Department of European & International Studies at King's College London

01/07/2026

Congratulations to our academic, Tugba Bozçağa, who has received the American Political Science Association’s David Brian Robertson Prize 🏆📝

Tugba will receive the award with colleagues Robin Harding (Oxford) and Arinze Nwokolo (Lagos Business School) in September

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29/06/2026

New research co-authored by our academic, Dr Chase Foster, examined hundreds of national elections in 16 countries over a period of more than 30 years to better understand the relationship between unemployment support systems and populist politics 🗳️📈📉

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More generous unemployment support may help reduce the appeal of populist parties, according to new research.

19/06/2026

Want to meet alumni from your faculty who are making their mark in the world? The new issue of our online alumni magazine, InTouch, has landed!

In this edition’s Class Notes section, we meet 👇

• Julio Alonso Ortega (Political Economy of Emerging Markets, 2022). A world champion sailor, Julio swapped life on the high seas for a career as a political economist.
• Gillian Ekua (MA Education Management, 2022). A Senior Alumni & Stakeholder Engagement Officer at King’s Business School, Gillian is also the founder and driving force behind the Africa Business Collective.
• Jon Alexander (MA Global Ethics & Human Values, 2014). Founder of the New Citizen Project, Jon is author of Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us.
• Lady Sue Tunnicliffe (PhD Education, 1995). A teacher and academic, Sue has helped to bring hands-on STEM learning to a generation of primary school children. Three generations of her family have also studied at King’s, with a fourth about to start.
Explore our latest issue of InTouch:

King's College London's alumni magazine

15/06/2026

EVENT: De-risking and Perception Gaps in EU–China Relations

Our speaker, Andreea Budeanu, asks whether China supports the European Union’s pursuit of strategic autonomy through de-risking
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This talk asks whether China supports the European Union’s pursuit of strategic autonomy through de-risking.

02/06/2026

📝 The political goals and prospects for Xi Jinping, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin differ markedly but is there scope for these competing forces to coexist?

➡️ In a new feature, Dr Olivia Cheung examines the road ahead in the wake of a series of high-stakes summits 🇨🇳🇺🇸🇷🇺

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Dr Olivia Cheung examines the ramifications for great power politics following an unprecedented series of summits between leaders Xi Jinping, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

22/04/2026

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 🗳️

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

16/04/2026

Our academic, Dr Aleksandra Piletić, has been awarded a fellowship by a leading research organisation to support a new project 🔋

Dr Piletić’s project will focus on the European Union’s Trans-Balkan Energy Corridor in the Western Balkans 🇪🇺

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A King’s academic has been awarded a fellowship by a leading research organisation to support a new project.

07/04/2026

EVENT: The Spatial Logics of Inflation 📈🪙

We'll be joined by Professor Jacqueline Best for a talk on the historical management of inflation and the return of the salience of place in policy

⏰ 13 April
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An article presentation with Professor Jacqueline Best (University of Ottawa)

30/03/2026

Germany’s largest companies are deeply entangled with rival businesses in China and the US, and efforts to escape either superpower would have "serious economic consequences" 📉

Check out new research co-authored by our academic, Dr Joseph Baines ⬇️

Germany’s largest companies are deeply entangled with rival businesses in China and the US, and unable to escape either superpower, according to new research co-authored by a King's College London academic.

24/03/2026

A new book authored by our academic, Dr Claudia Horn, sheds light on the botanical studies and ecological perspective of celebrated revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg 📚🪴

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A new book authored by a King’s College London academic sheds light on the botanical studies and ecological perspective of celebrated revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg.