LSE IQ podcast

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...

What is it like to be an animal?

02 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Dr Jonathan Birch, Professor Kristin Andrews, Dr Rosalind Arden | Since this episode was recorded the UK Animal Welfare Act 2022 has b...

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?’

How can we make homes more affordable?

04 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Ralitsa Angelova, Oliver Bulleid, Christian Hilber, Kath Scanlon | We’ll hear how planning restrictions established in the 1700s are...

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?’

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...

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...

Wages in the Middle Ages

15 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What happens to a country’s economy when half its population dies within a few years? Historians have been puzzling over how standards of living and...

Waning Globalisation

14 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This lecture discusses the causes and implications of the retreat from globalisation for growth and inequality.

Putting Collective Value Creation at the Heart of Economic Thinking and Practice

13 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mariana Mazzucato delivers this lecture as part of the Lionel Robbins Lecture Series.

LSE: The Ballpark | The Case for Reparations for Mass Incarceration with Dr Tasseli McKay

09 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In December 2022, the Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson and Mohid Malik spoke to Dr Tasseli McKay, National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow in ...

100 years of the Republic of Türkiye: changing ideas of modernity

08 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This event appraises 100 years of the Turkish Republic, taking stock of changing ideas of modernity, progress and Westernisation.

Why be an economist?

08 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this short video to mark International Women’s Day 2023, economists from the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) talk about why they chose to w...

How can we solve the refugee crisis?

07 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Dr Stuart Gordon, Sveto Muhammad Ishoq, Halima | The UK government could soon be sending some asylum-seekers on a one-way flight to Rw...

Follow the Money: how much does Britain cost?

07 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What is the truth about Britain’s finances? Join us for this event with Paul Johnson from the Institute for Fiscal Studies who will be talking about...

How can we solve the refugee crisis?

07 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Joanna Bale talks to Dr Stuart Gordon, Sveto Muhammad Ishoq and Halima, an Afghan refugee living in a hotel, about what it’s like to flee your count...

The Productivity Puzzle: can diversity and inclusion unlock the key to growth?

07 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Grace Lordan speaks with a panel of experts about the theory and evidence behind the diversity and productivity link.

The Future of Privacy

06 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Panelists discuss puzzling examples such as user privacy on social media platforms, wearable devices for employees in workplaces, and data processing ...

Series 3 | Episode 5 - The Institute of Economics Justice and the politics of knowledge in pursuit of economic justice

04 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast focuses on the Johannesburg-based Institute of Economic Justice (IEJ), a progressive socio-economic policy think tank established in 2018...

Different Perspectives on Diversity of Thought in Social Science

01 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Low diversity of thought is an important issue that hampers the progress of social sciences and their potential to contribute to society and resolve i...

LSE: The Ballpark | Professor Glenn Loury on Identity Politics and Race in America

28 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In May 2022, The Phelan US Centre’s Mohid Malik spoke to Professor Glenn Loury, Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences and Professor of E...

Will UK debt keep increasing?

27 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With low interest rates in the past 20 years the UK government has borrowed a lot more increasing public debt, we talk to Ricardo Reis about what affe...

How can we solve the refugee crisis?

24 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Joanna Bale talks to Dr Stuart Gordon, Sveto Muhammad Ishoq and Halima, an Afghan refugee living in a hotel, about what it’s like to flee your count...

Surrogacy Law Reform

23 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This panel event discusses the process of law reform, and what changes to the law might be likely to follow from the Law Commission's five year surrog...

The Russia-Ukraine War: a challenge to international order

22 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This lecture assesses the implications for international order at large and the operation of international law, including international humanitarian l...

Global Energy Politics and Cost of Living Crisis

20 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Ralph Miliband Programme is joined by Helen Thompson to discuss how many of the defining dislocations of our contemporary world are best understoo...

LSE: The Ballpark | Professor Jessica Chen Weiss on China and the International Order

20 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In November 2022, The Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson and Mohid Malik spoke to Professor Jessica Chen Weiss, professor of government at Cornell Univ...

The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This event discusses Martin Wolf's new book, The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism.

LSE: The Ballpark | China’s Belt and Road with Professor Taylor Fravel

13 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In November 2022, The Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson and Mohid Malik spoke to Professor Taylor Fravel of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...

