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CDP Lunchtime Guest Lecture Title: Is Moderation Always Best? Opposition Pushback against Democratic Backsliding in Southeast Asia Speaker: Professor Mark R. Thompson, City University of Hong Kong Date: Tuesday, 12 May 2026 Time: 12:00-13:00 (lunch provided) Location: Baines Wing SR 3.06 Sign up for the event by clicking here. Is Moderation Always Best? Opposition Pushback...
On Thursday 12 March, the Alice Bacon Lecture 2026 was delivered by former general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and Labour peer Baroness O’Grady of Upper Holloway at the University of Leeds. The lecture series, which honours the city of Leeds' first woman MP, celebrates the achievements of pioneering women and is jointly organised by...
Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST) Webinar with Professor Viktoria Spaiser
Professor Viktoria Spaiser is one of the panelists discussing the implications of AMOC and SPG tipping points
Andy Mycock - Will the kids be alright? Implementing 'Votes at 16’: Politics and Policy Date: Wednesday 29th October 2025 Time: 14:00 – 15:00 Location: Baines Wing SR (3.06) or live streamed via MS Teams The Centre for Democratic Politics (CDP) in the School of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at the University of Leeds...
We are delighted to announce that the first lecture in the 2025-26 Faculty of Social Sciences Inaugural Lecture Series will be given by Professor Viktoria Spaiser (School of Politics and International Studies).
In this research retreat with selected participants we will explore to what extent and how generative AI (and Large Language Models in particular) can be used, for instance in combination with other methods such as Agent Based Modelling, to study complex social and socio-ecological dynamics that we cannot easily study through large-scale field experiments, but,...
UPDATE: The event resulted in a co-produced policy brief, please see Policy Brief Final. This is a stakeholder event, open to researchers, activists, policy makers, social entrepreneurs, campaigners, artists, communicators etc. who are working on climate change and the ecological crisis. The goal of this event is to come together, exchange insights from research and...
Join us for this seminar by Laurena Kalaja, entitled 'Building Bridges for Democracy: The Role of German-Albanian Cooperation Advancing Democratic Politics'. Abstract This presentation will explore the impact of intergovernmental cooperation between Germany and Albania on fostering democratic politics in Albania, particularly in the context of its ongoing EU membership application. As Albania navigates the...
Join us for this lecture, co-hosted with the Centre for Contemporary Political Theory, in which Marco Guglielmo will be presenting his new book The Left and Digital Politics. Abstract Digital platforms are more than devices, algorithms and websites. They organise societies through the leadership of platform capitalists and their allies in political institutions. We know...