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. 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 Institutional Roots of the Anti-Trade Backlash	Please Register
18/10/2018	Film screening with Director Sinead O'Shea	A Mother Brings her Son to Be Shot	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 Colloquium for Law, Politics, and Philosophy -- jointly convened by the three departments -- also takes place on select Tuesdays between 4pm and 6pm. 

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 Legal and Political Theory Seminar Series - Autumn 2018

Date & Time	Speaker	Topic
9 October 2018	Jiewuh Song (Seoul)	“Progressively Realized Human Rights”
16 October 2018	Zachary Hoskins (Nottingham)	“Hybrid Theories of Punishment”
30 October 2018	Liam Shields (Manchester)	“At What Cost? Children as Public Goods”
13 November 2018	Matthew Clayton (Warwick)	“Against Religious Schools”
27 November 2018	Jessica Begon (Durham)	“Disability: Harmful, Disadvantageous, or Neutral?”
11 December 2018	Alice Baderin (Reading)	“The Continuity of Ethics and Political Theory”

All autumn sessions will take place on Tuesdays from 4-6pm in the Council Room in the UCL Department of Political Science, 29-30 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9QU.

UCL Colloquium in Law, Politics & Philosophy - Spring 2019

Date & Time	Speaker
8 January 2019	Anna Stilz (Politics, Princeton)
29 January 2019	George Letsas (Laws, UCL)
26 February 2019	Clare Chambers (Philosophy, Cambridge)
12 March 2019	David Owens (Philosophy, KCL)
23 April 2019	Cécile Fabre (Philosophy, Oxford)
07 May 2019	Mollie Gerver (Government, Essex)

All spring sessions will take place on Tuesdays from 4-6pm location TBC

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 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
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.

2018/19 Departmental Research Seminar Schedule – Term 1
Date	Speaker	Paper Title
3 October	Dominik Hangartner (ETH Zurich)	TBC
10 October	Rubén Poblete (UCL)	TBC
17 October	Faisal Ahmed (Princeton)	TBC
24 October	Pablo Barbera (LSE)	TBC
31 October	Chris Hanretty (Royal Holloway)	TBC
14 November	Philipp Schroeder (UCL)	TBC
21 November	Tasha Fairfield (LSE)	TBC
28 November	Alice Evans (King's College)	TBC
5 December	TBC	TBC
12 December	Hanne Fjelde (Uppsala University)	TBC