Gearty Grillings

Deliberative Accountability in Parliamentary Committees

14 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This event explores an empirical route for understanding why more accountability may not always deliver more public trust.

Great Powers, Climate Change and Global Environmental Responsibilities

14 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This event discusses the new book on Great Powers, Climate Change and Global Environmental Responsibilities.

Richard Curtis CBE on global poverty, storytelling & advocacy

13 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Richard Curtis CBE is a film writer and director, he discusses advocacy and contribution to alleviating poverty globally.

COVID-19 in Southeast Asia: insights for a post-pandemic world

09 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This event marks the launch of the book, Covid-19 in Southeast Asia: Insights for a Post-Pandemic World, published by LSE Press, and includes contribu...

Should you follow your passion?

08 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of LSE iQ asks whether the advice to ‘follow you heart’ or to ‘find your calling’, is good advice.

Professor Johan Rockström on climate change

07 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Recorded just days before the start of the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, this discussion explains the implications o...

Rt Hon David Miliband on helping people in crisis to survive, recover and rebuild their lives

07 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We learn about how David Miliband's political career has influenced the alleviation of poverty and helping those whose lives have been shattered by co...

How To Beat Pandemics: a route map to ending COVID-19, ending AIDS, and keeping safe from the threats of the future

03 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Winnie Byanyima, the feminist activist who leads UNAIDS and who chairs the People’s Vaccine Alliance for COVID-19, highlights lessons rooted in ongo...

Public Service Broadcasting in its Second Century

02 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Tim Davie, Director-General of the BBC, discusses the future of the BBC with Minouche Shafik, Director of LSE.

The Ballpark | S4 E3: New York: Education Inequality in the Empire State

02 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Ballpark, we head to New York to learn more about the Empire State. We look at the 'city that never sleeps', and the rest of th...

We can't afford to wait: why we must adapt to our changing climate now

28 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

From drought-resistant crops to heat-resistant buildings, how can adapting to our changing climate make us more resilient to its consequences?

Biden's Foreign Policy: America's back or America first?

24 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Is ‘America back’ internationally? Has President Biden made good on his promise to put ‘America First’ in the rear view mirror?

Should you follow your passion?

24 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of LSE iQ asks whether the advice to ‘follow you heart’ or to ‘find your calling’, is good advice.

Civil Society, Solidarity and Emergent Agency in the Time of COVID-19

23 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Panellists who have been working with communities across the globe, from Chile, Zimbabwe, the Philippines, and the US document practices of solidarity...

SHORTCAST | Systemic Risk in Interconnected Financial Markets

22 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is an event shortcast, a digested version of our live online public events series. This event was recorded on 08 December 2021. A full version is...

China and the World in the Post-COVID Era: a new agenda of public policy

21 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This public event celebrates the launch of the LSE-Fudan Global Public Policy Hub, an interdisciplinary panel of experts will be discussing key public...

In Conversation with Nadia Calviño Santamaría

17 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Nadia Calviño Santamaría, First Vice-President of the Government of Spain and Minister for the Economy and Digital Transformation, explores the econ...

LSE Student Futures: where could your future take you?

17 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How will you make an impact on the world? Opportunities to learn outside the classroom can be transformational, shaping our skills, experiences, netwo...

The Impact of COVID-19 on Global Health

16 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Lessons from the pandemic highlight that we need to rethink preparing and managing global health risks and we need to invest in making health systems ...

30 Years of EU Migration and Asylum Policies: success or failure?

14 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This event explores the current challenges affecting migration throughout Europe.

Leveraging Moments of Change for Pro-Environmental Behavioural Transformation

11 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Lorraine Whitmarsh shares the initial findings of her most recent research project on ‘moments of change’.

Neoliberal Freedom as Stoic Resignation

10 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this talk, Jessica Whyte will trace the development of neoliberal attitudes to the subjective comportment required for a functioning competitive ma...

