2015-03-01cmonthEurope/Londontag:micratag:social_sciences2015-02-012015-04-01Greenwich Mean TimeGMT00:000Greenwich Mean TimeGMT00:000even:j18v-i5tnaia4-8yikaAfternoon Seminars@CMIST - Jon Williamson - The role of mechanistic evidence in establishing causal claimsIn this Afternoon Seminars@CMIST event, Jon Williamson from the University of Kent will deliver a talk entitled 'The role of mechanistic evidence in establishing causal claims'.
Abstract: The evidence-based approach to medicine, policy and science aims to make explicit the extent to which various sorts of evidence help establish a causal claim. While evidence-based approaches have been quite successful in assessing various kinds of evidence of correlations, the role of evidence of mechanisms has been largely overlooked. Yet in order to establish a causal claim one normally needs to establish both that there is a correlation and that this correlation is attributable to some underlying mechanism, rather than, say, to sample bias or confounding. In this talk I will explain why evidence of mechanisms is crucial and how one might make its role more explicit so as to improve evidence-based methods
Tea, coffee, and light refreshments provided.
No need to register; all welcome!confirmedHigher Education2015-03-0316:00:002015-03-0317:15:002015-03-0316:00:002015-03-0317:15:002015-03-0316:00:002015-03-0317:15:00Seminars@CMISTcmist.seminars@manchester.ac.ukl41-i0nq3dp2-j55cslHBS2180x180Exterior of Humanities Bridgeford StreetThe HBS builidingg42-i0nq3dp7-xj0dgr180180Seminars@ CMIST calendar of events2.07Humanities Bridgeford StreetManchesterUnited KingdomGBGBRref:T1265POINT(53.466465 -2.236522)15http://www.kent.ac.uk/secl/philosophy/jw/Jon Williamsoneven:e56-i6m3wdho-etgzlwPublic Opinion and the 2015 ElectionAs part of a series of events to coincide with the 2015 General Election, the People’s History Museum brings together leading pollsters and academics to discuss current thinking on the 2015 election.
Founder of YouGov Peter Kellner and The University of Manchester's Professor Jane Green and Dr Rob Ford will provide expert analysis on public opinion before Britain goes to the polls on 7 May 2015.
Join the conversation #PHMelection
People's History Museum: http://www.phm.org.uk/
Find out more and book: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/public-opinion-the-2015-election-tickets-15797593026
Democracy and Elections at Manchester: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/democracy-and-elections/confirmedHigher Education2015-03-0317:40:002015-03-0319:00:002015-03-0317:40:002015-03-0319:00:002015-03-0317:40:002015-03-0319:00:00p57-i6m3z8tz-ytcqihphma58-i6m3z8u2-orbg2d180180People's History MuseumFind out more and book on EventbriteDemocracy and Elections at ManchesterPeople's History MuseumLeft Bank
SpinningfieldsManchesterM3 3ERUnited KingdomGBGBRref:T1265POINT(53.4812208 -2.252877099999978)map15£3http://staffprofiles.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/Profile.aspx?Id=Jane.GreenProf Jane Greenhttp://staffprofiles.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/Profile.aspx?Id=Rob.FordDr Rob Fordeven:bve-i4tpjm77-nlp4qaGlobal Political Economy research cluster seminar, Dr Daniela Tepe-Belfrage (Sheffield)'Broken Britain: post-crisis Austerity and the trouble with the Troubled Families Program'confirmedHigher Education2015-03-0415:30:002015-03-0417:00:002015-03-0415:30:002015-03-0417:00:002015-03-0415:30:002015-03-0417:00:00Carl Deathcarl.death@manchester.ac.uke6j-i0qj32ij-3vywkoSOSS-Politics180x180Politicse6k-i0qj32im-6cptjv180180ALB Boardroom, second floorArthur Lewis BuildingManchesterUnited KingdomGBGBRref:T1265POINT(53.466702 -2.235739)15Faculty Research FellowUniversity of SheffieldDr Daniela Tepe-Belfrageeven:axf-i4u3w4fp-otycvaMitchell Centre Seminar SeriesNial Friel, University College Dublin
Improved Bayesian estimation for exponential random graphs
Bayesian inferential methods have proved useful in the analysis of exponential random graph models, overcoming the intractability of the likelihood function and providing a probabilistic basis for parameter estimation and model uncertainty. This talk will present some recent Monte Carlo methods which improve the efficiency of such Bayesian methods in several directions. confirmedHigher Education2015-03-0416:00:002015-03-0417:30:002015-03-0416:00:002015-03-0417:30:002015-03-0416:00:002015-03-0417:30:00Elisa Bellotti elisa.bellotti@manchester.ac.uk 01612752921fyt-i4wqomlx-zc74usMitchell4logo Mitchellcyu-i4wqommk-t6mqfz675883G6Humanities Bridgeford StreetManchesterUnited KingdomGBGBRref:T1265POINT(53.466465 -2.236522)15University College DublinNial Friel even:u40-i6dkj32e-ht3618Risk preferences and subjective beliefs: implications for crop insurance subsidiesSpeaker: Carlo Fezzi (University of East Anglia)
Abstract:
This paper proposes a novel methodology to estimate risk preferences using market insurance data and incorporating individuals' subjective beliefs. Unlike previous studies, we refrain from making specific assumptions regarding expectations but elicit them directly from the respondents. This approach yields risk aversion estimates that are compatible with a variety of deviation from rational expectations, such as biased subjective risk perceptions. Our results reveal that the standard assumption of rational beliefs can lead to severely biased risk attitude estimates. In addition, our empirical application offers insight into the controversial policy on crop insurance subsidization.
