College events

The logic of Russian disinformation narratives during Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine

Speaker: Prof Katri Pynnöniemi

Date & Time: January 19, 2026, 5:00 pm

What is the role of international institutions in contemporary domestic politics?

Date & Time: January 19, 2026, 5:00 pm

Militarisation, patriotic mobilisation and the societal impact of war in Russia

Speaker: Dr Elena Racheva

Date & Time: January 26, 2026, 5:00 pm

How will the AI Revolution impact on the ways that MPs work?

Date & Time: January 26, 2026, 5:00 pm

From sovereigns to servants: how the war against Ukraine has reshaped Russia’s elite

Speaker: Dr Alexandra Prokopenko

Date & Time: February 2, 2026, 5:00 pm

What isn’t working in contemporary politics - and why: is the problem the civil service, the press, the public, the courts or politicians themselves?

Speaker: Sam Freedman, Peppa Crerar

Date & Time: February 2, 2026, 5:00 pm

Russian instrumental use of international law in its war against Ukraine and in the wider post-Soviet region

Speaker: Prof Rilka Dragneva-Lewers

Date & Time: February 9, 2026, 5:00 pm

What can MPs learn from what has already worked in transforming their institutions for 21st Century

Speaker: Lord Freud, Baroness Hodge of Barking

Date & Time: February 9, 2026, 5:00 pm

Navigating power shifts: Russia and the growing asymmetrical relationship with China

Speaker: Dr Marcin Kaczmarski

Date & Time: February 16, 2026, 5:00 pm

How does the cyber era affect the role of MPs in defence, foreign and security policymaking?

Date & Time: February 16, 2026, 5:00 pm

Politics in Ukraine: how resilient is Ukraine four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion?

Speaker: Prof Andrew Wilson

Date & Time: February 23, 2026, 5:00 pm

How can MPs operate in an area of disinformation and misinformation?

Date & Time: February 23, 2026, 5:00 pm

Preferences over contested territory: evidence from a new survey experiment in Ukraine

Speaker: Dr Carl Müller-Crepon, Dr Marnie Howlett

Date & Time: March 2, 2026, 5:00 pm

How are governments going to pay to make 19th century institutions fit to deal with 21st century problems?

Speaker: Professor Paul Johnson, The Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court

Date & Time: March 2, 2026, 5:00 pm

Audiences of repression: defiant dissent and public opinion in Russia

Speaker: Dr Katerina Tertytchnaya

Date & Time: March 9, 2026, 5:00 pm

Is the changed relationship between voters and legislators due to the development of the Internet a boon for good decision-making - or a challenge?

Date & Time: March 9, 2026, 5:00 pm