Why not give immigrants the right to vote? - LSE European Politics

Granting voting rights to immigrants in Spain has had little impact on party vote or seat shares, removing one of the main objections to the policy.

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What AI’s usurping of the peer-reviewed publications means for medicine and pharmaceutical industry - LSE Business Review

For hundreds of years, modern science has relied on peer-review to certify and to distribute new claims. But AI is changing research.

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Is publication, not truth, now the driving pursuit of science? - LSE Review of Books

The Credibility Crisis in Science by Thomas Plümper and Eric Neumayer explores how researcher incentives and publication bias distort scientific knowledge

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After Reeves, Healey reverts to Chancellor type | LSE British Politics

Economics expertise is the exception to the rule for a UK Chancellor. But Chancellors, like John Healey, usually come with experience in the Treasury.

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Andy Burnham and the power of the European mayor

Andy Burnham's ascent from mayor to prime minister has been treated as unprecedented, but in Europe the road from city hall to power is well travelled.

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When does EU crisis management work?

The EU is often portrayed as “failing forward” during crises, with imperfect solutions driving the European integration process forward over time.

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How the threat of Russia won over Eurosceptics

There has been a surprising shift in people's attitudes toward the EU since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, especially among Eurosceptic citizens.

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Why mandating and enforcing EU regulation is preferable to a social media ban

Should the EU ban young people from accessing social media? Rather than restricting children’s access to digital life, the EU should regulate platforms instead.

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Why decisive military victories are increasingly difficult to achieve

The lesson from Ukraine, Iran and other recent conflicts is that military superiority alone no longer guarantees decisive political success.

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Despite Trump, Europeans still like Americans – but the window of opportunity may be closing

Do Europeans still like Americans? New survey evidence shows Europeans are still positive about Americans, even if they dislike Trump, but this may not last.

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The challenge with climate action is not about the maths – it is about the politics

Economists who would abandon growth to prevent climate change have done their calculations on the planet, but they have not done them on voters.

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Green foreign investment must be integrated into Europe’s clean industrial policy

Foreign investment funds a large share of EU decarbonisation, underlining that the green transition cannot be built with domestic firms and subsidies alone.

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The EU must learn the lessons from FIFA’s ticket pricing at the 2026 World Cup

FIFA's ticket pricing at the 2026 FIFA World Cup shows the need for the EU to regulate algorithmic pricing in its EU Digital Fairness Act.

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Is China’s “industrial steamroller” an existential threat to European economies?

European economies face a critical threat from Chinese exports, but Beijing' strategy is also increasingly complicated by its own domestic challenges.

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Beating the heat – why Europe must invest in climate adaptation

As Europe battles yet another heatwave, the economic case for investing in climate adaptation is becoming increasingly clear.

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The tragedy of Brexit is that Britain was the EU’s most effective member state

Britain's reputation as an “awkward partner” within the EU obscures the deep involvement the UK had in shaping the trajectory of the integration process.

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Is Brexit to blame for the churn of Prime Ministers? | LSE British Politics

After Keir Starmer announced he will be resigning, the UK is about to have its seventh PM since the Brexit referendum, ten years ago. That's not a coincidence.

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Anand Menon: “The EU referendum gave us an opportunity to improve people’s lives and we failed”

In an interview with Stuart Brown, Anand Menon discusses why the Brexit referendum was a missed opportunity to change society for the better.

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Anand Menon: “The EU referendum gave us an opportunity to improve people’s lives and we failed”

In an interview with Stuart Brown, Anand Menon discusses why the Brexit referendum was a missed opportunity to change society for the better.

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What impact has Brexit had on UK universities? - LSE European Politics

To reset UK-EU higher education relations, it is important to disentangle the consequences of Brexit from the wider problems of the UK university sector.

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Brexit – a bad idea then, a bad idea now

Brexit has had a profound negative impact on the United Kingdom that was entirely foreseeable at the time of the 2016 referendum.

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Eight reasons why the UK will not rejoin the EU in my lifetime

Polling suggests most UK voters think Brexit was a mistake but could Britain rejoin the EU? Iain Begg lists eight reasons why rejoining remains highly unlikely.

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The Brexit decade – Britain, Europe and the question of political identity

One of the great ironies of Brexit is that it has underlined the reality of Britain and Europe’s continued interdependence.

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Britain, Brexit and the spectre of Empire

Brexit represented the final collapse of Britain’s post-war imperial imagination, extinguishing the hope of the UK finding a post-Empire identity within the EU.

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Anand Menon: “The EU referendum gave us an opportunity to improve people’s lives and we failed”

In an interview with Stuart Brown, Anand Menon discusses why the Brexit referendum was a missed opportunity to change society for the better.

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LSE and the Brexit referendum - LSE European Politics

Ten years on, Kevin Featherstone reflects on how LSE navigated the EU referendum and what the legacy of Brexit has been for the university and wider society.

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A vote for isolation? What the Swiss population referendum means for Europe

Switzerland's referendum on capping the country’s population at ten million goes to the heart of what society Switzerland wishes to be.

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Could Moldova join the EU by unifying with Romania?

Unification with Romania could offer Moldova key advantages, but would be immensely challenging to implement due to sharp divisions in Moldovan society.

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The European Political Community and the value of flexible cooperation

The European Political Community is contributing to a more flexible institutional order that can facilitate dialogue and cooperation beyond EU membership.

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