LSE: Public lectures and events
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What AI is doing to America's democracy
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this lecture, Lawrence Lessig will discuss the impact of artificial intelligence on the 2024 American election, and the implications that this will...
"What is needed is hard thinking": five challenges for the social sciences
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Larry Kramer | Join us for the inaugural lecture of LSE President and Vice Chancellor of LSE Larry Kramer in which he will t...
"What is needed is hard thinking": five challenges for the social sciences
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for the inaugural lecture of LSE President and Vice Chancellor of LSE Larry Kramer in which he will talk about his vision for LSE, the role of...
LSE: The Ballpark | The social media spiral of silence with Nick Lewis
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In September 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Nick Lewis, a PhD student in LSE’s Department of Government and a recipient of a Phelan US Centre Ph...
Policy epidemiology for emerging infectious diseases
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Rebecca Katz | This public event will describe the state of global health security, global governance of disease and the pol...
Policy epidemiology for emerging infectious diseases
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This public event will describe the state of global health security, global governance of disease and the policy epidemiology framework used in the An...
Why are there so few women in tech?
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Why is there so little diversity in #tech and does it matter? Are men inherently better coders? Or are there hidden biases in the tech industry?
AI and the future of behavioural science
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Alexandra Chesterfield, Elisabeth Costa, Professor Oliver Hauser, Dr Dario Krpan, Professor Susan Michie, Professor Robert West | Arti...
AI and the future of behavioural science
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this event, speakers associated with pioneering work on AI in relation to behavioural science, as part of their own research or organisational init...
Labour's first 100 days: a new era of progressive politics in the UK?
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Sir John Curtice, Professor Anand Menon, Professor Paula Surridge | Has Labour’s election marked a real turning point?This...
Labour's first 100 days: a new era of progressive politics in the UK?
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Has Labour’s election marked a real turning point? This is a thought-provoking event as we provide an early assessment of the new Labour government’...
Voter education: the challenge of the century
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Eric Maskin, Professor Amartya Sen, Dr Suzanne Bloks, Professor Richard Bradley, Rudolf Fara | As authoritarianism and polit...
Voter education: the challenge of the century
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In support of the new project, Nobel Laureates Amartya Sen and Eric Maskin address core democratic principles. Professor Sen revisits the foundational...
Born to rule: the making and remaking of the British elite
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Hashi Mohamed, Dr. Aaron Reeves, Professor Lauren Rivera, Dr Faiza Shaheen | In Aaron Reeves and Sam Friedman’s new book, which they...
Born to rule: the making and remaking of the British elite
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Aaron Reeves and Sam Friedman’s new book, which they launch at this event, they provide a uniquely data-rich analysis of the British elite from t...
Religion, nationalism, conflict and community: in conversation with Rory Stewart
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Rory Stewart, Professor James Walters | While religion continues to be perceived as of diminishing significance by many in Western Eur...
Religion, nationalism, conflict and community: in conversation with Rory Stewart
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
While religion continues to be perceived as of diminishing significance by many in Western Europe, religious nationalisms are on the rise around the w...
Children of a modest star
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Nils Gilman, Dr Ganga Shreedhar, Professor Karen E Smith | Deadly viruses, climate-changing carbon molecules, and harmful pollutants a...
Children of a modest star
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This event featuring Nils Gilman, co-author of a new book, Children of a Modest Star: Planetary Thinking for an Age of Crises draws on intellectual hi...
What’s it like to win a Nobel Prize?
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of LSE iQ, we explore what it’s like to win the prestigious Nobel Prize and how it changes your life.
Shaping the future: AI in the workplace
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Matt Blakemore, Richard Nesbitt, Carolyn Scott, Reshma Shaikh, Noa Srebrnik | This event will navigate the complexities of AI implemen...
LSE: The Ballpark | Why America Can’t Retrench with Dr Peter Harris
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In September 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Peter Harris, Associate Professor of Political Science at Colorado State University about his new book...
Shaping the future: AI in the workplace
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This event will navigate the complexities of AI implementation in the workplace and examine how these technologies are being developed to benefit soci...
Sewage in our waters
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Ed Conway, Dr Kamala Dawar, David Henderson, James Wallace | We have a growing waste problem, which has been around for some time and ...
