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News from the Political Theory Group in the Department of Political Economy, King’s College London: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/political-theory-research-group-dpe
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🆕 Congratulations to our academic, Dr Udit Bhatia, and the POPGOV research team who have been awarded a €9 million Synergy Grant by the European Research Council 🙌
Read more about their ground-breaking project focussed on democratic systems here ⬇️
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Read more about their ground-breaking project focussed on democratic systems here ⬇️
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Ground-breaking project examining future of democracy awarded major grant | King's College London
A King’s academic is part of a research team that has been awarded more than €9 million by the European Research Council to deliver a landmark project that will seek to challenge the way we think abou...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
🆕 Congratulations to our academic, Dr Udit Bhatia, and the POPGOV research team who have been awarded a €9 million Synergy Grant by the European Research Council 🙌
Read more about their ground-breaking project focussed on democratic systems here ⬇️
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/ground-...
Read more about their ground-breaking project focussed on democratic systems here ⬇️
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/ground-...
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Podcast on my book:
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October 26, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Podcast on my book:
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Page proofs! My article addresses social ontology in Smith and Hegel and will be out soon with the Cambridge Journal of Economics.
October 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Page proofs! My article addresses social ontology in Smith and Hegel and will be out soon with the Cambridge Journal of Economics.
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And @loubnaelamine.bsky.social reviews Beyond States: Powers, Peoples and Global Order, by Anthony Pagden
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September 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
And @loubnaelamine.bsky.social reviews Beyond States: Powers, Peoples and Global Order, by Anthony Pagden
Humeira Iqtidar's "Justice Beyond Rights: Haqq and Global South Migration" is out in the American Political Science Review. 2025;119(3):1159-1172. doi: doi.org/10.1017/S000...
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Justice Beyond Rights: Haqq and Global South Migration - Volume 119 Issue 3
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September 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Humeira Iqtidar's "Justice Beyond Rights: Haqq and Global South Migration" is out in the American Political Science Review. 2025;119(3):1159-1172. doi: doi.org/10.1017/S000...
Samuel DeCanio and Colin Jennings on "Competition and causal inference: Economic choice and welfare analysis under potential outcomes" just published in Politics, Philosophy & Economics.
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Competition and causal inference: Economic choice and welfare analysis under potential outcomes - Samuel DeCanio, Colin Jennings, 2025
We apply widely accepted arguments regarding the inferential properties of scientific experiments to analyse markets and consumer decision-making. Market compet...
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September 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Samuel DeCanio and Colin Jennings on "Competition and causal inference: Economic choice and welfare analysis under potential outcomes" just published in Politics, Philosophy & Economics.
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Please follow my excellent colleague @humeiraiqtidar.bsky.social! She is new to B-Sky but writes very many interesting (& methodologically innovative) things, including her new piece in @apsrjournal.bsky.social: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @ecpr-nptmethods.bsky.social @ipsa-rc31.bsky.social
Justice Beyond Rights: Haqq and Global South Migration | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Justice Beyond Rights: Haqq and Global South Migration - Volume 119 Issue 3
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September 18, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Please follow my excellent colleague @humeiraiqtidar.bsky.social! She is new to B-Sky but writes very many interesting (& methodologically innovative) things, including her new piece in @apsrjournal.bsky.social: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @ecpr-nptmethods.bsky.social @ipsa-rc31.bsky.social
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From our latest issue: "Justice Beyond Rights: Haqq and Global South Migration" by Humeira Iqtidar. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Justice Beyond Rights: Haqq and Global South Migration | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Justice Beyond Rights: Haqq and Global South Migration - Volume 119 Issue 3
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September 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
From our latest issue: "Justice Beyond Rights: Haqq and Global South Migration" by Humeira Iqtidar. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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'Abundance is not so much about overcoming neoliberalism, as its authors claim, but about patching it up.'
@stevenklein.bsky.social reviews Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson's Abundance.
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@stevenklein.bsky.social reviews Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson's Abundance.
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Can abundance save the left?
