Mannheim PhD Symposium 2027

An interdisciplinary workshop

The LSE’s Mannheim Centre for Criminology is pleased to announce the second PhD Symposium on May 17th-18th, 2027. PhD students registered at any university are encouraged to submit an abstract for a paper or chapter that would benefit from interdisciplinary discussion among PhD students, LSE faculty, and the Mannheim Centre community.

The Centre interprets criminology broadly, and projects are enthusiastically welcomed from all manner of topics, approaches, and traditions that might qualify as criminological or criminology-adjacent.

Eligibility is restricted to students who are currently registered in a PhD programme, and who will have not yet submitted their materials for a viva examination before the Symposium on May 17th, 2027.

To apply, please submit a draft title and abstract (~250 words), along with your full name and university affiliation, to Dr Johann Koehler (socialpolicy.mannheim@lse.ac.uk) before noon (GMT) on December 7th, 2026. Please include “PhD Symposium 2027—[Your surname]” as the subject line.

To promote discussion of pre-circulated papers during the Symposium, there will be no presentations as such. Therefore, submission of an abstract indicates agreement to (i) circulate a draft of your paper to attendees by April 26th, 2027; (ii) prepare reactions to the other submitted papers; and (iii) attend both days of the Symposium, in-person, on the LSE’s campus in London.

Limited funds are available to reimburse travel. Acceptance to the Symposium includes an invitation to attend the Mannheim Centre’s Annual Lecture on May 18th, 2027, delivered by Professor Lucia Zedner.