Sewage in our waters
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There has been much recent controversy in the UK around Sewage in Our Waters. New laws would have to specify who has the responsibility of undertaking...
Trade and climate change: managing policies on the road to net zero
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Luis Garicano, Professor Maisa Rojas Corradi, Professor Catherine Wolfram | Trade and climate change policies have become in...
Trade and climate change: managing policies on the road to net zero
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Trade and climate change policies have become increasingly interwoven. Subsidies for green industries often provoke tariffs, such as US actions over C...
Innovative market solutions to confront climate change
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Claudio Frischtak, Basak Odemis, Professor Rohini Pande, Ali Sarfraz | Large investments are needed to confront climate change. Curren...
Innovative market solutions to confront climate change
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This talk brings together insights from policymakers, international organisations, the private sector, and academia to explore how markets, such as fo...
LSE: The Ballpark | Faculty-student research collaborations with Evelyne Ong
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In August 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Evelyne Ong, an undergraduate research assistant with the Phelan US Centre for the 2023-24 academic year.
What’s it like to win a Nobel Prize?
21 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Esther Duflo, Elizabeth Lewis Channon, Khari Motayne, Professor Sir Christopher Pissarides | While there are always rumours ...
What’s it like to win a Nobel Prize?
21 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of LSE iQ, we explore what it’s like to win the prestigious Nobel Prize and how it changes your life.
LSE: The Ballpark | Master’s students essay competition on capitalism
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 2024, the Phelan US Centre ran an essay competition for master’s students with the prompt, ““How should the United States work to shape the f...
Part-time work while studying: become a Student Ambassador
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Get paid while studying at LSE by becoming a Student Ambassador!
Wealth, influence, and class: the British elite explained
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Do today’s power brokers in Britain continue to be born to privilege and anointed at Eton and Oxford? Or is a new progressive elite emerging with di...
Designing and evaluating digital interventions for social impact
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Susan Athey | Digital interventions are well-suited for social impact applications because they are relatively inexpensive t...
Designing and evaluating digital interventions for social impact
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This year's Stamp Memorial Lecture is delivered by Susan Athey, the Economics of Technology Professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business.
How can we solve the gender pay gap?
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of LSE iQ explores whether gender pay gap reporting, pay transparency and tackling gender norms can reduce the gender pay gap.
LSE: The Ballpark | US Industrial Policy with Professor Nathan Lane
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In July 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Nathan Lane, Associate Professor in Economics at Oxford University, about industrial policy in the United S...
LSE: The Ballpark | Black Immigrant Literacies with Professor Patriann Smith
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Patriann Smith, professor in the College of Education at the University of South Florida.
LSE: The Ballpark | Gray Areas with Professor Adia Harvey Wingfield
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In June 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Adia Harvey Wingfield, the Mary Tileston Hemenway Professor of Arts & Sciences and Vice Dean for Faculty De...
How can we solve the gender pay gap?
04 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Nina Rousille, Camille Landais, Jane Garvey | This episode of LSE iQ explores whether gender pay gap reporting, pay transparency and t...
How can we solve the gender pay gap?
04 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of LSE iQ explores whether gender pay gap reporting, pay transparency and tackling gender norms can reduce the gender pay gap.
Why is the Middle East at war?: US intervention explained
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The 1953 coup in Iran, orchestrated by the CIA and MI6, toppled the elected Prime Minister Muhammad Mossadegh. Renowned scholar Fawaz Gerges explains ...
LSE: The Ballpark | Parliamentary America with Professor Maxwell Stearns
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In May 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Maxwell Stearns, the Venable, Baetjer & Howard Professor of Law at the University of Maryland Francis King C...
Will Aberdeen’s clean energy ambitions damage its local community?
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Aberdeen’s plans to move away from oil and gas towards clean energy have highlighted the difficulties in ensuring such transitions are equitable.
LSE: The Ballpark | US Nuclear Strategy in a Changing Indo-Pacific
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In June 2024, the LSE Phelan US Centre held the conference, US Nuclear Strategy in a Changing Indo-Pacific.
