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 18.15 and 19.45 during term time. These are public events: all students and the general public are welcome to attend. 

Political Violence in a New Global Order

17th January 2019, 18.15-19.45

The IPPR Commission on Economic Justice: Economic Paradigm Shifts and the Moving Political Centre

24th January 2019, 18.15-19.45

View the slides and listen to the audio recording.

Fake News and Statistics

31st January 2019, 18.15-19.45

Listen to the audio recording

Have central banks and the regulatory state displaced constitutional democracy?

7th February 2019, 18.15-19.45

Combating Modern Slavery

21st February 2019, 18.15-19.45

Whiteshift: Immigration, Populism and White Majorities

28th February 2019, 18.15-19.45

Listen to the audio recording and view the slides. 

The Future of Corporations

7th March 2019, 18.15-19.45

Listen to the audio recording

The Inner Level – How more equal societies improve wellbeing

14th March 2019, 18.15-19.45

International Trade Policy

21st March 2019, 18.15-19.45

The latest podcast in our series:

Look out for continuous updates as we venture into the world of podcasting here.

For previous event information, footage and presentations, please click here.

The Constitution Unit

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

Global Governance Institute

The Global Governance Institute has a varied program of seminars and keynote lectures. Watch this space we have a lot more events in the planning for term 1.

Date & Time	Speaker	Title	More information
09/10/2018	Sir Tom Phillips, former Commandant of the Royal College of Defence	The 13 Rules of International Life	Please Register
12/10/2018	Prof Judith Goldstein, Stanford University	The US and the trade regime: Who Benefited from the Rules? - Prof Judith Goldstein	Please Register
18/10/2018	Film screening with Director Sinead O'Shea	A Mother Brings her Son to Be Shot	Please Register
13/11/2018	Dr Malfrid Braut-Hegghammer	Cheater's dilemma: Iraqi signals, reputation and WMD disarmament (1991-2003)	Please Register
15/11/2018	Prof Doug Irvin	Understanding Trump's Trade Policy	Please Register

Legal & Political Theory

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. 

The UCL Colloquium for Law, Politics, and Philosophy -- jointly convened by the three departments -- takes place on select Tuesdays between 4pm and 6pm in Bentham House, UCL Faculty of Laws. 4-8 Endsleigh Gardens, London WC1H 0EG.

If you would like to sign up to the mailing list to receive the papers in advance of seminars, please email jeffrey.howard@ucl.ac.uk with the subject line "Join LPP Mailing List".

UCL Colloquium in Law, Politics & Philosophy - Spring 2019

The Value of Competition

David Owens (Philosophy, KCL) 12th March

Defending Spies

Cecile Fabre (Philosophy, Oxford) 23 April

Third-Coercion & Valid Consent

Mollie Gerver (Government, Essex) 7 May

Open Day Events

Date & Time	Location	Event	Further Information
Saturday 7 September 2019	University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT	UCL Undergraduate Open Day
Saturday 29 June 2019 10-5pm	University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT	UCL Undergraduate Open Day
Friday 28 June 2019	UCL, Department of Political Science, The Rubin Building, 29/30 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9QU	UCL Undergraduate Open Day with Political Science Department drop-in from 11am - 4pm
Saturday 27 April 2019 1-3.45pm	UCL, Department of Political Science, The Rubin Building, 29/30 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9QU	Philosophy, Politics & Economics BSc Offer Holders Day	bit.ly/PPEOfferHoldersDayUCL Please register via the above link to attend. This event is only for UCL PPE Offer Holders
Wednesday 13 March 2019 5-8pm	UCL Department of Political Science, The Rubin Building, 29/30 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9QU	Department of Political Science Postgraduate Open Evening	This is a ticketed event. We can only accept attendees who have registered. Please register here: PGOpenEvening
Wednesday 5 December 2018	University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT	UCL Graduate Open Evening	Departmental Drop In Session 16.00 - 18.00 pm
Wednesday 28 November 2018  4-5pm	Council Room 29 Tavistock Square London	PGR Forum	A panel of academics and current PhD students in Q&A session
Wednesday 14 November 2018          5-8pm	UCL Department of Political Science, The Rubin Building, 29/30 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9QU	Political Science Postgraduate Open Evening	This is a ticketed event. We can only accept attendees who have registered. Please register here: PGOpenDay
Saturday 6 October 2018 1.30-5.00pm	UCL Department of Political Science, The Rubin Building, 29/30 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9QU	PPE Open Day	This is a ticketed event. We can only accept attendees who have registered. Please register here: PPEOpenDay
Saturday 22 September 2018 1.00-5.00PM	Woburn House 20-24 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9HQ	BSc Politics & International Relations Open Day	This is a ticketed event. We can only accept attendees who have registered. Please register here: Pols&IROpenDay
Saturday 8 September 2018 10:00-16:00	University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT	UCL Undergraduate Open Day	Dr Thomas Gift to give PPE talks (11:15-11:45 & 15:30-16:00). The Department of Political Science will be open for students to drop-in from 10:00 to 16:00pm
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

Departmental Research Seminar

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.

