Dr. Kai Spiekermann

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Biography

Kai Spiekermann is a Professor in Political Philosophy at the Department of Government at the London School of Economics. His research interests lie at the intersection of normative and positive political theory, focusing on the philosophy of social sciences, social epistemology, and environmental change. He applies formal methods, computational simulations, and experimental techniques to address issues in political philosophy. His recent publications have explored mechanisms of norm avoidance, strategic ignorance, moral knowledge, information aggregation, jury theorems, and epistemic democracy, alongside reductionism and holism in social sciences. He teaches courses including Contemporary Political Theory, Foundations of Political Theory, Politics and Philosophy of Environmental Change, Research Design in Political Science, and Advanced Issues in Applied Political Theory.

Research Interests

Courses

GV262: Contemporary Political Theory GV4H4: Foundations of Political Theory GV4H5: Politics and Philosophy of Environmental Change GV5X1: Research Design in Political Science GV316: Advanced Issues in Applied Political Theory

Requirements for London School of Economics

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
GRE General
Quantitative
Required:164
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Advanced Calculus Linear Algebra Econometrics and Statistics Intermediate Macroeconomics Intermediate Microeconomics
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Specialization Notes

Department of Economics