Kai Spiekermann
@kspiekermann.bsky.social
Political theorist at London School of Economics-- democratic theory, social epistemology, environmental change. https://www.kaispiekermann.net/
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LSE Political Theory Group research seminar TODAY:
Speaker: Daniel Häuser (LSE)
Title: In Defense of a Modest Political Liberalism
When: Thursday, 12 February, 4:00 PM
Where: CKK.2.06
All are welcome!
Speaker: Daniel Häuser (LSE)
Title: In Defense of a Modest Political Liberalism
When: Thursday, 12 February, 4:00 PM
Where: CKK.2.06
All are welcome!
February 12, 2026 at 10:31 AM
LSE Political Theory Group research seminar TODAY:
Speaker: Daniel Häuser (LSE)
Title: In Defense of a Modest Political Liberalism
When: Thursday, 12 February, 4:00 PM
Where: CKK.2.06
All are welcome!
Speaker: Daniel Häuser (LSE)
Title: In Defense of a Modest Political Liberalism
When: Thursday, 12 February, 4:00 PM
Where: CKK.2.06
All are welcome!
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📢 LSE Political Theory Group seminar this Thursday!
Christine Straehle: "Migration, Death and Human Rights"
📅 Thu 22 January, 4:00 PM
📍 CKK.2.06
All welcome! External visitors please register in advance for security: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/WBSQABK5yj
@lsegovernment.bsky.social #PoliticalTheory
Christine Straehle: "Migration, Death and Human Rights"
📅 Thu 22 January, 4:00 PM
📍 CKK.2.06
All welcome! External visitors please register in advance for security: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/WBSQABK5yj
@lsegovernment.bsky.social #PoliticalTheory
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January 20, 2026 at 10:20 AM
📢 LSE Political Theory Group seminar this Thursday!
Christine Straehle: "Migration, Death and Human Rights"
📅 Thu 22 January, 4:00 PM
📍 CKK.2.06
All welcome! External visitors please register in advance for security: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/WBSQABK5yj
@lsegovernment.bsky.social #PoliticalTheory
Christine Straehle: "Migration, Death and Human Rights"
📅 Thu 22 January, 4:00 PM
📍 CKK.2.06
All welcome! External visitors please register in advance for security: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/WBSQABK5yj
@lsegovernment.bsky.social #PoliticalTheory
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📢 CFP: LSE Graduate Conference in Political Theory
📅 28–29 May 2026 • London (in person)
Grad students in political theory & related fields: submit an anonymized abstract (≤1000 words) by 22 Feb 2026.
✨ Keynotes: Sean Ingham & Shuk Ying Chan
🔗 Submit via form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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📢 CFP: LSE Graduate Conference in Political Theory
📅 28–29 May 2026 • London (in person)
Grad students in political theory & related fields: submit an anonymized abstract (≤1000 words) by 22 Feb 2026.
✨ Keynotes: Sean Ingham & Shuk Ying Chan
🔗 Submit via form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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January 13, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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📢 CFP: LSE Graduate Conference in Political Theory
📅 28–29 May 2026 • London (in person)
Grad students in political theory & related fields: submit an anonymized abstract (≤1000 words) by 22 Feb 2026.
✨ Keynotes: Sean Ingham & Shuk Ying Chan
🔗 Submit via form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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📢 CFP: LSE Graduate Conference in Political Theory
📅 28–29 May 2026 • London (in person)
Grad students in political theory & related fields: submit an anonymized abstract (≤1000 words) by 22 Feb 2026.
✨ Keynotes: Sean Ingham & Shuk Ying Chan
🔗 Submit via form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Fantastic @biapt.bsky.social conference in beautiful Edinburgh with five great keynotes, some snow, and three LSE colleagues. @brunoleipold.com @kspiekermann.bsky.social and Leigh Jenco.
January 12, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Fantastic @biapt.bsky.social conference in beautiful Edinburgh with five great keynotes, some snow, and three LSE colleagues. @brunoleipold.com @kspiekermann.bsky.social and Leigh Jenco.
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Our last research seminar this term:
Pablo Gilabert (Concordia)
“Why We Should Support Working Artists”
Thursday, 11 December, 4:00 PM
OLD.4.10
All welcome! If you are external to LSE, please register in advance so you can pass security:
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Pablo Gilabert (Concordia)
“Why We Should Support Working Artists”
Thursday, 11 December, 4:00 PM
OLD.4.10
All welcome! If you are external to LSE, please register in advance so you can pass security:
forms.office.com/e/WBSQABK5yj
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December 8, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Our last research seminar this term:
Pablo Gilabert (Concordia)
“Why We Should Support Working Artists”
Thursday, 11 December, 4:00 PM
OLD.4.10
All welcome! If you are external to LSE, please register in advance so you can pass security:
forms.office.com/e/WBSQABK5yj
Pablo Gilabert (Concordia)
“Why We Should Support Working Artists”
Thursday, 11 December, 4:00 PM
OLD.4.10
All welcome! If you are external to LSE, please register in advance so you can pass security:
forms.office.com/e/WBSQABK5yj
Many congratulations!!
