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LSE top in London in Guardian University Guide 2026
LSE has been ranked as fourth overall in the UK and best in the UK for Accounting and Finance, Law, and Sociology and Social Policy. It continues to rank highly across all disciplines. .
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🏆 We're delighted to have been named number one in the UK for Sociology in the latest Guardian University Guide!
Thank you to our students, alumni and staff who make the LSE Sociology community so special 🎉
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Thank you to our students, alumni and staff who make the LSE Sociology community so special 🎉
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We are thrilled to have Professor Sanyu A. Mojola present our final Autumn Term Seminar Series on 28 November💡
🌎Death by Design: Producing Racial Health Inequality in the Shadow of the Capitol
🕙2.00pm - 3.00pm
Secure your place➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/department...
🌎Death by Design: Producing Racial Health Inequality in the Shadow of the Capitol
🕙2.00pm - 3.00pm
Secure your place➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/department...
November 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
We are thrilled to have Professor Sanyu A. Mojola present our final Autumn Term Seminar Series on 28 November💡
🌎Death by Design: Producing Racial Health Inequality in the Shadow of the Capitol
🕙2.00pm - 3.00pm
Secure your place➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/department...
🌎Death by Design: Producing Racial Health Inequality in the Shadow of the Capitol
🕙2.00pm - 3.00pm
Secure your place➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/department...
Can observing the treatment of lab animals in biomedical science offer a new understanding of care?
Watch Dr Carrie Friese discuss her new book, A Mouse in a Cage, which draws on ethnographic research to propose a different way of viewing, and valuing, care work.
Watch Dr Carrie Friese discuss her new book, A Mouse in a Cage, which draws on ethnographic research to propose a different way of viewing, and valuing, care work.
How relations with lab animals can inform understandings of care | Coffee break research at LSE
The ‘‘crisis of care’’ is often understood as an economic and political issue in which the work of caring for others has been devalued. However, this lens can overlook the experiences of those…
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November 21, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Can observing the treatment of lab animals in biomedical science offer a new understanding of care?
Watch Dr Carrie Friese discuss her new book, A Mouse in a Cage, which draws on ethnographic research to propose a different way of viewing, and valuing, care work.
Watch Dr Carrie Friese discuss her new book, A Mouse in a Cage, which draws on ethnographic research to propose a different way of viewing, and valuing, care work.
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Join us 2 December, 6 pm at @lselaw.bsky.social to launch Race and the Question of Palestine with Lana Tatour.
Ralph Wilde, Neve Gordon, Andrew Murray and I will be in conversation with Lana.
In memory of our Conor Gearty who had planned this panel.
lselaw.events/event/race-a...
Ralph Wilde, Neve Gordon, Andrew Murray and I will be in conversation with Lana.
In memory of our Conor Gearty who had planned this panel.
lselaw.events/event/race-a...
RACE AND THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE - LSE Law School Events
What role does the issue of race play in understanding the question of Palestine? Drawing on a book of that title edited by the main speaker Lana Tatour (with Ronit Lentin), this event focuses on the ...
lselaw.events
November 12, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Join us 2 December, 6 pm at @lselaw.bsky.social to launch Race and the Question of Palestine with Lana Tatour.
Ralph Wilde, Neve Gordon, Andrew Murray and I will be in conversation with Lana.
In memory of our Conor Gearty who had planned this panel.
lselaw.events/event/race-a...
Ralph Wilde, Neve Gordon, Andrew Murray and I will be in conversation with Lana.
In memory of our Conor Gearty who had planned this panel.
lselaw.events/event/race-a...
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I’ll be in London in two weeks to talk about the politics of hunger in Sudan. I’d love to see some of my London fam (not necessarily for the talk :))
Why is Sudan—rich in land, livestock, and gold—facing mass hunger?
Join @nisrinelamin.bsky.social at LSE to unpack the extractive politics behind famine.
🗓️ 3 Dec | 6.30pm
📍Hong Kong Theatre & Online
#LSEEvents #Sudan
Join @nisrinelamin.bsky.social at LSE to unpack the extractive politics behind famine.
🗓️ 3 Dec | 6.30pm
📍Hong Kong Theatre & Online
#LSEEvents #Sudan
The politics of hunger in Sudan | Nisrin Elamin
6.30pm Weds 3 Dec | Nisrin Elamin | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE
lse.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I’ll be in London in two weeks to talk about the politics of hunger in Sudan. I’d love to see some of my London fam (not necessarily for the talk :))
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Friends and colleagues in Berlin, this is happening next month (I hope) at FU-Berlin. Please register soon if you would like to attend as space is limited.
