LSE Social Policy

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-Fes…

🚶‍♀️ 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. buff.ly/dFWbQug

📢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/…

📢 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 buff.ly/2MdSHo5

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. 🎟️ buff.ly/TUHgfDI

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 ⬇️ buff.ly/Hvsg8Xg

🚨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/articles-v13-1… @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 ➡️buff.ly/WZnDVkm

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/resea…

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/resea…

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