"My LSE studies provided the context and tools to really understand how inequality plays out across the media and beyond" We spoke to MSc Culture and Society alumnus Wendy about her career across radio, TV and coaching, and what motivated her to return to study later in her career.

🔜 On Tuesday 9 June we welcome Haripriya Rangan (University of Melbourne) and Judith Carney (University of California Los Angeles) to the Social Life of Climate Change Seminar Series. If you wish to attend the seminar, please email [email protected] 🔴 zurl.co/1ihEA

We're delighted to have been ranked third for Sociology in the UK in the 2027 Complete University Guide by subject! 🎉 LSE was also ranked top in London and third overall in the latest rankings. Explore the rankings 👇

In the 1970s, the European left was thriving. Numerous groups emerged to defend the working‑class in all its diversity. New waves of organising pointed to the vitality of the labour movement. And then... it came to a sharp halt. Why? What lessons can we take away from this?

We're delighted to be joined this evening by Professor Julian Go, who is delivering a talk on police militarisation in the UK and US. This event explores how imperial tactics reshape these so-called liberal democracies. #LSEEvents #LSESociology

🚔 How do liberal democracies come to embrace militarised policing? Join us tonight for a public lecture at LSE on empire, race and policing with @juliango.bsky.social, @aaronreeves.bsky.social and Mahvish Ahmad 💻 In‑person & online

Congratulations to Dr Maya Adereth, who has been awarded the Craig J. Calhoun Prize for an Outstanding Thesis in Sociology 👏 Read more about her work on the historical perspectives of organised labour and coalition landscapes 👇

What do religious studies and science and technology studies have to offer one another? Our latest blog explores the overlap between these two schools of thought and illuminates intersections between two seemingly disparate disciplines.

The story of wealth in America isn’t just about Wall Street and Silicon Valley 💵 Join us to hear Eric Zwick discuss his forthcoming book The Everywhere Millionaire - a groundbreaking portrait of the hidden fortunes of Main Street business owners. Get your ticket ⬇️ buff.ly/RDkxBV3

How are ideas about sentience, law, and ethics shaping the future of animal protection? In this LSE IQ podcast, Dr Carrie Friese explores what it really means to protect animals and whether welfare is enough, or if rights are the way forward.

Tonight we're excited to welcome Marion Fourcade to LSE as she delivers a talk based on her recently published book, 'The Ordinal Society'.

📢 Join us tonight for The Ordinal Society with Marion Fourcade and Rebecca Elliott. Based on her recently published book, Fourcade will explore how the atomisation of human experience into data reshaped capital, competition and moral judgement. 🕕 6pm | 📍 LSE | 🎟️ All welcome

🎉 Congratulations to Rabia Nasimi, MSc Sociology alumnus, who was elected to Ealing Council! We caught up with Rabia about what motivated her decision to stand, the issues she is most passionate about, her career to date in the Civil Service, and how LSE shaped her ambitions.

What explains the politics of post‑industrial England? @sachahilhorst.bsky.social writes for @theguardian.com on Mansfield, Reform and Labour, and why reconnecting with popular radicalism matters for progressive parties. buff.ly/R1tawIQ

📣 Today at LSE: How do states turn citizens into “traitors”? Join Ilyas Chattha for a public lecture on citizenship, captivity and post‑colonial state violence, drawing on his book Citizens to Traitors. 🕒 3pm to 4.30pm 📍 Wolfson Theatre, LSE

🌍 Join us at #LSE for the Offshore, Mobility and Taxation conference on 28 May. Our panels will explore new research on profit shifting, offshore wealth, and tax justice — with academics & NGOs. 📆 Register by Friday 22 May to secure your place

📢 Join us for a special seminar with @brankomilan.bsky.social and @marcoranaldi.bsky.social They will present new global evidence on capital income, highlighting what this means for inequality analysis in contemporary capitalism. 🎟️ Attend in-person: buff.ly/Pw9yVyp 💻️ Attend online: buff.ly/jBDFTpN

🎙 Join us next week for a public lecture on empire, race and the militarisation of policing with Julian Go (University of Chicago), in conversation with Dr Mahvish Ahmad and Prof Aaron Reeves at LSE. 📅 Wed 27 May 💻 In‑person & online #LSEEvents #LSESociology

Looking forward to speaking in London next week on why liberal democracies create militarized police readied for authoritarian rule (spoiler alert: the answer is not about whether you have liberal or right wing leaders but rather is about histories of colonialism).