For more information:
http://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/subjects/economics/our-research/workshop-and-seminars/environmental-and-resource-economics/confirmedHigher Education2015-03-0413:00:002015-03-0414:00:002015-03-0413:00:002015-03-0414:00:002015-03-0413:00:002015-03-0414:00:00Ed Mandersonedward.manderson@manchester.ac.uk0161 27502783.008Arthur Lewis BuildingManchesterUnited KingdomGBGBRref:T1265POINT(53.466702 -2.235739)15even:s13r-i5a707n1-npbho9The Golden Dawn's nationalist solution: Explaining the rise of the far right in GreeceA Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence seminar. Open to all.
Jean Monnet website: http://www.manchesterjmce.ac.uk/confirmedHigher Education2015-03-0414:00:002015-03-0415:00:002015-03-0414:00:002015-03-0415:00:002015-03-0414:00:002015-03-0415:00:00Prof. Dimitris Papadimitrioudimitris.papadimitriou@manchester.ac.uk01612754888h14x-i5gn0oln-4uruwfManchester Jean Monet Centre of Excellencev14y-i5gn0olu-26j5s8180180JMCE Website3.209University PlaceManchesterUnited KingdomGBGBRref:T1265POINT(53.46610596774424 -2.233443260192871)map15University of YorkDr Sofia Vasilopoulou even:s6b-i6tg8loe-pro39tSocial Anthropology Seminar - Monday, 9TH March 2015 - Dr. Elisabeth Kirtsoglou - University of Durham - “We are all immigrants : the politics of mis-recognition in Thessaloniki Greece”Social Anthropology Seminar
Monday, 9TH March 2015
Dr. Elisabeth Kirtsoglou - University of Durham
“We are all immigrants : the politics of mis-recognition in Thessaloniki Greece”
This paper wishes to discuss the role of recognition and intersubjective identification in the establishment of political selves. Its aim is to contextualize the ways in which recognition informs ideas about democracy, social interaction, inclusion and exclusion in modern Greece. Careful ethnographic exploration reveals mirroring to be a mechanism and a marker for distinguishing between ‘Self’ and the ‘Other’ in political terms, in such a way that the non-national ‘Other’ can be cast outside the realm of sympathy and by consequence outside the realm of democracy and equal rights. The paper examines the effect of nationalism on history, time and morality and re-visits the ways in which history is presented as linear, time is imagined as empty and homogenous and ultimately morality succumbs to the limits of national identity resulting in the engendering of bounded spheres of moral sensibility. What it means to be a ‘fellow human’ becomes a contested matter in the process of being conflated with what it means to be a ‘fellow-national’. At the same time however, it can be ethnographically substantiated that it is precisely recognition as intersubjective identification which comes in defense of the ‘humanity of the Other’, a perception of humanity that eventually transcends nationalist positionalities.
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Second Floor Boardroom, Arthur Lewis Building
3:15 – 5:00pm
(Tea and coffee available outside the room from 3:00pm)
ALL WELCOME!confirmedHigher Education2015-03-0915:00:002015-03-0917:00:002015-03-0915:00:002015-03-0917:00:002015-03-0915:00:002015-03-0917:00:00Val Lenfernaval.lenferna@manchester.ac.uk0161 275 4883kgv-i1wb6amr-gfg9trArthur Lewis Buildinghgw-i1wb6amw-g1j3b11801802.016.2.017 - Boardroom - 2nd floorArthur Lewis BuildingManchesterUnited KingdomGBGBRref:T1265POINT(53.466702 -2.235739)15SpeakerUniversity of DurhamDr Elisabeth Kirtsogloueven:t6l-i6vayv60-x2cw77Cooperation & Equality Seminar: Jack Holme (Manchester), 'The Super-Rich, Philanthropy, and Equality'Seminar Organised by the Cooperation & Equality Project: http://thomassmit3.wix.com/cooperation-equality
Abstract: Philanthropy aims to mitigate the worst symptoms of injustice in the economic system by means of voluntary transfers of wealth from rich to poor. Yet partisans of left-wing politics, who also aim to overcome these evils, often exhibit a surprising antipathy to philanthropy. Via a relational egalitarian account of the value of equality, I argue that charity manifests inegalitarian social relations between donors and recipients. Consequently, egalitarians often feel a justified ambivalence to philanthropy, which promotes their distributive aims while undermining relational equality. Finally, I outline the conditions under which redistribution can avoid this inegalitarian effect.confirmedHigher Education2015-03-1013:00:002015-03-1014:30:002015-03-1013:00:002015-03-1014:30:002015-03-1013:00:002015-03-1014:30:00o15t-i5jp63yw-b564mrCo-operation & Equalitym15u-i5jp63zc-plw00h5407203.040Arthur Lewis BuildingManchesterUnited KingdomGBGBRref:T1265POINT(53.466702 -2.235739)15even:a2-i7098ga7-pn5cfhPhilosophy Research Seminar - 'Are Perceptual Experiences Just Representations?'Abstract:
While there are good reasons to think that perceptual experiences involve representation (contrary to some recent Naive Realist claims to the contrary), there are also reasons to think that there is more to them than just representation. In particular, some think that we cannot give an adequate account of perceptual phenomenal character in terms of representation. In this talk, I will survey and assess several arguments for this claim.
