LSE: Public lectures and events
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LSE: Public lectures and events
The London School of Economics and Political Science public events podcast series is a platform for thought, ideas and lively debate where you can hear from some of the world's leading thinkers. Listen to more than 200 new episodes every year.
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Unlocking climate action opportunities: progress amid geopolitical turbulence
Contributor(s): Dr Swati Dhingra, Dr Matilde Mesnard, Dr Luiz Awazu Pereira da Silva, Chris Skidmore, Professor Lord Stern, Sharon Yang | This event w...
The social safety net as an investment in children
Contributor(s): Professor Hilary Hoynes | Join us for the Department of Social Policy’s Annual Lecture at which Hilary Hoynes will explore the concept...
Mutually assured survival: feminist solidarities amidst planetary threats
Contributor(s): Dr Lyn Ossome, Professor Shirin M Rai, Dr Gloria Novović | We are beset by existential planetary threats - from environmental emergenc...
How progress ends: technology, innovation, and the fate of nations
Contributor(s): Dr Carl Benedikt Frey, Professor Jane Gingrich, Professor Michael Storper | How will progress end? In this event, Carl Benedikt Frey –...
Technology for the public interest: preventing capture and promoting welfare
Contributor(s): Professor Padmashree Gehl Sampath, Dr Laura Mann | In this lecture, Padmashree Gehl Sampath compares the trajectories of two critical...
On liberalism on defence in freedom
Contributor(s): Professor Cass R. Sunstein | Join us for this lecture by New York Times bestselling author and Harvard academic Cass R Sunstein.
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The CEO: the rise and fall of Britain's captains of industry
Contributor(s): Dr Michael Aldous, Professor John Turner, Dr Judy Stephenson | The CEOs of Britain's largest companies wield immense power, but we kno...
US-Iran relations under Trump 2.0: prospects and challenges
Contributor(s): Dr Dana H. Allin, Dr Anahita Motazed Rad, Dr Sanam Vakil | This event will examine how a second Trump administration might reshape U.S...
Permission to be queer: the case for liberty
Contributor(s): Professor Deirdre Nansen McCloskey | Join us in welcoming back to LSE, economist Deirdre Nansen McCloskey who will deliver this specia...
Why we're getting poorer
Contributor(s): Dr Cahal Moran | As the UK economy struggles along while the US seems destined for chaos, evaluating why we’re getting poorer has neve...
Not just lines on a map: borders in a changing world
Contributor(s): Dr Tarsis Brito, Dr Maya Goodfellow, Dr Luke de Noronha | We are joined by Maya Goodfellow, Tarsis Brito and Luke de Noronha who will...
The promise and peril of Trump's America first
Contributor(s): Professor Charles Kupchan | Donald Trump’s America First is a response to too much globalisation, too much immigration, and too many w...
How to save the internet
Contributor(s): Sir Nick Clegg | Join us for this special event where former British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will talk about his new book, Ho...
The crime of war: from the Nuremberg trial to Ukraine
Contributor(s): Professor Claus Kress | Eighty years on from the start of the Nuremberg War Crime Trial in November 1945 we ask what is the future of...
Depopulation: an ethical perspective
Contributor(s): Dr Luara Ferracioli | oin us for the annual Auguste Comte lecture delivered by Luara Ferracioli, a leading thinker on the philosophy o...
Can human solidarity survive social media and what if it can’t?
Contributor(s): Professor Nick Couldry, Baroness Beeban Kidron | Drawing on his recent book, The Space of the World, Nick Couldry will reflect on the...
Racism and racial justice: 40 years on from the Broadwater Farm riots
Contributor(s): Sharon Grant, Dr Clive Chijioke Nwonka, Dr Roxana Willis | Join us to explore the legal, political and community-based racial justice...
How AI is helping - and harming - animals
Contributor(s): Professor Kristin Andrews, Dr Leonie Bossert, Jane Lawton, Dr Jeff Sebo | Learn more about the Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentien...
On natural capital: the value of the world around us
Contributor(s): Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta | How should we measure economic progress in an age of ecological crisis?
Join us for a conversati...