Conflict, War & Revolution: the importance of violence in international politics

09 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In his new book, Paul Kelly considers the lessons about political violence, war and revolution to be learned from ten major thinkers over centuries an...

Global Tax Justice in the Twenty-First Century: promises and challenges

09 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

After President Biden’s call for a new global minimum corporation tax at the G7 in June, issues of global tax justice are once again in the public e...

Are Countries Building Back Better?

08 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Speakers discuss a recent report, From rhetoric to action: Delivering equality and inclusion from the Pathfinders initiative, which considers what act...

Can mothers do it all?

08 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Nathalie Abbott speaks to Shani Orgad (Professor of Media and Communications at LSE) about representations of mothers, and what effec...

The Power Law: venture capital and the art of disruption

07 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Sebastian Mallaby examines the decision making processes of venture capitalists.

Religion and Human Rights in Greece

04 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We bring together a scholar and a practitioner engaged in the study and implementation of religion-related human rights in Greece.

An Idea of Equality for Troubled Times

03 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Speakers discuss the idea of equality that societies should pursue in the difficult times ahead.

President Biden's First Year: success or failure?

03 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Leading experts on the United States take stock of the Biden administration’s first year in office and the road ahead.

Wellbeing as a Goal of Public Policy

03 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Our panellists discuss the new issue of the LSE Public Policy Review, Beveridge 2.0: Wellbeing. This latest LSE Public Policy Review issue discusses t...

Poland's Constitutional Breakdown: an update

02 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Wojciech Sadurski published Poland's Constitutional Breakdown, in which he described the legal and political events that led to the country's recent t...

After the Virus: lessons from the past for a better future

01 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Why was the UK so unprepared for the pandemic, suffering one of the highest death rates and worst economic contractions of the major world economies i...

Can mothers do it all?

01 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Nathalie Abbott speaks to Shani Orgad (Professor of Media and Communications at LSE) about representations of mothers, and what effec...

Jacqueline Novogratz on impact investing, social entrepreneurship and moral imagination

01 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Impact investing, social entrepreneurship and philanthropy have gained significant momentum in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis. But what does success ...

Punishment

31 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Why do societies engage in the practice of punishment? What purpose does punishing serve? And does the punishment we find in modern societies do an ef...

Making Career Progression

28 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Presented by enterprise specialist and serial entrepreneur Peter Harrington, this podcast series covers a range of key topics all designed to help res...

How Can Evidence-Based Policing Advance Police Reform Overseas?

27 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This inter-disciplinary event brings together criminologists and political scientists from the Global South and North to answer what actually works to...

Strategies for Urbanisation in Africa

26 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The future prosperity and security of sub-Saharan Africa depends on building a new urban environment for the world’s most rapidly expanding populati...

Population Health in the 21st Century: path to progress

24 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Harlan Krumholz reviews the challenges of today’s health care infrastructure and economic models, and propose solutions for tomorrow.

Sir Ronald Cohen on Impact Investing

24 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Sir Ronald Cohen is one of the most influential figures in impact investing over the past 50 years. In this 20 minute podcast, we learn more about his...

Victory and the Making of Peace: the Allies in the First World War

24 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Historian Margaret MacMillan delivers the second Engelsberg Chair lecture of 2021/22 on alliances and war.

Pitch Perfect Presentations

19 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Presented by enterprise specialist and serial entrepreneur Peter Harrington, this podcast series covers a range of key topics all designed to help res...

The Ballpark | S4 E2: California: Environmental Policy in the Golden State

19 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For this episode of The Ballpark, we head to California to take an in-depth look at the Golden State’s considerable economic power and what that mea...

The Story of Work: a new history of humankind

19 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this talk, Jan Lucassen discusses his new book, The Story of Work

Airbrushed out of history: the Soviet middle class and lessons for inequality

18 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

From the fall of Russia’s last Tsar to the rise of the communist state and beyond, there remains an unlikely survivor: the Russian middle class.

Developing an entrepreneurial mindset

18 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Presented by enterprise specialist and serial entrepreneur Peter Harrington, this podcast series covers a range of key topics all designed to help res...

