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Past Events 2015-16

These are European Institute events which have taken place in 2015-16.

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Where next for the UK and the EU after the referendum?

LSE European Institute/ BrexitVote public discussion in association with The UK in a Changing Europe

Speakers:Simon Hix, Harold Laski Professor of Political Science at the LSE and a UK in a Changing Europe ESRC Senior Fellow; Anand Menon, Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King’s College London and Director of The UK in a Changing Europe; Angus Armstrong, Director of Macroeconomics at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR); Patrick Dunleavy, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, Government Department, LSE.

Date: Tuesday 28 June 2016
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House

LSE's Referendum Night 2016
hosted by LSE European Institute in partnership with The UK in a Changing Europe

On Thursday 23 June 2016, the UK went to the polls to vote in the referendum on the UK's membership of the EU. The LSE European Institute, in partnership with The UK in a Changing Europe, organised a Referendum Night event at LSE. The evening included commentaries and debates between LSE academics and external experts as the first results were reported from across the nation.

The LSE Commission on the Future of Britain in Europe Report Launch Event

Speakers: Professor Iain Begg, Professorial Research Fellow at the European Institute at LSE; Gordon Brown, United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Dr Sara Hagemann, Assistant Professor at the European Institute, LSE and ESRC Senior Fellow at the UK in a Changing Europe Initiative.

Date: Tuesday 7 June 2016
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

Equality - Smart Economics

The European Institiute 'Perspectives on Europe' series

Speaker: Magdalena Andersson, member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party and holds the position as Minister of Finance since 2014.

Date: Tuesday 7 June 2016
Venue: Shaw Library, Old Building, LSE

The UK and Europe: An insider's view

The European Institiute 'Perspectives on Europe' series

Speaker: Jonathan Faull, British Official in the European Commission and Director-General of "Task Force for Strategic Issues related to the UK Referendum".

Date: Thursday 2 June 2016
Venue: Shaw Library, 6th Floor, Old Building, LSE

Slippery Slope: Europe's Troubled Future

The European Institiute 'Perspectives on Europe' series

Speaker: Giles Merritt, former Financial Times foreign correspondent and current Editor-in-Chief and Founder of 'Friends of Europe', one of the leading think tanks in Brussels, and the policy journal Europe's World.

Date: Thursday 26 May 2016
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

The Single EU Capital Market: progress and challenges

European Institute, Financial Markets Group and Systemic Risk Centre public lecture

Speaker: Jonathan Hill, current European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union

Date: Monday 23 May 2016
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE

Britain: leading, not leaving - the case for remaining in the European Union

The European Institiute 'Perspectives on Europe' series

Speaker: Gordon Brown, United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Date: Wednesday 11 May 2016
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE

Should we stay or should we go now?

LSE European Institute "Europe in Question" Annual Lecture 2016

Speaker: Danny Dorling, Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography and Fellow of St Peter’s College, University of Oxford

Date: Tuesday 10 May 2016
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

The Dutch referendum on the EU-Ukraine Association agreement: what lessons for Brexit?

UK in a Changing Europe and European Institute event

Speakers: Michiel van Hulten, Visiting Senior Fellow, LSE European Institute; Matt Steinglass, Europe Editor, Economist; Professor Sara Hobolt, LSE European Institute and Professor Anand Menon, Director of the UK in a Changing Europe Initiative, King's College London.

Chair: Dr Sara Hagemann, LSE and ESRC Senior Fellow, UK in a Changing Europe Initiative and LSE European Institute

Date: Thursday 14 April 2016
Venue: Clement House Room 4.02, 99 Aldwych, LSE

The World’s Climate Capital? COP21 and the Greening of Paris

European Institute and LSE Cities public lecture

Speaker: Celia Blauel, Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of the Environment, Sustainable Development, the Climate Plan for Energy, and Hydric resources since 2014.
Chair: Philipp Rode, Director of LSE Cities and Senior Research Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Date: Tuesday 15 March 2016
Venue: TW1.G.01, Tower 1, St Clements Inn, London School of Economics and Political Science, WC2A 2AZ
Time: 18.30 - 20.00

This event is free and open to all with no ticket required.

