LSE Dept of Social Policy

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Welcome to the official page of the Department of Social Policy at LSE, which is the longest established in the UK and offers outstanding teaching based on the highest quality research in the field.

Congratulations to Professor Almudena Sevilla, winner of the LSESU Teaching Award for Personal and Professional Developm...
22/06/2026

Congratulations to Professor Almudena Sevilla, winner of the LSESU Teaching Award for Personal and Professional Development, and Dr Simon Tawfic, Highly Commended for Affirming Academic Mentor.

We’re also delighted to celebrate Emma Louise Blondes, named our department’s Winner at the LSE Class Teacher Awards 2025–26. In addition, Simon Tawfic, Maria Karagiannidou, Justice Aina and Chiara De-Poli, were all Highly Commended.

12/06/2026

"I want students to think and maybe challenge some of the assumptions they come in with."

Professor Kitty Stewart introduces SP430: Social Security Policies, an optional module for our MSc ISPP students. Through a comparative approach, students explore how different countries design social safety nets to handle everything from job loss to aging populations.

Interested in studying with us? Check out link in bio.

Professor Stephen Jenkins awarded a FINDS Fellowship 🎉Huge congratulations to Professor Stephen Jenkins on being awarded...
05/06/2026

Professor Stephen Jenkins awarded a FINDS Fellowship 🎉

Huge congratulations to Professor Stephen Jenkins on being awarded a prestigious FINDS Fellowship following a highly competitive selection process.

The fellowship, part of the Financial Data Service (FINDS) operated by Smart Data Foundry and the University of Edinburgh and funded by UKRI, will support Stephen’s latest research project: “Fluctuating Finances: instability in individuals’ incomes and spending.”

LSE's Mannheim Centre for Criminology hosted its first Annual Lecture, in which Prof Alison Liebling launched her pathbr...
29/05/2026

LSE's Mannheim Centre for Criminology hosted its first Annual Lecture, in which Prof Alison Liebling launched her pathbreaking new book Aristotle’s Prison. In it, Prof Liebling draws on decades of research on prisons to study “the universals of human experience” at the “extreme edges” of where that experience lies.

LSE's Mannheim Centre for Criminology hosted its first PhD Symposium across two packed days at LSE’s campus. Ten PhD stu...
26/05/2026

LSE's Mannheim Centre for Criminology hosted its first PhD Symposium across two packed days at LSE’s campus. Ten PhD students travelled to LSE from far and wide to enjoy rigorous and supportive discussion about their research with the Mannheim Centre’s criminological community.

19/05/2026

Rate My Study Spot: The British Library Edition 🏛️📖

Book your free tickets for the LSE Festival 2026: How to save the planet (from 18 May)What can we do to save the Earth, ...
18/05/2026

Book your free tickets for the LSE Festival 2026: How to save the planet (from 18 May)

What can we do to save the Earth, its people and our environment? Join us to explore the impact of global challenges and how individuals, communities, organisations, corporations, and those with political power should tackle them at LSE Festival 2026– free and open to all

https://www.lse.ac.uk/events/LSE-Festival/2026

12/05/2026

Why Iliana Chose Social Policy at LSE.
Interested in studying with us? Find out more via the link in our bio ☝

📢We are hiring!We are looking to recruit two LSE Fellows to teach on our BSc and MSc in International Social and Public ...
07/05/2026

📢We are hiring!

We are looking to recruit two LSE Fellows to teach on our BSc and MSc in International Social and Public Policy whilst also being fully engaged in our vibrant research culture!

📆 Applications close 31 May.

➡️ https://www.lse.ac.uk/social-policy/jobs-available

06/05/2026

A few reminders for Spring Term 🌿
Shared by Clare to support your wellbeing over the weeks ahead.

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Department Of Social Policy, Old Building, Houghton Street
London
WC2A2AE

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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+442079557501

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