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News from the LSE political theory group https://www.lse.ac.uk/government/research/research-groups/political-theory
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We've put together a starker pack for political theorists based at LSE
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The recordings of our virtual graduate open day are now available. For all MSc programmes in @lsegovernment.bsky.social and for the MSc Political Theory. www.youtube.com/watch?v=My__...
LSE Virtual Graduate Open Events - Master's study in Government at LSE
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November 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The recordings of our virtual graduate open day are now available. For all MSc programmes in @lsegovernment.bsky.social and for the MSc Political Theory. www.youtube.com/watch?v=My__...
Great collection -- with @halcyene.bsky.social editing.
How might philosophical thinking shape research, policy, and public debate?
“The point is to change it”: Essays on Philosophy in Public Life, explores this question by bringing together perspectives from 21 leading philosophers across the UK, US, and Europe. 🧵
Read essays: bit.ly/philosophyesays
“The point is to change it”: Essays on Philosophy in Public Life, explores this question by bringing together perspectives from 21 leading philosophers across the UK, US, and Europe. 🧵
Read essays: bit.ly/philosophyesays
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Great collection -- with @halcyene.bsky.social editing.
Our very own @brunoleipold.com wins the Deutscher Prize 2025. Amazing news! And we celebrate by walking to Marx's grave with our Msc students. www.deutscherprize.org.uk/wp/
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Our very own @brunoleipold.com wins the Deutscher Prize 2025. Amazing news! And we celebrate by walking to Marx's grave with our Msc students. www.deutscherprize.org.uk/wp/
Next LSE Political Theory research seminar is with Agnes Tam (Calgary & Frankfurt). The paper is called “The Social Normativity of Social Norms: A Pluralist Account”. All welcome. Thursday 4pm in OLD.4.10. @lsegovernment.bsky.social Please register if LSE-external: forms.office.com/e/WBSQABK5yj
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November 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Next LSE Political Theory research seminar is with Agnes Tam (Calgary & Frankfurt). The paper is called “The Social Normativity of Social Norms: A Pluralist Account”. All welcome. Thursday 4pm in OLD.4.10. @lsegovernment.bsky.social Please register if LSE-external: forms.office.com/e/WBSQABK5yj
We're holding a Graduate Open Day for all MSc degrees in the @lsegovernment.bsky.social , including political theory @lsepoltheory.bsky.social . Please join us to hear about the programme and ask any questions you might have. www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
Master's study in the Department of Government at LSE - 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 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
We're holding a Graduate Open Day for all MSc degrees in the @lsegovernment.bsky.social , including political theory @lsepoltheory.bsky.social . Please join us to hear about the programme and ask any questions you might have. www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
Our very own Bruno @brunoleipold.com wins an ERC Synergy Grant! We are thrilled!! Huge boost for political theory @lsegovernment.bsky.social.
Congratulations to @brunoleipold.com for securing a Synergy Grant from @erc.europa.eu! 👏🏽
Bruno will collaborate on a 6-year project titled the Popular Government in Global Perspective project, which seeks to challenge the way we think about #democracy.
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Bruno will collaborate on a 6-year project titled the Popular Government in Global Perspective project, which seeks to challenge the way we think about #democracy.
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Research | ERC Synergy Grant | Democracy | Government
Dr Bruno Leipold is one of four principal investigators on the Popular Government in Global Perspective project, an ambitious six-year research endeavour which argues that the world's dominant form of...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Our very own Bruno @brunoleipold.com wins an ERC Synergy Grant! We are thrilled!! Huge boost for political theory @lsegovernment.bsky.social.
This Thursday, 4pm, in our research seminar: Jeff Spinner-Halev (UNC) on "Liberal Democratic Theory and the Rebuilding of the Administrative State". @lsegovernment.bsky.social www.lse.ac.uk/government/r...
Political Theory Group
The Political Theory Group in the LSE Department of Government - researching political theory and philosophy
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October 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This Thursday, 4pm, in our research seminar: Jeff Spinner-Halev (UNC) on "Liberal Democratic Theory and the Rebuilding of the Administrative State". @lsegovernment.bsky.social www.lse.ac.uk/government/r...
TODAY 11:30am! Tickets are gone but returns may be available. Chaired by our @pjthinker.bsky.social . www.lse.ac.uk/events/on-li...
October 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
TODAY 11:30am! Tickets are gone but returns may be available. Chaired by our @pjthinker.bsky.social . www.lse.ac.uk/events/on-li...
Thanks to Daniel James (TU Dresden) for a great talk on racialized oppression, followed by a great exchange. An absolutely brilliant research seminar.
