Right‑wing populism, epistemic fragmentation, and the erosion of expert authority are reshaping planning. Prof. Mona Fawaz will examine these dynamics through #Beirut’s post‑explosion recovery. 📅 2 March | 6.30pm 🔗 buff.ly/pqPlw8Q #LSE #Cities

⏳ 3 days to go! Join our panel on Reporting #Gaza, which examines how mainstream #media has covered the war & the ongoing dispossession & suffering of #Palestinians. @omarghazzi.bsky.social @desfreedman.bsky.social #LilianeLandor @myriageorgiou.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/lsem...

📢 Upcoming #booklaunch at LSE Sociology On Thursday 26 March, we're celebrating the launch of Dr Carrie Friese’s new book 'A Mouse in a Cage, exploring humanitarianism and the rights of lab animals'. Chaired by Professor Monika Krause. ➡️ All welcome!

Last night, we had the pleasure of being joined by Tareq Baconi to discuss his new book 'Fire in Every Direction'. In conversation with Mai Taha and @aycacu.bsky.social, they shared their thoughts on the themes of the memoir, including political consciousness, desire and displacement.

In this interview, Professor Anthony Bogues expands on his recent lecture at LSE examining authoritarian resurgence, the unravelling of the postwar order, and the entanglements of liberalism and illiberalism.

Out today @intellectbooks.bsky.social: 'Reconstructing the American Dream: Life Inside the Tiny House Nation' w/Ella Harris, Mel Nowicki & Cian Oba-Smith. Through photographic and ethnographic accounts of life in Texas tiny home communities, we examine the politics of 'going tiny' in the US today.

Join us tonight for 'Fire in every direction' with Tareq Baconi. This talk will explore themes of political and queer awakening, drawing on personal experiences of displacement, belonging, and resistance. 🕡 6pm 📍 OLD.3.24, LSE Old Building 🔗 buff.ly/eJFXV1f #Sociology #HumanRights

Interested in learning more about graduate study and life at LSE? 💭 Virtual Graduate Open Events are running all week! They are an opportunity to hear from student support services, current LSE students and the Graduate Admissions team. www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

Why is WeWork’s disgraced founder still so investable? Read @timwhite100.bsky.social's paper 'The non-death of Adam Neumann: Alt-exiting, serial-founding, and failing up in Silicon Valley venture capital' in @finandsoc.bsky.social ⤵️

We are delighted to be joined by Harriet Bulkeley tonight at LSE as she delivers a talk on the politics and consequences of nature being positioned as a solution to urban challenges. #LSEEvents #LSESociology

Next week, renowned Palestinian scholar Tareq Baconi joins us to discuss his memoir of political and queer awakening, 'Fire in Every Direction'. 📅 16 Feb | 🕕 6pm | 📍 LSE 🔗https://buff.ly/eJFXV1f #Sociology #HumanRights #memoir

Join us tonight for 'Governing with nature' with Professor Harriet Bulkeley. This talk will explore the rise, and limits, of nature‑based solutions in urban governance. 🕡 6.30pm 📍 In person & online 🎟️ Open to all and free to attend | register now #LSEEvents #ClimateChange #Sociology

Our MSc in Human Rights and Politics explores the challenges that #humanrights thinking, institutions and activism are facing. It introduces key problems and considers new foundations for human rights in a period of inequality and change. Find out more ➡️

🔍 Upcoming event | Evidence everywhere, justice nowhere? Techno-humanitarianism under pressure In an age when violence is visible in real time, documentation is often assumed to lead to justice, what happens when the ability to see outpaces the ability to act? 📍 Wed 18 March | 5.30pm | LSE

Catch up now on our Inequalities Seminar with Dr Haley McAvay (@lsesociology.bsky.social) She explores the enduring relationship between residential diversity in adolescence and political behaviour later in life. youtu.be/kh3EyPWzeG0

📢Join us for our event 'Eco-social contracts for sustainable and just futures' co-hosted with @gsos-lse.bsky.social on 18 February! For anyone seeking hope and direction during a time of global uncertainty, this event will explore how inclusive, regenerative, and just futures can be co-created.🌱

