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LSE: The Ballpark | Merchants of the Right: Gun Sellers and the Crisis of American Democracy with Professor Jennifer Carlson
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In March 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Jennifer Carlson of Arizona State University, and 2022 MacArthur Fellow, about her new book, Mer...
China, war and the civilizational state
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Christopher Coker | For the late Professor Christopher Coker the answer lay in the rise of a new political entity, the civil...
China, war and the civilizational state
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Why do some countries, such as China and Russia, stand outside of the liberal international order and oppose values that the West takes for granted –...
LSE: The Ballpark | Latino Voters in the United States with Professor Jason Casellas
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In March 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Jason Casellas about how the role of Latino voters in the United States and their changing votin...
What it means to be human in a world changed by AI
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Author Madhumita Murgia discusses her new book Code Dependent, which sets out just how profoundly automated systems are reshaping our lives all over t...
The Last Mile: Exclusion and Food Insecurity in Brazil
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This short film introduces the interdisciplinary research project “Engineering food: infrastructure exclusion and ‘last mile’ delivery in Brazil...
The search for democracy in the world's largest democracy
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In her latest book, Professor Alpa Shah tells the remarkable and chilling story of the Bhima Koregaon case, in which 16 human rights defenders (the BK...
From probabilities to decisions
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The idea of probabilities – and in particular ‘degrees of belief’ or ‘credences’ – is prevalent in politics, economics and science. Anna M...
The trading game
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
LSE alumnus, Gary Stevenson discusses his new book, The Trading Game: A Confession.
Who's afraid of gender?
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Judith Butler's new book "Who's Afraid of Gender?" is an account of how a fear of gender is fuelling reactionary politics around the world.
China, war and the civilizational state
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Why do some countries, such as China and Russia, stand outside of the liberal international order and oppose values that the West takes for granted –...
The politics and philosophy of AI
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
To make sense of the transformative power and disruptive potential of AI, our thinkers at the cutting edge of the technological frontier discuss its ...
Digital cities for humans or for profit?
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our panel explore the politics and ethics which drive digital change in cities and the consequences of digitisation for the lives and rights of those ...
LSE: The Ballpark | China Policy: The Limits of Transatlantic Convergence with Dr Mathieu Duchâtel
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In February 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Dr Mathieu Duchâtel, Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies at Institut Montaign...
Recasting the global economy and international institutions: collaboration, competition, and the new growth story
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As part of the Lionel Robbins Lecture Series, our panel discuss the growth story for the 21st century: building sustainable, resilient, and equitable ...
A new growth story: structural transformation; policies and institutions
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As part of the Lionel Robbins Lecture Series, the second lecture explores the new growth story: structural transformation; policies and institutions.
Look again: the power of noticing what was always there
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Tali Sharot and Professor Cass Sunstein discuss their new book, Look Again: The Power of Noticing What was Always There.
A world re-drawn; a world in crisis; a moment in history; the agenda for growth and transformation
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As part of the Lionel Robbins Lecture Series, the first lecture delivered was a world re-drawn; a world in crisis; a moment in history; the agenda for...
Building prosperity through social solidarity and economic dynamism
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Humza Yousaf MSP, First Minister of Scotland reflects on the current UK economic model which delivers comparatively low living standards and poor prod...
Elections in Ukraine and Russia
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mariia Zolkina, DINAM Research Fellow in the Department of International Relations, explains the cases of Ukraine and Russia.
Global ocean governance: past, present, and future
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Drawing from history, international law, and game theory. Professor Scott Barrett discusses the achievements and setbacks of global ocean governance.
217 million census records: evidence from linked census data
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
New historical census sources and advances in record linking technology are allowing economic historians to become big data genealogists.
LSE: The Ballpark | Super Tuesday 2024 results with Professor Jason Casellas
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On March 6th, the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Jason Casellas about the Super Tuesday results, the primary race so far, and what the trends may...
Déja vu all over again? Super Tuesday and the race for the presidency
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The day after this important primary contest, academics and journalists reflect on the US presidential primary results and give their predictions for ...
