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🚀 Applications to our European Institute graduate programmes are officially open for September 2027 entry! Interested in finding out more? 💭 Join us for one of our upcoming webinars to find the right programme for you. 👉 BOOK YOUR PLACE: www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

Join us for a conversation with Greece’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alexandra Papadopoulou, as we explore the challenges shaping international diplomacy in an increasingly volatile world. ℹ️https://tinyurl.com/mupf22ys 📅 2/11, 6.30pm *Event co-hosted with @lse-ei.bsky.social

Can the EU cut its budget, protect traditional spending, and fund new priorities all at once?💰 Professor Iain Begg explains the trilemma, three-way institutional tug-of-war, and stalling talks on the EU’s 2028-34 budget in @ukandeu.bsky.social. Read more👇 www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

The LSE European Institute and @bankofengland.bsky.social are pleased to present a Workshop on Behavioural Macroeconomics and Finance on Friday 13 Nov 2026 at the Bank of England’s Moorgate premises in London. 👉️ Pre-register by 6 Nov 2026 to attend in-person or online: lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

Our latest Dispatch is out! 🗞️ This past month, we had the pleasure of welcoming our new MSc and PhD students to the LSE European Institute! 👋 ☕ Grab a hot cuppa, get comfortable, and enjoy our monthly round-up of activities across Research, Education, and Events. www.linkedin.com/pulse/ei-dis...

Why are small business owners more likely to vote for the radical right? ✍ Tommaso Crescioli & @toonvano.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

In this video podcast & interview with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, I discussed responses to war crimes trial verdicts in the Balkans and the erosion of the global norm of non-impunity www.slobodnaevropa.org/a/uvid-ovk-k... @lse-ei.bsky.social

What kind of relationships do populist leaders build with “the people”? 🗣️ In Mediterranean Politics, Prof @ygursoy.bsky.social et al. analyse videos from Türkiye’s 2023 campaign to find strong indicators of proximity between Erdoğan and his supporters. Read more👇 www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

Can giving schools more flexibility reproduce inequality? 📚 Writing in Review of Education, Dr Idit Fast and co-authors find parental pressure, competition, and demographic mix shape how schools in Israel taught high-achieving STEM students. Read more👇 www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

Is Germany’s far right winning on its message, or simple presence? 🇩🇪 In @jodemocracy.bsky.social, our PhD candidate @lucasiepmann.bsky.social argues mainstream parties should learn from the AfD’s presence on the ground and accessibility, not its polices. Read more👇 www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

The EU’s recent offer of associate membership to Canada shows European independence is not about eliminating interdependence with other states. ✍ Vera Spyrakou @lse-ei.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Can a consensus-driven system deliver radical change? 🏛️ New in German Politics, @dustinvoss.bsky.social uses Germany’s 1999 repeal of capital gains tax to argue organised capitalism can both drag out and provide political capital to enact reforms. Read more👇 www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

The prospect of new governments taking a harsher line in Brussels in 2027 means there is pressure to secure an EU budget deal before the end of the year. ✍ Iain Begg @lse-ei.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Are democracies too short-sighted to govern the future? In the European Journal of Social Theory, @jonathanpjwhite.bsky.social traces how arguments once used to defend kings now underpin the far right's case for strongman rule, amid democratic crisis. Read more👇 www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

Honoured to have chaired the LSE event with @dacemoglumit.bsky.social on his new book, hosted by @lse-ei.bsky.social For those who missed the event, here is the podcast: lse.ac.uk/lse-player/w... We covered a lot in an hour: Acemoglu's core arguments, plus a few questions from me.

Has Brothers of Italy broken with Italy’s far-right past? Visiting Fellow @mlorimer.bsky.social and Dr Matteo Cavallaro analyse party programmes and find limited ideological continuity, but narrative links that may help normalise extremism. Read more👇 www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

What explains Giorgia Meloni's political longevity, and will it continue? On ABC RN's Global Roaming, Dr Marina Cino Pagliarello argues it reflects political skill and favourable conditions — but competition on her right is raising the cost of moderation. Listen👇 www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

Discover the academic career of our very own Head of the European Institute, Simon Glendinning, entering his final of almost 10 years serving as the Head of our Department. @simonglend.bsky.social Full post 👇 🔵 LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... 🟣 Insta www.instagram.com/p/DdTU0lzDtY...

Please join us in congratulating our European Institute alumna Sandra Stella on her appointment to LSE's new Global Alumni Board for 2026–29, alongside eleven fellow LSE alumni! 🎓👏 You can hear more from our dedicated alumna by swiping below. 👉 Read the full story: www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

NEW: Lamenting Brexit, looking to Britain’s European future The Brexit Effect, 2016-2026 ed. Anthony Seldon @universitypress.cambridge.org Review (& photo) @jamesrdennison.bsky.social @mpc-eui.bsky.social Read it here 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb... @lsepbs.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social

What will the EU’s next budget mean for defence and competitiveness? 🪖 Professor Iain Begg highlights President Costa’s dilemma for @tvpworld.bsky.social: new priorities mean difficult choices on agriculture and cohesion, long the budget's two key pillars. Watch👇 www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

How does the increasing use of AI tools impact how citizens make sense of political information and express views? 🗳️ Professor Chris Anderson and PhD candidate Elena Pro @elenapro.bsky.social explore this topic in new research👇 www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

Can Andy Burnham deliver a new chapter in UK-EU relations? A decade since the Brexit Referendum, Burnham’s arrival promises a reset. The focus must now be on how Britain & the EU can collaborate to build shared European capacity, writes Vera Spyrakou @lse-ei.bsky.social @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social

