Gearty Grillings
Episodes
The Geopolitics of Health in the Middle East
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This event will discuss the geopolitical barriers to strengthening health systems in the region, presenting a country case study comparison of Palesti...
The Importance of Not Being Earnest
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We explore what’s philosophically interesting about comedy. Both have a lot in common: showing up the ordinary as odd, critiquing the status quo, he...
Children and the Digital Environment
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Where does the digital begin and end, what does it incorporate? What are the implications for children? In this webinar we will debate the theories an...
China and the West in the Era of COVID-19
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
COVID-19 originated in Wuhan, China’s authoritarian system enabled it to contain the virus even as the United States became a global epicentre of di...
The Work of the Future: where will it come from?
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Join leading economist David Autor in discussion with Judy Wajcman as we explore the relationships between emerging technologies and the future of wor...
Do algorithms have too much power?
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Computer algorithms shape our lives and increasingly control our future, but how much power should we give to them and have we let things go too far?
How to be Happy
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do you feel like you’re on a treadmill and happiness is always just around the corner? Are you disappointed that the things you buy don’t ...
Inequalities in Urban Planning – a history of Detroit
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Drawing on her work as a planning and housing specialist and her role with the Detroit land bank, Dekonti Mends Cole talks about the aftermath of the ...
The Power of Creative Destruction - Economic Upheaval and the Wealth of Nations
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Philippe Aghion, Professor at the Collège de France and LSE, offers a cutting-edge analysis of what drives economic growth and a blueprint for prospe...
Predatory States and Ungoverned Spaces: who assumes the responsibility to protect?
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Reflecting on their personal experiences and journeys into their fields of expertise, this discussion will draw attention to the growing challenge of ...
The Impossible Office? 300 years of the British Prime Minister
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Office of the British Prime Minister has endured longer than any other democratic political office, but how have the 55 remarkable individuals who...
Mary Wollstonecraft and the Vindication of Human Rights
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Join two great minds in exploring the themes of justice and equality: Amartya Sen and Enlightenment hero Mary Wollstonecraft, as Amartya Sen gives the...
Duck – Rabbit: taking sides
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A new podcast where Professor Paul Dolan looks at the issues that divide us.
The New Age of Empire: how racism and colonialism still rule the world
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Coretta Phillips will be in conversation with Kehinde Andrews to discusses his new book, The New Age of Empire.
Debating Capital and Ideology
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This event will debate Thomas Piketty’s urgent new book, Capital and Ideology, and will feature an interdisciplinary panel of experts.
Irrationality - A History of the Dark Side of Reason
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Julian Le Grand will talk with Justin E. H. Smith about his new book, Irrationality - A History of the Dark Side of Reason.
Cosmopolitanisms: past, present, future?
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A cosmopolitics that allows it for mankind to address its common interests is clearly needed, as demonstrated again by the COVID-19 pandemic. It is ev...
The Technological Revolution in Financial Services
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for a panel discussion on The Technological Revolution in Financial Services: How Banks, Fintechs and Customers Win Together, edited by Michae...
Inequality: the misallocation of talent and economic development
15 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This lecture reviews recent evidence on the misallocation of talent by economic class and gender in different settings, highlighting how temporary sho...
The Politics of Race in American Film: Episode 4, Hollywood Representations of Blackness
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of The Politics of Race in American Film looks at films which engage with questions of blackness and race in America during the Obama and...
SHORTCAST | Gender and COVID-19: a feminist economic lens
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is an event shortcast, a digested version of our live online public events series. This event was recorded on February 18th 2021. A full version ...
SHORTCAST | What We Owe Each Other: a new social contract
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is an event shortcast, a digested version of our live online public events series. This event was recorded on March 1st 2021. A full version is a...
The Psychology of Intergroup Inequality
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Jim Sidanius will present some of his latest ideas on the psychological foundations of intergroup inequality, followed by a conversation on ...
Empires Past & Present: empire around 1900
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this series of four lectures, the Elihu Professor of History and Global Affairs at Yale, Odd Arne Westad, discusses the concept of empire and why i...
