Date: Wednesday 10 February 2016
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Speaker: Professor David Runciman
Chair: Dr Robin Archer

Conspiracy theories go hand in hand with political mistrust. Are they symptom or cause of current levels of mistrust in democracy and what can be done about it?

David Runciman is Professor in Political Thought, University of Cambridge.

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.

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