📢 Join the Offshore, Mobility, and Taxation conference on 28 May This international conference hosted by @lsesociology.bsky.social will showcase new research addressing the challenges of taxation and offshore wealth. 📆 Register by Friday 22 May 🔗 buff.ly/NdtCzkc

Join @mikesavagelse.bsky.social for a webinar with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, which will draw on findings from the Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Global Elites, including results from the World Elite Database. Register ➡️ buff.ly/l40Wqcd

🚨SAVE THE DATE🚨Aristotle’s Prison: A Search for Humanity in Tragic Places LSE’s Mannheim Centre for Criminology is pleased to host Professor Alison Liebling for the Centre’s inaugural Annual Mannheim Lecture. Tuesday 19 May, 4.00pm–5.30pm, Alumni Theatre, CKK www.lse.ac.uk/social-polic...

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...

📣 Sylvia Chant Annual Lecture 2026 | 'Geographies of home and care: a conversation across feminist scholarship' What do 'home' and 'care' mean in a changing world, and how have feminist scholars helped us understand these concepts over time? Register here to attend: zurl.co/kIJ2A

Next week, Marion Fourcade (UC Berkeley) discusses The Ordinal Society, based on her book with Kieran Healy, in an in‑person public lecture at LSE. 🎤 Chaired by @rfelliott.bsky.social 🎟️ All are welcome | Find out more and register via the link

We're delighted to be hosting the launch of "Walking: A sociological field guide", a new book which celebrates the social worlds that we move through. We're joined by the book's contributors, who are talking to us about new paths in the terrain of the sociological imagination.

💡 How do imperial tactics return home to reshape policing, citizenship and democracy? Join us for 'From citizen to subject', a free public event at LSE with @juliango.bsky.social and @aaronreeves.bsky.social. #LSEEvents #LSESociology

📚 Join us tonight at LSE for the launch of Walking: A sociological field guide, edited by Emma Jackson. Our panel of the book's contributors will explore walking as a creative, critical and embodied research method. 🕕 6pm | 📍 OLD.3.24 | 🎟️ All welcome

As ecological and economic crises expose contradictions in our productive model, the idea of degrowth has gained advocates and critics. Should it be our priority? Can we downscale the economy and avoid a recessionary crisis? Join Dr Robin Archer at this event next week 👇

"Don’t underestimate the value you bring. Speak up, take space and lean on the resources around you. And if you’re considering applying to LSE—do it." We spoke to MSc Human Rights alumna Selena about her journey after graduation and her advice for current students.

Who becomes a “traitor”? And why? Join us at #LSE next week to explore citizenship, captivity and post‑colonial state violence in this public lecture based on the new book "Citizens to Traitors". 🗓 20 May, 3pm 📍 LSE

🚔 Militarised policing is a precondition for fascist rule. But why does it emerge in liberal democracies? Julian Go explores police militarisation in Britain & the US through the lens of the “imperial boomerang”. 📍 Wed 27 May, in person and online #LSEEvents #Policing #Sociology buff.ly/AIfzs57

In our recent blog post, Katja Schmidt investigates the emotional cost of rapid societal change, highlighting the delicate boundary between fatigue, frustration, and hostility in contemporary politics.