Our very own @brunoleipold.com wins the Deutscher Prize 2025. Amazing news! And we celebrate by walking to Marx's grave with our Msc students. www.deutscherprize.org.uk/wp/
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Many congratulations!!
Really excited to see this renewed interest in social norms. Looking forward to it.
Next LSE Political Theory research seminar is with Agnes Tam (Calgary & Frankfurt). The paper is called “The Social Normativity of Social Norms: A Pluralist Account”. All welcome. Thursday 4pm in OLD.4.10. @lsegovernment.bsky.social Please register if LSE-external: forms.office.com/e/WBSQABK5yj
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November 8, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Really excited to see this renewed interest in social norms. Looking forward to it.
I'll be there to answer questions. Please join us online!
We're holding a Graduate Open Day for all MSc degrees in the @lsegovernment.bsky.social , including political theory @lsepoltheory.bsky.social . Please join us to hear about the programme and ask any questions you might have. www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
Master's study in the Department of Government at LSE - Virtual Graduate Open Events
Attend our LSE Virtual Graduate Open Events to find out more about graduate study at LSE.
www.lse.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I'll be there to answer questions. Please join us online!
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We're holding a Graduate Open Day for all MSc degrees in the @lsegovernment.bsky.social , including political theory @lsepoltheory.bsky.social . Please join us to hear about the programme and ask any questions you might have. www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
Master's study in the Department of Government at LSE - Virtual Graduate Open Events
Attend our LSE Virtual Graduate Open Events to find out more about graduate study at LSE.
www.lse.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
We're holding a Graduate Open Day for all MSc degrees in the @lsegovernment.bsky.social , including political theory @lsepoltheory.bsky.social . Please join us to hear about the programme and ask any questions you might have. www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
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Our very own Bruno @brunoleipold.com wins an ERC Synergy Grant! We are thrilled!! Huge boost for political theory @lsegovernment.bsky.social.
Congratulations to @brunoleipold.com for securing a Synergy Grant from @erc.europa.eu! 👏🏽
Bruno will collaborate on a 6-year project titled the Popular Government in Global Perspective project, which seeks to challenge the way we think about #democracy.
www.lse.ac.uk/news/lse-aca...
Bruno will collaborate on a 6-year project titled the Popular Government in Global Perspective project, which seeks to challenge the way we think about #democracy.
www.lse.ac.uk/news/lse-aca...
Research | ERC Synergy Grant | Democracy | Government
Dr Bruno Leipold is one of four principal investigators on the Popular Government in Global Perspective project, an ambitious six-year research endeavour which argues that the world's dominant form of...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Our very own Bruno @brunoleipold.com wins an ERC Synergy Grant! We are thrilled!! Huge boost for political theory @lsegovernment.bsky.social.
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This Thursday, 4pm, in our research seminar: Jeff Spinner-Halev (UNC) on "Liberal Democratic Theory and the Rebuilding of the Administrative State". @lsegovernment.bsky.social www.lse.ac.uk/government/r...
Political Theory Group
The Political Theory Group in the LSE Department of Government - researching political theory and philosophy
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October 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This Thursday, 4pm, in our research seminar: Jeff Spinner-Halev (UNC) on "Liberal Democratic Theory and the Rebuilding of the Administrative State". @lsegovernment.bsky.social www.lse.ac.uk/government/r...
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Our next research seminar is with Daniel James (TU Dresden). The title of his paper is “Racism and Racialised Oppression”. Thursday 16 Oct 4pm.
PLEASE NOTE ROOM CHANGE: For this week only, we meet in CKK.1.14. Registration for externals: forms.office.com/e/WBSQABK5yj
danieljamesphilosophy.com
PLEASE NOTE ROOM CHANGE: For this week only, we meet in CKK.1.14. Registration for externals: forms.office.com/e/WBSQABK5yj
danieljamesphilosophy.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Our next research seminar is with Daniel James (TU Dresden). The title of his paper is “Racism and Racialised Oppression”. Thursday 16 Oct 4pm.
PLEASE NOTE ROOM CHANGE: For this week only, we meet in CKK.1.14. Registration for externals: forms.office.com/e/WBSQABK5yj
danieljamesphilosophy.com
PLEASE NOTE ROOM CHANGE: For this week only, we meet in CKK.1.14. Registration for externals: forms.office.com/e/WBSQABK5yj
danieljamesphilosophy.com
So which famous work in political theory is represented by this figure? (Frequency of select key terms by chapter). This was made with the help of Claude and the repository of Project Gutenberg. Some thoughts below.
October 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
So which famous work in political theory is represented by this figure? (Frequency of select key terms by chapter). This was made with the help of Claude and the repository of Project Gutenberg. Some thoughts below.
