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Interdisciplinarity &: 2026 Series - Co-Authorship: Rotating Roundtables

Tuesday 21st April 2026 2:30PM - 4:30PM

Co-authoring can offer significant benefits in interdisciplinary research bringing together experts from various fields to produce impactful publications How can we effectively manage co-authoring processes to ensure equitable contributions and recognition What best practices can we adopt to enhance collaboration and productivity Join us to discuss the challenges and benefits of co-authoring in interdisciplinary research and explore ways to improve support structures Objectives Facilitate connections between researchers from different disciplines Encourage discussions around shared values and authorship practices…

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Responses to Ecological Crises through Creative and Civic Participation

Wednesday 22nd April 2026 12:00PM - 2:00PM

Join us for an informal research caf exploring the ways in which art research and movement come together to break down barriers At this event you will hear about the Manchester Histories This is Us project which celebrates overlooked stories reflects on complex legacies and creates spaces where every voice can be heard from Grass Routes Movement a Greater Manchester wide non-profit community interest company which uses movement in urban and rural spaces to empower marginalised communities and…

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Research Café - Religion, Culture and Community

Thursday 23rd April 2026 12:00PM - 2:00PM

Join Creative Manchester and the Manchester Museum for an informal research caf exploring the ways in which cultural institutions and faith spaces bring people together As societies become increasingly polarised cultural institutions and faith spaces have a vital role to play in bringing people together building understanding and nurturing a shared sense of belonging Over the past six years Manchester Museum has developed its Manchester Museum Celebrates programme grounded in collaboration and co-curation The word celebrate derives from…

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Christabel Pankhurst Lecture 2026: PUSHing for Justice: Women, Power and the Unfinished Fight for Equality

Wednesday 29th April 2026 4:00PM - 6:30PM

Join us for the Annual Christabel Pankhurst Lecture as our guest speaker trailblazing legal leader and equality advocate Dr I Stephanie Boyce CBE FKC reflects on what it truly means to lead as a woman within systems that too often reward conformity and resist change In PUSHing for Justice Women Power and the Unfinished Fight for Equality Stephanie will draw on her lived experience from growing up in a low-income first-generation British household on a council estate to…

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Communities of Environmental Knowledge

Wednesday 29th April 2026 12:00PM - 2:00PM

Join us for an informal research caf exploring the ways community support and involvement connect to environmental action Community support and involvement are crucial to the success of environmental action diversity of both knowledge and experience are central to achieving effective and equitable change This research caf brings together four panel members whose work focuses on a range of environmental issues within a civic context and in creative collaboration with community organisations or groups including equal access to…

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Creativity and AI: Cultural Heritage

Thursday 30th April 2026 2:30PM - 5:00PM

This event forms part of a three-part CreaTech Network Series running between February and June designed to strengthen connections across the CreaTech ecosystem in Greater Manchester and the Northwest and to support collaboration between the University and the wider creative and cultural industries community The second event of the CreaTech Network Series explores the use of AI in cultural heritage contexts including galleries libraries archives and museums and how emerging technologies are shaping practice across the sector This…

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SALIENT Lunch & Learn Webinar Series 2026

Thursday 30th April 2026 12:00PM - Thursday 26th November 2026 12:30PM

SALIENT Lunch and Learn Webinars are your chance to Discover the latest developments in the world of National security and resilience Hear short TED-style talks by experts on related topics Get your questions answered with mins of Q A Join us on the last Thursday of the month at pm GMT for a lightning -minute talk from an Industry or Academic expert See details of all forthcoming talks using the link We have a couple of spaces left…

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SALIENT Lunch and Learn Webinar

Thursday 30th April 2026 12:00PM - 12:30PM

SALIENT Lunch and Learn Webinar launches We're excited to welcome experts to speak on a variety of security and resilience topics Discover the latest developments in the world of National security and resilience Hear short TED-style talks by experts on related topics Get your questions answered with mins of Q A Join us on the last Thursday of the month at pm GMT for a lightning -minute talk from an Industry or Academic expert On th April we…

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Gender Equality and Economic Growth: An Overlapping Generations Approach

Thursday 7th May 2026 5:00PM - 7:00PM

Join us as esteemed economist Pierre-Richard Ag nor shared insights from his upcoming book Gender Equality and Economic Growth An Overlapping Generations Approach exploring the economic and political challenges faced in the moral task of closing the gender gap The Arthur Lewis x Vital Topics lecture is hosted jointly by the School of Social Sciences and Alliance Manchester Business School This lecture will offer a broad accessible overview of Pierre-Richard Ag nor s latest research drawing on fifteen…

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Digital Health Equity seminar: Women’s health, equity and the role of digital health policy in addressing health inequalities in the UK

Wednesday 13th May 2026 1:00PM - 2:00PM

The next seminar in the University of Manchester Digital Health Equity Seminar Series is on Wed th-May - pm BST via Zoom https zoom us j Lopa Patel MBE Diversity UK will talk about Women s health equity and the role of digital health policy in addressing health inequalities in the UK For more information about the talk and the speaker please email us at digital-inequities manchester ac uk

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