6 December 2018
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the professionalisation of politics? In this inaugural lecture Valentino Larcinese discussed evidence from the Five Star Movement in the Italian parliament.
31 October 2018
Erik Bucy reviewed focus group, survey, and Twitter data to assess the resonance of Trump’s communication style with voters and to gain insights into how his mélange of nonverbal theatrics and verbal directness bonds supporters while at the same time alienating critics.
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23 October 2018
This lecture marks the publication of Sumantra Bose's new book, .
22 October 2018
Matthew Goodwin presented his new guide to one of the most urgent political phenomena of our time: the rise of national populism.
11 October 2018
This event marked the launch of a book on Italy’s present decline, which uses institutional analysis to retrace in the country’s recent history the roots of its politico-economic equilibrium.
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4 October 2018
Wael B. Hallaq reevaluates and deepens the critique of Orientalism in order to deploy it for rethinking the foundations of the modern project.
30 May 2018
A discussion of how and why governments support businesses using subsidies and tax breaks in an increasingly integrated global economy.
14 May 2018
Liberal economic ideals, once advanced to favor workers, now favor capital owners. Elizabeth Anderson explains why, and ties this reversal to contemporary populist political crises.
10 May 2018
As contributors to the recent edited volume on Ordoliberalism, Law and the Rule of Economics (eds. Hien and Joerges; Hart Publishing), the speakers on this panel will explore Ordoliberalism from variety of disciplinary perspectives, charting both its theoretical iterations and its contemporary political significance.
3 May 2018
The panel discussed the implications for accountability for war crimes in the Balkans following the closure of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
1 May 2018
In this talk, Nic Cheeseman and Brian Klaas showed how to rig an election - with the hopes that the lesson will help save democracy.
Rethinking Transitional Justice and Reconciliation
26 April 2018
The panel discussion launched a special issue of the journal Ethnic and Racial Studies coedited by James Hughes and Denisa Kostovicova of ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳’s Department of Government.
The Enemy Within: a tale of Muslim Britain
8 March 2018
Sayeeda Warsi draws on her own unique position in British life to explore questions of cultural difference, terrorism, surveillance, social justice, religious freedom, integration and the meaning of ‘British values’.
Why we don't trust the news, and what to do about it
8 February 2018
This lecture delved into the shifting expectations of media, including what makes information trustworthy and what steps can be taken to earn back trust.
30 January 2018
Matthew D'Ancona, Tanya Filer, Andre Spicer and Juliane Reinecke discussed how bullshit has taken over the worlds of business and increasingly the political arena. Jonathan Hopkin chaired the discussion.
24 January 2018
Brian Klaas argued forcefully that with every autocratic tactic or tweet, Trump further erodes democratic norms in the world’s most powerful democracy. Jonathan Hopkin chaired the discussion.