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Supremacy or Survival? The West in the Asian Century
04 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Danny Quah, Professor Mick Cox | One of the aims of LSE Summer School is to bring the LSE experience to all those attending ...
Crisis without End? The Unravelling of Western Prosperity
31 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Andrew Gamble | One of the aims of LSE Summer School is to bring the LSE experience to all those attending its many courses ...
Emerging Africa: how the global economy's 'last frontier' can prosper and matter
23 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu | To many, Africa is the new frontier. As the West lies battered by financial crises, Africa is seen as offeri...
The Commonwealth at 65 – from London to Valletta
21 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Dr Joseph Muscat | In his speech Dr Muscat will consider the future of the Commonwealth, and how to ensure it is an effective, prosper...
The Earth in Crisis: Global Warming and the Failure of Climate Diplomacy
14 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Dr Robert Falkner | One of the aims of LSE Summer School is to bring the LSE experience to all those attending its many courses betwee...
Thrive: the power of evidence-based psychological therapies
10 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor David M Clark, Professor Lord Layard, Andrew Marr | This event marks the launch of David Clark and Richard Layard’s new bo...
Human Rights, Security and the Rule of Law after Snowden
09 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty | One of the aims of LSE Summer School is to bring the LSE experience to all those attending its many courses b...
Towards a safer and more stable financial system
07 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Stefan Ingves, Dr Jon Danielsson | Stefan Ingves is in charge of designing Basel III, the new financial regulations that will help pro...
Deleuze's Migrants and Nomads: the European Union in 2014
01 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Dr Eva Aldea | What is the difference between migrants and nomads? Eva Aldea will assess whether Deleuze’s concept of the nomad is u...
LSE Cape Town Conference 2014 Africa in the World, the World in Africa - Africa Rising
01 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Craig Calhoun, Professor Chris Alden, Professor Thandika Mkandawire | An audio recording of the proceedings of the LSE Cape ...
LSE Cape Town Conference 2014 Africa in the World, the World in Africa - Closing Remarks
01 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Craig Calhoun, Professor Chris Alden, Professor Thandika Mkandawire | An audio recording of the proceedings of the LSE Cape ...
LSE Cape Town Conference 2014 Africa in the World, the World in Africa - Events Institution political Will
01 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Craig Calhoun, Professor Chris Alden, Professor Thandika Mkandawire | An audio recording of the proceedings of the LSE Cape ...
LSE Cape Town Conference 2014 Africa in the World, the World in Africa - Opening remarks
01 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Craig Calhoun, Professor Chris Alden, Professor Thandika Mkandawire | An audio recording of the proceedings of the LSE Cape ...
Iraq: Causes and Consequences of the Present Crisis
26 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Toby Dodge, Dr Faleh Jabar | The seizure of Mosul by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and their rapid move south tow...
Governing Academic Life - 0930 Session
25 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Various | 25 June 2014 is the thirtieth anniversary of the death of Michel Foucault. ‘Governing Academic Life’ marks this annivers...
Governing Academic Life - 1050 Session
25 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Various | 25 June 2014 is the thirtieth anniversary of the death of Michel Foucault. ‘Governing Academic Life’ marks this annivers...
Governing Academic Life - 1130 Session
25 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Various | 25 June 2014 is the thirtieth anniversary of the death of Michel Foucault. ‘Governing Academic Life’ marks this annivers...
Governing Academic Life - 1330 Session
25 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Various | 25 June 2014 is the thirtieth anniversary of the death of Michel Foucault. ‘Governing Academic Life’ marks this annivers...
Governing Academic Life - 1515 Session
25 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Various | 25 June 2014 is the thirtieth anniversary of the death of Michel Foucault. ‘Governing Academic Life’ marks this annivers...
Good Morning, Mr Mandela
24 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Zelda la Grange | Zelda la Grange (@ZeldalaGrangeSA) grew up in South Africa as a white Afrikaner who supported the rules of segregati...
A 21st Century BBC
23 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Diane Coyle | Acting BBC Trust Chair Diane Coyle considers how the BBC can meet the challenge of providing a universal service while m...
The Constitutional Imagination
17 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Martin Loughlin | The Chorley Lecture is an annual lecture inaugurated in 1972 and named in honour of Lord Chorley of Kendal...
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
16 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Thomas Piketty | What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and distribution of capital? Thomas Piketty’s lat...
Capital in the Twenty-First Century -
16 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Thomas Piketty | What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and distribution of capital? Thomas Piketty’s lat...
Internal Worlds, External Relations
16 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Lida Sherafatmand, Ruaridh Arrow, Captain APF Cassar | This public lecture is part of the LSE Arts exhibition Internal Worlds, Externa...
Space for Architecture
16 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Sheila O’Donnell, John Tuomey | O’Donnell + Tuomey Architects won the LSE international architectural competition for the Saw Swee...
