Department of Politics and International Relations at Goldsmiths, UOL

One of our PPE graduates is now going head to head with Nigel Farage for a seat. Best of luck, Jovan!

Politics graduate to represent Labour in Clacton Goldsmiths alumnus Jovan Owusu-Nepaul has been selected as the Labour Party’s Parliamentary candidate for Clacton, in the upcoming general election on July 4.

Prof Will Davies, our Head of Department, writes for Unherd on the 10th anniversary of Thomas Piketty's landmark study of wealth and inequality

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Dr Simon Griffiths, Reader in Politics at Goldsmiths, writes for the Constitution Society on Labour's new interest in citizens' assemblies https://consoc.org.uk/labour-and-citizens-assemblies/

On 13th March, we will be hosting Gemma Milne who will be discussing her research on corporate futurism. All welcome but please register via the link below

'Making a Market for the Metamodern: The Productive Tension of Corporate Futurism' - Gemma Milne - 13th March - Political Economy Research Centre 'Making a Market for the Metamodern: The Productive Tension of Corporate Futurism' with Gemma Milne Wednesday 13th March 2024, 5-6.30pm Richard Hoggart Building 137a, Goldsmiths University, SE14 6NW Click here to register for a free ticket This event is part of the PERC speaker ser

Prof Will Davies writes for The Guardian about Britain's drift to becoming a high tax state

Eye-watering taxes are a problem for the Tories – and an even bigger one for Labour | William Davies After 13 years of Conservative rule, many voters simply resent taxes, now that they no longer mean better public services, says the political economist William Davies

In The New Statesman, Prof Will Davies looks back on the successes and failures of democratic socialism over the course of the 2010s

The 2010s: a decade of revolutionaries without a revolution How the left was made and unmade.

Congratulations to our colleague Prof Saul Newman, whose new book (with Massimo La Tore) The Anarchist Before the Law will be published next month

The Anarchist before the Law Explores the critical encounter between anarchism and law

My new book on anarchist legal philosophy, co-authored with Massimo La Torre, is about to come out.

The Anarchist before the Law Explores the critical encounter between anarchism and law

Our new blog series on 'neoliberal visions of health' has a contribution from Theo Bourgeron, on how Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms alter the relationship of disability to the labour market

Shrinking the surplus boundary: Disability in France and Macron's pension reform - Political Economy Research Centre Many have characterised the recent French pension reform as primarily a budgetary measure, one that aims to save money for future tax cuts and social expenses. Yet this analysis overlooks the broader context of a persistent struggle led by Emmanuel Macron's successive administrations to redefine the

On 6th December, our Political Economy Research Centre is hosting Dr Theo Bourgeron who will speak about 'The Reactionary Politics of Finance'. All welcome - register below

'The Reactionary Politics of Finance' - Theo Bourgeron, 6th December - Political Economy Research Centre A PERC Speaker Series event: Theo Bourgeron will discuss reactionary politics of finance.

Book launch! The Centre for the Study of the Balkans, Goldsmiths, is co-hosting the launch of The Justice of Humans by Kirsten Campbell - all welcome, registration below

The Justice of Humans: Book launch and discussion Launch of The Justice of Humans: Subject, Society and Sexual Violence in International Criminal Justice, followed by panel discussion.

Join us on 27th September for the launch of Martina Tazzioli's new book, Border Abolitionism: Migration Containment and the Genealogies of Struggle & Rescue. All very welcome but registration required.

Book Launch: Border Abolitionism (Martina Tazzioli) Goldsmiths - Book launch of Border Abolitionism: Migration Containment and the Genealogies of Struggle and Rescue by Martina Tazzioli

Our Political Economy Research Centre has announced an exciting visiting speaker series for next academic year. All events will be hosted in person at Goldsmiths. Check back at the link for final timings and room numbers

PERC Speaker Series - 2023-24 - Political Economy Research Centre We are delighted to announce details of our 2023-24 speaker series. Talks are held in person at Goldsmiths. Please check back here for precise times and room numbers. 25th October - Milena Buchs, University of Leeds - 'Postgrowth – strategies and challenges for change' 4th December - Théo

Congratulations to Dr Martina Tazzioli, whose new book, Border Abolitionism: Migrants' containment and the genealogies of struggle and rescue, is out today!

Manchester University Press - Border abolitionism Border abolitionism - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Border abolitionism by Martina Tazzioli

Prof Will Davies reviews a new book for The New Statesman, which predicts imminent political upheaval

Peter Turchin’s empty prophecies The social scientist has made a career from predicting global instability. But in the new book End Times, his analysis produces nothing but banalities.

