Tom is GP's Online Editor and researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Tom Kirk
Post Archive
The Panama papers show that many countries around the world have failed to tackle tax avoidance and evasion. But making sure everyone pays their fair share is not just a question…
Sarah Carson explores the often unspoken reality of urban living for women around the world and what can be done about it.
Today is International Safe Cities for Women Day. It's a…
Roger Mac Ginty explores the lack of diversity at the International Studies Association and what can be done about it.
“Where are all the brown folks?’ – whispered to me by a PhD…
Ian Thorpe explores how aid is approaching the insights of complexity science.
We are an important juncture in development at the moment with the Sustainable Development Goals due…
Rahel Dette and Julia Steets explore the evolving role of new technologies in aid and development.
Operating in insecure environments is one of the more critical tests for the…
Nancy Birdsall, Scott Morris and Anna Diofasi unpick the politics and numbers behind responses to the Syrian refugee crises.
The Europeans are struggling with the question—and…
The History of Compulsory Voting in Europe: Democracy's Duty? by Anthoula Malkopoulou. New York / London: Routledge 2015. 184 pp, £90 hardcover 9781138021976
Massive electoral…
Why do certain ideas and political paradigms endure while others become obsolete or are rejected?
This question has preoccupied political and philosophical scholarship for…
Josh Busby explores what the Treaty, if that’s what it is, means in light of US domestic politics.
The 22nd April was Earth Day, and there is a push in the climate community to…
Sharing Cities: A Case for Truly Smart and Sustainable Cities by Duncan McLaren and Julian Agyeman. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press 2015. 464 pp, £23.95 hardcover 9780262029728, $22 e-…
Pablo Castillo Diaz explores the United Nation's portrayal in popular culture.
Conduct the following exercise: scroll through a list of actors who have played the role of the U.S…
Duncan Green reviews Branko Milanovic's 'Global Inequality A New Approach for the Age of Globalization.
Global Inequality A New Approach for the Age of Globalization, by Branko…
This keynote speech from Alan Pellet was given at the first session of the third OECD meeting of International Organisations in April. The session was entitled: ‘International…
In March 2016, the Global Leadership Initiative at the University of Sheffield, led by Professor Jason Heyes and Dr. Thomas Hastings led a team of social scientists acting as a…
As the vote on Britain’s EU membership draws closer, Ted Schrecker explores Québec’s own history of referendums to offer an outsider’s perspective.
As a Canadian political…