Gearty Grillings

Decentralised governance: crafting effective democracies around the world

26 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for this panel discussion for the launch of Decentralised governance: crafting effective democracies around the world, a new publication from ...

The future of Crypto and Blockchain

26 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Andrew Lewis-Pye to explains more about what makes cryptocurrencies so attractive?

The international politics of outer space

26 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Alden and Dimitrios Stroikos explore the complexities around the international politics of space.

What’s it like to be criminalised for being gay?

25 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Joanna Bale investigates how gay men living in Dubai create covert communities where they can meet and socialise.

An industrial strategy for the green economy

14 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This event brings together leading thinkers and policy makers to discuss political solutions for a green economy.

Four ways of thinking

14 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Professor David Sumpter speaks about his latest book, Four Ways of Thinking: statistical, interactive, chaotic and complex.

From adversity to resilience: climate justice in developing countries

12 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for this event that will address the critical issue of advancing climate justice and building resilience to climate change, focusing on the un...

The war on air pollution

11 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The average person on the planet is losing about 2 years of life expectancy due to air pollution. Despite greatly compromising people's well being and...

Is AI coming for our jobs?

07 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of LSE iQ asks, ‘Is AI coming for our jobs?’

Parenthood and the double x economy

04 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The event explores what actions and policies can be done to tackle the family penalty and address the fundamental exclusion at the heart of the "doubl...

LSE: The Ballpark | The Kennedy Withdrawal with Professor Marc Selverstone

28 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In December 2022, the Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson and Mohid Malik spoke to Marc Selverstone, Associate Professor in Presidential Studies at the ...

LSE: The Ballpark | Democratic Disenchantment in Rich and Poor Countries with Professor Pranab Bardhan

21 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In May 2023, the Phelan US Centre’s Mohid Malik spoke to Pranab Bardhan, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Californ...

Is AI coming for our jobs?

20 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of LSE iQ asks, ‘Is AI coming for our jobs?’

Climate Change: America and the World – Episode 6: The Future of Climate Change Politics in America

14 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode examines current trends in American politics in implementing policies to address climate change. Dr Bromley-Trujillo (Christopher Newport...

LSE: The Ballpark | Geopolitics and Democracy with Brian Burgoon and Peter Trubowitz

25 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In May 2023, the Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson spoke to Brian Burgoon, Professor of International and Comparative Political Economy in the Departm...

What are Global Value Chains and why they matter for economic and regional development

24 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Global Value Chains are an end-to-end process that can foster economic development and jobs.

Climate Change: America and the World – Episode 5: The Cost of Climate Change in America

21 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Rebecca Elliot (LSE) and Professor in Practice Swenja Surminski (LSE Grantham) discuss how climate change and climate related hazards dispro...

The experiences of sex workers in Sweden and the Philippines

19 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How are sex workers affected by laws that claim to protect them?

The Other Pandemic: how QAnon contaminated the world

03 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist James Ball talks about his new book.

Climate Change: America and the World – Episode 4: Climate Change and Race

30 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we look at the different experiences of climate change in the United States from a racial perspective. We are joined by Centennial Pro...

Global Trends in Climate Litigation

29 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This event marks the launch of the Grantham Research Institute’s (GRI) 2023 Global Trends in Climate Change Litigation Policy Report, an annual repo...

LSE: The Ballpark | The defining global challenges of the coming decades with the Lloyd George Study Group

26 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We live in turbulent times. Globalized challenges like climate change, pandemics, migration, and supply chain disruptions are rising in urgency. With ...

How refugees transform our cities

21 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What challenges do urban refugees face - from host governments and from the communities already living there?

The right of kids in a digital world

21 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How do we help our kids navigate the world of apps, websites, games and social media?

The simple idea that could solve our political problems

21 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

LSE researcher Daniel Chandler considers the work of one of the 20th Century’s foremost political philosophers

Understanding the sixth mass extinction

21 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Scientists believe we are currently in the midst of a modern-day mass extinction event, with biodiversity loss escalating at an unparalleled pace worl...

Know Your Place: how society sets us up to fail – and what we can do about it

19 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This event marks the launch of Know Your Place: how society sets us up to fail – and what we can do about it, the new book by Faiza Shaheen.

#MeToo in the Media: survivors, believability, and emotional labour | LSE Festival

17 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Is the #MeToo movement about affecting change, or simply about visibility?

Can People Change the World? Activists, Social Movements, and Utopian Futures | LSE Festival

17 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, inequality is on the rise, but so is grassroots activism.

How Did Britain Come to This? | LSE Festival

17 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

‘Every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets’.

How is AI Changing the World? | LSE Festival

17 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How is AI changing the world? And how can we be prepared?

Russia's War Against Ukraine: war crimes and responsibility for post-war reconstruction | LSE Festival

17 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has been accompanied by atrocities against the civilian population.

Russia: does It believe in anything? | LSE Festival

17 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How might understanding this recent traumatic history help us understand the present, and future, of Russia and its political system?

The Changing Nature of Religion in Today's World | LSE Festival

17 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

For decades, social scientific study of religion has been dominated by the secularisation question: is religion growing or declining?

The Power of Data in Health | LSE Festival

17 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This event discusses the importance of health-related data as a resource to transform the world for the better and even save lives if used effectively...

This is Not America: why black lives in Britain matter | LSE Festival

17 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Across the West, racial injustice has become one of the most divisive issues of our age.

What Would a Fairer Society Look Like? | LSE Festival

17 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Have inequalities become so entrenched that we can no longer imagine a fairer society?

How to Manage Transition in Turbulent Times | LSE Festival

16 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Change is an inevitable part of our lives, especially in times of high uncertainty.

Smashing the Class Ceiling | LSE Festival

16 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lessons in how to improve social mobility: what we can do, how we can do it and why it’s not being done already.

How to Negotiate: the essentials you need to know | LSE Festival

15 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This session looks closely at what it takes to be an effective negotiator and what that means for supporting people in organisations today to navigate...

In Conversation with Martin Lewis | LSE Festival

15 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Martin Lewis, in conversation with Nicholas Barr, discusses his work to empower individuals to have more control of their finances, as well as his cam...

The Birth Lottery of History | LSE Festival

15 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss the implications for thinking about how historical context and social change affects your life chances.

The Changing Inequalities of Citizenship | LSE Festival

15 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Citizenship is often seen as a great equaliser. Yet access to citizenship itself is not equally distributed, nor are the rights gained from citizenshi...

Financing Climate Change? Inspiration for Change from African Thinkers | LSE Festival

14 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

African nations are among the most affected by the consequences of climate change. Policymakers are attempting to address this inequity through climat...

How Should We Use AI in Higher Education? | LSE Festival

14 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This talk will demonstrate how generative AI can be used to create engaging and personalised learning experiences for students in higher education.

In Conversation with Sadiq Khan | LSE Festival

14 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, discusses his first book Breathe: Tackling the Climate Emergency with LSE's President and Vice Chancellor Minouche Sh...

The Power of "Good Enough" | LSE Festival

14 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How do we escape this perfection trap and embrace the idea of “good enough”?

How to Understand Digitalisation and Change Management: a sociotechnical approach | LSE Festival

13 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Novel technologies enable or facilitate access to information, bringing change to the tasks people conduct or providing a new means to accomplish old ...

The Road to Net Zero: how to seize opportunities and manage change | LSE Festival

13 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Tackling climate change requires significant and rapid economic and societal change.

Why is Change so Hard? | LSE Festival

13 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Whilst we celebrate the power of people to bring about change in society, we must also acknowledge what a tortuous and slow path meaningful change can...

