LSE: Public lectures and events

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...

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...

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

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?”

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.

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?