17 May 2013: Dr Maki Kimura - Japan's politicians have a problem with 'comfort women'

Dr Maki Kimura, a Teaching Fellow in Gender and Politics, at The School of Public Policy wrote an article for The Guardian on recent remarks by Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto justifying Japan's war-time use of sex slaves. More...

3 May 2013: Video: Neil Mitchell Inaugural Lecture

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1 May 2013: Professor Lord O’Donnell - Inaugural Lecture

Building a Better Government: the Political and Constitutional Reforms necessary to build Better Government.
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1 May 2013: Lord Gus O'Donnell on Policy Impact

Robert Hazell talks to Lord Gus O'Donnell, former Cabinet Secretary and Visiting Professor in the School about Research and Public Policy.

29 April 2013: UCL and NYU Wagner Announce Pioneering Joint Global Executive MPA

UCL’s School of Public Policy and NYU Wagner have announced today an innovative new one-year Executive Master of Public Administration in Global Public Policy and Management (Global EMPA) that will equip tomorrow’s leaders with the skills to deal with complex global issues and policy decisions. Applications open later this year and the program will start in the autumn of 2014. The joint degree program marks a partnership of two leading schools of public service in the UK and US, giving students access to organisations, leaders and experts in Europe, America and beyond. The integrated degree program is unique in that it focuses on both policy development and implementation and includes a global comparative perspective. More...

29 April 2013: Gus O'Donnell is as political as the politicians

21 March 2013: Video: Highlights of Open day 2013

18 March 2013: Dr Jan-Emmanuel De Neve - Looking for the leader gene

12 March 2013: Video: Jack Straw - Dilemmas of a Foreign Secretary

1 March 2013: Video: Vernon Bogdanor - What Place for the Referendum in the UK?

28 February 2013: Ronald Dworkin - An Obitury

27 February 2013: Dignity in Adversity - a Workshop with Seyla Benhabib (UCL-Yale Collaboration)

2 February 2013: Video: Elisa Elschner (European Public Policy) speaks to Hillary Clinton about America’s foreign policy

1 February 2013: Video: Dr. Christine Reh Comments on David Cameron’s EU Speech

22 January 2013: Conference: Liberalism and Republicanism: Public Policy Implications

16 January 2013: Born to lead? Leadership can be an inherited trait, study finds

19 December 2012: Mr Max Brunner Presentation

7 December 2012: 'The Politics of Coalition' by Robert Hazell & Ben Yong is shortlisted for Political Book of the Year

5 December 2012: Video: Albert Weale gives evidence to House of Common Health Committee.

29 November 2012: Video: Professor Peter John Inaugural Lecture

22 November 2012: Video: MPhil /PhD Forum 2012

20 November 2012: New findings on the relationship between happiness and income

1 November 2012: A smarter Whitehall? Sir Humphrey agrees

30 October 2012: Chibundu Onuzo: The Spider King’s Daughter

26 October 2012: Professor Peter John Inaugural Lecture

13 September 2012: Political Analysis is the top-cited journal in political science

14 August 2012: Video: Kristin Bakke - When the Enemy of My Enemy Is Not My Friend

12 July 2012: Video: Dr Meg Russell on Lords reform: what next

9 July 2012: 100 SPP videos now online

6 July 2012: Dr Başak Çali interviewed on TRT