📊 We live in an ordinal society. From credit scores to rankings and ratings, metrics quietly structure everyday life. Join Marion Fourcade and @rfelliott.bsky.social at LSE to explore the social consequences of this transformation. 📅 Thursday 21 May | 📍 Wolfson Theatre, LSE

👣 How do social worlds unfold through movement and place? Join us next week for an evening reflecting on the politics & poetics of walking sociologically. 📅 Thu 14 May | 🕕 6pm | Free public event at LSE

We're delighted to be joined by Robin Celikates this evening as he delivers our Annual Internationalism, Cosmopolitanism and the Politics of Solidarity Lecture. His talk considers how migration has transformed social relations and what this reveals about solidarity today.

🏆 Congratulations to LSE Sociology students Oli Ahmed, Yu Xin Chang and Freya Eke-Cunis, who have all been nominated for LSE's Volunteer of the Year! The awards recognise students who go above and beyond the call of duty to support a voluntary cause or organisation.

Join us at 6.30pm tonight at #LSE for 'Migration as anti‑fascist movement? Rethinking the question of solidarity' with Robin Celikates. 🎟️ Open to all and free to attend #HumanRights #Sociology #Migration

Are you interested in understanding the structures that shape inequality and gaining the tools to challenge them? Our MSc in Inequalities and Social Science equips students with a strong theoretical understanding of social inequality and rigorous research skills.

📢 Upcoming event at #LSE | From citizen to subject: police militarisation and the imperial boomerang with Julian Go. 📅 Wed 27 May 🕡 6.30pm 📍 LSE & online

📚 Citizens to Traitors: Bengali internment in Pakistan, 1971–1974 Ilyas Chattha will discuss his book on Bengali internment after the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War and the making of “traitors” by the state. 🕒 Wed 20 May, 3pm 📍 Wolfson Theatre, LSE

What is driving the rise in populism - and how can we stop it? Join us for the launch of the latest book by @liambyrnemp.bsky.social with @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social and @sarahobolt.bsky.social. Our speakers will draw connections between growing inequality and the populist surge. 🎟️ buff.ly/TUHgfDI

🌎 What does migration reveal about solidarity today? Join us for 'Migration as anti-fascist movement?' with @robin-c.bsky.social and @aycacu.bsky.social this week. 📍 LSE 📅 Thurs 7 May ⏰ 6.30pm Hosted by @lsesociology.bsky.social & @lsehumanrights.bsky.social #Migration #HumanRights

🌎 What does migration reveal about solidarity today? Join us for 'Migration as anti-fascist movement?' with @robin-c.bsky.social and @aycacu.bsky.social this week. 📍 LSE 📅 Thurs 7 May ⏰ 6.30pm Hosted by @lsesociology.bsky.social & @lsehumanrights.bsky.social #Migration #HumanRights

📢 Upcoming #LSE event: Citizens to Traitors Based on the new book by Ilyas Chattha, this talk examines Bengali internment in Pakistan (1971–74) and what it reveals about citizenship & state power. 🗓 Wed 20 May 🕒 3pm to 4.30pm 📍 LSE

How do urban environments shape communities? Can urban design tackle social problems and help create inclusive spaces? Our MSc City Design and Social Science programme explores the social, economic and political dimensions of urban design. Find out more and apply ➡️ buff.ly/Rl39S7Y

💡 How has the atomisation of human experience into data reshaped capital, competition and moral judgement? Join us for The Ordinal Society, a public event hosted by @lsesociology.bsky.social

🚶‍♀️ From city streets and markets to coastlines and riverbanks, the new book 'Walking: A sociological field guide' explores place, mobility and everyday life through walking. The book's editor and contributors will join us on 14 May to explore what it means to walk sociologically.

London friends, please don't forget to register if planning to attend: www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/ev... @robin-c.bsky.social @lsehumanrights.bsky.social @lsesociology.bsky.social

Is migration a political counter‑force to authoritarianism? Explore this question with us next week with leading social philosopher Robin Celikates at LSE 📅 7 May | 6.30pm 📍 LSE #HumanRights #Sociology #Solidarity #Migration