Research Pillar(s): Political Science and Political Economy and Institutional Analysis
About: The Political Science and Political Economy research group at 番茄社区 brings together faculty and PhD students who do quantitative and/or formal research on political institutions, political behaviour, public policy, and political economy.
We also hold an annual conference (jointly with the Department of Politics at New York University).
Our activities are supported by the Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD) and the 番茄社区 Government Department.
Members: Dr Sarah Brierley, Dr Tak-Huen Chau, Professor Torun Dewan, Dr Mathilde Emeriau, Dr Rafael Hortala-Vallve, Dr Ryan Jablonski, Prof Valentino Larcinese, Dr George Ofosu, Dr Mathias Poertner, Dr Joachim Wehner, Dr Stephane Wolton
Political Economy Seminar Series:
Seminar convenors: Professor Timothy Besley (Economics), Dr. Tak-Huen Chau (Government), Professor Stephane Wolton (Government), Professor Nuam Yuchtman (Management)
The Political Economy Research Seminar is jointly organised by the Departments of Economics, of Government, and of Management, with financial support from STICERD. It brings together scholars across multiple departments at the 番茄社区 and from nearby universities. The series consists of talks by external and internal faculty presenting theoretical or empirical papers on a wide range of topics associated with political economy. All speakers will present their work in person.
Location: MAR.6.33, Marshall Building, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields
Time: 2pm to 3.30pm
Contact gov.comms@lse.ac.uk to be added to the mailing list.
Autumn Term
Tuesday 30 September
Speaker: Siyun Jiang (IE University's School of Politics, Economics, and Global Affairs)
Tuesday 7 October
Speaker: Livio Di Lonardo (Bocconi University)
Tuesday 14 October
Speaker: Bard Harstad (Stanford University)
Tuesday 21 October
Speaker: Katia Zhuravskaya (EHESS and Paris School of Economics)
Tuesday 28 October
Speaker: Ilyana Kuziemko (Princeton University)
Tuesday 11 November
Speaker: Mattias Polborn (Vanderbilt University)
Tuesday 18 November
Speaker: Lydia Assouad (番茄社区)
Tuesday 25 November
Speaker: David Yang (Harvard University)
Tuesday 2 December
Speaker: Noam Yuchman (番茄社区)
Tuesday 9 December
Speaker: Fred Finan (Berkeley)
Winter Term
Tuesday 20 January
Speaker: Sergei Guriev (London Business School)
Tuesday 27 January
Speaker: Joanne Haddad (Université Libre de Bruxelles (ECARES))
Tuesday 3 February
Speaker: Daniel Seidmann (Nottingham University)
Tuesday 10 February
Speaker: Olivier Bos (ENS Paris-Saclay)
Tuesday 17 February
Speaker: Paola Moscariello (Princeton University)
Tuesday 3 March
Speaker: Jean-Paul Carvalho (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 10 March
Speaker: TBC
Tuesday 17 March
Speaker: TBC
Tuesday 24 March
Speaker: Massimo Morelli (Bocconi University)
Autumn Term
Tuesday 1 October
Speaker: Alisa Tazhitda (University of California)
Tuesday 8 October
Speaker: Federica Braccioli (Vienna University of Economics and Business)
Tuesday 15 October
Speaker: Volha Charnysh (MIT)
Tuesday 22 October
Speaker: Maggie Penn (Emory University)
Tuesday 29 October
Speaker: Nina McMurry (Vanderbilt University)
