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Latest Research

The Phelan United States Centre at LSE is a hub for global expertise, analysis and commentary on America.

Research Themes

The LSE Phelan United States Centre's research areas
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UGRA reports

Reports from US Centre Undergraduate Research Assistants
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Centre Affiliate Publications

Recent publications from Phelan US Centre Affiliates and Visiting Fellows
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PhD Summer Grant reports

Reports from US Centre PhD Summer Grant recipients
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Latest Research from Centre Affiliates and Visiting Fellows

Latest publications and projects supported by the Phelan US Centre
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Climate Change: America and the World

Resources on climate change and sustainability from the Phelan US Centre
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Conferences and seminars

US-China Seminars

Exploring the current state and future of relations between China and the US in the 21st century
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The housing squeeze: the politics of shrinking domestic space in the US and beyond

Examining US tiny housing and housing and homelessness in Hong Kong, Europe, India and Canada
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International relations and democracy in a multipolar world

Democratic discourses and practices in the context of challenges to the US-led international order
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US Nuclear Strategy in a Changing Indo-Pacific

Connecting academic and policy thinking on nuclear security issues in the Indo-Pacific
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Innovation and Inequality in Europe and the US

Bringing together leading thinkers to discuss inequalities and social models
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The Future of Capitalism in an Age of Insecurity Conference

How might global capitalism be reformed?
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Race, Gender and Politics in the US

Interdisciplinary seminar series which brought together historians and political scientists
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LSE-Princeton Project on the Liberal Order

Rethinking the 1990s: Liberal world order-building in the post-Cold War era
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