LSE: The Ballpark

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 ...

LSE: The Ballpark | The Future of US-China Competition with Dr Ashley Tellis

22 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Chris Gilson, Dr. Ashley Tellis | In January 2024, the Phelan US Centre spoke to Dr Ashley Tellis, the Tata Chair for Strategic Affair...

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

Contributor(s): Chris Gilson, Professor William Wohlforth | In 2023, the Phelan US Centre spoke to spoke to William C. Wohlforth, Daniel Webster Profe...

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

Contributor(s): Professor Theda Skocpol, Chris Gilson | In 2023 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Theda Skocpol, Victor S. Thomas Professor of G...

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

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

Contributor(s): Chris Gilson | In 2023, the Phelan US Centre ran an essay competition for master’s students with the prompt, “What responsibility ...

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

Contributor(s): Mohid Rehman Malik, Amanda Sahar d’Urso, Tabitha Bonilla | In 2023 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Dr Amanda Sahar d’Urso, Assistant...

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...

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...

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’.

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

Contributor(s): Mohid Rehman Malik, Dr Naveeda Khan | In 2023 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Naveeda Khan, associate professor in the Department of Ant...

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.

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

Contributor(s): Professor Daron Acemoglu | On the 20th and 21st of October 2023, the London School of Economics' Phelan United States Centre hosted th...

The Future of Capitalism Conference: Panel 1 on Globalisation and the Return of Geopolitics

27 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Dr C Raja Mohan, Professor Anne-Marie Slaughter, Professor Michael Mastanduno | On the 20th and 21st of October 2023, the London Schoo...

The Future of Capitalism Conference: Panel 2 on Populism and Democratic Capitalism

27 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Professor Ian Shapiro, Professor Luigi Zingales, Professor Sheri Berman | On the 20th and 21st of October 2023, the London School of E...

The Future of Capitalism Conference: Panel 3 on Global Governance in an Era of Anti-Globalism

27 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Professor G. John Ikenberry, Professor David Luke, Professor Nita Rudra | On the 20th and 21st of October 2023, the London School of E...

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...

The Future of Capitalism Conference: Panel 1 on Globalisation and the Return of Geopolitics

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...

The Future of Capitalism Conference: Panel 2 on Populism and Democratic Capitalism

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...

The Future of Capitalism Conference: Panel 3 on Global Governance in an Era of Anti-Globalism

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...

Can we change the world?

26 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of LSE iQ asks, ‘Can we change the world?’

The economic government of the world, 1933-2023

26 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Martin Daunton discusses his new book, The economic government of the world, 1933-2023.

The psychosis of whiteness

25 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Kehinde Andrews discusses his new book, The Psychosis of Whiteness.

In conversation with Arun Blair-Mangat

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

To celebrate Black History Month, join us for this conversation between LSE alumnus Arun Blair-Mangat and LSE President Eric Neumayer.

The golden passport: global mobility for millionaires

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Kristin Surak discusses her new book, The Golden Passport: global mobility for millionaires.

Organised labour and future of British politics

23 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In discussion with Paul Nowak, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress.

Homelessness in London in a time of crisis

17 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this debate we will be looking at the reasons why the housing situation has worsened in London.

Shattered nation: inequality and the geography of a failing state

16 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Geographer Danny Dorling marks the launch of his new book, Shattered Nation, and explains why we are growing further and further apart, exposing a ne...

Predicting our climate future: what we know, what we don't know, what we can't know

12 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

David Stainforth discusses his new book Predicting Our Climate Future: what we know, what we don’t know, and what we can’t know - how climate scie...

How to slay a dragon: building a new Russia after Putin

10 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mikhail Khodorkovsky speaks about his new book, How To Slay a Dragon: building a new Russia after Putin.

LSE: The Ballpark | The Birth Lottery of History with Professor Robert Sampson

09 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Professor Robert Sampson, Chris Gilson | In June 2023, the Phelan US Centre spoke with Robert J. Sampson the Woodford L. and Ann A. Fl...

LSE: The Ballpark | The Birth Lottery of History with Professor Robert Sampson

09 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In June 2023, the Phelan US Centre spoke with Robert J. Sampson the Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor at Harvard University about hi...

The identity trap: a story of ideas and power in our time

06 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Yascha Mounk explores the transformation of a healthy appreciation for the culture and heritage of minorities into an obsession with group identity in...

Can Russia be remade?

05 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Nina Khrushcheva discusses the current state of affairs in Russia.

Recovering enslaved peoples' perspectives from archives, literature, and art

05 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Henry Louis Gates, Jr in conversation with Isaac Julien and LSE's Imaobong Umoren.

How can we leverage transparency to the betterment of society?

04 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Christian Leuz reviews what we know about the role and effectiveness of transparency regimes that target particular corporate activities by shining th...