How to Build the Future You Want | Think Big by Dr Grace Lordan
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Grace Lordan's new book, Think Big, provides a practical framework to keep you moving in the right direction.
Race and Democracy in America
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A discussion about race and racial inequity in the United States, past and present.
Drugs and Development Policies: a discussion with the Global Commission on Drug Policy
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This high-level discussion will explore the experiences of four former heads of state or government, from four regions in the world, to discuss the me...
Tackling the COVID-19 Pandemic of Inequality to Build a Green, Inclusive, & Resilient Recovery
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Join World Bank Group President David Malpass, ahead of the Spring Meetings, at the London School of Economics and Political Science as he discusses w...
The Power to Say Yes, The Right to Say No
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, will discuss why bodily autonomy and sexual and ...
Think Big
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this event, Paul Dolan will be in conversation with Grace Lordan about her new book, Think Big: Take Small Steps and Build the Future You Want.
The Hype Machine: how social media disrupts our elections, our economy and our health
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
MIT professor Sinan Aral draws on two decades of his own research and business experience and go under the hood of the biggest, most powerful social n...
A Theory of Everything?
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The biologist Theodosius Dobzhansky wrote that nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution. Is there an even more general theory t...
Regimes of Inequality: the political economy of health and wealth
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this lecture, Julia Lynch will examine the political dynamics underlying the “new normal” of high and rising inequality since 1980.
The Politics of Race in American Film: Episode 3, Class, Gender and Freedom at the Edges of American Society
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Clive James Nwonka hosts a conversation with Melanie Hoyes, Dr. Luisa Heredia, and Dr. Shelley Cobb about the films American Honey and The Florida...
From Subject to Citizen – And Back: crises of the republic
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This year’s Fred Halliday Memorial Event will explore how and why the symbolic investment in republican discourse and the building of republican ins...
The Left in Power: reflections on SYRIZA’s promise and achievements
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When SYRIZA came to power in January 2015, it promised an end to the bailouts and to austerity. In this conversation with Kevin Featherstone, Euclid T...
Celebrating Ruth Bader Ginsburg 1933-2020
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
At this event, our panelists will celebrate the achievements of Celebrating Ruth Bader Ginsburg 1933-2020 and assess her legacy.
Getting Developing Asia Back on Track
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Asia has successfully transitioned from a low-income agrarian region in the 1960s to a global manufacturing powerhouse today, driving growth around th...
How Much is Your Health Worth? The Human and Economic Value of Health in the Era of COVID-19
17 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed extraordinary challenges to all sectors of society and underscored the centrality of human health and well-being to th...
Embedding Health Policy into Broader Economic Thinking
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Diseases present us with obvious health costs, but there are significant economic costs to illness too.
The Future of Work in Africa
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Africa is a 1.2 billion person market on the cusp of dramatic and transformative growth.
Is Europe White? Assessing the Role of Whiteness in Europe Today
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the form of white privilege, ‘colour-blindness’ and supremacy, how does whiteness shape individual lives and European societies alike? This eve...
Social Solidarity and the Virus
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Has the sudden, intense common experience of the virus crisis generated a reservoir of social solidarity? How have public attitudes and political cult...
SHORTCAST | Beveridge 2.0 The Supportive State
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is an event shortcast, a digested version of the STICERD panel discussion that took place on January 13th 2021.
SHORTCAST | Going for Growth
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is an event shortcast, a digested version of our live online public events series. This event was recorded on 8th February 2021. A full version i...
A Brief History of Equality
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Will the Covid-19 pandemic fuel social demand for equality and economic justice?
Women in International Thought
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This event, will uncover and explore women’s often foundational role in thinking about international politics.
Safety Culture: what can the post-COVID world learn from high-risk industries
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the post-COVID world, companies (and indeed societies) will need to develop a culture that allows them to maximise productivity whilst retaining sa...
UK Market Regulation After Brexit: higher, lower or stay the same?
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How best can the UK economy compete in the world of the future?
