects reconfiguring central city skylines, urban residents are putting their resources into finding land and building homes on city edges. The Suburban Frontier...
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Uneven Development and Political Cleavage in Africa: Regional Tensions Around New Growth Models
16:30 - 18:00 6 November 2024
Speaker: Catherine Boone (LSE) This talk draws upon Inequality and Political Cleavage in Africa (Cambridge, 2024) to trace the roots of strong regionalism within African countries, arguing that this arises from both inequalities rooted in economic geography and the structure of political institutions. In many African countries, we see forms of...
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How can a circular economy protect the climate and help communities thrive? A conversation with Anshu Gupta, Founder of Goonj
14:00 - 15:15 11 November 2024
What role do restoration and repurposing play in supporting a more just, sustainable, and equitable world? Join Anshu Gupta, founder of the extraordinary social enterprise Goonj, which has been repurposed over 63 million kg of material and impacted over 18 million lives over the past 25 years. Anshu will discuss how the organisation is putting...
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Just Earth Observation for Conservation Project Launch Webinar - English Language
15:00 - 16:00 11 November 2024
Join us for the online public launch of the Just Earth Observation for Conservation research project. Decisions about biodiversity conservation are increasingly being shaped by Earth Observation (EO) data. These data are gained from technologies such as satellites and drones. EO-data driven decision making is raising justice issues and risks...
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Digital Health Equity seminar: An introduction to algorithmic fairness
13:00 - 14:00 13 November 2024
The next seminar in the Digital Health Inequities Seminar Series is on 13th of November 1-2pm via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/96704384543. Matt Sperrin and Jose Benitez-Aurioles will provide “An introduction to algorithmic fairness”. Abstract Fairness can be defined as ' 'the absence of any prejudice or favouritism toward an individual or a group...
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Community of Practice: Working in development as the world heats up: A double-bind or an opportunity to make real change?
08:30 - 09:30 14 November 2024
Natalie Cunningham (Host), Senior Lecturer in Leadership for Development Tom O’Brien, Global Development Expert Climate change represents one of the most complex and daunting challenges confronting today’s development practitioners and organisations. As extreme weather events hit vulnerable Global South communities at an ever-growing and disproportionate...
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Digital Trust and Security Seminar Series: Prof Rob Black
14:00 - 16:00 18 November 2024
Join Digital Futures and Prof Rob Black for a free event on 18th November to explore the concepts of a proactive cyber defence strategy, through weaponising their trust and utilising deception techniques, and taking tactics from other domains to create more challenging defences for our attackers to face. This event invites participants from all...
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JEOC Seminario web en español - Presentación del proyecto
15:00 - 16:00 18 November 2024
Le invitamos a la presentación pública del proyecto de investigación "Justicia en la Observación de la Tierra para la Conservación" (Just Earth Observation for Conservation, JEOC). Cada vez con mayor frecuencia, las decisiones sobre la conservación de la biodiversidad se basan en datos de observación de la Tierra, obtenidos mediante tecnologías...
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A Political Epistemology of International Development
16:30 - 18:00 20 November 2024
Speaker: David Ludwig (Wageningen) The colonial myth of a “civilizing mission” is built on imagining the colonized as ignorant and in need of education by colonial knowledge holders. Even after the collapse of European empires, international development maintained many of these epistemic hierarchies, treating local communities as passive beneficiaries...
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Book Launch: Syndicates and Societies: Criminal Politics in Dhaka
15:30 - 17:00 21 November 2024
Join GDI’s State-Society Relations Group for a panel discussion celebrating the launch of David Jackman’s new book, Syndicates and Societies: Criminal Politics in Dhaka (Cambridge University Press). Based on years of research, the book reveals how syndicates shape life in Kawran Bazar, the largest marketplace in Bangladesh, and offers a new...
