SPP News

Video - Career Networking Event

Stephen Thomson — 2010-03-16T17:23:07Z

The SPP Career Networking Event was held on Friday 12 March 2010 in the SPP Council Room. The session was led by Dr Meg Russell and Patrice Ware and was an opportunity for current students to meet with past students who shared their career experiences since leaving The School of Public Policy.

Commons Overwhelmingly Votes for Reform: Now Government Must Act

Stephen Thomson — 2010-03-05T09:46:53Z

This afternoon the House of Commons voted overwhelmingly for a package of reforms to strengthen parliament, closely based on proposals from UCL's Constitution Unit.

An Ambassador Calls: Human Rights Students Visit UN

Stephen Thomson — 2009-10-01T14:52:22Z

SPP students were able to meet three senior state representatives to the United Nations on the second MA in Human Rights study trip to Geneva on February 16th and 17th. This time the visit was during the Universal Periodic Review - the process, under the auspices of the Human Rights Council, which provides the opportunity for each State to declare what actions they have taken to improve the human rights situations in their countries and to fulfil their human rights obligations.

Political Science PhD Thesis awarded Major Prize

Stephen Thomson — 2010-03-03T10:54:51Z

Above: Laura Valentini

Professor Robert Hazell on BBC Newsnight

Stephen Thomson — 2009-10-01T14:52:22Z

Invisible Children Film - February 02, 2010

Stephen Thomson — 2010-02-09T15:38:33Z

Invisible Children is a non-profit organisation which—based on the documentary shot in 2003—has turned into a worldwide campaign to highlight the plight of children in Uganda’s long-running civil war. The film and campaign is much more than just about Uganda, though. It provides a wonderful example of highlighting neglected and unknown distant problems, the responsibilities that we might have to act, and the possibilities of social change. Invisible Children is the remarkable story of how 3 young college students made a film about the plight of child soldiers in Uganda.

Video - Student Experiences

Stephen Thomson — 2010-02-04T15:04:31Z

Former Postgraduate students discuss their experiences in studying at The School of Public Policy.

EU Studies Fair - Brussels, Belgium

Stephen Thomson — 2010-02-03T16:20:03Z

Saturday 13 February 2010

Princeton Fellowship awarded to Cecile Laborde

Stephen Thomson — 2010-02-04T16:54:24Z

Professor Cecile Laborde has been elected as a Member of Princeton's Institute of Advanced Studies for the 2010-11 academic year.

Accommodating Religious Diversity in a Secular Society - Professor Lord Bhikhu Parekh

Stephen Thomson — 2010-01-29T11:32:16Z

The Department of Political Science is co-hosting with the Vice-Provost Research Office the Second Grand Challenge: Intercultural Interaction Guest Lecture. This lecture will be given by Lord Bhikhu Parekh, with Professor Richard Bellamy in the Chair and Professor Cecile Laborde as discussant.

Sir Christopher Kelly - MPs' Expenses and Allowances

Stephen Thomson — 2010-01-21T13:53:06Z

In the wake of the MPs' expenses scandal, the Chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, Sir Christopher Kelly, discussed his Committee's recent Report on the future of MPs' expenses.

Tavistock Times - January 2010

Stephen Thomson — 2009-09-17T16:35:29Z

The January edition of the Tavistock Times is now available for download.

Political Studies Communication Award for Professor Robert Hazell

Stephen Thomson — 2010-01-12T15:27:42Z

Above: Professor Robert Hazell

International Law for International Relations

Stephen Thomson — 2009-12-15T15:09:29Z

Dr Basak Cali's edited textbook "International Law for International Relations" has been published by Oxford University Press. The textbook is dedicated to students of International Law coming from anInternational Relations context.

Nominal Commitment to Human Rights: A Global Survey goes live on Human Rights Day

Stephen Thomson — 2009-12-11T16:44:05Z

The website for the staff-student research project has gone live at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/spp/research/research-projects/nchr/

Video - Research Degree Forum

Stephen Thomson — 2009-12-07T16:20:43Z

The Department of Political Science/School of Public Policy held an open forum on December 3, 2009 to discuss 'What is a PhD'?

EPSRC Grant Award

Stephen Thomson — 2009-11-30T14:39:16Z

UCL has been awarded a substantial grant (circa £3m) by EPSRC to develop a programme in global dynamics and complexity theory: The Centre for Applied Spatial Analysis (CASA) will lead ten academics in UCL, including Dr Alex Braithwaite from Political Science, who will build models of migration, trade, security, and development.

UCL research influences House of Commons Reform

Stephen Thomson — 2009-11-25T09:58:53Z

Research by Dr Meg Russell (UCL Constitution Unit) has heavily influenced the report of the Select Committee on Reform of the House of Commons, published yesterday.

Lobbying in the EU

Stephen Thomson — 2009-11-11T17:35:58Z

Professor David Coen has recently returned from a Distinguished Fulbright Fellowship at the Centre for Business and Government at the Kennedy School of Government where he completed the OUP handbook on Business and Government with Professor Wyn Grant and Professor Graham Wilson and gave lectures at Harvard, Boston University, Brown University, Princeton, and Maxwell School of Public Policy on “EU Business Lobbying” and “Regulatory Reform”.

Managing Regulation in the EU

Stephen Thomson — 2009-11-11T17:28:04Z

Professor David Coen has been recently awarded with Professor Adrienne Héritier (Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute) a European Commission Grant under the 7th Framework Programme (PEGGED). The project “Managing Regulation - “Politics, Economics and Global Governance: The European Dimensions” will analyses EU regulatory shopping of network companies in Telecommunications, Gas, Electric, Airline, and Rail.

IPPR Volume 5, Issue 1 now online

Selina N Uddin — 2009-11-06T11:40:56Z

The Editorial Team of International Public Policy Review is pleased to announce that Volume 5 is now available online. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ippr/issues/volume5-1.php

Professor Albert Weale joins SPP

Stephen Thomson — 2009-11-05T10:53:47Z

Professor Albert Weale will be joining the department as Professor of Political Theory and Public Policy from 1 January 2010. A Fellow of the British Academy and Chair of its Research Committee, he also chairs the Nuffield Bioethics Committee.

New Institute for Human Rights: Department of Political Science Key Partner

Stephen Thomson — 2009-11-03T16:25:31Z

On the 15th October, the new UCL Institute for Human Rights was launched at a high profile event on Corporate Social Responsibility and Human Rights.

SPP Students Participate in 2009 EU Negotiation Moot

Stephen Thomson — 2009-10-29T15:44:49Z

On 22 and 23 October MSc students from the Department of Political Science participated in the 2009 EU Negotiation Moot in Brussels.

Dr Jennifer van Heerde - Visiting Professor, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva

Stephen Thomson — 2009-10-14T10:03:53Z

Dr Jennifer van Heerde has been awarded a Visiting Professorship at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva for Autumn 2009.