Events in the School of Social Sciences
Find out more about events, seminars and public lectures in the School of Social Sciences.
M Summer. School: Introduction to Network Analysis for Social Sciences with UCINET
This event forms a part of the M Summer. School 2025 from the Mitchell Centre This is a core introductory course on network analysis for social scientists. The course covers the main network-analytical concepts, methods, and data collection/processing techniques for social sciences. The course is largely based around the use of UCINET point-a..
M Summer. School: Network Analysis for Social Sciences with R
This event forms a part of the M Summer. School 2025 from the Mitchell Centre This course offers an in-depth overview of concepts and measures in social network analysis. This course is (slightly) more technical than the “Introduction to Network Analysis for Social Sciences with UCINET” and will be using R (instead of UCINET). No prior..
M Summer. School: Statistical Network Modelling for Social Sciences
This event forms a part of the M Summer. School 2025 from the Mitchell Centre This course offers an in-depth overview of statistical models for social network analysis. The course covers some of the core statistical methods, including Exponential Random Graph Models (ERGMs), Stochastic Actor-Oriented Models (SAOMs/SIENA) and Relational Eve..
Dangerous Writings -A Symposium on the Ethics, and Practicalities of Working with Risky Texts
"Dangerous writings" have long served as both catalysts for transformation and sources of profound personal and collective risk. From incendiary manifestos to suppressed memoirs and carceral correspondence, these texts expose, unsettle, and resist. While we recognise their power to challenge authority and interrogate societal norms, we know fa..
Open Minds XVIII The Eighteenth Annual Philosophy Conference for Postgraduate Students in Philosophy
We are delighted to announce the eighteenth annual Open Minds Conference for graduate students in philosophy. Open Minds is a two-day conference which offers graduate students working in all areas of philosophy the chance to present their work and gain feedback in a welcoming and friendly environment. With two parallel sessions running thro..
Macro Seminar - Calumn G. Hamilton (Groningen & Wageningen)
Title: Foreign Aid and Structural Change
Macro Seminar - Christoph Albert (Collegio Carlo Alberto)
Title: Immigrants, Imports, and Welfare: Evidence from Household Purchase Data
Macro Seminar - Vincent Sterk (University College London)
Title: TBA
Macro Seminar - Albert Jan Hummel (Amsterdam)
Title: TBA
Macro Seminar - Hanbaek Lee (Cambridge)
Title: TBA