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What if disaster recovery wasn’t about returning to ‘normal’? Research from Dr Nimesh Dhungana asks us to rethink recovery around the people most affected by crisis, putting their rights and voices at the centre. @hcrinstitute.bsky.social @uomsalc.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk 🧵👇

Working with communities, activists and Accountability Lab in Nepal, Dr Nimesh Dhungana helped develop the Just Recovery framework around three ideas: 💛 Care 🤝 Collaboration 📣 Confrontation A different way of thinking about fairer, more accountable disaster recovery. 🧵

uom.linkThe power of being heardWhen we think about disaster recovery, we often think about rebuilding roads, restoring services or repairing damaged homes. All important, but for many people

And the work is continuing. From COVID-19 and migration to flooding, climate justice and disaster risk reduction, Just Recovery shows what can happen when communities are treated as experts in their own experiences, not simply recipients of aid. 🔗 uom.link/BeingHeard #IdeasAtWork #ResearchImpact

💷 Money influences our everyday lives in deeply personal ways, yet we don’t always have the opportunity to explore it. Join this free, drop-in #FestivalOfSocialScience event and learn what shapes your relationship with money at different life stages: https://ow.ly/jbkb50ZZMts #Research

🌦️ From heatwaves and wildfires to flooding, this summer has brought extreme weather. But as winter approaches, how can we prepare for what’s next? [1/2] @alliancembs.bsky.social

alliancembs.manchester.ac.ukNational Consortium for Societal Resilience [UK+] | AMBS | Alliance MBSThe NCSR+ helps individuals, communities, businesses and organisations build resilience to better adapt to unexpected change.

Professor Duncan Shaw explains why community resilience matters, how we can better prepare for future crises, and how the National Consortium for Societal #Resilience is helping communities build faster, stronger responses: www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/research/rec... [2/2] #Research

🎓 Are you a student, working within, or part of a family with children in #education? Come along to a free creative workshop this half-term and share your experiences of education during the cost-of-living crisis: https://ow.ly/B3Vx50ZX5oE School of Environment, Education, and Development

Can your social media activity land you in legal trouble? 📵 In our latest #MeetTheExpert, Dr Fiona Brimblecombe (University of Manchester School of Social Sciences) shares her research in digital defamation and why what you post matters. 🔗 Discover the research: https://ow.ly/yV2250ZYSmX

operactive.co.ukGhost of the AI Empire | Manchester, 6 November 2026Immersive opera where you steer the story from your seat. A Japanese ghost story in an AI future, sung live. Friday 6 November 2026, Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Manchester. One night only.

Discover how Creative Manchester, Digital Futures, Healthier Futures, and Sustainable Futures contribute to challenge-led research and Manchester 2035. www.manchester.ac.uk/research/str...

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The challenges shaping our future need connected thinking. See how our Platforms support collaboration across One University 👇 @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social @digitaluom.bsky.social @healthierfutures.bsky.social @sustainableuom.bsky.social

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Ghost of the AI Empire 📅 Friday 6 November ⏰ 7pm 🎟️ £15 / £10 Concessions An immersive opera, combining live performance, Japanese Noh theatre and interactive technology, 'Ghost of the AI Empire' reimagines the Japanese ghost legend 'Yotsuya Kaidan' in a future ruled by an AI empire

We were delighted to welcome Professor Stefano Bartolini, one of Europe’s most influential scholars of comparative #politics and political theory to deliver his @britishacademy.bsky.social Lecture: ‘The Institutional Patrimony of the West.’ 🔗 Read more: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/p...

⭐️ We’re joined by Prof Stefano Bartolini this evening for a special @britishacademy.bsky.social lecture! The lecture has been a real insight into political institutions and how these have been understood through history- but especially what this means for current politics in Europe and beyond

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Joining Prof Bartolini for a panel discussion are Prof Dimitris Papadimitrou and Prof Olga Onuch (@oonuch.bsky.social)l , covering topics like the role of trust in sustaining institutional legitimacy and questions of pluralism and citizenship. 🧵3/

Lots of food for thought! 💬Prof Fiona Devine closes the night: "At a time when questions of democracy, legitimacy and trust are part of daily public debate, it has been valuable to step back and consider the centuries-long processes that shaped the institutions many of us take for granted." 🧵4/4