How Can Economists Change Our Lives? | LSE Festival

12 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

COVID-19, Brexit, inflation, the energy crisis, and geopolitical tensions have pitched the UK economy into turmoil. Coming after years of stagnation, ...

How the Workplace is Changing: productivity, inclusion, and beyond | LSE Festival

12 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What actions can leaders take to support more autonomous working and the inclusion of all employees?

LSE: The Ballpark | The Confederate Diaspora with Professor Samuel Bazzi

12 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In March 2023, the Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson and Mohid Malik spoke to Samuel Bazzi, of the University of California, San Diego, about his new ...

Rethinking Retirement: public policies to support life changes | LSE Festival

12 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Are you ready to retire? What will your last job be? And when do you want to step back from full or part-time work to a portfolio or full retirement...

How to stress less at LSE

09 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Stress Workshop| LSE Mental Health Awareness Week

LSE Grief Support Group

09 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Hear from Joss, the facilitator of Students Talk About Loss at LSE, a group that offers a safe space to talk about loss, how you are finding grief at ...

The Future of Social Democracy

08 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

To discuss what this means for left politics, Adam Przeworski discusses the fate of the defining party family of twentieth-century representative demo...

Black Ghost of Empire: failed emancipations, reparations, and Maroon ecologies

07 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

To understand why the shadow of slavery haunts us today, we must confront the way that it ended. In this public event Kris Manjapra considers the impl...

Economics, Hayek, and Large Language Models

06 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Overall, what can economists learn from this new development, and what will it mean for economies?

LSE: The Ballpark | The Rise and Fall of the EAST with Professor Yasheng Huang

02 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In March 2023, the Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson and Mohid Malik spoke to Professor Yasheng Huang, Epoch Foundation professor of global economics ...

Global Governance in an Age of Fracture

01 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This panel of experts discusses the future of global governance.

Social Capital and Economic Mobility

31 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How can we give children from low-income families better chances of rising up out of poverty?

Time to Think

26 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In conversation with Hannah Barnes

LSE: The Ballpark | Waning Globalisation with Professor Pinelopi Goldberg

25 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Pinelopi Goldberg, Elihu Professor of Economics and Global Affairs and Affiliate of the Economic Growth Center...

Ontological Polyglossia: the art of communicating in opacity

25 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ontological polyglossia: the art of communicating in opacity. What do communicating with a baby, with an ancestor and with an animal, have in common?

Patriarchy: where did it all begin?

24 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Award-winning writer Angela Saini gives this year’s Wollstonecraft Society Lecture, sharing from her hotly-anticipated book, "The Patriarchs".

The High Seas Treaty: the agreement on biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction

22 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Siva Thambisetty explains the importance of The High Seas Treaty in protecting our oceans and planet.

What We Owe the Future: in conversation with William MacAskill

22 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

William MacAskill discusses his recent book What We Owe the Future, and his argument for ‘longtermism’, which proposes that positively influencing...

Climate Change: America and the World – Episode 3: Conflict and Security

18 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode examines the intersection between climate change and global security. 

Putting Bourdieu and Marx in Dialogue

18 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This event marks the launch Gabriella Paolucci's edited book Bourdieu and Marx.

Central Bank Balance Sheet Expansion and Financial Stability: why less can be more

17 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Raghuram Rajan delivers this lecture in honour of LSE's Charles Goodhart.

Why has productivity in the UK slowed?

17 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Growth and productivity are often talked about in UK politics but how are they linked and what affect do they have on the economy? LSE’s John Van Re...

What Would a Fair Society Look Like?

15 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our society faces multiple crisis — culture wars, unprecedented dissatisfaction with democracy, vast inequalities, a climate and ecological emergenc...

Climate Change: America and the World – Episode 2: Migration and Forced Movement

12 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we examine the interaction of climate change with migration.

Blood and Power

11 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With the rise of Giorgia Meloni, commentators have expressed concern that the far right has once again become ascendent in Italian politics.

