The programme was set up in 1996 thanks to a generous anonymous benefaction from a former PhD student inspired by "Ralph Miliband's contribution to social thought". He specified that the funds be used in memory of his friend and mentor 'to advance his spirit of free social inquiry' and the diversity of thought that has always been the hallmark of LSE.

Convenor: Dr Robin Archer, Director of the Postgraduate Programme in Political Sociology

This year's theme is RECONSTRUCTION.

What are the opportunities and dangers for progressives in the wake of the sustained shock produced by the coronavirus pandemic? Many think that social and political life is likely to change. Some foresee an opportunity to remould society and establish a new social contract, through a process of reconstruction, like that which took place after the Second World War. But what sort of change is possible, and what sort is desirable?

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