@robin-c.bsky.social @lsehumanrights.bsky.social @lsesociology.bsky.social
@robin-c.bsky.social @lsehumanrights.bsky.social @lsesociology.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Friends and colleagues in Berlin, this is happening next month (I hope) at FU-Berlin. Please register soon if you would like to attend as space is limited.
@robin-c.bsky.social @lsehumanrights.bsky.social @lsesociology.bsky.social
@robin-c.bsky.social @lsehumanrights.bsky.social @lsesociology.bsky.social
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Honoured to be hosting the incredible Nisrin Elamin @nisrinelamin.bsky.social next month at LSE - join us for this important lecture on December 3
What do neoliberalism, US aid, and Gulf land grabs have to do with hunger in Sudan?
@nisrinelamin.bsky.social and @sarasalem.bsky.social will join us to discuss the politics of hunger in Sudan
🗓️ 3 Dec | 6.30pm
🎟️ register to join us in-person or online
#LSEEvents #Sudan
@nisrinelamin.bsky.social and @sarasalem.bsky.social will join us to discuss the politics of hunger in Sudan
🗓️ 3 Dec | 6.30pm
🎟️ register to join us in-person or online
#LSEEvents #Sudan
The politics of hunger in Sudan | Nisrin Elamin
6.30pm Weds 3 Dec | Nisrin Elamin | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE
lse.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Honoured to be hosting the incredible Nisrin Elamin @nisrinelamin.bsky.social next month at LSE - join us for this important lecture on December 3
Our CRICA PhD programme rethinks how inclusion is created, practiced, and experienced in the arts, and prepares new scholars to make the creative sector and academia more accessible.
Attend our Virtual Graduate Open Day to find out more 💻 buff.ly/JiKSJko
📅 21 Nov | 3pm
Attend our Virtual Graduate Open Day to find out more 💻 buff.ly/JiKSJko
📅 21 Nov | 3pm
November 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Our CRICA PhD programme rethinks how inclusion is created, practiced, and experienced in the arts, and prepares new scholars to make the creative sector and academia more accessible.
Attend our Virtual Graduate Open Day to find out more 💻 buff.ly/JiKSJko
📅 21 Nov | 3pm
Attend our Virtual Graduate Open Day to find out more 💻 buff.ly/JiKSJko
📅 21 Nov | 3pm
In the UK, having £1.2 million in household assets places you in the top 10% of the wealth distribution. @aaronreeves.bsky.social explains how subjective perceptions of wealth mean many people do not see themselves as rich despite their relative position.
Why does no one think they’re rich anymore?
New statistics show that only one in 10 of those earning more than six figures considers themselves rich, and almost everyone feels poorer. Zoë Beaty explores what has changed in how we perceive…
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November 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
In the UK, having £1.2 million in household assets places you in the top 10% of the wealth distribution. @aaronreeves.bsky.social explains how subjective perceptions of wealth mean many people do not see themselves as rich despite their relative position.
Are you interested in pursuing a fully-funded #PhD in Sociology that explores inclusive cultural practices and their impact on societal and economic changes?
Register for our virtual graduate open day to find out more about our CRICA PhD programme.
📅 Friday 21 November, 3pm to 4pm
Register for our virtual graduate open day to find out more about our CRICA PhD programme.
📅 Friday 21 November, 3pm to 4pm
The Consortium for Researching Inclusive Cultures in the Arts (CRICA) - Virtual Graduate Open Events
Attend our LSE Virtual Graduate Open Events to find out more about graduate study at LSE.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Are you interested in pursuing a fully-funded #PhD in Sociology that explores inclusive cultural practices and their impact on societal and economic changes?
Register for our virtual graduate open day to find out more about our CRICA PhD programme.
📅 Friday 21 November, 3pm to 4pm
Register for our virtual graduate open day to find out more about our CRICA PhD programme.
📅 Friday 21 November, 3pm to 4pm
Next week, Chetan Bhatt joins Larry Kramer to discuss the challenges posed by the age of polarisation for on-campus interactions, including within the classroom.
The "Universities in the age of polarisation" event series is open to all LSE staff and students.
The "Universities in the age of polarisation" event series is open to all LSE staff and students.
Universities in the age of polarisation
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November 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Next week, Chetan Bhatt joins Larry Kramer to discuss the challenges posed by the age of polarisation for on-campus interactions, including within the classroom.
The "Universities in the age of polarisation" event series is open to all LSE staff and students.
The "Universities in the age of polarisation" event series is open to all LSE staff and students.