Are we on the verge of a weight-loss revolution?
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Nikki Sullivan, Paul Frijters, Sarah Appleton, Helen | Joanna Bale talks to Helen, who found Ozempic ‘life-changing’, Clinical Psy...
Are we on the verge of a weight-loss revolution?
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Are weight-loss jabs the answer to Britain’s obesity crisis? Should we be doing more to tackle the root causes?
How can we tackle inequalities through British public policy?
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Researchers from across the International Inequalities Institute discuss their work and how their findings could impact British public policy.
What's funny about everyday sexism?
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Grace Lordan joins stand-up comedian Cally Beaton as they delve into the fascinating realm of comedy and its intricate relationship with sexism.
LSE: The Ballpark | The Limits of Presidential Power with Professor Andrew Rudalevige
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In January 2024, the Phelan US Centre spoke to Andrew Rudalevige about the separation of powers in US government and the executive branch, and former ...
Shaping major cities – the challenge of being a mayor
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Running and shaping cities is among the most complex and challenging areas of public policy. What is it like to be a mayor?
The inequality of wealth: why it matters and how to fix it
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The super-rich have never had it so good. But millions of us can’t afford a home, an education or a pension. And unless we change course soon, the f...
Moments of polycrisis: a mayor's perspective
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
All politics is local. In an increasingly complex and dynamic world of multiple and overlapping crises, local authorities often find themselves at the...
Revolutionary papers: an exploration of anti-colonial and anti-imperial journals
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Revolutionary Papers is an international, transdisciplinary research and teaching initiative on anticolonial, anti-imperial and related left periodica...
Are we on the verge of a weight-loss revolution?
25 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Are weight-loss jabs the answer to Britain’s obesity crisis? Should we be doing more to tackle the root causes?
The modern left for progressive governance
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Across Europe, the left – in its different variants - is facing an electoral challenge. The populist, nationalist right appears in the ascendancy, w...
Transnational anti-gender politics and resistance
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As 'anti-gender' movements become more prominent globally, we ask Judith Butler and feminist activist Tooba Syed to share histories and forms of resis...
The new China playbook: beyond socialism and capitalism
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
China is a formidable and emerging power on the world stage, and its booming economy is the second largest in the world.
LSE: The Ballpark | Bipartisanship and US Foreign Policy with Dr Jordan Tama
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 2023 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Dr Jordan Tama, Provost Associate Professor at American University’s School of International Service about his...
The 2024 Indonesian election: from Widodo to Subianto?
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Prof John Sidel, Director of Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre at LSE, explains Indonesia's trajectory as a stable and consolidated democracy over t...
What is data colonialism?
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Big Tech companies are grabbing our most basic natural resources – our data – exploiting our labour and connections, and repackaging our informati...
The great fear: the politics of performing
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sociologist Richard Sennett speaks about his new book, The Performer: art, life, politics.
Transforming rural Southeast Asia
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Globally the proportion of people who live in rural areas is declining, yet the net number continues to increase: from 3 billion in 1990 to 3.4 billio...
Growth through investment: what should the UK's FDI strategy look like?
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An increasingly challenging global economic environment calls for an evidence-based discussion of the next stage of the UK’s strategy for the attrac...
Empowering the economy
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The German Finance Minister talks about new realities and strengthening Germany’s competitiveness for the benefit of its economy and its partners.
The shortcut - how machines became intelligent without thinking in a human way
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Current media coverage of AI seems to assume that it has just suddenly appeared out of the blue.
The revolutionary city
08 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mark R. Beissinger provides a new understanding of how revolutions happen and what they might look like in the future.
The seaside: England's love affair
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How can resorts, with their wealth of cultural heritage, forge a new future?
Why do so many people mistakenly think they are working class? | Extra iQ
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Sam Friedman | More than one in four people in the UK, from solidly middle-class backgrounds, mistakenly think of themselves...
