King's Social Science & Public Policy

New 'Cash Lab' will explore whether giving people direct financial support - without conditions on how they spend it - can break the cycle of poverty and improve life outcomes. Launched today by @kcl_sfg in @KingsSSPP. Read the story 🔗⬇️ kcl.ac.uk/news/new-cash-…

Well done to our @kingsartshums, @KingsNMES and @KingsSSPP students who graduated today. Welcome to your global alumni community of 290,000+ people. 🔗 Check out your free alumni benefits: kcl.ac.uk/alumni/forever… #ForeverKings🦁

Congratulations to our @kingsmedicine, @kingsnmpc and @KingsSSPP students who graduated today. Welcome to your global alumni community of 290,000+ people. 🔗 Check out your free alumni benefits: kcl.ac.uk/alumni/forever… #ForeverKings🦁

Our January graduations kick off next week. If you’re graduating, don’t forget to check out your alumni benefits. 🔗 Details: shorturl.at/44q4m #ForeverKings🦁 @kingsartshums @kingsbschool @kingsdentistry @KCL_Law @kingsmedicine @KingsNMES @kingsnmpc @KingsIoPPN @KingsSSPP

🎉Celebrating 20 years of excellence! The MA in Conflict, Security & Development at King’s explores how conflict, insecurity and development interact, combining theory and practice. 📅 Apply for 2026–27: bit.ly/4qlfG0L @KingsCollegeLon @KingsSSPP #PostgraduateStudy

🎉Celebrating 20 years of excellence! The MA in Conflict, Security & Development at King’s explores how conflict, insecurity and development interact, combining theory and practice. 📅 Apply for 2026–27: bit.ly/4qlfG0L @KingsCollegeLon @KingsSSPP #PostgraduateStudy

Congratulations to our colleagues recognised in King Charles III's 2025 New Year Honours List ⬇️ 👏 Professor Ann McNeill 👏 Professor Jennifer Rubin 👏 Professor Paul Mizen 👏 Professor Tara Renton 👏 Professor Kei Cho 👏 Mr Lorenzo Garagnani 🔗👉 kcl.ac.uk/news/colleague…

EVENT: Mismanaged Decline: What politicians won’t tell you about the economy 💰📉 Economists Vicky Pryce and Andy Ross join us on 20 January to present their new book 📚 More here ⬇️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/mismanaged-d…

🎉Exciting news! Dr Sophy Antrobus from @freeman_air has been appointed to the @UKHouseofLords as a Labour peer. "I care passionately about the future security of our nation and very much look forward to shaping future legislation as a Labour peer." ✨bit.ly/4oP3WCa

"[The fine] shows that the EU still has autonomy and the EU can still defend its core interests..." 🗣️ Dr Chase Foster shared his thoughts on tech regulation and the EU Commission's penalty for X with the Parliament magazine ⬇️ theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/e…

📣 Delighted to read this review of my book ‘The Art of Delivery’ by Ferdinand Mount in @TheTLS ✍️ ‘Seldom since Samuel Pepys have the comings and goings in Whitehall been so meticulously recorded...’ Full 📕 review 🔗 the-tls.com/politics-by-re… @BitebackPub @thestrandgroup

Great to have the BBC filming in the lab today with Prof. Andreas Baas. Andreas and colleagues have been analysing bio-beads from the recent Bio-Bead pollution incident at Camber Sands. Stay tuned for full details when the programme airs! @KingsCollegeLon @Kings_SGA @KingsSSPP

📚 @ForeignAffairs Top Pick👏 Russian journalists @irinaborogan and @AndreiSoldatov examine how a generation of Russians’ social and political views have evolved under Putin. 🔗bit.ly/3XHkAbU 🎙️ Authors discussed the book on our podcast: bit.ly/3MpXDHE

In a new Editor’s Pick published last week in Foreign Policy, @DrRGeistPinfold writes Gaza’s emerging post-war reality looks “less like a ‘day after’ and more like a ‘day before’.” 🔗 Read the full article: bit.ly/4axRH9w

Congratulations to two of our academics, Nicola Leveringhaus and Sofia Vasilopoulou, for winning European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator grants. Their awards are for timely research into nuclear weapons commemoration and the populist radical right, respectively.

Financial crisis week in 'Chancellors and the Treasury' @thestrandgroup MA Govt Studies module - fmr Treasury perm sec Sir Tom Scholar, ex SPAD to Alistair Darling, Catherine MacLeod @edballs @Mario_Pisani offered unique insights into how British govt managed a global crisis

As President Vladimir Putin’s 2-day state visit to India unfolds, Prof Harsh Pant explains what the trip reveals about India’s evolving foreign policy balancing act amid growing pressure from the United States. 🔗 Read the analysis on Bloomberg: bit.ly/4rMAL5x

Meet Jonathan Woodhead (MA War Studies, 2003). A proud King’s alum, he’s also paving the way for local politics after being elected Mayor of Biggleswade in Bedfordshire. 🔗 Read more in the new edition of InTouch: shorturl.at/cJj8e #ForeverKings🦁 @KingsSSPP

In a world dominated by social media, misinformation spreads rapidly. But it’s not all doom, gloom and fake news. Experts at King’s are finding ways to tackle the misinformation epidemic. 🔗 Read more: shorturl.at/mPlBt #ForeverKings🦁 @kingsartshums @KingsSSPP @kingsdh

"China has become an important player in research and development. Yet, most of the outside world has still not woken up to this fact." @Bkerrychina explains why policymakers need to take China's science leadership seriously in @Nature READ nature.com/articles/d4158… @KingsSSPP