Why is Sudan—rich in land, livestock, and gold—facing mass hunger?
Join @nisrinelamin.bsky.social at LSE to unpack the extractive politics behind famine.
🗓️ 3 Dec | 6.30pm
📍Hong Kong Theatre & Online
#LSEEvents #Sudan
Join @nisrinelamin.bsky.social at LSE to unpack the extractive politics behind famine.
🗓️ 3 Dec | 6.30pm
📍Hong Kong Theatre & Online
#LSEEvents #Sudan
The politics of hunger in Sudan | Nisrin Elamin
6.30pm Weds 3 Dec | Nisrin Elamin | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE
lse.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Why is Sudan—rich in land, livestock, and gold—facing mass hunger?
Join @nisrinelamin.bsky.social at LSE to unpack the extractive politics behind famine.
🗓️ 3 Dec | 6.30pm
📍Hong Kong Theatre & Online
#LSEEvents #Sudan
Join @nisrinelamin.bsky.social at LSE to unpack the extractive politics behind famine.
🗓️ 3 Dec | 6.30pm
📍Hong Kong Theatre & Online
#LSEEvents #Sudan
Over 70% of families in poverty now have at least one adult in work, compared to 49% in 2000/01. Policies like the two-child limit have made it harder for families to escape poverty through work and wages are often not enough to compensate.
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New research | Why the two-child limit and benefit cap must be scrapped
New analysis shows why the two-child limit and benefit cap must be scrapped to tackle child poverty.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Over 70% of families in poverty now have at least one adult in work, compared to 49% in 2000/01. Policies like the two-child limit have made it harder for families to escape poverty through work and wages are often not enough to compensate.
buff.ly/PLIVBGh
buff.ly/PLIVBGh
What do neoliberalism, US aid, and Gulf land grabs have to do with hunger in Sudan?
@nisrinelamin.bsky.social and @sarasalem.bsky.social will join us to discuss the politics of hunger in Sudan
🗓️ 3 Dec | 6.30pm
🎟️ register to join us in-person or online
#LSEEvents #Sudan
@nisrinelamin.bsky.social and @sarasalem.bsky.social will join us to discuss the politics of hunger in Sudan
🗓️ 3 Dec | 6.30pm
🎟️ register to join us in-person or online
#LSEEvents #Sudan
The politics of hunger in Sudan | Nisrin Elamin
6.30pm Weds 3 Dec | Nisrin Elamin | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE
lse.ac.uk
November 14, 2025 at 11:01 AM
What do neoliberalism, US aid, and Gulf land grabs have to do with hunger in Sudan?
@nisrinelamin.bsky.social and @sarasalem.bsky.social will join us to discuss the politics of hunger in Sudan
🗓️ 3 Dec | 6.30pm
🎟️ register to join us in-person or online
#LSEEvents #Sudan
@nisrinelamin.bsky.social and @sarasalem.bsky.social will join us to discuss the politics of hunger in Sudan
🗓️ 3 Dec | 6.30pm
🎟️ register to join us in-person or online
#LSEEvents #Sudan
🗽 In an unprecedented election, New York has just chosen a socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani.
Coming straight from the heart of the campaign to LSE, DSA co-chair Grace Mausser will share her understanding of the election and its significance.
📆 Wednesday 19 November
Coming straight from the heart of the campaign to LSE, DSA co-chair Grace Mausser will share her understanding of the election and its significance.
📆 Wednesday 19 November
What just happened in New York?
In an unprecedented election, New York has just chosen a socialist mayor – Zohran Mamdani – the candidate of the Democratic Socialists of America. How did they do it? And what does it mean for…
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November 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🗽 In an unprecedented election, New York has just chosen a socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani.
Coming straight from the heart of the campaign to LSE, DSA co-chair Grace Mausser will share her understanding of the election and its significance.
📆 Wednesday 19 November
Coming straight from the heart of the campaign to LSE, DSA co-chair Grace Mausser will share her understanding of the election and its significance.
📆 Wednesday 19 November
We're delighted to be joined this evening by Vjosa Musliu as she discusses her new book, Girlhood at War. The semi-autobiographical book follows the story of a young girl through the Kosovo War.
#LSESociology #LSEHumanRights #Kosovo
#LSESociology #LSEHumanRights #Kosovo
November 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We're delighted to be joined this evening by Vjosa Musliu as she discusses her new book, Girlhood at War. The semi-autobiographical book follows the story of a young girl through the Kosovo War.
