Events Calendar

Analysis of Cybercrime Issues in Anglophone West Africa

Thursday 10 October 2024, 1.00pm-2.30pm, in person and online (OLD 2.21)

International Social and Public Policy seminar

Presenter: Dr Suleman Lazarus (LSE)
Chair: Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey

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The Concentration of Children on Income Distribution and Its Consequences for Poverty and Inequality

Thursday 17 October 2024, 1.00pm-2.30pm, in person and online (OLD 2.21)

International Social and Public Policy seminar

Presenter: Professor Berkay Ozcan (LSE)
Chair: Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey

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Book launch of Ann Oakley's The Science of Housework

Thursday 17 October 2024, 6.30pm-7.30pm, Shaw LIbrary, LSE

Hosted by the Department of Social Policy

This event is to launch the latest book by Professor Ann Oakley (Social Research Institute, UCL). 

The Science of Housework tells an important but forgotten story behind the health improvement that took place in the UK and other countries in the early 20th century. An international movement led by women scientists and other campaigners informed the public about the science of domestic cleanliness and introduced it as a subject in higher education. 

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Understanding Global Blackness: Indigeneity, Reparations and the Post-colonial State 

Thursday 24 October 2024, 1.00pm-2.30pm, in person and online (OLD 2.21)

SPECIAL Race Matters Initiative (RMI) Seminar

Presenter: Dr Althea-Maria Rivas (SOAS, University of London)
Chair: Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey

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Reconceptualising African migrations towards decolonial futures

Wednesday 30 October 2024, 6.30pm-8.00pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building

Department of Social Policy Annual Lecture

This Department of Social Policy Annual Lecture challenges the persistence of coloniality in policy making on intra-Africa migration. 

Speaker: Professor Patricia Daley
Chair: Professor Coretta Phillips

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Aid’s Impact on Social Protection in the Global South

Thursday 14 November 2024, 1.00pm-2.30pm, in person and online (OLD 2.21)

International Social and Public Policy seminar

Presenter: Dr Miguel Niño-Zarazúa (SOAS, University of London) 
Chair: Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey

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Is Financial Literacy Good for Pension Fund Members’ Choices?

Thursday 21 November 2024, 1.00pm-2.30pm, in person and online (OLD 2.21)

International Social and Public Policy seminar

Presenter: Dr Piera Bello (University of Bergamo)
Chair: Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey

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Neighbourhood Migration and the Air Pollution Disadvantage of Immigrant Minorities

Thursday 28 November 2024, 1.00pm-2.30pm, in person and online (OLD 2.21)

International Social and Public Policy seminar

Presenter: Dr Tobias Rüttenauer (University College London)
Chair: Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey

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Status-Enforcing Criminal Laws

Thursday 5 December 2024, 1.00pm-2.30pm, in person and online (OLD 2.21)

International Social and Public Policy seminar

Presenter: Professor Jamelia Morgan (Northwestern University) 
Chair: Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey

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Getting lost in a field: a personal history in behavioural public policy

Monday 09 December 2024 6.30pm to 8.00pm, In-person and online public event (Old Theatre, Old Building)

Hosted by the Department of Social Policy

In his inaugural lecture, Adam Oliver will describe how he became involved in, and has helped contribute towards the development of, the still relatively new field of behavioural public policy (BPP)

Speaker: Professor Adam Oliver
Chair: Professor Larry Kramer

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Bring Big Brothers Home: How Home Surveillance Cameras Become a Banality in China

Thursday 12 December 2024, 1.00pm-2.30pm, in person and online (OLD 2.21)

International Social and Public Policy seminar

Presenter: Dr Jianhua Xu (University of Macau) 
Chair: Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey

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