Climate finance and investment in low-income countries
Contributor(s): Melinda Bohannon, Dr Vera Songwe, Dr Sudarno Sumarto, Professor Chris Woodruff | Climate finance is a critical tool in supporting low-...
Valuing nature in a changing climate: rethinking natural capital
Contributor(s): Professor Juliano Assunção, Jim Leape, Professor Rohini Pande | As climate change accelerates, the economic case for protecting and in...
Investing in our future: COP30 and the sustainable growth agenda
Contributor(s): Professor Patrick Bolton, Professor Michael Greenstone, Sherry Rehman, Professor José Scheinkman | As the world prepares for COP30 in...
Do we need to pay our debts?
Contributor(s): | Exploring the reasons people might find themselves with problematic levels of debt, the options open to those in financial trouble...
Global inequality in historical and comparative perspective
Contributor(s): Thomas Piketty | Presenting new research produced by the World Inequality Lab, Thomas Piketty discusses recent trends in global inequa...
Can we be great again? Why a dangerous world needs Britain
Contributor(s): Sir Jeremy Hunt | Join us for this talk by Jeremy Hunt in which he will talk about his new book, Can We Be Great Again?: Why a Dangero...
The economic consequences of Mr Trump: what the trade war means for the world
Contributor(s): Philip Coggan | In this event, former Economist and Financial Times journalist Philip Coggan will talk about his new book, The Economi...
Exile economics – what happens when globalisation fails
Contributor(s): Ben Chu | Join us for this conversation between journalist and author Ben Chu and LSE's Richard Davies about Ben's new book Exile Econ...
The end of the road
Contributor(s): Professor Alan Taylor | Join us for a special lecture by Alan Taylor, the newest member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Commi...
Global trends in climate litigation 2025: report launch
Contributor(s): Dr Danielle de Andrade Moreira, Kate Cook, Professor Michael Gerrard, Professor Jacqueline Peel, Dr Joana Setzer | This influential re...
Skills in the age of AI
Contributor(s): Professor Mary O’Mahony, Professor Sir Christopher Pissarides | How can we shape engaging work environments that foster productivity a...
Harnessing AI: safeguarding high-integrity data for climate action
Contributor(s): Dr Melissa Chapman, Amy Fisher, Sylvan Lutz, David McNeil, Professor Carmen Nuzzo | Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning...
What's cooking? The future of food on the African continent
Contributor(s): Adejoké Bakare, Dipo Faloyin, Dr Edwini Kwame Kessie, Professor David Luke | Food is family, food is fuel, nourishment, cultural and f...
The golden road
Contributor(s): William Dalrymple | How did ancient India transform the world and what lessons can we learn for the future? Historian and best-selling...
The future of truth
Contributor(s): Professor Jason McKenzie Alexander, Professor Charlie Beckett, Hardeep Matharu | In a world of mass information, and misinformation, t...
Reckoning with the past: truth-telling and the British Empire
Contributor(s): Kofi Mawuli Klu, Lidia Thorpe, Dr Imaobong Umoren | How can we reckon with the complex and painful legacies of the British Empire? Wha...
Positive futures
Contributor(s): Roger Highfield, Suhair Khan, Isabel Losada, Professor Michael Muthukrishna | Where should we look for optimism about the future? Our...
Empowerment, safety and equity: children's visions of rights-respecting digital futures
Contributor(s): Dr Sakshi Ghai, Adam Ingle, Michael Murray, Professor Dylan Yamada-Rice | One in three internet users is a child, yet the digital worl...
Big data for public good
Contributor(s): Dr Sara Geneletti, Dr Laura Gilbert, Professor Helen Margetts | Routinely collected UK government data sets contain staggering amounts...
Visions for the future with Lila Ibrahim
Contributor(s): Lila Ibrahim | Lila Ibrahim, Chief Operating Officer of Google DeepMind, is shaping the company's strategic operations and partnership...
The future of US-China relations
Contributor(s): Professor G. John Ikenberry, Professor Rana Mitter, Professor Nathalie Tocci | Navigating the US-China relationship will be one of the...