Past events
Manchester Urban Institute (MUI) runs a wide variety of different events and activities and collaborates with a range of local, national, and global partners.
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M-ADE | Innovations in Apparel and Textiles for Sportswear
10:30 - 15:00 24 January 2024
Join the Apparel Design Engineering (ADE) group and Digital Futures at The University of Manchester for the latest event in a series of M-ADE events: “Innovations in Apparel and Textiles for Sportswear”. This free event serves as a platform for academia, industry professionals, and enthusiasts to explore the latest advancements in sportswear...
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Sustainable Futures January 2024 Seminar Series
14:00 - 15:00 25 January 2024
On Thursday 25th January 2024, Sustainable Futures will be launching the first occurrence in our 2024 Seminar Series with Dr Maggy Fostier and Dr Richard Kirkham. Indicative Agenda 14:00 - 14:05 - Introductions and Welcome 14:05 - 14:25 - Dr Maggy Fostier, Head of Environmental Sustainability in the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health at...
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The Albatross Lecture 2024: Professor Mark Miodownik
11:00 - 14:00 30 January 2024
Why the Albatross Lectures? Check back soon to find out why we chose the Albatross to champion this lecture. The Albatross Lecture 2024 Join us on 30th January 2024 to hear a keynote presentation from Professor Mark Miodownik, University College London. For more than twenty years Prof. Miodownik has championed materials science research that...
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The infrastructural South:Techno-environments of the third wave of urbanization
15:00 - 17:00 7 February 2024
GDI Lecture organised in conjunction with the Department of Geography and Manchester Urban Institute. In this lecture, Jon Silver will discuss insights from his recent book, The Infrastructural South. The book represents a major theoretical contribution to the study of infrastructure's role in the third wave of urbanization centred on Africa....
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Sustainability in Construction - Retrofit Challenges and Opportunities
09:30 - 16:30 21 February 2024
A one-day event exploring retrofit and sustainable buildings. Making sure our homes, workplaces and buildings are warm and comfortable uses energy, and a lot of it when buildings are old. To reduce the environmental and socio-economic impact this has on all of us we need to make changes to how we heat, cool and build them, making them fit for...
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