Prof Liz Richardson is a co-author of the Co-Prodcution Futures Inquiry, featured in @nature.com editorial on mobilising science in a crisis.
@uomsoss.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk

How to mobilize the agile science needed in a crisis www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The study brings together expertise in electoral behaviour, survey methodology, AI, social media, candidate politics and public engagement — introducing new methods and data to build a fuller picture of British democracy.

🔗 Read more: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/u...

#BritishElectionStudy

@profsob.bsky.social, @jack-bailey.co.uk, Alexandru Cernat and Robert Ford will work alongside colleagues at @royalholloway.bsky.social and @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social on a new study, ‘Representing Voters’, exploring both voters and those who seek to represent them.

@uompols.bsky.social

📢 Researchers from our School of Social Sciences are helping lead the next chapter of the @britishelectionstudy.com — the UK’s longest-running study of voting behaviour, tracking the attitudes and behaviour of British voters at every general election since 1964

@manchester.ac.uk

The Innocence Podcast hears from people who spent years behind bars for crimes they did not commit & those challenging miscarriages of justice

The latest episode asks whether putting children behind bars works, and how the system could change.

Listen: www.innocence.fm/episodes/spe...

At the Manchester Innocence Project, students and academics work to investigate potential miscarriages of justice and support efforts to challenge wrongful convictions.

🔗 Manchester Innocence Project: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/magazi...

Today is the 13th Annual #WrongfulConvictionDay.

Wrongful convictions happen in the UK and around the world. The consequences can be devastating: years of lost freedom, relationships, employment and opportunities that can never be returned

🔗 wrongfulconvictionday.org

@innocencenetwork.bsky.social

Today marks the start of @m-latchoumaya.bsky.social's Hallsworth Research Fellowship, which explores the legacies of Indian indenture in the Caribbean across former French and British colonies. Here's Manuela's research profile for more details:
research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/m...

In @the-breakdown.bsky.social, James and Mathias broaden the discussion, asking what China’s experience can tell us about climate and environmental policy — and how political systems can shape climate-policy outcomes.

📝 www.break-down.org/the-inconven...

#Research #China #GreenTransition #EVs

Their article in @environmentalpol.bsky.social looks beyond subsidies, examining how political architecture, development priorities and state capacity have contributed to policy durability and the expansion of China’s EV industry.

📖 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Congratulations to Dr @davidbuil.bsky.social @criminologyuom.bsky.social who has won the European Society of Criminology Young Criminologist Award 2026 for his research examining the relationship between unstructured spare time & crime

www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/u...

@officialuom.bsky.social

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

"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...

🎥You can watch his Arthur Lewis Lecture exploring the links between gender equality, economic growth and public policy here: www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/connect/even...

#UoM #Economics #ResearchExcellence

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