https://lse.ac.uk/lse-playeren-GBCopyright © Terms of use apply see https://lse.ac.uk/termsOfUseThe London School of Economics and Political Science public events podcast series is a platform for thought, ideas and lively debate where you can hear from some of the world's leading thinkers. Listen to more than 200 new episodes every year.Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTLSE Film and Audio TeamThe London School of Economics and Political Science public events podcast series is a platform for thought, ideas and lively debate where you can hear from some of the world's leading thinkers. Listen to more than 200 new episodes every year.noLSE Film and Audio Teamcomms.filmandaudio@lse.ac.ukAt a time of intensifying geopolitical rivalry, economic nationalism, and ideological extremism, this roundtable brings together a group of leading political scientists and historians to take stock of the choices and pathways that have brought America and the world to this unsettled moment.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/end-of-the-america-era-looking-back-looking-forwarduuid:199537b8-f5c0-40f8-8559-8234635abb11Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Michael Cox, Professor G. John Ikenberry, Professor Stephanie Rickard, Professor Ayse ZarakolAt a time of intensifying geopolitical rivalry, economic nationalism, and ideological extremism, this roundtable brings together a group of leading political scientists and historians to take stock of the choices and pathways that have brought America and the world to this unsettled moment.no01:25:25Join us in celebrating the launch of Bart Cammaerts’ latest textbook, Dichotomies in Media and Communication Theory — a bold and original exploration of the key theoretical tensions that shape our media landscape.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/mediate-the-middle-moving-with-and-beyond-dichotomiesuuid:c03aea28-0dbe-4fd4-b41d-b6c91779e050Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Bart Cammaerts, Professor Robin MansellJoin us in celebrating the launch of Bart Cammaerts’ latest textbook, Dichotomies in Media and Communication Theory — a bold and original exploration of the key theoretical tensions that shape our media landscape.no01:28:46Fifty years after powerful labour movements launched radical plans to democratise the economy and gain control of large businesses, what is the legacy of these efforts and what are the prospects for economic democracy today?https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/is-a-democratic-economy-possible-lessons-from-history-horizons-for-the-futureuuid:723931d8-55a9-41df-87e6-caa1275871c1Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Isabelle Ferreras, Mathew Lawrence, Neil WarnerFifty years after powerful labour movements launched radical plans to democratise the economy and gain control of large businesses, what is the legacy of these efforts and what are the prospects for economic democracy today?no01:31:20Domestic abuse affects roughly one-third of women worldwide and carries serious consequences for victims, their children, and society at large. This lecture presents findings from three studies examining the risk assessment process which has been used across England since 2009 to help police identify victims at high risk of serious repeat abuse and connect them with protective services.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/assessing-risk-assessment-in-cases-of-domestic-abuseuuid:4f11045e-3c53-4f32-8183-3e0e16ef1c26Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Jeff GroggerDomestic abuse affects roughly one-third of women worldwide and carries serious consequences for victims, their children, and society at large. This lecture presents findings from three studies examining the risk assessment process which has been used across England since 2009 to help police identify victims at high risk of serious repeat abuse and connect them with protective services.no01:14:09Humans care about animals, and many would argue that animals are morally relevant. Many of our decisions profoundly affect the welfare of animals and yet welfare economics has not, up to this point, considered animals in its frameworks, theories and cost-benefit calculations.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/animal-economicsuuid:5968cf69-00a3-45bf-b756-8eb57e2764e2Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Richard Bennett, Professor Jonathan Birch, Dr Ganga ShreedharHumans care about animals, and many would argue that animals are morally relevant. Many of our decisions profoundly affect the welfare of animals and yet welfare economics has not, up to this point, considered animals in its frameworks, theories and cost-benefit calculations.no01:21:28Step into the lives of those whose pursuit of justice collided with the power of the press. https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/mass-media-justice-and-me-a-victims-perspectiveuuid:95f5ed6d-1fd8-428f-adc1-53c688a85f4fMon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTJo Hamilton, Martin Hibbert, Dr Neil Hudgell, Professor Nicola Lacey, Olivia O'Kane, Janet Street-Porter CBEStep into the lives of those whose pursuit of justice collided with the power of the press. no01:25:46Join us for this special Economica Coase lecture which this year will be delivered by Harvard academic Edward Glaeser.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/housing-supply-and-the-future-of-our-urban-planetuuid:1ea698f4-48d1-47f9-873e-1b0a2eef14cdThu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Edward GlaeserJoin us for this special Economica Coase lecture which this year will be delivered by Harvard academic Edward Glaeser.no01:16:41By drawing upon multiple disciplines and weaving these threads into the broader practice of literary arts, the Turkish-British writer Elif Shafak offers an inspirational talk about our world today, the stories that bring us together, and the silences that keep us apart.