GV514
Political Science and Political Economy Doctoral Workshop
This information is for the 2025/26 session.
Course Convenor
Tak-Huen Chau
Availability
This course is available on the PhD in Political Science. This course is freely available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit. It does not require permission.
Mainly for second and subsequent year research students and staff in the Department of Government and elsewhere in the School involved in research in political science and/or political economy. First year MRes and research students are welcome to attend.
Course content
The PSPE Doctoral Workshop/Work in Progress Seminar is intended as a setting in which research students from the Department of Government present and receive feedback on early stage and ongoing research projects. In weeks when research students do not present, LSE PhD students, LSE staff, and visiting scholars from other departments will present. The seminar aims to foster a strong and lively research community and as such, welcome empirical or theoretical work linked in any way to politics or political economy.
Teaching
16.5 hours of workshops in the Winter Term.
16.5 hours of workshops in the Autumn Term.
10.5 hours of workshops in the Spring Term.
Assessment
Not assessed.
Key facts
Department: Government
Course Study Period: Autumn, Winter and Spring Term
Unit value: Non-credit bearing
FHEQ Level: Level 8
CEFR Level: Null
Total students 2024/25: 6
Average class size 2024/25: 6
Controlled access 2024/25: YesCourse selection videos
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