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Engagement and Events

Engage and interact on economic, political, and social approaches to understanding climate change and the environment.

The Sustainable Social Policy and Welfare States Research Hub at the London School of Economics and Political Science is hosting its second annual workshop on Tuesday 2nd June 2026.

The workshop aims to bring together researchers who are working on the social dimensions of climate change and the environment, broadly defined, and policy responses to these challenges. In doing so, we aim to showcase cutting edge research, provide researchers with valuable feedback, and offer a platform for scholars to build their networks and explore future research directions in this growing field.
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Environmental Politics and Governance (EPG) Online seminar series at the Department of Social Policy, LSE.

We will being holding in-person viewings at LSE with some presentations also happening in-person.

Explore the Seminar series schedule here

For any questions related to the seminar series, please email the academic organiser Dr Liam Beiser-McGrath.

Archive of events

The Department of Social Policy in partnership with the Global School of Sustainability (GSoS) and Sustainable Social Policy and Welfare States Research Hub at the London School of Economics and Political Science hosted a workshop on "Climate Change, Inequality, and Policy Contestation" from Monday 10th - Tuesday 11th November 2025.

As a warming planet redraws political and economic landscapes, new distributional impacts — both within and between societies — are becoming crucial for understanding prospects for meaningful climate action. This workshop invited papers that speak to how the distributional impacts of climate change and a changing environment shape society, welcoming contributions from economics, political science, public and social policy, sociology, and cognate fields.
Read more here.