ICYMI our Mona Morgan-Collins on historical case studies where Proportional Representation was introduced, and the effect on the gender voting gap

Electoral Reform Society Unlock Democracy openDemocracy Make Votes Matter GET PR DONE! ⭕️⚫️🟣🟢🔴🟠 LCER Lib Dems for Electoral Reform 🔶️ #FBPPR

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EVENT: Good Governance in Nigeria - Rethinking Accountability and Transparency in the 21st century 🇳🇬 📚

A book launch and panel with Dr Portia Roelofs

🗓️ 30 April
⏲️ 16.00

Register here 👇 @Kings_GSRG

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ICYMI: You can watch the webinar 'South Africa Elections 2024: A preview' on our YouTube channel below 👇

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🇿🇦🗳️ #SAelections24

EVENT: The Political Economy of Growth Models in an Age of Stagnation

🗓️ 10 May
📍 Strand campus, KCL
⏲️10.00 - 18.00

A workshop focussed on current research in comparative political economy and the growth models approach in particular.

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🎙️ New Three Things I Know episode!

Dr Mona Morgan-Collins on historical case studies of proportional representation 🗳️

Does PR always increase turnout? (it depends) What are the effects on the gender voting gap? (not always positive)

Listen here 👇🎧

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KingsHPE's Shaun Hargreaves Heap draws on John Stuart Mill's On Liberty to make the case for autonomy rather than preference satisfaction as the appropriate evaluative standard for welfare economics.
KCL Department of Political Economy PPE King's
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Ongoing violence in a student’s area of origin increases their efforts to invest in their education in the destination country.
Cevat Giray Aksoy The EBRD KCL Department of Political Economy, Gaurav Khanna UC San Diego, V Marino The EBRD, Semih Tumen TED Üniversitesi ERF IZA
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🚨KURF Applications have now opened!🚨

With KURF, you’ll develop your understanding of research methods, presentation skills, communication skills and teamwork skills, alongside with a stipend (£1,500 for 150 hours). 📖 🎤 🤝 💷

Apply by 25 April: loom.ly/aBDUvR8

Barbara Piotrowska (@bpiotrowska.bsky.social) European Commission Peter Pellegrini has been elected as President of Slovakia in this year's elections.

We revisit Dr Barbara Piotrowska (@bpiotrowska.bsky.social)'s article on how this victory could weaken democratic checks and balances and put Slovakia on a collision course with the European Commission.⬇️

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👇 Give KingsHPE a follow! They're the new account for our History and Political Economy research group, a thriving multi-disciplinary group of academics who view political economy through a historical lens.

EVENT: Opinion polling for UK general elections 🗳️❎

A chance to hear from three renowned experts in polling methodology, including Roger Mortimore, the director of political analysis at Ipsos MORI

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EVENT: South African Elections - a preview 🗳️🇿🇦

Join Sue Onslow, Martin Plaut, Ongama Mtimka, PhD,
Natasha Marrian, Greg Mills and others.

🗓️ 4 April
⏲️ 12.30 - 14.00
📍 Online

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In a new study, Mehmet Ismail offers fresh insights into the theoretical boundaries of Artificial General Intelligence #AGI 🤖🧠

Read more ⬇️

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Paper from KCL Department of Political Economy, KingsHPE and King's QPE's David Chilosi. Check it out! academic.oup.com/ereh/article-a…

This Friday (5 April) King’s is hosting the 2nd workshop in Comparative Politics and Political Economy. We have an excellent line-up of speakers: Marie Beigelman, Anna Getmansky, Melanie Meng Xue, Michele Rosenberg, Cédric Chambru, Sascha Riaz, Gloria Gennaro. Come if you're around!

I'm hiring two political theory post docs as part of my ERC/UKRI project Systemic Risk and the Transformation of Democracy. Please spread widely!

📅 Tue 23 Apr, 6pm

Opinion polls 🗳️

With Profs Roger Mortimore (King's, Ipsos MORI), Jane Green and Chris Hanretty

VERY distinguished panel, do not miss this! Prof Mortimore will lead the Exit Poll team on the night - whenever that turns out to be

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