LSE: Public lectures and events

Global middle powers and the changing world order

12 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Dr Bugra Susler, Dr Yolanda Spies, Professor Chris Alden | Now, as emerging global middle powers begin to assert their influence in th...

How does data regulation work for our digital society?

12 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Professor Andrew Murray | Learn the fundamentals of data regulation – how data is gathered and processed, held and stored according...

Understanding China's views of the world

12 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Xiaolu Guo, Professor William A. Callahan, Dr Elena Barabantseva | Elena Barabantseva’s Chinese-Russian Group Wedding (5 min) explor...

Empowering communities? Exploring devolution's impact on low-income areas

12 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our panel explore the impact of localised governance on community sustainability, and particularly, the role of metro mayors in responding to austerit...

Global middle powers and the changing world order

12 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The established Western-led global order, historically rooted in American and European dominance, is facing increasingly robust challenges.

How does data regulation work for our digital society?

12 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our leading experts in technology law, Andrew Murray and Orla Lynskey, deliver this one-hour workshop.

Understanding China's views of the world

12 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our panel premiere two new films about how Chinese people experience the world, offering a nuanced understanding of the People’s Republic of China.

100 days to kickstart Britain: what should the government's priorities be?

11 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Danny Sriskandarajah, Sam Richards, Eshe Nelson, Soumaya Keynes | The UK’s economy has waned in recent years – low growth and prod...

Authoritarian populism and media freedom

11 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Dr Kate Wright, Dr Damian Tambini, Alan Rusbridger | How did the Trump administration capture one of the world’s most important publ...

How can countries prepare for the next global health crisis?

11 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Dr Clare Wenham, Professor Ken Shadlen, Dr Ulrich Sedelmeier, Dr Tine Hanrieder | They explore how power, politics and public opinion ...

How to make better decisions

11 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Dr Luc Schneider | Learn about the fundamental ingredients of any personal or professional decision Explore the evidence around how t...

Is history a guide to politics?

11 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Dr Angus Wrenn, Professor Gordon Barrass | LSE Language Centre, in collaboration with the LSESU Drama Society, presents an evening of ...

100 days to kickstart Britain: what should the government's priorities be?

11 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our panel examine Britain’s economic model and how it can be re-built to kickstart productivity and tackle the country’s challenges.

Authoritarian populism and media freedom

11 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our expert panel examine the disconcerting dynamic between authoritarian populism and public service media.

How can countries prepare for the next global health crisis?

11 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our panel assess countries’ prevention, preparedness and response for the next global health crisis after the COVID-19 pandemic.

How to make better decisions

11 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As part of LSE Festival, Luc Schneider and LSE Online deliver this skills workshop. Learn about the main components of any good decision-making proces...

Is history a guide to politics?

11 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A discussion on the New Cold War, the dynamics of resistance and coercion, and its impact on the shifting power arrangements.

A year of elections: power and politics in 2024

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Bill Neely, Professor Sara Hobolt, Dr Mukulika Banerjee, Dr Nick Anstead | This year people around the world are going to the polls. W...

Economics and wellbeing: inflation, public debt, and commercial wars

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Professor Olivier Blanchard | What are the prospects for inflation? Is the level of public debt now dangerous? And will commercial war...

The ministry for the future: navigating the politics of the climate crisis

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Professor Elizabeth Robinson, Kim Stanley Robinson | Kim Stanley Robinson is the Author of about twenty books, including the internati...

A year of elections: power and politics in 2024

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our panel explore some of the issues coming to the fore in this bumper year for politics as well as their implications.

Economics and wellbeing: inflation, public debt, and commercial wars

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Olivier Blanchard, former Chief Economist at the IMF, explores how current global instability poses a challenge to economic wellbeing.

How do misinformation and fake news affect voters

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If people are getting inaccurate information they cannot make informed decisions in democracies.

LSE: The Ballpark | The media, truth, and reality with Brooke Gladstone

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Brooke Gladstone, host and Managing Editor of WNYC’s On the Media about the US’ changing media landscape, an...

The ministry for the future: navigating the politics of the climate crisis

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Award-winning science fiction writer, Kim Stanley Robinson discusses the political economy needed to cope with climate change with Elizabeth Robinson,...

The 2024 European elections and the challenges ahead

06 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Professor Sara Hobolt, Dr Heather Grabbe, Tony Barber | The 2024 European Parliament elections promise to be a pivotal moment for the ...

The 2024 European elections and the challenges ahead

06 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the first day of voting in the elections, our panel discuss Eurosceptic parties, climate change, migration and the wars in Gaza and Ukraine and mor...

Tech tantrums - when tech meets humanity

05 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Baroness Beeban Kidron | AI is poised to supercharge its impact on almost every aspect of economic, public and personal life. Tech lea...

LSE Volunteer Centre

05 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Volunteer Centre

Tech tantrums - when tech meets humanity

05 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Baroness Beeban Kidron explores the issues around AI and why it must not be left to tech experts and unaccountable corporations.

How to build a cohesive society

04 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Professor Jonathan Wolff, Professor Marc Stears, Professor Margaret Levi | Tim Besley, School Professor of Economics and Political Sci...

