School of Environment, Education, and Development

Flexible Embeddedness: In Conversation with Elisa Gambino - Global Development Institute podcast In this episode, Rory Horner speaks with Elisa Gambino about her latest paper 'Flexible embeddedness: how Chinese lead firms internationalise in Africa' with Costanza Franceschini.The ‘rise of the Sou...

And if you want to hear more on this subject, tune into the new @globaldevinst.bsky.social podcast to listen to @drelisagambino.bsky.social being interviewed by Rory Horner 👉 www.buzzsprout.com/2017560/epis...

Chinese companies are changing the way they operate in Africa: here’s how African governments and other local actors have a crucial role to play in shaping the activities of Chinese firms.

Based on extensive research in China, Ghana and Kenya, @drelisagambino.bsky.social from @globaldevinst.bsky.social has co-written this article for @theconversation.com on how Chinese construction companies are changing the way they do business in Africa 👉 theconversation.com/chinese-comp...

The #ESRCFestival returns to Manchester, 18 Oct–8 Nov
Explore FREE events on work, community, creativity, justice, wellbeing & the environment—for all ages and interests.

festivalofsocialscience.com/events/partn...

#McrESRCFest @uomsalc.bsky.social @uomseed.bsky.social @ukri.org

Join @drrobbellamy.bsky.social and Dr Laurie Walker from our Geography Dept for this webinar on 15 October 👇

Stellify Week 2025, 6-10 October Stellify Week is your chance to start, continue or complete your award. Each day focuses on a different element, with events, content, and sign-up opportunities – plus keep an eye on out @Off…

This week is Stellify Week!!

📅 Mon 6 Oct – Volunteering Fair
🌍 Tue 7 Oct – Ethical Grand Challenges
🚀 Wed 8 Oct – Step Up and Lead
💼 Thu 9 Oct – What Employers Want (Online, 1–2pm)

Find out more here:

Interested in urban studies, geography, planning, politics, or social sciences more broadly?
📖Join us on Wednesday for the the book launch of Aesthetics and the City, a new collection that explores the vital role of aesthetics in shaping urban experience 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aesthetics...

Managing the move to higher education | BPS As new students start at university this month, education psychology lecturer Dr Hannah Wilkinson shares her top tips for navigating the transition from school or college to an undergraduate psycholog...

Programme Director of @educationuom.bsky.social BSc Educational Psychology Programme Dr Hannah Wilkinson has written for @bpsofficial.bsky.social with some advice for students starting a psychology degree this autumn 👉 www.bps.org.uk/blog/managin...

YouTube video by TheAbiStone "Dunes, diamonds and dust": An invited lecture for the RGS (Royal Geographical Society)

Not about the archaeology or the former “green corridors”, but for anyone who is interested in the wonderful #NamibSandSea #desert #drylands heres a short 🎦 for you…

youtu.be/AFSbln9uN-4?...

@uomseed.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social

a graphic depicting Alan Turing

Celebrating 75 years of the Turing Test 🧠

“Can machines think?”

In 1950, at @manchester.ac.uk, Alan Turing posed the question that defined a field.

His paper Computing Machinery and Intelligence introduced the Turing Test - one of the first big steps in AI.

Why access to play should be a right for every child 🤾🛝🤽‍♀️

@drcathyatkinson.bsky.social @smqpsych.bsky.social @amyphillips.bsky.social from @educationuom.bsky.social welcome new @appgonplay.bsky.social & outline how to embed play in children’s lives 👉 blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/posts/2025/0...

‘Support not sanctions’ will help schools tackle absence, DfE told Schools need to be able to pay for attendance teams without ‘starving the classroom’, MAT leader warns

Prof Caroline Bond from @educationuom.bsky.social is quoted in this piece from @tesmagazine.bsky.social about tackling school absence. She highlighted the importance of enrichment activities in tackling the mental health struggles that can affect school attendance. 👉 www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Children seated on grass playing a game - part of an advert for an ESRC festival event at the University of Manchester

First Look at the Event Flyer for our ESRC festival event in October.

Save the date - 22nd October, drop in event.

@educationuom.bsky.social @ukrio.bsky.social
#ESRCFestival #McrESRCFest

#Edusky

Manchester researcher shows how everyday feelings shape political processes When people think about politics, they often imagine elections, protests or politicians arguing on TV - but what if political processes are also shaped by the small, everyday feelings and moments that...

How are political processes shaped by the small, everyday feelings and moments that most of us might not even notice? @manchester.ac.uk researcher @niamhnelson-owens.bsky.social examines how ordinary moments in day-to-day life can quietly drive political change 👉 www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/h...

University of Manchester awarded £3m to transform irrigation monitoring in Sub-Saharan Africa The Manchester Environmental Research Institute (MERI) at The University of Manchester has launched a new four-year programme that will transform how irrigation is monitored across Sub-Saharan Africa,...

A press release from @manchester.ac.uk announces new funding for a 4-year programme that will transform how irrigation is monitored across Sub-Saharan Africa.

GDI's Rose Pritchard will be involved with this project alongside UoM's Timothy Foster and Polyanna Bispo.