🌍 From #Beirut’s 2020 Port explosion to #global planning debates: Prof. Mona Fawaz reflects on knowledge, politics, and representation in polarised contexts. Chaired by @davidjmadden.bsky.social. 📅 2 March | 6.30pm 🎟️ Open to all and free to attend #LSE #Sociology #Cities

#PoliticalSociology has a long and distinguished history and a thriving contemporary debate. Our master's programme looks beneath the day-to-day controversies of #politics to explore the forces that promote and hinder change. Find out more and apply 👉

📆 🌍 We’re delighted to announce the programme for the Study Group’s research seminar series, Critical Currents! Join us for the first event next Tuesday at 1pm on Microsoft Teams. ⚡ Check out the programme here: tiny.cc/2ohy001 #race #ethnicity #AcademicSky #BSA #sociology #researchseminars

🌿 Can governing with nature drive real transformative change in our cities? Join us next week to explore the politics, possibilities, and consequences of nature‑based solutions. 📅 11 Feb | 🕡 6.30pm | 📍 In person & online #LSEEvents #Sociology #Cities

We are thrilled to have Dr Iman Dawood present our next Seminar Series💡 🌎How Ideologies Become Invisible: Methodological Reflections on the Study of ‘Common Sense’ 🕙13 Feb, 2.00pm - 3.00pm Secure your place➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/department...

🏙️ Upcoming event | Planning amid division: the politics of the public in Beirut Join us as we explore what happens to democratic planning when the idea of a common good becomes contested. 📅 Mon 2 March 🕡 6.30pm 📍 LSE Campus #Sociology #Cities #Beirut

🚨 Upcoming public event Join us as we celebrate @bruegel.org 's 20th anniversary with a high-level conference on “Security in Europe: how will it affect growth and competitiveness?” 📍11 Feb, 2.30pm Register at: www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

Join us on Mon 16 Feb for a public conversation with Tareq Baconi on his new memoir, Fire in Every Direction. The book explores themes of political and queer awakening, of impossible love amidst generations of displacement, and what it means to return home. 🎫 Register to attend

Join this live, in-person conversation with Tom Steyer - investor, philanthropist and activist - in two weeks' time! 🗓️ Monday 2 February, 6.30-8pm 📍 The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) 🎟️ Free and open to all - find out more ⬇️

Does living in ethnically diverse areas in adolescence give us an increased tolerance toward immigration later in life? Join Dr Haley McAvay at the next @lseinequalities.bsky.social Seminar ➡️ buff.ly/cjsy4sZ

Our MSc in Human Rights explores sociological, political, philosophical and legal perspectives on human rights. The programme engages with contemporary human rights issues and critically addresses how to drive global justice. Find out more ➡️

🌲 Can nature reshape our cities? Join us at LSE to explore new ways of governing with nature. 📅 11 Feb | 🕡 6.30pm | 📍 In person & online #LSEEvents #ClimateChange #Sociology #Cities

I wrote this before the recent uprising in Iran, and the massacre of thousands that followed. On @versobooks.bsky.social blog, the talk I gave at @histmat.bsky.social-London conference in November 2025. "Notes On Campist Internationalism" www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/...

🌏 What does it mean to return home? Join us for a public conversation with author Tareq Baconi, Dr Mai Taha, and @aycacu.bsky.social on personal and political journeys, displacement and belonging, and identity. 📅 16 Feb | 🕕 6pm | 📍 LSE 🔗https://buff.ly/eJFXV1f #Sociology #HumanRights #memoir

Applications to join our Summer School are open!☀️ Interested in how social divisions and differences shape our identities, actions and life-chances? Our course provides an introduction to key debates in contemporary sociology. Apply and find out more 👉 buff.ly/6MeZhSk

Join us tonight for Sociology of hope, a book talk with Adrián Scribano on hope, revolution, utopia & collective action. ⏰ 6.30pm 📍 Online 🎟️ Free to attend and open to all #LSE #LSESociology