Eurowhiteness: culture, empire and race in the European project

03 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Speakers discuss Hans Kundnani's latest book, Eurowhiteness: culture, empire and race in the European project.

What’s it like to be criminalised for being gay?

03 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Joanna Bale investigates how gay men living in Dubai create covert communities where they can meet and socialise.

Ukraine: the war that changed the world

02 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Speakers discuss the war in Ukraine and its global implications.

A theory of everyone: who we are, how we got here, and where we're going

28 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A blueprint for a better future that offers a unified theory of human behavior, culture, and society.

Decentralised governance: crafting effective democracies around the world

26 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for this panel discussion for the launch of Decentralised governance: crafting effective democracies around the world, a new publication from ...

The future of Crypto and Blockchain

26 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Andrew Lewis-Pye to explains more about what makes cryptocurrencies so attractive?

The international politics of outer space

26 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Alden and Dimitrios Stroikos explore the complexities around the international politics of space.

What’s it like to be criminalised for being gay?

25 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Joanna Bale investigates how gay men living in Dubai create covert communities where they can meet and socialise.

An industrial strategy for the green economy

14 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This event brings together leading thinkers and policy makers to discuss political solutions for a green economy.

Four ways of thinking

14 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Professor David Sumpter speaks about his latest book, Four Ways of Thinking: statistical, interactive, chaotic and complex.

From adversity to resilience: climate justice in developing countries

12 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for this event that will address the critical issue of advancing climate justice and building resilience to climate change, focusing on the un...

The war on air pollution

11 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The average person on the planet is losing about 2 years of life expectancy due to air pollution. Despite greatly compromising people's well being and...

Is AI coming for our jobs?

07 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of LSE iQ asks, ‘Is AI coming for our jobs?’

Parenthood and the double x economy

04 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The event explores what actions and policies can be done to tackle the family penalty and address the fundamental exclusion at the heart of the "doubl...

LSE: The Ballpark | The Kennedy Withdrawal with Professor Marc Selverstone

28 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Chris Gilson, Mohid Rehman Malik, Marc Selverstone | In December 2022, the Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson and Mohid Malik spoke to ...

LSE: The Ballpark | The Kennedy Withdrawal with Professor Marc Selverstone

28 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In December 2022, the Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson and Mohid Malik spoke to Marc Selverstone, Associate Professor in Presidential Studies at the ...

LSE: The Ballpark | Democratic Disenchantment in Rich and Poor Countries with Professor Pranab Bardhan

21 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Professor Pranab Bardhan, Mohid Rehman Malik | In May 2023, the Phelan US Centre’s Mohid Malik spoke to Pranab Bardhan, Distinguishe...

LSE: The Ballpark | Democratic Disenchantment in Rich and Poor Countries with Professor Pranab Bardhan

21 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In May 2023, the Phelan US Centre’s Mohid Malik spoke to Pranab Bardhan, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Californ...

Is AI coming for our jobs?

20 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of LSE iQ asks, ‘Is AI coming for our jobs?’

Climate Change: America and the World – Episode 6: The Future of Climate Change Politics in America

14 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Professor Rebecca Bromley-Trujillo, Mohid Rehman Malik, Beth Gardiner | This episode examines current trends in American politics in i...

Climate Change: America and the World – Episode 6: The Future of Climate Change Politics in America

14 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode examines current trends in American politics in implementing policies to address climate change. Dr Bromley-Trujillo (Christopher Newport...

LSE: The Ballpark | Geopolitics and Democracy with Brian Burgoon and Peter Trubowitz

25 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Professor Peter Trubowitz, Professor Brian Burgoon, Chris Gilson | In May 2023, the Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson spoke to Brian B...

LSE: The Ballpark | Geopolitics and Democracy with Brian Burgoon and Peter Trubowitz

25 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In May 2023, the Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson spoke to Brian Burgoon, Professor of International and Comparative Political Economy in the Departm...

What are Global Value Chains and why they matter for economic and regional development

24 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Global Value Chains are an end-to-end process that can foster economic development and jobs.

Climate Change: America and the World – Episode 5: The Cost of Climate Change in America

21 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Mohid Rehman Malik, Dr Swenja Surminski, Dr Rebecca Elliott | This episode gives an overview of how climate change intersects with cla...

Climate Change: America and the World – Episode 5: The Cost of Climate Change in America

21 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Rebecca Elliot (LSE) and Professor in Practice Swenja Surminski (LSE Grantham) discuss how climate change and climate related hazards dispro...

The experiences of sex workers in Sweden and the Philippines

19 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How are sex workers affected by laws that claim to protect them?

The Other Pandemic: how QAnon contaminated the world

03 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist James Ball talks about his new book.

Climate Change: America and the World – Episode 4: Climate Change and Race

30 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Contributor(s): Mohid Rehman Malik, Professor Laura Pulido, Jeremy Williams | In this episode we look at the different experiences of climate change i...