Events

Why Does Everything Have to Be About Race?

Tuesday 23rd April 2024 5:00PM

Meet U S author Keith Boykin for a discussion and book signing for his new book Why Does Everything Have to Be About Race The most toxic racial arguments share one of five traits They try to erase Black history prioritize white victimhood deny Black oppression promote myths of Black inferiority or rebrand racism as something else entirely They re all designed to distract society from racial justice but now we have the tools to debunk them With…

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Michael Smith Quad Spring BioBlitz

Thursday 25th April 2024 12:30PM - 2:30PM

As we move into the warmer months it s pleasantly surprising to see the amount of life we have on campus Perhaps you ve already spotted few things this year The Michael Smith Quad is a fantastic habitat designed to enhance biodiversity You may have read that we have Bee Orchids frogs birds and more see blog https blogs manchester ac uk bmh-sr supporting-urban-biodiversity-the-michael-smith-quad We ve slowly developed the area with natural hedging pond clearing wildflower meadows and…

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Sustainable Futures Seminar: Space & Sustainability | The RoundView

Thursday 25th April 2024 2:00PM - 3:00PM

On Thursday th April Sustainable Futures will be hosting our fourth Seminar in our monthly seminar series with Dr Joanne Tippett and John Mackintosh Indicative Agenda - - Introductions and Welcome - - John Mackintosh PhD researcher in the space research group at The University of Manchester will present on From Launch to Business Insight Developing a framework to assess the environmental cost of satellite data with consideration of technical economic and governance aspects - - Q A…

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Climate café @ UoM

Friday 26th April 2024 12:00PM - 1:00PM

A Climate Caf is a safe space to share your thoughts and feelings about the climate crisis Caf s are facilitated by Public Health staff and are supported by the Climate Psychology Alliance What is a Climate Caf A climate caf is a safe space to share our feelings about the climate crisis a thinking and feeling space a haven from busyness and activity We do this because sharing feelings in a supportive setting helps to build our…

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AMBS Event: In search of a Just Transition: Taking a stakeholder engagement perspective

Tuesday 30th April 2024 4:00PM - 5:00PM

A guest lecture from Professor Fran Ackermann John Curtin Distinguished Professor in the School of Management Curtin Business School

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AMBS Event: A multi-level analysis of net-zero transitions Acceleration and new obstacles

Wednesday 1st May 2024 12:00PM - 1:00PM

At this Original Thinking Lecture Frank Geels Eddie Davies Professor of Sustainability Transition will give his inaugural lecture as Eddie Davies Chair Net-zero transitions have entered a new and confusing phase since the COVID- pandemic the war in Ukraine and the gas price crisis On the one hand net-zero transitions are accelerating in electricity and auto-mobility systems driven by cost reductions and increased deployment of solar-PV wind turbines and electric vehicles On the other hand political populism and…

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EACW Research Seminar Series / The Henry Box Brown Lecture in American Studies

Thursday 2nd May 2024 5:00PM - 6:30PM

Dr Ayesha Hameed Goldsmiths will deliver the Henry Box Brown Lecture in American Studies 'Of Sea Changes and Other Futurisms' Of Sea Changes and Other Futurisms explores two long term projects The first Black Atlantis is a speculative exploration of the relationship between the transatlantic slave trade contemporary illegalised migration and the watery environment of the ocean below The second Brown Atlantis is a new project which extends the speculative methodology produced for Black Atlantis to look at…

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Pankhurst Seminar Series: Digital Health Inequities Edition - Intersectionality in digital health disparities research

Wednesday 8th May 2024 1:00PM - 2:00PM

Our next seminar in digital health inequities seminar series is on th of May - pm via Zoom https zoom us j Laiba Husain from the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences will talk about Desperately Seeking Intersectionality in Digital Health Disparities Research Laiba Husain is a third-year DPhil student at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences whose work focuses on the shift to video consultations and its implications on digital health disparities Her study…

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Cultural Change in the Construction Sector - The Building Safety Network

Thursday 9th May 2024 11:00AM - 12:00PM

The Building Safety Network advocates for a re-imagined construction culture that prioritises safety transparency and resident engagement Drawing from anthropological theory and organisational studies this presentation addresses the pressing need for a cultural transformation within the UK construction industry Link to register https events teams microsoft com event e d c - cf - - a- b a c c cb - e- abb- a-f cfa a

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Sustainable Futures Seminar: Plastics and Circular Economy in UK

Thursday 30th May 2024 2:00PM - 3:00PM

This event is open to both internals and externals to The University of Manchester On Thursday th May Sustainable Futures will be hosting our fifth Seminar in our monthly seminar series with Dr Adeyemi Adelekan Prof Maria Sharmina and Dr Craig Thomas from The University of Manchester Indicative Agenda - - Introductions and Welcome - - Dr Adeyemi Adelekan and Prof Maria Sharmina researchers from Tyndall Manchester at The University of Manchester present 'Collaborative Business Models for a…

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