The Evolution of Culture in Monkeys, Apes and Humans
12 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Dr Jonathan Birch, Professor Andrew Whiten | Culture surrounds us. But where did it come from? And what are the basic mechanisms under...
Mandela, the Lawyer
12 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): George Bizos, Catherine M. Cole, Professor David Dyzenhaus, Lord Joffe, Dr Jens Meierhenrich | What role for law in the struggle again...
Fault Lines and Silver Linings in the European Social Model(s)
11 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Anton Hemerijck, Dr Waltraud Schelkle, Professor David Soskice | Professor Hemerijck will consider whether the aftermath of ...
Harnessing the Power of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Fight to Eradicate Sexual Violence in Conflict
10 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Zainab Hawa Bangura | Zainab Hawa Bangura assumed her position as Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence ...
A New Strategy? Russia as an Unlikely Soft Power
09 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Iver Neumann, Dr Arkady Moshes, Dr Thomas Gomart | This expert roundtable will discuss Russia’s declared strategy to inves...
Housing: where will we all live?
09 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Richard Blakeway, Professor Paul Cheshire, Rachel Fisher, Wayne Hemmingway, John Stewart | The governor of the Bank of England recentl...
No Part in Warfare: UN response to attacks on schools and hospitals
09 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Leila Zerrougui | In July 2011, the Security Council adopted landmark resolution 1998, which highlights the impact of attacks on schoo...
The Amartya Sen Lecture 2014
06 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Christine Lagarde, Professor Amartya Sen | Ms Lagarde will be speaking on the theme of 'empowerment'. Christine Lagarde is managing di...
Shaping Tastes: attitude campaigns and persuasion as tools of public policy
05 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Claus Offe | Current debates on “nudges” reflect the decline of traditional tools of policy implementation. This talk ex...
The BoE Financial Policy Committee, an Experiment in Macro Prudential Management and Work in Progress: an external member's view
04 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Richard Sharp | Recently created, the Financial Policy Committee is novel and has been in existence for a year. Why was the FPC create...
The Polish Roundtable Talks and the End of the Cold War
04 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Anne Applebaum, Eugeniusz Smolar, Nigel Thorpe, Professor Vladislav Zubok | The Polish roundtable talks and subsequent elect...
On Making a Difference and Choosing a Career
03 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Dr William MacAskill | Should I work for a non-profit organisation in Africa? Or should I go into the City, and try to earn as much as...
The State of Freedom in Britain
03 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Shami Chakrabarti, Professor Nicola Lacey | The British like to believe they are free, but after Snowden, Miranda and the “war on te...
On Sexual Difference: thinking with Catherine Malabou
02 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Catherine Malabou, Dr Michael O’Rourke, Dr Danielle Sands | Speaking both as a woman and a philosopher, Catherine Malabou ...
The Towers Debate: Does London need more tall buildings?
02 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Julia Barfield, Nicholas Boys Smith, Paul Finch, Simon Jenkins, Sir Edward Lister, Rowan Moore, Tony Travers, Nicky Gavron | There are...
England: a nation defined by dissent
29 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Billy Bragg | Is it possible to be both progressive and patriotic? Billy Bragg argues that from Magna Carta to Euro-scepticism, Englan...
40 Years after the Collapse of the Greek Junta: reflections on its historical significance
28 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Richard Clogg, Professor Evanthis Hatzivassiliou, Professor Constantinos Tsoukalas | This year marks the 40th anniversary of...
From Subsidy to Strategic Investment: what can the EU's new, reformed regional policy do for growth and jobs in 2014-20?
28 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Johannes Hahn | With reforms now in place, EU regional policy focuses more than ever on investment that will improve the quality of li...
Reflections on Leadership: a bank CEO's perspective
28 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Gail Kelly | Come and hear Gail’s thoughts on leadership and what it takes to succeed in the current environment. Gail will share he...
The Warrior State: Pakistan in the contemporary world
27 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor T.V. Paul | Seemingly from its birth, Pakistan has been struggling to build a proper democracy and a secure state. Today it ...
Wise Choices
27 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Dr Maria Alvarez, Professor Lisa Bortolotti, Professor Christian List, Dr Magda Osman | Traditional philosophical accounts of decision...
Can Capitalists Afford Recovery?
27 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Jonathan Nitzan | Theorists and policymakers from all directions and of all persuasions remain obsessed with the prospect of...
Poverty, Justice and Development
22 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor David Hulme, Professor Thomas Pogge | What do we owe to the global poor? David Hulme and Thomas Pogge will discuss questions...
The Social Conditions for Innovation: dissonance for discovery
22 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor David Stark | Professor Stark discusses the conditions for innovation; analysis of dissonance, including the necessity of a ...
