LSE Social Policy

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 ➡️buff.ly/JGSjjxh

Professor Ching Leong delivered the 2026 Annual LSE Behavioural Public Policy Lecture “Not a Drop to Drink: How Behavioural Biases Keep Us from the Water We Need, and How We Can Fix It.” Catch up on her fascinating talk here: buff.ly/J7GhtbZ

🎉 Congratulations to Professor Almudena Sevilla on becoming a Fellow of the @AcadSocSciences Wonderful recognition of her contributions to advancing equal opportunities in education and gender. Read more⬇️ buff.ly/wGJ3MDd

Police & People in London — What’s Changed in 40 Years? Join the LSE’s Mannheim Centre for Criminology & UCL’s Centre for Global City Policing for an event that reflects on four decades of change in policing. 📆 Friday 6 March, 2pm - 5pm buff.ly/01D07nW

A new school of government to train up civil servants might sound good in theory. But Kevin Zapata-Celestino warns that if this signals a return to the New Public Management logic of the New Labour era, this project needs careful rethinking. buff.ly/UPtVBUy

📢 Upcoming event On the 5 March, Professor Ching Leong will deliver the 2026 Annual LSE Behavioural Public Policy Lecture “Not a Drop to Drink: How Behavioural Biases Keep Us from the Water We Need, and How We Can Fix It.” buff.ly/MzE9uws

In our seminar this week, @ZParolin presented evidence on why certain cash transfers toward families with children have failed to reduce intergenerational poverty. Catch up here: buff.ly/PjElrZ6

🎉 Congratulations to Department of Social Policy PhD alumnus @TCStephens who has been awarded funding by the EU Commission under its Horizon Europe programme, for a 2.5-year Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship. ➡️ buff.ly/jkRkHeL

❓️ Are you a researcher working on the social dimensions of climate change & the environment? The Sustainable Social Policy & Welfare States Research Hub at LSE are hosting its 2nd annual workshop on Tuesday 2nd June 2026. Call for papers now open! ➡️ buff.ly/DsBAF0C

📢 Workshop: Closing Gender Gaps This workshop brings together researchers tackling why these inequalities endure and how we can address them, both through the persistence of gender gaps and potential policy solutions. 📆 12 March Register here: buff.ly/FbpakVF

📣 In our seminar this week, @ZParolin will present evidence on why certain cash transfers toward families with children have failed to reduce intergenerational poverty. 📆 19 Feb ➡️buff.ly/kxW6grq

📢 Upcoming event Prof Ching Leong will deliver the 2026 Annual LSE Behavioural Public Policy Lecture: Not a Drop to Drink: How Behavioural Biases Keep Us from the Water We Need, & How We Can Fix It. 🗓️ 5 March | 6.45pm 📍Wolfson Theatre & Online buff.ly/LC36unv

📚 Upcoming LSE event Join us for Fire in every direction: A public conversation with Tareq Baconi on identity, displacement, and resistance. 📅 16 Feb | 🕕 6 to 7.30pm | 📍 LSE 🔗 buff.ly/eJFXV1f #LSESociology #HumanRights

📄 Read the latest in our Working Paper Series: Caregiving Across Generations by Joan Costa-Font, Chiara Orsini, Nilesh Raut Read here: buff.ly/0bIRE3H

Minds that Dare – liberation of thought and expression: The ALM and Academic Freedom Join us this week to hear @FrijtersPaul share his experiences in academia that led him to set up Academia Libera Mentis (ALM). 📆 Wednesday 28 Jan, 6.00pm-7.30pm ➡️buff.ly/VCdbvLP

📄 Read the latest in our Working Paper Series: Bridging the Wealth Divide? Examining the Role of Stocks and Shares ISAs in Reducing Wealth Inequality in the UK by George Rushworth Read here: buff.ly/YgtnD1j

NEW✨ The public-health approach to violence prevention triumphed in Scotland – why isn't it working in England & Wales? Supraja M. reviews Preventing Violence by @KeirIrwinRogers @lbilli91 @fgillo10 @susanmcvie @TimNewburn @LSESocialPolicy @policypress ow.ly/s6tx50Y003R

We are delighted to be joined by humanitarian, author and media host @ZainabSalbi. She will discuss how women’s leadership is providing new pathways to address the climate crisis. Chaired by @N_Kabeer Registration is now open ⬇️ buff.ly/52E72BT