Featured Events
2026/2027 Events
Teaching Politics Otherwise: A Pedagogy of Refusal
Date: 8 October 2026 (In-Person, UCL Main Campus)
Speakers: Claire Timperley (Te Herenga Waka), Kate Schick (Te Herenga Waka)
CPP × ASPIRE Conference 2026
Onwards, Upwards: The Education Track and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Politics and International Relations
12 of June, 2026 · In-Person Event, Bloomsbury Campus
UCL’s Centre for the Pedagogy of Politics (CPP) and the ASPIRE Network co-hosted this one-day conference on the education track and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) in Politics and International Relations.
The conference reflected on two decades of developments in teaching and learning within the discipline, including the growth of pedagogical scholarship, innovations in teaching and assessment, and the expanding role of education-focused academics. It considered how Politics and International Relations can sustain this progress, the expertise that education track colleagues bring to the discipline, and areas of pedagogical scholarship that would benefit from further development.
The programme covered a range of themes, including student agency and research, creative pedagogies, artificial intelligence, inclusion and positionality, and relational approaches to teaching and learning.
The event also took place during the 30th anniversary year of UCL’s Department of Political Science.
Past Events
Explore our past seminars, panel discussions, and annual events, organised by academic year.
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Disability, Technology and Inclusive Education (Link)
Date: 4 December 2025 (Online)
Speakers: Ben Watson (UCL), Martin Compton (King’s College London), Miranda Melcher (Educational Technologist, Learning Enhancement and Development (LEaD) department (City, University of London)
Relational Pedagogies Inside and Outside the Classroom (Link)
Date: 5 March 2026 (Online)
Speakers: Kate Schick (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand), Claire Timperley (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand), Karen Gravett (University of Surrey, UK)
Onwards, Upwards: The Education Track and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Politics and International Relations (Link)
Date: 12 June 2026 (In-Person)
Speakers: Centre for the Pedagogy of Politics (UCL), ASPIRE Network
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Ethical and Epistemological Issues in the Teaching of Politics (Link)
Date: 6 June 2025 (In-Person)
Speakers: Centre for the Pedagogy of Politics (UCL), Teaching Political Theory Network (University of York)
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Using Technology to Teach Politics (Link)
Date: 30 October 2023 (Online)
Speakers: Natalie Jester (Gloucestershire), David Roberts (Loughborough), Georgina Blakely (Huddersfield), Simon Sweeney (York)
Liberating the Curriculum: Theory and Practice (Link)
Date: 5 February 2024 (Online)
Speakers: Robbie Shilliam (Johns Hopkins University), Manjeet Ramgotra (SOAS University of London), Darcy Leigh (University of Sussex), Helen McCabe (University of Nottingham)
What Does a Good Politics/IR Degree Look Like? (Link)
Date: 26 February 2024 (Online)
Speakers: Stephen Thorton (University of Cardiff ), Shuk Ying Chan (UCL ), Simon Lightfoot (University of Leeds), Victoria Honeyman (University of Leeds), Adam Fagan (King's College London ), Lisa Harrison (University of the West of Scotland)
Teaching Politics Through Games and Simulations (Link)
Date: 1 May 2024 (Online)
Speakers: Simon Usherwood (Open University), Amanda Rosen (US Naval War College), Frands Pedersen (University of Westminster), Tomer Perry (Minerva College)
Methods and Challenges in Teaching Political Theory (Link)
Date: 14 May 2024 (Online)
Speakers: Diana Popescu-Sarry (University of Nottingham), Matthias Heil (Ruprecht Karls University Heidelberg), Ruairidh Brown (Forward College, Lisbon)
Pedagogies for Citizenship, Activism and Just Futures (Link)
Date: 24 May 2024 (In-Person)
Speakers: Centre for the Pedagogy of Politics (UCL), Climate Politics Cluster (UCL)
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Book Presentation: ‘Pedagogy as Encounter’ (Link)
Date: 11 October 2022 (Online)
Speaker: Naeem Inayatulla (Ithaca College)
Diversity and Decolonisation (Link)
Date: 25 October 2022 (Online)
Speaker: Helen Williams (University of Nottingham)
Teaching Feminist Theory (Link)
Date: 15 November 2022 (Online)
Speaker: Rose Gann (Nottingham Trent University)
Information Literacy in the Political Science Classroom (Link)
Date: 29 November 2022 (Online)
Speaker: Stephen Thornton (Cardiff University)
Video Use and Video Literacy in International Relations (Link)
Date: 13 December 2022 (Online)
Speaker: Jack Holland (University of Leeds)
The Role of Informed Intuition and Intuitive Openness in Political Science (Link)
Date: 17 January 2023 (Online)
Speaker: Ellie Knott (LSE)
Cultivating Civic Engagement in and beyond the Classroom: A Case Study of Environmental and Climate Justice (Link)
Date: 31 January 2023 (Online)
Speakers: Fergus Green (UCL), Karin Noskova (UCL)
Working with POLIS Students as Partners: Opportunities and Challenges (Link)
Date: 7 March 2023
Speaker: Donna Smith (The Open University)
Fictional Narratives in Political Theory
Date: 16 May 2023
Speaker: Simon Stevens (DMU)
Integrating Research-led Employability in Foreign Policy Courses: A Case Study (Link)
Date: 6 June 2023 (Online)
Speaker: Victoria Honeyman
Get involved
Most of our seminars and panel discussions are held online, and are open to interested academics and educators.
To attend an upcoming event, join our mailing list and receive event invitations, or if you have a project you would like to present, please email us at polsci.cpp@ucl.ac.uk.