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Smarter than the storm

24 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This public event marks the global launch of Smarter Than the Storm, a new book by Amitabh Kant and Siddharth Sinha, and explores its core ideas in co...

Can football catalyse climate action

20 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Football is more than a game. It’s a global cultural force with the power to shift norms, inspire communities, and mobilise collective action. As th...

Saving our digital world

20 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

How can we reduce the inequalities and harms of commercial social media and the online world, while building spaces that better support our human need...

Food futures

20 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Our current food system is a leading cause of biodiversity loss and global warming. It is also responsible for increasing the risk of diabetes, stroke...

The power of storytelling and activism

20 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We know the importance of data and evidence in tackling global crises like climate change, but is it stories rather than statistics that will drive ch...

Why evidence matters

20 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

How can scientific evidence help us in an age of “alternative facts”? As chief data reporter for the Financial Times, John Burn-Murdoch uses stat...

Will AI secure humanity’s future?

20 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Artificial Intelligence is reshaping our world, transforming economies, societies, daily interactions and the institutions that support them. Many res...

What’s it going to take us to save the planet?

20 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We live in polarised times, when global problems seem to be turning us against each other, not bringing us together. Over Festival week we will explor...

Can we tackle climate change without deepening inequality?

19 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The climate crisis is reshaping economies, societies, and livelihoods—but not everyone bears its costs equally.

Cruising

19 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This event brings together theatre and social science to explore some of the most urgent questions of our time, building on LSE IDEAS’ Geopolitics o...

Saving the planet in an age of geopolitical rivalry

19 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Is the return of great power rivalry and conflict eroding the collective capacity and willingness of the international community to address environmen...

The green shoots of the new economy

18 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We know that governments across the world are acting far too slowly in tackling the ecological crisis across its many dimensions, but can we usefully ...

The artist formerly known as climate change

18 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Met, climate advocate, educator and member of the multiplatinum band AJR, discusses how we can protect the planet and examines the future of clim...

How the right laws can save the planet

17 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The planet and its inhabitants face critical threats – including climate change, collapse of biodiversity, reverses in progress on global poverty an...

Saving the world one family at a time

17 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

With growing tensions between China and the United States, new "third spaces" are emerging beyond great-power competition. Gone South Village is a sho...

Green industrial policy: balancing national goals and global integration

16 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The fracturing consensus on green growth, shifting trade dynamics, and security concerns are reshaping industrial policy priorities across the UK, Eur...

Mobilising investment for a sustainable planet

16 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The European Investment Bank Group has, as its top priority, ensuring a green transition that benefits citizens, businesses and the planet. The need t...

The cost of growth: rethinking the economic narrative to save the planet

16 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

What if the climate crisis requires us to fundamentally transform our economic systems? As global decision makers remain wedded to economic growth at ...

Wired to save the planet: rethinking energy in an electrified world

16 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

As the world races toward net zero, electricity systems are under pressure like never before. The push for cleaner power collides with soaring demand ...

How geoeconomics will affect the green transition

15 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

World events have shone a stark light on the vulnerabilities of energy markets, supply chains and global economic security. How will the need to tackl...

The politics of climate change

15 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The climate crisis is a global challenge requiring global cooperation to tackle it, but the political world seems further than ever from a consensus a...

The future of refugee integration

15 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

As climate disasters intensify worldwide and displacement reaches historic levels, understanding the economic foundations of integration and their fra...

The ecological continuation of empire in the Arab world

11 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This lecture by Marwa Daoudy, held in honour of the renowned scholar Fred Halliday, will explore the entanglement of colonialism, capitalism, and envi...

The runtime revolution: how generative AI is reshaping value and organisations

10 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Join Youngjin Yoo for his inaugural lecture, where he will set out a new agenda for understanding how this technological and economic shift is reshapi...

Reading wars: the story (so far) of Western literacy and the future of free speech

09 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Who gets access to books? And, to what extent does the act of reading shape our humanity?

Ten years on: Brexit and Britain’s political future

08 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In June 2016, the UK voted to leave the European Union in a referendum that reshaped British politics, society, and the economy in profound and lastin...

