Events

Rob McNeil will explore how migration is reported, the challenges around doing so, and whether it can be improved.

The 'animal turn' has been gathering pace in the social sciences in recent years, with a profusion of critical perspectives emerging that question the anthropocentric roots of the social sciences themselves. This seminar brings together scholars from varying disciplinary backgrounds who share a common concern to unlock the potential of social science research to expand our understanding of who and what counts as part of 'the social'.

This session reflects on the project Religious Toleration and Peace (RETOPEA), and its ‘Docutube’ method.

Come along to our seminar and hear Dr Keyi Tang from the Boston University Global Development Policy Center, speak on: Democracy, Distributive Politics, and Development Finance: Evidence from Africa.

This OU Economics Seminar, joint with IKD, will explore the direction economists are taking in with environmental breakdown. 

The roundtable presents ongoing work of the REDEFINE project based in SSGS. Our take on the political economy of global China moves beyond the grand geopolitical narratives to explore the often long-standing and hidden processes of connection.

At least from Hegel on, indeed perhaps since Plato and Aristotle, philosophers have cherished the idea of a form of rational progress that is rationally irreversible

Inflation in the UK reached their highest rates in 2022 and 2023 for three decades, putting an end to over a decade of historically low interest rates and pushing many into a cost of living crisis with poverty deepening for many. Drawing from recent publications, the seminar explores evidence based understanding of recent hikes in inflation and the distributional conflict between wages and profit that ensue.

This interactive workshop is the second in a two-part series and will assume you have attended the first part on February 7. It will help you develop a deeper understanding of how to raise the issues which mean the most to you.

The Open University and York University present a monthly webinar series featuring graduate students and early career scholars

Come along to our seminar on Thursday 15 February from 12:30 to 14:00 (GMT) and hear Professor Shaowei He from the University of Northampton, speak on: Pride and Prejudice: post-acquisition identification as emotional sensemaking in Chinese acquisitions in the UK