LSE: Public lectures and events
Episodes
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
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.
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...
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.
Friedrich Hayek and Adam Smith on the Concept of Liberty
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The term, “liberty,” has largely disappeared from traditional economics. As part of a larger study of Adam Smith’s politics, Barry Weingast sugg...
How does class define us?
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of LSE iQ asks, ‘How does class define us?’
NATO's Strategic Concept
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
NATO’s strategy for the next decade.
Trade and Climate A Negotiating Agenda For The WTO
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After striking a deal on fisheries subsidies, could trade and climate be the next negotiating challenge for the WTO?
Series 3 | Episode 1 – Who Owns Knowledge: the Politics of Knowledge Production
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast asks the question, what is considered legitimate knowledge within the development studies field?
The Multidimensional Politics of Inequality
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the inaugural Social Policy Lecture at LSE, Leslie McCall presents a novel analytical framework for the understanding of popular responses to econo...
Social Media and Hate
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Using expert interviews and focus groups, this book investigates the theoretical and practical intersection of misinformation and social media hate in...
Can't Pay, Won't Pay! A Popular History of Taxes
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for the screening of Xavier’s Villetard’s documentary Can't Pay, Won't Pay! and following this a question and answer session with Natacha ...
In Conversation with Olivia Umurerwa Rutazibwa
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
To celebrate Black History Month, join us for this conversation with Olivia Umurerwa Rutazibwa.
Landscapes of Environmental Racism
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Settler colonialism and racial capitalism in the US has resulted in dramatic forms of inequality through institutionalized, geopolitical, and environm...
The Past, Present, and Future of Global Economic Governance
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our panel of Jamie Martin, Abraham Newman and Stephanie Rickard discuss the future of globalisation and international economic governance, particularl...
How does class define us?
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of LSE iQ asks, ‘How does class define us?’
Ronald Ross and Hilda Hudson: a surprising collaboration on the theory of epidemics
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
During WW1, the famous physician Ronald Ross teamed up with a young geometer, Hilda Hudson, and together they effectively founded mathematical epidemi...
The Rise and Fall of the Neo-Liberal Order
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The neoliberalism that has defined American political economy for more than four decades appears to be in terminal decline.
Social Science is Explanation or it is Nothing
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Engaging with LSE's core motto, "Rerum Cognoscere Causas" meaning "to know the causes of things", we engage with a fundamental question about the purp...
Threatening Dystopias: politics of climate change adaptation in Bangladesh
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Launch of Kasia Paprocki's new book, Threatening Dystopias The Global Politics of Climate Change Adaptation in Bangladesh.
Coping When Life is Hard: can philosophy help?
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Two recent books - Kieran Setiya's Life is Hard and Luc Bovens's Coping - argue that it can. In this panel event, the authors talk to Susanne Burri an...
Inflation: the energy crisis explained
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rising energy bills drive up the cost of living. LSE's Anna Valero explains what led to the current energy crisis and how the transition to net zero e...
The Strategic Nexus Between Climate Change, Energy and Geopolitics
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This lecture explores how to develop effective international strategies that help us prevent catastrophic global warming.
The New Political Capitalism
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Zammit-Lucia and Michael Barzelay discuss Joe's recent book, The New Political Capitalism - How businesses and societies can thrive in a deeply po...
Play it Again Clem? Lessons from the 1940s for Post-COVID Britain
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What are the lessons we should learn, how successful were the policies of the time, and should we really try to go back to the future?
Unfree: migrant domestic labour in the Middle East
05 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In her new book, Rhacel Salazar Parreñas offers nuanced accounts of workers relationships with their employers in the United Arab Emirates.
Hijacking Women's Health
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Women’s health is and always has been hijacked for political ends. The US Supreme Court overturning of Roe vs Wade is but another example of elites ...
How can we survive the next mass extinction?
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This month, LSE iQ asks: How can we survive the next mass extinction?
What is the Future of the US Supreme Court?
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Recent US Supreme Court decisions have rocked the nation.
From Annexation to War: Russia's aggression in Ukraine
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this talk, the panellists consider both Russia's war against and invasion of Ukraine since February 2022 and the longer trajectory of Russia's aggr...
Welcome 2022: A message from Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“Be curious about what you can give back to the world and how you can use your time here towards that goal." This year's Welcome address comes from ...
The Connections World: the future of Asian capitalism
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Modern Asia is built upon a web of close relationships running between and within business and politics: the connections world.
In Conversation with Ray Dalio
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Ray Dalio and Minouche Shafik in conversation as they deep dive into the findings of Dalio's recent book, Principles for Dealing with the Changin...
LSE: The Ballpark | Finding Success as a Phelan US Centre Undergraduate Research Assistant, with Karen Torres
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Phelan US Centre’s Joss Harrison speaks to Karen Torres about her experience as an undergraduate research assistant (UGRA) with Dr John Collins ...
The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Wellbeing in Developing Countries
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Led by Michael Greenstone of the University of Chicago, this event discusses the impacts of climate change on human wellbeing in developing countries,...
LSE: The Ballpark | Everyone wins: Student-faculty collaborations in the Phelan US Centre's Undergraduate Research Assistant programme, with Professor James Morrison
23 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In June 2022, the Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson spoke to Professor James Morrison about his experience as a faculty lead working on research proje...
Inflation: What happens next?
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With interest rates going up, and energy bills increasing, we talk to LSE Director Minouche Shafik about what happens next with inflation.
Ray of Hope? Innovation and the Climate Crisis
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dealing with climate change will require innovation and diffusion of new technologies. But how can we craft policies to best deliver this?
Whatever It Takes – Is There A Plan B For Climate Change?
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Plan A for climate change should be to change our growth model to reduce emissions sufficiently to stop global warming through a mixture of carbon pri...
