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King's Social Science & Public Policy @kingssocialscience.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
How do we secure Europe's future in these turbulent times? European Week at King's, 12-16 October, debates this with a stellar line-up of speakers. The week begins with Timothy Garton Ash's talk 'Can Europe Survive? And if so, How?'. Register for a talk here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/kings-eur...
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King's Social Science & Public Policy @kingssocialscience.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Can social science help secure the future of democracy? Across Europe, democratic systems are facing declining trust, political polarisation and challenges to democratic norms. The EDGE project is working to address this concerning trend. Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/the-socioeco...
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Centre for Statecraft & National Security @csns-uk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🌐 Prof John Bew, a foreign policy adviser to four former British prime ministers, describes the process as the creation of "a sub-threshold international order".
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Whiplashed middle powers seek new alliances as Trump rages on world stage
While world leaders prepare for annual UN gathering, shifts in the global order continue in the face of a disruptive American president
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School of Politics and Economics @kcl-spe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
📲 Some thoughts on the UK's proposed National Centre for Information Defence from our academic, @martinjemoore.bsky.social ⬇️
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King's Global Affairs @kings-sga.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
London's answer to lethal heat is a map of cool spaces: libraries, churches, museums. Researchers visited them and found people staying all day, providers improvising unpaid, and a map that exists only in English: kingsglobalaffairs.substack.com/p/the-limits...
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School of Politics and Economics @kcl-spe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Chess has a problem with draws ♟️😐 Over the decades, countless solutions have been tried, with varying success...but is there a fairer way of settling things? Academics @mehmetmars7.bsky.social and Steven Brams have proposed a solution of biblical proportions ⬇️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/researc...
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Researchers offer biblical solution to ties in chess | King's College London
Chess has a problem with draws.
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School for Government @schoolforgovt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
EVENT: Generation Maybe: Why We're Having Fewer Children, and What It Means for Us All ➡️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Join Camilla Cavendish for the launch of her new book to explore what is really behind falling birth rates, why this matters for society, and how policymakers should respond.
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The Policy Institute @policyatkings.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"Wealth inequality curdles into political inequality, and then authoritarian populists have an easy job" 💬 Will Snell of the @fairness.bsky.social joined us last week to discuss his new book, “The Fair Necessities: Why We Need a Fairer Britain” 📺 www.youtube.com/live/1Veaxaj...
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School of Politics and Economics @kcl-spe.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Our academic, Dr Paul Sagar, has received the Britain & Ireland Association for Political Thought's Mid-Career Prize in recognition of the “phenomenal breadth and quality” of his research 👏🏆 @biapt.bsky.social Read more ⬇️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/award-r...
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Award recognises academic's 'outstanding service' to profession | King's College London
A King’s College London academic has received a prestigious prize in recognition of the “phenomenal breadth and quality” of his research.
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School of Politics and Economics @kcl-spe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
💡 Our stand explored the challenges facing democracy, including participation and legitimacy, through a VR conflict-resolution experience, an interactive model that allowed visitors to view live data based on AI adoption, and research exploring how arts can encourage democratic participation. ⬇️
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King's Social Science & Public Policy @kingssocialscience.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Last night we launched our new Secure Futures vision of a more secure world, enabled by the knowledge, expertise, and imagination that social science provides. We brought our research to life highlighting the impact social science has on democracy, climate change, education, conflict and more 👇
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Rod Dacombe @rod-dacombe.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Fascinating evening at the @kingssocialscience.bsky.social Research Showcase. Some brilliant work highlighted, including by our own @kcl-spe.bsky.social colleagues
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King's Social Science & Public Policy @kingssocialscience.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This evening at Bush House we are launching our vision of a more secure future, enabled by the knowledge, expertise, and imagination that social science provides. Guest speakers are Lord David Willetts, former UK Universities Minister, and Marta Welander, founder of Refugee Rights Europe.
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King's Global Affairs @kings-sga.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Free Event: DUALITY Whether you're living with multiple long-term conditions, supporting someone who is, or simply curious. 📍 The Exchange, Bush House 📆 Tuesday 8 September ⏰ 16:00 - 19:30 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/duality-jo...
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Duality: Journeys of Ageing and Multiple Long-Term Conditions
Join us at the historic Bush House at King's College London to explore complex experiences of ageing and multiple long-term conditions.
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School of Politics and Economics @kcl-spe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🤖 Is AI shaping what we study? 🤖 Research by our academic, Bouke Klein Teeselink, with Aristotle Vossos, Andrei Andronic and Kartik Akileswaran, examined application trends across 1,090 degrees from 2020 to 2025. Here's what they found 👇 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/student...
