On 17 June 2022, Political Theory PhD students and staff gathered for a day-long retreat organised by CRITIQUE Co-Director, Mihaela Mihai. Students shared work-in-progress during the morning session, and the afternoon was an open opportunity to discuss opportunities and challenges related to a career in academia. Presenters included: Joseph Conrad: […]

CRITIQUE’s Environmental Working Group, a student-led group exploring the intersection of political theory and environmental issues, will present a 30-minute ‘story’ as part of University of Edinburgh’s annual Learning and Teaching Conference, “Shaping Our Futures”. Grace Garland, Talia Shoval, and Joseph Conrad will share their emergent understanding of what it […]

Dr Oliver Escobar, CRITIQUE’s Co-Director, is part of the team organising a Summer School course under the aegis of the Edinburgh Futures Institute: “Skills for democratic innovation and the governance of the future”. This short course, comprising two half-day sessions, will focus on skills for governance that can address systemic […]

Through the Civic Charter, hundreds of organisations and individuals are using their voices in support of Scotland’s Climate Assembly and the recommendations for action it has submitted to the Scottish Government and Scottish Parliament. Join them! Sign up your organisation here, and share the news via the hashtag #SignForScotland. It […]

We are excited to share news of an upcoming online festival, ‘Bridging the Void’, exploring the challenges of life beyond crime and punishment. The festival is the culmination of a four-year project in which CRITIQUE Co-Director Dr Oliver Escobar was one of four Co-Investigators, in partnership with Glasgow University (Principal […]

Life Support: Forms of Care in Art and Activism 14th August – 16th October, Glasgow Women’s Library. How have individuals and collectives imagined alternative ways of living and organising? Inspired by our communities and collections, Life Support considers how artists and activists have addressed and challenged experiences of care, health, education, housing and home […]

Critique’s Kieran Oberman secured a contract (Oxford University Press) for a monograph entitled Immigration is a Human Right. Congratulations!