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LSE: The Ballpark | The international order and US-China competition with Professor Shiping Tang

10 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the past decade, many commentators have increasingly spoken of growing competition between the United States and China in areas like trade, industr...

Racism, anti-racism and the politics of popular culture

06 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Racism and antiracism clash on a daily basis in media discourse. This joint talk reflects on current practices of "othering" in popular media.

Do we need to drive?

04 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of LSE iQ looks at whether we should still be driving.

Does class inequality still matter? The Great British Class Survey ten years on

04 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

10 years since the seminal Social Class in the 21st Century was published, we will revisit the findings, ask if the trends have changed, why class see...

The Open Society as an enemy | Coffee break research at LSE

04 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In The Open Society and its Enemies, Karl Popper defended the Open Society – a conception of liberal democracy in which individuals have freedom of ...

Sustainability and prosperity in the age of ecological scarcity

03 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the present era, rising ecological scarcity and global environmental risks are a defining turning point for all economies, but especially those tha...

Genesis: artificial intelligence, hope, and the human spirit

30 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As AI absorbs data, gains agency, and intermediates between humans and reality, it will help us to address enormous crises, from climate change to geo...

Has neoliberalism failed? Reflections on Western society

29 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this timely event, Samuel Gregg will delve into the origins of the term "neoliberalism," its contested usefulness in contemporary discourse, and wh...

From liberal peace to new Cold War? Turbulence and conflict in the 21st century

28 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Soviet power collapsed between 1989 and 1991, the overwhelming view in the West was that liberalism had triumphed.

Why the public should engage with new science | Coffee break research at LSE

28 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Scientists, policymakers and regulators agree that public engagement is necessary and valuable for building understanding of new scientific developmen...

Power to the people

27 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 2024, two billion people headed to the polls in some 50 countries around the world. But the drama of these elections risks obscuring just how fragi...

Economic development in the 21st century

23 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The problem of economic development in the Global South remains as important as ever. For centuries thinkers have tried to explain why some countries ...

The art of uncertainty: living with chance, ignorance, risk, and luck

22 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Chance, luck, and ignorance; how to put our uncertainty into numbers. We all have to live with uncertainty about what is going to happen, what has hap...

Leadership or drift: what's next for US foreign policy?

21 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this roundtable discussion, leading experts on world affairs take stock of the international challenges and opportunities facing the new administra...

Dangerous guesswork in economic policy

20 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join us to hear Max Steuer talk about his new book, Dangerous Guesswork In Economic Policy.

Malaysian Prime Minister Visits LSE

17 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim visited LSE to deliver a lecture on Malaysia’s global strategy in an uncertain era

Vulture capitalism

13 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join us to hear UK commentator and economic thinker Grace Blakeley talk about her latest book, Vulture Capitalism.

LSE: The Ballpark | The Evolution of American Chip Controls on China with Dr Douglas Fuller

06 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In December 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke Dr Douglas Fuller, Associate Professor in the Department of International Economics, Government and Busine...

LSE Graduation Winter 2024

19 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Congratulations, LSE graduates! ✌️🎓 We're so proud to welcome the class of 2024 to our alumni community.

LSE Graduation Winter 2024

19 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Congratulations, LSE graduates!

How protests shattered Brazil's glossy branding campaign

16 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Governments worldwide invest heavily to project a positive image on the global stage, spending billions to host events like the #WorldCup or #Olympics...

Why are our rivers and seas polluted by sewage?

15 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of LSE iQ explores a national scandal: widespread illegal sewage dumping by our privatised water companies, and why they are all under cr...

Automation, management, and the future of work

12 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As we move deeper into the 21st century, rapid advancements in automation, robotics, and artificial intelligence continue to reshape industries, raisi...

The state of democracy after a year of elections

11 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our panel of LSE researchers explore some of the issues that have come to the fore in this bumper year for international politics, along with the key ...

Have we outgrown democracy?

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

2024 has been a huge year in politics. With so many people going to the polls, a shift has been seen from "voter apathy" to "voter unhappiness."

Human rights through the eyes of my native land: South Africa in the world

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Drawing from the struggle to end apartheid, the lecture will explore the connections between the struggle for human rights and the idea of self-deter...