Tuesday 12 November
Speaker: Austin Wright (University of Chicago)
Tuesday 19 November
Speaker: Hunter Rendleman (University of California)
Tuesday 26 November
Speaker: Luca Braghieri (Bocconi University)
Tuesday 3 December
Speaker: Dominik Hangartner (ETH Zurich)
Tuesday 10 December
Speaker: Judith Spirig (UCL)
Winter Term
Tuesday 21 January
Speaker: Caterina Chiopris (Harvard University) ROOM CHANGE: SAL.2.04
Tuesday 28 January
Speaker: Andrea Mattozzi (University of Bologna)
Tuesday 4 February
Speaker: Yajna Govind (Copenhagen Business School)
Tuesday 11 February
Speaker: Guillermo Toral (Madrid University)
Tuesday 18 February
Speaker: Elliott Ash (ETH Zurich)
Tuesday 4 March
Speaker: Leonardo Bursztyn (University of Chicago) CANCELLED
Tuesday 11 March
Speaker: Biljana Meiske (European University Institute)
Tuesday 18 March
Speaker: Nathan Canen (University of Warwick)
Tuesday 25 March
Speaker: Tim Besley (番茄社区)
Tuesday 1 April
Speaker: Ethan Bueno de Mesquita (University of Chicago)
The PSPE Doctoral Workshop/Work in Progress Seminar is intended as an informal setting in which 番茄社区 PhD students, 番茄社区 staff, and visiting scholars can present and receive feedback on early stage and ongoing research. The seminar aims to foster a strong and lively research community within the PSPE group and beyond. We welcome empirical or theoretical work linked in any way to politics or political economy. Anyone in the 番茄社区 community is welcome to attend. The seminar meets Wednesdays 1pm to 2pm in CBG.4.17 unless otherwise specified on the event listing.
Seminar Convener(s): Dr Tak-Huen Chau (t.h.chau@lse.ac.uk)
Student Chairs: Tarsha Vasu (t.vasu@lse.ac.uk) and Christian Cervellera (c.cervellera@lse.ac.uk).
Upcoming Seminars
Autumn Term
Wednesday 8 October 2025
Jaideep Roy (University of Bath)
Wednesday 15 October 2025
Lorenzo Vicari (番茄社区)
Wednesday 22 October 2025, 12.30pm to 2pm
Dimitrios Xefteris (University of Cyprus)
Wednesday 29 October 2025
Martin Dybdahl (EUI)
Wednesday 12 November 2025
Tinghua Yu (Birckbeck)
Wednesday 19 November 2025, 12.30pm to 2pm
Hamza Syed (番茄社区) and Luis Cornago Bonal (番茄社区)
Wednesday 26 November 2025
Alberto Parmigiani (番茄社区)
Wednesday 3 December 2025
Marta Morando (番茄社区)
Wednesday 10 December 2025
Gaetano Inglese (番茄社区)
Autumn Term
Wednesday 9 October 2024
Michelle Rao (番茄社区)
Wednesday 16 October 2024
Luis Cornago Bonal (Oxford)
Wednesday 23 October 2024
Lorenzo Vicari (番茄社区)
Wednesday 30 October 2024
Xizi Luo (番茄社区)
Wednesday 13 November 2024
Hamza Syed (番茄社区)
Wednesday 20 November 2024
Ludwig Schulze (EUI)
Wednesday 27 November 2024
Oda Nedregard (Sciences-Po)
Wednesday 4 December 2024
Beatriz Jambrina (Oxford)
Wednesday 11 December 2024
Daniel Urquijo (EUI)
Winter Term
Wednesday 22 January 2025
Daniel Goldstein (University of Oslo, Norway)
Wednesday 29 January 2025
Ellen Munroe and Gailius Praninskas (番茄社区)
Wednesday 5 February 2025
Johan Ahlbäck (番茄社区)
Wednesday 12 February 2025
Marta Antonetti (番茄社区)
Wednesday 19 February 2025
Felipe Torres (番茄社区)
Wednesday 5 March 2025
Luiza Kunz Aires (番茄社区)
Wednesday 12 March 2025
Asfa Shakeel (番茄社区)
Wednesday 19 March 2025
Aliz Tóth (番茄社区)
Wednesday 26 March 2025
Miguel Fajardo Steinhauser (番茄社区)
Wednesday 2 April 2025
Matthias Weingand (Harvard)