confirmedHigher Education2015-03-1015:00:002015-03-1017:00:002015-03-1015:00:002015-03-1017:00:002015-03-1015:00:002015-03-1017:00:00Phillip Meadowsphillip.meadows@manchetser.ac.uka19d-i5xs9z60-l63tunThe Thinkerb19e-i5xs9z7j-g2zphn2401805.206University PlaceManchesterUnited KingdomGBGBRref:T1265POINT(53.46610596774424 -2.233443260192871)map15The University of Leedshttp://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/profile/20042/199/heather_logueHeather Logueeven:z8-i71o33ng-4s670eDem Elect seminar: Strength of representation of BME MPsRebecca McKee, Doctoral candidate
The growth in support for of far right political parties, coupled with increasing immigration to Europe and more ethnically heterogeneous societies has highlighted a general need to understand how the particular interests of ethnic minorities are being represented in political processes. This study looks at the United Kingdom parliament, which in 2010 saw the election of a record number of MPs from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) backgrounds. On this basis it would appear that there is at least some degree of descriptive representation of these groups, whereby these MPs share certain characteristics of ethnicity, religion and culture with minority populations. What is less clear is whether this translates into substantive representation.
This study, which is part of a larger thesis on political representation of ethnic minorities in the UK, draws on Jane Mansbridge’s (1999) argument that substantive and descriptive representation are linked, insofar as constituents from ethnic minorities should favour representatives who share their characteristics in case a “critical event” arises, at which time they will benefit from having these descriptive representatives inside Parliament acting or speaking on their behalf. For this to be true, however, we would suppose that BME MPs would be most likely to speak in the Commons when such critical events arise.
The study examines a series of such critical events, the passage of successive anti-terrorist legislation in the UK (2001-2015). Some of this legislation was tabled in response to specific events, such as the 9/11 and 7/7 attacks in the USA and London; others reflect more general concerns. However, many of these laws have been criticised as being discriminatory or even “draconian” and encouraging racism. Using transcripts from Hansard of debates and committee meetings during the passage of these Bills, this study examines who speaks and what they say to explore whether there is any evidence of substantive representation amongst BME MPs.
This analysis finds that only 15 out of a possible 36 BME MPs spoke at any time in the passage of this legislation, raising concerns about the strength substantive representation for this group. It also looks further at what is being said, using Corpus Linguistic Analysis to compare the speech of BME MPs with Non BME MPs, finding that BME speech focuses on the ethnic minority communities and that there are salient differences in the way that some groups, such as the Muslim community, are framed within the debates.
The study concludes that substantive representation by BME MPs is likely to be occurring however it is potentially limited by the small number of BME MPs who are speaking. These findings have implications for the representation of the ethnic minority population within Parliament.
confirmedHigher Education2015-03-1115:30:002015-03-1117:00:002015-03-1115:30:002015-03-1117:00:002015-03-1115:30:002015-03-1117:00:00Mike Addelmanmichael.addelman@manchester.ac.uk66901t6-i71ntfp8-oikkp7House of Commons green benchHouse of Commons green benchHouse of Commons green benchq7-i71ntfpa-9ha3941801802.07Humanities Bridgeford StreetManchesterUnited KingdomGBGBRref:T1265POINT(53.466465 -2.236522)15Doctoral candidateRebecca McKeeeven:l13s-i5a7h5y3-37gk5mEuropean Union Citizens or Migrants?A Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence seminar. Open to all.
Jean Monnet website: http://www.manchesterjmce.ac.uk/confirmedHigher Education2015-03-1118:00:002015-03-1119:30:002015-03-1118:00:002015-03-1119:30:002015-03-1118:00:002015-03-1119:30:00Prof Dimitris Papadimitrioudimitris.papadimitriou@manchester.ac.uk01612754888h14x-i5gn0oln-4uruwfManchester Jean Monet Centre of Excellencev14y-i5gn0olu-26j5s8180180JMCE WebsiteManchester Town Hall, Room 301, Level 2Manchester Town HallAlbert SquareManchesterM60 2LAUnited KingdomGBGBRref:T1265POINT(53.47937796364017 -2.245068215869196)map17Jones Kelleher & AssociatesMarc Smith even:k4g-i6j4i5mq-km62ocLet’s Talk About Sex As part of the Wellcome Collection Sexology season in Manchester, behavioural economists Dr Nikhil Masters (The University of Manchester) and Dr Jeroen Nieboer (LSE) are running a scientific speed-dating event at the Museum of Science and Industry on Wednesday 11th March. If you haven't tried it before, it's fast, it’s fun and you may even find love. The speed dating is part of a larger free event that night – Let’s talk about sex…
Why do we get jealous? Does love exist? Why do we fancy people? Forget about matters of the heart. This is science.
Join us for a naughty night at the museum. Talk with sexologists, indulge in the Science of Sex show, create your own piece of sexy screen printed art and discover what food turns you on. So stay out past your bedtime, visit the bar and uncover the science behind sex.