The 2024 Ghana Election: Why this election is so important for democracy in Africa

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ghana's upcoming elections see the return of a former President against a struggling incumbent party. Issues such as cost of living and recent protest...

The Biggest Electoral Year in History: Did Democracy Work?

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In 2024, over half the world's population went to the polls. We speak to Professor Mukulika Banerjee and Professor Michael Cox to give us their review...

Trump or Harris? What the first few days of a new US presidency will look like | LSE Global Politics

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There is so much uncertainty in the lead up to this year's US Election. Will Kamala Harris win the presidency and succeed Joe Biden? Or will Donald Tr...

AI, society, and our world order

09 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Artificial Intelligence is not only a generational technology, but also a general purpose technology—one that has outsized potential to transform so...

Getting lost in a field: a personal history in behavioural public policy

09 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In his inaugural lecture, Adam Oliver will describe how he became involved in, and has helped contribute towards the development of, the still relativ...

LSE: The Ballpark | China and technology export controls with Michael Mastanduno and Jennifer Lind

09 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In October 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Michael Mastanduno, Nelson A. Rockefeller Professor of Government at Dartmouth College, and Dr...

Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful

05 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this talk based on her new book, Mirca Madianou will argue that digital innovations such as biometrics and chatbots engender new forms of violence ...

Feeding the machine: the hidden human labour powering AI

04 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Conversations around AI tend to focus on the future dangers, but what about the damage AI is inflicting on people right now?

The Edge of Sentience: risk and precaution in humans, other animals, and AI

03 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Birch's new book, The Edge of Sentience: Risk and Precaution in Humans, Other Animals, and AI, constructs a precautionary framework designed to help u...

The Open Society as an Enemy: Populism, Popper and pessimism post-1989

02 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Across the world, populist agendas on both the left and right threaten to undermine fundamental principles that underpin liberal democracies, what wer...

Cobalt rush: raw materials and the transition to net zero

28 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Decarbonisation of the transportation sector is a vital component in achieving the goals set out in the Paris Agreement. Consequently, governments aro...

Is the internet good for children?

27 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Public anxiety about children’s digital lives and wellbeing is reaching a fever pitch, marking a notable turnaround from the decades-long efforts to...

Hypnosis: the inside story | Coffee break research at LSE

26 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What is hypnosis? Can everyone be hypnotised? Does being able to hypnotise other people change how you see the world?

The rise of Africa's suburban middle classes

26 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

African cities are under construction. Beyond the urban redevelopment schemes and large-scale infrastructure projects reconfiguring central city skyli...

LSE: The Ballpark | America and the Asian 21st Century with Professor Kishore Mahbubani

25 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In November 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Kishore Mahbubani, Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute at the National Univer...

New World, New Rules - What Works for Global Governance

25 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This event marks the launch of New World, New Rules by George Papaconstantinou and Jean Pisani-Ferry, in which two of European policymakers and analys...

Elements of a theory of the responsible firm

21 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The lecture will begin with a short review of economic theories of the firm, pointing out that although all the economic theories see the firm as an i...

Data visualisation: alive visual words

20 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The talk will explore the design process and motivations behind data visualization projects, characterized by different usage contexts, responding to ...

Who owns outer space?

20 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With companies, like SpaceX or Blue Origin, getting into space exploration and the cost of launching rockets dropping, could we see a lot more people ...

Fragments of home: refugee housing, humanitarian design and the politics of shelter

19 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The story of international migration is often told through personal odysseys and dangerous journeys, but when people arrive at their destinations a mo...

How experiences of fraud impact support for financial regulation | Coffee break research at LSE

19 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Accounting scholars have long been interested in understanding the forces that shape financial regulation.

Daniel Kahneman: a legacy

18 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Nobel prize winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman was the founder of modern behavioural science and behavioural economics. His close friends and collea...

Reversed realities revisited: 30 years of thinking in gender and development

14 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

30 years ago, Naila Kabeer published Reversed Realities: Gender Hierarchies in Development Thought, which became a landmark study in the scholarship o...

Liberal Constitutionalism, Media Ownership & the Public-Private Divide

13 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Liberal constitutional theory rests on a fundamental division between duty-bearing public institutions and the rights-wielding private persons.