The Oceans Treaty as a win for multilateralism: what lies ahead
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Speakers address what was achieved in these negotiations, how the Treaty speaks to global justice, equity, and climate change and what happens next in...
Why do so many people mistakenly think they are working class? | Extra iQ
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of LSE Extra iQ asks, 'Why do so many people mistakenly think they are working class?'.
LSE: The Ballpark | The Brattle Group Report on Reparations for Transatlantic Chattel Slavery
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 2023 the Phelan US Centre spoke to the authors of the Brattle Group Report on Reparations for Transatlantic Chattel Slavery, which estimates repara...
The perils of Saudi nationalism
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Saudi Arabia, the project of nation-building was troubled from its first days as the Al-Saud rulers struggled to construct a nation out of the frag...
2024 U.S. election: what you need to know
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There is a lot at stake for the United States and the world in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
Recent advances in the understanding of human sociality
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Although each of us derives enormous benefit from the vast network of cooperative social relations that exists among human beings, there is still no u...
Limitarianism: the case against extreme wealth
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s often said that there shouldn’t be any billionaires. But this is a mistake.
Why is it worth staying curious about racial capitalism?
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There has been a huge increase in discussion of racial capitalism, linked both to a revisiting of anticapitalist analysis and of the legacies of colon...
Empowering citizens with behavioural science
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Behavioural public policy has gained significant attention recently due to two key factors: political debates over government size and role, and the g...
Fluke: chance, chaos and why everything we do matters
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What are the smallest accidents that have tilted the course of history itself?
It's in the news: we're decarbonising!
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How can journalists help citizens understand what net-zero entails? What it means for them, given their values and livelihoods?
Solidarity economics: why mutuality and movements matter
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
can we build an economics based on cooperation?
Protect, strengthen, prepare - 2024 as a moment of truth for the future of the European continent
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Prime Minister De Croo talks about the strengths of the Union, its relationship with the United Kingdom, and the ways in which the EU needs to reform ...
In conversation with Bisher Khasawneh, Prime Minister of Jordan
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This special event welcomes LSE alumnus Bisher Khasawneh, Prime Minister of The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
LSE: The Ballpark | The Future of US-China Competition with Dr Ashley Tellis
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In January 2024, the Phelan US Centre spoke to Dr Ashley Tellis, the Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs and a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment fo...
Why do so many people mistakenly think they are working class? | Extra iQ
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of LSE Extra iQ asks, 'Why do so many people mistakenly think they are working class?'.
Golden Passports: how elites buy freedom
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Over the last two decades, citizenship by investment programmes have surged in popularity, with more than 20 countries adopting 'golden passport' laws...
Inflation: new and old perspectives
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
During the last two years, inflation has re-emerged in the developed world together with concerns about it being persistent.
LSE: The Ballpark | Why China Hawks are Wrong with Professor William Wohlforth
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 2023, the Phelan US Centre spoke to spoke to William C. Wohlforth, Daniel Webster Professor in the Department of Government at Dartmouth College, a...
LSE: The Ballpark | Rust Belt Union Blues with Professor Theda Skocpol
04 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 2023 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Theda Skocpol, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard University.
2024: A year of unpredictable elections
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our Global Politics series explores the debates at the forefront of politics and the implications of key elections.
How can we tackle loneliness?
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Heather Kappes, David McDaid, Molly Taylor | According to the Office for National Statistics, 7.1 per cent of adults in Great Britain ...
How can we tackle loneliness?
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of LSE iQ asks, ‘How can we tackle loneliness?’.
LSE: The Ballpark | Master’s students essay competition on climate change
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 2023, the Phelan US Centre ran an essay competition for master’s students with the prompt, “What responsibility does the US have to the rest of...
A lecture by Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In conversation with LSE alumna Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados.
Engaging the global urban agenda: from the south
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This year’s Chant lecture explores imperatives to reconfiguring global urban science to meet these ambitions.
The economic costs of British planning: unaffordable housing and lost employment and productivity
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This event brings together some of the key contributors to this long running debate and underline LSE’s commitment to engage in this important publi...