Everyone facing a problem hopes that their problem will go away. Confronting constant tough choices—caused by a faltering healthcare system, an aging population dependent on state pensions, councils t...
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September 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
'Abundance is not so much about overcoming neoliberalism, as its authors claim, but about patching it up.'
@stevenklein.bsky.social reviews Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson's Abundance.
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@stevenklein.bsky.social reviews Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson's Abundance.
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The nation-state, non-Western empires, and the politics of cultural difference is now available in Early View. @loubnaelamine.bsky.social ajps.org/2025/09/15/t...
September 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The nation-state, non-Western empires, and the politics of cultural difference is now available in Early View. @loubnaelamine.bsky.social ajps.org/2025/09/15/t...
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I am thrilled that my article "The nation-state, non-Western empires, and the politics of cultural difference" is now out in the American Journal of Political Science.
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While empires have been central to political theory, they almost always refer to Western forms of imperialism and colonialism to which non-Western societies are subject. But precolonial empires have ...
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September 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I am thrilled that my article "The nation-state, non-Western empires, and the politics of cultural difference" is now out in the American Journal of Political Science.
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Our academic, Steven Klein, and co-author Ethan Porter challenge the view that ordinary citizens are not competent enough to sustain democracy in an article for @bjpols.bsky.social 🗳️
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Rethinking Citizen Competence: A New Theoretical and Empirical Framework | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Rethinking Citizen Competence: A New Theoretical and Empirical Framework - Volume 55
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September 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Our academic, Steven Klein, and co-author Ethan Porter challenge the view that ordinary citizens are not competent enough to sustain democracy in an article for @bjpols.bsky.social 🗳️
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Delighted that my paper with @ethanvporter.bsky.social on democracy and citizen competence is now out in @bjpols.bsky.social
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Rethinking Citizen Competence: A New Theoretical and Empirical Framework | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Rethinking Citizen Competence: A New Theoretical and Empirical Framework - Volume 55
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September 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Delighted that my paper with @ethanvporter.bsky.social on democracy and citizen competence is now out in @bjpols.bsky.social
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If you’re a PhD student working on politics, philosophy and/or economics, consider applying for the KCL PPE grad conference! The form can be found here: forms.office.com/e/ZC0MXYhMVk
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September 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
If you’re a PhD student working on politics, philosophy and/or economics, consider applying for the KCL PPE grad conference! The form can be found here: forms.office.com/e/ZC0MXYhMVk
Ph.D. students in the PPE research group at KCL are organising the "PPE for Public Policy Graduate Conference" on November 26th, 2025. See the details here: tinyurl.com/5n7xv5cr
Please consider applying if you are a Ph.D. Student and help us spread the word.
Please consider applying if you are a Ph.D. Student and help us spread the word.
KCL PPE for Public Policy Graduate Conference 2025
We are pleased to announce the PPE for Public Policy Graduate Conference, taking place on November 26th, 2025, at the Department of Political Economy (DPE), King’s College London (KCL). The conf...
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August 30, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Ph.D. students in the PPE research group at KCL are organising the "PPE for Public Policy Graduate Conference" on November 26th, 2025. See the details here: tinyurl.com/5n7xv5cr
Please consider applying if you are a Ph.D. Student and help us spread the word.
Please consider applying if you are a Ph.D. Student and help us spread the word.
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youtube version of my conversation with @stevenklein.bsky.social about the political theory of unions
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Unions with Steven Klein
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August 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
youtube version of my conversation with @stevenklein.bsky.social about the political theory of unions
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Excited to have a short piece up on the APA blog series Perspectives on Democracy, examining the role of collective power in thinking about democratic renewal
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Are Elections Enough? Democracy and Collective Power
The association of democracy with elections is relatively recent. In ancient Athens, three things distinguished democracy from other regimes: all citizens having a right to vote directly on laws in th...
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August 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Excited to have a short piece up on the APA blog series Perspectives on Democracy, examining the role of collective power in thinking about democratic renewal
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Delighted to be part of this celebration and reflection on Christian Joerges's contributions to understanding the democratic fate of European economic integration.