Can the media change our beliefs about wealth inequality? | Coffee break research at LSE

12 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this talk, Dr Sarah Kerr and Dr Michael Vaughan discuss the role that the media can play in shaping understandings of and opinions about the econom...

F.A. Hayek's Nobel at 50: then and now

12 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the Nobel Prize won by liberal political economist F.A. Hayek. This lecture will review some of Hayek’s key ideas...

LSE: The Ballpark | China’s evolving approach to economic security with Professor Yeling Tan

11 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In October 2024 the LSE Phelan US Centre spoke to Yeling Tan, Professor of Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Ox...

The US presidential election and the left

11 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What does the outcome of the US presidential election mean for democrats and progressives? What is its significance both in the United States and arou...

Who owns outer space?

10 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With companies, like SpaceX or Blue Origin, getting into space exploration and the cost of launching rockets dropping, could we see a lot more people ...

Homelessness in London: why youth homelessness needs its own solution

07 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

An estimated 20,000 young people in London were experiencing homelessness, or were at risk of homelessness, in 2022/23. This represents a 10% increase...

The 2024 US election: turning point for America?

06 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Will the 2024 election mark a turning point in American democracy and in the country’s role in the world? Leading experts discuss the 2024 US electi...

AI in public policy: opportunities and challenges

05 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In a world increasingly shaped by digital transformation, AI and data science present new opportunities to change policymaking in nearly all areas of ...

A war like no other: challenge and change in reporting Gaza

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Now more than ever, a year on since Hamas’ surprise attack on southern Israel, and Israel’s continued assault on Gaza, the role of journalists and...

The world in crisis

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

From diverse disciplinary perspectives, the event will explore conceptual and theoretical approaches that might help us better to understand, engage w...

A safer future for cycling in London

31 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Cycling and other forms of active travel have significant benefits for wellbeing, local economies, air pollution and the environment. A substantial in...

Industrialisation and national identity in modern Africa

30 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this inaugural lecture Elliott Green will examine the effects of industrialization on national identification in contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa

Electronics repair and the circular economy | Coffee break research at LSE

29 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What happens to our electronics when we stop using them? While most of us depend on these technologies daily, we rarely see the labour that goes into ...

The most unequal region in the world: combatting inequality in Latin America

29 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Latin America and Caribbean Review (LACIR), committed to addressing these challenges, convenes high-level scholars to provide a coherent and compr...

LSE: The Ballpark | AI and elections with Professor Lawrence Lessig

28 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In October 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to spoke to Lawrence Lessig, the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School.

Taylor Swift and philosophy

28 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Combining top-tier philosophical research and a passion for Taylor's music, a team of scholars investigate the wisdom that can come from Taylor's song...

The case for a four-day week

23 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the UK, we work some of the longest hours in Europe while having one of the least productive economies. We invented the weekend a century ago and a...

Reaching vulnerable women in Afghanistan | Coffee break research at LSE

22 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Democratic backsliding, the climate crisis, and rising state fragility are creating new obstacles to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Wicked problems: how to engineer a better world

22 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our world is filled with pernicious problems. How, for example, did novice pilots learn to fly without taking to the air and risking their lives? How ...

Dead men's propaganda: ideology and utopia in comparative communication studies

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Who were the key pioneers in the formation of comparative communications between the 1920s-1950s? How do their legacies of scholarship and practice in...

LSE: The Ballpark | The West and the failure of democracy in the Middle East with Professor Fawaz Gerges

18 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In October 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Fawaz Gerges, Professor of International Relations at LSE, about his new book, “What Really Went Wrong...

Homeland insecurity: the rise and rise of global anti-terrorism law

15 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How did the ‘‘war on terror’’ bed down so easily? Why have seemingly endless anti-terrorism laws been tolerated by our supposedly liberal and...

What AI is doing to America's democracy

15 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this lecture, Lawrence Lessig will discuss the impact of artificial intelligence on the 2024 American election, and the implications that this will...

"What is needed is hard thinking": five challenges for the social sciences

14 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for the inaugural lecture of LSE President and Vice Chancellor of LSE Larry Kramer in which he will talk about his vision for LSE, the role of...

LSE: The Ballpark | The social media spiral of silence with Nick Lewis

14 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In September 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Nick Lewis, a PhD student in LSE’s Department of Government and a recipient of a Phelan US Centre Ph...

Policy epidemiology for emerging infectious diseases

10 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This public event will describe the state of global health security, global governance of disease and the policy epidemiology framework used in the An...

Why are there so few women in tech?

09 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Why is there so little diversity in #tech and does it matter? Are men inherently better coders? Or are there hidden biases in the tech industry?

AI and the future of behavioural science

08 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this event, speakers associated with pioneering work on AI in relation to behavioural science, as part of their own research or organisational init...

Labour's first 100 days: a new era of progressive politics in the UK?

07 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Has Labour’s election marked a real turning point? This is a thought-provoking event as we provide an early assessment of the new Labour government’...

Voter education: the challenge of the century

04 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In support of the new project, Nobel Laureates Amartya Sen and Eric Maskin address core democratic principles. Professor Sen revisits the foundational...

Born to rule: the making and remaking of the British elite

03 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In Aaron Reeves and Sam Friedman’s new book, which they launch at this event, they provide a uniquely data-rich analysis of the British elite from t...

Religion, nationalism, conflict and community: in conversation with Rory Stewart

02 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

While religion continues to be perceived as of diminishing significance by many in Western Europe, religious nationalisms are on the rise around the w...

Children of a modest star

01 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This event featuring Nils Gilman, co-author of a new book, Children of a Modest Star: Planetary Thinking for an Age of Crises draws on intellectual hi...

What’s it like to win a Nobel Prize?

01 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of LSE iQ, we explore what it’s like to win the prestigious Nobel Prize and how it changes your life.

LSE: The Ballpark | Why America Can’t Retrench with Dr Peter Harris

30 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In September 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Peter Harris, Associate Professor of Political Science at Colorado State University about his new book...

Shaping the future: AI in the workplace

30 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This event will navigate the complexities of AI implementation in the workplace and examine how these technologies are being developed to benefit soci...

Sewage in our waters

26 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There has been much recent controversy in the UK around Sewage in Our Waters. New laws would have to specify who has the responsibility of undertaking...

Trade and climate change: managing policies on the road to net zero

25 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Trade and climate change policies have become increasingly interwoven. Subsidies for green industries often provoke tariffs, such as US actions over C...

Innovative market solutions to confront climate change

24 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This talk brings together insights from policymakers, international organisations, the private sector, and academia to explore how markets, such as fo...

LSE: The Ballpark | Faculty-student research collaborations with Evelyne Ong

23 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In August 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Evelyne Ong, an undergraduate research assistant with the Phelan US Centre for the 2023-24 academic year.

What’s it like to win a Nobel Prize?

21 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of LSE iQ, we explore what it’s like to win the prestigious Nobel Prize and how it changes your life.

LSE: The Ballpark | Master’s students essay competition on capitalism

16 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In 2024, the Phelan US Centre ran an essay competition for master’s students with the prompt, ““How should the United States work to shape the f...

Part-time work while studying: become a Student Ambassador

11 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Get paid while studying at LSE by becoming a Student Ambassador!

Wealth, influence, and class: the British elite explained

11 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Do today’s power brokers in Britain continue to be born to privilege and anointed at Eton and Oxford? Or is a new progressive elite emerging with di...

Designing and evaluating digital interventions for social impact

04 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This year's Stamp Memorial Lecture is delivered by Susan Athey, the Economics of Technology Professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business.

How can we solve the gender pay gap?

03 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of LSE iQ explores whether gender pay gap reporting, pay transparency and tackling gender norms can reduce the gender pay gap.

LSE: The Ballpark | US Industrial Policy with Professor Nathan Lane

02 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In July 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Nathan Lane, Associate Professor in Economics at Oxford University, about industrial policy in the United S...

LSE: The Ballpark | Black Immigrant Literacies with Professor Patriann Smith

19 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Patriann Smith, professor in the College of Education at the University of South Florida.

LSE: The Ballpark | Gray Areas with Professor Adia Harvey Wingfield

05 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In June 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Adia Harvey Wingfield, the Mary Tileston Hemenway Professor of Arts & Sciences and Vice Dean for Faculty De...

How can we solve the gender pay gap?

04 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of LSE iQ explores whether gender pay gap reporting, pay transparency and tackling gender norms can reduce the gender pay gap.