How to build a cohesive society

04 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our panel explore how we can overcome social division and create a more cohesive society.

Alternatives to neoliberalism

03 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Professor Debra Satz, Professor Sir Paul Collier | The first of two events to launch LSE’s new Programme on Cohesive Capitalism, a d...

Alternatives to neoliberalism

03 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our panel seeks to answer the central economic question of our time: what is the alternative to neoliberalism?

What's at stake in the upcoming EU elections

03 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the recent years, more and more right-wing parties have appeared in politics in European countries and across the world.

Visions of inequality: from the French Revolution to the end of the Cold War

30 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Professor Branko Milanovic | The book is a history of how economists across two centuries have thought about inequality, told through ...

Visions of inequality: from the French Revolution to the end of the Cold War

30 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Branko Milanovic discusses his latest book, Visions of Inequality: from the French Revolution to the end of the Cold War.

The divine economy: how religions compete for wealth, power, and people

29 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Professor Paul Seabright | Religion in the twenty-first century is alive and well across the world, despite its apparent decline in No...

The divine economy: how religions compete for wealth, power, and people

29 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Paul Seabright discusses his latest book, The Divine Economy: How Religions Compete for Wealth, Power, and People.

England: seven myths that changed a country – and how to set them straight

28 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Dr Marc Stears, Tom Baldwin | Some politicians will talk of restoring an English birthright of liberty or the swashbuckling self-confi...

2024 Mexican General Election

28 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mexico will likely elect its first female president on 2 June in an election where a lot is at stake

England: seven myths that changed a country – and how to set them straight

28 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tom Baldwin and Marc Stears discuss their new book, England: Seven Myths That Changed a Country – and How to Set Them Straight.

LSE: The Ballpark | The Bomb with Fred Kaplan

28 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In May 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to author and journalist for Slate magazine and Phelan US Centre Visiting Senior Fellow, Fred Kaplan about his ...

Made in China: When US-China Interests Converged to Transform Global Trade | LSE Phelan US Centre Event

24 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How did China—the world’s largest communist nation—converge with global capitalism? And when did this occur?

Shadows without bodies: war, revolutionary nostalgia, and the challenges of internationalism

22 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Dr Christina Heatherton | She discusses how war, nationalism, and revolutionary nostalgia have confounded the development of an intern...

Shadows without bodies: war, revolutionary nostalgia, and the challenges of internationalism

22 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Christina Heatherton reflects on the challenges of internationalism at present.

The importance of central bank reserves

21 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Dr Andrew Bailey | He discusses implications for the future of the Bank’s balance sheet.

The importance of central bank reserves

21 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey delivers his lecture on the key role that central bank reserves play in financial stability and monetary...

Will the US remain the world’s superpower?

21 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The idea of an America in decline has gained traction in recent years and has, of course, been capitalized on by President Trump. Is America’s ‘gr...

Living in the past: exploring memory in humans, animals, and artificial agents

20 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Dr Johannes Mahr, Dr Zafeirios Fountas, Dr Felipe De Brigard, Professor Nicola Clayton | From music to nostalgia, to recall your feeli...

Living in the past: exploring memory in humans, animals, and artificial agents

20 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our panel from philosophy, psychology and computer science explore episodic memory from its function – the ability to recall everyday events whethe...

Welcome to LSE: Our official campus tour video

17 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Come on a guided tour of our university campus — right in the heart of London.

The sixth suspect: Stephen Lawrence, investigative journalism and racial inequality

16 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Dr. Clive James Nwonka, Ann-Marie Cousins, Daniel De Simone | The panel explore the potential of contemporary investigative journalism...

The sixth suspect: Stephen Lawrence, investigative journalism and racial inequality

16 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

BBC correspondent, Daniel De Simone will offer previously unheard insights into his two-year investigation and how the sixth suspect was identified wi...

Will the US remain the world’s superpower?

15 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The idea of an America in decline has gained traction in recent years and has, of course, been capitalized on by President Trump. Is America’s ‘gr...

Data grab: the new colonialism of big tech and how to fight back

14 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Professor Ulises Ali Mejias, Professor Nick Couldry | Every time we click ‘Accept’ on Terms and Conditions, we allow our most pers...

Data grab: the new colonialism of big tech and how to fight back

14 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The book launch of Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back

South Africa and the Political Party Funding Act

14 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Sarah Brierley of the Department of Government and Dr Daniel De Kadt of the Department of Methodology at LSE explain.

Are universities creating a new political divide?

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Professor Maria Sobolewska, Dr Elizabeth Simon, Professor Jonathan Hopkin | Is the level of education now becoming a central political...

Will the US remain the world’s superpower?

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Elizabeth Ingleson, John Van Reenen, Ashley Tellis | A shining city on a hill. America the beautiful. The United States has long been ...

Are universities creating a new political divide?

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our panel explore large and growing gap between highly educated university graduates and those whose education finished at school.