The New Normal: a dual track approach to health strategy and policy

13 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In LSE Health's Annual Lecture, Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, presents a dual track approach to health strategy and policy.

Series 3 | Episode 4 - Pan African University as a tool for knowledge production about Africa

09 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast examines the contribution of the Pan - African University (PAU) in claiming greater autonomy over knowledge production and development po...

Do we always need to pay our debts?

07 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Dr Joseph Spooner, Sara Williams | Borrowing is a fundamental part of our world, but with millions considered over-indebted before the...

In Conversation with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

07 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

LSE President and Vice Chancellor Minouche Shafik in conversation with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization.

Do we always need to pay our debts?

07 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Exploring the reasons people might find themselves with problematic levels of debt, this month, LSE iQ asks “Do we always need to pay our debts?”

Inside the Deal: how the EU got Brexit done

06 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In his book, Inside the Deal, which he discusses at this event De Rynck demonstrates how the EU-27’s unity held firm while the UK vacillated through...

LSE: The Ballpark | Professor Rana Mitter on historical analogy in US-China relations

06 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On 27 September 2022, The Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson and Mohid Malik spoke to Professor Rana Mitter of the University of Oxford about China’s...

Lessons from the Edge: a memoir

03 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this wide-ranging conversation, Marie Yovanovitch, former US ambassador to Ukraine, discusses her best-selling memoir, Russia’s war on Ukraine, a...

What Should Fiscal and Social Policy in a Sustainable Economy Look Like?

03 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Tribune Group of Members of Parliament is working alongside LSE, and other experts to propose new Labour Party policy in three priority areas: act...

Global Trade Policy Challenges: preparing for the next decade

01 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This event brings together trade policy-makers and academics to discuss the challenges and policy strategies for the next decade.

LSE: The Ballpark | Lessons from the Edge with Marie Yovanovitch

30 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On 25 January 2023, the Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson spoke with Marie Yovanovitch, the United States’ Ambassador to Ukraine from 2016 to 2019, ...

Money and Politics: analysing donations to UK political parties, 2000-2021

25 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How is British politics funded, and by whom? How can the financial landscape of party politics change to enhance democratic accountability?

Follow the Science? Data, Models and Decisions in the 21st Century

24 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Decision makers, policymakers and activists often urge us to "Follow The Science". However, the science is highly contested, from the data to the mode...

Growth for Good: reshaping capitalism to save humanity from climate catastrophe

24 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This event discusses Alessio Terzi's new book Growth For Good which deals with climate change and sustainable development..

LSE: The Ballpark | England's Cross of Gold with Professor James Morrison

23 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In June 2022, the Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson spoke to Centre Affiliate Professor James Morrison about his new book, England's Cross of Gold Key...

Inflation: how is the housing market being affected?

19 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With interest rates going up, and cost of living increasing, we talk to Cornelia Agyenim-Boateng about how the housing market has been affected.

Is African trade underperforming?

19 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Trade is central to development in Africa, this film explores the recent history of African trade and what needs to change.

Global Discord: values and power in a fractured world order

17 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Harvard research fellow and former central banker Paul Tucker presents his views about how the international security, economic and legal system can s...

LSE: The Ballpark | Professor Mary Kaldor on Long-term Solutions to the War in Ukraine

16 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mary Kaldor is Professor Emeritus of Global Governance and Director of the Conflict Research Programme at The London School of Economics and Political...

Philosophy Live: time's arrow

16 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What can reflecting on the difference between the past and the future tell us about our place in the post-pandemic world?

Beveridge 2.0: tax justice

09 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This event discusses the new issue of the LSE Public Policy Review, Beveridge 2.0: Tax Justice.

The Paradox of Vocational Education

07 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Why is academic education triumphant in a skills-hungry labour market?

Can gaming make us happier?

06 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Dr Aaron Cheng, Michael Steranka, Joanna Ferreria | Gaming has become a normal part of many people's everyday lives, from mobile to co...

Can gaming make us happier?

06 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This month, LSE iQ asks: Can gaming make us happier?

Everyone and No One: moral solicitude and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

06 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this year’s Annual Human Rights Day Talk, Siba N'Zatioula Grovogui invites us to revisit the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).

