What if capitalism’s deepest ill is not exploitation or domination, but #alienation? Chiara Cordelli explores capitalism as a "rule of none" at this year's Brian Barry Memorial Lecture. 📆 Wed 20 May | 6.30-8pm 📍 The Old Theatre, #LSE Tickets here👇🏾 www.lse.ac.uk/government/e...

⚠️ MSc in Political Theory applicants: don't wait. We've moved to "Limited Availability" due to high demand and will likely close soon. Brilliant to see such enthusiasm for political theory — apply now! www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

Come join us! Four postdocs in history of political thought/political theory at LSE now being advertised

Join us for our annual Brian Barry lecture, this year delivered by Chiara Cordelli

We are delighted to invite nominations (including self-nominations) for the 2026 BIAPT Early-Career and Mid-Career prizes! The deadline for nominations is May 22nd. Full details are below 👇 www.associationforpoliticalthought.ac.uk/biapt-prizes...

Updated title for Elena Ruiz's talk on Thursday: The Problem of Adaptive Regeneration in Building Solutions to Structural Violence. Thu 4pm. @lsegovernment.bsky.social #politicaltheory

📢 Next @lsepoltheory.bsky.social seminar: Elena Ruiz (Michigan State) — "Epistemic Capitalism: Structure, Ideology, and the Economics of Inequality" 🗓 Thu 5 March, 4:00 PM 📍 CKK.2.06, LSE All welcome! External visitors please register in advance (link 👇) @lsegovernment.bsky.social

The first set of postdocs for our ERC project on popular government have just been advertised. These 3 postdocs will be based at UC Louvain with my co-PI Pierre-Etienne Vandamme and focus on contemporary democratic theory. Apply! jobs.uclouvain.be/Personnelsci...

🔔 Next LSE Political Theory seminar: @manongarcia.bsky.social (FU Berlin) "Putting Consent Back in Its Place or the Double Social Meaning of Sex" 📅 Thursday, 19 Feb, 4pm 📍 CKK.2.06 All welcome! External visitors must register in advance: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/WBSQABK5yj @lsegovernment.bsky.social

LSE Political Theory Group research seminar TODAY: Speaker: Daniel Häuser (LSE) Title: In Defense of a Modest Political Liberalism When: Thursday, 12 February, 4:00 PM Where: CKK.2.06 All are welcome!

📣 Call for Abstracts! Excited to be among the organisers of the 12th annual Graduate Conference in Political Theory (28-29th May)! Submit abstracts here: forms.gle/ccfeNR21Pn3Y... Please share among colleagues and fellow PhD Students!

CFA for the LSE Graduate conference, 28-29 May 2026. Submit your abstracts by 22 February here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

📢 LSE Political Theory Group seminar this Thursday! Christine Straehle: "Migration, Death and Human Rights" 📅 Thu 22 January, 4:00 PM 📍 CKK.2.06 All welcome! External visitors please register in advance for security: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/WBSQABK5yj @lsegovernment.bsky.social #PoliticalTheory

*** 📢 CFP: LSE Graduate Conference in Political Theory 📅 28–29 May 2026 • London (in person) Grad students in political theory & related fields: submit an anonymized abstract (≤1000 words) by 22 Feb 2026. ✨ Keynotes: Sean Ingham & Shuk Ying Chan 🔗 Submit via form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... ***

Fantastic @biapt.bsky.social conference in beautiful Edinburgh with five great keynotes, some snow, and three LSE colleagues. @brunoleipold.com @kspiekermann.bsky.social and Leigh Jenco.

Our new schedule for the Winter Term - now corrected. Thursdays 4pm. All welcome!

Congratulations to our graduates MSc Political Theory 2025! (Better photo to follow!)

What an incredible week of political theory talks at LSE. Yesterday, David Owens presented on "The Fragmentation of Justice" in the LEJ seminar series @lsephilosophy.bsky.social . Today Chandran Kukathas launches his new book in the Legal and Political Theory Forum. @lselaw.bsky.social.

Workshop this Thursday with @vharting.bsky.social @brunoleipold.com .

Our last research seminar this term: Pablo Gilabert (Concordia) “Why We Should Support Working Artists” Thursday, 11 December, 4:00 PM OLD.4.10 All welcome! If you are external to LSE, please register in advance so you can pass security: forms.office.com/e/WBSQABK5yj

Our very own @pjthinker.bsky.social on Ideas Matter!

Our next research seminar: Speaker: Alex Guerrero (Rutgers University); Title: Three Bad Arguments Against Lottocracy; Date & Time: Thursday, 4 December, 4:00 PM; Location: OLD.4.10 All welcome. If you are external to LSE, please register in advance:  forms.office.com/e/WBSQABK5yj

Wonderful reflection with Máriam Martínez-Bascuñán on the relation between journalism and political theory, and careers connecting the two. Also a great opportunity to hear about Máriam's new book. www.penguinlibros.com/es/economia-...

