This week saw the start of the 2026 Championships at the All England Club in Wimbledon. But is tennis fair? Our research highlights a rare but striking problem relating to number of games won versus overall match results. Learn more: shorturl.at/FMuqq

🚨 New partnership 🚨 King's has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a 1+1 Master’s programme between King’s College London and the University of Barcelona. Students will study in Barcelona and London - bringing together two fantastic academic environments. ⬇️ www.kcl.ac.uk/political-ec...

Human activity has driven the retreat of Antarctica’s fastest melting glacier. This landmark study, led by scientists in @kings-sga.bsky.social and @bas.ac.uk, is the first to directly attribute the changes of a major Antarctic glacier to the activities of humans. ⬇️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/human-a...

Join the King's African Leadership Centre for their Postgraduate Research Conference on Tuesday 7 July. The keynote will be Her Excellency Fatou Bensouda, High Commissioner of The Gambia to the UK and former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. www.kcl.ac.uk/events/reima...

The new issue of the King's College London online alumni magazine, InTouch, has landed! Read about SSPP alumni Gillian Ekua A. (MA Education Management, 2022), Julio Alonso-Ortega Ortega (Political Economy of Emerging Markets, 2022), Sue Dale Tunnicliffe (PhD Education, 1995). intouch.kcl.ac.uk

EVENT: Measuring What Matters: Economic Indicators for Democratic Governance Panel ➡️ Richard Layard (LSE), Maria Cotofan (KCL), Martin Weale (KCL), and Peter Levell (IFS) 📅 24 June 🕙 18.00 More 👇 www.eventbrite.com/e/measuring-...

Does the public view some people as more worthy of government welfare support than others? 🏦📈 A new study co-authored by King's academics Hanna Kleider, David Hope and Julian Limberg highlights a dramatic shift in perceptions of the welfare state. Read more ⬇ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/a-degre...

"The one option where they have to negotiate with us is if we apply to rejoin... but they're not going to go easy on us, even in a rejoin situation" 💬 @anandmenon.bsky.social at our panel discussion last week marking ten years since Brexit Full event ➡️ www.youtube.com/live/u4o3xEd...

🌍 From climate change to the cost of living, at the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy we are meeting the world's biggest challenges through education and research. See our vision in action 🔽

King’s has launched its Sustainability Strategy 2026–30! 🌍 Aligned with King’s Strategy 2030, the new five-year plan embeds sustainability across three core pillars: 🎓 Education 🔬 Research & Innovation 🏢 Operations Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-s...

Where should the GCAP programme concentrate its efforts? Professor Spry compares the F-35 and Typhoon operating and support costs, exploring the likely impact of the different scales of the two programmes and the importance of the funding behind them. www.kcl.ac.uk/comparing-f-...

Join @secdefenceplus.bsky.social for the 2026 Emerging Voices Series: Strategy, Security & Defence Hear from established leaders and recognised experts to explore the future of strategy, security, and defence. Register 👇 ow.ly/wMC550Z8Lt7

EVENT: Measuring What Matters: Economic Indicators for Democratic Governance 📉 This event brings together researchers at the forefront of developing better economic indicators for policy making in the UK and other democratic systems Don't miss it! ⬇️ www.eventbrite.com/e/measuring-...

Polly Toynbee highlights our forthcoming study with @senseaboutsci.bsky.social on the state of trust in science in her Guardian column ➡️ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @bobbyduffy.bsky.social

📣Join us for the upcoming IHR/SMHC Military History seminar to hear Joshua Bilton's (KCL) paper ‘Who were Haig’s Men? ‘Late-war’ infantrymen and military identity in the British Army, 1915–1918’ 🗓️23 June 2026 ⏱️17:30 📍IHR and online All are welcome! Register 👇 www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

"[in] 2003, 2004 half the public though the future was going to be better for young people... [but now] half think it's going to be worse" 💬 @bobbyduffy.bsky.social on Politics Live last week, speaking about Wes Streeting's comments – made in his resignation speech – on intergenerational fairness.

EVENT: The fight for facts: from ‘beyond belief’ to embracing evidence Join us and an expert panel to discuss the ‘evidence revolution’, the global movement that promotes using scientific evidence to guide our decisions rather than unreliable opinions or beliefs ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-f...

📸 Last year, Dr Shiraz Maher conducted field research in Syria. We're pleased to share that 'Layers of Resistance: The Hidden Geographies of War', an image taken on his trip, was recently shortlisted and exhibited in a @kingssocialscience.bsky.social competition! 🔗 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/sspp-ph...

EVENT: The Cinema of Agnieszka Holland and the Politics of Citizenship A symposium that brings together artists and scholars whose work engages with questions central to Agnieszka Holland’s cinema. 📅 21-22 May More ⬇️ www.eventbrite.com/e/the-cinema...