Free, bookable event
£5 for speed dating
Register here: http://www.mosi.org.uk/whats-on/lets-talk-about-sex.aspx
You can see more about the Sexology season here: http://www.wellcomecollection.org/sexologyseasonmanchester
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/643491555762685/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming
Dr Nikhil Masters: http://staffprofiles.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/Profile.aspx?Id=nikhil.masters
Dr Jeroen Nieboer: http://www.lse.ac.uk/researchAndExpertise/Experts/profile.aspx?KeyValue=j.nieboer@lse.ac.uk
Top image: Flickr – Savio Palmerston Creative Commons AC NC NDconfirmedHigher Education2015-03-1119:00:002015-03-1122:00:002015-03-1119:00:002015-03-1122:00:002015-03-1119:00:002015-03-1122:00:00Dr Nikhil Mastersnikhil.masters@manchester.ac.ukc4i-i6j5i76x-uzgq2asexology180x180x4j-i6j5i770-absplk180180RegisterWellome Trust Sexology SeasonMuseum of Science and IndustryLiverpool Road
ManchesterM3 4FPUnited KingdomGBGBRref:T1265POINT(53.4764466 -2.254391299999952)map15£5 for speed datingeven:k4n-i6jdltvz-pu0re9Mitchell centre seminar series: Denise AnnettDenise Annett, University of Manchester
Grassroots Activism in Political Parties: the role of social networks
The concept of networks of activists working together in local parties to achieve political goals has generally been overlooked as a factor in the causes of activism. Social network analysis is rarely used to study activism in political parties. In focusing on political activism at grassroots level, the defined network of a local party can be measured and analysed. In studying the changing nature of the network over time comparisons can be made and conclusions reached about its characteristics. In this way social network analysis can be used to evaluate political activism. The meeting attendance sheets of two local parties in Sheffield, South Yorkshire (UK), were analysed and compared with separate measures of political activism. The findings are supplemented by further qualitative data concerning social networks.
confirmedHigher Education2015-03-1116:00:002015-03-1117:30:002015-03-1116:00:002015-03-1117:30:002015-03-1116:00:002015-03-1117:30:00Elisa Bellottielisa.bellotti@manchester.ac.ukfyt-i4wqomlx-zc74usMitchell4logo Mitchellcyu-i4wqommk-t6mqfz675883G6Humanities Bridgeford StreetManchesterUnited KingdomGBGBRref:T1265POINT(53.466465 -2.236522)15Denise Annetteven:cu-i6115zld-a9767aEconometrics and Applied Economics workshops: Adam Rosen“Generalized Instrumental Variable Models, with Application to the Analysis of Treatment Effects”
Abstract: In this talk I will present an overview of joint work with Andrew Chesher on Generalized Instrumental Variables (GIV) models, as studied in Chesher and Rosen (2014). In contrast to traditional IV models, GIV models do not require the mapping from unobservable variables to endogenous variables to admit a unique inverse. This broadens the scope for application of instrumental variable methods to models allowing general forms of unobserved heterogeneity. Unobserved variables may be multivariate, and may enter structural functions nonseparably, thereby removing strong practical limitations on the role of unobserved heterogeneity. Examples include models with discrete or mixed continuous/discrete outcomes and continuous unobservables, random coefficient models, and auction models. To demonstrate the application of our results, I will expand on material from Chesher and Rosen (2013), which employs an IV model for binary response. We characterize sharp bounds on average response functions and average treatment effects (ATE), and apply the model to data on the effect of family size on female employment using data from Angrist and Evans (1998).
For more information: http://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/subjects/economics/our-research/workshop-and-seminars/econometrics-and-applied-economics/confirmedHigher Education2015-03-1216:15:002015-03-1217:45:002015-03-1216:15:002015-03-1217:45:002015-03-1216:15:002015-03-1217:45:00Jacopo Mazzajacopo.mazza@manchester.ac.ukw6p-i0qja8cl-uli4siSOSS-Economics180x180Economics eventsh6q-i0qja8cp-e6stgt180180University Place 6.206University PlaceManchesterUnited KingdomGBGBRref:T1265POINT(53.46610596774424 -2.233443260192871)map15ReaderUCLhttp://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~uctparo/Adam Roseneven:p70-i6xr5t08-sm5zqrSocial Anthropology Seminar - Monday, 16th March 2015 - Professor Harri Englund - University of Cambridge - “Forget the Poor: Radio Kinship and Exploited Labour in Zambia”Social Anthropology Seminar
Monday, 16th March 2015
Professor Harri Englund - University of Cambridge
“Forget the Poor: Radio Kinship and Exploited Labour in Zambia”
With a focus on a labour dispute between Zambian workers and Chinese management, this seminar examines radio kinship in the context of abundant labour and scarce opportunities to be gainfully employed in Chipata in Zambia's Eastern Province. Gogo Breeze, a popular radio personality on Breeze FM, responds to his listeners’ frequent evocations of poverty by refusing to consider them as members of the generic poor.
Instead, he deploys idioms of kinship by which his status as the listeners’ grandfather on air assigns to himself moral authority that is both intimate and infallible. The radio grandfather responded to the workers' grievances by visiting the provincial Labour Office and by broadcasting a richly allusive story about exploitation. As one modality of mutual dependence, radio kinship offered a frame for making claims that was compatible with what the workers demanded.
