🌍 How do racial borders shape the urban? Join Urban Racial Bordering, a roundtable at #RC21 Vienna bringing together an outstanding international panel, including Prof Suzi Hall and Dr Giulia Torino, and audience discussion. 📅Wed 22 July | 3.30pm to 5.30pm

Why do we need passports? 🛂 In this Ted Ed video, Dr Kristin Surak traces the history of passports to find out why we need them and what challenges travellers face within this system.

Dr Kristin Surak has been interviewed in @zeit.de about her research into elite mobility, nationalism and the growing market for citizenship and visas, exploring what these trends mean for belonging, identity and community building in an increasingly unequal world.

🌍️ Who pays for climate breakdown? MSc student Mary Cline has produced a report alongside nine other LSE students examining whether banks should be held directly responsible for the emissions that their capital makes possible.

🎙️ Dr Gaby Harris, Sociologist and Lecturer in Fashion Cultures at Manchester Metropolitan University, will appear today at 3.30pm on BBC Radio 4’s Thinking Allowed episode titled "Charity Shops and Pocket Money". Listen here 👇

This was, as expected, an excellent talk!

In this personal commentary on Adrian Scribano’s Sociology of Hope, Nicolás Arenas explores the ways that hopefulness functions, conceptually and in practice, in an era defined by crisis. blogs.lse.ac.uk/researchings...

Militarised policing is one of the preconditions for fascist rule, but how and why would police in liberal democracies militarise? Catch up with the podcast from our recent event with @juliango.bsky.social, Dr Mahvish Ahmad and @aaronreeves.bsky.social.

This @bjsociology.bsky.social special issue brought together perspectives on Brexit and its implications. A decade on, many of the themes still resonate, from inequality and identity to political division and belonging. On the tenth anniversary of Brexit, revisit the articles ➡️ buff.ly/0JdLWLA

​What if a game could do what a campaign poster can't? 🎮 Join Climate Arcade: Gamified Simulations for Pro-Climate Behaviours, an interactive workshop exploring how game-based approaches can help tackle climate challenges. 📅 Tuesday 23 June 🕙 10am-12pm 📍LSE Campus luma.com/gk1zyxg4

Through the LSE Volunteer Centre, BSc student Oli Kowalska Ahmed discovered the power of creativity. Reflecting on his experiences, he explores how small acts of creativity, care and community-building can help develop confidence, leadership skills and meaningful connections.

AI is reshaping our world, from healthcare and climate modelling to how we work, learn and engage with society. But is it progress or risk? Join Professor Judy Wajcman at this LSE Festival event to explore whether AI will improve our lives or deepen the challenges we face?

🎙️ Who really runs Britain? In this podcast, @samfriedman.bsky.social and @aaronreeves.bsky.social unpack the “elite within the elite”, the factions shaping the UK’s future, the importance of being “meritocratically legitimate” and the myth of being “just ordinary”. Listen now 👇

📣 A new @bjsociology.bsky.social special issue on Insurance and Social Theory has just been published! The special issue examines the evolving landscape of insurance and its implications for how society navigates future uncertainty Read in the #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/q7Fmncb

🌟 Congratulations to our LSE Class Teacher Award winners 🌟 Malena Bastida-Antich and Benjamin Brundu-Gonzalez have been awarded this year’s prizes. Jan Gilles, Xufan (Nadia) Ma, Diana Desola Olaley, Sindhoora P. and Matthew Reynolds were also highly commended!

Next week, three of our students will present at LSE's Knowledge Beyond Boundaries conference. The conference draws on this year's LSE Festival theme, "How to save the planet", to explore a wide range of global existential threats and asks how we can tackle them. buff.ly/u012y9l

Last month @mikesavagelse.bsky.social delivered a webinar for the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, sharing insights from the Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Global Elites and the World Elite Database. Catch up on the recording ⬇️

"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.