CLaSP invites you to a seminar followed by a workshop on the fintech industry and building tools for community advocacy.

When:
Seminar: 16 December, 4-6 PM
Workshop: 17 December, 10AM-330 PM

Register here: www.claspblog.org/events/semin...

CLaSP invites you for a lunch-time seminar on EV manufacturing and industrial policy in South America with Felipe Irarrázaval, Universidad de Chile

When/Where: Friday 14 November 2025, 13:00 14:00; Room 2.41 Bancroft Building, QMUL Mile End Road

#IndustrialPolicy #EV #EnergyTransition

Another event in the lineup of events at the start of this academic year at CLaSP! This one on Indian policy makers, business ethics, and policy making.

This is event is co-supported by QM South Asia Forum and the Centre for the Study of Race, Class and Empire.

When: 6th November 2025; 5-630 PM

Interested about financialisation and why states foster policies that lead to the dominance of financial capital? Come to CLaSP's seminar:
Event: Financial Capital, the State, and Politics
When: 30th October, 2025; 4-530 PM
Where: Graduate Centre, QMUL Mile End Campus
Speaker: Dr. Nicholas Bernards

After the very engaging two days on the hashtag#MaterialitiesOfAI workshop, CLaSP is hosting a launch and conversation with Professor Ariel Salleh on her new book ‘Decolonize Ecomodernism!’

When: 10th June, 4-6 PM. Graduate Centre room 601, QMUL Mile End campus.

www.claspblog.org/events/decol...

Some photos from Day 1 of our #MaterialitiesOfAI workshop with @anavaldi.bsky.social @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social and @katecrawford.bsky.social. Two session exploring the ecological, social and material implications of AI.

On Day 2, we move on to workshops on the methodologies of studying AI!

Our end of the year event is just two weeks away! Over two days and four sessions, we will be covering the social and environmental aspects of the AI industry, including the politics and methodologies for researching AI. Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...

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The state is back, and it means business!

Just CLaSP for an in-person event with Ilias Alami, University of Cambridge, co-author of the book 'The Spectre of State Capitalism' in discussing this new state capitalism.

When/where: 1st of May at Queen Mary, Mile End Campus

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CLaSP seminar titled 'Petrochemical Transitions' with Alice Mah and Adam Hanieh engaged in a wide range of discussions on the growing prominence of petrochemical manufacturing and the challenges these pose to labour, geopolitics and sustainability!

If you missed this, follow www.claspblog.org!

Members attended a workshop titled 'Experimenting with AI Tools Tailored for Research', facilitated by @icruxen.bsky.social. Members had hands-on time to work through different apps that built practical experimentation and was followed by reflections on navigating research in an AI mediated world.

Book Review: The book 'Land, Water, Air and Freedom: The Making of World Movements for Environmental Justice' follows over 500 environmental justice movements evidencing why 'environmentalism of the poor' is key to socioecological transformation.

Read here: www.claspblog.org/blogposts/la...

“We have to defeat the thinking of defeat”

From the archives, here is a blog post that can help us all reflect on the political work that is, and is in need of, being done.

Suraj Bhaskarrao Telange revisits the history & contemporary of Workers' Inquiry method : www.claspblog.org/blogposts/r5...