How to win a trade war

04 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this public event, Soumaya Keynes and Chad Bown discuss their new book, How to Win a Trade War.

The everywhere millionaire: who is really rich in America and how they got there

02 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The story of wealth in America isn’t just about Wall Street or Silicon Valley—it’s also about the quiet fortunes of Main Street business owners,...

The halted march of the European left: lessons from history

01 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In the 1970s, the European left was thriving. Across the continent, numerous groups emerged to defend the working‑class in all its diversity. New wa...

From citizen to subject: police militarisation and the imperial boomerang

27 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Militarised policing is one of the preconditions for fascist rule, but how and why would police in liberal democracies militarise?

Inheritance, demographics, and economic development

21 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Inheritance institutions shape family structures and demographic decisions, with enduring implications for economic development. This lecture describe...

Trade under strain: policy challenges in a fractured world

20 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In an increasingly fragmented global order, new forms of geopolitical and economic division are reshaping the world economy. Long‑standing trade par...

Economics, ethics, and the role of the state in climate action

19 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Climate change and biodiversity loss are among the defining challenges of our time — but they also open the door to extraordinary possibility. The i...

Investable transition opportunities: what counts as a climate solution?

14 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

As companies in high-emitting sectors move from setting net zero targets to implementing detailed transition plans, investors are demanding greater tr...

Why populists are winning and how to beat them

13 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In 2024, two billion people went to vote – and populism won big. Donald Trump returned to the White House. Marine Le Pen surged in France. Reform UK...

Cooling a warming India: ecology and equity in our time

12 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This talk will examine housing and work, sleep and sociality, as key aspects of everyday life where strategies to create more equitable and sustainabl...

Development finance after Trump

11 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Trump Administration has closed the world’s largest bilateral aid programme, USAID and poured scorn on its past effectiveness. Other donors are ...

The foreign policy of Donald Trump in historical perspective

07 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Commentators around the world draw some startling analogies when they seek to assess President Donald Trump, some even likening him to a Roman emperor...

Who is Britain really saving in the fight against modern slavery?

06 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

As Black Lives Matter has exposed the legacies of transatlantic slavery and empire, Britain has launched a new moral crusade at home: the fight agains...

The ethics of foreign intervention: philosophical perspectives on Venezuela and Iran

05 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The US capture of President Nicolás Maduro in January 2026 and the US–Israeli military campaign against Iran have thrust foreign intervention back ...

Greek Prime Ministers in the eye of the storm

29 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This public lecture is for the book launch of Greek Prime Ministers in the Eye of the Storm: Crisis Management and Institutional Change, featuring aut...

Global ideas for global challenges: a panel in honour of Nick Stern

22 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Leaders of the world’s premier economic institutions and a Nobel Prize winning economist discuss how ideas have evolved to shape our world and what ...

From curiosity to prosperity: sharing the gains of science

20 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Why should governments back “Big Science” when discoveries are uncertain and the benefits may seem distant from taxpayers’ daily lives? In this ...

End of the America era? Looking back, looking forward

02 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

At a time of intensifying geopolitical rivalry, economic nationalism, and ideological extremism, this roundtable brings together a group of leading po...

Mediate the middle: moving with and beyond dichotomies

31 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Join us in celebrating the launch of Bart Cammaerts’ latest textbook, Dichotomies in Media and Communication Theory — a bold and original explorat...

Is a democratic economy possible? Lessons from history, horizons for the future

30 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Fifty years after powerful labour movements launched radical plans to democratise the economy and gain control of large businesses, what is the legacy...

Assessing risk assessment in cases of domestic abuse

26 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Domestic abuse affects roughly one-third of women worldwide and carries serious consequences for victims, their children, and society at large. This l...

Animal economics

24 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Humans care about animals, and many would argue that animals are morally relevant. Many of our decisions profoundly affect the welfare of animals and ...

Mass media, justice and me: a victim’s perspective

23 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Step into the lives of those whose pursuit of justice collided with the power of the press.

Housing supply and the future of our urban planet

19 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for this special Economica Coase lecture which this year will be delivered by Harvard academic Edward Glaeser.

