Past events
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MIOIR Seminar Series - Trump, Iran and Science
15:30 - 16:30 19 November 2025
Michael E. Rose will explore how the U.S. “Muslim travel ban” influenced the productivity and collaboration of Iranian computer scientists and how they adapted to sustain international engagement. Abstract: We study the role of travel restrictions on productivity and collaborations of scientists....
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MIOIR Seminar Series with Institute for Manufacturing (IfM)
15:30 - 16:30 17 November 2025
Gaps and Challenges Along the Innovation Lifecycle: The Role of Innovation Intermediaries Speakers: Dr. Guendalina Anzolin, Prof. Eoin O’Sullivan, Dr. Viktória Döme Chair: Prof. Elvira Uyarra Abstract: Over the past decade, the need to sustain technological change has increasingly demanded the...
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MIOIR Seminar Series with Dr Isabelle Solal
15:30 - 16:30 10 November 2025
MIOIR Seminar Series with Dr Isabelle Solal Gender and the Distribution of Power in Entrepreneurial Teams: Evidence from Denmark (Joint work with Ali Mohammadi, Copenhagen Business School) Isabelle Solal discusses how gender dynamics shape power distribution within entrepreneurial founding teams, offering...
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MIOIR & MEC Joint Seminar - Educational Diversity and Work Experience Paths Towards Entrepreneurship
15:00 - 16:00 29 October 2025
Educational Diversity and Work Experience Paths Towards Entrepreneurship Shiri Breznitz, Ralph and Roz Halbert Professor of Innovation at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, will present her research on how educational diversity and work experience shape entrepreneurial pathways. Abstract: The...
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MIOIR Seminar Series - Multimarket Competition and Patent Litigation in Platform Markets: Evidence from the Global Smartphone Industry
15:30 - 16:30 27 October 2025
Multimarket Competition and Patent Litigation in Platform Markets: Evidence from the Global Smartphone Industry Dmitry Sharapov examines how competition across multiple markets shapes firms’ strategic behaviour in platform-based industries, revealing new insights from global smartphone patent litigation. Abstract: Prior...
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MIOIR Seminar Series - From Trust to Threat: A Case Study of Fraudulent Research Networks
14:30 - 15:30 13 October 2025
From Trust to Threat: A Case Study of Fraudulent Research Networks Leslie D. McIntosh explores how fraudulent research networks exploit trust in science and why stronger research integrity is vital to protect open science. Abstract: Trust underpins the research ecosystem, yet it is increasingly exploited...
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MIOIR Seminar Series with Prof Valentina Tartari
14:30 - 15:30 22 September 2025
Strategic Idea Revival: How Creators Leverage Evaluator Turnover to Resubmit Rejected Ideas Dr Valentina Tartari will examine how evaluator turnover shapes the resubmission of previously rejected proposals, in a paper co-authored with Johanna Schnier. Abstract: Idea rejection is a common yet often...
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How to Create a Good Food Revolution (Prof. Kevin Morgan)
16:00 - 18:00 25 June 2025
Join us for a talk and discussion about how public food policies can help promote social justice, public health and ecological integrity. Kevin Morgan is Professor of Governance and Development at Cardiff University. His research focuses on governance, development, and innovation in places, including...
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Innovation for Creating Sustainable Value: Understanding Global Value Chains in the Amazon
10 - 11 June 2025
The University of Manchester is hosting an academic workshop from June 10-11, 2025, for the research project Innovation for Creating Sustainable Value: Understanding Global Value Chains in the Amazon, part of the Amazônia+10 Initiative. This project brings together academics from UoM with colleagues...
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MIOIR Seminar Series - Deploying AI in Organisations
28 April 2025 - 22 April 2026
Deploying AI in Organisations Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds the potential to revolutionise individual organisations and transform the way organisations across sectors — public, private, non-profit — work (together) to tackle grand societal challenges. Through real-world case studies, Professor...
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