All Festival events are free and open to all, but registration for most of the events is required.
To watch the main events programme online, you will only need to register once and then choose which events you would like to watch. For the Festival Skills sessions, you will need to register individually for each webinar.
To attend events in-person, you will need to register for each event individually.
No booking is required for Festival exhibitions, but please note the opening hours on the event pages.
For the Family day, on the booking form please specify which events you plan to attend - some have timed slots, but most are drop-in between 10am and 1pm.
For our student research conference, Knoweldge beyond boundaries, you register for the full day either online or in person, and drop in to the sessions you want to attend.
For any queries, please email events@lse.ac.uk
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Tuesday 11 June
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1-2pm, How can countries prepare for the next global health crisis?
Speakers: Dr Tine Hanrieder, Dr Ulrich Sedelmeier, Professor Ken Shadlen, Dr Clare Wenham
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5-6pm, Authoritarian populism and media freedom
Speakers: Alan Rusbridger, Dr Damian Tambini, Dr Kate Wright
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6-8pm, Is history a guide to politics?
Speakers: Professor Gordon Barrass, Dr Angus Wrenn
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6.30-7.30pm, 100 days to kickstart Britain: what should the government's priorities be?
Speakers: Camilla Cavendish, Professor Ricardo Hausmann
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Wednesday 12 June
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11.30am-1.30pm, Spotify (un)wrapped workshop
Speakers: Taylor Annabell, Nina Vindum Rasmussen
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1-2pm, Colonial power and climate change
Speakers: Dr Mark Nesbitt, Professor Laura Pulido, Dr Jake Subryan Richards
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5-6pm, Empowering communities? Exploring devolution's impact
Speakers: Adam Hawksbee, more TBC
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6-8pm, Understanding China's views of the world
Speakers: Dr Elena Barabantseva, Professor William A. Callahan, Xiaolu Guo
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6.30-7.30pm, Global middle powers and the changing world order
Speakers: Professor Chris Alden, Dr Yolanda Spies, Dr Bugra Susler
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Saturday 15 June
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12-1pm, What is driving the green backlash in European urban politics?
Speakers: Susan Aitken, Dr Liam Beiser-McGrath,Ciaran Cuffe, Jean-Louis Missika
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12-1pm, Power, politics, and belonging: the lasting impacts of colonialism
Speakers: Professor Neil Cummins. Leah Eryenyu, Dr Maël Lavenaire
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2-3pm, Invertebrate minds
Speakers: Sam Beckbessinger, Professor Jonathan Birch, Professor Elli Leadbeater Professor, Daria Zakharova
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2-3pm, Defending democracy: building solidarity with persecuted writers, journalists, and artists
Speakers: Ross Holder, Professor Alpa Shah, Salman Usmani
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3.30-4.30pm, Power and storytelling
Speakers: Monica Ali, Phillip Hensher Professor, Naila Kabeer
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5-6pm, Can the law prevent violence against women in conflict?
Speakers: Fatou Bensouda, Rita Kahsay, Iliana Sarafian
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5-6pm, The power of trust
Speakers: Professor Charlie Beckett, Rafael Behr, Dr Laura Gilbert, Ros Taylor
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6.30-7.30, AI guardians: who holds power over our data
Speakers: Professor Ken Benoit, Dr Eleanor Drage, Professor Neil Lawrence, Sadiqah Musa
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