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    Journal Health Economics, Policy and Law: Procedural Justice in Health Financing

Journal Health Economics, Policy and Law: Procedural Justice in Health Financing

1 May 2025|

The World Bank Report Open and Inclusive: Fair Processes for Financing Universal Health Coverage, co-authored by LSE Philosophy Professor Alex Voorhoeve, is the topic of a symposium in the latest issue of Journal Health, Economics, Policy and Law.

Leading academics and health policy experts from the World Health Organisation and the International Budget Partnership criticise and extend the report’s […]

Open Position: Centre Manager (Impact and Administration)

30 April 2025|

The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience is hiring a Centre Manager (Impact and Administration) who is strongly committed to our mission and keen to support and manage both the day-to-day running of the Centre and its progress towards its impact goals. Application deadline: 6 May 2025.

The Centre Manager (Impact and Administration) will be responsible for the daily […]

Open Position: Teaching Delivery Officer

10 April 2025|

The LSE Philosophy Department is hiring a Teaching Delivery Officer to support the efficient administration of teaching and learning activities. Application deadline: 6 May 2025.

The Teaching Delivery Officer will be responsible for key aspects of teaching administration, including timetabling, seminar allocations, coursework submissions, and student queries. They will also play a vital role in delivering departmental teaching events […]

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    Open Position: Research Officer in Animal Sentience (Animals and AI)

Open Position: Research Officer in Animal Sentience (Animals and AI)

9 April 2025|

The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience is hiring a Research Officer in Animal Sentience (Animals and AI). Application deadline: 6 May 2025.

The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience at LSE Philosophy aims to support the scientific study of animal sentience and to use the science to design better policies, laws and ways of caring for other animals. […]

Ella Whiteley joins LSE Philosophy

31 March 2025|

We are pleased to announce that Ella Whiteley will join the LSE Philosophy Department as Assistant Professor.

Ella Whiteley’s primary research interests lie in ethics and political philosophy. Ella specialises in the normative dimensions of salience and attention, exploring how the structuring of minds, language, and the social world can cause and constitute bias and oppression. Ella also engages […]

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    Research for the World: Is the UN Refugee Convention still fit for purpose?

Research for the World: Is the UN Refugee Convention still fit for purpose?

26 March 2025|

LSE Philosophy Associate Professor Kieran Oberman wrote an article for LSE’s Research for the World Magazine. In the article, Oberman is explaining why his new paper, Enough Spurious Distinctions: refugees are just people in need, and argues for a rethink of global refugee policy, including a new approach to what a refugee is.

You can […]

Graduate Internship: Digital Communications Graduate Intern

25 March 2025|

The LSE Philosophy Department is hiring a Digital Communications Graduate Intern. This is a full time, fixed term appointment for 3 months. Application deadline: 6 April 2025.

This exciting and unique role will support the migration of our departmental website from WordPress to Contensis, enhancing the student experience by making information more accessible and user-friendly. The project also includes […]

New Phlexible Philosophy podcast with J. McKenzie Alexander

25 March 2025|

LSE Philosophy graduate Hamza King interviewed LSE Philosophy Professor J. McKenzie Alexander about his new book ‘The Open Society as an Enemy’ for his Phlexible Philosophy Podcast.

Karl Popper was one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. Widely considered to be the father of modern science, Popper introduced the principle of falsificationism which states that for […]

New centre to study animal sentience opens at LSE

25 March 2025|

LSE is launching its new research centre in autumn 2025. The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience is made possible by the Jeremy Coller Foundation. LSE Philosophy Professor Jonathan Birch will be the inaugural Director of the new centre.

You can find the official announcement on the LSE website.

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    QS University Ranking 2025: LSE Philosophy 2nd best in the world!

QS University Ranking 2025: LSE Philosophy 2nd best in the world!

18 March 2025|

LSE Philosophy has been ranked 2nd best in the world in the 2025 QS World University Rankings by Subject, the highest ranking of any UK-based philosophy department.

We’re very pleased to announce that LSE Philosophy has been placed 2nd for the second year in a row. Link to the full ranking.

The QS World University Rankings […]