NEW: In a long read for yesterday's Observer, @rachelsylvester.bsky.social writes about interim findings from our major trial of "Scandi" prison wings in the UK, where prisoners are out of their cells for up to nine hours a day and have reading groups, choir sessions, dance classes and more

‘Scandi wings’ offering pianos, pool and tea parties coul...

A unit in London’s Wandsworth prison has been transformed using methods from Sweden and Norway that prioritise rehabilitation over retribution

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Britain’s local newspapers are at risk of transforming into "zombie" titles that lack original, community-focused reporting and fail to perform their key democratic functions. Researchers found a sharp drop in news fulfilling ‘critical information needs’. Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/local-n...

Newspapers at risk of becoming 'zombie' titles as local content disappears | King's College London

Britain’s local newspapers are at risk of transforming into "zombie" titles that lack original, community-focused reporting and fail to perform their key democratic functions, new research has conclud...

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EVENT: Behavioral Policy for Family ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/behav... Join us, leading academics, policymakers and practitioners from across the public and private sectors to examine the challenges and opportunities shaping fertility and family formation in the 21st century. 🗓️ 1-2 October 📍 London

With expanding commitments in the HoL, Sophy Antrobus is stepping down from her role at FASI. As we thank Sophy for her exceptional contribution, we're excited to announce Dr Julia Balm as Co-Director, helping lead the Institute into its next chapter. Read the full article 👇 ow.ly/YN5250ZmOgg

Thousands of England football fans travelled to Mexico City for the team's epic World Cup win. But what about the Mexico fans in the UK? Professor Cathy McIlwaine, Professor of Development Geography commented in NBC News on London's tiny Mexican diaspora: www.nbcnews.com/world/united...

Mexico vs. England World Cup: London expats find community despite loss

In direct inverse to the scene in Mexico City’s Estadio Azteca, red white and green hunkered down against the white-and-red masses outside.

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This week saw the start of the 2026 Championships at the All England Club in Wimbledon. But is tennis fair? Our research highlights a rare but striking problem relating to number of games won versus overall match results. Learn more: shorturl.at/FMuqq

Could simple rule change make tennis fairer? | King's College London

Is tennis unfair?

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🚨 New partnership 🚨 King's has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a 1+1 Master’s programme between King’s College London and the University of Barcelona. Students will study in Barcelona and London - bringing together two fantastic academic environments. ⬇️ www.kcl.ac.uk/political-ec...

Human activity has driven the retreat of Antarctica’s fastest melting glacier. This landmark study, led by scientists in @kings-sga.bsky.social and @bas.ac.uk, is the first to directly attribute the changes of a major Antarctic glacier to the activities of humans. ⬇️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/human-a...

Join the King's African Leadership Centre for their Postgraduate Research Conference on Tuesday 7 July. The keynote will be Her Excellency Fatou Bensouda, High Commissioner of The Gambia to the UK and former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. www.kcl.ac.uk/events/reima...

Reimagining Leadership in an Era of Epistemic Plurality and Shifting World Orders | King's College London

The Annual African Leadership Centre Postgraduate Research Conference reimagines leadership through epistemic plurality and dialogue across shifting world orders.

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The new issue of the King's College London online alumni magazine, InTouch, has landed! Read about SSPP alumni Gillian Ekua A. (MA Education Management, 2022), Julio Alonso-Ortega Ortega (Political Economy of Emerging Markets, 2022), Sue Dale Tunnicliffe (PhD Education, 1995). intouch.kcl.ac.uk

EVENT: Measuring What Matters: Economic Indicators for Democratic Governance Panel ➡️ Richard Layard (LSE), Maria Cotofan (KCL), Martin Weale (KCL), and Peter Levell (IFS) 📅 24 June 🕙 18.00 More 👇 www.eventbrite.com/e/measuring-...

Measuring What Matters: Economic Indicators for Democratic Governance

This event brings together researchers who are at the forefront of developing better economic indicators for policy making.

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Does the public view some people as more worthy of government welfare support than others? 🏦📈 A new study co-authored by King's academics Hanna Kleider, David Hope and Julian Limberg highlights a dramatic shift in perceptions of the welfare state. Read more ⬇ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/a-degre...

A degree of sympathy? Study examines public preferences for government welfare | King's College London

The public is significantly less willing to support government benefits for university graduates who lose their jobs compared to those without degrees, according to newly-published research.

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"The one option where they have to negotiate with us is if we apply to rejoin... but they're not going to go easy on us, even in a rejoin situation" 💬 @anandmenon.bsky.social at our panel discussion last week marking ten years since Brexit Full event ➡️ www.youtube.com/live/u4o3xEd...

🌍 From climate change to the cost of living, at the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy we are meeting the world's biggest challenges through education and research. See our vision in action 🔽

King’s has launched its Sustainability Strategy 2026–30! 🌍 Aligned with King’s Strategy 2030, the new five-year plan embeds sustainability across three core pillars: 🎓 Education 🔬 Research & Innovation 🏢 Operations Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-s...

