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: 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..
Brownbag - Adam Sanjurjo (Boston College)
Title TBD
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
Brownbag - Keitaro Ninomiya (UIUC)
Title TBD
Brownbag - Akos Valentinyi
Title TBD
From Entities to Edges: A Practical Introduction to Knowledge Graphs
"From Entities to Edges: A Practical Introduction to Knowledge Graphs" A workshop co-organised by The Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research and the Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis. Drowning in CSVs and tangled datasets? This workshop shows you how to tidy up, connect, and query your data with knowledge graphs. Learn how to or..
Macro Seminar - Christoph Albert (Collegio Carlo Alberto)
Title: Immigrants, Imports, and Welfare: Evidence from Household Purchase Data
Brownbag - Qiwei He (Edinburgh)
Title TBD