Events in the School of Social Sciences

Find out more about events, seminars and public lectures in the School of Social Sciences.

‘New and Old Seekers of Alien Minds: Religion, AI, and the Non-Human Other’ - Social Anthropology Seminar Series

15:00 - 17:00 04 May 2026

Beth Singler (University of Zurich) - ‘New and Old Seekers of Alien Minds: Religion, AI, and the Non-Human Other’

Macro Seminar - Davide Melcangi (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)

16:00 - 17:00 05 May 2026

Title: The Investment Channel of Monetary Policy: Disentangling Firm Heterogeneity

‘European versus American Values: International Law and Democratic Principles in the New Multipolar Disorder Era’

16:00 - 18:00 06 May 2026

About the talk: Prof. Alejandro del Valle-Gálvez will discuss the role and significance of European and American values in today’s multipolar world and their impact on systems of law, governance, and democracy. About the speaker: Prof. Alejandro del Valle-Gálvez (Manchester Law Visiting Fellow) is a Professor of Public International Law a..

Gender Equality and Economic Growth: An Overlapping Generations Approach

17:00 - 19:00 07 May 2026

Join us as esteemed economist Pierre-Richard Agénor shared insights from his upcoming book ‘Gender Equality and Economic Growth: An Overlapping Generations Approach’, exploring the economic and political challenges faced in the moral task of closing the gender gap. The Arthur Lewis x Vital Topics lecture is hosted jointly by the School of..

'Al-bostan: Gardens of connection and resistance in the Golan Heights’ - Social Anthropology Seminar Series

15:00 - 17:00 11 May 2026

Maria Kastrinou (Brunel University) - ‘Al-bostan: Gardens of connection and resistance in the Golan Heights’

SOCIAL STATISTICS SEMINAR SERIES

14:00 - 15:30 12 May 2026

Please join us for the Social Statistics Seminar , we have coffee and cake. We are very pleased to welcome: Amiya Bhatia Associate Professor, University of Oxford Title: TBA Abstract: TBA

Macro Seminar - Luisa Fuster (Carlos III University of Madrid)

15:00 - 16:00 14 May 2026

Title: Labour Market Polarization and Inequality: A Roy Model Perspective

Macro Seminar - Morten O. Ravn (University College London)

16:30 - 17:30 14 May 2026

Title: Antitrust, Market Power, and U.S. Macroeconomic Outcomes

Macro Seminar - Sujan Bandyopadhyay (University of Manchester)

14:00 - 15:00 14 May 2026

Title: Information Frictions, Skill Accumulation, and Labour Market Dynamics

Macro Seminar - Christian Siegel (University of Kent)

12:30 - 13:30 15 May 2026

Title: Does Automation Lower the Labour Share?

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