How stories can transcend borders and boxes of identity

18 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

By drawing upon multiple disciplines and weaving these threads into the broader practice of literary arts, the Turkish-British writer Elif Shafak offe...

The geopolitical implications of the Israel-US-Iran war

17 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A panel of academic experts is brought together by the Middle East Centre at LSE to discuss the current Israel-US-Iran war.

The world is your office: AI and the evolution of work from anywhere

17 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

During the past decade, technological change and management practices have disrupted how organisations access global talent and organise work. Thousan...

Rebalancing the new world order in an age of fragmentation

16 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for this special event with LSE alumnus and President of Finland Alexander Stubb.

Infinite justice: political cosmologies that protect our future

16 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In her inaugural lecture, Shakuntala Banaji explores how our ethical and political imaginations of love, justice and rights—shaped by education syst...

Donald Trump and the unmaking of Europe

12 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for this lecture by Nathalie Tocci who will argue that Donald Trump’s foreign policy record has not been very successful so far, as wars con...

Gender, culture and equality in today’s Britain

11 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for a timely conversation on equality, gender and culture in contemporary Britain with Sarah Owen MP, chair of the Women and Equalities Select...

Invisible inputs: gender bias in AI systems

10 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Behind every algorithm lies a set of choices, some visible, many not. This panel discusses the unseen forces that shape AI, focusing on how gender bia...

Women’s health matters: science, systems, and global change

09 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The LSE Health and Department of Health Policy Annual Lecture 2026 was delivered by Michelle A Williams, Professor of Epidemiology and Population Heal...

Complexity and complicity in social anthropology

05 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for Hans Steinmüller's inaugural lecture.

The politics of world heritage: visions, custodians, and futures of humanity

04 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this book launch, Elif Kalaycioglu, will present her new book, The Politics of World Heritage: Visions, Custodians, and Futures of Humanity, follow...

The care economy and social housing

03 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

What is the relationship between the care economy and social housing and how do they directly influence each other?

Grassroots: shaping the digital realm and through it – the world

02 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The digital realm today concentrates power and wealth in the hands of the few, excluding most of humanity from equal participation.

Do molecules have structure? The view from quantum physics

25 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for the inaugural BJPS Popper Prize lecture, delivered by philosophers of science Alexander Franklin and Vanessa Seifert.

Creative destruction, AI, and the European recovery

24 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for this special event with LSE's Philippe Aghion, joint recipient of the 2025 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

From dialogue to decarbonisation: can investor engagement deliver?

23 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

With momentum behind the low-carbon transition faltering and headwinds mounting, investors play an increasingly critical role in in sustaining climate...

American foreign policy in the age of Trump

19 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

With the old world order visibly weakening, President Donald Trump’s foreign policy is both consequential and confusing. Does Mr Trump have a strate...

Eco-social contracts for sustainable and just futures

18 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

For changemakers, students, and everyone seeking hope, direction, and clarity during a time of global uncertainty, join us for the launch of a book th...

Narratives in policymaking

17 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We all love a good story. Stories provide coherence and help to form our sense of identity. Personal and social narratives fundamentally affect the wa...

Balancing economic reform and stability: Paraguayan lessons for policymakers

17 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Join us as we welcome Carlos Gustavo Fernández Valdovinos, Paraguay’s Minister of Economy and Finance, for a lecture on the country’s economic tr...

Immigration policy: challenges and options

16 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this third and final lecture Alan Manning offers solutions to the challenges facing immigration policy, and how to navigate among the often-competi...

EdTech at the crossroads of pedagogy vs profit

12 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Education technology (EdTech) is transforming education at a fast pace – but at what cost?

Governing with nature: towards transformative change?

11 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Nature-based solutions are gaining traction as transformative interventions addressing biodiversity loss, climate change, and social justice. Their ap...

Can natural capital be replaced? How the weak versus strong sustainability divide will shape our common future

10 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This event celebrates the open access publication of the 5th edition of Weak versus Strong Sustainability.

A picture of migration

09 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for the 2026 Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures which this year will be delivered by Alan Manning. This lecture is one of three based on the new...

