LAST CHANCE TO BOOK! (PANEL 2/5) Join us today to hear from our Programme Director @angmarte.bsky.social and recent graduates across our four prestigious Double Master's Degrees! 🗓️ Tuesday, 27 January 2026 🕛 2.00-3.00pm GMT/UK time 📍 Online (registration needed) 👉 lse.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

We had the best start to a Monday possible: a mini @lse-ei.bsky.social reunion at the @sciencespo.bsky.social PolEconSoc seminar! 🇫🇷🇬🇧 Great to hear @slstutzmann.bsky.social present on knowledge economies and support for the Greens & @toonvano.bsky.social on mergers and support for the far right

⏰ KICKING OFF TODAY! Join us for our first Online Alumni Webinar Series panel: "What is it like to study on the MSc European and International Politics and Policy?" 🗓️ Monday, 26 January 2026 🕛 1.00-2.00pm GMT/UK time 📍 Online 👉 Register here: lse.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

⏰ 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 to book your spot on our Online Alumni Webinar Series "What is it like to study at the European Institute?" taking place next week! 🗣️ Meet our five MSc Programme Directors & esteemed alumni 🗓️ Monday 26 January - Thursday 29 January 📍 Online 🔜 www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗦𝗘 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗲? Join us next week to find out what it’s like to study in our department directly from our wonderful alumni themselves! 👉 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹l𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀: www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

Hello Bluesky! We’re the Department of Geography and Environment at LSE. Follow us here for department news, events, research highlights, and opportunities. 🔗 lse.ac.uk/geography-and-environment

To mark the start of 2026 and the beginning of the Winter Term here at LSE, we have a brand new edition of our "EI Dispatch" ready for you - hot off the press! Happy reading! 👇 www.linkedin.com/pulse/ei-dis...

📣Join us for an upcoming public event: "Forged or fragmented? #Europe in times of crisis" on 22 January, featuring Mikaela Gavas, @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social, Prof @anandmenon.bsky.social, and Dr Teona Giuashvili. 🔗 Find out more: www.lse.ac.uk/internationa... #AcademicSky #PoliSky

🌍 Upcoming event | Sociology of hope In his new book, sociologist Adrián Scribano presents a theory connecting hope to classical sociological traditions, revolutions, utopia, social change, collective action, and more. 📅 Wed 21 Jan 2026 ⏰ 6.30pm 📍 Online

Congratulations to our Class of 2000 PhD alumna Dr Bea Lewkowicz OBE for receiving an OBE for her services to Holocaust remembrance and education in the King's New Year List! 🏆 Join us in congratulating Bea for her inspiring work! 👏 👉 Read the full story: www.lse.ac.uk/alumni-frien...

How do different European societies understand and pursue equality? Join us for the launch of Davide Orsitto’s book “Varieties of equality in European welfare states: a multi-disciplinary approach to redistribution”. 📆 28 Jan, 6.30pm www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

📢 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

Why does Europe always seem to be in crisis? ✍ Elia R.G. Pusterla & Francesca Pusterla Piccin @lse-ei.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Our Professorial Research Fellow Iain Begg featured in the latest episode of the Future is Blue podcast, discussing Europe’s response to global challenges over the past year. Listen here 🎧👇 www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

🚨Announcing our first Winter Term event! Join us for an event co-hosted with @cfmuk.bsky.social exploring the role that behavioural economics can play in monetary policy with Martin Kocher, Governor of the Austrian Central Bank. www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

Over 2-3 Dec at the Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Foundation, the final conference of SOLID proposed a collective reflection on how Europe, in living with uncertainty, has redefined its way of governing, building consensus, and doing politics. @eui-schuman.bsky.social 👉 www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

The Trump administration is ripping up the rule book, what does it mean for US financial dominance? Benjamin Braun @lse-ei.bsky.social explains 👇

NEW✨ How societies (mis)manage the tension between markets and democracy. Understanding Political Economy by Bob Hancké @lse-ei.bsky.social @toonvano.bsky.social @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social and @dustinvoss.bsky.social @elgarpublishing.bsky.social Review by Tsauro Ahalla @ulaval.ca

Why liberals should embrace the demise of the “liberal international order.” @thomasaubreycca.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social for @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social

Nearly ten years after #Brexit, is the UK on a path back to Brussels? Vera Spyrakou @lse-ei.bsky.social argues on @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social that a new pragmatic architecture of cooperation is emerging between the UK and the EU.

The aftermath of the inflationary episodes of the 1970s can shed light on how inflation has been tackled over the past five years and its likely political effects. ✍ Bob Hancké @lse-ei.bsky.social & Tim Vlandas blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Another Happy New Year from the LSE European Institute! 🌟 Our team is officially back at work after a well-deserved break and ready to conquer the Winter Term ❄️ We are looking forward to another exciting year together here at LSE! 👋

Happy New Year from the LSE European Institute! 🎆🌟 We are excited to embark on another year with you by our side - our amazing community of students, faculty, staff, alumni, and wider supporters! All the best for #2026! 🎉

Happy holidays from the LSE European Institute! 🎄❄️ 🗓️ Please note that LSE is closed from tomorrow Tuesday 23 December 2025 and reopens Friday 2 January 2026. There is no building access on 25 December, 26 December, and 1 January.