The recordings of our virtual graduate open day are now available. For all MSc programmes in @lsegovernment.bsky.social and for the MSc Political Theory. www.youtube.com/watch?v=My__...

Great collection -- with @halcyene.bsky.social editing.

Our very own @brunoleipold.com wins the Deutscher Prize 2025. Amazing news! And we celebrate by walking to Marx's grave with our Msc students. www.deutscherprize.org.uk/wp/

Next LSE Political Theory research seminar is with Agnes Tam (Calgary & Frankfurt). The paper is called “The Social Normativity of Social Norms: A Pluralist Account”. All welcome. Thursday 4pm in OLD.4.10. @lsegovernment.bsky.social Please register if LSE-external: forms.office.com/e/WBSQABK5yj

We're holding a Graduate Open Day for all MSc degrees in the @lsegovernment.bsky.social , including political theory @lsepoltheory.bsky.social . Please join us to hear about the programme and ask any questions you might have. www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

Our very own Bruno @brunoleipold.com wins an ERC Synergy Grant! We are thrilled!! Huge boost for political theory @lsegovernment.bsky.social.

This Thursday, 4pm, in our research seminar: Jeff Spinner-Halev (UNC) on "Liberal Democratic Theory and the Rebuilding of the Administrative State". @lsegovernment.bsky.social www.lse.ac.uk/government/r...

TODAY 11:30am! Tickets are gone but returns may be available. Chaired by our @pjthinker.bsky.social . www.lse.ac.uk/events/on-li...

Thanks to Daniel James (TU Dresden) for a great talk on racialized oppression, followed by a great exchange. An absolutely brilliant research seminar.

TODAY!

We can't wait to see it!

Our next research seminar is with Daniel James (TU Dresden). The title of his paper is “Racism and Racialised Oppression”. Thursday 16 Oct 4pm. PLEASE NOTE ROOM CHANGE: For this week only, we meet in CKK.1.14. Registration for externals: forms.office.com/e/WBSQABK5yj danieljamesphilosophy.com

Big thanks to Paul Weithman (Notre Dame) for giving our MSc students in Political Theory a great masterclass on Rawls. Paul is visiting LSE's Cohesive Capitalism Project and the @lsegovernment.bsky.social .

From political philosophy to political proposals via the social sciences. A lively debate, launching Tom Parr's new book. With Becky Clark (LSE), David Axelsen (Essex) and @brunoleipold.com .

We'll be launching Tom Parr's new book next week Thursday for our first LSE political theory seminar of the year. Register below!

On Thursday 2 October, we'll be kicking off our 2025-26 LSE poltiical theory seminar with a book launch of Tom Parr's "Empowering Workers in an Age of Automation". The event will be followed by a reception at the George IV pub. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/empowering...

Event announcement: 👤 Paul Weithman (Glynn Family Honors Professor of Philosophy, Notre Dame) 💬 Has Liberalism Failed? ↪ With a response from Paul Kelly (Professor of Political Philosophy, LSE) 📅 Monday 6 October, 4.30–6.00pm 📍 Room 3.05, SAL

Fantastic news! And great to see that work speaking to political scientists AND theorists does so well. Congrats, Mathias!

New seminar schedule for Autumn Term. All welcome!

English translation now available verfassungsblog.de/marx-constit...

In a piece for @verfassungsblog.de I critique a recent Hamburg court decision that Marx is an enemy of the German constitution. (English translation out soon)

Penultimate day as HoD and last in office before Sara Hobolt takes over - good luck to her. Journey home - David Bowie, Massive Attack and Motörhead…

🎉 Congratulations @brunoleipold.com (@lsepoltheory.bsky.social) for winning our 2025 Political Theory Prize ⭐ Citizen Marx: Republicanism and the Formation of Karl Marx's Social and Political Thought (@princetonupress.bsky.social) 👉 More about the winner buff.ly/TweS2Bw #ECPRPrizes

Congratulations to Assistant Professor @brunoleipold.com on the publication of his new #article, "Constituency #Juries: Holding Elected Representatives Accountable through Sortition" in Perspectives on Politics, Cambridge University Press, 2025. 👏👏👏 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

In a new article in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social I propose an institution reform to make representative government less oligarchic: having elected politicians held accountable by randomly selected "Constituency Juries"

The content of my thoughts is now an object in the world!!! Thank you, thank you to everyone who supported the research or supported the writing or supported me & the research & the writing - I am so grateful and happy and can’t wait to celebrate with you all when it’s released on 4th September 😍😍🐥!

New article from our colleague @jonathanpjwhite.bsky.social :