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This year's events programme includes online, in-person and hybrid events. By clicking on each day below you can see what's on and register for either the online or the in-person event. There are three parts of the Festival programme:

Festival Skills: Interactive online sessions in the weekday lunchtimes from 12-1pm.

Festival Live: Our main programme of in-person and/or online events.

Festival Shorts: A playlist of short films showcasing LSE research available online, no need to register.

For any queries, please email events@lse.ac.uk

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12-1pm How to Future Proof Your Career \| Festival Skills Speaker: Dr Grace Lordan Online only Register for the ONLINE event
1-2pm On Writing, Motherhood and Care \| Festival Live Speakers: Iman Mersal, Lola Olufemi, Dr Mai Taha Online and in-person Register for the ONLINE event Register for the IN-PERSON event
6.30-7.45pm The Decisive Decade: how should the UK navigate the economic change of the 2020s? \| Festival Live Speakers: Torsten Bell, Carolyn Fairbairn, Baroness Shafik Online and in-person Register for the ONLINE event Register for the IN-PERSON event

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12-1pm How to Do Good to Create Social Impact \| Festival Skills Speaker: Professor Stephan Chambers Online only Register for the ONLINE event
1-2pm How Can We Create Good Jobs in a Time of Crisis? \| Festival Live Speakers: Dr Carl Benedikt Frey, Dr Rebecca McDonald, Dr Anna Valero Online and in-person Register for the ONLINE event Register for the IN-PERSON event
6.30-7.45pm The Future of Democracy \| Festival Live Speakers: Dr Mukulika Banerjee, Dr Yascha Mounk, Professor Lea Ypi Online and in-person Register for the ONLINE event Register for the IN-PERSON event

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12-1pm How to Navigate Data Law and its Challenges and Opportunities \| Festival Skills Speakers: Dr Orla Lynskey, Professor Andrew Murray Online only Register for the ONLINE event
1-2pm Rethinking our Disposable Society: how to build a circular economy \| Festival Live Speakers: Jocelyn Blériot, Lara Pohl-Martell, Dr Jason Wong Online and in-person Register for the ONLINE event Register for the IN-PERSON event
7-8.15pm Russia, America, and the Future of European Security \| Festival Live Speaker: Dr Fiona Hill Online and in-person Register for the ONLINE event Register for the IN-PERSON event

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12-1pm How to be an Effective Manager \| Festival Skills Speakers: Dr Karin King, Dr Aurelie Cnop-Nielsen Online only Register for the ONLINE event
1-2pm Competition Policy in Europe After the COVID-19 Crisis \| Festival Live Speakers: Roberto Alimonti, Natura Gracia Online and in-person Register for the ONLINE event Register for the IN-PERSON event
6.30-7.45pm Financing Social Care \| Festival Live Speakers: Professor Nicholas Barr, Andrew Dilnot, Michelle Dyson, Lord MacPherson Online and in-person Register for the ONLINE event Register for the IN-PERSON event

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12-1pm How to Prepare for an Uncertain Future \| Festival Skills Speakers: Professor Martin Lodge, Dr Andrea Mennicksen Online only Register for the ONLINE event
1-2pm Can Trade Shape Africa's Post-COVID Recovery? \| Festival Live Speakers: Rebeca Grynspan, Teniola Tayo Online only Register for the ONLINE event
6.30-7.45pm How to Move On \| Festival Live Speaker: Elif Shafak Online and in-person Register for the ONLINE event Register for the IN-PERSON event

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11am-12pm The Age of Refugees \| Festival Live Speakers: Abdulrahman Bdiwi, Professor Myria Georgiou, Dr Eva Polonska-Kimunguyi, Rob Sharp In-person only Register for the IN-PERSON event
11am-12pm Do Octopuses Have Feelings? The Question of Animal Sentience \| Festival Live Speakers: Dr Jonathan Birch, Huw Golledge, Penny Hawkins In-person only Register for the IN-PERSON event
12.30-1.30pm Go Big: how can all of us play a part in making change happen? \| Festival Live Speakers: Ed Miliband MP In-person only Register for the IN-PERSON event
2.30-3.30pm Trauma, Inequality and Healing from COVID-19 \| Festival Live Speakers: Suad Duale, Dr Joanna Lewism, Dr James Rattee, Dr Nikita Simpson In-person only Register for the IN-PERSON event
4-5pm Revising History: why does it matter how we talk about empire? \| Festival Live Speakers: Dr Olivia Rutazibwa, Professor Mike Savage, Dr Imaobong Umoren In-person only Register for the IN-PERSON event
4-5pm The Future of the United Nations \| Festival Live Speakers: Dr Martin Binder, Dr Devika Hovell, Dr Mathias Koenig-Archibugi In-person only Register for the IN-PERSON event
5.30-6.30pm Are the Rich Getting Richer? The Challenges of Wealth Inequality \| Festival Live Speakers: Aroop Chaterjee, Dr Neil Cummins, Dr Kristin Surak In-person only Register for the IN-PERSON event

Thursday 16 June

10am-7pm Knowledge beyond boundaries: interdisciplinary research conference

Speakers: Keynotes from Dr Mark E. Allinson, Dr Chris Blunt, Dr Jillian Terry and Dr Paul Hanstedt. Panel presentations from LSE students and alumni

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How can I attend the LSE Festival?

Monday 13 June

Tuesday 14 June

Wednesday 15 June

Thursday 16 June

Friday 17 June

Saturday 18 June

Student research conference

LSE Festival: How Do We Get to a Post-COVID World? View the programme at a glance (pdf)