Not Suitable for Work
06 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to work, is less more?
Shaping the Post-COVID City
06 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How can policy makers and urban health leaders plan through this uncertainty, and how can those plans help to address the changing nature of and exist...
Accelerating Gender Equality in India post-COVID
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
To mark International Women’s Day 2021, we explore how India can adopt more gender inclusive policy planning and implementation to manage the impact...
After COVID, What Next for Urban Humanitarian Responses?
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What lessons have been learned from the pandemic in managing humanitarian responses in urban settings? How can we harness this to create a more just w...
Health Policy in a Post-COVID World
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
COVID-19 has presented an opportunity to address some of the profound underlying problems of our health systems. We compare international health syste...
How to Harness Data to improve your Decision-making and Increase your Probability of Success
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Data-driven decision-making and the ability to communicate a large amount of information to audiences efficiently are vital in any industry.
Humans, Animals and Pandemics: what needs to change?
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What steps to improve animal welfare do governments need to take to save humanity from a catastrophe that may be far greater than the ongoing COVID di...
What can Health Services Learn from COVID-19?
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
COVID-19 has tested many countries’ health systems beyond their limits. Health services were overwhelmed by COVID patients and populations also face...
What is the Future of Diplomacy?
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Are pixellated images of leaders in tiny squares on a computer screen the 'new normal' for international diplomacy? What are the implications of the l...
Breaking the Inequality Mould in Latin America
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rethinking inequality reduction programmes in post-COVID Latin America is timely and urgent. What are the pathways forward?
How Can We Shape a More Inclusive Future?
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The politics of ‘difference’ remain salient in contemporary societies; discrimination often encompasses the sometimes less obvious, but equally da...
How to Manage Technological Disruption: tech giants, competition, and the future of work
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Digital platforms have upended traditional business models and are disrupting ever more industries in a post-COVID world.
Isolationism: the future of US foreign policy?
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
During the presidency of Donald Trump, the US pursued a more self-interested and transactional foreign policy, often seeing relations with other count...
Why is Unemployment Bad for Gender Equality?
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Aliya Rao explores how unemployment reinforces gender inegalitarian norms and behaviours when it comes to time, space and emotions. How might we tackl...
COVID-19 in the UK: where are all the women?
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Women’s vulnerability must be considered in pandemic preparedness and response.
Digital by Default: the COVID-19 generation
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Almost overnight, following lockdown, children’s lives became digital by default. We critically reflect on how children’s experiences, needs and r...
How Can We Do Good Science With Models?
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Given their power to influence the world, how can we ensure that mathematical models are developed in a transparent and accountable way, providing inf...
How to Be Effective Leaders in the Context of Organisational Change
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Effective leadership is essential in any organisation. In an uncertain world, resilient leaders are more important than ever to the survival and succe...
The Politics of Race in American Film: Episode 2, Race, Space, and The City
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Politics of Race in American Film podcast, Dr. Clive James Nwonka discusses the films Paterson and The Last Black Man in San Fr...
We Have Declared a Climate Emergency! Now what?
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The translation of climate policy into “on the ground” actions in our communities should deliver healthier, more prosperous and resilient cities w...
What is Colonial about Global Health?
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Can COVID-19 invigorate an alternative vision for the future of global health?
What Work Disappeared? COVID-19 and Labour Market Outcomes for the Under 25s
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Has the COVID-19 pandemic led to worse career prospects for young people?
Financing a Green and Just Recovery from COVID-19
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How can we combine recovery from COVID-19 with the shift to an inclusive and sustainable global economy?
How Can Policy Makers Use Behavioural Science?
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What specific societal behaviours should policy makers want to shape as we move forward in a post-COVID world? We analyse what behavioural science res...
How the Pandemic Polarised Us
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We explore political polarisation in the UK, EU, US and on social media in light of COVID-19, and how democracy can be built back.
How to Develop your Presence and Influence
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
To create positive change in the world, we need to influence people who have more power than we do and convince them to listen to us.
