Political Science and Political Economy Research Seminar Series

General information

General information
Date and time 

Tuesdays in term time at 14:00-15:30 

Location

SAL.1.04, 1st Floor, 32 Lincoln Inn Fields or online where indicated

Organisers

Aliz Toth, Carl Muller and Nirvikar Jassal

Mailing list

Please contact gov.msc@lse.ac.uk

 Past listings

Political Science and Political Economy Research Seminar Series

Seminars 2024-2025

Information about upcoming events will be shared in due course.

Are U.S. State Tax Policies Increasingly Polarized?
Date: Tuesday 01 October 2024 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker: Alisa Tazhitda (UCSB), joint with Sarah Robinson (Claremont McKenna College)
Location: , 3rd Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH

The Institutional Role of the Italian Mafia: Enforcing Contracts When the State Does Not
Date: Tuesday 08 October 2024 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker: Federica Braccioli (WU Vienna)
Location: , 3rd Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH

Comparative Formal Theory Workshop
Date: Friday 11 October 2024 - Saturday 12 October 2024
Speaker: Various speakers
Location: , Centre Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

Consequences of the Black Sea Slave Trade: Long-Run Development in Eastern Europe
Date: Tuesday 15 October 2024 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker: Volha Charnysh (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Location: , 3rd Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH

Classification Algorithms and Social Outcomes
Date: Tuesday 22 October 2024 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker: Maggie Penn (Emory University), joint with John Patty (Emory University)
Location: , 3rd Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH

Better together? The unintended consequences of joint civic education training in a clientelist democracy
Date: Tuesday 29 October 2024 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker: Nina McMurray (Vanderbilt University)
Location: , 3rd Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH

The Origins and Consequences of Territorial Control
Date: Tuesday 12 November 2024 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker: Austin Wright (Chicago)
Location: , 3rd Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH

Unity Makes Strength: Cohesion and Success Among Legislative Groups
Date: Tuesday 19 November 2024 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker: Hunter Rendleman (University of California)
Location: , 3rd Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH

Article-Level Slant and Polarization of News Consumption on Social Media
Date: Tuesday 26 November 2024 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker: Luca Braghieri (Bocconi)
Location: , 3rd Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH

The intergenerational effects of forced migration on human capital and personality traits
Date: Tuesday 03 December 2024 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker: Dominik Hangartner (ETH Zurich)
Location: , 3rd Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH

TBC
Date: Tuesday 10 December 2024 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker: Judith Spirig (UCL)
Location: , 3rd Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH