Professor Amartya Sen returns to speak about fostering sustainability amidst global uncertainty on 10 June. On 18 June, Professor Daron Acemoglu delivers his visions for the future as part of LSE Festival 2025: Visions of the Future. On 25 June, Professor Christopher Pissarides speaks about work environments that foster productivity.
Professor Amartya Sen
Tuesday 10 June 2025, 6.30-8pm
Full event and ticket information: Amartya Sen and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in conversation with Nick Stern: building sustainability in a turbulent world
Professor Amartya Sen will be in conversation with Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Professor Elizabeth Robinson and Professor Lord Stern for a special event celebrating LSE's new Global School of Sustainability. Amartya Sen was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998 for his work in welfare economics. Amartya is an Honorary Fellow of LSE.
Professor Daron Acemoglu
Wednesday 18 June 2025, 5.30-6.30pm
Full event and ticket information: Visions for the future with Daron Acemoglu
Daron Acemoglu, LSE alumnus and co-recipient of the 2024 Nobel Prize in economics, whose work has provided new insights into why there are such vast differences in prosperity between nations, will be in conversation with LSE's President Larry Kramer, on his visions for the future.
Professor Christopher Pissarides
Wednesday 25 June 2025, 6.30-8pm
Full event and ticket information: From skills to capabilities
How can we shape engaging work environments that foster productivity and enable workers to flourish? Using evidence from the Pissarides Report the event will highlight the importance of not only being skilled but also feeling capable of drawing on technological advancements in the workplace. Christopher Pissarides is the 2010 Nobel Prize laureate in economics.
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Professor James A Robinson
Tuesday 25 March 2025, 6.30-8pm
Wealth in people
A podcast of this event is available to download on LSE Player.
A video of this event is available to watch on YouTube.
Professor Claudia Goldin
Thursday 2 May 2024, 5-6.15pm
Why women won
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A video of this event is available to watch on YouTube.