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Students not yet dissuaded by AI exposure in choice of degree subject | King's College London
Applications to study degree subjects which are heavily exposed to artificial intelligence has seen an increase among UK university applicants, even as entry-level opportunities in those fields begin ...
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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 24/08/2026
Taking a decolonial, intersectional approach, decentring white women from the history of feminism, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow @rosavcampbell.bsky.social's research @kingssocialscience.bsky.social informs efforts for global gender justice today. media.leverhulme.ac.uk/feature/rcam...
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Globalising sisterhood: Global South feminism at the United Nations 1975–2000
Taking a decolonial, intersectional approach, decentring white women from the history of feminism, Rosa Campbell examines how the four UN World Conferences on Women inform efforts for global gender ju...
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Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience @kingsioppn.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Researchers from the IoPPN, @kingssocialscience.bsky.social and @kingsnmes.bsky.social have found that differing levels of broadband access can affect the mental health of elderly people, with those with low quality access experiencing a higher burden of depression. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/broadba...
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Broadband quality associated with mental health and digital-health equity in elderly people | King's College London
New research has found that older adults living in areas with lower-quality broadband connectivity experience a higher burden of depression, suggesting internet quality may play an important role in m...
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The Policy Institute @policyatkings.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"We know that we have a negativity bias, where we pay more attention to negative information" @bobbyduffy.bsky.social, on Sky News, explains why the public have such a range of misperceptions about crime
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School of Politics and Economics @kcl-spe.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Congratulations to Professor Anja Shortland on her inclusion in this year's @financialtimes.com Business Book of the Year longlist 📚💡 We Know You Can Pay a Million addresses one of the biggest threats facing business today, hacking. ⬇️ www.ft.com/content/d8f7...
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FT and Standard Chartered Business Book of the Year Award 2026 — the longlist
Contenders include three former winners and titles on power, innovation and society
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King's Social Science & Public Policy @kingssocialscience.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
As heatwaves continue, climate adaptation becomes ever more urgent. Geography researchers studied the 2024 London Cool Spaces scheme and concluded there is more need to address the root causes of overheating, over 'reactive resilience'. Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Escaping the heat: urban heat resilience and public cool spaces - Regional Environmental Change
With heatwaves set to increase in frequency, intensity and duration, a policy shift is needed to build climate resilience on national and local levels. In London, a new strategy has been introduced to...
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The Policy Institute @policyatkings.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
NEW: In a long read for yesterday's Observer, @rachelsylvester.bsky.social writes about interim findings from our major trial of "Scandi" prison wings in the UK, where prisoners are out of their cells for up to nine hours a day and have reading groups, choir sessions, dance classes and more
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‘Scandi wings’ offering pianos, pool and tea parties coul...
A unit in London’s Wandsworth prison has been transformed using methods from Sweden and Norway that prioritise rehabilitation over retribution
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King's Social Science & Public Policy @kingssocialscience.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Britain’s local newspapers are at risk of transforming into "zombie" titles that lack original, community-focused reporting and fail to perform their key democratic functions. Researchers found a sharp drop in news fulfilling ‘critical information needs’. Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/local-n...
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Newspapers at risk of becoming 'zombie' titles as local content disappears | King's College London
Britain’s local newspapers are at risk of transforming into "zombie" titles that lack original, community-focused reporting and fail to perform their key democratic functions, new research has conclud...
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School for Government @schoolforgovt.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
EVENT: Behavioral Policy for Family ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/behav... Join us, leading academics, policymakers and practitioners from across the public and private sectors to examine the challenges and opportunities shaping fertility and family formation in the 21st century. 🗓️ 1-2 October 📍 London
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Freeman Air and Space Institute @fasikcl.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
With expanding commitments in the HoL, Sophy Antrobus is stepping down from her role at FASI. As we thank Sophy for her exceptional contribution, we're excited to announce Dr Julia Balm as Co-Director, helping lead the Institute into its next chapter. Read the full article 👇 ow.ly/YN5250ZmOgg
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King's Social Science & Public Policy @kingssocialscience.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Thousands of England football fans travelled to Mexico City for the team's epic World Cup win. But what about the Mexico fans in the UK? Professor Cathy McIlwaine, Professor of Development Geography commented in NBC News on London's tiny Mexican diaspora: www.nbcnews.com/world/united...
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Mexico vs. England World Cup: London expats find community despite loss
In direct inverse to the scene in Mexico City’s Estadio Azteca, red white and green hunkered down against the white-and-red masses outside.
