Come work with us! We are looking for a Senior Lecturer in Public Policy to contribute to the academic life of the School, as well as the wider @policyatkings.bsky.social which we sit within. 🗓️ Apply by 17 August ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/154406-...

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

"There are these assets everywhere — but they need champions." This past weekend, our Doctoral Researcher @dtturner.bsky.social spoke to the Today Programme about unlocking opportunities for growth and devolution in Britain's rural and coastal areas. 🎧 25:20 ➡️ www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

🔊 "public policies were based on this... model that humans always weigh up all decisions... gradually we realised that humans don't really behave in those ways" 🎧 In episode 11 of the School for Government podcast @sanchayanbanerj.bsky.social discusses behavioural insights in public policy 🔗 ⬇️

🔊 "trying to make a positive case for The Big Society against the backdrop of austerity... [was] just a really, really challenging backdrop" 🎧 In episode 10 of the School for Government podcast Emma de Closset discusses why the Big Society policy failed 🔗 ⬇️

🎉 We're delighted to welcome a range of new honorary and visiting faculty members across the School for Government. Our new members are Greg Power OBE (Honorary Professor), Eliza Kozman and David Westlake (Visiting Senior Research Fellows). ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/new-vis...

“we’re very happy to take people’s money and demonise them simultaneously. That’s not particularly healthy. That doesn’t make people feel appreciated.” 💬 @michael-sanders.bsky.social spoke to The Telegraph about how behavioural science could be used to entice expats back to the UK. ⬇️

"How many strong study ideas fail simply because people aren’t interested enough to engage meaningfully?" 💬 In the first of our blog series from doctoral researchers, @georgewk3.bsky.social argues securing participation is the key challenge of quantitative research ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/power-r...

NEW: In a global study spanning 34 countries and 7,500 participants, researchers – including our @sanchayanbanerj.bsky.social – found that when the wealthy opt out of collective solutions, inequality worsens across issues from climate change to public health. ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/interna...

THIS WEEK: Solidarity Symposia: Keeping democracy strong Join @florianfoos.bsky.social, @gsamaras.bsky.social, @joeysherlock.bsky.social & like-minded researchers to explore how we can tackle developing risks to democracies Attend as a non-speaker: ➡️ wumarketing.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

EVENT: Book launch | A Modern Guide to Education, Gender and Sexuality Join us, Dr Kate Hoskins and @mpsmoreau.bsky.social for a timely conversation examining the changing dynamics of gender, sexuality and power in educational contexts. 🗓️ Thursday 26 March ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/book-...

A new landmark trial from @policyatkings.bsky.social, led by our director @michael-sanders.bsky.social, found that young people leaving care who were given a "no strings" £2,000 payment were more likely to be in stable housing and less likely to be sofa-surfing than those who did not receive it. ⬇️

The Policy Institute@policyatkings.bsky.social · 5mo ago

NEW: Young people leaving care who were given a one-off £2,000 cash payment, with no strings attached, were more likely to be in stable housing and less likely to be sofa-surfing – and showed a range of positive health, wellbeing and criminal justice outcomes, our landmark trial finds ⬇️ 🧵

"behavioural science generally is... in the space where we're... looking to influence people... but we are rarely mandating or requiring" 💬 @joeysherlock.bsky.social spoke to Engaging Local Government Leaders about the scope and nuances of behavioural science in government 🎧 elgl.org/govlove/

For the second year running, we've begun delivering our Government Policy Fast Stream Postgraduate Award – in partnership with the UK Civil Service Policy Profession Unit – equipping the next generation of civil servants to critically evaluate policy options and solve pressing problems.

EVENT: The case for cash: do cash transfers work in practice? Join us, @policyatkings.bsky.social, @homelessnessimpact.bsky.social, @ligia-teixeira.bsky.social, @michael-sanders.bsky.social & @bobbyduffy.bsky.social to explore the impact of cash transfers on poverty ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-c...

🔊 "You'll be learning from the academics, as well as from people who are currently at the forefront of policymaking in health and social care" 🎓 🏥 Our Health and Social Care Policy MSc offers the opportunity to study alongside officials from the UK Department of Health and Social Care...

