Past events

Brownbag Seminar: Pengguang Lu

12:00 - 12:50 29 September 2026

Title: Heterogeneous Diagnostic Expectations and Wealth Inequality

Macro Seminar - Stephen Terry (University of Michigan)

15:00 - 16:00 29 September 2026

Abstract: Idiosyncratic shocks shape firm decisions and the value functions they maximize. Using a c...

Soumhya Venkatesan (Manchester) and Adam Reed (St Andrews) "Democratic Epistemology, Anyone? Approaches to and Images of Knowledge as Radically Open to All Comers"

14:00 - 16:00 28 September 2026

This paper, based on ethnographic fieldwork among British Spiritualists in Edinburgh by Adam Reed an...

Surplus Lives Under Racial Capitalism Book Launch (HYBRID)

15:00 - 17:00 24 September 2026

Join us for the Political Economy Centre's hybrid book launch for Dr Barbora ?ernušáková's Surplu...

The AI Alignment Problem: Why Online Safety Starts with Human Values [Online Event]

12:00 - 12:30 19 August 2026

Overview What happens when AI goals and human values diverge? Explore AI alignment, online safety,...

The Meaning of Misogyny Conference

30 June - 1 July 2026

We are delighted to say that registration is now open for The Meaning of Misogyny conference taking...

Legal Frameworks and Personal Experiences: Egg Donation in Japan and Taiwan (Chiaki Shirai) HYBRID

15:00 - 16:30 24 June 2026

Jointly hosted by the Morgan Centre for Research into Everyday Lives (SoSS) and East Asian Studies (...

Legal Frameworks and Personal Experiences: Egg Donation in Japan and Taiwan (Hybrid)

15:00 - 16:30 24 June 2026

Japan has no legal framework governing donor conception. In contrast, Taiwan has legislation that gu...

Manchester Online Seminars on Evidential Pluralism: Simulating Expertise-Based Inference.

14:00 - 15:30 22 June 2026

The reliability of causal inference based on a physician’s expertise has been a matter of debate....

Manchester Online Seminars on Evidential Pluralism: Getting Results Reports Right.

14:00 - 15:30 26 May 2026

Just how we phrase the results report of an empirical study matters because the form and content of...