2018/19 Departmental Research Seminar Schedule – Term 3
Date	Speaker	Paper Title
17 April	Jack Blumenau (UCL)	TBD
24 April	Hanne Fjelde (Uppsala)	TBD
1 May	Yonatan Lupu (George Washington)	TBD
8 May	Katerina Tertychnaya (UCL)	TBD
15 May	Mark Fathi Massoud (Santa Cruz)	TBD
22 May	Florian Kern (Essex)	TBD
29 May	Florian Foos (KCL)	TBD
5 June	Konstantinos Matakos (KCL)	TBD

Careers

Please find all information regarding the Political Science Careers Events below. These events are for students in the department and we look forward to welcoming you soon.

Date and Time	Title	Location
Events with speakers from the University Careers Service
6th February 2019 13.00-14.00	Year 1 - What to do with my PPE Degree?	Anatomy G04 Gavin de Beer Lecture Theatre
27th February 2019 13.00-15.00	Year 3 - Interview skills session	School of Public Policy Council Room, 29/30 Tavistock Square, WC1H 9QU
6th March 2019 13.00-14.00	Year 2 - How to secure an internship.	Bentham House LG11 Lecture Theatre
Forums with panels of former SPP students
22nd January 2019 18.00-20.00	Careers in Business and the Private Sector	School of Public Policy Council Room, 29/30 Tavistock Square, WC1H 9QU
30th January 2019 18.00-20.00	Careers for International Students	School of Public Policy Council Room, 29/30 Tavistock Square, WC1H 9QU
5th February 2019 18.00-20.00	Careers in Government and the Public Sector	School of Public Policy Council Room, 29/30 Tavistock Square, WC1H 9QU
19th February 2019 18.00-20.00	Working in Charities and the Voluntary Sector	School of Public Policy Council Room, 29/30 Tavistock Square, WC1H 9QU

UK-Latin America Political Philosophy Network

Day 1 – Thursday 25 April – Open Political Philosophy

09.30 - 10.00: Coffee and welcome 

10.00 - 11.30 Speaker 1: Maria Victoria Kristan (Pompeu Fabra U.), “The democratic forms of global domination” 

Discussant: Romina Frontalini Rekers (National Research Council of Argentina)

11.30 - 13.00 Speaker 2: Francisco Garcia Gibson (Buenos Aires U.) & Eduardo Rivera Lopez, (Torcuato di Tella U.,), “Puzzles of non-idealism” 

Discussant: Jeff Howard (UCL)

13.00 - 14.00: Lunch

14.00 - 15.30  Speaker 3: Emily Mcternan (UCL), “Do sweat the small stuff: Relational equality, social standing, and politeness norms”

Discussant: Felicitas Holzer (Buenos Aires U.)

15.30 - 16.00: Coffee break

16.00 - 17.30 Speaker 4: Rowan Cruft (Stirling), “Free speech as a socio-economic human right”

Discussant: Julio Montero (Buenos Aires U.)

Day 2 – Friday 26 April – Political Philosophy of Human Rights 

09.00 - 09.30: Coffee

09.30 - 11.00 Speaker 5: Leticia Morales (U. Austral, Chile), “Judicial interventions in health policy: epistemic competence and courts”

Discussant: Chiara Cordelli (Chicago U.)

11.00 - 12.30 Speaker 6: Adam Etinson (Edinburgh U.), “The lure of minimalism”

Discussant: Saladin Meckled-Garcia (UCL)

12.30 - 13.30: Lunch

13.30 - 15.00 Speaker 7: Carmen Pavel (KCL), “Constitutionalism and the international rule of law” Discussant: Ashwini Vasanthakumar (Queens U., Canada)

15.00 – 15.30 – Coffee break

15.30 – 17.00 Speaker 8: Cristian Rettig Bianchi (Adolfo Ibañes U., Chile), “Modifying our Beliefs on Collective Duties”

Discussant: Martin Oliveira, (National Research Council, Argentina)

17.30 - 18.30 PhD and Early CareerPanel – “Grants & funding in political philosophy: tips, pits, & ideas” Rowan Cruft;Chiara Cordelli; & tbc.

Day 3 – Saturday 27 April - Open Political Philosophy 

09.30 - 10.00: Coffee

10.00 - 11.30:  Speaker 9: Claudio Lopez Guerra, “Aligning interests: rulers, subjects, and equality”

Discussant: Mariano Garreta Leclercq (Buenos Aires U.)

11.30 - 13.00: Speaker 10: Felicitas Holzer (Buenos Aires U.), “Marxist exploitation and its critique reconsidered”

Discussant: Sarah Goff (UCL)

13.00 - 14.30: Lunch

14.30 - 16.00 Speaker 11: Juan Espíndola (CIDE, Mexico), “Bargaining for the disappeared: transitional justice and plea bargains”

Discussant: Santiago Truccone (University of Graz)

16.00 - 16.30: Coffee break

16.30 - 17.30 Plenary discussion: the future of the Network

Contact and co-organiser: Dr. Saladin Meckled-Garcia, s.meckled-garcia@ucl.ac.uk

UKLAPPN Facebook site: https://www.facebook.com/uklappn/

Twitter: @uklappn

This Workshop, and the UK-Latin America Political Philosophy Research Network more generally, has been made possible by an International Partnership Grant from the British Academy, and two grants from the UCL Global Engagement Fund, as well as a number of funds in Latin America. We are grateful for the support of these organisations.