Luke Cooper

Luke Cooper is a consultant researcher at the LSE Conflict and Civil Society Research Unit. He was previously a Visiting Fellow on the Europe’s Futures programme at the IWM (2018 - 2019) and is currently researching European politics and the global rise of authoritarianism @lukecooper100.

Coronavirus and the crisis of globalisation: dangers and answers

“We must demonstrate the superiority of democratic governance over authoritarianism, bringing about a set of practical changes to greatly improve human wellbeing.”

By Guy Aitchison and Luke Cooper

/ 24 Jun 2020

Coronavirus and the crisis of globalisation: dangers and answers

“We wargamed the last days of Brexit. Here’s what we found out”

What can be learned about winners and losers from running a simulation of Brexit as a wargame?

By Luke Cooper

/ 23 Jul 2019

“We wargamed the last days of Brexit. Here’s what we found out”

Free Movement Plus: a third way on the Brexit/migration debate

On Brexit and migration, there is an alternative to such a lurch backwards. We call it free movement+ where the plus refers to a new deal on workers’ rights.

By Luke Cooper

/ 25 Sep 2017

Free Movement Plus: a third way on the Brexit/migration debate

On Brexit and migration, there is an alternative to such a lurch backwards. We call it free movement+ where the plus refers to a new deal on workers’ rights.

By Luke Cooper

/ 25 Sep 2017

Is UKIP Labour’s phantom menace?

UKIP's existential threat to Labour has become accepted wisdom across the political spectrum, but the data tells a quite different story.

By Luke Cooper

/ 13 Dec 2016

A different Europe or bust

As David Cameron’s renegotiation nears its uneventful conclusion, the big picture of what kind of Europe we want to live in is in danger of being lost. What can we do to change it?

By Luke Cooper

/ 4 Feb 2016

A different Europe or bust

As David Cameron’s renegotiation nears its uneventful conclusion, the big picture of what kind of Europe we want to live in is in danger of being lost. What can we do to change it?

By Luke Cooper

/ 4 Feb 2016

What should Corbyn demand of Europe?

To campaign for remaining in the EU without advancing a set of positive reforms that address its problems, would obviously be a non-starter.

By Luke Cooper

/ 17 Sep 2015

What should Corbyn demand of Europe?

To campaign for remaining in the EU without advancing a set of positive reforms that address its problems, would obviously be a non-starter.

By Luke Cooper

/ 17 Sep 2015

If we abandon the ideal of European unity, the only winner will be neoliberalism

The Eurozone is witnessing the playing out of the contradictions inherent in its structure. This leaves the left with the question: is it time to walk away?

By Luke Cooper

/ 22 Jul 2015

If we abandon the ideal of European unity, the only winner will be neoliberalism

The Eurozone is witnessing the playing out of the contradictions inherent in its structure. This leaves the left with the question: is it time to walk away?

By Luke Cooper

/ 22 Jul 2015

Reclaim the future? An idea whose time has come

This weekend radical activists from across Britain will come to the capital to debate, discuss and plan for a future beyond the dead end of austerity.

By Luke Cooper

/ 27 Nov 2012