"Every uncritical mention of far-right rhetoric is an editorial decision with political consequences. Every headline, every clip, every click adds weight." 💬 @gsamaras.bsky.social writes in Politico on the consequences of normalising the far-right in the media

Media must stop normalizing the far right

Every uncritical mention of far-right rhetoric is an editorial decision with political consequences.

politico.eu

Inspired by @jim.londoncentric.media @londoncentric.media recent coverage, I've written for @schoolforgovt.bsky.social a defence of "unreasonableness" by government in the name of protecting renters rather than landlords; www.kcl.ac.uk/news/in-defe...

In defence of unreasonableness | King's College London

Trying to be fair to landlords, the government was deeply unfair to tenants – before the Renters' Rights Act had even come into force

kcl.ac.uk

"the government’s desire to be reasonable [to landlords, by delaying the introduction of the Renters' Rights Act] has led to some unintended and clearly unreasonable behaviour" ✒️ In their latest blog, @michael-sanders.bsky.social and Julia Ellingwood ask whether being reasonable is always a virtue

In defence of unreasonableness | King's College London

Trying to be fair to landlords, the government was deeply unfair to tenants – before the Renters' Rights Act had even come into force

kcl.ac.uk

EVENT: The case for cash: do cash transfers work in practice? Join us, @policyatkings.bsky.social, @homelessnessimpact.bsky.social, @ligia-teixeira.bsky.social, @michael-sanders.bsky.social & @bobbyduffy.bsky.social to explore the impact of cash transfers on poverty ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-c...

EVENT: Behavioural Insights for Policy Moldova This one-day workshop brings together researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and international partners working at the intersection of behavioural science and public policy. ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/bip-m...

BiP Moldova 2026 | King's College London

Behavioural Insights in Policy and Practice

kcl.ac.uk

EVENT: Solidarity Symposia: Keeping democracy strong Join Prof Peter John, @gsamaras.bsky.social , Dr Joseph Sherlock & like-minded researchers to explore how we can tackle developing risks to democracies ➡️ Attend as a non-speaker: wumarketing.eu.qualtrics.co...

"[Advocacy for free speech on the far right] was never a neutral commitment to open debate. It is a claim to special permission" @gsamaras.bsky.social spoke to the Guardian about deepening connections between the Trump administration & far right European parties

Trump official allies with Europe’s far right in attacks on migration and hate speech policies

US state department’s Sarah B Rogers has become face of White House’s hostility to European liberal democracies

theguardian.com

EVENT: Solidarity Symposia: Keeping democracy strong Join Prof Peter John, @gsamaras.bsky.social, Dr Joseph Sherlock & like-minded researchers to explore how we can tackle developing risks to democracies ➡️ Attend as a non-speaker: wumarketing.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

🔊 "You'll be learning from the academics, as well as from people who are currently at the forefront of policymaking in health and social care" 🎓 🏥 Our Health and Social Care Policy MSc offers the opportunity to study alongside officials from the UK Department of Health and Social Care...

EVENT: Behavioural Transformations 🗓️ Join us for the 6th Annual Behavioural Transformations Workshop, a forum for cutting-edge research and applied work on behavioural science and its relevance to public policy, governance, and social change. ⬇️

Joint 6th Behavioural Transformation and KCL x LSE Aldwych Behavioural Collaboration Workshop | King's College London

The School for Government at King’s College London, joint with the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science at London School of Economics, is proud to host the 6th Annual Behavioural Transf...

kcl.ac.uk

🔊 "You'll be learning from the academics, as well as from people who are currently at the forefront of policymaking in health and social care" 🎓 🏥 Our Health and Social Care Policy MSc offers the opportunity to study alongside officials from the UK Department of Health and Social Care...

“…linguistic ambiguity... helps far-right parties rebrand themselves as moderate" @gsamaras.bsky.social's new paper in @epsjournal.bsky.social warns of the dangers of imprecise journalistic language that blurs the line between mainstream conservatism and extremism ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/media-m...

🌍 🎓 This past weekend we were in Bahrain teaching the first module in our new Master's in Leadership and Innovation, in partnership with the Institute of Public Administration in Bahrain.

💬 Read @michael-sanders.bsky.social and Hannah Piggott's piece on the background of the Cash Lab, launched yesterday, and its plans to explore whether giving people direct financial support – without conditions on how they spend it – can break the cycle of poverty 🔗 ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/cash-wh...