Go Big: how can all of us play a part in making change happen?

A better world is possible; the solutions are out there. We can all make a difference. We just need to know where to look - and have the courage to think big.

For the past four years, Ed Miliband has been discovering and interviewing brilliant people all around the world who are successfully tackling the biggest problems we face, transforming communities and pioneering global movements. Go Big draws on the most imaginative and ambitious of these ideas to provide a vision for the kind of society we need.

Meet our speaker and chair

Ed Miliband (@Ed_Miliband) is Shadow Secretary of State of Climate Change and Net Zero, having been Leader of the Labour Party and Climate Change Secretary, and an alumnus of LSE. Since 2017 Ed has captured the imagination of millions with his award-winning podcast Reasons to Be Cheerful, in which he explores the ideas, people and movements solving the challenges facing societies all around the world. In Go Big, he presents an inspiring array of real solutions to the toughest and most urgent of these problems, and argues that the key to success is to raise our sights and think big.

Susana Mourato (@smmour) is Professor of Environmental Economics in the Department of Geography and Environment and Pro-Director for Research at LSE.

More about this event

This event is part of the running from Monday 13 to Saturday 18 June 2022, with a series of events exploring the practical steps we could be taking to shape a better world. The full programme is now availabe .

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