2.016/2.017
Second Floor Boardroom, Arthur Lewis Building
3:15 – 5:00pm
(Tea and coffee available outside the room from 3:00pm)
ALL WELCOME!
confirmedHigher Education2015-03-1615:00:002015-03-1617:00:002015-03-1615:00:002015-03-1617:00:002015-03-1615:00:002015-03-1617:00:00Val Lenfernaval.lenferna@manchester.ac.uk0161 275 4883kgv-i1wb6amr-gfg9trArthur Lewis Buildinghgw-i1wb6amw-g1j3b11801802.016 / 2.017 BoardroomArthur Lewis BuildingManchesterUnited KingdomGBGBRref:T1265POINT(53.466702 -2.235739)15Seminar SpeakerUniversity of CambridgeProfessor Harri Englundeven:i18x-i5tnnsct-98su0lAfternoon Seminars@CMIST - Sin Yi Cheung - Gender Pay Gap in Wales: occupational segregation or part-time penalty?In this Afternoon Seminars@CMIST event, Sin Yi Cheung from Cardiff University will deliver a talk entitled 'Gender Pay Gap in Wales: Segregation and part-time penalty – do low-waged women suffer more and why?'.
Abstract:
Research and government statistics on gender pay gaps routinely compare the average earnings of men and women and often focus only on workers in full time employment. Our study goes beyond the headline figures and builds on the growing body of work by taking into account the whole earnings distribution. The labour market is not undifferentiated across all occupations and earning thresholds. The mechanisms contributing to the pay penalty for low-waged women may be different from those for women in highly paid occupations. Using data from the Annual Population Survey 2011-13 in Wales and unconditional quantile regression technique, we model women’s earnings across the whole distribution and assess if the size of the gender pay gap is widest at the bottom. We focus our investigation on three key dimensions of the labour market structure: (1) occupational segregation (2) working pattern: full-time or part-time (3) sector of employment: public vs. private. In other words, we ask if low-wage part-time female workers in highly segregated occupation suffer the widest gender pay gap and if the pattern is worse in the private sector. We also estimate the proportion of the gender pay gap at each quantile that can be attributed to segregation, working pattern or sector of employment, controlling for a range family and individual characteristics. Some implications of the findings will be discussed, against the context of the unique Equal Pay Duty in Wales.
This paper is part of a wider research programme WAVE (Women Adding Value to the Economy) funded by the European Social Fund.
http://www.wavewales.co.uk/
Light refreshments provided.
No need to register; all welcome!confirmedHigher Education2015-03-1716:00:002015-03-1717:15:002015-03-1716:00:002015-03-1717:15:002015-03-1716:00:002015-03-1717:15:00Seminars@CMISTcmist.seminars@manchester.ac.ukl41-i0nq3dp2-j55cslHBS2180x180Exterior of Humanities Bridgeford StreetThe HBS builidingg42-i0nq3dp7-xj0dgr180180Seminars@CMIST calendar of events2.07Humanities Bridgeford StreetManchesterUnited KingdomGBGBRref:T1265POINT(53.466465 -2.236522)15Reader in SociologyCardiff Universityhttp://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/38102-cheung-sin-yiSin Yi Cheungeven:t17-i629ym22-4o69m0Age-friendly Cities: Question and answer evening with discussionFrom MICRA, Age-UK and Manchester City Council
Question and Answer Evening with Discussion
Chair: Councillor Sue Cooley, Lord Mayor of Manchester
Panel:
Chris Phillipson, Professor of Sociology and Social Gerontology at The University of Manchester, Executive Director of the Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing (MICRA)
Paul McGarry, Senior Strategy Manager, Age-friendly Manchester Team, Manchester City Council
Bernadette Ashcroft, CEO, Age UK Tameside
Sarah Harper, Professor of Gerontology at the University of Oxford, Director of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing
Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing (MICRA), Age UK and Manchester City Council are co-hosting a question and answer evening on the future of Age-friendly Cities on 17 March. The event will focus on how to improve the lives of older people ‘ageing in place’ over the next 25 years in urban environments with an emphasis on discussion and audience participation.
Following brief presentations, the panel will respond to questions from the audience including representatives from the public, private and voluntary sectors as well as academia and members of the public. Likely topics for discussion include social inclusion, transportation, housing, social and civic participation, and outdoor spaces and buildings.
Building on the organiser’s close working relationship with government bodies, the evening will gather evidence to influence government thinking and policy development.