The future of liberal democracy
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Andrés Velasco, Dr Mukulika Banerjee, Professor Chris Anderson | In addition to the UK election, our experts weigh in on th...
Introduction to British Politics
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Dr Laura Serra, Elinor Goodman, Professor Tim Bale | Our experts provide insight and analysis on the night.
The British Economy
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Sir Tim Besley, Professor Richard Davies, Eshe Nelson | They explore the pressure on public finances (from the likelihood of...
AI, Fake News and the Media
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Dr Nick Anstead, Professor Helen Margetts, Professor Julie Posetti | They explore the difference between this election in 2024 and pre...
Climate Change
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Dimitri Zenghelis, Dr Philipp Rode, Professor Elizabeth Robinson | They will also examine the role climate change has played in the el...
Domestic policy
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Wendy Thomson, Professor Andrew Street, Professor Nicholas Barr | They review the stances of each party and how they’ve sh...
Foreign policy
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Iain Begg, Professor Michael Cox, Professor Stephanie Rickard, Professor Peter Trubowitz | They explore rising global tensio...
The British Economy
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our panel focus on the state of the British economy going into the election and the challenges it faces.
AI, Fake News and the Media
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our panel discuss how AI and Fake News has shaped this election from digital to traditional media.
Climate Change
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our panel explore the progress the UK has made in tackling climate change under the Conservatives.
Domestic policy
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our panel discuss the main domestic policy challenges from rising poverty, the cost of living crisis and the state of the NHS before the general elect...
Foreign policy
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our panel discuss the main foreign policy challenges likely to confront the next Government from defence spending to geopolitics.
Introduction to British Politics
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our panel examines British politics before the election, the course of the campaign, the expected result followed by a reaction to the exit poll at 22...
The future of liberal democracy
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our panel discuss what this election tells us about the health of Britain’s democracy in context of the elections taking place around the world this...
What went wrong with capitalism
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Ruchir Sharma | Sharma says progressive youth are partly right and that capitalism has morphed into “socialism for the very rich.”...
What went wrong with capitalism
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In his new book, What Went Wrong with Capitalism, bestselling author, Ruchir Sharma explores how the culture of easy money and bailouts has rewarded o...
Global trends in climate litigation
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Zaneta Sedilikova, Cynthia Hanawalt, Professor Harro van Asselt, Dr Joana Setzer, Catherine Higham | Activist groups and civil society...
Global trends in climate litigation
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This event marks the launch of the Grantham Research Institute’s (GRI) 2024 Global Trends in Climate Change Litigation Policy Report.
Elections in Iran and the Middle East
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As Iran prepares to elect a new President, Professor Fawaz Gerges analyses how democratic processes vary across the Middle East
LSE: The Ballpark | US Foreign Policy and Power with Professor Jeff Legro
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In May 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Jeff Legro, University Professor at the University of Richmond, and Visiting Professor at the Phelan US Cent...
AI guardians: who holds power over our data
15 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Sadiqah Musa, Professor Neil Lawrence, Dr Chandrima Ganguly | Who is in charge of the algorithms and models that shape our future?
Can the law prevent violence against women in conflict?
15 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Iliana Sarafian, Rita Kahsay, Fatou Bensouda | Global legal frameworks to protect women in conflict have been agreed by all members of...
Defending democracy: building solidarity with persecuted writers, journalists, and artists
15 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Salman Usmani, Professor Alpa Shah, Ross Holder | Amidst the surge of global authoritarianism, how do we protect the freedom of speech...
Invertebrate minds: from spiders to octopuses
15 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Daria Zakharova, Professor Elli Leadbeater, Professor Jonathan Birch, Sam Beckbessinger | Human beings are part of a vast sentient wor...
Is diversity and inclusion bad for business?
15 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Dr Grace Lordan | Recently there has been a surge in popular voices in social media stating that DEI is bad for business. There has al...
Power and storytelling
15 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Naila Kabeer, Phillip Hensher, Monica Ali | How can an author bring out the stories and voices buried in their research to d...
Power, politics, and belonging: the lasting impacts of colonialism
15 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Dr Maël Lavenaire, Leah Eryenyu, Professor Neil Cummins | Politics of power and wealth have had a huge impact on the structuring of i...
