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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Thomas Ashton Institute Lecture 2024 - A world of risk: the unheard voices and what we can learn from them, with guest speaker Dr Ruth Boumphrey
16:00 - 17:30 20 June 2024
The Lloyd’s Register Foundation World Risk Poll is the first global study of worry about, and harm from, risks to people’s safety. The latest edition includes the views of more than 145,000 people in 143 countries. From safety at work to artificial intelligence, climate change and resilience: come and find out how the world perceives risk,...
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Virtual workshop: A ‘broken system’? Critical perspectives on housing and construction in the UK - The Building Safety Network
10:00 - 12:00 9 July 2024
Addressing a complex issue like building safety requires a multiple perspective approach. Hearing from diverse viewpoints across residents voices, industry and policy makers, this interactive workshop from the Thomas Ashton Institute's Building Safety Network aims to identify key issues to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the barriers...
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In person workshop from the Thomas Ashton Institute's Building Safety Network: Building solutions - developing innovative approaches to tackle the UK’s building safety challenges
12:00 - 15:00 18 July 2024
Building on insights from our recent building safety network webinar and virtual workshop, this in-person workshop which is a collaboration with Creative Manchester and The Manchester Urban Institute, aims to take a deep dive into building safety issues in the UK. Taking the insights and perspectives expressed by participants of our virtual workshop...
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Lane Lecture 2024: Delivering Occupational Health Research in Government: an important front line service?
17:00 - 20:00 2 October 2024
HSE has a proud history of undertaking occupational health research, either by funding others or using its in house capability. In this lecture Professor Andrew Curran CBE will review over 100 years of occupational health research by Government and consider if this capability should be considered as an important front-line service. In person...
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The Suburban Frontier: Middle-Class Construction in Dar es Salaam
16:30 - 18:00 16 October 2024
Speaker: Claire Mercer (LSE) Co-organised with the Geography Department African cities are under construction. Beyond the urban redevelopment schemes and large-scale infrastructure projects reconfiguring central city skylines, urban residents are putting their resources into finding land and building homes on city edges. The Suburban Frontier...
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