Scroungers versus Strivers: the myth of the welfare state
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is dedicated to social policy giant Professor Sir John Hills, who died in December 2020.
Scroungers versus Strivers: the myth of the welfare state
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is dedicated to social policy giant Professor Sir John Hills, who died in December 2020.
Start-up Survival: how do young innovators navigate the 'new normal'?
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This pre-recorded film includes testimonies and honest insights from two young innovators building businesses focussed on the betterment of society.
Why Should We Build Back Differently?
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Post-COVID19, there is talk of ‘building back better’. What does this mean?
A Letter on Feminist Peace
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How could we create a world founded on an inclusive and intersectional concept of humanity and peaceful existence for all peoples?
How Has COVID-19 Produced New Forms of Stigma?
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Drawing on ethnographic insights, Nikita Simpson explores how these new relations of stigma have emerged in the UK during the pandemic.
How to take control of your decisions
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What is the next big decision you need to make? COVID-19 has had a profound impact on many of our behaviours. What is the impact it has had on the dec...
How will New Technology Affect the Future of Work?
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Many fear the impact of robots and AI on the demand for labour in the future. Such techno-angst is nothing new and perhaps we can learn from the past ...
Life in a Post-COVID World: learning from Southeast Asia
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Although the distinctive outcomes of COVID-19 in Southeast Asia are only now becoming clear, we expect that they can become the basis for innovative a...
We Are All in This Together: has COVID-19 taught us how to save the world?
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Can the massive shift in the way we now relate to each other, and the rules we choose to live by, help us tackle other collective threats to humanity,...
What We Owe Each Other: a new social contract
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What should a social contract for the 21st century look like?
The Costs of Connection: how data is colonizing human life and appropriates it
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Couldry and Ulises Ali Mejias will discuss their book, The Costs of Connection: How Data Colonizes Human Life and Appropriates it for Capitalism.
A Polity Divided: empire, nation, and the construction of the British welfare state
24 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Annual British Journal of Sociology Lecture examines national welfare in the context of being an imperial polity organised around hierarchies – ...
Making Your Voice Heard
24 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Drawing on research from her latest book, Making Your Voice Heard, Connson Locke will look at how to develop your leadership presence and be more infl...
Philanthropy - from Aristotle to Zuckerberg
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for this talk by Paul Vallely who will be discussing his new book, Philanthropy: From Aristotle to Zuckerberg.
Public Authority Podcast | Episode 1
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the first of two episodes on the ‘localisation agenda’, this episode looks into the histories of NGOs in the country, the challenges faced by N...
Public Authority Podcast | Episode 2
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the second of two episodes on the ‘localisation agenda’, this episode examines the barriers to the localisation of aid in South Sudan.
Resilience
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What do we mean by the term ‘resilience’? We trace the philosophical traditions of resilience and explore critical perspectives on its modern form...
SHORTCAST | Data-driven Responses to COVID-19: opportunities and limitations
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With many activities moving online, there is growing pressure to implement a range of data–driven responses as “obvious” solutions to various CO...
SHORTCAST | Growth and solidarity: cities reimagining human mobility in Africa and Europe
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As cities grapple with the impact of the Covid pandemic the Mayors Dialogue will chart a path forward...
Gender and COVID-19: a feminist economic lens
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for this first lecture in our new series organised in memory of Sylvia Chant which will be delivered by Naila Kabeer.
Wealth Inequality Across the Globe
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This event will introduce a special issue of The Journal of Chinese Sociology, which will showcase new analyses of wealth inequality and their implica...
How was Brexit for you? a reflection on what we learnt
17 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What do we still need to learn if the UK is to make a success of Brexit? The panel will consider the changes occurring across government, the economy ...
"World on the Edge": the crisis of the western liberal order
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This event will debate the crisis of the liberal order: is the cause of the crisis liberalism itself, or does it have as much to do with Trump and the...
Let’s Talk Careers in a Post-COVID world
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The impacts of COVID-19 on career prospects will differ across individuals. In this session we will discuss the groups of people who have advanced and...