Six global challenges

We are living in a dynamic world, at a decisive moment for humankind and our planet. Recent decades have seen profound upheavals in social, economic, and political arrangements at global and national levels, as well as in ways of thinking about these arrangements.

The social sciences are essential to understand these developments and enable societies to navigate them. We have also seen dramatic advances in science and technology; the social sciences are essential in enabling societies to utilise these advances for social good.

LSE’s world-leading research and teaching in the social sciences, our close connection to policymakers, and our power to convene the world in our home in London, a global capital, makes us uniquely placed to understand these developments and propose, debate, and disseminate solutions to the following six major challenges they pose.

• Securing the future of democracy
• Rethinking our approach to political economy
• Ensuring sustainable systems
• Addressing pernicious inequalities
• Harnessing new technologies for good
• Rebuilding a viable global system of multilateral institutions

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