Finding and getting the job you want

18 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Presented by enterprise specialist and serial entrepreneur Peter Harrington, this podcast series covers a range of key topics all designed to help res...

Mabel van Oranje on advancing equality, freedom and justice

18 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mabel van Oranje is a serial entrepreneur for social change working globally to advance equality, freedom, and justice. We learn more about her person...

Research, Risk and Protection

18 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Presented by enterprise specialist and serial entrepreneur Peter Harrington, this podcast series covers a range of key topics all designed to help res...

Shaping up for Money

18 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Presented by enterprise specialist and serial entrepreneur Peter Harrington, this podcast series covers a range of key topics all designed to help res...

Supporting Stakeholder Organisations

18 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Presented by enterprise specialist and serial entrepreneur Peter Harrington, this podcast series covers a range of key topics all designed to help res...

The Successful Start-up – what does it take?

18 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Presented by enterprise specialist and serial entrepreneur Peter Harrington, this podcast series covers a range of key topics all designed to help res...

Anger

17 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Experts discuss how different schools of thought conceptualise anger.

SHORTCAST | Environmentalism and Global International Society

16 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This shortcast discusses the new book, Environmentalism and Global International Society.

Critical Partnerships for Sustainable Development

14 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

UNDP Head Achim Steiner argues we need to step up multi-stakeholder co-operation and collective efforts to combat rising poverty and inequality, viole...

SHORTCAST | Career and Family: women's century-long journey toward equity

13 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Taking the form of an open conversation, this event discusses the themes of gender equity and couple equity as presented in Claudia Goldin’s book, C...

SHORTCAST | 15 years on from the Stern Review: economics of climate change, innovation, growth

12 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

To mark the 15th anniversary of the publication of the landmark The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review, Nicholas Stern reviews progress and...

Has COVID killed the office?

11 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What does the post-pandemic future hold for office workers?

Has COVID killed the office?

10 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What does the post-pandemic future hold for office workers?

Professor Johan Rockström on climate change

07 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This discussion explains the implications of 1.5 degree warming, and what needs to be done to avert further crisis.

Dismantling the Apartheid of Our Time: the Palestinian Liberation Movement as an anti-racist struggle

20 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In April 2021, Human Rights Watch sent shock waves across the human rights community and political circles alike when it published a report accusing I...

Systemic Risk in Interconnected Financial Markets

17 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Domino effects of losses can bring down entire financial systems with severe knock-on effects on the real economy.

Congratulations to the Class of 2021 | Winter Graduation

16 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Congratulations to the graduates of 2021!

How To Get Away With Killing? A Social Science Counter-investigation

14 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this discussion, anthropologist and sociologist Didier Fassin presents key themes from his recent book Death of a Traveller.

Minimum Wages: lessons from international experience

13 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Recently, many countries have looked to increase minimum wages as part of a strategy to address labour market problems. This lecture summarises these ...

Nudge: the final edition

13 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Originally published over a decade ago, Nudge by Nobel Laureate Richard H. Thaler, and Cass R. Sunstein is now available in a completely revised final...

What is it like to be an animal?

13 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to a new season of LSE IQ, where we work with academics to bring you their latest research and ideas. In this episode we ask, what is it ...

What is it like to be an animal? RftW

13 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What is it like to be an animal? Hear what Jonathan Birch had to say in this episode of the LSE iQ podcast.

Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?

10 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Beverly Daniel Tatum and Minouche Shafik discuss Dr Tatum's book Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations...

Why Women's Lives Don't Matter: ignoring sexual violence in conflict

10 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Our panel reflects on factors that give rise to sexual violence, persistent gaps in state and multilateral efforts as well as the effective prevention...

What is it like to be an animal?

07 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to a new season of LSE IQ, where we work with academics to bring you their latest research and ideas. In this episode we ask, what is it ...