An Economy of Temporary Possession
22 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Dr Rebecca Empson | In this lecture Rebecca outlines an economy based on the temporary, rather than outright possession of resources a...
Oman's Foreign Policy Under Sultan Qaboos: Independent, but to what extent?
22 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Dr Marc Valeri | Oman’s foreign policy under Qaboos is usually considered to be pragmatic and independent – as illustrated by the ...
Risk Savvy: how to make good decisions
21 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Gerd Gigerenzer | Remember the volcanic ash cloud over Iceland? The subprime disaster? What about mad cow disease? Each new ...
Safeguards of a Disunified Mind
20 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Wlodek Rabinowicz | Pragmatic arguments for rationality constraints on a decision maker’s beliefs or preferences show that...
The Future of Monetary Policy
20 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Charlie Bean | In this lecture Charlie Bean, outgoing deputy governor of the Bank of England and visiting professor in the LSE Departm...
Growth and Social Cohesion: challenges for Greece and beyond
15 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Philippe Costeletos, Wolfgang Munchau, Vicky Pryce, Horst Reichenbach | The event is organised by the Hellenic Observatory, LSE and th...
The Macroeconomics of the Gulf
15 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Raphael Espinoza | Raphael Espinoza's talk will analyse the challenges created by the changes the economies of the Gulf states have go...
Expulsions: brutality and complexity in the global economy
13 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Saskia Sassen, Professor Ash Amin | In her new book, Expulsions: brutality and complexity in the global economy, Saskia Sass...
Reflections from Sylvia Chant and Inderpal Grewal
09 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Sylvia Chant, Professor Inderpal Grewal | In this Gender Institute 20th Anniversary Conference keynote, two distinguished sc...
Borders and Interests: should the workers of the world unite?
08 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Yuli Tamir | Borders exclude non-members but force all classes to share risks and benefits. Is it the upper classes who have...
Imagining Global Health with Justice
08 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Lawrence Gostin, Professor Richard Ashcroft | Lawrence Gostin will discuss his new book, Global Health Law, examining critic...
The Expert Group on the Economics of Drug Policy - In English
07 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Mauricio Lopez Bonilla, Professor Mark Kleiman, Dr Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch | This event will present the report of the Expert Group ...
Practice Makes Progress: the multiple logics of continuing innovation
07 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Sidney Winter | Innovative activity is commonly conceived in terms of flashes of creative insight, but success often rewards...
The Expert Group on the Economics of Drug Policy - In Spanish
07 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Mauricio Lopez Bonilla, Professor Mark Kleiman, Dr Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch | This event will present the report of the Expert Group ...
Scaling Up Excellence
06 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Robert Sutton | Stanford professor Robert Sutton will discuss the lessons that he and colleague Huggy Rao gleaned from their...
Enhancing Productivity in Latin America: from subsistence to transformational entrepreneurship
02 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Enrique Garcia, Dr Daniel E Ortega, Dr Alvaro Mendez | The lecture will present the findings of CAF’s Economy and Development Report...
Economics, But Not as You Know It
01 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Dr Ha-Joon Chang | In Economics: The User's Guide, which he will talk about in this public lecture, bestselling author Ha-Joon Chang e...
Human Rights, Globalisation and How to Save the World
01 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Julio Faundez, Dr Asunción Lera St Clair, Craig Mokhiber | What should most preoccupy people concerned with the socio-econo...
In Conversation with Cherie Blair
01 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Cherie Blair | To mark the completion of the Saw Swee Hock Student Centre, the first brand new building on campus for more than 40 yea...
On the Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in Science
01 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Dr Bryan Roberts, Professor Mairi Sakellariadou | Galileo famously wrote that natural philosophy is “written in the language of math...
The New Middle East Cold War
01 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): F. Gregory Gause, III | The contest for influence in the post-Arab Spring Middle East is being played out in the domestic politics of ...
A Typical Latin American Country: the United States
30 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Felipe Fernández-Armesto | In this talk Felipe Fernández-Armesto aims to traduce the Anglo myth that has dominated US hist...
The Nazi-Soviet Pact in the Light of Transnational History: Persian Connections in German-Soviet Relations
30 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Jennifer Jenkins | The Nazi-Soviet Pact, a central topic in the scholarship on the Second World War, is generally studied in...
Unconventional Monetary Policy and the Financial Crisis
30 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Dr Kevin Sheedy | This talk discusses the policies adopted by central banks during the financial crisis, in particular forward guidanc...
The EU Economy After the Great Recession
29 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Pier Carlo Padoan | Pier Carlo Padoan was appointed minister of economy and finance in the Italian Government led by Matteo Renzi on 2...
What's So Great About Strong Leaders?
28 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Contributor(s): Professor Archie Brown | The conventional wisdom, shared by many politicians and political commentators, is that strong leaders who do...