Where should the GCAP programme concentrate its efforts? Professor Spry compares the F-35 and Typhoon operating and support costs, exploring the likely impact of the different scales of the two programmes and the importance of the funding behind them. www.kcl.ac.uk/comparing-f-...

Join @secdefenceplus.bsky.social for the 2026 Emerging Voices Series: Strategy, Security & Defence Hear from established leaders and recognised experts to explore the future of strategy, security, and defence. Register 👇 ow.ly/wMC550Z8Lt7

The Emerging Voices Series: Strategy, Security & Defence | King's College London

Security & Defence PLuS will host the Emerging Voices Series: Strategy, Security & Defence at King's College London on Thursday 18 June, 2026

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EVENT: Measuring What Matters: Economic Indicators for Democratic Governance 📉 This event brings together researchers at the forefront of developing better economic indicators for policy making in the UK and other democratic systems Don't miss it! ⬇️ www.eventbrite.com/e/measuring-...

Measuring What Matters: Economic Indicators for Democratic Governance

This event brings together researchers who are at the forefront of developing better economic indicators for policy making.

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Polly Toynbee highlights our forthcoming study with @senseaboutsci.bsky.social on the state of trust in science in her Guardian column ➡️ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @bobbyduffy.bsky.social

📣Join us for the upcoming IHR/SMHC Military History seminar to hear Joshua Bilton's (KCL) paper ‘Who were Haig’s Men? ‘Late-war’ infantrymen and military identity in the British Army, 1915–1918’ 🗓️23 June 2026 ⏱️17:30 📍IHR and online All are welcome! Register 👇 www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Who were Haig’s Men? ‘Late-war’ infantrymen and military identity in the British Army, 1915–1918

Military History Seminar

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"[in] 2003, 2004 half the public though the future was going to be better for young people... [but now] half think it's going to be worse" 💬 @bobbyduffy.bsky.social on Politics Live last week, speaking about Wes Streeting's comments – made in his resignation speech – on intergenerational fairness.

EVENT: The fight for facts: from ‘beyond belief’ to embracing evidence Join us and an expert panel to discuss the ‘evidence revolution’, the global movement that promotes using scientific evidence to guide our decisions rather than unreliable opinions or beliefs ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-f...

📸 Last year, Dr Shiraz Maher conducted field research in Syria. We're pleased to share that 'Layers of Resistance: The Hidden Geographies of War', an image taken on his trip, was recently shortlisted and exhibited in a @kingssocialscience.bsky.social competition! 🔗 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/sspp-ph...

EVENT: The Cinema of Agnieszka Holland and the Politics of Citizenship A symposium that brings together artists and scholars whose work engages with questions central to Agnieszka Holland’s cinema. 📅 21-22 May More ⬇️ www.eventbrite.com/e/the-cinema...

The Cinema of Agnieszka Holland and the Politics of Citizenship

This symposium brings together artists and scholars whose work engages with questions central to Agnieszka Holland’s cinema.

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A 2 min audio commentary from our Substack, Spheres of Knowledge on how climate education is reshaping – and sometimes overwhelming – students, and why “radical pragmatism” offers a different way forward. Read more: kingsglobalaffairs.substack.com/p/teaching-t...

Dr Aisha Hutchinson has worked on several pieces of research aiming to improve the lives of adolescent girls in contexts of humanitarian aid and social development. Watch our new impact video on influencing international policy around child marriage practices 🔽 www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0xb...

Influencing international policy around child marriage practices

YouTube video by King's Social Science & Public Policy

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"we are bringing together lived experience, clinical and social science, and policy and advocacy expertise to understand how we can improve outcomes for people affected by PMDD." 💬 Tianne Haggar on our new interdisciplinary project with @kingsioppn.bsky.social ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/how-int...

EVENT: Return to Europe Redux? Hungary's Election and its Implications for Europe Join us next week to discuss the political and social fallout from the closely-watched election in Hungary 🗳️ More ⬇️ www.eventbrite.com/e/return-to-...

Return to Europe Redux? Hungary's Election and its Implications for Europe

On 12 April, Hungarian voters headed to the polls in the nation's 10th national election since victory over communism.

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Public lecture: The Economic Approach to the Common Good. Erik Angner, author, speaks at the KCL Centre for Governance and Society this summer. Bush House NE Wing, June 3rd, 6pm. csgs.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-e...

The Economic Approach to the Common Good - Centre for the Study of Governance & Society

The 2nd Public Lecture under the Market Economies and Green Ideals programme   This is an in-person only public event …

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Natural hazards such as fires, floods and hurricanes and heatwaves are a growing threat to elections worldwide, reveals analysis out today from Prof Sarah Birch @kingssocialscience.bsky.social and International IDEA @internationalidea.bsky.social (1/5)🧵⬇️