LSE: The Ballpark | Professor Ayse Zarakol on the future of Liberal Internationalism and the War in Ukraine
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On 9 June 2022, The Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson and Mohid Malik spoke to Professor Ayse Zarakol of the University of Cambridge about the state o...
The Power of Regret
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Pink discusses the true value in understanding regret and using it to our advantage.
LSE: The Ballpark | Professor Charles Kupchan on American Isolationism and the Future of the Liberal World Order
12 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On 9 June 2022, The Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson and Mohid Malik spoke to Professor Charles Kupchan of the Council on Foreign Relations and Georg...
What’s the future of capitalism?
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Capitalism and free markets have lifted billions out of poverty across the globe. But it is also blamed for widening the gap between rich and poor - w...
5 things you need to know about Big Computing
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You may be familiar with big data, but what about all the systems behind big data?
LSE: The Ballpark | Dr Fiona Hill on Putin, the War in Ukraine, and the Future of European Security
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Gilson and Mohid Malik speak to Dr Fiona Hill of the Brookings Institute in Washington D.C. about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 202...
Roe v Wade: The global ripple effect
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Rishita Nandagiri's research focuses on gender, abortion and reproduction in the Global South.
Episode 3 – Leadership and Belonging
07 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We hear from EmbRace Co-chairs, Maryane Mwaniki and Ikenna Acholonu who along with Adeola Akande Pierre-Nöel, have led the EmbRace senior leadership ...
Inflation hits low and middle-income households hardest
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
LSE's Dr Kate Summers explains why low- and middle-income households have much less wiggle room to navigate the effects of inflation.
Episode 2 – Shaping the Journey
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In our second episode, we hear from one of EmbRace’s past chairs, Marlene Worrell, who was instrumental in shaping the network into the structure we...
Episode 1 – The Journey’s Beginning and Future
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
EmbRace is excited to release the first in our four-episode podcast series, ‘EmbRace the Journey’!
Congratulations to the class of 2022
22 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What does it means to graduate from LSE? Hear from the class of 2022 as they celebrate this milestone together.
Public Authority Podcast | Changing the course of a landmark trial at the ICC
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the Public Authority Podcast examines the impact of long-term research focussed on northern Uganda hosted at the Firoz Lalji Institute...
Celebrating the class of 2020
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Graduating from LSE is an amazing achievement! We celebrate the class of 2020 reaching this milestone as we welcome them back to campus.
How can interest rates control inflation?
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Expect central banks to continue to raise interest rates in order to reduce pressures on the economy’s limited supply.
Inflation: What's going on right now?
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Demand is going up, supply is going down, and costs are rising. Everything that causes inflation is operating together.
Media coverage of Ukrainian refugees has been different to other conflicts
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Myria Georgiou compares the warm welcome given to Ukrainian refugees to the suspicion extended towards people who come from other parts of t...
How long do eggs really keep? The reality of fertility treatment in the UK
11 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Despite it being the fastest growing fertility treatment in the UK, until recently women seeking to freeze their eggs were being let down by outdated ...
Global Trends in Climate Litigation
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This event marks the launch of the Grantham Research Institute’s 2022 Global Trends in Climate Change Litigation Policy Report.
Threats to the Women's Rights Movement: a conversation with Ann Olivarius
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Grace Lordan in her conversation with Ann Olivarius as they look back on the progress that women have made over the last 50 years.
Do entrepreneurs need money to succeed? The due diligence process explained
28 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Entrepreneurs can have a tough time having their business idea heard. LSE research looks into one Venture Capitalist Fund who are taking a more scient...
Ukraine's Wartime Economy and Financial Challenges
27 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
LSE Visiting Senior Fellow Valeria Gontareva, who is the former Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, discusses Ukraine's wartime economy and the ...
Old and New Challenges for Central Banking in West Africa
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
To mark the Bank of Ghana’s 65th anniversary, panellists address previous and emerging challenges for central banking in West Africa.
Are the Rich Getting Richer? The Challenges of Wealth Inequality
18 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Recent decades have seen spiralling fortunes of the super-rich across the globe, and the UK is a major hub for high earners.
Do Octopuses Have Feelings? The Question of Animal Sentience
18 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
To be sentient is to have positive or negative experiences, such as experiences of pain, pleasure, comfort, warmth, hunger, anxiety or joy. Humans are...
Go Big: how can all of us play a part in making change happen?
18 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A better world is possible; the solutions are out there. We can all make a difference. We just need to know where to look - and have the courage to th...
Revising History: why does it matter how we talk about empire?
18 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The toppling of Bristol's Edward Colston statue in 2020 reminded the media that our colonial history and how it is taught, talked about and represente...
The Age of Refugees
18 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The uprooting of refugees from Ukraine reflects the latest phase in the ongoing and intensified age of forced migration.
The Future of the United Nations
18 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Is the United Nations still able to perform its intended role as forum for global deliberation, negotiation, and policymaking?
Trauma, Inequality and Healing from COVID-19: film screening and conversation
18 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing forms of structural racism and inequality, and generated new social divides.
Can Trade Shape Africa's Post-COVID Recovery?
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The pandemic’s impact on global trade has significantly harmed Africa’s economies and development. Could historic changes to the way African trade...
How to Move On
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How can people move on from conflict and trauma, and overcome seemingly unbridgeable divides or intractable circumstances?
In Conversation with Christine Lagarde and José Viñals
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
At this special event, LSE Director Minouche Shafik hosts a conversation with Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank and LSE alumnu...
Competition Policy in Europe After the COVID-19 Crisis
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An unprecedented amount of financial support has been granted by national authorities to companies to alleviate the economic effects of COVID-19.
Financing Social Care
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The pandemic has highlighted long-known vulnerabilities of the social care sector and amplified the urgency for reforming its funding system.