Events and Public Engagements

Can finance save the world?

We had the pleasure of welcoming Bertrand Badré to our Paris campus for a talk entitled “Can finance save the world?”. […]

The far right in Latin America

Dr. Lisa Zanotti delivered a lecture in our Comparative Politics class focusing on the populist radical right in Latin […]

The Psychology of Places

Recently, we had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Elisabeta Militaru for a talk on “The Psychology of Places” as part of our […]

Talk by Olivier Sibony

Our students delved into the process of ‘decision-making’ during a talk recently hosted by Professor Olivier Sibony—a […]

Talk by Anne Marie Faustino, Senior Advisor at the United Nations World Food Programme

05/12/2023 | 16:00-17:00

We had the pleasure of welcoming Anne Marie for a lecture on the topic of “Complex Emergencies and Humanitarian Response: […]

Data Science: Talk by Dr Joana Andrade

Dr Joana Andrade is Educational Data Analyst at Doublestruck (AQA) in the UK, with experience as Data Scientist spanning […]

The Wandering Sandochas Society

The Wandering Sandochas Society is a new series of lunchtime events. The inaugural session had the theme: “Stagflation – Is […]

Talk by L’Oréal

We welcomed Michael Kienle, L’Oréal’s Vice President of the Global Talent Acquisition Team, and Rainer Iveson, Director […]

Forward Model United Nations

05/12/2023 | 16:00-17:00

Our students engaged in discussions around the following topics: the conflict of China and Taiwan, addressing the […]

Migrant Crossings in the Central Mediterranean talk by Dr. Julian Wucherpfennig

15/11/2023 17:00 15/12/2023 18:00

We welcomed Dr. Julian Wucherpfennig, Professor of International Affairs and Security at Hertie School Berlin, for a talk […]

Decolonising Democracy by Dr. Carin Runciman

10/11/2023 | 16:00-17:00

Our Paris campus we had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Carin Runciman, Senior Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, at our […]

Gender in East Asia by Yuting He

08/11/2023 | 13:00-14:00

Our Lisbon campus welcomed postgraduate researcher Yuting He to present a talk on gender in East Asia to our students. Yuting […]

Deciphering Causal Reasoning: Human vs. Language Models

Dr. Anita Keshmirian, our Assistant Professor in Psychology and Data Science, was invited to present a talk in the […]

Conservative leadership hopefuls should listen to Hobbes regarding Scotland

Thomas Hobbes’ thought is often regarded as a blueprint for authoritarianism. But his Leviathan gives prudent advice on the […]

Westminster has a moral obligation to allow a second Scottish independence referendum

To secure a second independence referendum, the Scottish government must first prove the referendum’s legitimacy. To do […]

The pandemic reveals a lot about sovereign power and how it is contested

Sovereignty is typically perceived to lie with those who can provide protection. In The Loop, Ruairidh Brown considers how […]

What is at stake in the Scottish National Party’s request for a second referendum

The Kenmure Street protest in Glasgow, raises crucial issues concerning political obligation in Scotland, writes Ruairidh in […]

Eating Disoders Research Society (EDRS) Annual Conference

In September 2022, Gemma attended the Eating Disorders Research Society (EDRS) Annual Conference in Philadelphia, where she […]

Association for Philosophy and Literature’s conference on nature

Ruairidh attended the Association for Philosophy and Literature’s conference on nature. The conference was hosted by […]

European Consortium for Political Research’s General Conference

Ruairidh was one of the participants interviewed at the European Consortium for Political Research’s General Conference in […]

Nature between us by Ruairidh Brown

In October Ruairidh Brown will be travelling to Jagiellonian University, Krakow, to give a talk on his ongoing research […]

St Augustine in the Anthropocene

In our contemporary world, dangers frequently come not from external enemies but from our own behaviour.