London
The Government Department’s Foreign Study Program takes place each year during the fall term. In affiliation with the London School of Economics, it focuses on international relations and comparative politics.
About the Program with Prof. William Wohlforth
Applications
Applications for the Fall 2026 London program open on October 1st, 2025 and close on February 1st, 2026.
If you have questions about the London Program, details may be obtained from The Frank J. Guarini Institute for International Education. Please feel free to visit them at 44 North College Street or on their website.
Apply for the Program
Prerequisites
The prerequisites for this program consist of any two government introductory courses of the following courses: Government 5, and any one of the following courses Government 3, Government 4, or Government 6.
Relevant coursework in other departments will also be considered.
Coursework While on the FSP
Students receive three course credits while on the London FSP. Students take two courses taught by the London School of Economics faculty and one seminar taught by the program's director.
Professor Jennifer Lind will lead the program in Fall of 2025. The LSE professors will offer two midlevel courses - GOVT 90 and GOVT 91. Prof. Lind will offer a seminar GOVT 92.
GOVT 92 - Fall 2026
Ethics and UK Public Policy
This seminar examines the ethical dimensions of public policy in the United Kingdom. Students will engage with analytic political philosophy by contemporary scholars writing in the UK about what makes a society just, what values public policy ought to serve, and how policy implementation can advance or thwart those values. The seminar will focus on three policy areas—education, immigration, and climate change—and as such will consider UK approaches to domestic, international, and global policy. Students will explore a range of perspectives with an aim toward developing their facility with analyzing and constructing normative arguments.
London FSP Director '26
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- William C. Wohlforth
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Professor of Government
Daniel Webster Professor
London FSP Director '27
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- Michelle T. Clarke
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Associate Professor of Government
Greetings From London - Fall '23
Students visit Oxford
Students visit Stonehenge