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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Digital Trust and Security Webinar: Wei-Yuan Wayne Lo
12:00 - 13:00 5 November 2025
Talk Title: Crypto and Crime in Taiwan As a prosecutor specializing in blockchain-related crime, Wei-Yuan Wayne Lo examines how the rise of blockchain technology has accelerated the growth of virtual assets while also creating new avenues for criminal misuse. The presentation first outlines Taiwan’s...
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Digital Trust and Security Seminar Series: Robert Gorwa
14:00 - 15:00 5 November 2025
Talk Title: Full Stack AI Governance Every time someone trains, deploys, or queries an ‘artificial intelligence’ system, whether they know it or not, they are implicating the practices and services of an enormous number of interlinked businesses in the AI ‘stack’. In this talk, Robert Gorwa...
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The People's Papers: Revisiting 1970s Manchester
18:00 - 20:00 4 November 2025
Greater Manchester has an amazing legacy of alternative and community newspapers from the 1970s — offering us a window into the everyday issues, groups, places, events and organising efforts of the time — yet they are often overlooked or rarely known about today. Many have limited or almost no online...
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Policy Engagement for Early Stage Researchers: Generating impact in urban research
23 October 2025 - 27 September 2026
Join Manchester Urban Institute and Policy@Manchester for an interactive session, Policy Engagement for Early Stage Researchers: Generating impact in urban research. This session is designed for postgraduate students and early career researchers who want ot explore how their work can make a difference...
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Digital Trust and Security Webinar: Marilyne Ordekian
11:00 - 12:00 15 October 2025
Talk Title: Investigating Wrench Attacks: Physical Attacks Targeting Cryptocurrency Users Cryptocurrency wrench attacks are physical attacks targeting cryptocurrency users in the real world to illegally obtain cryptocurrencies. These attacks significantly undermine the efficacy of existing digital security...
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