@lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social
The Department of Social Policy provides top quality international and multidisciplinary research and teaching on social and public policy challenges facing countries across the world.
➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/social-policy
➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/social-policy
With co-author Stuart Gietel-Basten, Dr Shuang Chen shows that the increased probability of being an only child due to the introduction of the one-child policy significantly reduces the ideal family size of urban adults born around 1980.
November 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
With co-author Stuart Gietel-Basten, Dr Shuang Chen shows that the increased probability of being an only child due to the introduction of the one-child policy significantly reduces the ideal family size of urban adults born around 1980.
Are you ready to have your own perspectives, preconceptions challenged in the classroom and beyond?
Find out what are we looking for in prospective MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice policy students at LSE.
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Find out what are we looking for in prospective MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice policy students at LSE.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Are you ready to have your own perspectives, preconceptions challenged in the classroom and beyond?
Find out what are we looking for in prospective MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice policy students at LSE.
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Find out what are we looking for in prospective MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice policy students at LSE.
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Would you like to gain the skills and insights to contribute to policymaking and social change globally?
Attend the Virtual Graduate Open Event on 14 Nov to find out more about our MSc International Social and Public Policy at LSE.
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Attend the Virtual Graduate Open Event on 14 Nov to find out more about our MSc International Social and Public Policy at LSE.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Would you like to gain the skills and insights to contribute to policymaking and social change globally?
Attend the Virtual Graduate Open Event on 14 Nov to find out more about our MSc International Social and Public Policy at LSE.
➡️https://buff.ly/pKqMLA0
Attend the Virtual Graduate Open Event on 14 Nov to find out more about our MSc International Social and Public Policy at LSE.
➡️https://buff.ly/pKqMLA0
Do you have a genuine interest in matters of Criminology and Criminal Justice & a desire to make a difference?
Attend the Virtual Graduate Open Event on 14 Nov to find out more about our MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice Policy at LSE.
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Attend the Virtual Graduate Open Event on 14 Nov to find out more about our MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice Policy at LSE.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Do you have a genuine interest in matters of Criminology and Criminal Justice & a desire to make a difference?
Attend the Virtual Graduate Open Event on 14 Nov to find out more about our MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice Policy at LSE.
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Attend the Virtual Graduate Open Event on 14 Nov to find out more about our MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice Policy at LSE.
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🎙️ In our Annual Lecture last week, Prof Hilary Hoynes explored the concept of viewing the social safety net as a long-term investment in children.
👇 Catch up here:
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👇 Catch up here:
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October 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
🎙️ In our Annual Lecture last week, Prof Hilary Hoynes explored the concept of viewing the social safety net as a long-term investment in children.
👇 Catch up here:
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👇 Catch up here:
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We are proud to announce that Almudena Sevilla, Chair of Economic and Social Policy at LSE, has been awarded the “Alumni UVa de Honor 2025” by the historic University of Valladolid—established in 1241 and celebrating over 780 years of academic excellence. 🎉
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#WomenInLeadership
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#WomenInLeadership
October 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
We are proud to announce that Almudena Sevilla, Chair of Economic and Social Policy at LSE, has been awarded the “Alumni UVa de Honor 2025” by the historic University of Valladolid—established in 1241 and celebrating over 780 years of academic excellence. 🎉
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#WomenInLeadership
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#WomenInLeadership
🎟️ Tickets now open!
We are delighted to announce the LSE Department of Social Policy Annual Lecture 2025:
The Social Safety Net as an Investment in Children
📅 23 October | 18:30–20:00
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building
Speaker: Professor Hilary Hoynes
Sign up here:
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We are delighted to announce the LSE Department of Social Policy Annual Lecture 2025:
The Social Safety Net as an Investment in Children
📅 23 October | 18:30–20:00
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building
Speaker: Professor Hilary Hoynes
Sign up here:
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September 22, 2025 at 11:24 AM
🎟️ Tickets now open!
