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AHEAD In Conversation: Arts and humanities responding to the polycrisis

AHEAD In Conversation: Arts and humanities responding to the polycrisis invites MMU academics and guests to discuss themes of cultural policy

  • October 16, 2024

AHEAD In Conversation: Arts and humanities responding to the polycrisis

Welcoming guests to meet the team and highlight some of the existing research from the Arts and Humanities Faculty in discussion with policy makers.

Friday 15 November : 10am – 3pm, Lowry Building , MMU

Arts and humanities responding to the polycrisis

AHEAD at Manchester Met invites you to join regional and national thinkers, as well as researchers and practitioners working in arts and humanities, to help us set out a new agenda for how these disciplines can contribute to the policy debate and be a vital force in discourse about national renewal.

As a society, we face multiple challenges including global warming, social fragmentation, an ageing population and low productivity. These and other overlapping grand challenges are sometimes called the ‘polycrisis’. A new government has brought with it a renewed focus on addressing the polycrisis with aspirations to improve productivity, tackle the climate crisis and rebuild trust in public institutions. Arts and humanities have a crucial role to play in helping us all to understand our changing world and in shaping our response to the grand challenges of our time.

AHEAD is the public engagement programme of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Manchester Metropolitan University. Our rolling programme of events and collaborations on a range of topics, disciplines and research areas from across the faculty and throughout the year.

Ahead in Conversation coincides with the university’s 200th anniversary celebrations. For two centuries, Manchester Met has driven innovation and progress through excellent education and research – where we’ve made a difference and transformed how people live https://www.mmu.ac.uk/about-us/200-years


Manchester Metropolitan University is centrally located with great public transport routes. The event will be fully accessible – if you need further information please email ahead@mmu.ac.uk.

Click here to see the Agenda and Book your place on this free event

November 15 @ 10:00 am 3:00 pm

Manchester Metropolitan University – Manchester School of Art – Lowry Building

Boundary St West
manchester, M15 6BR
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