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Global Governance and the Rise of a New World Order
As the global balance of power shifts, this timely discussion explores the structural forces reshaping the international system. What does the future of global governance look like in an era of…
Contesting Equality: LGBTIQ+ Rights, the State, and Democratic Decline
LGBTIQ+ rights face growing pressure worldwide. This seminar explores backlash, state power, and activist resistance across North and South. As democratic norms weaken and authoritarianism gains…
Implications Of A Wealth Tax In The UK
In an era of rising inequality, cost-of-living crises, and weakened public services, a wealth tax could be a potential solution to collect revenue and redistribute resources. However, implementing a…
Critical Minerals and Geopolitics
Critical minerals are increasingly central to global supply chains, particularly those underpinning the clean energy transition, advanced manufacturing, and national security. But what exactly are…
The Postcolonial Academy: Knowledge, Memory, and Liberation
In the colonial period, universities did not stand apart from empire, but actively legitimised colonial power through their production of knowledge, training of administrators, and construction of…
Democracy In The Age Of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence is rapidly transforming how governments govern and how citizens engage with the state, with far-reaching consequences for democratic processes and institutions. From the…
Defossilizing The Global Economy
Limiting catastrophic climate change requires more than incremental emissions reductions. A successful response to mitigate the climate crisis requires a fundamental transformation of the global…
The Breaking Point: Navigating The Global Rule Of Law Recession
According to the 2025 World Justice Project Index, the global rule of law recession has not only continued, it has accelerated. From the systematic weakening of judicial independence to the shrinking…
Overseas Aid and Humanitarian & Disaster Relief
In a rapidly evolving landscape of humanitarian assistance, what is the future for international aid? Humanitarian aid has long served as a vital tool to deliver relief to vulnerable communities and…
The Rise and Fall of ESG - and What Next for Sustainable Finance?
In the early 2020s, the integration of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles into corporate strategy and investment decisions was widely regarded as a progressive step toward…
Do Economic Sanctions Work?
One of the tools of modern diplomacy against states like Afghanistan, Iran or Russia is to impose economic sanctions. These can take the form of prohibiting trade, asset freezes, impounding ships and…
EDI: Advances, Setbacks and What Comes Next
From headlines decrying ‘woke culture’ to a rollback of government support for initiatives in the US and other countries, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) has become a polarising topic. But,…
Democratic Health Worldwide
The health of democracy around the world is widely seen as being in decline. Many countries are seeing a surge in authoritarian leadership, support for extremist parties, weakening institutional…
Racial Inequalities in UK Healthcare
Meet the speakersProf. Habib Naqvi MBE is the Chief Executive of the NHS Race and Health Observatory. Previously he worked at the Department of Health and Social Care, where he acted as the Policy…
Is development possible without fossil fuels?
The COP 29 conference once again highlighted divergences between ‘developed’ and ‘developing’ countries with regards to states’ responsibility to limit their carbon emissions and transition away from…
Lobbying: participatory democracy or crony capitalism?
This seminar demystifies the secret world of consultancy and lobbying. It is an industry which has grown hugely in recent decades, and become an inevitable part of modern policy making. But lobbyists…
Priorities for the new UK Government: Accountability in British Politics
Meet the speakersSir Rob Behrens was the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman between 2017 and 2024. Prior to this, he held roles including Complaints Commissioner at the Bar Standards Board,…
Decoding the 2024 US Election: What it means for America and the World
- Meet the speakers - Dr. James D. Boys is a Boston-based analyst focused on US political history. He was most recently a Visiting Research Scholar at the Center for Strategic Studies at Tufts…
Priorities for the new UK Government: Economic growth (and its limits)
Recorded 24 October 2024. A new government has been in power in Westminster since July. In our Policy & Practice mini-series, Priorities for the new UK Government, we will explore key issues on…
The Security Council's Role in International Conflict: Why Small-State Diplomacy Matters
For our first Policy & Practice seminar of academic year 2024-2025 we were joined by ex-Ambassador Simona Leskovar. The ex-Ambassador talked about her own experience both in trying to get…
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