Events in the School of Social Sciences
Find out more about events, seminars and public lectures in the School of Social Sciences.
‘Against Capture: The Political Life of Creative Anthropology’ - Social Anthropology Seminar Series
Fiona Murphy (Dublin City University) - ‘Against Capture: The Political Life of Creative Anthropology’
Mitchell Centre Seminar Series. Shan Shi University of Manchester. Embedded Regional Origins: A Longitudinal Mapping of Collaboration Networks in China’s Music Industry (BADHEAD, 1999–2023)
Abstract: This study examines the formation of collaborative networks in China’s music industry through BADHEAD, a sub-label of Modern Sky, one of the leading music companies headquartered in Beijing. The analysis focuses on two periods, 1999–2008 and 2015–2023. It investigates how participants’ regional origins shape role allocation i..
The New International Economic (Dis)order: On Law, Privatization and Power
In 1976, Gillian White published her famous article ‘The New International Economic Order’ in the Virginia Journal of International Law, finding a ‘climate in which some genuine amelioration is possible’. Fifty years later, the New International Economic Order (NIEO) has clearly not materialised. Quite the contrary is the case: The exe..
'Bioengineering Financial Futures: From Synthetic Biology to Synthetic Bonds’ - Social Anthropology Seminar Series
Kath Weston (University of Virginia) - 'Bioengineering Financial Futures: From Synthetic Biology to Synthetic Bonds’
Macro Seminar - Johanna Wallenius (Stockholm)
Title: Does Student Aid Improve Educational Mobility?
SOCIAL STATISTICS SEMINAR SERIES
Please join us for the Social Statistics Seminar, we have coffee and cake. We are very pleased to welcome: Mónica Hernández Alava Professor in Health Econometrics, University of Sheffield Title: TBA Abstract: TBA
Annual Harry Street Lecture 2026 - speaker to be announced
The School of Social Sciences and Department of Law are delighted to host the 2026 Annual Harry Street Lecture delivered by an alumnus of our school and leading figure in the legal and political sphere. Full details on the distinguished speaker will be revealed soon, but previous Harry Street Lectures have featured renowned judges and policy..
Mitchell Centre Seminar Series
Zsofia Boda University of Essex
“Can I steal your shade?’ On Fieldwork, Minor Gestures, and Associative Translations’ - Social Anthropology Seminar Series
Cristiana Giordano (UC Davis) - “Can I steal your shade?’ On Fieldwork, Minor Gestures, and Associative Translations’
Manchester Online Seminars on Evidential Pluralism: Evidence for mechanisms and the challenge of mechanism individuation
(Joint work with Till Grüne-Yanoff.) Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are widely used to inform policy decisions in the social and behavioral sciences. Yet both philosophers and scientists have raised doubts about the of effect-size evidence from RCTs when it comes to policy extrapolation. A common view is that such evidence should be comp..