News
Find out what's been happening in the School of Social Sciences.
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New publication in Decisions in Economics and Finance
23 May 2025
Our colleagues, Eduardo Fé & Mario Pezzino, have published a study in Decisions in Economics and Finance. Read the paper: “The long term ...
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Head of SoSS Claire Alexander receives Distinguished Service to British Sociology award
22 May 2025
Claire Alexander, Head of SoSS and Professor of Social Sciences, received the annual Distinguished Service to British Sociology Award from the BSA at...
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Eight years after the arena attack, Manchester bee commercialisation has unsettled some Mancunians
22 May 2025
If you visit Manchester, one of the first things you’ll notice is the great number of bee images throughout the city. Born in the Industrial ...
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Manchester research informs government Winter Fuel Payment changes
21 May 2025
Ongoing research at The University of Manchester into the long-term poverty faced by many older people has contributed to the Government announcing ...
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Affect Theatre: A Workshop at the Boundaries of Theatre and Anthropology
21 May 2025
By Meghan Rose Donnelly (University of Manchester) and Pete Carruthers (University of Central Lancashire) Affect Theatre is an interdisciplinary ...
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Manchester becomes a Policing Academic Centre of Excellence
21 May 2025
Manchester has been officially recognised as one of the UK’s new Policing Academic Centres of Excellence (PACE) as part of a national initiative to ...
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The Assisted Dying Bill returns to the House of Commons as it nears final reading - Dr Alexandra Mullock comments
20 May 2025
The Terminally Ill (End of Life) Adults Bill, a proposed law that would legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults in the UK, returned to the...
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Counting on Everyone: Profiling the Christian population in England
20 May 2025
As part of the church’s work to ensure diversity and inclusivity in their work, they asked us to use 2021 census data to profile the demographic ...
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Tiny Human Dramas: 5 Research Stories, 24 Hours, 1 Unforgettable Night of Theatre
15 May 2025
Tiny Human Dramas returns to Manchester’s Contact Theatre on Saturday 31 May with a daring, moving and utterly unique night of theatre.
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New publication in the Journal of Social Policy
15 May 2025
The paper “Goodbye human annotators? Content analysis of social policy debates using ChatGPT” can be read online. Content analysis is a valuable ...
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New publication in Energy Research & Social Science
14 May 2025
The paper “When does discursive change happen? Detecting phase transitions in discourse networks of sustainability transitions” can be found on ...
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New Publication in European Journal of Population
12 May 2025
You can read the paper, “Multiregional Population Forecasting: A Unifying Probabilistic Approach for Modelling the Components of Change”, on ...
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The University of Manchester's Chilean Society successfully campaigned for a polling station for Chilean citizens living in the region
9 May 2025
For the upcoming 2025 presidential elections, more than 800 Chilean citizens living in Manchester and across Northern England will again have the ...
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Winners of the Sociology Impact and Engagement Prize announced
7 May 2025
This year’s prize was judged by Philip Drake (Former Director of Social Responsibility, School of Social Sciences) and Hilary Pilkington (Research ...
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Student Community Charity Project
2 May 2025
First year undergraduate students from across the School of Social Sciences have undertaken voluntary work, during a six-week period, to assist ...
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80% of Northern Irish women first endured sexist behaviour as children
24 Apr 2025
Four in five women surveyed in Northern Ireland said their first experience of sexist behaviour or harassment by men happened when they were children,...
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Empowering the Future: Inspiring Careers in Economics Event Highlights Opportunities for Underrepresented Groups
9 Apr 2025
On Wednesday, 26 March, the Department of Economics at The University of Manchester hosted a career event, Inspiring Careers in Economics: Exploring ...
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Ground-breaking £2.66 Million Wellcome Discovery Award to transform lives of Motor Neurone Disease patients
4 Apr 2025
In a remarkable stride towards enhancing the lives of those affected by MND, the Wellcome Trust has awarded a £2.66 million Wellcome Discovery Award...
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University of Manchester academic appointed Director of global open access criminology platform CrimRxiv
2 Apr 2025
Dr David Buil-Gil, Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Criminology and Open Research Lead in the Department of Criminology, has been appointed Director ...
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Manchester Professor wins award for her commitment to disability inclusion
1 Apr 2025
Professor Jackie Carter from The University of Manchester has been recognised with a prestigious Culture Shift Award for her exceptional leadership ...
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Expert says ageing is 'an opportunity, not a problem to be managed'
1 Apr 2025
Professor Tine Buffel called for society to reframe ageing as an opportunity during her plenary at the Age-Friendly Futures Summit held from 25 to 27 ...
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Five Manchester experts become Academy of Social Sciences Fellows
1 Apr 2025
An unprecedented five academics from The University of Manchester have been recognised as leading experts in their fields by being named as Fellows of...
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Police struggle to identify the riskiest domestic abuse perpetrators – here’s how they can do better
20 Mar 2025
The government cannot achieve its target to halve violence against women and girls if it doesn’t address the most serious perpetrators – and it ...
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Best-selling author Laura Bates delivers an impactful lecture at the Annual Christabel Pankhurst Lecture
13 Mar 2025
Activist, speaker and author Laura Bates visited the School of Social Sciences in February to deliver an impactful lecture on extreme misogyny and ...