Learn more: bit.ly/481FM2y

The University of Manchester logo is in the top left. The Digital Solutions Hub logo is in the top right. In the centre there is a search bar that has text in it. The text reads 'How will the DSH help to inform planning?'. The background is a housing development in the UK.

Policymakers and planners will be able to use the data on the NERC Digital Solutions Hub to inform their decisions on where, how and when to build new housing, data centres, schools etc.

Read more: blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/posts/2024/1...

A reminder of our departmental seminar series this autumn.

The Ganges River is drying faster than ever – here’s what it means for the region and the world Climate change and overuse are creating a crisis for south Asia’s most important river.

What must be done to save the Ganges? 💧
Writing for @theconversation.com, @manchester.ac.uk Geographer @mehebubsahana.bsky.social examines why South East Asia's most important river is drying up so quickly and why action is needed now 👉 theconversation.com/the-ganges-r...

Towards an affective post-foundational political geography - Niamh Nelson-Owens, 2025 This paper develops an affective post-foundational political geography to better attend to how affects might shape, and be shaped by, political processes. It fo...

🌎 New paper published in Progress in Human Geography 🌎

'Towards an affective post-foundational political geography' by Niamh Nelson-Owens

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @uomseed.bsky.social

Photo of Dr Khashayar Kazemzadeh being interviewed by the BBC outside at MediaCity

Dr Khashayar Kazemzadeh from our Property, Planning and Environmental Management department spoke to The One Show on BBC1 yesterday about how e-scooters can be integrated into our towns and cities.
Watch here (from 01.45m) 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
@manchester.ac.uk @uomhums.bsky.social

Whether you're a new or returning SEED student, staff at our Student Support Hub are here to help you! Find the Hub on the ground floor of Humanities Bridgeford Street.

Intervision: Russia’s bid to rival Eurovision song contest – but with more conservative values The Intervision song contest is a relic of the cold war reactivated this year by Vladimir Putin.

❓Have you heard of Intervision?

Dr. Vitaly Kazakov explains how Intervision is Russia’s attempt to rival the Eurovision Song Contest, but with more conservative values.

doi.org/10.64628/AB....

@manchester.ac.uk @uomseed.bsky.social @theconversation.com

Image of the University of Manchester with text that reads 'What's On Welcome Week'

It's the first day of Welcome Week and the campus is getting busy with new students! 🐝👨‍🎓🐝
If you're joining us as a new SEED student you'll find your welcome and induction timetable here 👉 rise.articulate.com/share/BLFuC8...
Join us at our Welcome Fair in Humanities Bridgeford St, Friday 9am-2pm.

Congratulations @matinakapsali.bsky.social !

A High-Rise Push Is Helping Mumbai Squeeze in Pools, Gyms and Greenery In the space-crunched city, developers are making more room for amenities as living spaces shrink.

Our Assistant Professor of Real Estate and Urban Economics @gandhisahil.bsky.social tells @bloomberg.com that the rising cost of housing in Mumbai is squeezing out lower and middle income workers 👉 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Schedule of speakers for Autumn 2025 Geography Department seminar series

The Department of Geography at The University of Manchester has a really full and exciting seminar series this autumn, if you're in town, do come join us! @cperguom.bsky.social @uomseed.bsky.social

Poster for the edited book aesthetics and the city. It contains two QR codes to the registration link present in the post (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aesthetics-and-the-city-book-launch-tickets-1665058728479) and to the book (https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003335993), an image of the book, and a brief abstract for the event. There is a kaleidoscope image of a city in the background. These details can all be found in typed form here: http://joeblakey.com/aesthetics

We're hosting a launch event for our edited book Aesthetics and the City on Wednesday 8th October 2025 at 3pm UK time. We would like to invite you to join us. The event is in-person (message for details) at UoM and online (sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aesthetics... ). Hope to see you there!

Details of a talk I'm giving on #UKHE tomorrow, just in case you're in or around Manchester. All welcome.

Mentoring programme gives big mental health boost to LGBTQIA+ teens A mentoring programme for LGBTQIA+ young people is making a real difference to their mental health, according to new research from The University of Manchester.The programme, called Free2B, pairs youn...

Research carried out by @educationuom.bsky.social colleagues with support from @beewelluk.bsky.social shows the benefits of a mentoring programme for LGBTQIA+ young people 👉
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/b...

Congratulations to Prof Anupam Nanda from our Planning, Property & Environmental Management department who has been named as a Fellow of @acadsocsciences.bsky.social 👉https://www.staffnet.manchester.ac.uk/news/display/?id=33018

White text on a Palestine flag reads: Palestine & Social Justice: Decolonisation and Development Studies 17 October 2025

Registration now open for the @gdi-students-4-pal.bsky.social conference on 'Palestine & Social Justice'.
🗓️ Conference date: Fri 17 October 2025
📍 Venue: Hybrid (University of Manchester/online)
🎟️ Free registration | Limited seats
🗓️ Register by: 28 September 2025
👉 Register: lnkd.in/eqVnvzFA