In his lecture, Prof Bartolini drew on more than 1,500 years of history to ask the question: why have democratic institutions and systems of power-sharing emerged and endured in some societies, while proving more difficult to establish in others? 🧵2/

✍️ What are your experiences of education in a cost-of-living crisis? Researchers from The University of Manchester are calling on those studying or working within education to join a creative, relaxed workshop: https://ow.ly/O2ro50ZX5bn School of Environment, Education, and Development

In an age of political misinformation, schools are increasingly expected to prepare children for democratic life. But does confining citizenship to an assessable, content-heavy subject risk limiting it to an introduction to institutions, rather than a meaningful democratic education? [1/2]

bera.ac.ukMore than content: Imagining primary citizenship education in EnglandThe UK government’s response to the Curriculum Review calls for pupils to develop the essential skills and knowledge needed to become active, informed and responsible citizens from an early age....

In a recent blog, Dr Rebecca Simpson-Hargreaves makes the case for a more participatory approach 🔗 Read the blog: www.bera.ac.uk/blog/more-th... 🎧 Want to explore how children learn about democracy? Listen to the podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/5ZKJ... @uomseed.bsky.social | #Research [2/2]

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What does mathematics have to do with Black hairstyling traditions, music and sounds, African board games, currency, and sports? Drop by Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse on 17 Oct to discover how maths may be closer to your everyday life than you think... Free Tickets: uom.link/verylocalmaths

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Join us in person (Manchester) or online for Stephen Small's seminar on transnational Black culture in Liverpool next week:

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SEMINAR: ‘Transnational Black culture in Liverpool in the final decades of the 20th C: legacies of West Africa in the so-called ‘2nd city of empire’ 🗣️ Stephen Small (UC, Berkeley) 📅1-2.30pm Thurs 15 Oct 2026 📌University of Manchester/online events.teams.microsoft.com/event/20cb3e...

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Could £1 change the world? The University of Manchester are inviting children & their grown-ups to explore generosity through fun activities and challenges, to see how even the smallest amounts can make a difference. 📅 28 Oct, Manchester Central Library 👉  https://uom.link/changetheworld

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First up this week we have @joshuarushton8.bsky.social, who is working on a @leverhulme.ac.uk funded project in @uomhistdept.bsky.social @uomsalc.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social Josh will present ‘Environmental Approaches to the Early Modern Catholic World’

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Join us for an evening with Jennifer Lee Tsai and Adam Lowe to celebrate their debut poetry collections. 📅 Tuesday 6 October ⏰ 6.30-8pm 🎟️ Free – Booking required 📍 @anthonyburgess.bsky.social Tickets and info: www.tickettailor.com/events/unive...

tickettailor.comSelect tickets – Jennifer Lee Tsai and Adam Lowe in Conversation with John McAuliffe – International Anthony Burgess FoundationJennifer Lee Tsai and Adam Lowe in Conversation with John McAuliffe – International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Tue 6 Oct 2026 - Join us for an evening to celebrate the debut collections of two exciti...

Manchester is changing. But what does its future look like for the people who have called it home for decades? This #InternationalDayOfOlderPersons, we spoke to Dr Camilla Lewis (@muarg.bsky.social) about why older residents need to be included in shaping the future of their communities. [1/2]

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🔗 Read the full report: uom.link/urbanregener... 💡 A launch event celebrating the creative work behind the project will take place in late November. More information coming soon! #Manchester | #Research | @uomseed.bsky.social [2/2]

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How did China become a global leader in electric vehicles and green technologies? New research from @james7jackson.bsky.social and @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social explores China’s green transition — and the political and institutional factors behind the growth of its EV sector. @uompols.bsky.social

bbc.co.ukThe Verb - Poems to help us brave the elements - BBC SoundsIan McMillan with elemental haiku, poetry that moves mountains, and the best new writing.

Last week, Prof Jamie Woodward spoke to The Verb on Radio 4 to discuss all things poetry, rivers and landscape changes. Why not have a listen this morning? https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0031sxl School of Environment, Education, and Development #Rivers #PoetryLovers

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Born on this day in 1880. Christabel Pankhurst: Manchester student, suffragette, trailblazer. Her impact reaches far beyond the history books.