Celebrating the end of term with EU4A6-Politics in Southern Europe- students. Everyone brought a dish from their home country. Mine was "mercimek köftesi" 😃 Great discussions and presentations in class this term. Pleasure to teach this MSc course in our EIPP programme @lse-ei.bsky.social

Join us for an online panel to review the year. Please help us spread the word! Register: www.lse.ac.uk/contemporary... @lse-ei.bsky.social @lsects.bsky.social #LSETürkiye

Congratulations to our Excellence in Education 2025 prize winners Iain Begg, Natalie Grace, Stephen Jenner, Adam Judge, Patrick Kimunguyi, Denisa Kostovicova, Angelo Martelli, Vesna Popovski, Tahir Rashid, Eiko Thielemann, Antonio Valentim, and Wagio Waigi! 👏

A few minutes before last week’s public event, journalist Steve Crawshaw gave us a sneak peek of what he would discuss, and what his book “Prosecuting the Powerful: War Crimes and the Battle for Justice” explores. 🎥 Watch the full recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-D6...

🚨Online event #LSETürkiye🚨 Türkiye in 2025: Structural Continuities Beneath Apparent Transformation 📅 11 Dec | 6pm GMT (9pm TR time) 🎙️ Speakers: Pelin Ayan Musil, Esra Çuhadar, Işık Özel & Buğra Süsler Register: www.lse.ac.uk/contemporary... @lse-ei.bsky.social @lsects.bsky.social

Is European digital sovereignty realistic? Instead of spending on areas where Europe is already behind China and the US, it may make more sense to focus on long-term future digital growth areas. ✍ Angela Garcia Calvo & Bob Hancké @lse-ei.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

The video of last night’s powerful event with Steve Crawshaw is now available. Reflecting on his book, “Prosecuting the Powerful: War Crimes and the Battle for Justice”, Crawshaw joined Prof @denisakost.bsky.social for a thought-provoking conversation. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-D6...

Last night, we started getting into the holiday spirit with our annual Festive Drinks for our students, faculty, staff, and alumni to get together and celebrate the (near) end of term!🎄 Seeing campus glittering in fairy lights makes these dark winter months that much easier to get through! ❄️✨

🇬🇧 🇪🇺 In a new @lseideas.bsky.social report, Iain Begg distinguishes and critically analyses three broad categories – economic, social, and governance – of Brexit’s impact on the UK and EU, examining the uneven effects on various economic sectors and groups 👇

Almost a decade on from the Brexit referendum, a new EU-UK relationship is now emerging that focuses on pragmatic cooperation rather than integration. ✍ Vera Spyrakou @lse-ei.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

In a new article based on his undergraduate thesis, our PhD candidate @lucasiepmann.bsky.social investigates whether post-Brexit British-German relations can be understood as “international friendship,” employing a novel framework in international relations theory👇 www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

In new research, Dr @donatodc.bsky.social and co-authors challenge the notion that regulation and industrial policy are inherently antithetical; instead the Commission uses its regulatory authority over state aid to indirectly steer member states' industrial policies👇 www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

We are delighted to launch a brand-new LinkedIn newsletter! 📰 🚀 Discover the "EI Dispatch" - a monthly round-up of the European Institute's activities across its research, education, and public engagement. Enjoy our first edition and subscribe for more below!👇 www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

We are still buzzing from Tuesday night’s Maurice Fraser Annual Lecture with Sir John Major, former UK Prime Minister (1990–1997) 🇬🇧 🎥 Video and podcast out soon!

👇 Looking forward to contributing to this important discussion! @lse-ei.bsky.social

Last chance to book! Join us next Monday and Tuesday to learn more about our postgraduate degree programmes! 👇

🇪🇺 In their new research, @mkleine.bsky.social and @lucasschramm91.bsky.social analyse decision-making and norm enforcement in the European Council, the leaders' club and one of the most important - yet vulnerable - EU institutions. Discover it below 👇 www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

Our PhD candidate Nilüfer Günes's new research examines 19th century reforms in Iraq and Syria in an effort to rectify the Eurocentric spatio-temporal ordering of events and unveil the centrality of the West in historical narratives of the region👇 www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

In a new @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social blog, our Visiting Fellow Dr Vera Spyrakou argues that, to renew the global promise of multilateralism, the EU must act as both guardian and reformer. Discover it below 👇 www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

🇬🇧🇨🇳 We were delighted to welcome Professor Yijia Jing, Dean of the Institute for Global Public Policy at Fudan University, and his team, back in London to meet our new LSE-Fudan students completing their first year here at LSE. 👉 Explore our global programmes: lse.ac.uk/ei/study

📣 Join us for a public event hosted by LSE Contemporary Turkish Studies! 🗓️ Wed, 12 Nov | 🕕 6PM 📍LSE | Reception to follow 🎤 Panel on how marginalised youth use art & co-production to transform exclusion into engagement in Türkiye, South Africa & Uganda.

The UN and the EU are both projects of idealism struggling to adapt to a world defined by realpolitik. Yet Europe’s success in turning rivals into partners gives it unique authority to develop a new multilateralism. ✍ Vera Spyrakou @lse-ei.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Our Visiting Senior Fellow Dr Thomas Aubrey @thomasaubreycca.bsky.social has published a new article in The European Legacy, which discusses the decline of the Liberal International Order and why liberals should embrace it. Read more 👇

Happy #Halloween from our in-house witch expert, Dr Natalie Grace! 🧙🎃 In this video, our European Institute Events and Engagement Manager shares some spooky secrets about witches in Europe from her PhD in “Witchcraft in Print in Early Modern Germany and England” 🦇

🇪🇺🇺🇸 Our Assistant Professor in Political Economy @donatodc.bsky.social has co-authored a new article with Lorenzo Moretti and Manuela Moschella, which examines the political foundations of industrial policy amid the return of state economic interventionism👇

🎓 There are very few alumni who can boast such a long and varied career at the European Institute as Dr Michael Cottakis. Ten years on, after first stepping foot at LSE, we caught up with Michael about his incredible journey to CEO of 89 Global. 👉 Read Michael's story: lse.ac.uk/european-ins...