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From political philosophy to political proposals via the social sciences. A lively debate, launching Tom Parr's new book. With Becky Clark (LSE), David Axelsen (Essex) and @brunoleipold.com .
October 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
From political philosophy to political proposals via the social sciences. A lively debate, launching Tom Parr's new book. With Becky Clark (LSE), David Axelsen (Essex) and @brunoleipold.com .
Two of my doctoral students submitted their thesis in the last two days. Many congratulations! So much hard work, thinking, debating, presenting. All culminating in one short email.
October 2, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Two of my doctoral students submitted their thesis in the last two days. Many congratulations! So much hard work, thinking, debating, presenting. All culminating in one short email.
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On Thursday 2 October, we'll be kicking off our 2025-26 LSE poltiical theory seminar with a book launch of Tom Parr's "Empowering Workers in an Age of Automation". The event will be followed by a reception at the George IV pub. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/empowering...
September 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
On Thursday 2 October, we'll be kicking off our 2025-26 LSE poltiical theory seminar with a book launch of Tom Parr's "Empowering Workers in an Age of Automation". The event will be followed by a reception at the George IV pub. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/empowering...
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New seminar schedule for Autumn Term. All welcome!
September 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
New seminar schedule for Autumn Term. All welcome!
Great essay by Meghan O'Rourke in the NYT about LLMs in academia and beyond. An extract on paper (!).
July 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Great essay by Meghan O'Rourke in the NYT about LLMs in academia and beyond. An extract on paper (!).
LLMs are such a tricky challenge for Higher Ed. But sometimes they are genuinely useful for admin. I just managed to get Claude to write a timetable analysis tool to eliminate clashes in our MSc degree. It extracts data from a huge spreadsheet and turns it into a readable table. YES!
July 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
LLMs are such a tricky challenge for Higher Ed. But sometimes they are genuinely useful for admin. I just managed to get Claude to write a timetable analysis tool to eliminate clashes in our MSc degree. It extracts data from a huge spreadsheet and turns it into a readable table. YES!
Inspiring PPE Conference at KCL, and first, poignant keynote with Moses Shayo on 'News avoidance in times of war.'
July 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Inspiring PPE Conference at KCL, and first, poignant keynote with Moses Shayo on 'News avoidance in times of war.'
Amazing workshop at the @csh.ac.at, thinking about collective learning, democracy, social media regulation, and LLMs. Thanks to Mirta Galesic and Henrik Olsson -- and the great interdisciplinary set of colleagues gathered in Vienna. No doubt some great work will emerge from this.
July 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Amazing workshop at the @csh.ac.at, thinking about collective learning, democracy, social media regulation, and LLMs. Thanks to Mirta Galesic and Henrik Olsson -- and the great interdisciplinary set of colleagues gathered in Vienna. No doubt some great work will emerge from this.
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Important insights from Chandran Kukathas:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Deportation Program Is About Control. Even if You Are a U.S. Citizen.
www.nytimes.com
July 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Important insights from Chandran Kukathas:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/o...
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This week, Eric MacGilvray will give a paper called "What Is It to be a Realist about Democracy?" from his book in progress.
Thursday May 15 16:00 - 18:00. All welcome!
Please note NEW VENUE: OLD.4.10 (OId Building)!
Registration for non-LSE participants: forms.office.com/e/WBSQABK5yj
Thursday May 15 16:00 - 18:00. All welcome!
Please note NEW VENUE: OLD.4.10 (OId Building)!
Registration for non-LSE participants: forms.office.com/e/WBSQABK5yj
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May 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
This week, Eric MacGilvray will give a paper called "What Is It to be a Realist about Democracy?" from his book in progress.
Thursday May 15 16:00 - 18:00. All welcome!
Please note NEW VENUE: OLD.4.10 (OId Building)!
Registration for non-LSE participants: forms.office.com/e/WBSQABK5yj
Thursday May 15 16:00 - 18:00. All welcome!
Please note NEW VENUE: OLD.4.10 (OId Building)!
Registration for non-LSE participants: forms.office.com/e/WBSQABK5yj
I am an associate of the NSF collaboration grant "Augmenting Intelligence Through Collective Learning". The PIs were informed last week that the grant is now cancelled because it is "not in alignment with current NSF priorities". The outline mentions climate change and diversity. And intelligence.
April 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I am an associate of the NSF collaboration grant "Augmenting Intelligence Through Collective Learning". The PIs were informed last week that the grant is now cancelled because it is "not in alignment with current NSF priorities". The outline mentions climate change and diversity. And intelligence.
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Our PhD student @janwasserziehr.bsky.social is organising an exciting conference on 10th June about AI, consiousness, and morality. Register here: www.eventbrite.de/e/lse-worksh...
April 9, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Our PhD student @janwasserziehr.bsky.social is organising an exciting conference on 10th June about AI, consiousness, and morality. Register here: www.eventbrite.de/e/lse-worksh...