How to boost growth as the Oil Price Falls: transformation and reform of the Norwegian economy

The European Institiute 'Perspectives on Europe' series

Speaker: Siv Jensen, Norwegian Minister of Finance since October 2013

Date: Friday 11 March 2016
Venue: Shaw Library, 6th Floor, Old Building
Time: 1-2pm

Too Important to fail: Humanitarian financing in a more fragile world

Speaker: Kristalina Georgieva, Vice-President of the European Commission for Budget and former Humanitarian Aid Commissioner

The European Institiute 'Perspectives on Europe' series

Date: Thursday 10 March 2016
Venue: Room CLM 3.02, 3rd floor, Clement House,99 Aldwych, WC2B 4JF
Time: 6.30 - 8pm

Managing Europe - What is Germany's Responsibility?

LSESU German Society and LSE European Institute Lecture

Speaker: Dr Wolfgang Schäuble, 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

Date: Thursday 3 March 2016
Venue: LSE campus, venue TBC to ticketholders
Time: 5.30 - 6.30pm

Public Lecture: One School, Two Visions

Speakers: Professor Michael Cox, Director of LSE IDEAS (pictured); Professor Chandran Kukathas, Head of the Department of Government, LSE

Date: Thursday 25 February 2016
Venue: Thai Theatre, New Academic Building
Time: 7-8.30pm

This event formed part of the LSE Space for Thought Literary Festival 2016, which took place from Monday 22 - Saturday 27 February 2016, with the theme 'Utopias'.

Britain and the EU: a view from the European Parliament

Speaker: Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament

Date: Friday 5 February 2016
Venue: Hong Kong
Time: 11am - 12noon

Hungarian perspective on the future of Europe

The European Institute Perspectives on Europe Series

Speaker: Mr Péter Szijjártó, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade 2014 - current

Date: Thursday 4 February 2016
Venue: Shaw Library, Old Building, LSE
Time: 6.15pm - 7.30pm

'How Growth Regimes Change: The Co-Evolution of Economics and Politics in the Developed Democracies'

European Institute 'Perspectives on Europe' public lecture.

Speaker: Prof Peter A. Hall, LSE Centennial Professor and Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies at Harvard University

Chair: Dr Waltraud Schelkle, Associate Professor of Political Economy

Date: 8 December 2015
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE

A free event open to all. Admission on a first come, first served basis.

'Of Austerity, Human Rights and International Institutions'

Hellenic Observatory Policy & Research Seminars.

Speaker: Margot Salomon, Associate Professor and Director of the Laboratory for Advanced Research on the Global Economy, LSE

Date: 8 December 2015
Time: 6-7.30pm
Venue: Cañada Blanch Room COW 1.11 Cowdray House, LSE

A free event open to all. Admission on a first come, first served basis.

'Europe’s response to the Syrian refugee crisis'

European Institute 'EU in Practice' seminar series.

Speaker: Hugo Brady, speech-writer and adviser to Donald Tusk, President of the European Council

Date: 27 November 2015
Time: 4.30-6pm
Venue: Cañada Blanch Room COW 1.11 Cowdray House, LSE

A free event open to all but a ticket is required.

'Unstable Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood: a range of threats to European security'

European Institute 'Perspectives on Europe' public lecture.

Speaker: Edgars Rinkevics, Latvia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs

Date: 26 November 2015
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE

A free event open to all. Admission on a first come, first served basis.

Political development and the rise of the Golden Dawn in Greece'

Hellenic Observatory Policy & Research Seminars.

Speaker: Antonis Ellinas, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Cyprus

Date: 24 November 2015
Time: 6-7.30pm
Venue: Cañada Blanch Room COW 1.11 Cowdray House, LSE

A free event open to all. Admission on a first come, first served basis.

'Europe's Perfect Storm: racism, anti-Semitism, terrorism and resurgent nationalism'

European Institute 'Perspectives on Europe' public lecture.

Speaker: Michel Wieviorka, French sociologist

Date: 23 November 2015
Time: 6:30-8pm
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

A free event open to all. Admission on a first come, first served basis.

‘The changing media landscape in Brussels’

European Institute 'EU in Practice' seminar series.

Speaker: Tim King, Editor, European Voice 2009-15

Date: 20 November 2015
Time: 4.30-6pm
Venue: Cañada Blanch Room COW 1.11 Cowdray House, LSE

A free event open to all but a ticket is required.

'Next Steps in EU Antitrust Law: boosting national enforcement'

European Institute 'Perspectives on Europe' public lecture.

Speaker: Margrethe Vestager, European Commissioner for Competition

Date: 20 November 2015
Time: 12-1pm
Venue: Shaw Library, Old Building, LSE

A free event open to all. Admission on a first come, first served basis.

'Climate change and migration to Europe'

LSE European Institute, LSE Institute for Global Affairs, LSE Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, the Embassy of France in the United Kingdom and the European Commission Representation in the UK public debate.

Speakers: Prof Neil Adger, Mary Robinson (pictured), Alain Le Roy

Date: 18 November 2015
Time: 6:30-8pm
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE

A free event open to all but a ticket is required.

Pension Poor and Housing Rich: A generational perspective of the Greek crisis, its aftermath and possible ways out'

Hellenic Observatory Policy & Research Seminars.

Speaker: Platon Tinios, Assistant Professor, Piraeus University and Visiting Senior Fellow, Hellenic Observatory

Date: 17 November 2015
Time: 6-7.30pm
Venue: Cañada Blanch Room COW 1.11 Cowdray House, LSE

A free event open to all. Admission on a first come, first served basis.

Inside eurozone economic governance’

European Institute 'EU in Practice' seminar series.

Speaker: Lorenzo Codogno, Director General and chief economist, Treasury department of Italian Finance Ministry, 2006-15

Date: 13 November 2015
Time: 4.30-6pm
Venue: Cañada Blanch Room COW 1.11 Cowdray House, LSE

A free event open to all.

'A turbulent period in Turkey'

European Institute public talk.

Speaker: Caglar Keyder, LSE Centennial Professor

Date: 9 November 2015
Time: 5.30-6:30pm
Venue: Cañada Blanch Room COW 1.11 Cowdray House, LSE

A free event open to all. Admission on a first come, first served basis.

'The Way Forward for Europe: a Union of solidarity and differentiation?'

European Institute 'Perspectives on Europe' public lecture.

Speaker: Emmanuel Macron, French Minister for the Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs.

Date: 24 September 2015
Time: 3:30-4:30pm
Venue: Shaw Library, Old Building

A free event open to all but a ticket is required. Further details.

'The Nature of Memory: Perspectives from Art, History and Neuroscience'

Forum for European Philosophy public discussion.

Speakers: Jessica Bland, Principal Researcher in Policy and Research, Nesta (pictured); Adam Roberts, Science Fiction Novelist and Professor at Royal Holloway, University of London; Sebastian Groes, Senior Lecturer University of Roehampton; Barry C Smith, Professor and Director of the Institute of Philosophy, Birkbeck

Date: 29 September 2015
Time: 6:30-8:00pm
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, LSE

A free event open to all. Admission on a first come, first served basis.

'Drifting apart? The social reality of Europe after the crisis'

European Institute public debate co-hosted with Policy Network.

Presenters: Roger Liddle and Patrick Diamond, chair and vice-chair, Policy Network and co-authors of 'The Social Reality of Europe After the Crisis: Trends, Challenges and Responses'

Respondents: Jonathan Hopkin, Associate Professor of Comparative Politics, LSE; John Park, Assistant General Secretary, Community Trade Union

Date: 5 October 2015
Time: 6:30-8:15pm
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE

A free event open to all. Please RSVP to ekinloch@policy-network.net

A Right to Migrate?

Forum for European Philosophy public discussion.

Speakers: Matthew Gibney, University of Oxford; Madeleine Sumption, Director of the Migration Observatory (pictured); Emily Dugan, Social Affairs Editor, the Independent

Date: 6 October 2015
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, LSE

A free event open to all. Admission on a first come, first served basis.

'Prime Ministers in Greece: The Paradox of Power'

Hellenic Observatory book launch.

Speakers: Kevin Featherstone, Professor of Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor of European Politics, LSE; Dimitris Papadimitriou, Professor of Politics, University of Manchester
Discussant: Ed Page, Sidney and Beatrice Webb Professor of Public Policy, LSE

Date: 7 October 2015
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE

A free event open to all. Admission on a first come, first served basis.

'The current economic developments in Greece and Cyprus: when and how crisis exits are feasible'

Hellenic Observatory public lecture.

Speakers: Michalis Sarris, Former Minister of Finance of Cyprus and Former Department Director at the World Bank; Yiannis Kitromilides, Associate Member of the Cambridge Centre of Economic and Public Policy

Date: 12 October 2015
Time: 18.30-20.00
Venue: CLM 2.02, Clement House, LSE

A free event open to all. Admission on a first come, first served basis.

'Evaluating the structural reform of central government departments in Greece'

Hellenic Observatory Policy & Research Seminars.

Speaker: Panagiotis Zevropoulos, Assistant Professor in Quantitative Methods, Bursa Orhangazi University

Date: 13 October 2015
Time: 6-7.30pm
Venue: Cañada Blanch Room COW 1.11 Cowdray House, LSE

A free event open to all. Admission on a first come, first served basis. We are grateful to the National Bank of Greece for funding this research project.

'Migration and security challenges in the Mediterranean: every country for itself or a European response?'

European Institute 'Perspectives on Europe' public lecture.

Speaker: Angelino Alfano, Italian Minister of the Interior

Date: 13 October 2015
Time: 3.30-4:30pm
Venue: TBC to ticketholders

A free event open to all but a ticket is required.

'The Future of the Euro and the Politics of Debt'

European Institute 'Perspectives on Europe' public lecture & book launch.

Speaker: Martin Sandbu, Economics writer for the Financial Times

Date: 13 October 2015
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE

A free event open to all. Admission on a first come, first served basis.

A talk by Ambassador Aleksandar Andrija Pejović

European Institute & LSEE Research on South Eastern Europe public talk.

Speaker: Aleksandar Andrija Pejović is the Ambassador in the Mission of Montenegro to the EU

Date: 20 October 2015
Time: 5.30-6:30pm
Venue: Cañada Blanch Room COW 1.11 Cowdray House, LSE

A free event open to all. Admission on a first come, first served basis.

‘The rise of European political parties’

European Institute 'EU in Practice' seminar series.

Speaker: Sir Graham Watson, Member of European Parliament 1994-2014

Date: 23 October 2015
Time: 4.30-6pm
Venue: Cañada Blanch Room COW 1.11 Cowdray House, LSE

A free event open to all. Please register your attendance via Eventbrite.

'Exploring the psychological effects of the Greek financial crisis'

Hellenic Observatory Policy & Research Seminars.

Speaker: Bettina Davou, Professor of Psychology, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens

Date: 27 October 2015
Time: 6-7.30pm
Venue: Cañada Blanch Room COW 1.11 Cowdray House, LSE

A free event open to all. Admission on a first come, first served basis.

'Jobs only for the most skilled at the right age?'

European Institute 'Perspectives on Europe' public lecture.

Speaker: Fredrik Reinfeldt, former Prime Minister of Sweden

Date: 26 October 2015
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

A free event open to all. Admission on a first come, first served basis.

'Delivering the Sustainable Development Goals: a new partnership between state and private sector'

European Institute 'Perspectives on Europe' public lecture.

Speaker: Sir Suma Chakrabarti, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Date: 27 October 2015
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE

A free event open to all. Admission on a first come, first served basis.

‘Being a Permanent Representative: Politics in COREPER and the Council’

European Institute 'EU in Practice' seminar series.

Speaker: Sir Jon Cunliffe, Deputy Governor, Bank of England

Date: 30 October 2015
Time: 4.30-6pm
Venue: Cañada Blanch Room COW 1.11 Cowdray House, LSE

A free event open to all. Please register your attendance via Eventbrite.

'The Hypocrisy of European Moralism: Greece and the Politics of Cultural Aggression'

Hellenic Observatory annual lecture.

Speaker: Michael Herzfeld, Professor of the Social Sciences and Curator of European Ethnology in the Peabody Museum, Harvard University

Date: 4 November 2015
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, LSE

A free event open to all. Admission on a first come, first served basis.