Events and Seminars at Department of Political Science

The SPP Policy and Practice Seminar Series includes presentations of scholarly research and talks by high-profile policy makers, practitioners and academics.  They take place on Thursdays between 6.15 and 8pm during term time in JZ Young Lecture Theatre, Anatomy Building in Gower Street. These are public events: all students and the general public are welcome to attend. Drinks reception is taking place at 5.15 in UCL School of Public Policy, Common Room.

2017/18 Policy and Practice Seminar Series

Date & Time	Speaker	Title	More information
5 October '17	Carne Ross  Chaired by Professor Robert Hazell	'Carne Ross - The Independent Diplomat'
12 October '17	Quentin Peel  Chaired by Dr Christine Reh	'Macron, Merkel & May: who is going to set the European Agenda?'
19 October '17	Steve Richards  Chaired by Professor Meg Russell	'From Trump to Corbyn; how to explain the Rise of the Outsiders'
26 October '17	Vincent Boland  Chaired by Dr Alan Renwick	'There goes the neighborhood: Anglo-Irish relations and Brexit'
2 November '17	Nick Vaughan-Williams     Chaired by Manuel Vogt	'The Everyday Politics of Migration and Border Security in Europe'
16 November '17	Anne Applebaum Chaired by Melanie Garson	'Fake news, disinformation and democracy'
23 November '17	Adam Oliver  Peter John  Manu Savani Chaired by Albert Weale	'How behavioural economics can transform public policy'
30 November '17	Gus O'Donnell	'Brexit: Deal or no Deal'
7 December '17	Michael Jacobs	'Beyond the crisis: Time for an Economic Paradigm'
14 December '17	Daniel Kelemen Chaired by Christine Reh & co-organised with UCL European Institute	'Europe's Other Democratic Deficit: National Authoritarianism in Europe's Democratic Union'
11 January '18	Rt Hon Jack Straw  Chaired by Robert Hazell	'Iran: A Better Friend'
18 January '18	Mark Bunting  Chaired by Alan Renwick	'Facebook faces the regulators: pay up, break up or give up?'
25 January '18	Nick Clegg Chaired by Robert Hazell	'How to Stop Brexit'
1 February '18	Nicola Brewer  Chaired by Robert Hazell	'A career in Diplomacy?'
8 February '18	Luke Harding  Chaired by Robert Hazell	'Collusion: Trump and Russia'
22 February '18	Robert Tombs and Richard Aikens	'The intellectual case for Brexit'
1 March '18	Kerry Brown, Suzanne Yang, Cai Yuxiao	'China: The new super-power?'
8 March '18	Germa Bel Chaired by Marc Esteve	'Disdain, Distrust and Dissolution: Explaining the Catalan Independence Process'
15 March '18	Jurgen Kronig Jakub Krupa  Evdoxia Lymperi  Jacqueline Minor	'Europe's view on Brexit - and Beyond'
22 March '18	John Curtice Chaired by Jennifer Hudson	'Why Pollsters got it wrong (again)'	Register here

 You can see all the forthcoming events organised by the Constitution Unit here. 

The Global Governance Institute has a varied program of seminars and keynote lectures.

Date & Time	Speaker	Title	More information
19/02/2018	Jette Knusden	Visible Hands: Government Regulation and International Business Responsibility	Please Register
27/02/2018	Daniele Archibugi/Alice Pease	Crime and Global Justice. The Dynamics of International Punishment - Book Launch	Please Register
05/03/2018	Steven Vogel	Marketcraft: How Governments Make Markets Work	Please Register
15/03/2018	GGE Film Screening	Under the Shadow by Fiona Lloyd-Davis	Please Register
20/03/2018	Virginia Haufler	Producing Global Governance in the Global Factory	Please Register
24/04/2018	Gerard Toal	The Affective Geopolitics of the New Cold Wa	Please Register

Seminars with visiting speakers are held throughout the year, in which leading political and legal philosophers are invited to discuss a current piece of work. The papers are pre-circulated, so the total time is devoted to conversation with the speaker. In the first term, the UCL Legal & Political Theory Seminar is convened by the Department of Political Science and takes place on select Tuesdays between 4pm and 6pm. In the second and third terms, the UCL Institute for Law, Politics, and Philosophy Colloquium (an inter-departmental collaboration) also takes place on select Tuesdays between 4pm and 6pm. 

More information about Legal and Political Theory at UCL here. 

2017/18 Legal and Political Theory Seminar Series - Spring 2018

Date & Time	Speaker	Topic
1 May	Cecile Laborde (Oxford)	'Abortion, Marriage and Cognate Problems'  Register here.
15 May	Neil Walker (Edinbirgh)	'Populism and Constitutional Tension' Register here.
29 May	Mark DSouza (UCL Laws)	'Lessons from Analogising Natural and Corporate Persons in the Criminal Law'  Register here.

All spring sessions will be at 4pm in the Council Room at UCL School of Public Policy, 29-30 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9QU. 

