SED News Archive
- September 2007 sees a significant step forward in SED's urban development activities in the Global South.
- Research for Society: The Universities Alumni Fund supports outstanding Manchester graduate.
- Cecilia Wong appointed to ESRC Town and Country Planning Panel.
- Alison Gillespie, an MPlan Masters student wins Zochonis Special Enterprise Award.
- Society and Environment Research Group Launch Event: One Day Symposium on Capitalism, Democracy and Environment, 14th May 2007.
- Tony Venables to give 4th SED Annual Lecture. Thursday 3 May 2007.
- Professor Rob Kitchin awarded a Simon visiting professorship .
- James Rothwell (Geography) wins SED Dissertation Prize 2006.
- Professor Jeffrey Henderson awarded a Leverhulme Major Fellowship.
- Professor Kunal Sen awarded Sanjaya Lall Prize 2006.
- Professor Anthony Bebbington awarded an ESRC Professorial Fellowship.
- IDPM Congratulates Prof Muhammad Yunus on winning the Nobel Prize for Peace.
- SED Postgraduate Research Committee Awards the first SED Dissertation Prize.
- 8th Annual Team Work Award.
- WUN Global Geographic Information Science Academy (G-GISA), e-seminars 'Hot topics in GISc'.
- Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz to Chair Brooks World Poverty Institute at the University of Manchester.
- Prof Michael Hebbert Contributes to Galicia/OECD International Symposium.
- IDPM Wins Research Funding to Assess the Impact of Trade Liberalisation on Sustainable Development.
- SED Professors Presented with Prestigious Awards.
Nobel Laureate Professor Joseph Stiglitz Joins the University of Manchester's and SED's Fight Against Poverty
Nobel Laureate Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz has been appointed by the University of Manchester to chair its new Brooks World Poverty Institute (BWPI), a project that will see substantial involvement from staff in the School of Environment and Development (SED).
Professor Stiglitz, professor of economics and a former World Bank chief economist, announced the creation of the BWPI in Whitehall on Wednesday 30 November 2005.
The Brooks World Poverty Institute will be a multidisciplinary centre of global excellence researching poverty, poverty reduction, inequality and growth. Well over a billion people - about a fifth of the world's population - live in absolute poverty. The BWPI will encourage new ideas and knowledge, as well as new approaches to poverty research, which are urgently needed to develop the world’s understanding of the dynamics of poverty and to aid the development and improvement of strategies and processes to combat it.
Prof Michael Hebbert Contributes to Galicia/OECD International Symposium
On March 30-31 2006 Prof Michael Hebbert was invited to contribute to the international symposium 'As Conurbacions Galegas Desde Unha Perspectiva Comparada' organized by the Government of Galicia in Santiago de Compostela in collaboration with the OECD Division of Regional Competitiveness and Governance.
IDPM Wins Research Funding to Assess the Impact of Trade Liberalisation on Sustainable Development
The Impact Assessment Research Centre (IARC) has been awarded two contracts by the European Commission (DG Trade) to assess the impact of trade policy of sustainable development in developing countries.
The new contracts, which have a total value of £500,000, will support the IARC’s ongoing research on sustainability impact assessment. The first study will assess the potential impact of the WTO Doha Development Agenda, focusing particularly on developing countries.
The second study will assess the economic, social and environmental effects of the trade negotiations between the EU and the Mercosur countries (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay). Further information on these programmes and the IARC’s other research activities is available on the IARC website.
SED Professors Presented with Prestigious Awards
The School of Environment and Development is delighted to inform that four of its Professors have recently been presented with prestigious awards in recognition of the national and international excellence of their research work.
Professor Chris Wood (Planning and Landscape) has been awarded an OBE for services to environmental planning and to the community in Manchester. The award is in recognition of Prof Wood's long career in environmental planning, as detailed on his staff page and on the EIA website:
www.art.man.ac.uk/EIA/eiac.htm
www.manchester.ac.uk/planning/staff/wood_christopher.htm
www.chronicpoverty.org
www.manchester.ac.uk/idpm/staff/hulme_david.htm
Professor Michael Bradford (Geography) has been awarded a Distinguished Achievement Medal as Teacher of the Year 2005 by the President and the University.
For more information on Professor Bradford's work:
www.manchester.ac.uk/geography/staff/bradford_michael.htm
Professor Noel Castree (Geography) has been awarded the Gill Memorial Award by the Royal Geographic Society for research on society-nature relations and the development of critical geography.
For more information on Professor Castree's work:
www.manchester.ac.uk/geography/staff/castree_noel.htm