A 2 min audio commentary from our Substack, Spheres of Knowledge on how climate education is reshaping – and sometimes overwhelming – students, and why “radical pragmatism” offers a different way forward. Read more: kingsglobalaffairs.substack.com/p/teaching-t...

Dr Aisha Hutchinson has worked on several pieces of research aiming to improve the lives of adolescent girls in contexts of humanitarian aid and social development. Watch our new impact video on influencing international policy around child marriage practices 🔽 www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0xb...

"we are bringing together lived experience, clinical and social science, and policy and advocacy expertise to understand how we can improve outcomes for people affected by PMDD." 💬 Tianne Haggar on our new interdisciplinary project with @kingsioppn.bsky.social ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/how-int...

EVENT: Return to Europe Redux? Hungary's Election and its Implications for Europe Join us next week to discuss the political and social fallout from the closely-watched election in Hungary 🗳️ More ⬇️ www.eventbrite.com/e/return-to-...

Public lecture: The Economic Approach to the Common Good. Erik Angner, author, speaks at the KCL Centre for Governance and Society this summer. Bush House NE Wing, June 3rd, 6pm. csgs.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-e...

Natural hazards such as fires, floods and hurricanes and heatwaves are a growing threat to elections worldwide, reveals analysis out today from Prof Sarah Birch @kingssocialscience.bsky.social and International IDEA @internationalidea.bsky.social (1/5)🧵⬇️

Is Hungary’s larger-than-life stature in global HE policy about to shrink? Péter Magyar will find ideological control at home hard to overcome, says Liviu Matei, Professor of Higher Education and Public Policy, in @timeshighered.bsky.social 🔽 www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/hung...

✒️ Interested in the ethics of survivor testimony and witness literature? Dr Zoe Norridge from @kingsenglish.bsky.social & @kingsdllc.bsky.social contributes to this panel discussion, hosted by @warstudieskcl.bsky.social and @kingssocialscience.bsky.social ⤵️

💡Military Culture and Fighting Power Air Vice Marshal Fin Monahan (Ret’d) explains the importance of military culture and the essential role it plays in the outcomes of conflicts. Read 👇 www.kcl.ac.uk/warstudies/a...

A new article on gender parity in the European Commission features data and comment from our academic, Dr Matia Vannoni ⚖️🌍 Read more 👇 www.euractiv.com/news/europea...

Our academic, Dr Barbara Piotrowska received the Sir Bernard Crick Prize at the annual @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social conference 🏆👏 Dr Piotrowska was recognised for making a “notable and forward-looking contribution to the development of AI-enhanced teaching”. More ⬇️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/award-r...

🏆 Congratulations to Alia Beny and Ina Price-James for winning the Overall Prize at Policy Idol 2026, with their compelling pitch "National Youth Rewards for Community Life", a points-based scheme to tackle youth isolation Find out more ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-b...

🔔 Postdoc vacancies 🔔 A project co-led by our academic, Udit Bhatia, is advertising for two postdocs (four-year positions). ➡️ A third post will be advertised in 2027. The positions will assist with work on popular government in the Global South popgovproject.wordpress.com/postdoc-posi...

Delighted to announce a limited number of studentships for our prestigious MA Government Studies, starting in September 2026 To apply: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/student...

📸 Selected entries from our photo competition are now on show at The Exchange, Bush House, until 1 May. The winning photo was 'Where Carnival Becomes Care' by Delia Da Mosto. Read more about the competition and the other winners ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/sspp-ph...

QS 2026 rankings highlight ongoing excellence at SSPP! 👏 Several subjects taught at the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy are ranked in the top 50 in the world ⬇️ Politics - 11th Geography - 14th Education - 16th International Development - 21st Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-c...

Professor Anja Shortland's new book, We Know You Can Pay a Million, is @theguardian.com book of the day 📚⬇️ www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...

EVENT: Why the Clock Broke: America in an Age of Crisis. 🗓️ 26 March ⏰ 18.30 - 20.00 Join @kcl-spe.bsky.social for a talk by best-selling author John Ganz 👇 www.eventbrite.com/e/why-the-cl...

Young people leaving care who received a no‑strings £2,000 payment were more likely to have stable housing and less likely to be sofa‑surfing. The @policyatkings.bsky.social report also found they were happier and had stronger relationships. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/2000-no...

👀 Did you catch it in the news? 📊 Yesterday we released findings from our landmark trial with @homelessnessimpact.bsky.social, which found that young people leaving care who were given a one-off £2,000 cash payment – with no strings attached – were more likely to be in stable housing. 🧵⬇️