Faculty at the London School of Economics; Co-Director, EMAP/EMPP; Governance Innovation Council, Meta Studying lotteries in democracy and tech, participatory tech, HPE, political economy acirone.com
As a member of Meta’s Governance Innovation Council, I’m excited to attend the 2026 Industry-Wide Forum Symposium: Understanding AI Adoption, hosted by the Stanford Deliberative Democracy Lab. The 2026 IWF will happen in the fall, and info about last year’s IWF can be found here: lnkd.in/eivCJ8uf
Hooray! Museum drinks! See you all there 🎉
EPSSCome join us at the Ulster Museum to wrap up #EPSS2026 and mingle with drinks at the museum. 17:00-19:30 www.ulstermuseum.org
More exciting news: Simon Hix is joining us at the LSE School of Public Policy! Very thrilled to hire another political scientist, and looking forward to co-teaching our future MPA students in the core political science module 🎉 @lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social @simonhix.bsky.social
LSE School of Public PolicyWe’re delighted to announce that Simon Hix will join the LSE School of Public Policy as Professor of Political Science in January 2027. Full announcement: https://ow.ly/iKS250Z24uS
Except in the US, “chicken and dumplings” doesn’t mean a dumpling stuffed with chicken. The dumpling is basically pasta, in a chicken sauce…
Luminiferous Ether/Or(wellian)all cultures love little guys (graphic made by Elena Hartley)
Postdoc alert! Fellow in Public Policy at the LSE School of Public Policy. Up to 3 years, a great job in a tight market. Needs to be able to support teaching on our MPP program, but political scientists could definitely do this (make your case!) www.jobs.lse.ac.uk
www.jobs.lse.ac.ukExciting news here at the LSE School of Public Policy -- our new Dean is Anne-Marie Slaughter! Very proud to be a part of the SPP, and looking forward to what’s ahead. www.lse.ac.uk/news/anne-ma...
Anne‑Marie Slaughter | New Dean of LSE School of Public PolicyAnne‑Marie Slaughter to join LSE as Dean of the School of Public Policy, bringing leadership experience from New America, the US State Department and top universities to shape future policy leaders.www.lse.ac.ukAnd an AI girlfriend will never ask for a divorce….. etc etc
Trades Union CongressAn advert promoting an AI company at Bristol Airport has been pulled after backlash. The advert showed a female AI worker who will 'never ask for a raise'.
For anyone looking for postdocs for their students, over the next few months LSE “fellow” positions will start being listed. Research + teaching but 2-3 year runway. The new Global School of Sustainability has 5 new ones posted now! jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
GSOS LSE FellowGSOS LSE Fellow, , <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><spa...jobs.lse.ac.ukThat cross!! Ashes are supposed to be a sign of repentance; not virtue signaling. Actual Catholics aren’t performative about this — the cross is usually a bit uneven (and there’s a gradient in color) and it starts to fall off almost immediately. Lack of humility defeats the point!
Pat BagleyRubio was Catholic before he was Mormon before he was Evangelical before becoming Catholic again He was also anti-Trump, anti-dictator Orban and pro-Ukraine before becoming Trump’s White Nationalist toady on the world stage Quite a journey