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King's Social Science & Public Policy @kingssocialscience.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
This week saw the start of the 2026 Championships at the All England Club in Wimbledon. But is tennis fair? Our research highlights a rare but striking problem relating to number of games won versus overall match results. Learn more: shorturl.at/FMuqq
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Could simple rule change make tennis fairer? | King's College London
Is tennis unfair?
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School of Politics and Economics @kcl-spe.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
🚨 New partnership 🚨 King's has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a 1+1 Master’s programme between King’s College London and the University of Barcelona. Students will study in Barcelona and London - bringing together two fantastic academic environments. ⬇️ www.kcl.ac.uk/political-ec...
Dr Colin Jennings, head of the Department of Political Economy at King's, and Professor Linda McKie, executive dean of the Faculty of Social Science and Public Policy at King's.
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King's College London @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Human activity has driven the retreat of Antarctica’s fastest melting glacier. This landmark study, led by scientists in @kings-sga.bsky.social and @bas.ac.uk, is the first to directly attribute the changes of a major Antarctic glacier to the activities of humans. ⬇️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/human-a...
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King's Social Science & Public Policy @kingssocialscience.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Join the King's African Leadership Centre for their Postgraduate Research Conference on Tuesday 7 July. The keynote will be Her Excellency Fatou Bensouda, High Commissioner of The Gambia to the UK and former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. www.kcl.ac.uk/events/reima...
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Reimagining Leadership in an Era of Epistemic Plurality and Shifting World Orders | King's College London
The Annual African Leadership Centre Postgraduate Research Conference reimagines leadership through epistemic plurality and dialogue across shifting world orders.
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King's Social Science & Public Policy @kingssocialscience.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The new issue of the King's College London online alumni magazine, InTouch, has landed! Read about SSPP alumni Gillian Ekua A. (MA Education Management, 2022), Julio Alonso-Ortega Ortega (Political Economy of Emerging Markets, 2022), Sue Dale Tunnicliffe (PhD Education, 1995). intouch.kcl.ac.uk
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School of Politics and Economics @kcl-spe.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
EVENT: Measuring What Matters: Economic Indicators for Democratic Governance Panel ➡️ Richard Layard (LSE), Maria Cotofan (KCL), Martin Weale (KCL), and Peter Levell (IFS) 📅 24 June 🕙 18.00 More 👇 www.eventbrite.com/e/measuring-...
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Measuring What Matters: Economic Indicators for Democratic Governance
This event brings together researchers who are at the forefront of developing better economic indicators for policy making.
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School of Politics and Economics @kcl-spe.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Does the public view some people as more worthy of government welfare support than others? 🏦📈 A new study co-authored by King's academics Hanna Kleider, David Hope and Julian Limberg highlights a dramatic shift in perceptions of the welfare state. Read more ⬇ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/a-degre...
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A degree of sympathy? Study examines public preferences for government welfare | King's College London
The public is significantly less willing to support government benefits for university graduates who lose their jobs compared to those without degrees, according to newly-published research.
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The Policy Institute @policyatkings.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
"The one option where they have to negotiate with us is if we apply to rejoin... but they're not going to go easy on us, even in a rejoin situation" 💬 @anandmenon.bsky.social at our panel discussion last week marking ten years since Brexit Full event ➡️ www.youtube.com/live/u4o3xEd...
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King's Social Science & Public Policy @kingssocialscience.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
🌍 From climate change to the cost of living, at the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy we are meeting the world's biggest challenges through education and research. See our vision in action 🔽
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King's College London @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
King’s has launched its Sustainability Strategy 2026–30! 🌍 Aligned with King’s Strategy 2030, the new five-year plan embeds sustainability across three core pillars: 🎓 Education 🔬 Research & Innovation 🏢 Operations Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-s...
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Freeman Air and Space Institute @fasikcl.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Where should the GCAP programme concentrate its efforts? Professor Spry compares the F-35 and Typhoon operating and support costs, exploring the likely impact of the different scales of the two programmes and the importance of the funding behind them. www.kcl.ac.uk/comparing-f-...
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Freeman Air and Space Institute @fasikcl.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Join @secdefenceplus.bsky.social for the 2026 Emerging Voices Series: Strategy, Security & Defence Hear from established leaders and recognised experts to explore the future of strategy, security, and defence. Register 👇 ow.ly/wMC550Z8Lt7
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The Emerging Voices Series: Strategy, Security & Defence | King's College London
Security & Defence PLuS will host the Emerging Voices Series: Strategy, Security & Defence at King's College London on Thursday 18 June, 2026
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School of Politics and Economics @kcl-spe.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
EVENT: Measuring What Matters: Economic Indicators for Democratic Governance 📉 This event brings together researchers at the forefront of developing better economic indicators for policy making in the UK and other democratic systems Don't miss it! ⬇️ www.eventbrite.com/e/measuring-...