October 17, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Thanks to Daniel James (TU Dresden) for a great talk on racialized oppression, followed by a great exchange. An absolutely brilliant research seminar.
TODAY!
Our next research seminar is with Daniel James (TU Dresden). The title of his paper is “Racism and Racialised Oppression”. Thursday 16 Oct 4pm.
PLEASE NOTE ROOM CHANGE: For this week only, we meet in CKK.1.14. Registration for externals: forms.office.com/e/WBSQABK5yj
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PLEASE NOTE ROOM CHANGE: For this week only, we meet in CKK.1.14. Registration for externals: forms.office.com/e/WBSQABK5yj
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October 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
TODAY!
We can't wait to see it!
My Against Post Liberalism book is printed pending publication in a week or so but I’ve still not seen advances @politybooks.bsky.social - it does appear to be a bit of a secret…
October 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
We can't wait to see it!
Our next research seminar is with Daniel James (TU Dresden). The title of his paper is “Racism and Racialised Oppression”. Thursday 16 Oct 4pm.
PLEASE NOTE ROOM CHANGE: For this week only, we meet in CKK.1.14. Registration for externals: forms.office.com/e/WBSQABK5yj
danieljamesphilosophy.com
PLEASE NOTE ROOM CHANGE: For this week only, we meet in CKK.1.14. Registration for externals: forms.office.com/e/WBSQABK5yj
danieljamesphilosophy.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Our next research seminar is with Daniel James (TU Dresden). The title of his paper is “Racism and Racialised Oppression”. Thursday 16 Oct 4pm.
PLEASE NOTE ROOM CHANGE: For this week only, we meet in CKK.1.14. Registration for externals: forms.office.com/e/WBSQABK5yj
danieljamesphilosophy.com
PLEASE NOTE ROOM CHANGE: For this week only, we meet in CKK.1.14. Registration for externals: forms.office.com/e/WBSQABK5yj
danieljamesphilosophy.com
Big thanks to Paul Weithman (Notre Dame) for giving our MSc students in Political Theory a great masterclass on Rawls. Paul is visiting LSE's Cohesive Capitalism Project and the @lsegovernment.bsky.social .
October 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Big thanks to Paul Weithman (Notre Dame) for giving our MSc students in Political Theory a great masterclass on Rawls. Paul is visiting LSE's Cohesive Capitalism Project and the @lsegovernment.bsky.social .
From political philosophy to political proposals via the social sciences. A lively debate, launching Tom Parr's new book. With Becky Clark (LSE), David Axelsen (Essex) and @brunoleipold.com .
October 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
From political philosophy to political proposals via the social sciences. A lively debate, launching Tom Parr's new book. With Becky Clark (LSE), David Axelsen (Essex) and @brunoleipold.com .
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We'll be launching Tom Parr's new book next week Thursday for our first LSE political theory seminar of the year. Register below!
On Thursday 2 October, we'll be kicking off our 2025-26 LSE poltiical theory seminar with a book launch of Tom Parr's "Empowering Workers in an Age of Automation". The event will be followed by a reception at the George IV pub. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/empowering...
September 26, 2025 at 10:06 AM
We'll be launching Tom Parr's new book next week Thursday for our first LSE political theory seminar of the year. Register below!
On Thursday 2 October, we'll be kicking off our 2025-26 LSE poltiical theory seminar with a book launch of Tom Parr's "Empowering Workers in an Age of Automation". The event will be followed by a reception at the George IV pub. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/empowering...
September 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
On Thursday 2 October, we'll be kicking off our 2025-26 LSE poltiical theory seminar with a book launch of Tom Parr's "Empowering Workers in an Age of Automation". The event will be followed by a reception at the George IV pub. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/empowering...
Event announcement:
👤 Paul Weithman (Glynn Family Honors Professor of Philosophy, Notre Dame)
💬 Has Liberalism Failed?
↪ With a response from Paul Kelly (Professor of Political Philosophy, LSE)
📅 Monday 6 October, 4.30–6.00pm
📍 Room 3.05, SAL
👤 Paul Weithman (Glynn Family Honors Professor of Philosophy, Notre Dame)
💬 Has Liberalism Failed?
↪ With a response from Paul Kelly (Professor of Political Philosophy, LSE)
📅 Monday 6 October, 4.30–6.00pm
📍 Room 3.05, SAL
September 15, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Event announcement:
👤 Paul Weithman (Glynn Family Honors Professor of Philosophy, Notre Dame)
💬 Has Liberalism Failed?
↪ With a response from Paul Kelly (Professor of Political Philosophy, LSE)
📅 Monday 6 October, 4.30–6.00pm
📍 Room 3.05, SAL
👤 Paul Weithman (Glynn Family Honors Professor of Philosophy, Notre Dame)
💬 Has Liberalism Failed?