The External Action of the European Union

06 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Listen to the launch of a new book edited by Sieglinde Gstohl and Simon Schunz, The External Action of the European Union – Concepts, Approaches, Th...

Career and Family: women's century-long journey toward equity

29 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This event takes the form of an open conversation to discuss the themes of gender equity and couple equity as presented in Claudia Goldin’s book, Ca...

The Communards

29 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the 1871 Paris Commune: an event that profoundly influenced the development of the left.

The State We're In at 25: reconsidering progressive politics

29 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Will Hutton’s The State We’re In was one of the most important polemical works of the 1990s

Europe's Recovery Programs

26 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In the wake of the pandemic, governments across Europe, as well as the European Commission, have financed programs to spur economic recovery.

Home in the World

26 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen talks about his recently publish memoir, Home in the World.

How and where to start

26 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Presented by enterprise specialist and serial entrepreneur Peter Harrington, this podcast series covers a range of key topics all designed to help res...

Inclusion in Global Markets

26 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Listen to our discussion on the idea of a global inclusion framework for firms.

Proxies: the cultural work of standing in

26 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dylan Mulvin discusses his new book, Proxies: The Cultural Work of Standing In.

Queering Europe: nationalism and sexuality

25 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This discussion explores the seemingly paradoxical relationship between sexuality and Europeanness.

Environmentalism and Global International Society

23 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This event discusses the new book, Environmentalism and Global International Society.

Grief

19 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Grief is something we all experience in our lifetimes, but how well do we understand it?

Data Feminism: what does feminist data science look like?

19 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What is feminist data science? How is feminist thinking being incorporated into data-driven work? And how are scholars in the humanities and social sc...

Rethinking American Political Economy

19 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Two leading US political scientists discuss how globalisation, economic inequality and democratic erosions are reshaping American political life.

Disposable Workers in the Platform Economy

18 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Apps such as Uber and Just Eat have radically changed the economic landscape, but how has platform technology impacted workers?

Putting Peace Back into Politics

17 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Our speakers reflect on the cost of broken promises and the failure to learn lessons, whilst highlighting ways to effectively prioritise and foster pe...

Secular Stagnation After COVID-19

17 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Lawrence H Summers delivers the Stamp Memorial Lecture in conversation with Professor Silvana Tenreyro.

Flux: eight superpowers for thriving in constant change

16 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

At a time when change feels relentless and too often beyond our control, April Rinne will discuss her new book which offers a bento box of superpowers...

Bad lighting is harming London's housing estates - how can we fix it?

12 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Compare the moody atmosphere of a well-lit heritage district with the bright flood-lighting of a council estate: light codes the city, telling a story...

How Can Africa Adapt to Climate Change?

09 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Leading global experts discuss how Africa can best adapt to climate change.

Social Unrest in Colombia and Chile: causes and cures

09 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Why did Colombia and Chile experience bouts of social unrest and street violence recently? What are the roots of this discontent and what can be done ...

Technological Change, Cities and Spatial Inequality

09 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Technological change is reshaping economic geography, raising profound challenges for economic development.

Cogs and Monsters: what economics is, and what it should be

08 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How much is economics to blame for crises like the financial crash, inequality or even climate change?

The Lock Asylum (Audio Drama)

08 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Can we imagine what life was like for the thousands of young women who lived as prostitutes, servants and migrants in eighteenth-century London?

Greece and the Euro: from crisis to recovery

03 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This talk introduces the new e-book edited by Kevin Featherstone and George Alogoskoufis.

What Climate Change Loss and Damage Means for the US and the World

03 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This event brings together speakers who have researched and organised around climate change loss and damage to discuss the potential and limitations o...

15 years on from the Stern Review: economics of climate change, innovation, growth

02 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

To mark the 15th anniversary of the publication of the landmark The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review, Nicholas Stern reviews progress and...

Britain, Europe and America: lessons from the recent past and prospects for the near future

02 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

From his experience as UK Ambassador to Washington, Kim Darroch considers the new challenges facing the transatlantic relationship and draws on the le...