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Measuring What Matters: Economic Indicators for Democratic Governance
This event brings together researchers who are at the forefront of developing better economic indicators for policy making.
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The Policy Institute @policyatkings.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Polly Toynbee highlights our forthcoming study with @senseaboutsci.bsky.social on the state of trust in science in her Guardian column ➡️ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @bobbyduffy.bsky.social
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Sir Michael Howard Centre for the History of War @smhcentre.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
📣Join us for the upcoming IHR/SMHC Military History seminar to hear Joshua Bilton's (KCL) paper ‘Who were Haig’s Men? ‘Late-war’ infantrymen and military identity in the British Army, 1915–1918’ 🗓️23 June 2026 ⏱️17:30 📍IHR and online All are welcome! Register 👇 www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Who were Haig’s Men? ‘Late-war’ infantrymen and military identity in the British Army, 1915–1918
Military History Seminar
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The Policy Institute @policyatkings.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
"[in] 2003, 2004 half the public though the future was going to be better for young people... [but now] half think it's going to be worse" 💬 @bobbyduffy.bsky.social on Politics Live last week, speaking about Wes Streeting's comments – made in his resignation speech – on intergenerational fairness.
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The Policy Institute @policyatkings.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
EVENT: The fight for facts: from ‘beyond belief’ to embracing evidence Join us and an expert panel to discuss the ‘evidence revolution’, the global movement that promotes using scientific evidence to guide our decisions rather than unreliable opinions or beliefs ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-f...
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Centre for Statecraft & National Security @csns-uk.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
📸 Last year, Dr Shiraz Maher conducted field research in Syria. We're pleased to share that 'Layers of Resistance: The Hidden Geographies of War', an image taken on his trip, was recently shortlisted and exhibited in a @kingssocialscience.bsky.social competition! 🔗 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/sspp-ph...
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School of Politics and Economics @kcl-spe.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
EVENT: The Cinema of Agnieszka Holland and the Politics of Citizenship A symposium that brings together artists and scholars whose work engages with questions central to Agnieszka Holland’s cinema. 📅 21-22 May More ⬇️ www.eventbrite.com/e/the-cinema...
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The Cinema of Agnieszka Holland and the Politics of Citizenship
This symposium brings together artists and scholars whose work engages with questions central to Agnieszka Holland’s cinema.
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King's Global Affairs @kings-sga.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
A 2 min audio commentary from our Substack, Spheres of Knowledge on how climate education is reshaping – and sometimes overwhelming – students, and why “radical pragmatism” offers a different way forward. Read more: kingsglobalaffairs.substack.com/p/teaching-t...
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King's Social Science & Public Policy @kingssocialscience.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Dr Aisha Hutchinson has worked on several pieces of research aiming to improve the lives of adolescent girls in contexts of humanitarian aid and social development. Watch our new impact video on influencing international policy around child marriage practices 🔽 www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0xb...
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Influencing international policy around child marriage practices
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The Policy Institute @policyatkings.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
"we are bringing together lived experience, clinical and social science, and policy and advocacy expertise to understand how we can improve outcomes for people affected by PMDD." 💬 Tianne Haggar on our new interdisciplinary project with @kingsioppn.bsky.social ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/how-int...
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School of Politics and Economics @kcl-spe.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
EVENT: Return to Europe Redux? Hungary's Election and its Implications for Europe Join us next week to discuss the political and social fallout from the closely-watched election in Hungary 🗳️ More ⬇️ www.eventbrite.com/e/return-to-...
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Return to Europe Redux? Hungary's Election and its Implications for Europe
On 12 April, Hungarian voters headed to the polls in the nation's 10th national election since victory over communism.
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King's Social Science & Public Policy @kingssocialscience.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Public lecture: The Economic Approach to the Common Good. Erik Angner, author, speaks at the KCL Centre for Governance and Society this summer. Bush House NE Wing, June 3rd, 6pm. csgs.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-e...
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The Economic Approach to the Common Good - Centre for the Study of Governance & Society
The 2nd Public Lecture under the Market Economies and Green Ideals programme   This is an in-person only public event …
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King's College London @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Natural hazards such as fires, floods and hurricanes and heatwaves are a growing threat to elections worldwide, reveals analysis out today from Prof Sarah Birch @kingssocialscience.bsky.social and International IDEA @internationalidea.bsky.social (1/5)🧵⬇️
A hand places a ballot into a box on a table, with a sunny desert on one side and a stormy landscape on the other.
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