Events in the School of Social Sciences
Find out more about events, seminars and public lectures in the School of Social Sciences.
Art Not Evidence: The misuse of rap in criminal trials
Keir Monteith KC, in his inaugural lecture for the Law School at the University of Manchester, will review the increased criminalisation of rap music, including the use of lyrics and music videos as evidence against young people accused of serious crimes. Keir will provide contemporary examples of how prosecutors, supported by judges, have sug..
Brownbag - Xiaobing Wang
Title: Family Labor Supply under Health Shocks
Comparative Politics Seminar
Dr Javier Sajuria, Queen Mary University of London
MET Seminar - Francesco Giovannoni (Bristol)
Title: Pricing Novel Goods Abstract: We study a buyer-seller problem of a novel good for which the seller does not yet know the production cost. A contract can be agreed upon at either the ex-ante stage, before learning the cost, or at the ex-post stage, when both parties will incur a costly delay, but the seller knows the production cost. We..
Teenage Kicks: Girls growing up in Britain 1956-1974
Meg can’t wait to leave home. Cynthia misses her family back in the Caribbean. Pamela is pregnant and her mum wants the baby adopted. Andrea fancies girls. Life in 1960s Britain was changing fast but it wasn’t all miniskirts and pop music. This beautiful installation at Glasgow Women's Library, with illustrations by Candice Purwin in digi..
MANCEPT Seminar: Dr Devon Cass, "Equality and Institutions"
Dr Devon Cass, University of Manchester - "Equality and Institutions"
2023-24 Full Year: Undergraduate Politics Dissertation Conference
Organised jointly by the Politics Department and Juncture [junctureuom.co.uk] student journal, the conference showcases undergraduate research in Politics & IR at the University of Manchester, encourages students to think of themselves as researchers and to experience academic research first hand. The conference will take place on Tuesday 7 Ma..
Macro Seminar - Jeanne Commault (Sciences Po)
Title: TBA
Social Statistics Seminars: Prof. Juho Härkönen, (European University Institute)
Professor Juho Härkönen, (European University Institute) will be presenting "Perinatal health in educational attainment: individual and population level relevance" (joint work with Marco Cozzani, Niko Eskelinen and Matti Lindberg) Abstract Numerous studies have shown that perinatal health can have long-term effects on educational attainmen..
Brownbag - Akbar Ullah (manchester Centre for Health Economics
Title: The Impact of Observed and Unobserved Heterogeneity on Wage Variation and Wage Sorting: Evidence from England's Adult Social Care Sector