All are welcome. Refreshments will be served.confirmedHigher Education2015-03-1718:00:002015-03-1720:00:002015-03-1718:00:002015-03-1720:00:002015-03-1718:00:002015-03-1720:00:00Jill Stevensonmicra@manchester.ac.ukai5-i27it7ir-z481nwmicra180x180methods@manchestermethods@manchesterji6-i27it7iw-lxv4pn180180Please rigister for this free event Lecture Theatre BUniversity PlaceManchesterUnited KingdomGBGBRref:T1265POINT(53.46610596774424 -2.233443260192871)map15even:jrn-i3stf56e-b67bmbGlobal Political Economy research cluster seminar, Dr Chris Rossdale (RHUL)'Militarism, Anti-Militarism and the Politics of Resistance: An Ethnography'confirmedHigher Education2015-03-1815:30:002015-03-1817:00:002015-03-1815:30:002015-03-1817:00:002015-03-1815:30:002015-03-1817:00:00Carl Deathcarl.death@manchester.ac.uke6j-i0qj32ij-3vywkoSOSS-Politics180x180Politicse6k-i0qj32im-6cptjv180180ALB boardroom, second floorArthur Lewis BuildingManchesterUnited KingdomGBGBRref:T1265POINT(53.466702 -2.235739)15Teaching Fellow in International RelationsRoyal Holloway, University of LondonDr Chris Rossdaleeven:u41-i6dkqi9a-htl4guKnowledge spillovers from clean and dirty technologies: A patent citation analysisSpeaker: Ralf Martin (Imperial College London)
Abstract:
How much should governments subsidize the development of new clean technologies? We use patent citation data to investigate the relative intensity of knowledge
spillovers in clean and dirty technologies in four technological fields: energy production, automobiles, fuel and lighting. We find that clean patents receive on average
43% more citations than dirty patents. Clean patents are also cited by more prominent patents. These results hold for all four technological areas. Two factors are
shown to explain the clean superiority: clean technologies have more general applications, and they are radically new compared to more incremental dirty innovation.
Knowledge spillovers from clean technologies are comparable in scale to those observed in the IT sector. Our results mean that stronger public support for clean R&D
is warranted. They also suggest that green policies might be able to boost economic growth.
For more information:
http://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/subjects/economics/our-research/workshop-and-seminars/environmental-and-resource-economics/confirmedHigher Education2015-03-1813:00:002015-03-1814:00:002015-03-1813:00:002015-03-1814:00:002015-03-1813:00:002015-03-1814:00:00Ed Mandersonedward.manderson@manchester.ac.uk0161 2750278w6p-i0qja8cl-uli4siSOSS-Economics180x180Economics eventsh6q-i0qja8cp-e6stgt1801803.008Arthur Lewis BuildingManchesterUnited KingdomGBGBRref:T1265POINT(53.466702 -2.235739)15even:b4o-i6jdpnm3-izj5erMitchell Centre: Sociology Book LaunchCome and join us for the Sociology book launch!
• Elisa Bellotti, Qualitative networks.
• Nick Crossley (et al) Social Networks and Musical Worlds.
• Nick Crossley Networks of Sound, Style and Subversion: the Punk and Post-Punk Worlds of Manchester, London, Liverpool and Sheffield, 1975-1980.
and many more!confirmedHigher Education2015-03-1815:00:002015-03-1817:00:002015-03-1815:00:002015-03-1817:00:002015-03-1815:00:002015-03-1817:00:00Elisa Bellottielisa.bellotti@manchester.ac.ukmyp-i4wqo1sk-zcjud0Mitchell2xyq-i4wqo1tf-cctwn0675883Aardvark CaféSt Peters House/ChaplaincyManchesterUnited KingdomGBGBRref:T1265POINT(53.467945 -2.234248)15even:c2q-i697xmfa-fc4iqjSociology book launch and prize drawsCome to our book launch and help us celebrate the following books recently published by Sociology staff. If you can't make it on the day, keep an eye on our Facebook and Twitter pages for a chance to win one of these books in our prize draws.
· Elisa Bellotti, Qualitative networks
· Alice Bloch (et al) Sans Papiers
· Bridget Byrne, Making Citizens
· Nick Crossley (et al) Social Networks and Musical Worlds
· Nick Crossley Networks of Sound, Style and Subversion
· David Evans, Food Waste
· Kevin Gillan and Pickerill J (eds) Research Ethics and Social Movements
· Kevin Gillan et al. (eds) Occupy! A global movement
· Virinder Kalra, Sacred and Secular Musics
· Petra Nordqvist and Carol Smart, Relative Strangers
· Ivan Gololobov, Hilary Pilkington, Yngvar B Steinholt, Punk in Russia
· Katy Sian, Conversations in Postcolonial Thought
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Precinct CentreManchesterM13 9GHUnited KingdomGBGBRref:T1265POINT(53.46757909999999 -2.2361290000000054)map15even:my-i7398mj7-rk68gdSociology Seminar: 'Two worlds of retirement? Exploring the impact of labour market exit on health' Dr Martin HydeThere is increasing concern about possible widening inequalities in health amongst the older population. There is a growing body of work on the relationships between patterns of labour market participation in later life and health. However the results are equivocal and relatively little has been done to explore socio-economic variations in the impact of retirement on health. What work has been done suggests that the health effects of labour market exit differ according to pre-retirement working conditions as well as the mode by which one leaves work. Studies show that involuntary labour market exit in later life has been shown to be detrimental to general health, health behaviours and depression. However these studies have often relied on specific occupational samples and/or subjective health outcomes. In this presentation I will use data from a nationally representative US longitudinal survey, the Health and Retirement Survey, and from a nationally representative Swedish survey, the Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Study of Health, to explore, i) the impact of retirement on health amongst older Americans with and without a chronic illness, ii) trajectories of health around retirement for different educational groups in America and iii) the impact of involuntary retirement on depression in Sweden. The results suggest that retirement confers a greater benefit on those with prior chronic illness. However those with the lowest education and those who are forced out of work report worse health following retirement. These findings raise issues about the viability of Government policies for extending working life.
