The Centre of Development Studies is organising five seminar series events this term. The series launches tomorrow 13/10 from 5-6:30pm with Courtney T Wittekind, Purdue, on 'Beyond the Boom: Agrarian Life and Uncertain Futures in Peri-Urban Myanmar'. More: www.devstudies.cam.ac.uk/events/beyon...

We are thrilled that Prof Bonnie Honig is joining us this term as Middlebrook/Djerassi Visiting Professor! Her public lecture is 5:30, 28 Oct at St John's Div School on "Hippolytus, in Reverse: Metamorphosis Now, with Deleuze, Canetti, and Arendt". More info: www.gender.cam.ac.uk/news/diane-m...

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! In part 2 of our series about how transhumanism shaped our world, David talks to @duncanbell.bsky.social about what happened when sci fi dreams started to become reality. What changed when space travel turned from fantasy to fact? Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

Interested in postgraduate study with us?🏛️ Register for our upcoming Postgraduate Open Day presentations on Tuesday 3 November to explore our courses, hear from staff, and get advice on applying. ➡️ Book your place: www.polis.cam.ac.uk/events/postg...

Considering part-time postgraduate study in International Relations at Cambridge but missed our latest Open Day? Watch the recording here to learn about the course structure, residentials, and application process and find full course details here: 📽️ ➡️ www.polis.cam.ac.uk/postgraduate...

Can the world still make peace in an era of growing global conflict? 🌍 Watch a recent talk by POLIS Senior Research Fellow Dr Thant Myint-U @thantmyintu.bsky.social exploring the history of UN diplomacy and global security. 📽️ Watch here: www.youtube.com/live/a7hEkze...

Can the World Still Make Peace? A Conversation with Thant Myint-U

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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Today it’s the 1st in a new series about the weird & wonderful world of transhumanism: the idea that human beings can be transformed by technology and machines. David talks to historian of ideas @duncanbell.bsky.social about where it all began. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

The programme for this term's #MondaySeminar has been published on the seminar's website.

Huge Congratulations to Nanna Lilletvedt Sæten who has been awarded this year’s Lisa Smirl PhD Prize for her outstanding doctoral thesis, 'The Promise of Technology: Politics and Advocacy in the Digital Age'.🎓✨ 📖Find out more: www.polis.cam.ac.uk/news/nanna-l... 👏

📄 New in Perspectives on Politics by POLIS PhD candidate @connorpobrien.bsky.social: ‘Good Governance as Responsible Sovereignty’ 🏛️ Reconstructing Francis Deng’s contributions to conflict management & global governance: 🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #PolSci #IntRelations #OpenAccess

Recommended reading from @newleftreview.bsky.social : ‘Steppe Transitions: The Making and Unmaking of Mongolia’ by Christian Sorace & David Sneath.

New Left Review@newleftreview.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In NLR 159: Steppe Transitions. Christian Sorace and David Sneath present a materialist analysis of Mongolia’s transformations to socialism and capitalism. newleftreview.org/issues/ii159...

Last chance to register for this evening's MSt in International Relations Open Evening. Join us in person or online to find out more about how you can earn your masters in IR part-time. Register now: www.polis.cam.ac.uk/events/mst-i...

Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge@campolis.bsky.social · 3w ago

🧑‍🎓We're still accepting registrations for next week's MSt in International Relations Open Evening. Learn more about how you can earn your Masters in IR part-time while you continue your career. Attend online or in person. Register now: www.polis.cam.ac.uk/events/mst-i...

Prof Helen Thompson is interviewed by the ‘Unhedged’ section of the Financial Times about China and US energy power, high debt levels, and central bank independence. Read it now: www.ft.com/content/5ae5...

Helen Thompson: “I don’t think we’re ever going back.”

Geopolitical phase change

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🧑‍🎓We're still accepting registrations for next week's MSt in International Relations Open Evening. Learn more about how you can earn your Masters in IR part-time while you continue your career. Attend online or in person. Register now: www.polis.cam.ac.uk/events/mst-i...

I've got a new piece on imperial state capitalism and frontier tech! A prelude to the full lecture coming out soon in the pages of Antipode. @campolis.bsky.social

Illiberalism Studies Program@illsp.bsky.social · 3w ago

New piece! Ilias Alami unpacks the drive toward state ownership in critical sectors today and details its relationship to the reconfiguration of empire. Check it out! @iliasalami.bsky.social @ieres-gwu.bsky.social www.illiberalism.org/imperial-sta...

Registration is now open for the 2026 POLIS Lecture. This year we are honoured to welcome Professor Lea Ypi @leaypi.bsky.social who will define and answer the question, "What is Political Progress?" Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/polis-lect...

