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The School of Politics and Economics at King's College London, home to the Department of Political Economy, Department of European and International Studies, the King's Russia Institute and the Institute of Middle Eastern Studies.

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COP30 delegate and academic, Dr Claudia Horn reflects on efforts in Belém to revive collective leadership on climate change 🌎🍃

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Efforts to revive collective leadership on climate meet…
Dr Claudia Horn, a delegate at the COP30 summit in Brazil, examines the likely outcomes from the meeting of global leaders and looks at what may come next as the global consensus for tackling…
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November 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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🚨🚨🚨 Job alert! 🚨🚨🚨
The Department of Political Economy @kcl-spe.bsky.social are hiring a permanent Lecturer in Economics. It's a fantastic department that's really going places.
Please share widely!

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Lecturer in Economics at King's College London
Apply for the Lecturer in Economics role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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A workshop hosted in partnership with the German Federal Foreign Office focussed on the dilemmas faced by the International Criminal Court and its member states in an era shaken by wars of aggression 🗣️⚖️

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Future for international law and governance debated at workshop | King's College London
The dilemmas faced by the International Criminal Court and its member states in an era shaken by wars of aggression were debated at workshop hosted by King’s College London and the German Federal Fore...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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In a new policy brief, Dr Steve Harry uses an integrated justice framework to identify gaps in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s current approach to Just Transitions, and recommends specific solutions 🌍🍃

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Policy Recommendations for the Just Transition Work Programme at…
Read this policy brief, which uses an integrated justice framework to identify gaps in the UNFCCC’s current approach to Just Transitions, and recommends specific solutions.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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I could not be in better company yestarday during the book launch of #DemocracyUnderStrain. Many friends and colleagues from @kcl-spe.bsky.social and beyond. And very honoured to have Prof Massimo Morelli and Prof Yotam Margalit as guest speakers. Thanks to all!
November 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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EVENT: What LGBTQ Politics Teach Us About Navigating Crises in Human Rights 🏳️‍🌈

Professor Phillip Ayoub will be delivering the annual Leonard Schapiro Memorial Lecture at King's 🗣️

🗓️ 27 November
⏰ 18.15 - 19.15

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What LGBTQ Politics Teach Us About Navigating Crises in Human Rights
Government and Opposition’s annual Leonard Schapiro lecture with Professor Phillip Ayoub.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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📚🏆 A book co-authored by two King’s academics has won a prestigious academic prize

The Way the Money Goes was co-authored by Maia King and Barbara Piotrowska and was announced winner of the 2025 WJM Mackenzie Book Prize 👏

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Top prize for book authored by academics | King's College London
A book co-authored by two King’s academics has won a prestigious academic prize.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Home working could boost UK employment by helping more people into work.

This is a key finding from a new @houseoflords.parliament.uk report which cites original research by @kcl-spe.bsky.social, @kingsbschool.bsky.social & @giwlkings.bsky.social.

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Is working from home working? King's experts share insights with Lords Committee | King's College London
Leading academics across King’s have made their mark in a new report published today by the House of Lords Home-based Working Committee, looking at the effects and future development of remote and hyb...
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November 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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NEW: A call for papers has been issued ahead of the annual workshop on the Economics and Politics of Migration 🌐

The seventh edition of the event returns in May and is co-organised by our academics, Cevat Giray Aksoy and Pierre-Louis Vezina

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Call for papers issued ahead of annual migration conference | King's College London
A call for papers has been issued ahead of the annual workshop on the Economics and Politics of Migration.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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In half an hour
ukandeu.bsky.social UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 15d
⏰ TOMORROW ⏰

🌍 Global instability has become the new normal and our multilateral system seems increasingly fragile

Join our expert panel @anandmenon.bsky.social, Fiona Hill, Rana Mitter, Margaret MacMillan and @fromtga.bsky.social as they discuss key challenges👇

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UKICE Lunch Hour: Confronting foreign policy challenges - UK in a changing Europe
UK in a Changing Europe has assembled a panel of some of the world's top experts to analyse on the key foreign policy challenges we face.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Our academic, Dr Claudia Horn was guest editor for the latest edition of Latin American Perspectives - a special issue which looks at the Amazon rainforest and socio-ecological alternatives in Latin America 🌎🍃

Read it here 👇

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November 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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🆕 Congratulations to our academic, Dr Udit Bhatia, and the POPGOV research team who have been awarded a €9 million Synergy Grant by the European Research Council 🙌

Read more about their ground-breaking project focussed on democratic systems here ⬇️

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Ground-breaking project examining future of democracy awarded major grant | King's College London
A King’s academic is part of a research team that has been awarded more than €9 million by the European Research Council to deliver a landmark project that will seek to challenge the way we think abou...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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🆕 Congratulations to our academic, Dr Udit Bhatia, and the POPGOV research team who have been awarded a €9 million Synergy Grant by the European Research Council 🙌

Read more about their ground-breaking project focussed on democratic systems here ⬇️

www.kcl.ac.uk/news/ground-...
Ground-breaking project examining future of democracy awarded major grant | King's College London
A King’s academic is part of a research team that has been awarded more than €9 million by the European Research Council to deliver a landmark project that will seek to challenge the way we think abou...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Congratulations to our PhD student, Yuetong Guo, who will be joining the King's College London delegation to the COP30 summit in Brazil 🌎 🥬

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Meet the King's COP30 delegation | King's College London
King’s is proud to present a diverse and dynamic delegation of researchers and academics attending COP30 in Brazil
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November 6, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Following the theft of France’s priceless crown jewels, we asked Professor Anja Shortland, an expert in the economics of crime (@kcl-spe.bsky.social), what the #Louvre heist reveals about museum security, organised crime and the economics of the art market.

