Staff promotions
Congratulations to Roman Frigg, who has been promoted to Professor (from September 2014).
Nona Buckley-Irvine and Thomas Maksymiw elected to LSE Student Union
Congratulations to Nona Buckley-Irvine (BSc Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method) and Thomas Maksymiw (BSc Politics and Philosophy). Nona was elected as General Secretary and Thomas as Education Officer of the LSE Student Union for 2014-2015.
Miklós Rédei to deliver Professorial Inaugural Lecture
Miklós Rédei will be delivering the Professorial Inaugural Lecture ‘On John von Neumann’s Life and Work’ on Thursday, 13 March 2014 from 5-6 pm in LAK.2.06.
Staff appointments
Congratulations to Jonathan Birch on his appointment as a new Assistant Professor here in the Department.
Staff appointments
Congratulations to Anna Mahtani on her appointment as a new Assistant Professor here in the Department.
New research: conflicting interests within a group can lead to better collective decisions
Christian List and a team of political scientists and biologists from LSE and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin show in new research that conflicting interests within a group can lead to better collective decisions—if you’re a social animal such as a meerkat.
Read more about the research here.
Luc Bovens and Adam Oliver on Thursday Lunch with Harry Burdon
Listen to Luc Bovens and Adam Oliver discuss the topic of nudges with Harry Burdon here.
Winner of Andrea Mannu Prize: Fergus Green
Congratulations to Fergus Green for winning this year’s Andrea Mannu Prize for the best dissertation written during the course of study and submitted for the MSc Philosophy of the Social Sciences, MSc Philosophy and Public Policy, or MSc Economics and Philosophy or on the basis of overall examination performance in one of these degrees.
Winner of Imre Lakatos Prize: Jacob Neal
Congratulations to Jacob Neal for winning this year’s Imre Lakatos Prize for the best dissertation written during the course of study and submitted for the MSc Philosophy of Science or on the basis of overall examination performance in this degree.
Relativity Meets Quantum Theory Conference, 28-20 November 2013
In this 2-day conference, leading experts in both physics and in philosophy will meet with new researchers in the field to discuss what happens when relativity meets quantum theory. See here for more information.
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