We are delighted to announce the LSE Department of Social Policy Annual Lecture 2025:
The Social Safety Net as an Investment in Children
📅 23 October | 18:30–20:00
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building
Speaker: Professor Hilary Hoynes
Sign up here:
lnkd.in/ewtTRgvP
We are delighted to announce the LSE Department of Social Policy Annual Lecture 2025:
The Social Safety Net as an Investment in Children
📅 23 October | 18:30–20:00
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building
Speaker: Professor Hilary Hoynes
Sign up here:
lnkd.in/ewtTRgvP
We're delighted to have Colombia’s first Afro-Colombian Vice President, Francia Elena Márquez Mina, speak at LSE.
She will discuss her rise to political prominence. She will be joined by @robtelneajai.bsky.social and Kandya Obezo-Casseres.
More info 👇
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#BlackHistoryMonth
She will discuss her rise to political prominence. She will be joined by @robtelneajai.bsky.social and Kandya Obezo-Casseres.
More info 👇
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#BlackHistoryMonth
September 16, 2025 at 9:24 AM
We're delighted to have Colombia’s first Afro-Colombian Vice President, Francia Elena Márquez Mina, speak at LSE.
She will discuss her rise to political prominence. She will be joined by @robtelneajai.bsky.social and Kandya Obezo-Casseres.
More info 👇
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#BlackHistoryMonth
She will discuss her rise to political prominence. She will be joined by @robtelneajai.bsky.social and Kandya Obezo-Casseres.
More info 👇
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#BlackHistoryMonth
Social Policy Undergraduate Prizes 2024/25 ✨🎓
Celebrating the outstanding achievements of our graduating students.
Every year, the Department of Social Policy awards prestigious prizes to recognise excellence across undergraduate studies.
See the winners here: www.lse.ac.uk/social-polic...
Celebrating the outstanding achievements of our graduating students.
Every year, the Department of Social Policy awards prestigious prizes to recognise excellence across undergraduate studies.
See the winners here: www.lse.ac.uk/social-polic...
July 23, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Social Policy Undergraduate Prizes 2024/25 ✨🎓
Celebrating the outstanding achievements of our graduating students.
Every year, the Department of Social Policy awards prestigious prizes to recognise excellence across undergraduate studies.
See the winners here: www.lse.ac.uk/social-polic...
Celebrating the outstanding achievements of our graduating students.
Every year, the Department of Social Policy awards prestigious prizes to recognise excellence across undergraduate studies.
See the winners here: www.lse.ac.uk/social-polic...
SAVE THE DATE for the Department of Social Policy’s Annual Lecture!
23/10/25, 6.30 - 8pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre.
'The Social Safety Net as an Investment in Children'
Speaker: Professor Hilary Hoynes (University of California Berkeley)
Chair: Professor Coretta Phillips (LSE)
23/10/25, 6.30 - 8pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre.
'The Social Safety Net as an Investment in Children'
Speaker: Professor Hilary Hoynes (University of California Berkeley)
Chair: Professor Coretta Phillips (LSE)
July 14, 2025 at 11:29 AM
SAVE THE DATE for the Department of Social Policy’s Annual Lecture!
23/10/25, 6.30 - 8pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre.
'The Social Safety Net as an Investment in Children'
Speaker: Professor Hilary Hoynes (University of California Berkeley)
Chair: Professor Coretta Phillips (LSE)
23/10/25, 6.30 - 8pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre.
'The Social Safety Net as an Investment in Children'
Speaker: Professor Hilary Hoynes (University of California Berkeley)
Chair: Professor Coretta Phillips (LSE)
Great coverage in Liberia's Daily Observer about @robtelneajai.bsky.social #LSE’s inaugural Rising Star Impact Prize!
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July 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Great coverage in Liberia's Daily Observer about @robtelneajai.bsky.social #LSE’s inaugural Rising Star Impact Prize!