Rights, virtues and humanity: re-thinking the ethics of human rights
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Have human rights lost their power as an ethical discourse?
How can we tackle loneliness?
02 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of LSE iQ asks, ‘How can we tackle loneliness?’.
LSE: The Ballpark | Religion over Race with Dr Amanda Sahar d’Urso and Dr Tabitha Bonilla
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 2023 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Dr Amanda Sahar d’Urso, Assistant Professor at Georgetown University and Dr Tabitha Bonilla, Associate Profess...
The oceans, the blue economy and implications for climate change
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Many conversations about sustainability and climate-change focus on activities on land – the green part of our planet. This misses a vital part of t...
The legacy of Richard Titmuss: social welfare fifty years on
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This event discusses Richard Titmuss’s critique of the ‘welfare state’.
Greek foreign policy: future challenges and opportunities
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Contemporary politics reveal that the problems humanity is facing are not merely national or regional, but global, eroding and transcending the tradit...
How economics changes the world
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Economic ideas are "performative" - meaning that they do change the ways economies work - but not on their own.
Why the racial wealth divide matters
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Escalating asset price inflation in recent decades has helped to expose wealth inequality as a major dimension of socio-economic inequality across the...
Dementia and decision-making
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How should we make decisions with – or on behalf of – those with dementia?
Making good law in a time of polycrisis
20 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Lord Speaker will explain how the House of Lords enables policy-makers to look beyond the five-year electoral cycle, at a time when the UK faces m...
Trends and determinants of global child malnutrition: what can we learn from history?
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In his inaugural lecture, Eric Schneider explores how child malnutrition, measured through child growth, has changed over the past 150 years around th...
The elusive plantation: imagining development in Mozambique
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Wendy Wolford draws on multi stakeholder archival materials and field research to discuss an ambitious project called ProSavana intended to transform ...
Art, rights and resistance for the 21st century
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In conversation with Tanya Harmer, the interdisciplinary feminist collective, LASTESIS, will be reflecting on art, rights and resistance for the 21st ...
LSE: The Ballpark | In Quest of a Shared Planet with Dr Naveeda Khan
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 2023 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Naveeda Khan, associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at Johns Hopkins University about her new bo...
Good jobs, bad jobs in the UK labour market
09 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Speakers discuss how we can define and measure deprivation in the labour market, by applying a methodology widely used to measure multidimensional pov...
AI disruption in the job market: navigating future skills and relevance
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Speakers discuss strategies you can put in place to make sure you hone the skills necessary to keep you relevant in the workplace in the future.
Can we change the world?
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Faiza Shaheen, Duncan Green, Dr Jens Madsen | Experts will discuss how change isn't as straightforward as we'd like it to be – How i...
How can you get happier?
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science on the theme of health and wellbeing, Paul Dolan introduces his new podcast series, Get Happier.
Can we change the world?
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of LSE iQ asks, ‘Can we change the world?’
The women who made modern economics
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Reeves, the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, unveils her book, The Women Who Made Modern Economics.
Underground empire: how America weaponised the world economy
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Abraham Newman and Henry Farrell discuss their forthcoming book Underground Empire: how America weaponised the world economy.
How did Britain come to this? The accidental logics of Britain's neoliberal settlement
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Gwyn Bevan argues that the interaction of two ideas created an accidental logic in which financialised enterprises have exploited rules of the game to...
Towards a world of good relationships
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How are we to heal divided communities, to respect difference, trade fairly, care for the displaced, respond to crises, or share the natural world?
Black Feminism in Europe
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Speakers discuss the role of black women in social, cultural and political movements historically and in our times.
The Future of Capitalism Conference: Keynote Address: Rethinking Market Capitalism: Innovation and the Path to Shared Prosperity with Professor Daron Acemoglu
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On the 20th and 21st of October 2023, the London School of Economics' Phelan United States Centre hosted the Future of Capitalism in an Age of Insecur...