LSE: The Ballpark | The Ecology of Nations: American Democracy in a Fragile World Order with Professor John Owen

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor John Owen, Ambassador Henry J. and Mrs. Marion R. Taylor Professor of Politics, Senior Fellow at the I...

Mental Health Awareness Week

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Students joined crafting sessions, Zen Bus, or took part in a fitness activity - there was something for everyone!

Will the US remain the world’s superpower?

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The idea of an America in decline has gained traction in recent years and has, of course, been capitalized on by President Trump. Is America’s ‘gr...

The bankers' new clothes: what's wrong with banking and what to do about it

09 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Professor Anat R Admati | Professor Anat Admati explores how the banking system can be made safer and healthier, exposing the shortcom...

The bankers' new clothes: what's wrong with banking and what to do about it

09 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Anat Admati discusses her latest book, The Bankers' New Clothes: What's Wrong with Banking and What to Do about It.

Human rights: the case for the defence

07 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Bee Rowlatt, Professor Conor Gearty, Baroness Chakrabarti | Baroness Chakrabarti's latest book, Human Rights: The Case for the Defence...

Human rights: the case for the defence

07 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Baroness Chakrabarti, delivers this year’s annual Wollstonecraft Society Lecture on her latest book, Human Rights: The Case for the Defence, which e...

LSE: The Ballpark | Made in China: When US-China Interests Converged to Transform Global Trade with Dr Elizabeth Ingleson

03 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In April 2024, the Phelan US Centre spoke to Dr Elizabeth Ingleson, Assistant Professor in the Department of International History and Centre Affiliat...

Addressing climate inequality

02 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Professor Esther Duflo, Shweta Banerjee | Head of BRAC International, India, Shweta Banerjee joins the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of...

Why women won

02 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Professor Claudia Goldin | 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics winner, Claudia Goldin delivers the first of two Economica-Coase lectures on ...

Addressing climate inequality

02 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This event presents new thinking on how to design and finance loss and damage funds as a result of climate change.

Why women won

02 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

2023 Nobel Prize in Economics winner, Claudia Goldin delivers the first of two Economica-Coase lectures on US women obtaining legal rights equal to me...

Lessons for monetary policy from the latest inflationary-disinflationary episode

01 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Pablo Hernández de Cos | In the last few years, central banks across the globe have faced a formidable surge in inflation, stemming f...

Lessons for monetary policy from the latest inflationary-disinflationary episode

01 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Governor Hernández de Cos addresses the lessons learned so far from the latest inflationary-disinflationary episode in the euro area and the European...

Students Ask LSE Leaders: Professor Larry Kramer

01 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Students submitted their questions to LSE leaders – here's what they asked our new President and Vice Chancellor, Larry Kramer, about what he studi...

Is the risk of nuclear war increasing?

30 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Dr Lauren Sukin, Professor Jeffrey Legro, Dr Fred Kaplan | Russia’s war in Ukraine, breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, and mo...

Is the risk of nuclear war increasing?

30 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As Nuclear security issues and risks are back on the international agenda, our panel examine the steps that can be taken to reduce them.

This time no mistakes

29 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Will Hutton | Will Hutton's new book, This Time No Mistakes explores the errors of the last forty-five years as an attempt to create ...

LSE: The Ballpark | The Insiders’ Game: How Elites Make War and Peace with Professor Elizabeth Saunders

29 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In March 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Elizabeth Saunders, Professor of Political Science at Columbia University about her new book, ‘...

This time no mistakes

29 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Political economist, journalist, and bestselling author, Will Hutton discusses his new book, This Time No Mistakes in which he shows how the right and...

The future-proof career: strategies for thriving at every stage

23 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Isabel Berwick, Dr Grace Lordan | Dr Grace Lordan discusses hybrid work, workplace equality, and today’s evolving workplace with the...

The future-proof career: strategies for thriving at every stage

23 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The book launch event of The Future-Proof Career by Isabel Berwick, a guide to navigating the post-pandemic work world.

Elections in India

16 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Mukulika Banerjee analyses elections in India, the largest human organised event anywhere in the world.

Approximation is the new optimal

15 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Professor Michal Feldman | The internet has become a huge computational platform for many heterogeneous, complex markets. These comple...

Approximation is the new optimal

15 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The internet has become a huge computational platform for many heterogeneous, complex markets...

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

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

Contributor(s): Madhumita Murgia | On the surface a British poet, an UberEats courier in Pittsburgh, an Indian doctor, and a Chinese activist in exile...

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 search for democracy in the world's largest democracy

26 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Priyanka Kotamraju, Professor Tarun Khaitan, Professor Christophe Jaffrelot, Professor Alpa Shah | In her latest book, The Incarcerati...

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

Contributor(s): Professor Anna Mahtani | In deciding whether to carry out a particular healthcare policy for example, the process for reaching a decis...

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

Contributor(s): Gary Stevenson, Rebecca Gowland | Whilst studying at LSE, Gary won a competition run by a bank: "The Trading Game". The prize: a golde...

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

Contributor(s): Professor Judith Butler | Judith Butler confronts the attacks on gender which have become central to right-wing movements today. Globa...

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.