The national interest: politics after globalisation

05 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Are the politics of national interest making a comeback in the multipolar world after the end of globalisation? What is the national interest and why ...

Monetary policy in perspective

04 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Join Klaas Knot, who served as President of the Dutch Central Bank (DNB) for 14 years, as he reflects on his extensive experience in the European Cent...

Are jobs getting better?

03 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

What does the future of work really look like?

LSE: The Ballpark | US-China relations in an era of illiberalism with Dr Scott Kennedy

02 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

To talk about the current state of US-China relations, in October 2025 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Scott Kennedy, Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair i...

Why immigration policy is hard

02 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for the 2026 Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures which this year will be delivered by Alan Manning. This lecture is one of three based on the new...

Our Dollar, your problem

29 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for this public lecture where Kenneth Rogoff will discuss his recently released book Our Dollar, Your Problem: An insider's view of seven turb...

Power and profit: stresses and futures of market economies

28 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The famous epithet that “the old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters”, is most often attributed to...

Abundant clean energy for all: the technological opportunity

27 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

For the past two centuries, growth in energy supply has been fundamental to human progress and economic development. But fossil fuel dependence is dri...

Are revolutions justified?

26 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Professor Lea Ypi, Professor Andrés Velasco | Ralph Miliband has written poignantly on the limits of parliamentary democracy. But are...

Are revolutions justified?

26 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Ralph Miliband has written poignantly on the limits of parliamentary democracy. But are revolutions justified?

Are jobs getting better?

25 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

What does the future of work really look like?

The measure of progress: counting what really matters

22 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Professor Diane Coyle | Professor Coyle argues that the way we measure the economy—developed in the 1940s—no longer fits today’s...

The measure of progress: counting what really matters

22 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Coyle argues that the way we measure the economy—developed in the 1940s—no longer fits today’s realities. The outdated framework under...

How oil rents fuel populist foreign policy

21 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Professor Steffen Hertog | International relations literature has begun to focus on the foreign policy corollaries of populist ideolog...

How oil rents fuel populist foreign policy

21 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In his inaugural lecture (based on his research with Ferdinand Eibl) Steffen Hertog argues that populist leaders in all but the largest countries can ...

Women, nature, and 2030: a transformational global climate solution

20 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Zainab Salbi | Climate change is not gender-neutral — not in its impact on women and girls, nor in the solutions women are leading. ...

Women, nature, and 2030: a transformational global climate solution

20 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Climate change is not gender-neutral — not in its impact on women and girls, nor in the solutions women are leading. This lecture will share new res...

LSE: The Ballpark | “Is AI a threat or an opportunity for the US?” Master’s students essay competition for 2025

19 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In 2025, the Phelan US Centre ran an essay competition for master’s students with a prompt about AI. In this episode we spoke to the author of the w...

Who trains our doctors? The hidden workers behind medical education

19 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this lecture, Patricia Kingori examines a striking phenomenon revealed through her documentary Shadow Scholars: highly educated Kenyan scholars gho...

Shared prosperity in a fractured world

14 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Professor Dani Rodrik | Fighting climate change, saving democracy, and eradicating poverty are urgent global challenges, yet the world...

Shared prosperity in a fractured world

14 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for this talk by Dani Rodrik where he will talk about his new book, Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World, in which he shows how the nations ...

LSE: The Ballpark | How to help left behind regions and workers with Professor Gordon Hanson

05 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The last 40 years have seen a sharp decline in America’s manufacturing industries with growing joblessness in previously prosperous industrial regio...

LSE: The Ballpark | LSE at 130 and the United States with Professor Michael Cox

22 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This year LSE is celebrating its 130th anniversary, and how it has driven change across the world. Much of LSE’s history is linked to the United Sta...

Living in London: How can we make our communities greener?

19 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The climate crisis affects us all, but young people will have to face its consequences for the longest. Despite this, just 9% of British 18–24-year-...

Bullying explained by bullies: Lessons from Mexico | Coffee break research at LSE

17 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Although student perspectives on bullying in primary and secondary schools are increasingly studied, few delve into the experiences of those who perpe...