The 'Joerges issue' just dropped- Law, Conflict and Transformation. Thank you @annabeckers.bsky.social, @vbogoesky.bsky.social, @stevenklein.bsky.social, @annapeychev.bsky.social, @mariaweimer.bsky.social, and others for brilliance and patience.
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July 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Delighted to be part of this celebration and reflection on Christian Joerges's contributions to understanding the democratic fate of European economic integration.
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Just published on APSR First View: Who Needs a Theory of Justice? Judith Shklar and the Politics of Injustice by ROBIN DOUGLASS www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Who Needs a Theory of Justice? Judith Shklar and the Politics of Injustice
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July 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Just published on APSR First View: Who Needs a Theory of Justice? Judith Shklar and the Politics of Injustice by ROBIN DOUGLASS www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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A core principle of international law, the right of states to consent to the rules that bind them, fails to protect national sovereignty and may actually undermine it, a new paper by Dr Carmen Pavel argues 🌏⚖️
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International law 'failing to protect national sovereignty'
A core principle of international law, the right of states to consent to the rules that bind them, fails to protect national sovereignty and may actually undermine it, a new academic paper has argued.
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July 3, 2025 at 7:01 AM
A core principle of international law, the right of states to consent to the rules that bind them, fails to protect national sovereignty and may actually undermine it, a new paper by Dr Carmen Pavel argues 🌏⚖️
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#OpenAccess from @globcon.bsky.social -
The ethics of state consent to international law - cup.org/3T9SnIt
- Carmen E. Pavel
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The ethics of state consent to international law - cup.org/3T9SnIt
- Carmen E. Pavel
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June 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
#OpenAccess from @globcon.bsky.social -
The ethics of state consent to international law - cup.org/3T9SnIt
- Carmen E. Pavel
#FirstView
The ethics of state consent to international law - cup.org/3T9SnIt
- Carmen E. Pavel
#FirstView
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Do citizens have the capabilities required for democracy? The standard story is that empirical research debunks normative democratic theory. With @ethanvporter.bsky.social, we argue for a better framework and show empirical research supports citizen capacities. Forthcoming in @bjpols.bsky.social
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June 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Do citizens have the capabilities required for democracy? The standard story is that empirical research debunks normative democratic theory. With @ethanvporter.bsky.social, we argue for a better framework and show empirical research supports citizen capacities. Forthcoming in @bjpols.bsky.social
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Who Needs a Theory of Justice? ⚖️
Professor Robin Douglass discusses Judith Shklar and the politics of injustice in a new article published in @apsrjournal.bsky.social
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Professor Robin Douglass discusses Judith Shklar and the politics of injustice in a new article published in @apsrjournal.bsky.social
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Who Needs a Theory of Justice? Judith Shklar and the Politics of Injustice | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Who Needs a Theory of Justice? Judith Shklar and the Politics of Injustice
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June 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Who Needs a Theory of Justice? ⚖️
Professor Robin Douglass discusses Judith Shklar and the politics of injustice in a new article published in @apsrjournal.bsky.social
Read it here ⬇️
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Professor Robin Douglass discusses Judith Shklar and the politics of injustice in a new article published in @apsrjournal.bsky.social
Read it here ⬇️
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Lecturer in Political Philosophy (Education)
King's College London - #Philosophy #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNH075/l...
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Lecturer in Political Philosophy (Education) at King's College London
An opportunity for an academic position as a Lecturer in Political Philosophy (Education) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
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June 5, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Lecturer in Political Philosophy (Education)
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Robin Douglass’s new article on Bernard Mandeville and Adam Smith, analysing their ideas on pride, persuasion, and love of dominion – just published in Political Theory: doi.org/10.1177/0090...
May 30, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Robin Douglass’s new article on Bernard Mandeville and Adam Smith, analysing their ideas on pride, persuasion, and love of dominion – just published in Political Theory: doi.org/10.1177/0090...