@schoolforgovt
Committed to creating a world governed with intelligence, integrity and innovation. Part of @policyatkings.bsky.social, based in the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy at King's College London. 🔗 kcl.ac.uk/sfg
...so you can learn from those who make policy in the real world and grow your professional network.
🏆 The course is run in partnership with
@kingsnmpc.bsky.social, which is ranked first in the world for nursing.
Find out more and apply by 9 March ⬇️
🔊 "You'll be learning from the academics, as well as from people who are currently at the forefront of policymaking in health and social care"
🎓 🏥 Our Health and Social Care Policy MSc offers the opportunity to study alongside officials from the UK Department of Health and Social Care...
"Every uncritical mention of far-right rhetoric is an editorial decision with political consequences. Every headline, every clip, every click adds weight."
💬 @gsamaras.bsky.social writes in Politico on the consequences of normalising the far-right in the media
Inspired by @jim.londoncentric.media @londoncentric.media recent coverage, I've written for @schoolforgovt.bsky.social a defence of "unreasonableness" by government in the name of protecting renters rather than landlords; www.kcl.ac.uk/news/in-defe...
"the government’s desire to be reasonable [to landlords, by delaying the introduction of the Renters' Rights Act] has led to some unintended and clearly unreasonable behaviour"
✒️ In their latest blog, @michael-sanders.bsky.social and Julia Ellingwood ask whether being reasonable is always a virtue
EVENT: The case for cash: do cash transfers work in practice?
Join us, @policyatkings.bsky.social, @homelessnessimpact.bsky.social, @ligia-teixeira.bsky.social, @michael-sanders.bsky.social & @bobbyduffy.bsky.social to explore the impact of cash transfers on poverty
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-c...
EVENT: Behavioural Insights for Policy Moldova
This one-day workshop brings together researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and international partners working at the intersection of behavioural science and public policy.
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/bip-m...
EVENT: Solidarity Symposia: Keeping democracy strong
Join Prof Peter John, @gsamaras.bsky.social , Dr Joseph Sherlock & like-minded researchers to explore how we can tackle developing risks to democracies
➡️ Attend as a non-speaker: wumarketing.eu.qualtrics.co...
"[Advocacy for free speech on the far right] was never a neutral commitment to open debate. It is a claim to special permission"
@gsamaras.bsky.social spoke to the Guardian about deepening connections between the Trump administration & far right European parties
EVENT: Solidarity Symposia: Keeping democracy strong
Join Prof Peter John, @gsamaras.bsky.social, Dr Joseph Sherlock & like-minded researchers to explore how we can tackle developing risks to democracies
➡️ Attend as a non-speaker: wumarketing.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
...so you can learn from those who make policy in the real world and grow your professional network.
🏆 The course is run in partnership with
@kingsnmpc.bsky.social, which is ranked first in the world for nursing.
Find out more and apply by 9 March ⬇️
🔊 "You'll be learning from the academics, as well as from people who are currently at the forefront of policymaking in health and social care"
🎓 🏥 Our Health and Social Care Policy MSc offers the opportunity to study alongside officials from the UK Department of Health and Social Care...
EVENT: Behavioural Transformations
🗓️ Join us for the 6th Annual Behavioural Transformations Workshop, a forum for cutting-edge research and applied work on behavioural science and its relevance to public policy, governance, and social change.
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...so you can learn from those who make policy in the real world and grow your professional network.
🏆 The course is run in partnership with @kingsnmpc.bsky.social, which is ranked first in the world for nursing.
Find out more and apply by 9 March ⬇️
🔊 "You'll be learning from the academics, as well as from people who are currently at the forefront of policymaking in health and social care"
🎓 🏥 Our Health and Social Care Policy MSc offers the opportunity to study alongside officials from the UK Department of Health and Social Care...
“…linguistic ambiguity... helps far-right parties rebrand themselves as moderate"
@gsamaras.bsky.social's new paper in @epsjournal.bsky.social warns of the dangers of imprecise journalistic language that blurs the line between mainstream conservatism and extremism
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/media-m...
🌍 🎓 This past weekend we were in Bahrain teaching the first module in our new Master's in Leadership and Innovation, in partnership with the Institute of Public Administration in Bahrain.
💬 Read @michael-sanders.bsky.social and Hannah Piggott's piece on the background of the Cash Lab, launched yesterday, and its plans to explore whether giving people direct financial support – without conditions on how they spend it – can break the cycle of poverty
🔗 ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/cash-wh...
👀 We’ll be sharing findings from the Cash Lab over the coming months – watch this space!
💬 "We’ve been part of projects that aim to address poverty closer to the root – through unconditional cash transfers", write @michael-sanders.bsky.social and Hannah Piggott. This new lab will draw together this research to test if cash transfers work.
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/cash-wh...
📣 Today we’re launching the Cash Lab, a new research centre to investigate whether, and when, giving people direct financial support – without conditions on how they spend it – can break the cycle of poverty and improve outcomes
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/new-cas...
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🎉 Congratulations to Zenzo Sibanda, who won the award for best presentation at the first of our Solidarity Symposia, which focused on fighting the climate crisis!
📆 We'll be hosting four more symposia on a range of themes throughout 2026 ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/serie...
Come work with us!
We are looking for a PhD Researcher to investigate how behavioural and community-level interventions can enhance resilience to extreme heat.
Apply by 26 February
➡️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
"Downplaying the threats coming out of the White House as bluster does not reduce the risk – it in fact lowers the political cost of escalation on the US’s part"
💬 @gsamaras.bsky.social writes in the @theconversation.com about Europe's response to Trump pushing limits of the international order.
"Crisis would need to be on the scale of 20 times of the largest current private landlord... but that doesn't mean what they're doing can't help make a real impact"
@michael-sanders.bsky.social spoke to The One Show last night about Crisis' plan to reduce homelessness through buying housing
...so you can learn from those who make policy in the real world and grow your professional network.
🏆 The course is run in partnership with @kingsnmpc.bsky.social, which is ranked first in the world for nursing.
Find out more and apply by 9 March ⬇️
🔊 "You'll be learning from the academics, as well as from people who are currently at the forefront of policymaking in health and social care"
🎓 🏥 Our Health and Social Care Policy MSc offers the opportunity to study alongside officials from the UK Department of Health and Social Care...
"this new training on personal and police safety significantly reduces the likelihood that officers are using force between 8 and 11%"
@michael-sanders.bsky.social on our 2025 study which resulted in 92,000 fewer uses of force by police per year in England and Wales
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/restori...
🚨 Application deadline: January 18th
🌎 In the second of our Solidarity Symposia – Keeping democracy strong – join Prof Peter John,
@gsamaras.bsky.social, Dr Joseph Sherlock & like-minded researchers to explore how we can tackle developing risks to democracies
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/solid...
🗓️ TOMORROW: No place like home? The crisis of child homelessness in the UK
The latest figures reveal 172,420 homeless children in England are now living in temporary accommodation
Join us to explore the solutions needed to end to child homelessness in the UK
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/no-pla...