#KingsQs🧵⬇️
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October 31, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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In their new book, Dr Martin Moore and King's colleague Dr Thomas Colley show how states are battling to control and shape the news in order to entrench their power, evade scrutiny, and ensure that their political narratives are accepted 📚

Read a short preview here 👇

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How news is being used to dictate reality
In an age where state directed media and tightly managed information are enabling world leaders to determine their own narratives, it is harder than ever for global citizens to share the same…
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October 29, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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A big 'thank you' to everyone who attended the inaugural Europe Week series at King's last week 🌍

It was a brilliant occasion with some fantastic speakers across the series.

We're already looking forward to next year's event so stay tuned!

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Reflecting on 'outstanding' Europe Week at King's | King's College London
The inaugural European Week saw a fascinating series of events that put focus on the challenges shaping the continent as well as the opportunities that lie ahead.
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October 28, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Fantastic to welcome Ambassador Susanne Baumann (@germanambuk.bsky.social) to King's for a discussion on defence and security co-operation and policy post Brexit, part of our Europe Week events 🗣️
October 24, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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🆕 Enemies of the people: How Stalin’s Gulags shaped Russia

Gerhard Toews (New Economic School) & Pierre-Louis Vézina (King's College London) discuss how Stalin’s forced deportation of educated ‘enemies of the people’ inadvertently concentrated human capital in Gulag towns: https://ow.ly/Eceb50Xch32
Enemies of the people: How Stalin’s Gulags shaped Russia
Stalin’s forced deportation of educated ‘enemies of the people’ inadvertently concentrated human capital in Gulag towns, fostering inter-generational prosperity and long-term development despite the destructive intent of the repression.
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October 16, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Professor Anja Shortland dives into the murky underworld of cybercrime and hacking in her new book, We Know You Can Pay a Million 📚

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New book sheds light on murky world of cybercrime | King's College London
A new book authored by a King’s academic dives into the murky underworld of cybercrime and hacking.
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October 15, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Congrats to Joel Mokyr on winning the Economics Nobel Prize!

Throwback to two years ago, when he visited King's College London and gave a talk on his upcoming book about Europe and China's divergent economic and political paths over the past millennium
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Lecture: Great Divergence or Great Reversal? Two Paths to the Twentieth Century - Prof Joel Mokyr
YouTube video by Centre for the Study of Governance and Society
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October 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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🆕 What can we expect from the upcoming APEC summit in Korea, with both Donald Trump and Xi Jinping expected to attend?

Our academic, Dr OliviaCheung previews the summit for Korea on Point 🌏⬇️

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APEC Korea 2025: A Stage for Middle-Power Diplomacy Amid US-China Rivalry
Key Takeaways-  As South Korea hosts APEC 2025 in Gyeongju, it faces both a rare diplomatic opportunity and a major test amid intensifying US-China rivalry. -  The anticipated Xi-Trump
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October 14, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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THIS WEEK: Good Citizenship Norms and Native-Immigrant Conflict in Europe

Professor Nicholas Sambanis joins us for the return of the Department of Political Economy Distinguished Lecture 🗣️

⏰ 18.30
🗓️ 16 October

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Good Citizenship Norms and Native-Immigrant Conflict in Europe
Conflict over values that are at the heart of liberal democracy is thought to generate opposition to multiculturalism in Europe.
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October 13, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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🚨How is AI reshaping UK jobs? 🚨

Fears about AI causing hiring freezes, fewer entry roles, and pay pressure are widespread. My new research investigates whether these fears are justified.

@kcl-spe.bsky.social wrote a great blog summarising my results!
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New research from Dr Bouke Klein Teeselink has shed light on the emerging impact of AI on the UK's labour market 🤖

👶 Entry-level roles adversely affected
📉 Job vacancies in exposed industries down
🗣️ Customer-facing roles resilient

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New study reveals early impact of AI on job market in UK | King's College London
Artificial intelligence is reshaping the UK labour market, with high-paying firms and professional occupations experiencing the most significant declines in employment and wages, while lower-paid sect...
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October 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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New research from Dr Bouke Klein Teeselink has shed light on the emerging impact of AI on the UK's labour market 🤖

👶 Entry-level roles adversely affected
📉 Job vacancies in exposed industries down
🗣️ Customer-facing roles resilient

Read more 👇

www.kcl.ac.uk/news/new-stu...
New study reveals early impact of AI on job market in UK | King's College London
Artificial intelligence is reshaping the UK labour market, with high-paying firms and professional occupations experiencing the most significant declines in employment and wages, while lower-paid sect...
www.kcl.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM