http://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/LSELive.aspxen-ukCopyright © Terms of use apply see http://www.lse.ac.uk/termsOfUse/Forthcoming LSE live webcastscomms.filmandaudio@lse.ac.uk (LSE Film and Audio Team)comms.filmandaudio@lse.ac.uk (LSE Film and Audio Team)http://www.lse.ac.uk/assets/richmedia/webFeedImages/lseLive_144.jpghttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/LSELive.aspx144144Social ScienceSQL ServerThu, 17 Nov 2016 12:36:00 GMTThu, 17 Nov 2016 12:36:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/LSELive.aspxP3598Live webcast scheduled for Thursday 8 December 2016, 6.30pm to 8pm GMT | Speaker: Professor Conor Gearty | Respondents: Professor Sionaidh Douglas Scott, Professor Steve Peers | LSE Law Matters public discussion | Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEBrexit | As Home Secretary, Theresa May was more hostile to human rights than was any other cabinet minister in David Cameron's government. Now as Prime Minister she must not only make a definitive decision about where human rights fit in her vision of Britain but also whether they can have any place at all in light of the need to reconstruct Brexit Britain. Is this another piece of European clutter than needs now to be thrown out? Does the Human Rights Act get in the way of negotiating Brexit with the EU? Might it even prevent radical change on for eg immigration after Brexit is achieved? Or as many Tories have long argued, is the answer a new bill of rights for Britain? Or perhaps the answer is no change at all - might a defiantly unrepealable Human Rights Act be our lifeline to a civilised Continent, preserved until the country comes to its senses and returns to the European family? Conor Gearty launches his new book On Fantasy Island: Britain, Europe and Human Rights. Conor Gearty (@conorgearty) is Director of the Institute of Public Affairs and Professor of Human Rights Law at LSE. Sionaidh Douglas-Scott is Professor of European and Human Rights Law at the University of Oxford. Steve Peers (@StevePeers) is Professor of EU Law & Human Rights Law at the University of Essex. Sir Stephen Sedley was a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales from 1999 to 2011 and is currently is a visiting professor at Oxford. LSE Law (@lselaw) is an integral part of the School's mission, plays a major role in policy debates & in the education of lawyers and law teachers from around the world.Thu, 8 Dec 2016 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/LSELive.aspxP3570Live webcast scheduled for Wednesday 30 November 2016, 6.30pm to 8pm GMT | Speaker: Sonia Corrêa | Gender Institute and Leverhulme Trust public lecture | Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEtalksGender | In celebration of her Leverhulme Professorship at the Gender Institute, Sonia Corrêa explores some of the paradoxes at the centre of sexual rights theory and politics. What challenges are presented by the intersections between Development Studies and Sexuality Studies, each with their very different theories, histories and practices of knowledge? What issues are raised by seeking to synthesise postcolonial and de-colonial perspectives with Human Rights and Citizenship frameworks? How might we theorise questions of the complexity of subjectivity in ways amenable to social justice projects globally? Sonia Corrêa is Leverhulme Visiting Professor at LSE, Associate of the Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association, and Co-Chair of Sexuality Policy Watch. Clare Hemmings is Professor of Feminist Theory and Director of the Gender Institute.Wed, 30 Nov 2016 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/LSELive.aspxP3571Live webcast scheduled for Monday 21 November 2016, 6pm to 7.30pm GMT | Speaker: Dr Justin Gest | LSE Migration Studies Unit public lecture | Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEminority | This talk will reveal key findings from the first rigorous study of the social and political trends underpinning Brexit and the Trump phenomenon in the United States. Justin Gest is Assistant Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University, and co-founder of the LSE Migration Studies Unit. Eiko Thielemann is Associate Professor of European Politics andPolicy and Director of the LSE Migration Studies Unit. The LSE Migration Studies Unit is a multidisciplinary research group thatis the focus point for migration research across all LSE departments.Mon, 21 Nov 2016 18:00:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/LSELive.aspxP3569Live webcast scheduled for Wednesday 9 November 2016, 6.30pm to 8pm GMT | Speaker: Professor Nicola Phillips | Department of International Relations Martin Wight Memorial Lecture | Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEWight | This talk will address the evolution of inequalities in the global economy – and how different powers are propelling new forms of unequal development across the world. Nicola Phillips (@phillipsnicola1) is Professor of Political Economy and the Head of the Department of Politics at the University of Sheffield. She is the Chair of the British International Studies Association (BISA), a past Editor-in-Chief of the journal New Political Economy, and one of the current editors of the Review of International Political Economy. She works in the field of global political economy, with interests focusing on global economic governance, inequality, labour in global production, and migration and development. Between 2010 and 2013, she held a prestigious Major Research Fellowship from The Leverhulme Trust, for research on forced labour and human trafficking for labour exploitation in the global economy. Robert Falkner (@robert_falkner) is Associate Professor of International Relations at LSE. His research focuses on international political economy, global environmental politics, and the role of business in international relations. The Department of International Relations (@LSEIRDept) is now in its 88th year making it one of the oldest and largest in the world.Wed, 9 Nov 2016 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/LSELive.aspxP3624Live webcast scheduled for Wednesday 2 November 2016, 6.30pm to 8pm GMT | Speakers: Vince Cable, Lord Darling, Stephanie Flanders, George Osborne | LSE Growth Commission panel discussion | Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEBrexit | In 2013 the LSE Growth Commission published a report - Investing for Prosperity, a Manifesto for Growth. Those recommendations were widely discussed and some, notably on infrastructure, turned into concrete action by UK policymakers. In 2016 the UK now faces new questions about its economic future including its relationship with the EU, the role of industrial policy, and new developments in labour markets. So the Commission is being re-formed and will publish a second chapter of their growth manifesto. Over the next three months they will be holding evidence sessions with academics, policy experts and business leaders. Come along to this event with an esteemed panel who have agreed to feed in to the Commission deliberations as part of this evening event at the LSE. Between them the panel have played a huge role in running and analysing the UK economy over the past decade. Their experience is unrivalled and their views on what the future might hold - and what should be done about it - promise to be fascinating. Vince Cable (@vincecable) was UK Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills and President of the Board of Trade (2010-2015). He was Member of Parliament for Twickenham 1997-2015; deputy leader of the Lib Dems 2007-2010 and shadow chancellor 2003-2010. Alistair Darling was UK Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2007 to 2010. Prior to this he served as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Secretary of State for Scotland and Secretary of State for Scotland. He served as MP for Edinburgh South West from 1987 to 2015 and is now a member of the House of Lords. George Osborne (@George_Osborne) was elected to the House of Commons in June 2001. At the May 2010 General Election, George was appointed UK Chancellor of the Exchequer by the new Prime Minister, David Cameron. In May 2015 he was re-elected and was appointed First Secretary of State, a position he retained until he left Cabinet in July 2016. Stephanie Flanders (@MyStephanomics) is the Chief Market Strategist for the UK and Europe for J.P. Morgan Asset Management. She delivers insight into the economy and financial markets to thousands of professional investors across the UK, Europe and globally. Stephanie was previously the Economics Editor at the BBC. Nicholas Stern (@lordstern1) is the Chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the LSE and Co-Chair of the LSE Growth Commission. The CEP (@CEP_LSE) is an interdisciplinary research centre at the LSE Research Laboratory. It was established by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) in 1990 and is now one of the leading economic research groups in Europe. Keep up to date with what Brexit means for the UK and the wider world at LSE Brexit blog (@lsebrexitvote).Wed, 2 Nov 2016 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/LSELive.aspxP3611Live webcast scheduled for Wednesday 2 November 2016, 4pm to 5pm GMT | Speaker: Juan Manuel Santos Calderón | Latin America and Caribbean Centre and LSE IDEAS lecture | Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEColombia | Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón was awarded with the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize for his resolute efforts to bring his country’s half century old armed conflict to an end. This ongoing effort will leave an enduring legacy for generations of Colombians to come. President Santos, an LSE alumnus, will in this lecture share his experience in navigating the turning tides in the quest for peace and will offer his vision for post-conflict Colombia. Juan Manuel Santos Calderón (@JuanManSantos) was first elected President of the Republic of Colombia on 7 August 2010 and re-elected in 2014, for a four year term. Throughout his public sector career, President Santos has held important ministerial roles. He was Colombia’s first Foreign Trade Minister, has been Minister of Finance and before being elected President, was Minister for National Defence. Prior to entering politics, President Santos was deputy director of El Tiempo newspaper, and wrote a weekly opinion column. He was awarded with the King of Spain International Journalism Award and named president of the Freedom of Expression Commission for the Inter American Press Association (IAPA). Gareth Jones is Professor of Urban Geography, Director of the Latin America and Caribbean Centre, a part of the Institute for Global Affairs, and Associate Member of the International Inequalities Institute. The Latin America and Caribbean Centre serves as a hub for inter-disciplinary research, knowledge exchange and commentary about Latin America and the Caribbean. LSE IDEAS (@LSEIDEAS) is a foreign policy think-tank within LSE's Institute for Global Affairs.Wed, 2 Nov 2016 16:00:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/LSELive.aspxP3568Live webcast scheduled for Monday 31st October 2016, 6.30pm to 8pm GMT | Speakers: Sylvie Bermann, Professor Lord Giddens, Professor Margaret MacMillan | Dahrendorf Forum LSE IDEAS public debate | Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEDahrendorf | With the UK heading for Brexit, the European Union faces a historic challenge but also an opportunity to rethink its own future. Join diplomats, politicians and academics from across the continent to debate the future of Europe. Sylvie Bermann is Ambassador of France to the United Kingdom (@FranceintheUK). Tony Giddens is a member of the House of Lords and former LSE Director. Margaret MacMillan is a professor of History and Warden of St Antony’s College, Oxford. Robert Falkner (@robert_falkner) is the Co-Director of the Dahrendorf Forum, LSE. LSE IDEAS (@LSEIDEAS) is a foreign policy think-tank within LSE's Institute for Global Affairs.Mon, 31 Oct 2016 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/LSELive.aspxP3575Live webcast scheduled for Thursday 27 October 2016, 6.30pm to 8pm BST | Speaker: Professor Lord Stern | Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment public lecture | Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEStern | What do we know about innovation, investment, cities and the global agenda, a decade after publication of The Stern Review? Nicholas Stern (@lordstern1) is the Chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the LSE and is currently the President of the British Academy. Simon Dietz is Co-Director of the ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment (@GRI_LSE) was established by the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2008 to create a world-leading centre for policy-relevant research and training on climate change and the environment, bringing together international expertise on economics, finance, geography, the environment, international development and political economy.Thu, 27 Oct 2016 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3605P3584Live webcast scheduled for Tuesday 11 October 2016, 6.30pm to 8pm BST | Speaker: Laura Bates | Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Annual Lecture | Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEEDI | Laura Bates will talk about the everyday sexism project, with a particular focus on students at university, and women in the workplace. Laura Bates (@EverydaySexism) is the founder of the Everyday Sexism Project, a collection of more than 100,000 women's daily experiences of gender inequality. She is the author of two books, Everyday Sexism and Girl Up. Anne Phillips is the Graham Wallas Professor of Political Science in the Department of Government. The Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Taskforce was established in September 2015 to conduct a root-and-branch review of EDI issues at the School, to generate policy proposals, and to initiate changes around the institutional architecture and campus culture in order to maximise equity, diversity and inclusion across the School.Tue, 11 Oct 2016 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3597P3583Live webcast scheduled for Tuesday 4 October 2016, 6.30pm to 8pm BST | Speakers: Andy Beckett, Professor Matthew Goodwin, Faiza Shaheen | Ralph Miliband Programme public debate | Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSELabour | After a summer dominated by a bruising leadership contest, what is the future for the Labour party in Brexit Britain? Can it recover from the turmoil that followed the referendum result, or is it doomed to split? A panel of leading political historians and social scientists will place the turmoil in historical context, consider the threats to Labour’s electoral support exposed by the Brexit referendum, and examine the relationship between party members and MPs. Andy Beckett is a Guardian writer and historian. Matthew Goodwin (@GoodwinMJ) is Professor of Politics at the University of Kent and Senior Visiting Fellow at Chatham House. Faiza Shaheen (@faizashaheen) is Director of the Centre for Labour and Social Studies. Robin Archer is Director of the Ralph Miliband Programme at LSE. The Ralph Miliband Programme (@rmilibandlse) is one of LSE's most prestigious lecture series and seeks to advance Ralph Miliband's spirit of free social inquiry.Tue, 4 Oct 2016 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3573P3561Live webcast scheduled for Tuesday 30 August 2016, 6.30pm to 8pm BST | Speakers: Professor Joseph Stiglitz | LSE European Institute public lecture | Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEeuro | In his new book The Euro: And its Threat to Europe, Nobel Prize-winning economist and bestselling author Joseph Stiglitz argues that saving Europe may mean abandoning the Euro. Stiglitz dismantles the prevailing consensus around what ails Europe and dismisses the champions of austerity. Instead, Stiglitz will show that Europe’s stagnation and bleak outlook are a direct result of the fundamental flaws in the euro project – economic integration outpacing political integration with a structure that actively promotes divergence rather than convergence. Money relentlessly leaves the weaker member states and goes to the strong, with debt accumulating in a few ill-favoured countries. The question now is: can the euro be saved? Joseph Stiglitz (@JosephEStiglitz) was Chief Economist at the World Bank until January 2000. He is currently University Professor of the Columbia Business School and Chair of the Management Board and Director of Graduate Summer Programs, Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester. He won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2001 and is the best-selling author of Globalization and Its Discontents, The Roaring Nineties, Making Globalization Work, Freefall, The Price of Inequality and The Great Divide, all published by Penguin. Waltraud Schelkle is an Associate Professor of Political Economy at the European Institute and has been at LSE since autumn 2001, teaching courses on the political economy of European integration at MSc and PhD level. The LSE European Institute (@LSEEI) is celebrating its Twenty Fifth Anniversary in 2016. It is a centre for research and graduate teaching on the processes of integration and fragmentation within Europe. In the most recent national Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014) the Institute was ranked first for research in its sector.Tue, 30 Aug 2016 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3537P3507Live webcast scheduled for Wednesday 22 June 2016, 6.30pm to 8pm BST | Speakers: Professor Joseph Henrich | STICERD Morishima public lecture | Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEHenrich | The ability of human groups to socially interconnect and learn from one another has allowed us to create ingenious technologies, sophisticated languages, and complex institutions that have enabled successful expansion into myriad environments. Drawing insights from lost European explorers, clever chimpanzees, mobile hunter-gatherers, neuroscience, ancient bones, and the human genome, Joseph Henrich, author of The Secret of Our Success, will discuss how our collective intelligence has propelled our species’ evolution. Joseph Henrich (@JoHenrich) is a professor at Harvard University in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, and holds a Canada Research Chair at UBC, where he's a professor in both Economics and Psychology. His research focuses on cultural evolution, and culture-driven genetic evolution. He’s conducted fieldwork in Peru, Chile and in the South Pacific. In 2004 he won the Presidential Early Career Award (USA). Timothy Besley is School Professor of Economics and Political Science & W. Arthur Lewis Professor of Development Economics at LSE. STICERD (@STICERD_LSE) brings together world-class academics to put economics and related disciplines at the forefront of research and policy. Founded in 1978 by the renowned Japanese economist Michio Morishima, with donations from Suntory and Toyota, we are a thriving research community within the LSE.Wed, 22 Jun 2016 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3526P3503Live webcast scheduled for Wednesday 18 May 2016, 6.30pm to 8pm BST | Speakers: Dr Laura Bear, Anna Coote, Dr Andrea Muehlebach, Dr Carly Schuster | Department of Anthropology public conversation | Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEausterity | This discussion will look towards a post austerity future, discussing proposals for a social calculus to be applied to government policy and sovereign debt relations. Laura Bear is Associate Professor of Anthropology at LSE and author of Navigating Austerity: Currents of Debt along a South Asian river. Anna Coote is Head of Social Policy at the New Economics Foundation. Andrea Muehlebach is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto and author of The Moral Neoliberal: Welfare and Citizenship in Italy. Carly Schuster is a lecturer and researcher at Australian National University. Her Chicago PhD in Anthropology won the Richard Saller Prize for most distinguished dissertation in the Division of Social Sciences. Deborah James (@djameslse) is Professor of Anthropology at LSE and author of Money from Nothing: indebtedness and aspiration in South Africa. LSE's Anthropology Department (@LSEAnthropology), with a long and distinguished history, remains a leading centre for innovative research and teaching. We are committed to both maintaining and renewing the core of the discipline, and our undergraduate teaching and training of PhD students is recognised as outstanding.Thu, 9 Jun 2016 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3524P3469Live webcast scheduled for Monday 6 June 2016, 6.30-8pm BST | Speaker: Professor Tariq Ramadan | LSE Religion in the Public Sphere lecture series | Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEreligion | In our globalised world, pluralism is a fact and equality, a hope. We need to start with the basic statement reminding every one of us that we are all equal and we should be treated with the same dignity, whatever our gender, our colour, our religion or our social status. This is elementary, yet forgotten day in, day out. Tariq Ramadan (@TariqRamadan) is a Swiss academic, philosopher and writer. He is Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at Oxford University, a Senior Research Fellow at St Antony’s College (Oxford) and Doshisha University (Kyoto, Japan); Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Islamic Studies, (Qatar); Director of the Research Centre of Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE) (Doha, Qatar), President of the think tank European Muslim Network (EMN) in Brussels and a member of the International Union of Muslim Scholars. His research interests include the issues of Islamic legislation, politics, ethics, Sufism and the Islamic contemporary challenges in both the Muslim-majority countries and the West. He is active at both academic and grassroots levels. Craig Calhoun (@craigjcalhoun) is Director and President of LSE. He is a world-renowned social scientist whose work connects sociology to culture, communication, politics, philosophy and economics.Mon, 6 Jun 2016 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3518P3456Live webcast scheduled for Wednesday 1 June 2016, 6.30-8pm BST | Speaker: Professor Richard H Thaler | Behavioural Science Lab public conversation | Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEThaler | Richard Thaler, described by The Spectator as ‘the godfather of behavioural economics’, will be in conversation with LSE Director Craig Calhoun about his book Misbehaving, an authoritative and entertaining history of behavioural economics. Richard Thaler has spent his career studying the radical notion that the central agents in the economy are humans—predictable, error-prone individuals. Traditional economics assumes rational actors. Early in his research, Thaler realized these Spock-like automatons were nothing like real people. Whether buying an alarm clock, selling football tickets, or applying for a mortgage, we all succumb to biases and make decisions that deviate from the standards of rationality assumed by economists. In other words, we misbehave. Dismissed at first by economists as an amusing sideshow, the study of human miscalculations and their effects on markets now drives efforts to make better decisions in our lives, our businesses, and our governments. Coupling recent discoveries in human psychology with a practical understanding of incentives and market behaviour, Thaler enlightens readers about how to make smarter decisions in an increasingly mystifying world, revealing how behavioural economic analysis opens up new ways to look at everything. Laced with antic stories of Thaler’s spirited battles with the bastions of traditional economic thinking, Misbehaving is a singular look into profound human foibles. When economics meets psychology, the implications for individuals, managers, and policy makers are both profound and entertaining. Richard H. Thaler (@R_Thaler)is the Ralph and Dorothy Keller Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioural Science and Economics and the director of the Center for Decision Research at the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business. He is co-the author of Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness and has worked in the US with Barack Obama and with David Cameron's 'Nudge Unit' in the UK. Craig Calhoun (@craigjcalhoun) is Director and President of LSE. He is a world-renowned social scientist whose work connects sociology to culture, communication, politics, philosophy and economics. The Behavioural Research Lab (@LSEBehavioural) is a purpose-built facility set up by the Department of Management (@LSEManagement) for the use of researchers examining organisational behaviour and decision making. The BRL’s state-of-the-art facilities include 20 workstations for individual computer-mediated studies and four bespoke discussion rooms with built-in audio-visual equipment for studies in social dynamics. Since its opening in 2011, over 18000 participants have taken part in more than 120 studies. The BRL caters to researchers across LSE, including Management, Economics, Geography/Grantham Institute, Philosophy, Social Policy, Social Psychology and Government, and offers a large diverse participant pool to its researchers.Wed, 1 Jun 2016 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3511P3468Live webcast scheduled for Tuesday 24 May 2016, 6.30-8pm BST | Speaker: Professor Bruce Katz, Professor Anne Power | LSE Housing and Communities and La Fabrique de la Cité public lecture | Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEhousing | Cities for a Small Continent is an international handbook, drawing together 10 years of ground-level research into the causes and consequences of Europe's biggest urban challenges. This event explores the potential for former industrial cities to offer a more sustainable future for a crowded European continent. Bruce Katz (@bruce_katz) is the Centennial Scholar at the Brookings Institution,where he focuses on the challenges and opportunities of global urbanisation. Anne Power is a Professor of Social Policy and Director of LSE Housing and Communities. LSE Housing and Communities (@LSEHousing) is a research and consultancy group within the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE). They have over twenty years of research experience in low-income areas, covering housing, regeneration, family life, communities and sustainable retrofit, for over 15 years. La Fabrique de la Cité (@FabriquelaCite) is a Paris-based think tank promoting discussion and leadership on urban transitions, set up by VINCI in 2010. Its interdisciplinary approach brings together thought leaders and international players to uncover good urban development practices and put forward new ways of building and rebuilding cities.Tue, 24 May 2016 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3498P3463Live webcast scheduled for Wednesday 11 May 2016, 6.30-8pm BST | Speaker: Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw | US Centre public lecture | Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEUSrace | Heightening tensions in the US over police killings of black people have undermined confidence that the election of Barack Obama signaled a new era on race relations in the US. The more lasting legacy may be the one championed by late Justice Scalia whose legal philosophy currently underwrites the central tensions in equality law in the United States. Through a Critical Race Theory prism, Professor Crenshaw will discuss Black Lives Matter and Say Her Name as challenges to contemporary jurisprudence on race, and assess the new openings presented by current events. Kimberlé Crenshaw (@sandylocks) is Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California Los Angeles and the Columbia School of Law, and LSE Centennial Professor at the Gender Institute. Peter Trubowitz (@ptrubowitz) is Professor of International Relations and Director of the US Centre at LSE. His most recent book is Politics and Strategy: Partisan Ambition and American Statecraft. The United States Centre at LSE (@LSE_US) is a hub for global expertise, analysis and commentary on America. Its mission is to promote policy-relevant and internationally-oriented scholarship to meet the growing demand for fresh analysis and critical debate on the United States.Wed, 11 May 2016 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3487P3446Live webcast scheduled for Tuesday 3 May 2016, 6.30-8pm BST | Speaker: Professor Fawaz A Gerges | Department of International Relations public lecture | Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEGerges | The Islamic State has stunned the world with its savagery, destructiveness, and military and recruiting successes. What explains the rise of ISIS and what does it portend for the future of the Middle East? One of the world's leading authorities on political Islam and jihadism sheds new light on these questions as he provides a unique history of the rise and growth of ISIS. Fawaz A. Gerges (@FawazGerges) is professor of international relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His many books include The New Middle East, Obama and the Middle East, and The Far Enemy. His latest book is Isis: A History. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Guardian, Foreign Affairs, and other publications. Chris Hughes is Professor of International Relations and Head of the Department of International Relations at LSE. The Department of International Relations (@LSEIRDept) is now in its 88th year making it one of the oldest and largest in the world.Tue, 3 May 2016 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3482P3454Live webcast scheduled for Wednesday 27 April 2016, 6.30-8pm BST | Speakers: Ben Cobley, Hugo Dixon, Professor Katrin Flikschuh, Dr Gerard Lyons | Forum for European Philosophy public debate | Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEBrexitVote | On June 23, voters in the will make a decision regarding their willingness to share or pool some of the UK’s sovereignty with the twenty-seven other member states of the European Union. This special event, held as part of the Forum’s 20th anniversary, will consider a motion to change the status quo. We will have two teams of speakers, one speaking for the proposition (Gerard Lyons and Ben Cobley), the other against (Hugo Dixon and Katrin Flikschuh). Ben Cobley (@bencobley) is a writer and political blogger. Hugo Dixon (@Hugodixon) is a columnist, author of The In/Out Question and Chairman and Editor-in-chief of InFacts. Katrin Flikschuh is Professor of Political Theory, LSE. Gerard Lyons (@DrGerardLyons) is Chief Economic Advisor to the Mayor of London. Danielle Sands (@DanielleCSands) is a Lecturer in Comparative Literature and Culture at Royal Holloway, University of London, and a Forum for European Philosophy Fellow. The Forum for European Philosophy (@ForumPhilosophy) is an educational charity that organises a full and varied programme of philosophy and interdisciplinary events in the UK.Wed, 27 Apr 2016 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3481P3474Live webcast scheduled for Wednesday 27 April 2016, 10.30-11.30am BST | Speakers: Angel Gurría, Dr Thomas Sampson | CEP public lecture | Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEBrexitVote | In the run up to the referendum of 23 June on membership of the EU, OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria will address one of the most momentous decisions facing Britain in modern times. Angel Gurría (@A_Gurria) was appointed Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 2006 following a distinguished career in public service in Mexico. He was previously Mexico’s Minister of Foreign Affairs from December 1994 to January 1998. From January 1998 to December 2000 he was Mexico’s Minister of Finance and Public Credit. Mr Gurría holds a BA in Economics from UNAM (Mexico), and an MA in Economics from the University of Leeds. Thomas Sampson joined the Centre for Economic Performance in 2011. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at LSE. Nick Stern is the IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government, Chairman of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and Head of the India Observatory at the London School of Economics. He is President of the British Academy (from July 2013), and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society (June 2014). The Centre for Economic Performance (@CEP_LSE) is an interdisciplinary research centre at the LSE Research Laboratory. It was established by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) in 1990 and is now one of the leading economic research groups in Europe.Wed, 27 Apr 2016 10:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3475P3453Live webcast scheduled for Wednesday 20 April 2016, 6.30-8pm BST | Speaker: Professor Slavoj Žižek | Forum for European Philosophy public lecture | Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEFEP | In this talk Professor Žižek will talk about his new book, Against the Double Blackmail: Refugees, Terror and Other Troubles with the Neighbours. From within the safety of Europe Zizek argues we face two versions of ideological blackmail - open-door solidarity with refugees and drawbridge-minded protectionism. Both prolong the problem – so, confronted with this double blackmail, we find ourselves back at the great question: what is to be done? The refugee crisis offers to Europe an opportunity: a unique chance to redefine itself. The only way, argues Zizek, to truly get to the heart of one of the greatest and most urgent issues confronting Europe today is to insist on the global solidarity of the exploited and oppressed. Maybe such global solidarity is a utopia. But, he warns, if we don’t engage in it, then we are really lost. And we will deserve to be lost. Slavoj Žižek is a Hegelian philosopher, Lacanian psychoanalyst, and political activist. He is international director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities and the author of numerous books on dialectical materialism, critique of ideology and art, including Less Than Nothing, Living in the End Times, First as Tragedy, Then as Farce, The Year of Dreaming Dangerously and Trouble in Paradise. The Forum for European Philosophy (@ForumPhilosophy) is an educational charity that organises a full and varied programme of philosophy and interdisciplinary events in the UK.Wed, 20 Apr 2016 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3504P3455Live webcast scheduled for Tuesday 17 May 2016, 6.30-8pm BST | Speaker: Jeremy Corbyn | Ralph Miliband Programme "Progress and its Discontents" public lecture | Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSECorbyn | Trust and belief in politicians is low, while the crash has broken the idea that each generation will be better off. How can we rebuild hope? Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) is Leader of the Labour Party and MP for Islington North. Robin Archer is Director of the Ralph Miliband Programme at LSE. The Ralph Miliband Programme (@rmilibandlse) is one of LSE's most prestigious lecture series and seeks to advance Ralph Miliband's spirit of free social inquiry.Sun, 17 Apr 2016 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3441P3326Live webcast scheduled for Thursday 15 March 2016, 6.30-8pm GMT | Speaker: Professor Ian Morris | LSE IDEAS public lecture | Changes in how we capture energy from the environment have determined the degree of inequality in society – but what does this mean for the future? Ian Morris is Philippe Roman Chair in History and International Affairs at LSE IDEAS for 2015-16. LSE IDEAS (@LSEIDEAS) is a foreign policy think-tank within LSE's Institute for Global Affairs. Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEMorrisTue, 15 Mar 2016 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3435P3316Live webcast scheduled for Wednesday 9 March 2016, 6.30pm to 8pm GMT | Speaker: Dr Keyu Jin | Department of Economics and Centre for Macroeconomics public lecture | Dr Keyu Jin will discuss the impact of China’s financial reforms. Keyu Jin (@KeyuJin) is a Lecturer in the Department of Economics and a member of the Centre for Macroeconomics and Centre for Economic Performance. The Department of Economics at LSE (@LSEEcon) is one of the largest economics departments in the world. Its size ensures that all areas of economics are strongly represented in both research and teaching. The Centre For Macroeconomics (@CFMUK) brings together world-class experts to carry out pioneering research on the global economic crisis and to help design policies that alleviate it. Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEChinaWed, 9 Mar 2016 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3424P3381Live webcast scheduled for Thursday 3 March 2016, 5.30-6.30pm GMT | Speaker: Dr Wolfgang Schäuble | LSESU German Society and LSE European Institute lecture | Wolfgang Schauble is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has served as Germany's Federal Minister of Finance in the second and third Merkel cabinets since 2009. Involved at the centre of the crisis management efforts to save the euro, the Wall Street Journal called Schauble 'Germany's second most powerful person after Chancellor Merkel'. Between 1998 to 2000 he was CDU party chairman, and served again as Federal Minister of the Interior in the first Merkel cabinet from 2005 to 2009. This event is part of the LSESU German Society's (@SuSocGerman) Annual German Symposium which takes place from 29 February to 4 March. Details about all of the events which make up this year's Symposium can be found at German Symposium 2016. The LSE European Institute (@LSEEI) is celebrating its Twenty Fifth Anniversary in 2016. It is a centre for research and graduate teaching on the processes of integration and fragmentation within Europe. In the most recent national Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014) the Institute was ranked first for research in its sector. Twitter Hashtag for this event: #GerSym2016Thu, 3 Mar 2016 17:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3419P3397Live webcast scheduled for Wednesday 2 March 2016, 6.30-8pm GMT | Speakers: Kate Andrews, Steve Erlanger, Gideon Rachman, Stephanie Rickard, Peter Trubowitz | LSE US Centre public discussion | Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEUSelects | On the 1st of March millions of American voters in 12 states will go to the polls in the 2016 US presidential election's 'Super Tuesday’ primary. The race so far has been unlike any in recent memory with the rise of outsider candidates from both the Republican and Democratic parties which has led to the most open-ended election in decades. Super Tuesday will make the direction of the race much clearer on both sides, paving the way for the party conventions in the early summer. Join us for a lively evening of discussion and debate with six experts on US politics. Kate Andrews (@KateAndrs) is the Head of Communications and a Research Fellow at the Adam Smith Institute. Kate has previously worked for the Institute of Economic Affairs, Townhall.com, the Open Currency Standard think tank and on Mitt Romney’s and Linda McMahon’s campaigns. Steve Erlanger (@StevenErlanger) is London bureau chief for the New York Times, having moved here in August 2013 after more than five years as the paper's bureau chief in Paris. Erlanger joined the NYT in September 1987. Gideon Rachman (@gideonrachman) became chief foreign affairs columnist for the Financial Times in July 2006. He joined the FT after a 15-year career at The Economist, which included spells as a foreign correspondent in Brussels, Washington and Bangkok. He also edited The Economist’s business and Asia sections. His particular interests include American foreign policy, the European Union and globalisation. Stephanie J. Rickard (@SJRickard) is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics in the Department of Government. She earned her PhD at the University of California, San Diego and her BA at the University of Rochester. Her research examines the effects of political institutions on economic policies Peter Trubowitz (@ptrubowitz) is Professor of International Relations and Director of the US Centre at LSE. His most recent book is Politics and Strategy: Partisan Ambition and American Statecraft (Princeton University Press). Mick Cox is Director of LSE Ideas and Emeritus Professor of International Relations at LSE. The United States Centre at LSE (@LSE_US) is a hub for global expertise, analysis and commentary on America. Its mission is to promote policy-relevant and internationally-oriented scholarship to meet the growing demand for fresh analysis and critical debate on the United States.Wed, 2 Mar 2016 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3387P3335Live webcast scheduled for Monday 22 February 2016, 6.30-8pm GMT | Speaker: Alec Ross | LSE Department of Management Literary Festival lecture | While Alec Ross was working as Senior Advisor for Innovation to the Secretary of State, he travelled to forty-one countries, exploring the latest advances coming out of every continent. From startup hubs in Kenya to R&D labs in South Korea, Ross has seen what the future holds. In this lecture he reveals the innovations that will shape our world for the better between today and 2025. Alec Ross (@AlecJRoss) is one of America’s leading experts on innovation. He served for four years as Senior Advisor for Innovation to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. He is currently a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Johns Hopkins University and serves as an advisor to investors, corporations, and government leaders. He is author of The Industries of the Future. The Department of Management (@LSEManagement) is a globally diverse academic community at the heart of the LSE, taking a unique interdisciplinary, academically in-depth approach to the study of management and organisations. This event forms part of the LSE Space for Thought Literary Festival 2016, taking place from Monday 22 - Saturday 27 February 2016, with the theme 'Utopias'.Mon, 22 Feb 2016 17:15:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3385P3320Live webcast scheduled for Thursday 18 February 2016, 6.30-8pm GMT | Speaker: Professor Craig Calhoun | LSE Literary Festival | The world is given its contours, reality and limits partly by how it is imagined. Creativity, unrealistically ‘utopian’ thought and even the celebration of illusory ‘golden ages’ perform important roles alongside critical analysis of material conditions and practical possibilities. Art, religion, and social movements each play a vital part, though the power of imagination – and failures of imagination - extends even more widely. This lecture is given ahead of this year's LSE Space for Thought Literary Festival, which will be taking place from Monday 22 - Saturday 27 February 2016 with the theme "Utopias". Craig Calhoun (@craigjcalhoun) is Director and President of LSE. He is a world-renowned social scientist whose work connects sociology to culture, communication, politics, philosophy and economics. He took up his post as LSE Director on 1 September 2012, having left the United States where he was University Professor at New York University and director of the Institute for Public Knowledge and President of the Social Science Research Council. Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSELitFestThu, 18 Feb 2016 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3377P3351Live webcast scheduled for Thursday 11 February 2016, 6.30-8pm GMT | Speaker: Baroness Amos | Institute of Global Affairs public lecture | Our world continues to be challenged by conflict and consequent flows of people across the world. How can and should we respond? Valerie Amos (@ValerieAmos) joined as Director of SOAS, University of London in 2015. From 2010, Valerie served as Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator at the UN. She served in a number of roles in the public sector including in local government and as Chief Executive of the Equal Opportunities Commission. Valerie was an adviser to the Mandela Government on leadership and change management issues and was appointed a Labour Life Peer in 1997. She went on to become the first black woman to sit in the British cabinet as Secretary of State for International Development. Valerie became Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council in October 2003 and served as UK High Commissioner to Australia before joining the UN. Professor Craig Calhoun (@craigjcalhoun) is Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science. The Institute of Global Affairs (IGA) (@LSEIGA) creates a dedicated space for research, policy engagement and teaching across multiple disciplines to pioneer locally-rooted responses to global challenges. Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #LSEAmosThu, 11 Feb 2016 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3372P3334Live webcast scheduled for Wednesday 10 February 2016, 6.30-8pm GMT | Speaker: Professor Christine Delphy, Professor Sylvie Tissot | LSE Gender Institute and Feminist Review public dialogue | On a rare visit to London, Professor Christine Delphy, one of the world's most influential feminist thinkers, joins us to discuss her last book, Separate and Dominate, focusing on her views on the contemporary challenges of feminism vis a vis the emergence of new racisms. Delphy will be in conversation with Sylvie Tissot, an academic and film-maker who has explore Delphy’s life and work in the world acclaimed film about Delphy’s life, ‘Je ne suis pas féministe mais...’. This event is partnered with a screening of ‘Je ne suis pas féministe mais...’ on 8 February. Christine Delphy is a French sociologist, feminist, writer and theorist, and co-founder of Nouvelles questions féministes with Simone de Beauvoir. Sylvie Tissot is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Paris-8. LSE's Gender Institute (@LSEGenderTweet) is the largest gender studies centre in Europe. With a global perspective, the Gender Institute’s research and teaching intersects with other categories of analysis such as race, ethnicity, class and sexuality; because gender relations work in all spheres of life, interdisciplinarity is key to our approach. Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEtalksGenderWed, 10 Feb 2016 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3364P3356Live webcast scheduled for Friday 5 February 2016, 11am-12pm GMT | Speaker: Martin Schulz | LSE European Institute "Perspectives on Europe" public lecture | Turbulent times, multiple challenges, permanent crisis mode. Can Europe cope? Are nation states better off alone? Is the EU just a scapegoat? Join us at this lecture to find out why Martin Schulz thinks that the EU, despite its present bad shape, remains the answer to global problems and needs fixing not ditching. Martin Schulz (@EP_President) is President of the European Parliament. He was born in 1955 and grew up in Hehlrath Germany. Aged 31, he was elected as the youngest mayor of North Rhine-Westphalia. Since 1994, Martin Schulz has been a Member of the European Parliament. In 2004 he was elected group leader of the Socialists and Democrats. He has been President of the European Parliament since 2012. On 1 July 2014 he was re-elected President, becoming the first President in the history of the European Parliament to be re-elected for a second term. Craig Calhoun (@craigjcalhoun) is Director and President of LSE. The LSE European Institute (@LSEEI) was established in 1991 as a dedicated centre for the interdisciplinary study of processes of integration and fragmentation within Europe. In the most recent national Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014) the Institute was ranked first for research in its sector. Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEUKEUFri, 5 Feb 2016 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3353P3333Live webcast scheduled for Thursday 28 January 2016, 6.30-8pm GMT | Speaker: Sian Berry, Zac Goldsmith, Sadiq Khan, Caroline Pidgeon, Peter Whittle | London Tomorrow and LSE London public debate | Ahead of the 2016 London Mayoral elections, this event will allow the candidates from the main political parties to outline how they intend to sustain the London economy and support businesses if elected, addressing key questions over more devolution to the capital, funding critical infrastructure, and creating a more vibrant and entrepreneurial economy. Candidates participating include Sian Berry (@sianberry), Green Party; Zac Goldsmith (@ZacGoldsmith), Conservative Party; Sadiq Khan (@SadiqKhan), Labour Party; Caroline Pidgeon (@CarolinePidgeon), Liberal Democrats; Peter Whittle (@prwhittle), UKIP. Welcoming speeches will be given by Colin Stanbridge, Chief Executive of the London Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Professor Tony Travers, Director of LSE London, a research centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science.Tim Donovan is BBC London's Political Editor. The event is arranged by London Tomorrow, a thought leadership initiative facilitated by London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in association with EY and supported by London City Airport. LSE London (@LSE_London) is a specialist research centre focusing on analyses of London's economy and broader metropolitan issues in a comparative context. The centre has a strong international reputation particularly in the fields of labour markets, social and demographic change, housing, finance and governance, and is the leading academic centre for analyses of city-wide developments in London. Twitter Hashtag for this event: #londontomorrowThu, 28 Jan 2016 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/LSELive.aspxP3325Live webcast scheduled for Wednesday 20 January 2016, 6.30-8pm GMT | Speaker: Dr Alaa Al Aswany, Jack Shenker | Ralph Miliband Programme 'Progress and Its Discontents' public lecture | Five years on from Tahrir Square, is Egypt's revolution still alive? Dr Alaa Al Aswany (@AlaaAswany) is an award-winning novelist and prominent Egyptian activist. Jack Shenker (@hackneylad) is an award-winning journalist and former Egypt correspondent for the Guardian. His new book is The Egyptians: A Radical Story. Robin Archer is Director of the Ralph Miliband Programme at LSE. The Ralph Miliband Programme (@rmilibandlse) is one of LSE's most prestigious lecture series and seeks to advance Ralph Miliband's spirit of free social inquiry. Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEArabspringWed, 20 Jan 2016 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3312P3242Live webcast scheduled for Wednesday 9 December 2015, 6.30pm to 8pm GMT | Speakers: Sir Fazle Abed, Professor Oriana Bandiera, Professor Robin Burgess, Dr Mushtaque Chowhudry, Professor Esther Duflo | International Growth Centre (IGC) and BRAC public discussion | Can extreme poverty be eliminated through programmes targeting the world’s ultra-poor? The panel will discuss the merits of so called graduation approaches. Sir Fazle Abed is the Founder and Chairperson of BRAC. Oriana Bandiera is a Professor of Economics at the LSE and the Director of STICERD. Robin Burgess is a Professor of Economics at LSE and Director of the IGC. Mushtaque Chowdhury is the vice-chairperson and interim executive director of BRAC. Esther Duflo is the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at MIT. Craig Calhoun (@craigjcalhoun) is President and Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science. The International Growth Centre (@The_IGC) aims to promote sustainable growth in developing countries by providing demand-led policy advice based on frontier research. Based at LSE and in partnership with Oxford University, the IGC is initiated and funded by DFID. BRAC (@BRACworld) is a global leader in creating opportunity for the world’s poor. Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #LSEultrapoorWed, 9 Dec 2015 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3295P3198Live webcast scheduled for Monday 23 November 2015, 6.30pm to 8pm GMT | Speaker: Professor Michel Wieviorka | European Institute 'Perspectives on Europe' public lecture | Evil has dramatically changed in modern Europe. The turning point was the mid-eighties. Terrorism, anti-Semitism, racism and nationalism are not as they were in the recent past and their renewal poses a formidable threat. Michel Wieviorka is professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales and president of the Fondation Maison des sciences de l'homme. The LSE European Institute (@LSEEI) was established in 1991 as a dedicated centre for the interdisciplinary study of processes of integration and fragmentation within Europe. In the most recent national Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014) the Institute was ranked first for research in its sector.Mon, 23 Nov 2015 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3288P3179Live webcast scheduled for Wednesday 18 November 2015, 6.30pm to 8pm GMT | Speaker: Paul Mason | Chair: Professor Erik Berglof | LSE Institute of Global Affairs public lecture | We know that our world is in the process of seismic change - but how can we emerge from the crisis a fairer, more equal society? At the heart of this change is information technology, a revolution that, as Mason shows, is driven by capitalism but which, with its tendency to drive the value of much of what we make towards zero, has the potential to destroy an economy based on markets, wages and private ownership - and, he contends, is already doing so. Paul Mason (@paulmasonnews) is the author of PostCapitalism: A Guide to Our Future and the Economics Editor, Channel 4 News. Erik Berglof (@ErikBerglof) became the inaugural Director of the Institute of Global Affairs (IGA) at LSE on 1 February 2015. He joined the School as a Professor in Practice in the Department of Economics. Previously he was the Chief Economist and Special Adviser to the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The Institute of Global Affairs (IGA) (@LSEIGA) creates a dedicated space for research, policy engagement and teaching across multiple disciplines to pioneer locally-rooted responses to global challenges.Wed, 18 Nov 2015 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/LSELive.aspxP3268Live webcast scheduled for Tuesday 10 November 2015, 6.30pm to 8pm GMT | Speaker: Pedro Dias Ferreira, Nigel Owens, Claire Purdy, Kate Rowan, Heather Taylor | LSE Athletics Union, LSE Men's Rugby Club and LSE Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Taskforce discussion | A pioneering discussion of discrimination in rugby, from the grass-roots right through to the international level. Drawing upon the experiences and endeavours of some of those at the forefront of progress, the debate explores the challenges rugby faces when trying to stamp out prejudice based on sexuality and gender. Pedro Dias Ferreira is the current club captain of the Kings Cross Steelers (@KXSteelers), and has been a member of the club for 9 years. Founded in 1995, the Kings Cross Steelers is the world's first gay and inclusive rugby union club, a pioneering organisation for LGBT+ rights, and the current holders of the Union Cup. Widely seen by many to be the best referee currently officiating in the world of rugby, Nigel Owens (@Nigelrefowens) is also the first openly gay man to referee at the highest level. In 2007 Nigel was named as Stonewall's 'Gay Sports Personality of the Year', and since coming out has spoken out many times in the media on LGBT+ issues. Claire Purdy (@Purdy_C) is a former England international rugby player and captain of the side. Winning 43 caps for England over the course of her career, she was part of the squad which won both the World Cup and BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year in 2014. Kate Rowan is a sports journalist whose work features in the Irish Independent, the IRFU and World Rugby, among others. More recently, she has been working on the book Six Nations, Two Stories along with Peter O'Reilly, a book which follows both the Irish men's and women's winning Six Nations campaigns. Heather Taylor (@HeatherTaylor21) is the NGB Account Manager for Sport England and a pioneer of the 'This Girl Can' campaign. The campaign uses social media to promote empowerment through women's sport, and currently has over 80 thousand followers on Twitter. James Taylor (@Jamestaylor2) is currently the Head of Campaigns at Stonewall, Europe's largest LGBT+ rights organisation. In particular, James has coordinated the Rainbow Laces campaign for the last two years in professional football, among other campaigns to end homophobia in sport. The LSE Athletics Union (@lse_au) represents over 40 sports clubs at LSE. The AU is currently running the AU for All Campaign which aims to promote inclusivity and tolerance at LSE by tackling the barriers that prevent people from participating in sport. The LSE Men's Rugby Club has been involved in a process of reform over the last year, organising a social media campaign, hosting workshops and redesigning their club structure to promote a positive club culture and community outreach. The Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Taskforce was established in September 2015 to conduct a root-and-branch review of EDI issues at the School, to generate policy proposals, and to initiate changes around the institutional architecture and campus culture in order to maximise equity, diversity and inclusion across the School. Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #LSErugbyforallTue, 10 Nov 2015 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3269P3199Live webcast scheduled for Friday 11 November 2015, 6.30pm to 8pm GMT | Speaker: Professor Amartya Sen | South Asia Centre public conversation | At this event Amartya Sen will be in conversation about his latest publication, The Country of First Boys, which is a new collection of cultural essays in which Sen examines social justice and welfare, by addressing some of the fundamental issues of our time like deprivation, disparity, hunger, illiteracy, alienation, globalisation, media, freedom of speech, injustice, inequality, exclusion, and exploitation. Amartya Sen is Thomas W. Lamont University Professor, and Professor of Economics and Philosophy, at Harvard University. He is the recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics and an honorary fellow of LSE. Nicholas Stern is IG Patel Professor and Chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE and President of the British Academy. Established in 2015, the South Asia Centre (@SAsiaLSE) marks a step-change in LSE’s engagement with South Asia. LSE has more than 70 subject experts whose teaching and research interests concern South Asia; the Centre harnesses this world class inter- and multi-disciplinary expertise to underwrite the School’s fundamental mission of impacting public awareness through informed knowledge. The SAC is a global platform to engage with South Asia – whose particularities constantly challenge conventional social science thinking about the region.Fri, 6 Nov 2015 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3262P3232Live webcast scheduled for Monday 2 November 2015, 6.30pm to 8pm BST | Speakers: Dr Niall Cunningham, Professor Fiona Devine, Dr Sam Friedman, Dr Daniel Laurison, Dr Lisa McKenzie, Dr Andrew Miles, Professor Mike Savage, Dr Helene Snee, Dr Paul Wakeling | Department of Sociology and International Inequalities Institute public lecture | A fresh take on social class from the experts behind the BBC's 'Great British Class Survey'. Social class has re-emerged as a topic of enormous scholarly and public attention. In this new book, Social Class in the 21st Century, Mike Savage and the team of sociologists responsible for the Great British Class Survey report their definitive findings and propose a new way of thinking about social class in Britain today. The book presents the ideas and facts behind their new conceptualization of class: a new British class system composed of seven classes that reflect the unequal distribution of three kinds of capital: economic (inequalities in income and wealth); social (the different kinds of people we know) and cultural (the ways in which our leisure and cultural preferences are exclusive). This book looks beyond labels to explore how and why our society is changing and what this means for the people who find themselves in the margins as well as in the centre. Niall Cunningham is Lecturer in Geography at Durham University. Fiona Devine is Head of Manchester Business School and Professor of Sociology. Sam Friedman (@SamFriedmanSoc) is Assistant Professor in Sociology at LSE. Daniel Laurison (@Daniel_Laurison) is Post-doctoral Fellow in Sociology at LSE. Lisa Mckenzie is LSE Fellow in Sociology at LSE. Dr Andrew Miles is Reader in Sociology at the University of Manchester. Mike Savage (@MikeSav47032563) is Martin White Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the International Inequalities Institute at LSE. Helene Snee (@HeleneSnee) is Lecturer in Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University. Paul Wakeling (@pbjwakeling) is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Education at the University of York. Nicola Lacey is School Professor of Law, Gender and Social Policy, attached to the Departments of Law and Social Policy and to the Gender Institute at LSE. The Department of Sociology at LSE (@LSEsociology) was established in 1904 and remains committed to top quality teaching and leading research and scholarship today. The new International Inequalities Institute at LSE (@LSEInequalities) brings together experts from many LSE departments and centres to lead critical and cutting edge research to understand why inequalities are escalating in numerous arenas across the world, and to develop critical tools to address these challenges. Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #LSEclassMon, 2 Nov 2015 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3252P3243Live webcast scheduled for Thursday 22 October 2015, 6.30pm to 8pm BST | Speaker: Rachel Kyte | LSE Grantham Research Institute public lecture | The Paris Accord, the hoped for ambitious agreement, to be decided at the 21st Convention of the Parties of the UNFCCC, this December, will set us on a new pathway towards zero carbon growth. When the negotiators go home, what messages will they have sent to economic actors globally? How will an orderly transition to zero carbon growth be managed and financed? In response to overwhelming scientific consensus and a compelling economic case that we need to change the course of our carbon history, who will CEOs, Heads of State and others respond to the question “when you knew, what did you do?” Rachel Kyte (@rkyte365) is a World Bank Group Vice President and Special Envoy for Climate Change. As a leading advocate for action to combat climate change because of its intrinsic link to poverty and development, Ms. Kyte is the leading figure for the World Bank Group in efforts to campaign for an ambitious agreement at the 21st Convention of the Parties of the UNFCCC this December. She is leading work on climate change adaptation, mitigation, climate finance, and disaster risk and resilience across the institutions of the World Bank Group, including IBRD, IDA, IFC, and MIGA. Professor Samuel Fankhauser is Co-Director at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and Deputy Director of the ESRC-funded Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, both at the London School of Economics. The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment (@GRI_LSE) is a research centre at LSE. The Institute’s research looks at the economics of climate change, and aims to inform policy and academic debate. Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #LSEcarbonThu, 22 Oct 2015 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3233P3197Live webcast scheduled for Monday 12 October 2015, 6.30pm to 8pm BST | Speaker: Winnie Byanyima | Chair: Dr Duncan Green | Department of International Development public lecture | Winnie will reflect on her own life and experiences growing up in Uganda, and discuss the true nature of Africa's growth story and how we must tackle crisis of inequality in Africa. Born in Uganda, Winnie Byanyima (@Winnie_Byanyima) is the Executive Director of Oxfam International. She has been a leader on women’s rights, democratic governance and peace building, spanning the diplomatic, multilateral, legislative and civil society arenas. She founded Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE), a leading NGO in Uganda and has served at the African Union Commission and at the United Nations Development Programme as Director of Gender and Development. Dr Duncan Green (@fp2p) is Senior Strategic Adviser at Oxfam, author of From Poverty to Power, and Professor in Practice of International Development at LSE. The Department of International Development (@LSE_ID) promotes interdisciplinary post-graduate teaching and research on processes of social, political and economic development and change.Mon, 12 Oct 2015 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3224P3216Live webcast scheduled for Wednesday 7 October 2015, 3.30pm to 4.30pm BST | Speakers: Douglas Booth, Elizabeth Nyamayaro, Lena Schofield, Hilary Stauffer, Charles Stephens | LSE Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Taskforce discussion | The panel discussion will focus on building a more inclusive campus culture. During the panel discussion, we intend to explore both the challenges for building an inclusive living and learning environment at university as well as strategies for achieving greater gender equality both in the professional world and within particular academic disciplines, university programmes, student initiatives, and social environments. How do we make universities and workspaces environments where all individuals can flourish? What does inclusivity mean to you? The panel will reflect on how we can all actively participate in the drive towards gender equality. UN Women (@UN_Women) is bringing the first-ever HeForShe #GetFree University Tour to universities across the United Kingdom and France. Douglas Booth (@DouglasBooth) is an actor and UNHCR supporter. first won universal critical acclaim for his portrayal of Boy George in Worried about the Boy. Elizabeth Nyamayaro (@e_nyamayaro) is Senior Advisor to Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women and Head of the HeForShe Campaign. Lena Schofield (@LenaSchofie) is the LSESU Women's Officer, and former Vice-President of the LSESU Feminist Society. Hilary Stauffer (@hilarybstauffer) is a visiting fellow in the Centre for Women, Peace and Security at LSE. Charles Stephens (@AmerNLon) is Head of Global Gender Agenda and Head of Diversity and Inclusion Head Office Functions at Barclays Plc. Professor Craig Calhoun (@craigjcalhoun) is Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science. The Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Taskforce was established in September 2015 to conduct a root-and-branch review of EDI issues at the School, to generate policy proposals, and to initiate changes around the institutional architecture and campus culture in order to maximise equity, diversity and inclusion across the School. Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #LSEgetfreeWed, 7 Oct 2015 15:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3146P3069Live webcast scheduled for Tuesday 23 June 2015 , 6.30pm to 8pm BST | Institute of Public Affairs public lecture | Speaker: Julia Gillard | This event is part of the Above the Parapet project, which seeks to capture the experiences of high profile women who have shaped public life. Julia Gillard (@JuliaGillard) was Prime Minister of Australia 2010-13 and the first woman to hold this position. She recently wrote My Story. Julia Gillard started her Arts and Law degrees at the University of Adelaide. In 1983 she was elected national Education Vice-President of the Australian Union of Students (AUS) and moved to Melbourne to complete her degree at Melbourne University. Later that year, she was elected President of the AUS. After graduating Ms Gillard began work as a solicitor in Melbourne with the law firm Slater and Gordon and became a Partner in 1990. Ms Gillard's work at the firm focused on employment law where she worked on securing fairer treatment for workers and fought for clothing trades outworkers who had been underpaid. From 1996 to 1998 Ms Gillard served as Chief-of-Staff to the then Opposition Leader of the State of Victoria, John Brumby. Julia Gillard first contested the Federal seat of Lalor for the Australian Labor Party in 1998 and was elected that year. From 1998 to 2001 Ms Gillard served on the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Workplace Relations. In 2001 Ms Gillard was appointed Shadow Minister for Population and Immigration and subsequently took on responsibilities for Reconciliation and Indigenous Affairs in 2003. From 2003 to 2006 Ms Gillard served as Shadow Minister for Health. On 4 December 2006 Ms Gillard was appointed Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party and served as Shadow Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations and Social Inclusion. Following the Australian Labor Party's victory at the 2007 Federal Election, Ms Gillard was sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations and Social Inclusion. Purna Sen is Deputy Director of the IPA and leads on the Above the Parapet programme. The Institute of Public Affairs (@LSEPubAffairs) is one of the world's leading centres of public policy. We aim to debate and address some of the major issues of our time, whether international or national, through our established teaching programmes, our research and our highly innovative public-engagement initiatives. Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #LSEGillardTue, 23 Jun 2015 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3127P3036Live webcast scheduled for Tuesday 9 June 2015 , 6.30pm to 8pm BST | Department of Social Policy public lecture | Speaker: Professor Richard Thaler | Richard Thaler has spent his career studying the radical notion that the central agents in the economy are humans—predictable, error-prone individuals. Traditional economics assumes rational actors. Early in his research, Thaler realized these Spock-like automatons were nothing like real people. Whether buying an alarm clock, selling football tickets, or applying for a mortgage, we all succumb to biases and make decisions that deviate from the standards of rationality assumed by economists. In other words, we misbehave. Dismissed at first by economists as an amusing sideshow, the study of human miscalculations and their effects on markets now drives efforts to make better decisions in our lives, our businesses, and our governments. Speaking about his latest book Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioural Economics, Richard Thaler will couple recent discoveries in human psychology with a practical understanding of incentives and market behaviour. Thaler will explain how to make smarter decisions in an increasingly mystifying world, revealing how behavioural economic analysis opens up new ways to look at everything. Richard H Thaler (@R_Thaler) is the Ralph and Dorothy Keller Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioural Science and Economics and the Director of the Center for Decision Research at the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business. He is co-the author of Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness and has worked in the US with Barack Obama and with David Cameron's 'Nudge Unit' in the UK. Paul Dolan (@HappinessBD) is a Professor of Behavioural Science in the Department of Social Policy at LSE. The Department of Social Policy (@LSESocialPolicy) is the longest established in the UK and offers outstanding teaching based on the highest quality empirical research in the field. Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #LSEThalerTue, 9 Jun 2015 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3122P3099Live webcast scheduled for Wednesday 3 June 2015 , 6.30pm to 8pm BST | Speaker: Caroline Criado-Perez | Chair: Professor Julia Black | A lecture by the woman who took on the Bank of England, Twitter and the criminal justice system, Caroline Criado-Perez, who will celebrate women's rights activists from around the world to inspire you to get out there and change it for the better. Caroline Criado-Perez (@CCriadoPerez) is a British journalist and feminist activist. In 2013, she won the Liberty Human Rights Campaigner of the Year Award and was named one of the Guardian's People of the Year. This event marks the publication of Caroline's new book, Do it Like a Woman. Julia Black is Pro-Director for Research and a Professor Law at LSE. Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #LSEwomenWed, 3 Jun 2015 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/LSELive.aspxP3026Live webcast scheduled for Monday 1 June 2015 , 6.30pm to 8.00pm BST | Department of Finance and Financial Markets Group public lecture | Speaker: Professor Robert J Shiller | Robert Shiller, who warned of both the tech and housing bubbles, now cautions that signs of irrational exuberance among investors have only increased since the 2008–9 financial crisis. With high stock and bond prices in the United States, and rising housing prices in many countries, the post-subprime boom may well turn out to be another illustration of Shiller’s influential argument that psychologically driven volatility is an inherent characteristic of all asset markets. Robert J Shiller (@RobertJShiller), the recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in economics, is a best-selling author, a regular contributor to the Economic View column of the New York Times, and a professor of economics at Yale University. His books include Finance and the Good Society, Animal Spirits (co-written with George A. Akerlof), The Subprime Solution, and The New Financial Order (all Princeton). This event marks the publication of a new edition of Irrational Exuberance. The Financial Markets Group Research Centre (FMG) at LSE (@FMG_LSE) is one of the leading European centres for academic research into financial markets and is a focal point for research communication with the business, policy making, and academic finance communities.Mon, 1 Jun 2015 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3100P3080Live webcast scheduled for Wednesday 27 June 2015 , 10.45am to 11.45am BST | LSE US Centre conversation | Speaker: Jacob J. Lew | The conversation will focus on the state of the global economy ahead of the Secretary’s travel to a meeting of G-7 Finance Ministers in Dresden, Germany. Jack Lew was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 27, 2013, to serve as the 76th Secretary of the Treasury. Secretary Lew previously served as White House Chief of Staff. Prior to that role, Lew was the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), a position he also held in President Clinton's Cabinet from 1998 to 2001. Before returning to OMB in 2010, Lew first joined the Obama Administration as Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources. Lew began his career in Washington in 1973 as a legislative aide. From 1979 to 1987, he was a principal domestic policy advisor to House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr, when he served the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee as Assistant Director and then Executive Director. He was the Speaker's liaison to the Greenspan Commission, which negotiated a bipartisan solution to extend the solvency of Social Security in 1983, and he was responsible for domestic and economic issues, including Medicare, budget, tax, trade, appropriations, and energy issues. Before joining the Obama Administration, Lew co-chaired the Advisory Board for City Year New York and was on the boards of the Kaiser Family Foundation, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the Brookings Institution Hamilton Project, and the Tobin Project. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the National Academy of Social Insurance, and of the bar in Massachusetts and the District of Columbia. The US Centre at LSE promotes scholarly analysis and critical debate about the United States. Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #LSEUSWed, 27 May 2015 10:45:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3088P3030Live webcast scheduled for Monday 20 May 2015 , 6.30pm to 8pm BST | LSE Cities public lecture | Speaker: Professor Ed Glaeser | Residents of big cities typically earn higher wages, but are they any happier? According to surveys on life satisfaction, American cities were once less happy than rural areas. Industrial areas seem once to have paid wages that were high enough for their residents to put up with a little misery, but this is no longer true. The unhappier cities of America's industrial heartland have shrunk, while the happier cities have grown, and today there is no relationship between city size and self-reported life satisfaction within the U.S. The developing world today appears to be reversing the Western industrial pattern of happy farms/unhappy cities, with far higher levels of life satisfaction in urban areas. Ed Glaeser is Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard University. Ricky Burdett (@BURDETTR) is Professor of Urban Studies, and director of LSE Cities and the Urban Age Programme. LSE Cities (@LSECities) is an international centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science that carries out research, education and outreach activities in London and abroad. Its mission is to study how people and cities interact in a rapidly urbanising world, focussing on how the design of cities impacts on society, culture and the environment. Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #LSEGlaeserWed, 20 May 2015 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3085P3028Live webcast scheduled for Tuesday 19 May 2015 , 6.30pm to 8.00pm BST | LSE International Inequalities Institute public lecture | Speaker: Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz | Why has inequality increased in the Western world and what can we do about it? In this new book, The Great Divide, which he will talk about in this public lecture, Joseph E. Stiglitz expands on the diagnosis he offered in his best-selling book The Price of Inequality and suggests ways to counter this growing problem. Stiglitz argues that inequality is a choice: the cumulative result of unjust policies and misguided priorities. Ultimately, Stiglitz believes our choice is not between growth and fairness; with the right policies, we can choose both. Joseph Stiglitz (@JosephEStiglitz) was Chief Economist at the World Bank until January 2000. He is currently University Professor of the Columbia Business School, and Chair of the Management Board and Director of Graduate Summer Programs at the Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester. He won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2001 and is the best-selling author of Globalization and Its Discontents, The Roaring Nineties, Making Globalization Work, Freefall and The Price of Inequality, all published by Penguin. Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #LSEStiglitzTue, 19 May 2015 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3083P3025Live webcast scheduled for Monday 18 May 2015 , 6.30pm to 8.00pm BST | Gender Institute and Feminist Theory public lecture | Speaker: Professor Raewyn Connell | The creation of contemporary knowledge about gender is a revolution in thought that has been closely connected with political struggles for gender justice. In the last generation a major problem about this field of knowledge has been recognized, its constitution within a worldwide economy of knowledge shaped by the power and wealth of the global North. This lecture will explore recent attempts to overcome this problem, in feminist re-thinking of imperialism, coloniality and Southern perspectives. The lecture will consider connections of knowledge with feminist politics in the neoliberal era, when new forms of patriarchy have emerged; and will ask if we can have a fully decolonized global feminism that is both politically effective and socially radical. Raewyn Connell is Professor Emerita at the University of Sydney, and one of Australia's leading social scientists. Her most recent books are Southern Theory (2007), about social thought beyond the global metropole; Confronting Equality (2011), about social science and politics; and Gender: In World Perspective (3rd edn, with Rebecca Pearse, 2015). Her other books include Masculinities, Schools & Social Justice, Ruling Class Ruling Culture, Gender & Power, and Making the Difference. Her work has been translated into eighteen languages. She has taught at universities in Australia, Canada and the USA, in departments of sociology, political science, and education, and is a long-term participant in the labour movement and peace movement. The Gender Institute (@lsegendertweet) was established in 1993 to address the major intellectual challenges posed by contemporary changes in gender relations. This remains a central aim of the Institute today, which is the largest research and teaching unit of its kind in Europe. Feminist Theory (@FeministTheory) is an international peer reviewed journal that provides a forum for critical analysis and constructive debate within feminism. Feminist Theory is genuinely interdisciplinary and reflects the diversity of feminism, incorporating perspectives from across the broad spectrum of the humanities and social sciences and the full range of feminist political and theoretical stances.Mon, 18 May 2015 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3073P3029Live webcast scheduled for Monday 11 May 2015 , 6pm to 7pm BST | Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre public conversation | Speaker: Hank Paulson | Hank Paulson has dealt with the government and business communities of China to a greater extent than any other foreigner alive today. As head of Goldman Sachs and as U.S. Treasury Secretary, he has worked with scores of top Chinese leaders, including Xi Jinping, China's most powerful man in decades. He will talk about his new book, Dealing with China, which takes readers behind closed doors to the future of China's state-controlled capitalism, in conversation with Lionel Barber. Henry M Paulson Jr is founder and chairman of the Paulson Institute, an independent center devoted to advancing global environmental protection and sustainable economic growth in the United States and China. He served as the 74th Secretary of the Treasury under President George W. Bush and, prior to that, was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs. Lionel Barber (@lionelbarber) has been editor of the Financial Times since November 2005. Danny Quah (@DannyQuah) is Director of the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre and Professor of Economics and International Development at LSE. Established in 2014, the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre (@LSESEAC) is an inter-disciplinary, regionally-focused academic centre within the LSE. Building on the School's deep academic and historical connections with Southeast Asia, the Centre serves as a hub at LSE for public debate and engagement, and research dissemination on issues relevant to the region. Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #LSEPaulsonMon, 11 May 2015 18:00:00 GMThttps://www.flickr.com/photos/lseinpictures/sets/72157652701042805P3035Live webcast scheduled for Thursday 7 May 2015 , 6.30pm to 8pm BST | 2015 LSE Election Night Party | On Thursday 7 May, Britain goes to the polls for an election that will be one of the most difficult to predict in recent times. LSE will be providing expert coverage of the key issues in the campaign, and the results as they come in. Follow live coverage of LSE’s analysis here from 9pm BST on 7 May 2015. | Speakers: Dr Mukulika Banerjee, Professor Rodney Barker, Professor Tim Besley, Dr Andrew Blick (KCL), Professor Craig Calhoun, Professor Michael Cox, Professor Patrick Dunleavy, Professor Maurice Fraser, Dr Sara Hagemann, Prof. Emeritus Carol Harlow, Professor Simon Hix, Professor Sara B Hobolt, Dr Bill Kissane, Dr Mareike Kleine, Dr Ben Lauderdale, Professor Martin Loughlin, Professor Diane Perrons, Professor Danny Quah, Professor Richard Rawlings, Professor Stephanie Rickard, Professor Alan Sked, Professor Tony Travers.Thu, 7 May 2015 21:00:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=3009P2987Live webcast scheduled for Wednesday 25 March 2015 , 6.30pm to 8.00pm GMT | 14th Hellenic Observatory Annual Lecture | Speaker: Yannis Stournaras | Yannis Stournaras will talk about the current developments of the Greek Economy.Yannis Stournaras is Governor of the Bank of Greece and former Greek Minister of Finance (July 2012-June 2014). Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #LSEGreeceWed, 25 Mar 2015 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=2979P2967Live webcast scheduled for Monday 16 March 2015 , 11.00am to 12.00pm GMT | British Government @ LSE lecture | Speaker: Nicola Sturgeon | Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) is Scotland’s first female First Minister and the first female to lead any of the devolved UK administrations. Born in Irvine in 1970 and educated at Greenwood Academy, she studied law at the University of Glasgow where she graduated with LLB (Hons) and Diploma in Legal Practice. Before entering the Scottish Parliament as a regional MSP for Glasgow in 1999 she worked as a solicitor in the Drumchapel Law and Money Advice Centre in Glasgow. She is currently MSP for Glasgow Southside having been, before boundary changes, MSP for Govan between 2007 and 2011. In government she served as Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing between May 2007 and September 2012 and then Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities with responsibility for government strategy and the constitution until November 2014. Throughout this period she also served as Deputy First Minister of Scotland. She became SNP Leader on November 14, 2014 and was sworn in as First Minister on November 20, 2014. Simon Hix (@simonjhix) is Professor of European and Comparative Politics and Fellow of the British Academy and Head of Department of Government at LSE. British Government @ LSE (@lsegovernment) is an initiative currently based in the Government Department to promote and develop research on British Government being conducted at the LSE. So far world class speakers have attended our events, talking on a range of topics.Mon, 16 Mar 2015 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=2973P2815Live webcast scheduled for Thursday 12 March 2015 , 6.30pm to 8.00pm GMT | Systemic Risk Centre and LSE Law public lecture | Speaker: Professor Julia Black, Dr Jon Danielsson, Professor Charles Goodhart, Professor Katharina Pistor| In financial markets law and finance are intrinsically connected. When markets collapse, however, legal rules are pushed into the background and other forces take over. Julia Black is a Professor of Law and Pro-Director for Research at LSE. Jon Danielsson (@JonDanielsson) is Director of the Systemic Risk Centre. Charles Goodhart is Emeritus Professor of Banking and Finance at LSE. Katharina Pistor is the Michael I Sovern Professor of Law at Columbia Law School. LSE Law (@lselaw) is an integral part of the School's mission, plays a major role in policy debates & in the education of lawyers and law teachers from around the world. The Systemic Risk Centre (@LSE_SRC) investigates the risks that may trigger the next financial crisis and develops practical tools to help policy-makers and private institutions become better prepared.Thu, 12 Mar 2015 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=2876P2834Live webcast scheduled for Wednesday 11 February 2015 , 6.30pm to 8.00pm GMT | Department of Media and Communications public lecture | Speaker: Professor Sonia Livingstone, Jasmina Byrne, Professor Robin Mansell | Are children’s rights enhanced or undermined by access to the internet? Charters and manifestos for the digital age are proliferating, but where do children fit in? Sonia Livingstone (@Livingstone_S) OBE is a Professor of Social Psychology in the Department of Media and Communications at LSE and Project Director of EU Kids Online. Jasmina Byrne (@Jasmina_Byrne) is Child Protection Specialist at UNICEF. Robin Mansell (@REMVAN) is Professor of New Media and the Internet at LSE. Nick Couldry (@couldrynick) is Professor of Media, Communications and Social Theory and Head of the Department of Media and communications at LSE. The Department of Media and Communications at LSE (@MediaLSE) has recently been ranked 2nd in the 2014 QS World University Rankings by subject.Wed, 11 Feb 2015 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=2859P2805Live webcast scheduled for Wednesday 4 February 2015 , 6.30pm to 8.00pm GMT | LSE Law - LRIL London Review Annual Lecture Series | Speaker: Professor Judith Butler | Recent debates about human shields in the summer bombardment of Gaza raised the question of how the unarmed human form comes to be regarded as a military instrument. The lecture will consider how the perception of racialized bodies as threatening instruments informs both the public debates on the use of children as human shields in Gaza and the numerous figures of unarmed Black men and women in US cities who are gunned down either because they seem to be reaching for weapons or because their gestures, including their standing still, are regarded as weapons. In the context of the increasing militarization of police forces tasked with containing or eliminating social protest against social and economic inequality, how is racial perception both built and ratified through recasting the human form as threatening instrument? To what extent does the racialized structure of the visual field become instrumental to justifying the unjustifiable? LSE Law (@lselaw) is an integral part of the School's mission, plays a major role in policy debates & in the education of lawyers and law teachers from around the world. The London Review of International Law publishes highest-quality scholarship on international law from around the world. Reflecting the pace and reach of developments in the field, the London Review seeks to capture the ways in which received ideas are being challenged and reshaped by new subject-matters, new participants, new conceptual apparatuses and new cross-disciplinary connections. Central aims of the London Review are to encourage imaginative thinking, inspire innovative analysis, and promote excellence in writing.Wed, 4 Feb 2015 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=2847P2768Live webcast scheduled for Wednesday 28 January 2015 , 6.30pm to 8.00pm GMT | Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre launch event | Speaker: Dato Sri Nazir Razak | How will the ASEAN Economic Community change the political and economic landscape of Southeast Asia? What form will it take and will it be sustainable? Dato Sri Nazir Razak is Chair of the CIMB Group. Established in 2014, the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre (@LSESEAC) is an inter-disciplinary, regionally-focused academic centre within the LSE. Building on the School's deep academic and historical connections with Southeast Asia, the Centre serves as a hub at LSE for public debate and engagement, and research dissemination on issues relevant to the region.Wed, 28 Jan 2015 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=2838P2802Live webcast scheduled for Monday 26 January 2015 , 6.30pm to 8.00pm GMT | Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science public lecture | Speaker: Professor Daniel J Levitin | The information age is drowning us in a deluge of data, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to separate facts from pseudo-facts, objective from biased sources, and at the same time, we’re all being asked to do more at home and at work. Yet some highly successful people are able to stay highly efficient and productive. I’ll review the cognitive neuroscience of attention and memory, and how recent findings can help all of us to become more productive. This talk will address the myth of multi-tasking, advice for how to better structure our time, and how to better organize decision making using examples from health care contexts. I’ll also share secrets from some of the highly successful people I spoke to in doing research for the book: CEOs of some of the largest corporations in the world, artists, scientists, nobel prize winners, generals, admirals, governors, senators, and U.S. cabinet members. Daniel J Levitin (@danlevitin) is James McGill Professor of Psychology, Behavioural Neuroscience and Music at McGill University in Montreal. His latest book is The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload. LSE's Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science (@CPNSS), established in 1990, promotes research into philosophical, methodological and foundational questions arising in the natural and the social sciences, and their application to practical problems. The Centre's work is inherently interdisciplinary, and a full calendar of events contributes to a lively intellectual environment.Mon, 26 Jan 2015 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=2825P2740Live webcast scheduled for Monday 19 January 2015 , 6.30pm to 8.00pm GMT | LSE Cities and Grantham Research Institute public lecture | Speaker: Dr Judith Rodin | Through dramatic stories, penetrating insights, and research from around the world, Judith Rodin, the president of the Rockefeller Foundation, discusses how people, organisations, businesses, communities, and cities have developed resilience in the face of otherwise catastrophic challenges. Judith Rodin has been president of The Rockefeller Foundation (@RockefellerFdn) since 2005. During her tenure she has recalibrated its focus to meet the challenges and disruptions of the twenty-first century, to support and shape innovations that strengthen resilience and build more inclusive economies. She was previously president of the University of Pennsylvania, and provost of Yale University. A widely recognised international leader in academia, science and development issues, Dr Rodin has actively participated in influential global forums, including the World Economic Forum, the Council on Foreign Relations, Clinton Global Initiative and the United Nations General Assembly. Dr Rodin is also a member of the African Development Bank’s High Level Panel, a Board member of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (co-created by The Rockefeller Foundation). In November 2012 New York Governor Andrew Cuomo named Dr Rodin to co-chair the NYS 2100 Commission on long-term resilience following Superstorm Sandy. A pioneer and innovator throughout her career, Dr Rodin was the first woman named to lead an Ivy League Institution and is the first woman to serve as The Rockefeller Foundation's president. A research psychologist by training, she was one of the pioneers of the behavioural medicine and health psychology movements. Dr Rodin is the author of more than 200 academic articles and has written or co-written 13 books. She has received 19 honorary doctorate degrees and has been named one of Crain's 50 Most Powerful Women in New York. She has also been recognised as one of Forbes Magazine's World's 100 Most Powerful Women three years in a row. Dr Rodin serves as a member of the board for several leading corporations and non-profits including Citigroup, Laureate Education, Inc., Comcast, and the White House Council for Community Solutions. Dr Rodin is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and earned her Ph.D. in Psychology from Columbia University. Dr Rodin's new book is The Resilience Dividend: Being Strong in a World Where Things Go Wrong. Craig Calhoun (@craigjcalhoun) is Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science. LSE Cities (@LSECities) is an international centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science that carries out research, education and outreach activities in London and abroad. Its mission is to study how people and cities interact in a rapidly urbanising world, focussing on how the design of cities impacts on society, culture and the environment.Mon, 19 Jan 2015 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=2814P2806Live webcast scheduled for Wednesday 14 January 2015 , 6.30pm to 8.00pm GMT | Department of Economics and Centre for Macroeconomics public conversation | Speaker: Felix Martin, Professor Lord Skidelsky | Professor Lord Skidelsky will be in conversation with Felix Martin about the topic of a recent book he edited, to which Felix Martin contributed, Are Markets Moral? Felix Martin is a macroeconomist and bond investor, author of Money: the Unauthorised Biography. Robert Skidelsky is Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at the University of Warwick. His three-volume biography of the economist John Maynard Keynes (1983, 1992, 2000) received numerous prizes. More recently he published Keynes: The Return of the Master. The Department of Economics at LSE (@LSEEcon) is one of the largest economics departments in the world. Its size ensures that all areas of economics are strongly represented in both research and teaching. The Centre For Macroeconomics (@CFMUK) brings together world-class experts to carry out pioneering research on the global economic crisis and to help design policies that alleviate it.Wed, 14 Jan 2015 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/LSELive.aspxP2739Live webcast scheduled for Thursday 11 December 2014 , 6.30pm to 8.00pm GMT | Centre for the Study of Human Rights UN International Human Rights Day event | Speaker: Professor Fareda Banda, Téa Braun, Jane Gordon, Saraswathi Menon | 66 years since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights stated that everyone is entitled to the same fundamental rights and freedoms without distinction, our panel will discuss the ongoing struggle for the realisation of women’s human rights worldwide. There have been significant advances in the international legal framework for the protection of women’s rights over recent decades, but to what extent has this institutional progress translated into positive impact on women’s daily lives in real terms? Drawing on their varied and considerable expertise, our panel will explore this question from a number of thematic perspectives: 2014 saw an ambitious global summit with the aim of ending sexual violence in armed conflict. So what progress has been made in holding perpetrators to account? Domestic violence is outlawed in 125 countries, yet over 70% of perpetrators experience no legal sanction. A staggering 603 million women live in countries where domestic violence is not a crime. Is domestic violence still a ‘private’ matter or does the state have obligations to tackle violence against women? The target date for fulfilment of the Millenium Development Goals is 2015. Does this matter and what role do the human rights of women and girls have in the post-2015 development agenda? 81 countries have laws that criminalise consensual sexual conduct between adults of the same sex. What does this say about lesbian rights and the freedom to express sexual identity without distinction? In discussion with each other and the audience, the panel will consider what progress we have made towards achieving substantive equality – equality not just on the statute book, but in real terms - and look beyond, to consider the need for transformative equality to ensure that women and girls worldwide have the choices and opportunities to claim their fundamental rights and freedoms without distinction.Thu, 11 Dec 2014 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=2759P2693Live webcast scheduled for Wednesday 10 December 2014 , 6.30pm to 8.00pm GMT | Ralph Miliband Programme 'War and Peace' lecture series | Shirley Williams on Vera Brittain | Speaker: Lady Williams | Shirley Williams reflects on (her mother) Vera Brittain’s famous work and on the changing attitudes to war from her generation through to today. Shirley Williams is a politician, academic and former leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords. Robin Archer is Director of the Postgraduate Programme in Political Sociology. The Ralph Miliband Programme (@rmilibandlse) is one of LSE's most prestigious lecture series and seeks to advance Ralph Miliband's spirit of free social inquiry.Wed, 10 Dec 2014 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=2722P2662Live webcast scheduled for Friday 21 November 2014, 3.00pm to 4.15pm GMT | LSE Entrepreneurship conversation | A Conversation with Professor Muhammad Yunus | Speaker: Professor Muhammad Yunus | Muhammad Yunus (@Yunus_Centre) was born on 28 June 1940 in the village of Bathua, Chittagong, a seaport in Bangladesh. The third of fourteen children, he was educated at Dhaka University and was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study economics at Vanderbilt University. He then served as chairman of the economics department at Chittagong University before devoting his life to providing financial and social services to the poorest of the poor. He is the founder of Grameen Bank, serving as managing director until May 2011. Yunus is the author of the bestselling Banker to the Poor. In October 2006, Muhammad Yunus was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, along with Grameen Bank, for their efforts to create economic and social development. Muhammad Yunus was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science (Economics) by LSE in November 2011. In April 2013 he received the US Congressional Gold Medal. Professor Alnoor Bhimani is director of LSE Entrepreneurship. LSE Entrepreneurship (@LSEship) runs a series of lectures, short courses, networking platforms, debates and social exchanges that explore entrepreneurship's extreme potential for change.Fri, 21 Nov 2014 15:00:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/LSELive.aspxP2579Live webcast scheduled for Wednesday 19 November 2014, 6.30pm to 8.00pm GMT | Poverty and the Pope | Speaker: Professor Jagdish Bhagwati | The Occupy Movement has focused the ethical attention of many on the rich. By contrast, the ethical objective has been refocused instead on the poor, most notably by Pope Francis. Jagdish Bhagwati is a University Professor at Columbia University, New York.Wed, 19 Nov 2014 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=2654P2580Live webcast scheduled for Wednesday 22 October 2014, 6.30pm to 8.00pm BST | Happiness by Design | Speaker: Professor Paul Dolan | Professor Paul Dolan will define happiness in terms of experiences of pleasure and purpose. He will describe how being happier means allocating attention more efficiently: towards those things that bring us pleasure and purpose and away from those that generate pain and pointlessness. Behavioural scince tells us that most of what we do is not so much thought about; rather, it simply comes about. So by clever use of priming, defaults, commitments and social norms, you can become a whole lot happier without actually having to think very hard about it. You will be happier by design. Paul Dolan (@HappinessBD) is a Professor of Behavioural Science in LSE’s Department of Social Policy and author of Happiness by Design: Finding Pleasure and Purpose in Everyday Life. Elaine Fox (@profelainefox) is a Professor of Cognitive and Affective Psychology and Director of the Oxford Centre for Emotions and Affective Neuroscience. The Department of Social Policy at LSE (@LSESocialPolicy) is the longest established in the UK and offers outstanding teaching based on the highest quality empirical research in the field.Wed, 22 Oct 2014 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=2633P2582Live webcast scheduled for Friday 15 October 2014, 6.30pm to 8.00pm BST | Women in Public Life: above the parapet | Speaker: Dr Joyce Banda | Joyce Banda will reflect on her journey to the highest level of public life. This event launches a new Institute of Public Affairs project exploring the roads taken by women who shape public life. Joyce Banda was the first female President of Malawi (2012 – 2014) and only the second woman to lead a country in Africa. Purna Sen (@Purna_Sen) is Deputy Director of the Institute of Public Affairs at LSE.Wed, 15 Oct 2014 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=2623P2570Live webcast scheduled for Monday 13 October 2014, 6.30pm to 8.00pm BST | The Establishment and How They Get Away With It | Speakers: Owen Jones | Owen Jones, one of the most prominent political voices today, sets out on a journey into the heart of our Establishment to reveal the revolving doors that link these worlds, and the vested interests that bind them together. Owen Jones (@OwenJones84) is a political activist, bestselling author and a weekly columnist for the Guardian. He has over 200,000 Twitter followers and appears regularly in broadcast media, including BBC1's Question Time, ITV's Daybreak, Channel 4 News and BBC 2’s Newsnight. This event marks the publication of Owen's new book, The Establishment: And How They Get Away with It. Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #LSEestablishmentMon, 13 Oct 2014 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=2587P2574Live webcast scheduled for Tuesday 23 September 2014, 6.30pm to 8.00pm BST | Financing Africa's Future: infrastructure, investment and opportunity | Speaker: Dr Donald Kaberuka, Professor Sir Paul Collier | Low investment in infrastructure is a critical constraint on economic growth in Africa. Dr Kaberuka will assess the challenges and offer his views on the way forward. Donald Kaberuka (@DonaldKaberuka) is the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB). Paul Collier is a director of the International Growth Centre (IGC), professor of economics and public policy at the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University and co-director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies also at Oxford University. This public lecture is part of Growth Week 2014 which takes place at LSE from 23-25 September organised by the International Growth Centre. There will be two further public events, one of the evening of 24 September (Ten Facts about Energy and Growth), the other on the evening of 25 September (Growth, Policy and Institutions: lessons from the Indian experience).Mon, 13 Oct 2014 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=2551P2518Live webcast scheduled for Thursday 10 July 2014, 6.30pm to 8.00pm BST | Centre for Economic Performance public conversation | Speakers: Professor David M Clark, Professor Lord Layard, Andrew Marr | This event marks the launch of David Clark and Richard Layard’s new book, Thrive, which argues that mental health problems are pervasive. They have massive social impacts and huge economic costs. They can be effectively treated by evidence-based psychological therapies, but these are not widely available. They should be. David M. Clark is professor of experimental psychology at the University of Oxford and a leading clinical psychologist. His work particularly focuses on understanding and treating anxiety disorders. Richard Layard is emeritus professor of economics at LSE and was founder-director of its Centre for Economic Performance. He is the author of the best-seller Happiness and a member of the House of Lords. Andrew Marr is a journalist, broadcaster and author. He hosts the BBC1 programme The Andrew Marr Show and BBC Radio 4’s Start the Week. Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #LSEthriveThu, 10 Jul 2014 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=2514P2495Live webcast scheduled for Monday 16 June 2014, 6.30pm to 8.30pm BST | STICERD Morishima lecture | Speaker: Professor Thomas Piketty | What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and distribution of capital? Thomas Piketty’s latest findings will transform debate and set the agenda for the next generation of thought about wealth and inequality. Thomas Piketty is a professor of economics at the Paris School of Economics, an alumus of LSE and author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century.Mon, 16 Jun 2014 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=2507P2422Live webcast scheduled for Tuesday 10 June 2014, 6.30pm to 8.00pm BST | Gender Institute public lecture | Speaker: Zainab Hawa Bangura | Zainab Hawa Bangura assumed her position as Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict at the level of Under-Secretary-General on 4 September 2012. In this capacity, she serves as Chair of the interagency network, UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict (UN Action). Ms Bangura has over 20 years of policy, diplomatic and practical experience in the field of governance, conflict resolution and reconciliation in Africa. She served most recently as Minister of Health and Sanitation for the Government of Sierra Leone, and was previously Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the second woman in Sierra Leone to occupy this position. She was also Chief Adviser and Spokesperson of the President on bilateral and international issues. Ms Bangura has been instrumental in developing national programmes on affordable health, advocating for the elimination of genital mutilation, managing the country’s Peace Building Commission and contributing to the multilateral and bilateral relations with the international community. She has deep experience engaging with State and non-State actors on issues relevant to sexual violence, including engaging with rebel groups. Ms Bangura has on-the-ground experience with peacekeeping operations from within the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), where she managed the largest civilian component of the Mission, promoting capacity-building of government institutions and community reconciliation. She is an experienced and results-driven civil society, human and women’s rights campaigner and democracy activist, fighting corruption and impunity, notably as Executive Director of the National Accountability Group, Chair and Co-founder of the Movement for Progress Party of Sierra Leone, as well as Coordinator and Co-founder of the Campaign for Good Governance. She has received numerous national and international awards, including the Africa International Award of Merit for Leadership, the Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellowship, the Bayard Rustin Humanitarian Award, the Human Rights Award from the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, the National Endowment for Democracy’s Democracy Award, and the African American Institute’s Distinguished Alumna Award. Ms Bangura is a former fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute of London, with Diplomas in Insurance Management from the City University Business School of London and Nottingham University. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone.Tue, 10 Jun 2014 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=2505P2494Live webcast scheduled for Friday 6 June 2014, 6.30pm to 8.00pm BST | LSE Department for International Development and STICERD lecture | Speaker: Christine Lagarde, Professor Amartya Sen | Ms Lagarde will be speaking on the theme of 'empowerment'. Christine Lagarde (@Lagarde) is managing director of the International Monetary Fund. She was appointed in July 2011. A national of France, she was previously French finance minister from June 2007, and had also served as France’s minister for foreign trade for two years. Ms Lagarde also has had an extensive and noteworthy career as an anti-trust and labour lawyer, serving as a partner with the international law firm of Baker & McKenzie, where the partnership elected her as chairman in October 1999. She held the top post at the firm until June 2005 when she was named to her initial ministerial post in France. Ms Lagarde has degrees from Institute of Political Studies (IEP) and from the Law School of Paris X University, where she also lectured prior to joining Baker & McKenzie in 1981. Amartya Sen is professor of economics at Harvard University and recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics. He is an honorary fellow of LSE. Craig Calhoun is the director of LSE.Fri, 6 Jun 2014 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=2496P2493Live webcast scheduled for Monday 2 June 2014, 6.30pm to 8.30pm BST | NLA, Centre for London and LSE public debate | Speaker: Julia Barfield, Nicholas Boys Smith, Paul Finch, Simon Jenkins, Sir Edward Lister, Rowan Moore, Tony Travers, Nicky Gavron | There are now proposals for over 230 new tall buildings to be built in London over the next decade, 80 per cent of which are residential. As London’s population continues to expand, is this high-rise vision of London's future the right one for our city and its people? Kicking off the London Festival of Architecture 2014 programme, Centre for London, the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and New London Architecture (NLA) host a public discussion to debate the motion 'London needs many more tall buildings'. Julia Barfield is director of Mark Barfield Associates. Nicholas Boys Smith is director of Create Streets. Paul Finch is programme director of the World Architecture Festival. Nicky Gavron is chair of the Planning Committee at the London Assembly. Sarah Gaventa is an associate at RSH+P. Sir Edward Lister is deputy mayor for Policy and Planning at the GLA. Simon Jenkins is chairman of the National Trust. Rowan Moore is architecture critic for The Observer. Tony Travers is director of LSE London.Mon, 2 Jun 2014 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=2478P2432Live webcast scheduled for Wednesday 28 May 2014, 6.30pm to 7.30pm BST | LSE public lecture | Speaker: Gail Kelly | Come and hear Gail’s thoughts on leadership and what it takes to succeed in the current environment. Gail will share her insights, perspectives and lessons learnt drawing from personal experience over 12 years as a CEO of a major financial institution in Australia. Gail started her career as a teacher in South Africa and made the switch to banking in 1980. With over 30 years of banking experience, she is currently chief executive officer of the Westpac Group. Westpac ranks in the top 15 banks worldwide by market capitalisation and was recently named the World’s most sustainable company at Davos 2014. Gail is chairman of the Australian Bankers’ Association, a non-executive director of the Business Council of Australia and is CARE Australia’s ambassador for women’s empowerment. Gail also sits on the Global Board of Advisers at the US Council on Foreign Relations and is a member of the Group of Thirty.Wed, 28 May 2014 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=2431P2379Live webcast scheduled for Wednesday 7 May 2014, 6.30pm to 8.00pm BST | Speakers: Professor Mark Kleiman, Dr Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch, Otto Pérez Molina | LSE IDEAS public discussion | This event will present the report of the Expert Group on the Economics of Drug Policy, the most thorough independent economic analysis of the current international drug control strategy ever conducted. Mark Kleiman is a professor of public policy in the UCLA School of Public Affairs. Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch is director of the Open Society Global Drug Policy Program. Otto Pérez Molina is the president of Guatemala. Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #LSEdrugpolicyWed, 7 May 2014 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=2402P2392Live webcast scheduled for Thursday 1 May 2014, 6.30pm to 8.00pm BST | Department of International Development public lecture | Speaker: Dr Ha-Joon Chang | In Economics: The User's Guide, which he will talk about in this public lecture, bestselling author Ha-Joon Chang explains how the global economy works, and why anyone can understand the dismal science. Unlike many economists who claim there is only one way of 'doing economics', he introduces readers to a wide range of economic theories, from classical to Keynesian to institutionalist to Austrian, revealing how they all have their strengths, weaknesses and blind spots. By challenging the received wisdom, and exposing the myriad forces that shape our economic life, Chang provides the tools that every responsible citizen needs to understand - and address - our current economic woes. Ha-Joon Chang teaches economics at Cambridge University. His book 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism was a no.1 bestseller and was called by the Observer 'a witty and timely debunking of some of the biggest myths surrounding the global economy.' He is a popular columnist at the Guardian, and a vocal critic of the failures of our economic system. Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #LSEeconomicsThu, 1 May 2014 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=2371P2216Live webcast scheduled for Wednesday 2nd April 2014, 6.30pm to 8pm GMT | Speaker: Professor David Harvey | You thought capitalism was permanent? Think again. Leading Marxist thinker Professor David Harvey unravels the contradictions at the heart of capitalism – its drive, for example, to accumulate capital beyond the means of investing it. David Harvey (@profdavidharvey) is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Geography at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. This event marks the publication of Professor Harvey’s new book, Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism. Murray Low is associate professor of human geography in the Department of Geography & Environment at LSE.Wed, 2 Apr 2014 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=2352P2227Live webcast scheduled for Thursday 20th March 2014, 6.30pm to 8pm GMT | Speaker: Professor Robert J Barro | The Stern Review’s evaluation of environmental protection relies on extremely low discount rates, an assumption criticized by many economists. The Review also stresses that great uncertainty is a critical element for optimal environmental policies. An appropriate model for this policy analysis requires sufficient risk aversion and fat-tailed uncertainty to get into the ballpark of explaining the observed equity premium. A satisfactory framework, based on Epstein-Zin/Weil preferences, also separates the coefficient of relative risk aversion (important for results on environmental investment) from the intertemporal elasticity of substitution for consumption (which matters little). Calibrations based on existing models of rare macroeconomic disasters suggest that optimal environmental investment can be a significant share of GDP even with reasonable values for the rate of time preference and the expected rate of return on private capital. Optimal environmental investment increases with the coefficient of relative risk aversion and the probability and typical size of environmental disasters but decreases with the degree of uncertainty about policy effectiveness. The key parameters that need to be pinned down are the proportionate effect of environmental investment on the probability of environmental disaster and the baseline probability of environmental disaster. Robert J Barro is Paul M Warburg Professor of Economics at Harvard University and a senior fellow of the Hoover Institution of Stanford University.Thu, 20 Mar 2014 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=2337P2322Live webcast scheduled for Thursday 13 March 2014, 2pm to 3.30pm GMT | Speaker: George Soros | Department of Economics public discussion | This event marks the publication of George Soros' new book, Tragedy of the European Union: Disintegration or Revival?: How Europe Must Now Choose Between Economic and Political Revival or Disintegration in which he reveals the roots of Europe's current financial crisis and comprehensively assesses the consequences of that crisis for the global economy and on the political ideals embodied by the European Union. In this concise and illuminating volume, renowned financier George Soros examines both the political and economic fault-lines of the European Union to reveal the roots Europe's current financial crisis. Interwoven with aspects from George Soros' personal life, The Fate of the Union narrates the history of the European Union in order to assess the current crisis and its effects on Europe's role in the global economy. Will the Euro survive? George Soros identifies the true culprits of the Eurozone crisis - among them a misbegotten German austerity programme - and diagnoses what we must do to rescue the ideals of the European project. George Soros (@georgesoros) is the chairman of Soros Fund Management and the founder of Open Society Foundations, a global network of foundations dedicated to supporting open societies. He is the author of several best-selling books including The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Crash of 2008 and What It Means, The Bubble of American Supremacy and The Age of Fallibility. He was born in Budapest in 1930 and lives in New York City. He survived the Nazi occupation and fled communist Hungary in 1947 for England, where he graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He then settled in the United States, where he accumulated a large fortune through an international investment fund he founded and managed. Mr Soros has been active as a philanthropist since 1979, when he began providing funds to help black students attend Capetown University in apartheid South Africa. He has established a network of philanthropic organisations active in more than 50 countries around the world. These organisations are dedicated to promoting the values of democracy and an open society. Anatole Kaletsky is an award-winning journalist and financial economist who has written since 1976 for The Economist, the Financial Times and The Times of London before joining Reuters. His recent book, Capitalism 4.0, about the reinvention of global capitalism after the 2008 crisis, was nominated for the BBC’s Samuel Johnson Prize, and has been translated into Chinese, Korean, German and Portuguese. Anatole is also chief economist of GaveKal Dragonomics, a Hong Kong-based group that provides investment analysis to 800 investment institutions around the world. Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #LSESorosThu, 13 Mar 2014 14:00:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=2283P2255Live webcast scheduled for Tuesday 25 February 2014, 6.30pm to 8pm GMT | Speakers: Melvyn Bragg, Dr Andrea Capstick, Professor Justine Schneider | Dementia “continues to be surrounded by fear and stigma … Nearly half of UK adults acknowledge that public understanding of dementia is limited, and 73 percent of them do not believe society is geared up to deal with the condition” according to the Department of Health, who also say a key step involves "raising public understanding and challenging attitudes which may inhibit people with dementia living life to the full". This panel discussion will explore ways of understanding dementia and dementia care through art and literature, including theatre, participatory videos and the novel with insights from research and personal experiences. The quotation in our title is taken from Shakespeare's King Lear.Tue, 25 Feb 2014 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=2260P2246Live webcast scheduled for Friday 14 February 2014, 5pm to 6.15pm GMT | Speaker: José Manuel Barroso | LSE European Institute and Department of Law public lecture | José Manuel Barroso is president of the European Commission, a position he has held since 2004.He was born in Lisbon and after graduating in law from the University of Lisbon, he moved to Geneva where he completed a Diploma in European Studies at the European University Institute, University of Geneva, and a Master's degree in Political Science from the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Geneva, earning an honours in both. He embarked on an academic career, working successively as a teaching assistant at the Law Faculty of the University of Lisbon, in the Department of Political Science, University of Geneva, and as a visiting professor at the Department of Government and School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.). In 1995, he became head of the International Relations Department of Lusíada University, Lisbon. In 1979, he founded the University Association for European Studies. His political career began in 1980 when he joined the Social Democratic Party (PSD). He was named president of the party in 1999 and re-elected three times. During the same period, he served as vice president of the European People's Party. As state secretary for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation he played a key role as mediator in the signing of the peace accords for Angola in Bicesse in 1991, and as minister for foreign affairs he was a driving force in the self-determination process in East Timor between 1992 and 1995. Under his leadership, the PSD won the general election in 2002 and he was appointed prime minister of Portugal in April of that year. He remained in office until July 2004 when he was nominated by the European Council and elected by the European Parliament to the post of president of the European Commission. In June 2009 the European Council unanimously nominated him for a second term as president of the European Commission, and he was re-elected to the post by an absolute majority in the European Parliament in September 2009.Fri, 14 Feb 2014 17:00:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=2240P2210Live webcast scheduled for Thursday 6th February 2014, 6.30pm to 8pm GMT | Speaker: Cardinal Peter Turkson | The current global financial crisis has already continued for six years now – much longer than most feared at the beginning. Moreover, there have been several sequels, the Euro crisis being the most notable. Let us reflect on the surprising technical origins of the crisis and the shocking moral ones. Let us ask what the system has learned, what insights have been acted upon, what reform is underway. And let us explore areas that remain to be reformed, in particular the responsibility of governments to embed practices of financial stewardship. Would the restoration of economic stability and prosperity be enough? Pope Francis would have the economy commit to real remedies for grinding poverty, growing inequality, social exclusion and environmental degradation. Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson is president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and Archbishop emeritus of Cape Coast (Ghana). On 6 October 1992 he was appointed Archbishop of Cape Coast and received episcopal ordination on 27 March 1993. He served as president of the Ghana Catholic Bishops' Conference (1997-2004). He was a member of Governing Council of the University of Ghana, Legon (2001-2006) and of the Board of Directors of Central Region Development Commission (CEDECOM) (2002-2006). He served as treasurer of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) (2007-2009) and presently serves as Vice President of the Association of Episcopal Conferences of Anglophone West Africa (AECAWA). He served as President of the Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (RECOWA) (2007-2010). He was also Chairman of the Ghana Chapter of the Conference of Religions for Peace (2003-2007) and Ghana National Peace Council (2006-2010). On 24 October 2009 he was nominated President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. On September 24, 2013, he was confirmed by Pope Francis as President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. He has been awarded numerous honorary degrees and speaks 6 languages (Fante, English, French, Italian, German, Hebrew).Thu, 6 Feb 2014 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=2205P2209Live webcast scheduled for Wednesday 22nd January 2014, 6.30pm to 8pm GMT | Speaker: Professor Amartya Sen | Drawing on his ground-breaking work on poverty and development, Professor Sen will examine some of the biggest economic, moral and philosophical issues facing anti-poverty campaigners today. Amartya Sen is Thomas W. Lamont University Professor, and professor of economics and philosophy, at Harvard University. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1998 for his contributions to the study of fundamental problems in welfare economics. His most recent book is An Uncertain Glory: India and Its Contradictions, co-authored with Jean Dreze. Professor Sen in an Honorary Fellow of the London School of Economics and Political Science.Wed, 22 Jan 2014 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=2192P2208Live webcast scheduled for Tuesday 21st January 2014, 5pm to 6pm GMT | Speaker: Helen Clark | 2015 was the date set for achieving most of the Millennium Development Goals' targets. United Nations member states have agreed that there should be a post-2015 development agenda aimed at poverty eradication in the context of sustainable development. With negotiations on a new agenda set to begin in late 2014, Helen Clark will reflect on the inputs to the debate thus far and on how consensus can be reached on sustainable development goals. Helen Clark (@HelenClarkUNDP) became the administrator of the United Nations Development Programme in April 2009, and is the first woman to lead the organization. She is also the chair of the United Nations Development Group, a committee consisting of the heads of all UN funds, programmes and departments working on development issues. Prior to her appointment with UNDP, Helen Clark served for nine years as prime minister of New Zealand, serving three successive terms from 1999 - 2008. Helen Clark came to the role of prime minister after an extensive parliamentary and ministerial career. First elected to Parliament in 1981, Helen Clark was re-elected to her multicultural Auckland constituency for the tenth time in November 2008. Earlier in her career, she chaired parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee. Between 1987 and 1990, she was a minister responsible for first, the portfolios of Conservation and Housing, and then Health and Labour. She was deputy prime minister between August 1989 and November 1990. From that date until December 1993 she served as deputy leader of the opposition, and then as leader of the opposition until winning the election in November 1999. Prior to entering the New Zealand Parliament, Helen Clark taught in the Political Studies Department of the University of Auckland. She graduated with a BA in 1971 and an MA with First Class Honours in 1974. She is married to Peter Davis, a professor at Auckland University.Tue, 21 Jan 2014 17:00:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=2163P2111Live webcast scheduled for Thursday 12 December 2013, 6.30pm to 8pm GMT | Speaker: Professor Sir Christopher Pissarides | Christopher Pissarides is the School Professor of Economics and Political Science and Regius Professor Designate at LSE. In 2010 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his work with Peter Diamond and Dale Mortensen on the analysis of markets with search frictions.Thu, 14 Nov 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=1911P1903Live webcast scheduled for Thursday 23 May 2013, 6.30pm to 8pm BST | Speakers: Jared Cohen, Eric Schmidt | Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen are two of the leading thinkers of our time. The New Digital Age is a unique and unparalleled collaboration between these two great minds and will offer us their view on the future of the world where everyone is connected: a world full of challenges and benefits which are ours to meet and harness. Jared Cohen is Director of Google Ideas and an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Previously, he served as a member of the U.S. State Department's Policy Planning Staff and a close advisor to both Secretaries of States Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton. Eric Schmidt is the Executive Chairman of Google, where he served as CEO from 2001-2011. He is a member of President Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and is member of the Council on Foreign Relations.Wed, 15 May 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=1516P1506Live webcast scheduled for Tuesday 19 June 2012, 10:30 - 11:45am BST | Speakers: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Professor Christine Chinkin, Sir Geoffrey Nice QC, Dr Maung Zarni | Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is Chairman of the National League for Democracy (NLD) and Member of Parliament of Kawhmu constituency in Burma. She was awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1991. Christine Chinkin is professor of International Law in the Centre for the Study of Human Rights and Department of Law at LSE. Professor Chinkin is a barrister and a member of Matrix Chambers. Sir Geoffrey Nice QC is a barrister; he is a signatory of Harvard’s Crimes in Burma report. Sir Geoffrey is a member of Burma Justice Committee and works with NGO's and other groups seeking international recognition of crimes committed in conflicts; represents government and similar interests at the ICC. A Burmese native, Dr Zarni is a veteran founder of the Free Burma Coalition, one of the internet's first and largest human rights campaigns, and a visiting fellow (2011-13) at the Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit, LSE. His forthcoming book, provisionally titled Life under the Boot: 50-years of Military Dictatorship in Burma, will be published by Yale University Press. Mary Kaldor is professor of Global Governance in the Department of International Development and Director of the Civil Society and Human Research Security Unit at LSE. She has been a key figure in the development of cosmopolitan democracy. She writes on globalisation, international relations and humanitarian intervention, global civil society and global governance, as well as what she calls New Wars.Wed, 13 Jun 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=1370P1304Live webcast scheduled for 25 January 2012, 1.30pm to 2.30pm GMT, Bill Gates and Hans Rosling addressing the 2012 Global Poverty Ambassadors and students at the LSE. The Global Poverty Project has partnered with The Co–operative during the UN Year of Co-operatives to launch a new initiative that will raise awareness and inspire communities to take action for the 1.4 billion people still living in extreme poverty. Bill Gates will speak to the inaugural Global Poverty Ambassadors as part of the London launch of his Annual Letter. In the letter, he will outline the key innovations and commitment needed to continue making progress against global challenges like disease and poverty in 2012. Bill is inviting students from around the world to write their own letters on the most urgent issues we face today. (If you have a big idea you would like to share, please write 300-500 words and email it to annualletter@gatesfoundation.org). Hans Rosling will also address the Ambassadors and students using his extraordinary, interactive graphics, which reveal global trends and the great benefits of development aid. Bill Gates is co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Chairman of Microsoft, Founder of Corbis and sits on the board of directors of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Hans Rosling is Professor of International Health at Karolinska Institute and co-founder and chairman of the Gapminder Foundation.Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=1305P1299Live webcast scheduled for Wednesday 18 January 2012, 17:00-18:00 GMT. Mario Monti is Italian Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy and Finance, positions he has held since 16 November 2011. He was President of Bocconi University, Milan, from 1994 to November 2011, when, upon his request, he was suspended from his functions as President of Bocconi for the duration of his mandate as President of the Council of Ministers. He was also European chairman of the Trilateral Commission and honorary president of Bruegel, the European think-tank he launched in 2005. He is the author of the report to the President of the European Commission on "A new strategy for the single market" (May 2010). As the EU-appointed coordinator for the electricity interconnection between France and Spain, he brokered an agreement between the two heads of governments in June 2008. He was a member of the Attali Committee on economic growth in France, set up by President Sarkozy (2007-2008). He was for ten years a member of the European Commission, in charge of the Internal market, Financial services and Tax policy (1995-1999), then of Competition policy (1999-2004). In addition to a number of high-profile cases (e.g. GE/Honeywell, Microsoft, the German Landesbanken), he introduced radical modernisation reforms of EU antitrust and merger control and led, with the US authorities, the creation of the International Competition Network (ICN). Born in Varese, Italy, in 1943, he graduated from Bocconi University and did graduate studies at Yale University. Prior to joining the European Commission, he had been professor of economics and rector at Bocconi University.Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=1264P1222Live webcast scheduled for Thursday 24 November 2011, 17:00-18:15 GMT. Muhammad Yunus is to be awarded an Honorary Degree – Doctor of Science (Economics) at this ceremony. Professor Yunus will mark the occasion by giving a lecture entitled Social Business: to solve society's most pressing problems and will then take questions from the audience. Muhammad Yunus was born on 28 June 1940 in the village of Bathua, Chittagong, a seaport in Bangladesh. The third of fourteen children, he was educated at Dhaka University and was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study economics at Vanderbilt University. He then served as chairman of the economics department at Chittagong University before devoting his life to providing financial and social services to the poorest of the poor. He is the founder and managing director of Grameen Bank and the author of the bestselling Banker to the Poor. In October 2006, Muhammad Yunus was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, along with Grameen Bank, for their efforts to create economic and social development.Wed, 2 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/students/studentServicesCentre/ceremonies/BroadcastingOfCeremonies.aspxP996Ceremony A: Thursday 14 July 2011, 10:30am, Accounting, European Institute, Gender Institute, International Development. Ceremony B: Thursday 14 July 2011, 2:00pm, Law, Media and Communications, Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, Social Policy, Social Psychology Institute, Teaching and Learning Centre. Ceremony C: Thursday 14 July 2011, 5:00pm, Geography and Environment, Government, International History, International Relations, Sociology. Ceremony D: Friday 15 July 2011, 10:30am, Anthropology, Economic History, Mathematics, Methodology Institute, Statistics. Ceremony E: Friday 15 July 2011, 2:00pm, Economics, MPA. Ceremony F: Friday 15 July 2011, 5:00pm, Employment Relations and Organisational Behaviour Group, Finance, Information Systems and Innovation Group, Management, Management Sciences Group, Managerial Economics and Strategy Group. Further information available at www2.lse.ac.uk/intranet/students/studentServicesCentre/ceremonies/Thu, 12 May 2011 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/students/studentServicesCentre/ceremonies/BroadcastingOfCeremonies.aspxP696Live webcasts of LSE presentation ceremonies scheduled as follows - Ceremony A: Thursday 15 July 2010 at 10:30, Employment Relations and Organisational Behaviour, Finance, Information Systems, Management, Managerial Economics and Strategy, Operational Research. Ceremony B: Thursday 15 July 2010 at 14:00, Geography and Environment, Government, International History, International Relations, Sociology. Ceremony C: Thursday 15 July 2010 at 17:00, Anthropology, Mathematics, Methodology Institute, Statistics, Teaching and Learning Centre. Ceremony D: Friday 16 July at 10:30, Accounting, Development Studies Institute, European Institute, Gender Institute, Media and Communications. Ceremony E: Friday 16 July at 14:00, Economic History, Law, Philosophy, Social Policy, Social Psychology. Ceremony F: Friday 16 July at 17:00, Economics, MPA.Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=650P695Live webcast scheduled for Thursday 13 May 2010, 17:00-18:00GMT. Howard Davies is director of LSE. Prior to this, from 1997-2003 he was Chairman of the Financial Services Authority, the single regulator for the UK financial sector, which was created under his leadership from nine separate regulatory agencies. From 1995-1997 he was Deputy Governor of the Bank of England. His latest book is Banking on the Future: the fall and rise of central banking, written with David Green, which will be launched at LSE at a public debate on 12 May.Paul Volcker is Chair of President Obama's Economic Recovery Advisory Board. In the course of his career, Mr. Volcker worked in the United States Federal Government for almost 30 years, culminating in two terms as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from 1979-1987. He divided the earlier stages of his career between the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Treasury Department, and the Chase Manhattan Bank. Mr. Volcker retired as Chairman of Wolfensohn & Co. upon the merger of that firm with Bankers Trust. From 1996-1999, Mr. Volcker headed a committee formed to determine existing dormant accounts and other assets in Swiss banks of victims of Nazi persecution. From 2000 - 2005 Mr. Volcker served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the International Accounting Standards Committee overseeing a renewed effort to develop consistent, high-quality accounting standards acceptable in all countries. In 2003, he headed a private Commission on the Public Service recommending a sweeping overhaul of the organization and personnel practices of the United States Federal Government. In April 2004, Mr. Volcker was asked by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to chair the Independent Inquiry into the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program. The report on the Inquiry was published in October 2005. In 2007, Mr. Volcker was asked by the President of the World Bank to chair a panel of experts to review the operations of the Department of Institutional Integrity. A report was published in September 2007. In November 2008, President Elect Obama chose Mr. Volcker to head the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board. Pursuing his many continuing interests in public policy, Mr. Volcker is associated with the Japan Society, the Institute of International Economics, the American Assembly, and the American Council on Germany. He is Honorary Chairman of the Trilateral Commission and Chairman of the Trustees of the Group of 30. Educated at Princeton, Harvard and the London School of Economics, Mr. Volcker is Professor Emeritus of International Economic Policy at Princeton University and was the first Henry Kaufman Visiting Professor at the Stern School of Business at NYU.Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:00:00 GMT