POLIS Lecture 2026 - What is Political Progress?

The Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge welcomes Professor Lea Ypi for the 2026 POLIS Lecture.

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Registration is now open for the 2026 POLIS Lecture. This year we are honoured to welcome Professor Lea Ypi @leaypi.bsky.social who will define and answer the question, "What is Political Progress?" Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/polis-lect...

POLIS Lecture 2026 - What is Political Progress?

The Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge welcomes Professor Lea Ypi for the 2026 POLIS Lecture.

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🚨 Check out the new courses we've just launched to accompany our Philosophers and Great Essays series! For anyone wanting to go deeper into some of what we cover. Completely free for anyone to use. And more to come. Do please spread the word! www.ppfideas.com/courses

Courses | Past Present Future

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🎉Thrilled to see politics at University of Cambridge ranked #1 in the 2027 @theguardian.com University Guide!🎓 It's a reflection of the dedication of our staff and students, whose hard work and enthusiasm create a vibrant academic community. Find out about studying with us: www.polis.cam.ac.uk

University of Cambridge@cam.ac.uk · last mo.

Cambridge has risen to 2nd place in @theguardian.com University Guide 2027 🎉 We’re proud to rank in the top 3 nationally in 22 subject areas.

ARTICLE: Duncan Bell, "John Stuart Mill on Federation, Civilization and Empire," History of Political Thought (2024) go.shr.lc/3EFfrLf

PhD candidate Cristian Rivera’s recent paper presents a compelling way out of the discursive dilemma—showing that we don’t have to choose between responsiveness and coherence in collective decision-making. Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Majoritarian democracy without the discursive dilemma

The discursive dilemma maintains that incoherent collective judgments can result from the aggregation of coherent individual judgments on logically connected propositions. For democratic theory, th...

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The Centre of Governance and Human Rights @cghrcambridge.bsky.social welcomes Martin Breaugh this December. In his talk, Professor Breaugh proposes a “living critique of domination” grounded in three gestures for radically rethinking politics. Register now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/towards-a-...

Towards a Living Critique of Domination

In this talk, Martin Breaugh proposes a “living critique of domination” grounded in three gestures for radically rethinking politics.

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Dr Jostein Hauge @haugejostein.bsky.social was recently interviewed by CNN's Mike Valerio on the topic of automation in Chinese industry. Watch Dr Hauge compare Chinese and American industry in "Inside China's robot-filled 'dark factories'". edition.cnn.com/2026/09/05/w...

Inside China’s robot-filled ‘dark factories’ | CNN

CNN’s Mike Valerio took a tour of one of China’s “dark factories,” where the robot workers outnumber the human workers.

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Congratulations to the winners of our annual PhD Fieldwork Photography Competition. This year's winners are Janani Mohan, Daniela Meneses Sala and Chelsea Thorpe. The wonderful photographs taken during their fieldwork can be viewed on our website: www.polis.cam.ac.uk/news/congrat...

👏🎓Huge congratulations to @duncanbell.bsky.social who has been elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. 🎉

Academy of Social Sciences@acadsocsciences.bsky.social · last mo.

We are delighted to welcome a new cohort of outstanding social scientists to our Fellowship, whose work highlights the importance of the #socialsciences in understanding and helping to address societal challenges. Look out for some of our new Fellows later today. ➡️ acss.org.uk/news/the-aca...

✍️We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2026 R.A. Butler Prize! 👏Congratulations to our First Prize winners, Jasmine Kaur De Lisio (UK) and Erin Jia (International), and to all of our commended students.🎓 Read the full announcement: www.polis.cam.ac.uk/news/2026-ra...

Want to earn a Cambridge Master’s in International Relations without taking a career break? 🎓🌐 Join our upcoming Open Evening to discover how our 2-year part-time MSt program allows you to study while you work. Register today 👇 www.polis.cam.ac.uk/postgraduate...

Dr Antoine Sander's @absander.bsky.social new article in 'Political Studies', based on his PhD research, is titled "Popular tribunate or bourgeois populism? #saccageparis and social media’s radical-democratic paradox". Read it here: doi-org.ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/10.1177/0032...

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! In today’s episode exploring how 20th-century philosophy and biography intersect David talks to philosopher and biographer @philosofemme.bsky.social about Jean-Paul Sartre, a thinker whose life has been as closely scrutinised as his ideas. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

👇👇👇 Lilletvedt Saeten, “The Ideology of Sovereign Money: How Bitcoin Harms Politics,” Constellations (2026) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @campolis.bsky.social @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social