Date & Time	Location	Event	Further Information
Wednesday 5 December 2018	University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT	UCL Graduate Open Day	TBC
Wednesday 14 November 2018	TBC	Political Science Postgraduate Open Evening	TBC
Saturday 6 October 2018	UCL Department of Political Science, The Rubin Building, 29/31 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9QU	PPE Open Day	TBC
Saturday 8 September 2018 10:00-16:00	University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT	UCL Undergraduate Open Day	TBC
Saturday 30 June 2018 10:00-16:00	University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT	UCL Undergraduate Open Day	TBC
Friday 29 June 2018 10:00-16:00	University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT	UCL Undergraduate Open Day	TBC
Saturday 28 April 2018 THIS EVENT HAS NOW ENDED	UCL Department of Political Science, The Rubin Building, 29/31 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9QU	PPE Offer Holders' Day Please register via the above link to attend.	We will be holding an Open Day for PPE offer holders and would be delighted if you could join us for an exciting afternoon of taster lectures, a tour of UCL and the chance to meet current students.
Thursday 10 May 2018 15:00-16:00 (GMT)	UCL Department of Political Science, The Rubin Building, 29/31 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9QU	MSc MPA Virtual Event Please register via the above link to attend.
Tuesday 27th March 2018 15:30- 16:30 (GMT)	UCL Department of Political Science, The Rubin Building, 29/31 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9QU	MSc European Politics and Policy Virtual Event Please register via the above link to attend.
Wednesday 14 March 2018 17:30-20:00	UCL Department of Political Science, The Rubin Building, 29/31 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9QU	UCL Department of Political Science Postgraduate Open Evening CANCELLED Due to Industrial Action	This event has been cancelled due to Industrial Action at UCL
Wednesday 21st February 2018 11:00 - 12:00 GMT	Online	Global Governance and Ethics virtual event  Please register via the above link to attend.
Thursday 7 December 2017 13:30-14:30 GMT THIS EVENT HAS ENDED.	Online	PPE Virtual Open Day Please register via the above link to attend.
Wednesday 6 December 2017 14:00-19:00 THIS EVENT HAS ENDED.	University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT	UCL Graduate Open Day Please register via the above link to attend.
Wednesday 15 November 2017 17:30-20:00 THIS EVENT HAS ENDED.	UCL Department of Political Science, The Rubin Building, 29/31 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9QU	UCL Department of Political Science Postgraduate Open Evening Please register via the above link to attend.
Tuesday 19 September 2017 10:00-15:30  THIS EVENT HAS ENDED.	Senate House, University of London UCL PPE Talk Location: Wolfson Room IHR, Lower Ground Floor, Senate House North Block	University of London Undergraduate Fair Please register via the above link to attend.	Dr Tim Hicks to give PPE talk (15.15-15.45). Political Science Admissions staff will be available to answer questions from 13:00-14:00.
Saturday 9 September 2017 10:00-16:00 THIS EVENT HAS ENDED.	University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT Talk 1 Location (10:15): Chemistry Lecture Theatre, Christopher Ingold Building, 20 Gordon Street Talk 2 Location (14:00): Darwin Lecture Theatre, Darwin Building Department Drop-in Location: The Rubin Building, 29/31 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9QU	UCL Undergraduate Open Day Please register via the above link to attend.	Professor Albert Weale to give PPE talks (10:15-10:45 & 14:00-14:30). The Department of Political Science will be open for students to drop-in from 10:00 to 16:00.
Saturday 1 July 2017 10:00-16:00 THIS EVENT HAS ENDED.	University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT PPE Talk Location: Christopher Ingold Lecture Theatre, Christopher Ingold Building, 20 Gordon St, WC1H 0AJ	UCL Undergraduate Open Day Please register via the above link to attend.	Dr Nick Martin to give PPE talk (12:00-12:30). Please note that the Department of Political Science will be closed on this date.
Friday 30 June 2017 10:00-16:00 THIS EVENT HAS ENDED.	University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT PPE Talk Location: Christopher Ingold Lecture Theatre, Christopher Ingold Building, 20 Gordon St, WC1H 0AJ Department Drop-in Location: The Rubin Building, 29/31 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9QU	UCL Undergraduate Open Day Please register via the above link to attend.	Dr Tim Hicks to give PPE talk (12:00-12:30). The Department of Political Science will be open for students to drop-in from 10:00 to 16:00.

The Departmental Research Seminar is designed to provide academic staff and PhD students with an opportunity to workshop current research with the rest of the department. Seminars will take place throughout the term and attendance is open to all who are interested. The sessions are not limited to specific subfields and participation by all staff and PhD students is welcome. The idea is to create a forum that brings together individuals with diverse interests.

Presentations are not expected. Discussions will take the form of an informal Q&A session. Papers are distributed at least one week prior to each session. Participants are expected to read the manuscript ahead of time and to come prepared with comments or questions. Please email alexandra.hartman@ucl.ac.uk to be added to the mailing list, through which the papers are distributed.

2017/18 Departmental Research Seminar Schedule – Term 2 & 3
Date	Speaker	Paper Title
17 January	Elizabeth Morrow (KCL)	The Rise and Fall of the English Defence League: self-governance, marginal members and the far-right
24 January	Vicky Fouka (Stanford)	From Immigrants to Americans: Race, Status and Assimilation during the Great Migration
31 January	Adam Harris (UCL)	The Determinants of Local and National Vote Choice: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment
7 February	Dan Berliner (LSE)	Political Context and Procedural Values: Attitudes Towards Presidential Secrecy Before and After the 2016 Election
21 February	Attila Lindner (UCL)	The Effect of Minimum Wages on Low-Wage Jobs: Evidence from the United States Using a Bunching Estimator
28 February	Macartan Humphreys (WZB)	The Metaketa Initiative
21 March	Andy Harris (NYU)	"Stain Removal": How Violence Affects Politics in Kenya
25 April	Imran Rasul (UCL)	Social Ties, Group Identity and the Delivery of Public Services
9 May	Abbey Steele (University of Amsterdam)	Illicit Behavior and the Foundations of State-Building: Evidence from Colombia
16 May	Guy Grossman (UPenn)	Candidate Entry & Voter Behavior in the Wake of an Incumbent Performance Transparency Initiative
23 May	Milli Lake (LSE)	Everyday War: Cyclical Insecurity and the Fragmentation of Violence in Low Intensity Armed Conflict