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How can the North adapt, innovate and thrive in an uncertain world? Join us at #FOB2026 with business leaders, policymakers, investors and academics to tackle the big questions shaping the future. 📍 AMBS | 📅 25-26 Nov 🎟️ Register: www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/events/festi... #FOB2026

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It's buzzing this week as we celebrate Welcome Week on campus! 🐝 We're excited for a new academic year & look forward to hearing the brilliant ideas new staff and students bring with them 💜 @manchester.ac.uk @uomsoss.bsky.social @uomsalc.bsky.social @uomseed.bsky.social @alliancembs.bsky.social

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theguardian.comThe American Way of Killing by Malcolm Gladwell review – wide of the markGladwell’s highly readable investigation into US gun culture fails to engage with the bigger questions

"The reality is you are more likely to be shot dead by someone you know than someone you don’t; most people who are killed by guns kill themselves" Gary Younge review's Malcolm Gladwell's new book on gun violence in the US (and finds room for improvement) www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...

21 Sept

What can objects left behind by conflict teach us about peace? ☮️ As the UN calls on countries to #InvestInPeace this #InternationalDayofPeace, take a closer look at the The University of Manchester's Humanitarian Archive and some of its stories: https://ow.ly/QkOM50ZPaLX HCRInstitute | #Research

18 Sept

🌧️ Extreme rainfall caused by climate change is creating uneven risks to Chinese farming, leaving crops and infrastructure vulnerable. New research highlights the need to prepare agricultural systems for a future in which extreme weather poses a significant threat: doi.org/10.1016/j.la... [1/2]

manchester.ac.ukRainfall caused bv climate change creates risks to China's farmlandSouthwest China is one of the areas with the highest long-term cropland exposure to extreme precipitationExtreme precipitation intensity has fluctuated but generally increased in the Huang–Huai–Hai Pl...

18 Sept

🔗 Find out more: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/e... @uomseed.bsky.social | #ClimateChange | #China | #Humanities [2/2]

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17 Sept

This is what award-winning history looks like 👇 Professor Sadiah Qureshi’s exploration of extinction, empire and the natural world is among six works shortlisted for the 2026 Wolfson History Prize. We're so proud! 💜 @uomhums.bsky.social 🔗 www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/b...

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💡 @manchester.ac.uk and @arizonastateuni.bsky.social are expanding their transatlantic humanities collaboration, opening new opportunities for researchers and students on both sides of the Atlantic. 🔗 Find out more: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/u... #Humanities | #Research

14 Sept

💬 "Racist conspiracy theories are profitable to tech companies and, consequently, there is little incentive on their part to reduce their amplification." Dr Beatriz Lopes Buarque (@uomsoss.bsky.social) commented for @theguardian.com on the role of social media in mobilising the far right. [1/2]

theguardian.comFrom black-clad agitators to an appeal for ‘Tommo’s Mum’: an unsettling week with the Patriot PlatformA militaristic operation with features of influencer culture, the new anti-migrant movement seems to show a shift in tactics and rhetoric

14 Sept

🔗 Read more: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i... [2/2] #SocialSciences | #AI | #Research | #Humanities

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7 Sept

New event coming up at @officialuom.bsky.social with Italian political scientist #StefanoBartolini as part of the @britishacademy.bsky.social lecture series. “Rule Making Rules: The Origins of Western Political Institutions…” 📅 14 October | 17:00–19:00 Sign up: www.eventbrite.com/e/british-ac...

8 Sept

@beewelluk.bsky.social has appointed two new National Co-Directors to lead the programme’s expansion in new areas across England by 2030! Laura Clayton and Marie-Elise Howells will take up their roles on 14 September: beewellprogramme.org/press-releas... #BeeWell | #UoM | @uomseed.bsky.social

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7 Sept

🏆 Dr David Buil-Gil (University of Manchester School of Social Sciences) has won the European Young #Criminologist Award 2026. Dr Buil-Gil was recognised for his article, The Structure of Unstructured Time and Crime: A Spare Time Model (https://ow.ly/JmF250ZJuHl). 🔗 https://ow.ly/pxp950ZJuHk

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2 Sept

Resilience isn't just about responding to crises. It's about preparing communities to thrive through them. Worth a read 👇 www.themj.co.uk/building-res...

3 Sept

📢 @acadsocsciences.bsky.social has elected four experts from @manchester.ac.uk as Fellows in recognition of their contributions to social science. Their election highlights the relevance of #SocialSciences in addressing the world's varied societal challenges: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/f...

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