#LSESociology #LSEHumanRights #Kosovo
#LSESociology #LSEHumanRights #Kosovo
📢 Upcoming event | “The politics of hunger in Sudan” with @nisrinelamin.bsky.social. We'll look at how war, foreign investment & extractivism are deepening famine in a country rich in resources.
🗓️ 3 Dec | 6.30pm
📍Hong Kong Theatre & Online
#LSEEvents #Sudan
🗓️ 3 Dec | 6.30pm
📍Hong Kong Theatre & Online
#LSEEvents #Sudan
The politics of hunger in Sudan | Nisrin Elamin
6.30pm Weds 3 Dec | Nisrin Elamin | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE
lse.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
📢 Upcoming event | “The politics of hunger in Sudan” with @nisrinelamin.bsky.social. We'll look at how war, foreign investment & extractivism are deepening famine in a country rich in resources.
🗓️ 3 Dec | 6.30pm
📍Hong Kong Theatre & Online
#LSEEvents #Sudan
🗓️ 3 Dec | 6.30pm
📍Hong Kong Theatre & Online
#LSEEvents #Sudan
Are you looking to pursue a fully-funded PhD programme in Sociology, exploring inclusive cultural practices and their impact on societal and economic changes?
Apply to join us in 2026! Applications close Wednesday, 10 December 2025.
Apply to join us in 2026! Applications close Wednesday, 10 December 2025.
The Consortium for Researching Inclusive Cultures in the Arts (CRICA)
The Consortium for Researching Inclusive Cultures in the Arts (CRICA) is a new MPhil/PhD programme created by both LSE and the University of Roehampton together with non-academic partners from the per...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Are you looking to pursue a fully-funded PhD programme in Sociology, exploring inclusive cultural practices and their impact on societal and economic changes?
Apply to join us in 2026! Applications close Wednesday, 10 December 2025.
Apply to join us in 2026! Applications close Wednesday, 10 December 2025.
Join us tonight for the launch of Vjosa Musliu's new book, Girlhood At War: Interpreting War and Liberation in Kosovo.
🕔5pm-6.30pm
📍OLD 3.24, Old Building
🎟️Free and open to all!
🔗
🕔5pm-6.30pm
📍OLD 3.24, Old Building
🎟️Free and open to all!
🔗
Join us for the launch of Vjosa Musliu's new book, Girlhood at War.
Join us for our book launch, 'Girlhood At War: Interpreting War and Liberation in Kosovo' | Wednesday 12 November 2025 | 5pm to 6.30pm | LSE Old Building
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November 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Join us tonight for the launch of Vjosa Musliu's new book, Girlhood At War: Interpreting War and Liberation in Kosovo.
🕔5pm-6.30pm
📍OLD 3.24, Old Building
🎟️Free and open to all!
🔗
🕔5pm-6.30pm
📍OLD 3.24, Old Building
🎟️Free and open to all!
🔗
Join us tonight for our roundtable discussion on migrant solidarity, supported through The Migrant Scholars Global Solidarity and Resistance network.
🕔6pm-7.30pm
📍OLD 3.24, Old Building
🎟️Free and open to all!
🔗
🕔6pm-7.30pm
📍OLD 3.24, Old Building
🎟️Free and open to all!
🔗
Events to celebrate Migrant Solidarity Day
Join us for our Migrant Solidarity Day teach-in events
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November 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Join us tonight for our roundtable discussion on migrant solidarity, supported through The Migrant Scholars Global Solidarity and Resistance network.
🕔6pm-7.30pm
📍OLD 3.24, Old Building
🎟️Free and open to all!
🔗
🕔6pm-7.30pm
📍OLD 3.24, Old Building
🎟️Free and open to all!
🔗
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We are thrilled to have @adeldaoud.bsky.social join us on 21 November💡
🌎Planetary Causal Inference: combining computer vision and earth observation to analyse disparities in health and living conditions among neighbourhoods in Africa, 1990 to date
🕙 2.00pm - 3.00pm
Secure your place➡️
🌎Planetary Causal Inference: combining computer vision and earth observation to analyse disparities in health and living conditions among neighbourhoods in Africa, 1990 to date
🕙 2.00pm - 3.00pm
Secure your place➡️
Department of Methodology Seminar Series
We are thrilled to have Professor Adel Daoud present at our seminar on Friday 21 November, from 2.00pm to 3.00pm.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
We are thrilled to have @adeldaoud.bsky.social join us on 21 November💡
🌎Planetary Causal Inference: combining computer vision and earth observation to analyse disparities in health and living conditions among neighbourhoods in Africa, 1990 to date
🕙 2.00pm - 3.00pm
Secure your place➡️
🌎Planetary Causal Inference: combining computer vision and earth observation to analyse disparities in health and living conditions among neighbourhoods in Africa, 1990 to date
🕙 2.00pm - 3.00pm
Secure your place➡️
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I wrote this piece for @antipodeonline.bsky.social on street names as anticolonial traces, looking at Lusaka's map as a cartography of solidarity. Though these solidarities are less vivid today, I suggest these traces continue to hold revolutionary potential
antipodeonline.org/2025/11/06/c...
antipodeonline.org/2025/11/06/c...