EVENT - on 26th June we are hosting a day-long workshop on the European asylum regime, with immigration lawyers and journalists from Italy, Greece and Spain - all welcome, but registration required

Obstructing asylum Digital frontiers and borders as hotspots at the Mediterranean frontiers

New article by Dr Rachel Ibreck examines the everyday politics of protecting women from war and atrocities in South Sudan

Protecting Women from Violence in the United Nations Protection of Civilians Sites, South Sudan? This article explores the everyday politics of protecting women from war and atrocities, based on ethnographic work within the United Nations Protection of Civilians sites, South Sudan. It examines...

This July sees the publication of 'Border Abolitionism: Migrants' containment and the genealogies of struggles and rescue' by Dr Martina Tazzioli

Manchester University Press - Border abolitionism Border abolitionism - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Border abolitionism by Martina Tazzioli

The first talk in the Migration Network's 'Maritime Migration' series is on 7th June at Goldsmiths - all welcome and no registration required

Normalising Indefinite Detention at Sea: Australia's migration governance Dr Andonea Dickson (The University of London Institute in Paris)

Prof Will Davies reviews a new book on political philosopher John Rawls for The New Statesman

Do we really need Rawls? Daniel Chandler’s much-hyped new book says that in an age of polarisation, the American philosopher offers a blueprint for society.

In this podcast, Prof Will Davies interviews Joseph Vogl of Humboldt University about his new book, Capital & Ressentiment

PERC podcast with Joseph Vogl on Capital & Ressentiment PERC Director, Will Davies, is joined by Prof Joseph Vogl, Humboldt University, Berlin, to discuss Vogl's new book, Capital and Ressentiment: A Short Theory of the Present

At this PERC lunchtime event, historian Quinn Slobodian will be in conversation with Will Davies about his new book, Crack-up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy. All welcome and no registration required

Quinn Slobodian on 'Crack-up Capitalism' - 28th March - Political Economy Research Centre Quinn Slobodian on Crack-up Capitalism 1-2.30pm, 28th March Room RHB304a, Goldsmiths Ranging from Liechtenstein to Somalia, and from Hong Kong to Silicon Valley, Quinn Slobodian's new book, Crack-Up Capitalism Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy, exposes how zones of e

Great to see our alumna Laura Coryton building on the success of her seven year campaign to end the 'tampon tax', by launching a new campaign demanding retailers reduce the actual prices of period products

Sign the Petition Tampon tax ended. Where are the price cuts?

Our Lecturer, Martina Tazzioli, writes (with Maurice Stierl) for openDemocracy on the need to consider asylum justice from the perspective of refugees, and not states

A right to European asylum Instead of asking what's 'fair' for states, let's ask what's just for asylum seekers

The next event in our Political Economy Research Centre speaker series is with Dr Ilias Alami on 'the spectre of state capitalism'. All very welcome, but registration is required to receive a zoom link

The Spectre of State Capitalism - Ilias Alami, 8th February - Dr Alami will discuss his book ‘The Spectre of State Capitalism’ contributing to the development of state capitalism as a reflexively critical project.

Lecturer in Comparative Political Theory, Eskandar Sadeghi, spoke The Dig podcast about the history of modern Iran

Iran: 1906-1941 w/ Eskandar Sadeghi & Golnar Nikpour · The Dig This episode is the first in a four-part series on the history of modern Iran, from 1906 through the present. This episode covers the period from 1906 until 1941, from the Constitutional Revolution that imposed constitutional limits on the Qajar dynasty through the 1921 coup that brought to power Re...

The Political Economy Research Centre will be hosting the first of their event series on 26th October, with Dr Lars Cornellisen discussing race and racism in neoliberal thought. All welcome and no registration required.

'A Wonderfully Secret Code: Race and Racism in Neoliberal Thought' - Lars Cornellisen, 26th October - Political Economy Research Centre A Wonderfully Secret Code: Race and Racism in Neoliberal Thought Dr Lars Cornellisen 5-6.30pm, Wednesday 26th October Room TBC, Goldsmiths In this talk, Lars Cornellisen will argue that neoliberalism, understood as a distinct and well-defined intellectual tradition, is constitutively raci

Prof Will Davies writes for The Guardian on the conservative economic ideas inspiring the incoming Truss government

Trussonomics will be a reckless exercise in slashing the state when there’s nothing left to cut | William Davies Thatcherism was disastrous 40 years ago, but the new prime minister seems intent on reviving it to meet the crises of 2022, says sociologist and political economist William Davies

Congratulations to our class of 2022 on their A-level results!

If you are still deciding on your next steps, we are still welcoming applicants through clearing:

Politics and International Relations degrees in Clearing Learn more about Goldsmiths, University of London and whether there are places available to study Politics and International Relations by applying through Clearing. Clearing 2022 is now open.

Prof Will Davies writes for The Guardian on the mysterious absence of ideas from British politics right now, at a time when they are sorely needed

There’s a gaping hole at the centre of British politics where ideas used to be | William Davies Ideas once animated politics. Now our political class is rudderless at a time of crisis, says writer William Davies