Tea and coffee from 1.45pm.confirmedHigher Education2015-03-1814:00:002015-03-1815:00:002015-03-1814:00:002015-03-1815:00:002015-03-1814:00:002015-03-1815:00:00Dr Stanley Bluestanley.blue@manchester.ac.ukf6t-i0qjnony-lyy15hSOSS-Sociology180x180Sociology eventsu6u-i0qjnoo1-4lwg1w180180Martin Hyde staff pageBoardroom, 2nd floorArthur Lewis BuildingManchesterUnited KingdomGBGBRref:T1265POINT(53.466702 -2.235739)15FreeSociology, University of ManchesterDr Martin Hydeeven:hv-i611go5e-en08pgEconometrics and Applied Economics workshops: Xin ZhangFor more information: http://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/subjects/economics/our-research/workshop-and-seminars/econometrics-and-applied-economics/confirmedHigher Education2015-03-1916:15:002015-03-1917:45:002015-03-1916:15:002015-03-1917:45:002015-03-1916:15:002015-03-1917:45:00Jacopo Mazzajacopo.mazza@manchester.ac.ukw6p-i0qja8cl-uli4siSOSS-Economics180x180Economics eventsh6q-i0qja8cp-e6stgt180180University PlaceManchesterUnited KingdomGBGBRref:T1265POINT(53.46610596774424 -2.233443260192871)map15Central Bank of Swedenhttp://www.riksbank.se/en/The-Riksbank/Research/People/People/Zhang-Xin/Xin Zhang even:l10-i739f000-qz2cpiMoral and Social Norms and Public PolicySpeaker: Hallsworth Visiting Professor, Karine Nyborg of the University of Oslo
Biography: http://www.sv.uio.no/econ/english/people/aca/karineny/
Selected publications:
Nyborg, K. and M. Rege (2003): Does Public Policy Crowd Out Private
Contributions to Public Goods? Public Choice 115 (3), 397-418.
Brekke, K. A., S. Kverndokk, and K. Nyborg (2003): An Economic Model of
Moral Motivation, Journal of Public Economics 87 (9-10), 1967-1983.
Nyborg, K., R. B. Howarth, and K. A. Brekke (2006): Green Consumers and
Public Policy: On Socially Contingent Moral Motivation, Resource and Energy
Economics 28 (4), 351-366.
Nyborg, K. and M. Rege (2003): On Social Norms: The Evolution of Considerate
Smoking Behavior, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 52 (3):323-340.
confirmedHigher Education2015-03-2010:00:002015-03-2012:00:002015-03-2010:00:002015-03-2012:00:002015-03-2010:00:002015-03-2012:00:00Ada Wossinkada.wossink@manchester.ac.uk0161 275 4804w6p-i0qja8cl-uli4siSOSS-Economics180x180Economics eventsh6q-i0qja8cp-e6stgt1801803.209University PlaceManchesterUnited KingdomGBGBRref:T1265POINT(53.46610596774424 -2.233443260192871)map15even:o55-i6m1ryz0-juhllyDomestic Moral Economy ConferenceThe Search for the Good Life in Precarious Times: Grassroots perspectives on the value question in the 21st century
Papers will include, among others, ethnographic reports from five research projects:
The Domestic Moral Economy: An ethnographic study of value in the Asia-Pacific Region (U Manchester, QUB, ANU)
Popular economies and citizen expectations in South Africa (LSE)
Grassroots economics: Meaning, project and practice in the pursuit of livelihood (U Barcelona)
Globalization, Sports, and the Precarity of Masculinity (U Amsterdam)
Realising Eurasia: Moral Economy and Civilisational Pluralism in the Twenty-First Century (MPI – Halle)
*Pre-Conference Seminar with members of The Post-Crash Economics Society (U Manchester) 4:30 Tues 24 March
Open Registration: £30
Register here:
http://estore.manchester.ac.uk/browse/product.asp?compid=1&modid=2&catid=423
confirmedHigher Education2015-03-242015-03-262015-03-242015-03-262015-03-242015-03-26Prof Karen Sykeskaren.sykes@manchester.ac.ukr5n-i6nk3pvi-7xxey5Domestic Moral Economy Project 1s5o-i6nk3pvn-epqyft287383The Domestic Moral Economy: An ethnographic study of value in the Asia Pacific RegionJohn Casken Lecture TheatreMartin Harris Centre for Music and DramaManchesterUnited KingdomGBGBRref:T1265POINT(53.465748 -2.235889)15£30even:r41-i7m4izjm-9fui61Home Grown Talent Seminars@CMIST - Lindsey GarrattThe Home Grown Talent Seminars@CMIST events showcase the work of Manchester-based early career researchers. In this instalment of this series, which is held at lunchtime, Lindsey Garratt (CMIST/CoDE) will discuss her research.
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to examine the role of authenticity as a moral orientation and social evaluation. I will argue that misrecognising behaviour as ‘inauthentic’ disguises and legitimises racism within micro encounters. Using evidence from a qualitative study of migrant origin children in Dublin Ireland, I will contend that being recognised as ‘authentic’ is bound within racist and gendered conceptions of whom can be said to legitimately embody nationally and locally authorised dispositions and identity markers. This paper will close by examining the belief that one can have a ‘true self’ which one is aware of, can enact or cynically disguise. I will propose that in this study at least, authenticity is better understood as a form of doxa which symbolically dominates migrant groups.