Intervention—“Cairo Road” - Antipode Online
Sara Salem, London School of Economics and Political Science Growing up in Lusaka, Zambia, I distinctly remember Cairo Road, one of Lusaka’s main thoroughfares named after the city my father was from....
antipodeonline.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I wrote this piece for @antipodeonline.bsky.social on street names as anticolonial traces, looking at Lusaka's map as a cartography of solidarity. Though these solidarities are less vivid today, I suggest these traces continue to hold revolutionary potential
antipodeonline.org/2025/11/06/c...
antipodeonline.org/2025/11/06/c...
🌎 Join us next week for Migrant Solidarity Day at LSE Sociology!
🎨 Poster-making | 4.15pm to 5.30pm
💬 Roundtable | 6pm to 7.30pm
📍 OLD.3.24, LSE Old Building
Drop in to take part in creative action and critical discussion on migrant solidarity.
🎨 Poster-making | 4.15pm to 5.30pm
💬 Roundtable | 6pm to 7.30pm
📍 OLD.3.24, LSE Old Building
Drop in to take part in creative action and critical discussion on migrant solidarity.
Events to celebrate Migrant Solidarity Day
Join us for our Migrant Solidarity Day teach-in events | Tuesday 11 November | All are welcome!
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November 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
🌎 Join us next week for Migrant Solidarity Day at LSE Sociology!
🎨 Poster-making | 4.15pm to 5.30pm
💬 Roundtable | 6pm to 7.30pm
📍 OLD.3.24, LSE Old Building
Drop in to take part in creative action and critical discussion on migrant solidarity.
🎨 Poster-making | 4.15pm to 5.30pm
💬 Roundtable | 6pm to 7.30pm
📍 OLD.3.24, LSE Old Building
Drop in to take part in creative action and critical discussion on migrant solidarity.
A huge congratulations to @samfriedman.bsky.social and
@aaronreeves.bsky.social who have won a Silver Lovie Award for their research video "Wealth, influence, and class: the British elite explained" 🏆🎉
winners.lovieawards.com/categories/d...
@aaronreeves.bsky.social who have won a Silver Lovie Award for their research video "Wealth, influence, and class: the British elite explained" 🏆🎉
winners.lovieawards.com/categories/d...
Details
winners.lovieawards.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
A huge congratulations to @samfriedman.bsky.social and
@aaronreeves.bsky.social who have won a Silver Lovie Award for their research video "Wealth, influence, and class: the British elite explained" 🏆🎉
winners.lovieawards.com/categories/d...
@aaronreeves.bsky.social who have won a Silver Lovie Award for their research video "Wealth, influence, and class: the British elite explained" 🏆🎉
winners.lovieawards.com/categories/d...
Join us next week for the book launch 'Girlhood at War'. The book explores how war, girlhood & post-conflict identity intersect from a semi-autobiographical perspective.
Find out more and register below⬇️
Find out more and register below⬇️
Join us for the launch of Vjosa Musliu's new book, Girlhood at War.
Join us for our book launch, 'Girlhood At War: Interpreting War and Liberation in Kosovo' | Wednesday 12 November 2025 | 5pm to 6.30pm | LSE Old Building
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November 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Join us next week for the book launch 'Girlhood at War'. The book explores how war, girlhood & post-conflict identity intersect from a semi-autobiographical perspective.
Find out more and register below⬇️
Find out more and register below⬇️
📝 Dr David Kampmann published “The political economy of venture capital: winners-take-all and founder control” in Socio-Economic Review. The article is part of his current book project entitled “Venture Capitalism: How the US Tech-Finance Nexus came to dominate the World”.
The political economy of venture capital: winners-take-all and founder control
Abstract. In many US Tech corporations such as Meta, Alphabet, and SpaceX, founders still hold shareholder voting control. How can we better understand the
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November 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
📝 Dr David Kampmann published “The political economy of venture capital: winners-take-all and founder control” in Socio-Economic Review. The article is part of his current book project entitled “Venture Capitalism: How the US Tech-Finance Nexus came to dominate the World”.