New forms of citizen participation in global governance

Tuesday 4 March 2025, 7.00pm-8.15pm
Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House

The way in which many global problems are governed today is disappointing, as international cooperation often lacks both effectiveness and fairness. Can new forms of citizen participation improve global governance? Deliberative citizen forums are increasingly common at the local and national scale, but their potential at the global level is still unclear.

The event offers a conversation between leading experts on the promise, limits, and future development of transnational citizen initiatives, such as the Global Climate Assembly, and other forms of citizen involvement in policy-making on matters of global concern.

Meet our speakers and chair:

Professor Luis Cabrera, Professor of Political Science in the School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University

Dr Marit Hammond, Associate Professor in Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick

Mr Rich Wilson, Chief Enabling Officer, Iswe Foundation

Chair:

Dr Mathias Koenig-Archibugi, Associate Professor of International Relations and Government, LSE

This public event is free and open to all on a first come, first served basis. No registration is required.

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Erased: A History of International Thought without Men

Wednesday 12 March 2025, 6.00pm-7.30pm
Workspace 4 LSE Life, LSE Library

Co-hosted with LSE Library

The academic field of international relations presents its own history as largely a project of elite white men. And yet women played a prominent role in the creation of this new cross-disciplinary field.

In Erased, Patricia Owens shows that, since its beginnings in the early twentieth century, international relations has relied on the intellectual labour of women and their expertise on such subjects as empire and colonial administration, anticolonial organising, non-Western powers, and international organisations. Indeed, women were among the leading international thinkers of the era, shaping the development of the field as scholars, journalists, and public intellectuals—and as heterosexual spouses and intimate same-sex partners.

Meet our speakers and chair:

Professor Patricia Owens, Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford

Chair:

Dr James Morrison, Associate Professor of International Political Economy, LSE

This public event is free but registration is required.

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Atomized Incorporation: Chinese Workers and the Aftermath of China's Rise

Wednesday 19 March 2025, 6.30pm-8.00pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre

Author Sungmin Rho discusses her recently published book Atomized Incorporation: Chinese Workers and the Aftermath of China's Rise. The panel will discuss debates around how China copes with the aftermath of its economic rise, as export-led growth becomes no longer sustainable.

Meet our speakers and chair:

Dr Sungmin Rho, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva

Discussants:

Dr Boram Lee, Assistant Professor of International Political Economy, LSE

Ruofan Ma, PhD student in the Department of Government at Harvard University

Chair:

Dr Natalya Naqvi, Assistant Professor of International Political Economy, LSE

This public event is free and open to all on a first come, first served basis. No registration is required.

For any queries email ir.events@lse.ac.uk.