All welcome!
Light lunch provided.confirmedHigher Education2015-03-2412:00:002015-03-2413:00:002015-03-2412:00:002015-03-2413:00:002015-03-2412:00:002015-03-2413:00:00Seminars@CMISTcmist.seminars@manchester.ac.uks3z-i0npzflv-p5dtx3HBS180x180Humanities Bridgeford StreetHBS buildingn40-i0npzfm1-5bna1z2002002.07Humanities Bridgeford StreetManchesterUnited KingdomGBGBRref:T1265POINT(53.466465 -2.236522)15Research Associatehttp://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/lindsey.garratt/personaldetailsLindsey Garratteven:o55-i6m1ryz0-juhllyDomestic Moral Economy ConferenceThe Search for the Good Life in Precarious Times: Grassroots perspectives on the value question in the 21st century
Papers will include, among others, ethnographic reports from five research projects:
The Domestic Moral Economy: An ethnographic study of value in the Asia-Pacific Region (U Manchester, QUB, ANU)
Popular economies and citizen expectations in South Africa (LSE)
Grassroots economics: Meaning, project and practice in the pursuit of livelihood (U Barcelona)
Globalization, Sports, and the Precarity of Masculinity (U Amsterdam)
Realising Eurasia: Moral Economy and Civilisational Pluralism in the Twenty-First Century (MPI – Halle)
*Pre-Conference Seminar with members of The Post-Crash Economics Society (U Manchester) 4:30 Tues 24 March
Open Registration: £30
Register here:
http://estore.manchester.ac.uk/browse/product.asp?compid=1&modid=2&catid=423
confirmedHigher Education2015-03-242015-03-262015-03-242015-03-262015-03-242015-03-26Prof Karen Sykeskaren.sykes@manchester.ac.ukr5n-i6nk3pvi-7xxey5Domestic Moral Economy Project 1s5o-i6nk3pvn-epqyft287383The Domestic Moral Economy: An ethnographic study of value in the Asia Pacific RegionJohn Casken Lecture TheatreMartin Harris Centre for Music and DramaManchesterUnited KingdomGBGBRref:T1265POINT(53.465748 -2.235889)15£30even:o55-i6m1ryz0-juhllyDomestic Moral Economy ConferenceThe Search for the Good Life in Precarious Times: Grassroots perspectives on the value question in the 21st century
Papers will include, among others, ethnographic reports from five research projects:
The Domestic Moral Economy: An ethnographic study of value in the Asia-Pacific Region (U Manchester, QUB, ANU)
Popular economies and citizen expectations in South Africa (LSE)
Grassroots economics: Meaning, project and practice in the pursuit of livelihood (U Barcelona)
Globalization, Sports, and the Precarity of Masculinity (U Amsterdam)
Realising Eurasia: Moral Economy and Civilisational Pluralism in the Twenty-First Century (MPI – Halle)
*Pre-Conference Seminar with members of The Post-Crash Economics Society (U Manchester) 4:30 Tues 24 March
Open Registration: £30
Register here:
http://estore.manchester.ac.uk/browse/product.asp?compid=1&modid=2&catid=423
confirmedHigher Education2015-03-242015-03-262015-03-242015-03-262015-03-242015-03-26Prof Karen Sykeskaren.sykes@manchester.ac.ukr5n-i6nk3pvi-7xxey5Domestic Moral Economy Project 1s5o-i6nk3pvn-epqyft287383The Domestic Moral Economy: An ethnographic study of value in the Asia Pacific RegionJohn Casken Lecture TheatreMartin Harris Centre for Music and DramaManchesterUnited KingdomGBGBRref:T1265POINT(53.465748 -2.235889)15£30even:v18u-i5tn7r9u-povry2Ethics of the Alternatives to WarAlthough there has been much written on the ethics of war by just war theorists, much less attention has been to the ethics of the alternatives to war (or ‘soft war’), including economic sanctions, diplomacy, nonviolent resistance, cyber war, propaganda, and lawfare. This workshop brings together some leading just war theorists and political philosophers to consider both specific alternatives and the alternatives as a whole.
Confirmed speakers:
• Ariel Colonomas, Sciences Po.
• Cheyney Ryan, University of Oregon
• Christopher Finlay, University of Birmingham
• Elizabeth Ellis, University of Leeds
• Jessica Wolfendale, West Virginia University
• Michael Gross University of Haifa
• Sebastian Kaempf, University of Queensland
• Tamar Meisels, Tel Aviv University
Registration is free.
Space is limited, so registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-ethics-of-the-alternatives-to-war-tickets-15664906156
For any other questions, please contact the workshop organiser, James Pattison (james.pattison@manchester.ac.uk)
The workshop is hosted by MANCEPT (the Manchester Centre for Political Theory). For more information, see http://www.mancept.com/confirmedHigher Education2015-03-272015-03-272015-03-27James Pattisonjames.pattison@manchester.ac.uke6j-i0qj32ij-3vywkoSOSS-Politics180x180Politicse6k-i0qj32im-6cptjv180180Booking page- Eventbrite2nd floor boardroom (2.016-017)Arthur Lewis BuildingManchesterUnited KingdomGBGBRref:T1265POINT(53.466702 -2.235739)15Free- booking required