Our Spring Symposia are our flagship annual event. Held in April 2026, it was an opportunity to learn from both other Early Career and PhD scholars and to gain feedback from more senior academics working in and around global political theory. We are proud to be sponsored by the Society for Applied Philosophy, who aim to foster the application of philosophy to real-world problems ranging from the climate crisis to animal rights to housing justice.

The keynote was given by Professor Jeffrey Howard, who works on policy-engaged political philosophy around topics like social media regulation, counter-extremism, and AI ethics.

There was a panel of senior academics discussing methodology in global political theory.

We had four core themes:

1. The methodology of situated theory (chaired by Dr Alice Baderin, University of Reading, Daniel Santos from Loughborough University, Dr George Boss from QMUL)

2. Digital technology, AI, and global power (chaired by Dr Alex Grzankowski, KCL, Speakers: Dr Erik Cardona-Gomez from SOAS, Caio Simoneti from the University of Cambridge)

3. The climate crisis (chaired by Dr Ross Mittiga, SOAS, Speakers: Rhiannon Emm from KCL, Daniel Drury from the University of St. Andrews)

4. Work and its future (chaired by Dr Tom Parr, University of Warwick, Speakers: Jonjo Brady from QMUL, Rebecca Clark from LSE)