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Ukrainian leaders share first-hand accounts of democratic resilience at The University of Manchester
11 Mar 2025
On Tuesday, 25 February, students and academics gathered at The University of Manchester to hear first-hand accounts of resilience and democratic ...
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The passing of Professor Margot Brazier
10 Mar 2025
Margot first came to The University of Manchester to study Law as an undergraduate, graduating in 1971. Her initial career plan was to go to the Bar,...
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Professor Jackie Carter highlights legacy and future of GM4Women2028
3 Mar 2025
The University of Manchester’s Professor Jackie Carter has delivered a compelling message on the importance of data-driven legacy and sustained ...
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Welcome to Dr Mariana De Araujo Cunha
3 Mar 2025
Prior to starting the position, Mariana was working on her PhD in Sociology at the University of Oxford. Her PhD was titled “A Sociodemographic ...
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University of Manchester PhD student awarded place on the Turing Enrichment scheme
3 Mar 2025
The award is presented annually to students who demonstrate exceptional contributions to artificial intelligence (AI) and data science research. ...
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Kinship carers struggling to cope despite £4.3 billion value they add to society
27 Feb 2025
Dr Jingwen Zhang, Lecturer in Sociology, is one of the authors of 'Valuing Kinship Care in England', a new report on the huge and often ...
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Law students gain insight from wrongfully convicted sub-postmasters
26 Feb 2025
On Tuesday, 19 February, law students at The University of Manchester had a unique opportunity to hear first-hand from three sub-postmasters - Janet ...
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Local Government 25 Top Thinker – Liz Richardson
24 Feb 2025
Liz Richardson, who leads the Politics department at the School of Social Sciences, has been recognised as one of the top 25 thinkers by the Local ...
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New publication in Research & Politics
24 Feb 2025
“Ground-truthing political elites in the public sphere: Measuring the arena effects of elite opinion” is available to read online. Political ...
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Welcome to Professor Philip Leifeld
24 Feb 2025
I am a Professor of Social Statistics in the Department of Social Statistics at The University of Manchester, which is part of the School of Social ...
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IASE 2024 Roundtable Workshop Summary
24 Feb 2025
The paper, “Learnings from a decade of data fellows: Co-creation of a data skills framework for non-stem students”, is available to read ...
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Trump is making false claims about Zelensky's popularity, say experts
19 Feb 2025
US President Donald Trump has once again echoed Kremlin talking points, by falsely claiming that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s approval ...
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The passing of Professor Lou Kushnick
18 Feb 2025
It is with great sadness that we share the news of the death of Professor Lou Kushnick OBE. Lou was a Professor of Sociology at The University of ...
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Artificial human DNA study raises urgent ethical questions for society
18 Feb 2025
Researchers from The University of Manchester - in collaboration with the Universities of Granada, Lund, and Oslo - have conducted the first-ever ...
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New study reveals social connections are key to preventing disease
5 Feb 2025
A groundbreaking study published in Nature Scientific Reports has revealed that people’s social connections play a crucial role in determining ...
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Mitchell Online – the new methods@manchester Spring School offering
27 Jan 2025
Mitchell Online is brought to you by our friends at the Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis, the leading cross-disciplinary research group in...
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School of Social Sciences Ranked Among Top 50 Globally
27 Jan 2025
The School of Social Sciences at The University of Manchester has earned global recognition in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) World ...
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Almost 2 million people didn’t have the right ID to vote in 2024
24 Jan 2025
The 2024 general election was the first in the UK’s history to be run under a system of voter ID. When heading to the polling station, people could ...
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Guardian journalist to talk about Hillsborough legal failures as families push for law change
24 Jan 2025
The University of Manchester and Garden Court North Chambers are set to host a lecture by award-winning Guardian journalist David Conn on the ...
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Majority of Ukrainians ‘cautiously optimistic’ about Trump presidency, study finds
20 Jan 2025
As Donald Trump’s begins his second term as President of the United States, a groundbreaking study led by The University of Manchester has revealed ...
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Study identifies illicit finance risks in Premier League club ownership structures
17 Jan 2025
The Premier League is currently vulnerable to new investors and team owners who could have sourced their wealth from illicit activities.
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David Stroup shortlisted for the Ethnic and Racial Studies Martin Bulmer Prize
15 Jan 2025
David Stroup is a Senior Lecturer of Chinese Politics at The University of Manchester. In his article, he examines the discourse around Wuhan’s ...
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The Post Office: an emblem of the UK’s relationship with the state, sliding into dystopia
15 Jan 2025
Written by Martin Greenwood The Horizon scandal, which led to the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of subpostmasters, has severely dented the ...
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Manchester’s Professor Gary Younge wins prestigious journalism award
6 Jan 2025
The University of Manchester’s Professor Gary Younge has been named as the recipient of a prestigious Robert B. Silvers Award in recognition of his ...
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University members recognised in 2025 New Year Honours
31 Dec 2024
A University of Manchester professor has been recognised in the King’s 2025 New Year Honours List. Professor Yaojun Li, a distinguished researcher ...
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School of Social Sciences' Initiative Brings Language Support to Booth Centre’s Multilingual Community
16 Dec 2024
This collaboration, funded and developed by the School of Social Sciences (SoSS) Social Responsibility Committee, brought on 50 student volunteers as...
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