↪ With a response from Paul Kelly (Professor of Political Philosophy, LSE)
📅 Monday 6 October, 4.30–6.00pm
📍 Room 3.05, SAL
Fantastic news! And great to see that work speaking to political scientists AND theorists does so well. Congrats, Mathias!
🎉 Huge congratulations to our brilliant LSE @lsegovernment.bsky.social colleague, Mathias Poertner @mathiaspoertner.bsky.social for winning APSA’s Leon Epstein book award for his excellent book Creating Partisans!
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September 15, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Fantastic news! And great to see that work speaking to political scientists AND theorists does so well. Congrats, Mathias!
New seminar schedule for Autumn Term. All welcome!
September 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
New seminar schedule for Autumn Term. All welcome!
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August 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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In a piece for @verfassungsblog.de I critique a recent Hamburg court decision that Marx is an enemy of the German constitution. (English translation out soon)
Verfassungsfeind Marx?
Die Gesellschaftstheorie von Marx ist mit dem Grundgesetz unvereinbar – so hielt es unlängst das Verwaltungsgericht Hamburg.
BRUNO LEIPOLD (@brunoleipold.com) meint: Was die Richter zu Marx schreiben, ist ideengeschichtlich nicht haltbar.
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Die Gesellschaftstheorie von Marx ist mit dem Grundgesetz unvereinbar – so hielt es unlängst das Verwaltungsgericht Hamburg.
BRUNO LEIPOLD (@brunoleipold.com) meint: Was die Richter zu Marx schreiben, ist ideengeschichtlich nicht haltbar.
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August 29, 2025 at 7:09 AM
In a piece for @verfassungsblog.de I critique a recent Hamburg court decision that Marx is an enemy of the German constitution. (English translation out soon)
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Penultimate day as HoD and last in office before Sara Hobolt takes over - good luck to her. Journey home - David Bowie, Massive Attack and Motörhead…
August 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Penultimate day as HoD and last in office before Sara Hobolt takes over - good luck to her. Journey home - David Bowie, Massive Attack and Motörhead…
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🎉 Congratulations @brunoleipold.com (@lsepoltheory.bsky.social) for winning our 2025 Political Theory Prize
⭐ Citizen Marx: Republicanism and the Formation of Karl Marx's Social and Political Thought (@princetonupress.bsky.social)
👉 More about the winner buff.ly/TweS2Bw #ECPRPrizes
⭐ Citizen Marx: Republicanism and the Formation of Karl Marx's Social and Political Thought (@princetonupress.bsky.social)
👉 More about the winner buff.ly/TweS2Bw #ECPRPrizes
The 2025 Political Theory Prize is awarded to Bruno Leipold
European Consortium for Political Research
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August 22, 2025 at 11:06 AM
🎉 Congratulations @brunoleipold.com (@lsepoltheory.bsky.social) for winning our 2025 Political Theory Prize
⭐ Citizen Marx: Republicanism and the Formation of Karl Marx's Social and Political Thought (@princetonupress.bsky.social)
👉 More about the winner buff.ly/TweS2Bw #ECPRPrizes
⭐ Citizen Marx: Republicanism and the Formation of Karl Marx's Social and Political Thought (@princetonupress.bsky.social)
👉 More about the winner buff.ly/TweS2Bw #ECPRPrizes
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Congratulations to Assistant Professor @brunoleipold.com on the publication of his new #article, "Constituency #Juries: Holding Elected Representatives Accountable through Sortition" in Perspectives on Politics, Cambridge University Press, 2025. 👏👏👏
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Constituency Juries: Holding Elected Representatives Accountable through Sortition | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
Constituency Juries: Holding Elected Representatives Accountable through Sortition
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August 18, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Congratulations to Assistant Professor @brunoleipold.com on the publication of his new #article, "Constituency #Juries: Holding Elected Representatives Accountable through Sortition" in Perspectives on Politics, Cambridge University Press, 2025. 👏👏👏
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In a new article in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social I propose an institution reform to make representative government less oligarchic: having elected politicians held accountable by randomly selected "Constituency Juries"
NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!!
Constituency Juries: #Holding #Elected #Representatives #Accountable through #Sortition
By @brunoleipold.com
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Constituency Juries: #Holding #Elected #Representatives #Accountable through #Sortition
By @brunoleipold.com
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August 12, 2025 at 8:25 AM
In a new article in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social I propose an institution reform to make representative government less oligarchic: having elected politicians held accountable by randomly selected "Constituency Juries"