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🏆 Congratulations to @robtelneajai.bsky.social who has been awarded the LSE's inaugural Rising Star Impact Prize in recognition of her scholarly contributions to the passage of Liberia’s dual citizenship law in 2022.
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Check out this year's winners 👉 buff.ly/PIIoB07
June 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🏆 Congratulations to @robtelneajai.bsky.social who has been awarded the LSE's inaugural Rising Star Impact Prize in recognition of her scholarly contributions to the passage of Liberia’s dual citizenship law in 2022.
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Check out this year's winners 👉 buff.ly/PIIoB07
We are delighted to share that we have been ranked 1st for Social Policy in the UK by the Complete University Guide!
Read more here: www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-table...
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June 12, 2025 at 12:07 PM
We are delighted to share that we have been ranked 1st for Social Policy in the UK by the Complete University Guide!
Read more here: www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-table...
Read more here: www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-table...
Join The Mannheim Centre this week to hear @rodearle.bsky.social talk about ‘From the chaotic debris of experience…?’: questions for criminology and criminal justice
📅11 June
🕰️5pm start
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@jkoehler.bsky.social
📅11 June
🕰️5pm start
Find out more here: buff.ly/wH6BBW2
@jkoehler.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Join The Mannheim Centre this week to hear @rodearle.bsky.social talk about ‘From the chaotic debris of experience…?’: questions for criminology and criminal justice
📅11 June
🕰️5pm start
Find out more here: buff.ly/wH6BBW2
@jkoehler.bsky.social
📅11 June
🕰️5pm start
Find out more here: buff.ly/wH6BBW2
@jkoehler.bsky.social
Congratulations to Thelma Obiakor, who has been successful in her application for an ESRC Post-doctoral Fellowship! Thelma will be working on "Enhancing Learning Outcomes in Nigeria through Effective Language of Instruction Policies" at the University of Cambridge.
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June 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Congratulations to Thelma Obiakor, who has been successful in her application for an ESRC Post-doctoral Fellowship! Thelma will be working on "Enhancing Learning Outcomes in Nigeria through Effective Language of Instruction Policies" at the University of Cambridge.
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Hear from three LSE Nobel Laureates this June! ✨
Amartya Sen, Daron Acemoglu and Christopher Pissarides join our #LSEEvents line-up.
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Amartya Sen, Daron Acemoglu and Christopher Pissarides join our #LSEEvents line-up.
Full event and ticket information:
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May 27, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Hear from three LSE Nobel Laureates this June! ✨
Amartya Sen, Daron Acemoglu and Christopher Pissarides join our #LSEEvents line-up.
Full event and ticket information:
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Amartya Sen, Daron Acemoglu and Christopher Pissarides join our #LSEEvents line-up.
Full event and ticket information:
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🎟️ FREE tickets for #LSEFestival are now available to book!
LSE Festival is taking place from 16 to 21 June 2025, with global leaders, experts & innovators exploring the near and distant future, and what a better world could look like.
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LSE Festival is taking place from 16 to 21 June 2025, with global leaders, experts & innovators exploring the near and distant future, and what a better world could look like.
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May 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
🎟️ FREE tickets for #LSEFestival are now available to book!
LSE Festival is taking place from 16 to 21 June 2025, with global leaders, experts & innovators exploring the near and distant future, and what a better world could look like.
👁️ Book here: buff.ly/rsxfmeS
LSE Festival is taking place from 16 to 21 June 2025, with global leaders, experts & innovators exploring the near and distant future, and what a better world could look like.
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The Spring Term programme for LSE public events is now live‼️
There are lots of interesting free events with expert speakers!
Explore the full programme⤵️
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There are lots of interesting free events with expert speakers!
Explore the full programme⤵️
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April 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The Spring Term programme for LSE public events is now live‼️
There are lots of interesting free events with expert speakers!
Explore the full programme⤵️
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There are lots of interesting free events with expert speakers!
