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📢 Join us for the Department of Social Policy Annual Lecture 2026: The Unelectable Budget: What Britain really needs.
📅 22 October, 6.30pm. In-person at LSE and online
Register and find out more: lse.ac.uk/social-policy/even…
Congratulations to Dr Johann Koehler @KoehlerJA on receiving the 2026 Early Career Award from the American Society of Criminology's Division of Historical Criminology.
Read the full story here: buff.ly/EDL0ThY
The latest edition of Social Policy in the Spotlight is now available.
Explore departmental news, research highlights, publications, events and achievements from the Department of Social Policy at LSE. linkedin.com/pulse/social-po…
📚 Join us for the launch of Causal Processes and Their Warrant by Prof. Nancy Cartwright, Eileen Munro, and Dr John Pemberton.
📅 30 Sept 2026, 6.00-7.30pm
Find out more: lse.ac.uk/social-policy/even…
We're delighted to celebrate Professor Tania Burchardt and Professor Coretta Phillips being elected as Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences @AcadSocSciences
A well-deserved recognition of their outstanding contributions to social science research.
lse.ac.uk/news/lse-academics…
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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽?
10–11 September for the Women in Leadership conference at LSE & online: 47 papers, 12 sessions & keynotes from Amanda Clayton, Matthias Doepke and Rohini Pande.
Register: sticerd.lse.ac.uk/_new/event…
How can we help young people navigate misinformation? 🌐
New research by Dr Mobarak Hossain LSE, and Dr Jason Jabbari (WashU) explores the links between reading achievement, socioeconomic inequality and adolescents’ resistance to misinformation.
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Book your free tickets for the LSE Festival 2026: How to save the planet (from 18 May)
What can we do to save the Earth, its people and our environment? Join us to explore the impact of global challenges and how we should tackle them at LSE Festival 2026.
lse.ac.uk/events/LSE-Festiva…
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🚶♀️ From city streets to coastlines, 'Walking: A sociological field guide' explores place, mobility and everyday life through walking.
The book's editor and contributors will join us on 14 May to explore what it means to walk sociologically.
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📢We are hiring!
We are looking to recruit two LSE Fellows to teach on our BSc and MSc in International Social and Public Policy whilst also being fully engaged in our vibrant research culture!
📆 Applications close 31 May.
➡️ lse.ac.uk/social-policy/jobs…
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📢 Upcoming #LSE event: Citizens to Traitors
Based on the new book by Ilyas Chattha, this talk examines Bengali internment in Pakistan (1971–74) and what it reveals about citizenship & state power.
🗓 Wed 20 May
🕒 3pm to 4.30pm
📍 LSE
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What is driving the rise in populism - and how can we stop it?
Join us for the launch of the latest book by @liambyrnemp with @zoesqwilliams
and @sarahobolt.
Our speakers will draw connections between growing inequality and the populist surge.
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How do Britain's 'modern slavery' laws deepen racial inequalities?
This panel discussion marks the launch of the new book by Insa Lee Koch, bringing together ethnographic insights, leading anti-racism campaigners and lived experience.
Register now ⬇️
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🚨New paper klaxon!🚨
How does a police department manage to claim that it's "making progress"? And how does it do so even when people complain about its poor performance, corruption, or whatever else?
sociologicalscience.com/arti… @Chicago_Police
Does Speed Improve Justice? Fast-Track Courts and Violence Against Women in India
Join us for our last seminar of this term, with Dr Nirvikar Jassal presenting.
📆 2 April
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Dr Kevin Zapatan Celestino's research aims to tackle school bullying as an urgent policy issue in Mexico by better understanding what motivates students to become bullies.
Read about this research and watch the lecture here: lse.ac.uk/research/research-…
China’s controversial one‑child policy may have ended over a decade ago, but its legacy continues to shape Chinese society. Shuang Chen's research reveals decades of birth restrictions have reshaped family aspirations.
Read here: lse.ac.uk/research/research-…
In our department seminar this week, Dr Santiago Quintero, LSE Fellow, presented on ‘Decentralisation, bureaucratic politicisation, and environmental performance: How political capture shapes multi-level environmental governance’
➡️ Catch up here: buff.ly/ehqvUL4
In our department seminar this week, @MaximeBorg presented on ‘The Politics of Defensive Welfare Inclusion & Exclusion: The Case of Social Policy for the Self-Employed’
➡️ Catch up here: buff.ly/VRcZayi
📢 New publication by Dr Mobarak Hossain in @BJSociology documents changes in global inequality of opportunity in education for women and men born between 1941 and 1983 with results showing a decline in global inequality of opportunity.
Open Access
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