Events

10 June 2026
A conversation between Matt Kennard and Laleh Khalili and the the launch of the new and expanded edition of Irregular Army: How the US Military Recruited Neo-Nazis, Gang Members, and Criminals.

3 June 2026
Dr Sarah Kunz (Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Capitalism Studies) and Professor Mette Louise Berg (Head of the UCL Social Research Institute) discussed Sarah's new research paper "Investment migration as postcolonial wealth extraction: The case of the UK Investor Visa".

2 February 2026
Authors Susi Geiger (University College Dublin) and Théo Bourgeron (University of Edinburgh) presented their new book: Peak Pharma: Toward a New Political Economy of Health. Moderated by Professor Toby Seddon (UCL).

11 December 2025
This workshop built on last year’s series; this one looked to the future, assembling an interdisciplinary group of scholars to ask what might come after the capitalist state.

29 October 2025
Susan Zieger gave this seminar, with respondent Professor Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou.

3 June 2025
Black feminist co-operators engage in globalising solidarity economies through a specific form of mutual aid – formally referred to as Rotating Savings and Credit Associations (ROSCAs) – to meet livelihood needs. These women call themselves the Banker Ladies, and the ROSCAs they run are rooted in equity, collectivity and self-help.

1 May 2025
Noam Yuran (Bar Ilan), Anat Rosenberg (IALS), and Amin Samman (City) launch Yuran’s new book, The Sexual Economy of Capitalism.

28 April 2025
A roundtable discussion on digital capitalism with Aitor Jiménez (University of the Basque Country), Ana Valdivia (Oxford Internet Institute) and George Briley (University of Brighton).

15 April 2025
Kohei Saito in conversation with Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou.

2 April 2025
This series of four collaborative workshops examined the evolution of the capitalist state in the contemporary moment, focussing on industrial strategy and financialization, militarism, and borders and carceral infrastructures.

28 March 2025
Samuel Fisher discussed the paraliterary writings of Samuel R. Delany as occasions to think about how the literary mediates social form.

24 March 2025
A talk on financial nihilism by Amin Samman (City) with commentary from William Davies (Goldsmiths).

12 February 2025
This series of four collaborative workshops examined the evolution of the capitalist state in the contemporary moment, focussing on industrial strategy and financialization, militarism, and borders and carceral infrastructures.

5 December 2024
Inaugural Annual Conversation with Gillian Tett, Ash Sarkar, and Thomas Piketty.

4 December 2024
This series of four collaborative workshops examined the evolution of the capitalist state in the contemporary moment, focussing on industrial strategy and financialization, militarism, and borders and carceral infrastructures.

22 November 2024
A call to (re)think algorithmic harms and resistance through an environmental lens, with Dr Ana Valdivia – Visiting Research Fellow at the UCL Centre for Capitalism Studies.

24 May 2024
Marnie Holborow presented her new book, which explored work and care provided in the home, and identified their effects on gender inequality and discrimination.

23 February 2024
A discussion between panellists Carolyn Biltoft (Graduate Institute Geneva), Earl Gammon (Sussex), Emily Rosamond (Goldsmiths) and Amin Samman (City).

31 January 2024
A multi-media event, film screening and discussion with Gary Zhexi Zhang, Klara Kofen and Bahar Noorizadeh.

5 December 2023
Caroline E. Schuster launched her new book 'Forecasts, a Story of Weather and Finance at the Edge of Disaster'.

21 November 2023
Toby Seddon launched his new book 'Rethinking Drug Laws: Theory, History, Politics'.

2 November 2023
Maitrayee Deka launched her new book 'Traders and Tinkers: Bazaars in the Global Economy (Stanford UP).

20 October 2023
Featuring renowned artist Hito Steyerl, the pre-eminent economist Prof Ha-Joon Chang and commentary from journalist and economic commentator Grace Blakeley.