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From Development to Democracy: The Transformations of Modern Asia
17:00 - 18:30 28 November 2024
Speakers: Dan Slater (Michigan) and Joe Wong (Toronto) Over the past century, Asia has been transformed by rapid economic growth, industrialization, and urbanization—a spectacular record of development that has turned one of the world’s poorest regions into one of its richest. Yet Asia’s record of democratization has been uneven, despite...
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SCI Annual Lecture with Harriet Bulkeley: Governing with Nature
15:00 - 16:30 3 December 2024
We are delighted to announce that we are welcoming Professor Harriet Bulkeley for the Sustainable Consumption Institute Annual Lecture 2024 on Tuesday 3rd December from 3pm in the blended theatre 1 (GA.056), Nancy Rothwell building! Tickets are limited and registration is essential to attend the lecture, so book your free tickets via Eventbrite. The...
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Dams, Power and the Politics of Ethiopia’s Renaissance
15:00 - 16:30 4 December 2024
Speaker: Tom Lavers (GDI) After more than a decade, Ethiopia is filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a controversial dam with the potential to transform the hydrology and politics of the Nile Basin. The GERD is the culmination of a dam-building boom carried out over three decades and a key pillar of the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary...
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Briefing on Sudan (HCRI webinar)
16:00 - 17:30 10 December 2024
ABOUT The Humanitarian & Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) is hosting a guest speaker to brief us on and discuss the current political and humanitarian situation in Sudan. Our guest is Munzoul Assal, Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Khartoum and currently a scholar at risk at Chr Michelsen Institute. More on Professor Assal...
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Centre for Digital Trust and Society Seed Corn Showcase 2023-24
14:30 - 17:00 11 December 2024
The Centre for Digital Trust and Society (The Centre) is excited to present the CDTS Seed Corn Showcase. This event celebrates the groundbreaking achievements of the five research projects funded in our 2023-2024 Seed Corn Funding. Our scope includes cybersecurity, but we also see digital security as part of a set of broader issues of trust and...
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Community of Practice: Innovative Capacity Building in the Development Sector
08:00 - 09:00 12 December 2024
Capacity development initiatives in global development aim to empower individuals, organisations, and societies to achieve sustainable progress by enhancing their skills and resources. However, these initiatives often encounter persistent challenges that hinder their effectiveness. These challenges are deeply rooted in long-standing structural...
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The University of Manchester Research Institute (UMRI) Pump Prime Call Launch Event
14:30 - 16:00 14 January 2025
The University of Manchester Research Institute (UMRI) will be launching the latest round of pump-priming awards in January 2025. The call aims to encourage collaboration and provide support for activities that will lead to an increase in successful interdisciplinary research. Awards of up to £50K available, you’ll have one year to explore...
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GDI Webinar: Cybersecurity Economics for Development
14:00 - 15:00 21 January 2025
Speaker: Estefania Vergara Cobos (PhD, Economist at the World Bank) Chair: Isaac López-Moreno Flores (PhD Candidate in Development Policy and Management at GDI) Join us for a discussion on the connection between cybersecurity and economic development, inspired by the World Bank’s new book, Cybersecurity Economics for Emerging Markets: https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/digital/publication/Cybersecurity-Economics-for-Emerging-Markets#1 Drawing...
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The Albatross Lecture 2025: Dr Jared Margulies
11:00 - 15:00 23 January 2025
* **Please note this event is open to those both internal and external to The University of Manchester*** Join us on the 23rd January 2024 to hear a keynote presentation from Dr Jared Margulies, Assistant Professor at The University of Alabama and author of The Cactus Hunters: Desire and Extinction in the Illicit Succulent Trade. Followed by lunch,...
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Digital Trust and Security Seminar Series: Dr. Ben Collier
14:00 - 16:00 29 January 2025
UK police forces are increasingly adopting 'influence policing', a form of digital influence campaign that uses internet technologies and behavioral psychology to prevent crime. Initially developed for counter-radicalization, it now targets a range of areas, including online child abuse, knife crime, and cybercrime, raising ethical and theoretical...
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