Explore the full programme⤵️
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What is the extent of selection in state funded secondary schools in London? And to what extent have these forms of selection changed?
Read the NEW Clare Market Paper funded by @leverhulme.bsky.social Major Research Fellowship to Professor Anne West
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Read the NEW Clare Market Paper funded by @leverhulme.bsky.social Major Research Fellowship to Professor Anne West
📖 Read here: buff.ly/4AMmzJs
April 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
What is the extent of selection in state funded secondary schools in London? And to what extent have these forms of selection changed?
Read the NEW Clare Market Paper funded by @leverhulme.bsky.social Major Research Fellowship to Professor Anne West
📖 Read here: buff.ly/4AMmzJs
Read the NEW Clare Market Paper funded by @leverhulme.bsky.social Major Research Fellowship to Professor Anne West
📖 Read here: buff.ly/4AMmzJs
🎉 Congratulations to Emeritus Professor Hartley Dean on becoming a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences @acadsocsciences.bsky.social
Wonderful recognition of his key work on poverty, social justice and welfare rights.
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Wonderful recognition of his key work on poverty, social justice and welfare rights.
Read more⬇️
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April 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
🎉 Congratulations to Emeritus Professor Hartley Dean on becoming a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences @acadsocsciences.bsky.social
Wonderful recognition of his key work on poverty, social justice and welfare rights.
Read more⬇️
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Wonderful recognition of his key work on poverty, social justice and welfare rights.
Read more⬇️
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Catch up on our recent Department Seminar when @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social explored ‘Inequalities in Applications and Offers to Graduate Recruitment Programmes‘
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April 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Catch up on our recent Department Seminar when @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social explored ‘Inequalities in Applications and Offers to Graduate Recruitment Programmes‘
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Catch up on our recent Department Seminar when Professor Susan Harkness explored ‘Family change and welfare provision in complex families: evidence from the UK and policy lessons from abroad’
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March 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Catch up on our recent Department Seminar when Professor Susan Harkness explored ‘Family change and welfare provision in complex families: evidence from the UK and policy lessons from abroad’
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📣 @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social will explore ‘Inequalities in Applications and Offers to Graduate Recruitment Programmes‘ in our next Department seminar.
📆 Thursday 27 March, 1.00pm – 2.30pm
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📆 Thursday 27 March, 1.00pm – 2.30pm
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March 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
📣 @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social will explore ‘Inequalities in Applications and Offers to Graduate Recruitment Programmes‘ in our next Department seminar.
📆 Thursday 27 March, 1.00pm – 2.30pm
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📆 Thursday 27 March, 1.00pm – 2.30pm
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Out latest working paper, funded by @leverhulme.bsky.social Major Research Fellowship to Professor Anne West, focuses on admissions to grammar schools in Germany and the UK (England).
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March 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Out latest working paper, funded by @leverhulme.bsky.social Major Research Fellowship to Professor Anne West, focuses on admissions to grammar schools in Germany and the UK (England).
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🎉Congratulations to our Recently Promoted Faculty!
🎉to Leonidas Cheliotis who has been promoted to Full Professor!
🎉to @liambeisermcgrath.bsky.social who has been promoted to Associate Professor!
Thank you both for your outstanding contributions to @lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social
🎉to Leonidas Cheliotis who has been promoted to Full Professor!
🎉to @liambeisermcgrath.bsky.social who has been promoted to Associate Professor!
Thank you both for your outstanding contributions to @lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social
March 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🎉Congratulations to our Recently Promoted Faculty!
🎉to Leonidas Cheliotis who has been promoted to Full Professor!
🎉to @liambeisermcgrath.bsky.social who has been promoted to Associate Professor!
Thank you both for your outstanding contributions to @lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social
🎉to Leonidas Cheliotis who has been promoted to Full Professor!
🎉to @liambeisermcgrath.bsky.social who has been promoted to Associate Professor!
Thank you both for your outstanding contributions to @lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social