Department of Social Policy seminars

Multidimensional disadvantage among children: bringing Roma, Gypsy and Traveller children in England and Wales into focus

Dr Polina Obolenskaya (Dr Polina Obolenskaya is a Research Officer at the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, CASE)

Seminar Series on Migration Ethnicity and Race

4 March 2020

Who Needs Experts? The politics and practices of solidarity and volunteer humanitarianism in Greece

Dr Armine Ishkanian (Associate Professor and Academic Lead, AFSEE programme and III Resarch Committee Member)

Seminar Series on Migration Ethnicity and Race

12 February 2020

‘Emplaced’ Indian Construction Labour-Camps: The Architecture of Discipline and the Limits to Collective Action.

Dr Sunil Kumar (LSE, Department of Social Policy)

Department of Social Policy seminar series on International Social and Public Policy

29 January 2020

Experimental Criminology and the Free-Rider Problem

Dr Johann Koehler (LSE, Department of Social Policy) and Tobias Smith (UC-Berkeley)

Department of Social Policy seminar series on International Social and Public Policy

11th December 2019

Role Playing Racism: History Teaching and the Limits of Experiential Learning

Dr Chana Teeger (Assistant Professor in the Department of Methodology)

Department of Social Policy and III seminar series on Migration Ethnicity and Race

11th December 2019

Precarious Refuge: Ethnonationalism and the Politics of Housing Refugees

Dr Romola Sanyal (Urban Geography, LSE)

Department of Social Policy and III seminar series on Migration Ethnicity and Race

27th November 2019

Beyond the Borders of the Welfare State: Civil Society Responses to the Migration Crisis in Greece

Dr Isabel Shutes (Department of Social Policy, LSE)

Department of Social Policy and III seminar series on Migration Ethnicity and Race

13th November 2019

Collaborative ethnography and its limitations: Researching young migrants in London

Vanessa Hughes (LSE Fellow, Department of Social Policy)

Department of Social Policy seminar series on International Social and Public Policy

30th October 2019

Return Migration, Crime and Electoral Participation in Mexico

Dr Christian Ambrosius (Freie Universität Berlin & UNAM) and Dr Covadonga Meseguer (LSE & ICADE)

Department of Social Policy and III seminar series on Migration Ethnicity and Race

16th October 2019

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Ethical Space in Policy Making: Advancing the use of Indigenous Traditional Knowledge in community planning in Canada

Perry Stein (AACI)

Department of Social Policy seminar

26 March 2019

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Reconfiguring notions of whiteness among Latin America migrants in London and Madrid

Dr Ana Gutirrez (University of Oxford)

Department of Social Policy and III seminar series on Migration Ethnicity and Race

20 March 2019

Challenging dominant social policy assumptions; an apprenticeship for young people with multiple problems and needs.

Alice Sampson (Mannheim Centre for Criminology)  and Femi Ade-Davis (Shoreditch Trust's Blue Marble Training programme)

Department of Social Policy International Social and Public Policy seminar

13 March 2019

Identity, Citizenship and Kin Majorities: Crimea and Moldova from the Bottom-Up

Dr Ellie Knott (Department of Methodology, LSE)

Department of Social Policy and III seminar series on Migration Ethnicity and Race

6 March 2019

Administrative Burden: Policymaking by Other Means

Professor Pamela Herd and Professor Donald Moynihan (Georgetown University)

Department of Social Policy International Social and Public Policy seminar

27 February 2019

Migration, Mixed Marraiges and Children's Noncitizenship in Sabah, Malaysia

Dr Catherine Allerton (Department of Anthropology, LSE)

Department of Social Policy and III seminar series on Migration Ethnicity and Race

27 February 2019

'Cca semo, here we are. Lives on hold in Lampedusa;. A short film screening and discussion

Dr Michela Franceschelli (Department of Sociology, UCL)

Department of Social Policy and III seminar series on Migration Ethnicity and Race

6 February 2019

Towards a New Social Contract - Taking on Distributional Tensions in Europe and Central Asia

Maurizio Bussolo (World Bank)

Department of Social Policy International Social and Public Policy seminar

30 January 2019

Infinite difference, limited recognition: Digital makings of the city of refuge

Prof Myria Georgiou (LSE Department of Media & Communications)

Department of Social Policy and III seminar series on Migration Ethnicity and Race

23 January 2019

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Migrant Margins: Brutal borders and edge economies

Dr Suzanne Hall (Department of Sociology, LSE)

Department of Social Policy and III seminar series on Migration Ethnicity and Race

6 December 2018

Racism's Reach

Dr Coretta Phillips (Department of Social Policy, LSE)

Department of Social Policy and III seminar series on Migration Ethnicity and Race

22 November 2018

Uncertain citizenship: Everyday practices of Bolivian migrants in Chile

Dr Megan Ryburn (LSE Latin American and Caribbean Centre)

Department of Social Policy and III seminar series on Migration Ethnicity and Race

8 November 2018

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How useful is Gillian Hart's Distinction between 'Little d' and 'Big D' Development? Theoretical Reflections, a Case Study, and some Lessons for Social Policy

Professor David Lewis (Department of Social Policy, LSE)

Department of Social Policy International Social and Public Policy seminar

31 October 2018

The Impact of Immigration on Natives' Fertility: Evidence from Syrians in Turkey

Dr Berkay Özcan (LSE Department of Social Policy)

Department of Social Policy and III seminar series on Migration Ethnicity and Race

25 October 2018

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Multiple generation mobility among European Turks and non-migrant Turks in Turkey

Dr Ayse Guveli (University of Essex)

Department of Social Policy and III seminar series on Migration Ethnicity and Race

11 October 2018

Health implications of Economic Insecurity

Professor Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University)

Department of Social Policy International Social and Public Policy seminar

16 May 2018

Police Reform and the Politics of Denial: An Academic's Journey into "Activism"

Dr Michael Shiner (Department of Social Policy, LSE)

Department of Social Policy International Social and Public Policy seminar

7 March 2018

Political Parties and Private Schools: A Comparative Analysis of Policy and Politics in England and Germany

Dr Rita Nikolai (Humboldt University)

Department of Social Policy International Social and Public Policy seminar

21 February 2018

The Kids Are Alright: The Rise in Non-Marital Births and Child Well-being

Professor Christina Gibson-Davis (Duke University)

Department of Social Policy International Social and Public Policy seminar

24 January 2018

The Politics of Post-Crisis European Social Spending

Dr Ian McManus (LSE Fellow, Department of Social Policy, LSE)

Department of Social Policy International Social and Public Policy seminar

10 January 2018

Accumulation or Absorption? The Development of Household Non-Employment in Europe during the Great Recession

Professor Bernhard Ebbinghaus (University of Oxford) and Dr Thomas Biegert (Department of Social Policy, LSE)

Department of Social Policy International Social and Public Policy seminar

22 November 2017

Great Expectations: Long-term Poverty Reduction, Intergenerational Change and Young Beneficiaries’ Aspirations in Brazil’s Bolsa Família Programme

Dr Hayley Jones (LSE Fellow, Department of Social Policy, LSE)

Department of Social Policy International Social and Public Policy seminar

15 November 2017

Ethnic school composition and multiple ethnic identity formation of adolescents in the Netherlands

Dr Gert-Jan Veerman (Ede Christian University of Applied Sciences)

Department of Social Policy International Social and Public Policy seminar

18 October 2017

Inter-ethnic relations of teenagers in England’s schools: the role of school and neighbourhood ethnic composition

Professor Simon Burgess (University of Bristol)

Department of Social Policy International Social and Public Policy seminar

11 October 2017