The power of trust
15 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Ros Taylor, Dr Laura Gilbert, Rafael Behr | Trust (in media, institutions, politics and democracy) is widely reported to be in decline...
What is driving the green backlash in European urban politics?
15 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Shirley Rodrigues, Jean-Louis Missika, Ciaran Cuffe, Dr Liam Beiser-McGrath | Cities are widely considered to be progressive bastions ...
AI guardians: who holds power over our data
15 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our panel explore the ethics and bias in AI and why diverse and inclusive data teams and decision-makers are needed to shape the algorithms and model...
Can the law prevent violence against women in conflict?
15 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our panel examine case studies from Ukraine, Ethiopia, and Uganda to explore the complex power dynamics around violence against women in conflict.
Defending democracy: building solidarity with persecuted writers, journalists, and artists
15 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our panel examine the persecution of writers, academics, journalists and artists across the globe.
Invertebrate minds: from spiders to octopuses
15 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our panel discuss how to include invertebrate animals from spiders to sea creatures in debates on animal welfare to ensure their interests are protect...
Is diversity and inclusion bad for business?
15 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Grace Lordan discusses the conditions needed to reap the rewards from diversity in business.
Power and storytelling
15 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
LSE Press author, Naila Kabeer, launches her new book in conversation with Monica Ali and Philip Hensher, exploring the purpose and value of different...
Power, politics, and belonging: the lasting impacts of colonialism
15 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our panel explore examples of racial and ethnic inequalities from the 19th century to the present day in an attempt to unravel the legacy of past inju...
The power of trust
15 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our panel consider whether and why trust in society matters, and how it could be restored.
What is driving the green backlash in European urban politics?
15 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our panel of panel of European city leaders discuss what has been driving a growing backlash against the green transition in Europe, and how this is s...
Anti-globalism, international disorder and the West
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Leslie Vinjamuri, Professor Helen Thompson, Gideon Rachman | Early hopes that Western democracies’ unified response to Vla...
Better work: whose business is it?
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Sarah O'Connor, Professor Alan Manning, Professor Stephen Machin, Kate Bell | How much power should employers have over their workers’...
How do we know if national economies are sustainable? A guide to going "Beyond GDP"
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Giles Atkinson, Dr Matthew Agarwala | Discover how to measure economic progress and sustainability with practical illustrati...
Anti-globalism, international disorder and the West
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our panel of experts consider the international implications of populism’s continuing success in Western democracies.
Better work: whose business is it?
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our panel discuss what policies the government should introduce – or scrap – to bring about a better balance of power in our working lives.
How do we know if national economies are sustainable? A guide to going "Beyond GDP"
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our panel explore how we can go “Beyond GDP” to measure both the economic progress of nations and the sustainability of the planet?
Geography of discontent: euroscepticism in regions of stagnant growth
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, Dr Özge Öner, James Blagden | Recent EU research highlights a clear connection between stagnant g...
Lawfare: do law and courts have power to solve global problems?
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Gerry Simpson, Dr Joana Setzer, Sir Howard Morrison KC, Professor Larry Kramer | There is a growing expectation for law and ...
Left behind: a new economics for neglected places
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Paul Collier | Left behind places can be found in prosperous countries — from South Yorkshire, integral to the industrial ...
Power and social change: 5 ways we can challenge inequalities of power
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Kerryn Krige, Dr Jonathan Roberts | You will learn five practical skills to challenge and reshape power dynamics: Understanding socia...
Geography of discontent: euroscepticism in regions of stagnant growth
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our panel examine issues in economic geography, development traps within the EU, and political discontent, and consider what these findings mean for t...
Lawfare: do law and courts have power to solve global problems?
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our panel explore whether "lawfare" – or the mobilisation of law and courts – a hollow hope or promising cure for the regional and global problems...
Left behind: a new economics for neglected places
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Paul Collier explores why places in prosperous countries are left to fall behind and what we can do about it.
Power and social change: 5 ways we can challenge inequalities of power
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Discover the five ways we can challenge inequalities of power.
Empowering communities? Exploring devolution's impact on low-income areas
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Tony Travers | Devolution offers an opportunity to reshape where power resides in the UK. But after years of austerity, the ...