Anti-globalism and the Future of the Liberal World Order

09 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This event discusses Peter Trubowitz’s and Brian Burgoon’s new book, Geopolitics and Democracy.

Climate Change: America and the World – Episode 1: Climate Change and Global Responsibility

04 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What is the US’ role in the climate crisis, and can a climate change framework exist without addressing climate change reparations and the different...

Shaping a 21st Century Policy Consensus

04 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Washington Consensus laid out a series of do´s and don’t´s for policymakers around the world. The world has changed a great deal since 1989 an...

Series 3 | Episode 6 – Debt Trap Diplomacy in the case of Kenya's Standard Gauge Railway

03 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast investigates how the knowledge surrounding Chinese investments in Africa is produced through Kenya’s Standard Gauge Railway (SGR).

The Travelling Salesman Problem

03 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Is it possible to compute the shortest route through a large number of stops? The task, known as the traveling salesman problem, or TSP for short, sou...

The Dialogical Roots of Deduction

02 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Catarina Dutilh Novaes gives a public lecture on her Lakatos Award winning book, The Dialogical Roots of Deduction.

What is it like to be an animal?

02 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This month we’re re-running an episode from 2021 which asks, ‘What’s it like to be an animal?’

Russian War on Ukraine: the death of a soldier told by his sister

27 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What does it mean to be on the frontline of the Ukrainian resistance?

Should Monarchy Be Abolished?

26 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Some of the world’s most longstanding democracies are monarchies. But what is the case for a Republic?

Coming Soon – Climate Change: America and the World

21 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Climate Change: America and the World is an upcoming six-part podcast series by the London School of Economics’ Phelan US Centre.

What is it like to be an animal?

19 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This month we’re re-running an episode from 2021 which asks, ‘What’s it like to be an animal?’

What is levelling up?

04 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Levelling up is often talked about in UK politics but what is it? How will it affect the general population? We speak to LSE Professor Neil Lee to exp...

How can we make homes more affordable?

04 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of LSE iQ asks, ‘How can we make homes more affordable?’

LSE: The Ballpark | Beijing's Global Media Offensive with Joshua Kurlantzick

03 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In February 2023, the Phelan US Centre spoke to Joshua Kurlantzick, senior fellow for Southeast Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations about his new...

A Complex Relationship: religiosity and science in a historical perspective

30 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Frequent clashes between religiosity and science still occur today, but is this relationship always negative? Can religiosity and science co-evolve?

Critical Minerals, Geopolitics, and the Risks for Achieving Net-Zero Transition

29 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This event brings together leading voices in the field for a panel discussion on the risks for the net-zero transition caused by the dependence on cri...

Digital Platforms and the Future of Political Solidarity

28 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Digital platforms are where we live out much of our lives, including our politics.

How can we make homes more affordable?

27 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of LSE iQ asks, ‘How can we make homes more affordable?’

Supply Matters

27 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for this keynote speech by Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England.

The Rise and Fall of the EAST

27 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Yasheng Huang, the Epoch Foundation Professor of International Management at MIT, discusses how autocracy and ideological homogeneity have hampered Ch...

Of Boys and Men: new challenges for gender equality

23 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This event addresses some of the important issues facing men and boys in our society today and puts forward a positive vision of masculinity that is c...

Nationalism and the Return of Geopolitics

21 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lars-Erik Cederman addresses the link between nationalism and conflict in relation to the Ukraine war.

LSE: The Ballpark | How China Derailed its Peaceful Rise with Professor Susan Shirk

20 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In January 2023, the Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson and Mohid Malik spoke to Professor Susan Shirk, Research Professor and Chair of the 21st Centur...

Hierarchy, empire, and late colonial Indian thought

16 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Martin Bayly discusses the key points from his research examining global intellectual history in international relations.

In Conversation With Catherine McKenna

16 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Catherine McKenna discusses the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Expert Group on Net-Zero Commitments of Non-State Entities, with Chris...