We explore the mechanisms driving the success and wellbeing of individuals, organisations and society by drawing on our long history of working with local, national and international businesses and policymakers on issues around economic development.
Are you curious about life, the universe and everything? Then this year’s New Scientist Live event should be right up your street! In 2022 New Scientist Live is going hybrid, featuring an in-person exhibition space at Manchester Central, but also enabling those unable to attend in person to enjoy the event from the comfort of […]
Led by a team in our Research & Enterprise directorate, an institution-wide Engagement Forum was established in September 2021 to act as an advisory and consultative group at key stages of the design, development and delivery of a wide range of University engagement activities. This encompasses research, teaching, industry collaboration and enterprise, and is informed by University values around widening […]
The ESRC’s flagship celebration of economics and social science took place throughout the month of November, with events themed around social science, the environment and climate change in particular, to reflect the COP26 climate change conference which took place from 31 October to 12 November 2021 in Glasgow. The Festival hosted more than 400 free public events […]
The final ESRC event in our month-long programme was hosted by our Architecture team within the School of Science, Engineering and Environment, with presentations from Professor Hisham Elkadi and colleagues Dr Nourhan Heysham and Dr Maria Yioutani Iacovides. The presenters encouraged interactive audience participation, with poll questions to participants to gauge their opinions on what we […]
Today’s event was led by Tony long, Professor of Child & Family Health and Andrew Rowland, Professor of Children’s Rights, Law and Advocacy, both from the University of Salford’s Children and Young People research group in the School of Health & Society. The aim of the event was to address children’s ignorance of chemical hazard […]
We are excited to announce that our online cognitive restoration exhibit on ‘The effects of the environment on thinking’ is now live and available to access! This exhibit forms part of our month-long ESRC Festival and is available until the Festival closes. This exciting interactive online space has been set up by members of […]
Saturday saw a fantastic Festival of Social Science session exploring the genesis and appeal of conspiracy theories and the psychological appeal of these ideas. Prof. Rod and Dr. Linda Dubrow-Marshall opened the session with an outline of the problem of climate change and a brief history of conspiracy theories in the 20th and 21st centuries- […]
Our next University of Salford ESRC Festival of Social Science event was organised and hosted by Eve Bent, Amy Bidgood and David Tate, who are all members of psychology staff at the University of Salford. Together, they run the Salford Autism Exercise Project (@AutismExercise). The event took the form of short, online talks from Salford’s […]
Our second University of Salford ESRC Festival of Social Science event saw participants invited to join two ‘watch parties’ on the evening of either Monday 8th or Tuesday 9th November, enabling viewers to watch the Motherload film roughly at the same time online and to submit any thoughts, feelings or ideas on Twitter (#MotherloadMovie) in […]
Last night Prof. Mike Wood delivered a fantastic lecture on Chernobyl and some of the myths associated with the disaster and the Zone of Alienation which surrounds it. Mike took an interactive approach to his lecture, making use of Slido to discuss common misconceptions and to illuminate the reality of life in and around Chernobyl. […]