Our MSc in Culture and Society emphasises the tight integration of cultural theory, innovative methodology, and attention to cultural trends, with the freedom to study any processes that fall within the broad understanding of culture. Find out more ➡️

🌳 What does it mean to govern with nature, and can this approach deliver transformative change? This talk will look at how nature‑based solutions are reshaping urban governance and what this means for climate action, justice, and cities. #LSEEvents #ClimateChange #UrbanPolitics

📝 New research from Kristin Surak and Johnathan Inkley offers the first interstitial analysis of how wealthy people hide property ownership in the UK. They reveal three primary formations of offshore structuring and discuss their implications for policy making.

Join us next week for our virtual book talk, Sociology of hope. Adrian Scribano will join us to discuss his books themes of revolution, utopia, social change, and collective action. 📅 Wed 21 January ⏰ 6.30pm 🎟️ Free and open to all | register to attend⬇️

📚 Upcoming LSE event Join us for Fire in every direction: A public conversation with Tareq Baconi on identity, displacement, and resistance. 📅 16 Feb | 🕕 6 to 7.30pm | 📍 LSE #Sociology #HumanRights

The Government’s Grooming Gang Inquiry includes testimonies of adult women victims and survivors of child sexual exploitation. But as Selena Gray points out, the perspective of girls, often the victims themselves, is missing from the inquiry and the wider cultural conversation.

We're committed to understanding and analysing global challenges, and so is our MSc in #Sociology! The programme provides in-depth training in sociological theory, methodology, and research, with courses across all our research clusters. Find out more➡️ buff.ly/1GfUgN2

Films are unique in the way they develop ideas about society. Visiting Professor Kate Nash considers a new way of engaging with films, suggesting that their potential for producing concepts and as a space for public engagement is often underestimated.

What is the sociology of hope? 💭 Join us on Wednesday 21 January for a webinar with a panel of sociologists as they explore how hope shapes societies and politics through sociological inquiry. 🎫 Free and open to all, register to attend.

📢 Public Event Announcement Join us for Professor Hertog's inaugural lecture: "How oil rents fuel populist foreign policy" on 21 January 2026 at 6.30pm In-person and online tickets available 👇 www.lse.ac.uk/events/21-ja... #LSEEvents @lseevents.bsky.social @shertog.bsky.social

Read @timwhite100.bsky.social's latest piece on how venture capital‑driven real estate start‑ups chase aggressive expansion across global housing markets, and the consequences this produces for tenants⬇️

We are delighted to be joined by humanitarian, author and media host Zainab Salbi. At this exciting public lecture, she will discuss how women’s leadership is providing new pathways to address the climate crisis. Registration is now open ⬇️ buff.ly/52E72BT

🌏 Upcoming event | Governing with nature: towards transformative change? Find out how nature‑based solutions are reshaping urban governance and what this means for climate action, social justice, and cities. 📅 11 Feb | 🕡 6.30pm | 📍 In person & online #LSEEvents #Sociology

📣 We want your input! Join our upcoming focus groups to help shape Sociology programmes at LSE and win a £25 Lifestyle voucher. Running online during the week beginning 2 February 2026. Find out more ➡️ buff.ly/fygKsVn

A new issue of the British Journal of Sociology (@bjsociology.bsky.social ) is out now! Find the latest articles in the #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/iOzDsKw

Interested in the relations between the social and spatial organisation of urban environments? Our MSc in City Design and Social Science sets the challenges of city design in their social, economic, environmental and political contexts. Find out more and apply ➡️

Catch up with some of our top event podcasts of 2025 🎧 ➡️ Peak injustice: Solving Britain’s inequality crisis with Professor Danny Dorling, Dr Danny Sriskandarajah, Professor Kitty Stewart, Polly Toynbee and Professor Aaron Reeves.

Catch up with some of our top event podcasts of 2025 🎧 ➡️ A new data infrastructure for the social sciences? with Professor David B Grusky and Professor Mike Savage.