Imagining Information and Communications Technologies for a Fairer World

05 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Speakers discuss information and communications technologies for a fairer world.

Inequality Hysteresis: how can central banks contribute to an equitable society?

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Growing economic inequality has become a matter of increasing public and policymaking concern in recent years. Some have argued that unconventional mo...

Rituals and the Making of International Society

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What criteria do scholars employ to say that an action or an event is a ritual, and what difference (if any) does it make to its character as well as ...

First Lady of Ukraine speaks to students at LSE

30 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Olena Zelenska, First Lady of Ukraine, visited LSE in December 2022 to speak to students of LSE and other universities about the challenges Ukrainian'...

The Autumn Tax Plan

30 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jeremy Hunt announced an Autumn Statement to tackle inflation, we talked to LSE academic Andy Summers about the tax plan.

Can gaming make us happier?

29 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This month, LSE iQ asks: Can gaming make us happier?

Evidence Week

29 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

LSE are partners for Evidence Week in Parliament 2022, along with the Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology (POST), which is organised by Se...

Greece – the Way Forward: in conversation with Kyriakos Mitsotakis

28 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Celebrating 25 years of the Hellenic Observatory at LSE, the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and LSE’s Kevin Featherstone discuss the chall...

Abolishing the Political Class, From Aristotle to Hayek

25 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This event formally launches the Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy at LSE and picks up on themes in Hayek’s writings and th...

European Remembrance

24 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As part of the European Institute’s 30th Anniversary celebrations, celebrations through which we memorialise our own institutional history, this eve...

How Do We Eradicate Poverty?

24 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Can poverty be eradicated? If so, why haven't we managed it yet?

Implementing Child Rights Online: new cross-national evidence to guide policy

23 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Our panel explores the global evidence on children’s internet-related risks and opportunities to inform policymakers internationally.

Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the age of empires, 1822-1980

23 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This inaugural lecture is timed to tie-in with the publication of Leigh Gardner’s new book, Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires...

Highly Discriminating: why the City isn't fair and diversity doesn't work

22 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This talk from Louise Ashley looks at her new book; Highly Discriminating: Why the City isn’t Fair and Diversity Doesn’t Work.

If You're So Ethical Why Are You So Highly Paid? Market Failure in Executive Pay

21 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This event is relevant for anyone concerned to understand and tackle business’s role in the growing social inequality of advanced economies in an in...

China's Global Rise: the Renminbi and the making of an international currency

15 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This lecture presents why it has become imperative for China to increase the international use of its currency.

The Iran protests: sisterhood beyond borders

15 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The death of Mahsa Jîna Amini sparked nationwide protests in Iran. The protests have created a space for sisterhood, crossing class and ethnic boun...

Civil Rights in the Changing World

10 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This event discusses the change in human rights policies overtime and the impact of these changes on the workforce.

Doughnut Economics: a new economic vision for cities

10 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the AFSEE Keynote Lecture, economist Kate Raworth discusses how we can create equal and just cities without overburdening the environment.

Making Space for Girls

10 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Making Space for Girls is a research project around how girls and young women have been left out when thinking about public spaces.

Series 3 | Episode 3 - Assessing the Assessment, a look at the World Bank’s CPIA

10 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This episode builds on the previous theme by zooming in on the World Bank’s Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) score.

Sizing Up the US Midterm Elections

09 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Will the midterm elections put the Republicans back in control of Congress, and President Biden and the Democrats on the defensive?

Lula and the Latin American Left

07 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Our panel of experts consider the lessons for the left in Latin America and beyond.

Inflation: how long do recessions last?

03 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

With a potential recession looming in the near future we talk to Jason Lennard about the history of recessions and the shape of them.

Series 3 | Episode 2 - IMF creditworthiness: implications for knowledge production and African development

03 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This episode addresses how the IMF conceptualises creditworthiness.

Viral Justice

03 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ruha Benjamin discusses a practical vision of how small changes can add up to large ones, transforming our relationships and communities and helping u...

How does class define us?

01 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Professor Neil Cummins, Professor Sam Friedman, Sabrina Daniel | It examines how we wear and reveal our social class in English societ...