A new episode of Future Histories! This time I speak to Jonathan White ( @jonathanpjwhite.bsky.social, @lse-ei.bsky.social ) about the future as a political idea. Full Episode: www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blo... #FutureHistories #FutureHistoriesInternational #Podcast

"When [restrictive, anti-immigration] policies fail, because migration has become more visible, the failure itself is more visible." @lse-ei.bsky.social @harvardkennedy.bsky.social @hurstpublishers.bsky.social

🚨 TWO WEEKS LEFT! The LSE European Institute and the Bank of England are pleased to announce a call for papers for a Workshop on Behavioural Macroeconomics and Finance due to take place on Friday 13 November. Submit by Friday 21 August 2026. 🔗 Find out more: www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

That's a wrap on the 2025/26 academic year! 💫 And what a year it has been! We invite you to discover our brand-new 2025/26 Annual Report just hot off the press, covering the past academic year here at the EI! Thank you for being a part of our community! 👏 www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

The new Chancellor has an opportunity to recast the UK’s fiscal rules 🖋️Iain Begg of @lse-ei.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

🚨 CALL FOR PAPERS! The LSE European Institute and the Bank of England are pleased to announce a call for papers for a Workshop on Behavioural Macroeconomics and Finance due to take place on Friday 13 November. Please submit by Friday 21 August 2026. 🔗 Learn more: www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

NEW INTERVIEW: Matilde Rosina on migration myths & why border security policies fail Matilde @lse-ei.bsky.social speaks about The Migration Question: Politics, Economics & the Failure of Border Security, co-authored with Leila Simona Talani @harvardkennedy.bsky.social @hurstpublishers.bsky.social

On 23-24 April 2026, a delegation of MSc students from the LSE European Institute attended the OxPeace Training Workshop 206 at St Anthony's College @ox.ac.uk. We sat down with our CCGE candidate Anna Bezpala to hear more about her experience. 👉 Read more: www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

For our very final Brexit episode, Dr Mareike Kleine @mkleine.bsky.social reflects on the #international dimensions of #Brexit. 🇬🇧🤝 👉 To catch up on our full series, visit our Brexit hub: www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins... @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social @lseblogs.bsky.social youtu.be/AQarNRq6vAc

🇬🇧🇪🇺 In our penultimate episode, Professor Iain Begg tackles the rejoin debate which emerged immediately after Brexit came into effect. ✍ Read Iain Begg's full reflections on the matter here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2... @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social @lseblogs.bsky.social youtu.be/cNgZmSy3CQk

🇪🇺🇬🇧 Pivoting from our discussion of the impacts of #Brexit, today we look ahead with our Visiting Fellow Dr Vera Spyrakou, who shares her reflections about the political realignment between the #EU and the #UK. 👉 Read Vera's blog: blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2... youtu.be/LW332yZXM6w

🌍 Continuing with our series this month, Dr Eiko Thielemann shares his reflections on the impact #Brexit has had on the UK's #immigration and #asylum policies and trends, including relative to the #EU. 👉 More #Brexit10 reflections: www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins... youtu.be/lUwOVRUcOko

🇬🇧 🇪🇺 Today marks 10 years since the #Brexit referendum. We asked our experts to take us back to 23 June 2016 and their reactions. 👉 Full series: www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins... @lseblogs.bsky.social @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social @lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social @lsegovernment.bsky.social shorturl.at/Ytc2K

Ten years ago, Nicholas Barr @lse-ei.bsky.social wrote a blog on why he would be voting Remain that was so popular it crashed the LSE server. Revisiting his arguments a decade later, he argues Brexit has had a profound negative impact that was entirely foreseeable. blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

🇬🇧 🇹🇷 Today we invite you to take a look beyond EU-UK relations with Professor Yaprak Gürsoy, who shares her reflections on the impact of Brexit from the Turkish perspective. @ygursoy.bsky.social @lsects.bsky.social 👉 Vist our Brexit hub for more: www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins... youtu.be/Dk--pkR4YYs

Polling suggests most UK voters think Brexit was a mistake, but what prospect is there of Britain rejoining the EU? Iain Begg lists eight reasons why the UK rejoining the EU is highly unlikely to happen in his lifetime. ✍ Iain Begg | @lse-ei.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

One of the great ironies of Brexit is that it has underlined Britain and Europe’s interdependence. ✍ Vera Spyrakou @lse-ei.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

On 10 June, we were delighted to celebrate Jacob Lypp @jacoblypp.bsky.social, LSE Fellow in International Migration, for winning the LSE Class Teacher Award in the European Institute, as well as Vesna Popovski and Tahir Rashid as “Highly Commended” in the award category. Congratulations! 👏

Was Brexit, in Donald Tusk's words, the real end of the British Empire? ✍ @simonglend.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

For today's episode, we spoke with our Visiting Fellow Dr Marta Lorimer @mlorimer.bsky.social, Lecturer in Politics @culawandpolitics.bsky.social, about the impact of #Brexit on the political agenda of far right parties in the EU. 👉 Explore more: www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins... youtu.be/dKVp-aJwvCk

For our third #Brexit episode, the Head of the European Institute @simonglend.bsky.social shares his reflections on the UK's remain campaign, surprising impacts of Brexit, and the challenges the UK would face to rejoin. 👉 Visit our Brexit hub: www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins... youtu.be/spgaBaR-czU?...

The EU referendum was a time of immense activity at LSE. Ten years on, Kevin Featherstone reflects on how LSE navigated the referendum and what the legacy of Brexit has been for both the university and wider society. ✍ Kevin Featherstone @lse-ei.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...