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/how-stories-can-transcend-borders-and-boxes-of-identityuuid:36b4da6f-a1b6-4e1e-b999-fed0dfbe22f9Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTElif ShafakBy drawing upon multiple disciplines and weaving these threads into the broader practice of literary arts, the Turkish-British writer Elif Shafak offers an inspirational talk about our world today, the stories that bring us together, and the silences that keep us apart.no01:27:51A panel of academic experts is brought together by the Middle East Centre at LSE to discuss the current Israel-US-Iran war.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-geopolitical-implications-of-the-israel-us-iran-waruuid:8701e218-115b-41b8-9e03-a4ac2dfb952fTue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Toby Dodge, Professor Peter Trubowitz, Dr Sanam VakilA panel of academic experts is brought together by the Middle East Centre at LSE to discuss the current Israel-US-Iran war.no01:25:12During the past decade, technological change and management practices have disrupted how organisations access global talent and organise work. Thousands of employees are now enabled to work from anywhere. Why? Because trailblazing organisations recognise that geographic flexibility offers a competitive edge.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-world-is-your-office-ai-and-the-evolution-of-work-from-anywhereuuid:ee4c7b8c-52ae-47bd-ad80-3bc04e8a96bcTue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Prithwiraj ChoudhuryDuring the past decade, technological change and management practices have disrupted how organisations access global talent and organise work. Thousands of employees are now enabled to work from anywhere. Why? Because trailblazing organisations recognise that geographic flexibility offers a competitive edge.no01:26:52In her inaugural lecture, Shakuntala Banaji explores how our ethical and political imaginations of love, justice and rights—shaped by education systems, media and technologies under savage capitalism—differ between individuals, communities and geopolitical entities.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/infinite-justice-political-cosmologies-that-protect-our-futureuuid:249ad16c-6b68-464f-a7d5-af91ff079c3eMon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Shakuntala BanajiIn her inaugural lecture, Shakuntala Banaji explores how our ethical and political imaginations of love, justice and rights—shaped by education systems, media and technologies under savage capitalism—differ between individuals, communities and geopolitical entities.no01:27:31Join us for this special event with LSE alumnus and President of Finland Alexander Stubb.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/rebalancing-the-new-world-order-in-an-age-of-fragmentationuuid:31b4f143-de4b-491d-8f52-edaefa674ddeMon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTDr Alexander StubbJoin us for this special event with LSE alumnus and President of Finland Alexander Stubb.no52:51Join us for this lecture by Nathalie Tocci who will argue that Donald Trump’s foreign policy record has not been very successful so far, as wars continue to rage in Ukraine and in the Middle East.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/donald-trump-and-the-unmaking-of-europeuuid:324d26d3-43ef-418e-a851-7c8ff155afcbThu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTDr Nathalie TocciJoin us for this lecture by Nathalie Tocci who will argue that Donald Trump’s foreign policy record has not been very successful so far, as wars continue to rage in Ukraine and in the Middle East.no01:23:51Join us for a timely conversation on equality, gender and culture in contemporary Britain with Sarah Owen MP, chair of the Women and Equalities Select Committee.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/gender-culture-and-equality-in-todays-britainuuid:af7043d7-3f87-45f0-b5c4-5c1d301dd5b1Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTSarah Owen MPJoin us for a timely conversation on equality, gender and culture in contemporary Britain with Sarah Owen MP, chair of the Women and Equalities Select Committee.no01:26:41Behind every algorithm lies a set of choices, some visible, many not. This panel discusses the unseen forces that shape AI, focusing on how gender bias enters systems through data, design, and deployment.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/invisible-inputs-gender-bias-in-ai-systemsuuid:9ec7d71d-6bd7-48e8-b3aa-d7cfaecbd018Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Pragya Agarwal, Karen Blake, Dr Carrie FrieseBehind every algorithm lies a set of choices, some visible, many not. This panel discusses the unseen forces that shape AI, focusing on how gender bias enters systems through data, design, and deployment.no01:23:58The LSE Health and Department of Health Policy Annual Lecture 2026 was delivered by Michelle A Williams, Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health at Stanford University.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/womens-health-matters-science-systems-and-global-changeuuid:a92d37ee-2e61-4847-a8e2-2d6267e25bc2Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Michelle A WilliamsThe LSE Health and Department of Health Policy Annual Lecture 2026 was delivered by Michelle A Williams, Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health at Stanford University.no01:31:10Join us for Hans Steinmüller's inaugural lecture.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/complexity-and-complicity-in-social-anthropologyuuid:c254e519-e90a-4cbd-bece-2aff0f0e15e7Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Hans SteinmüllerJoin us for Hans Steinmüller's inaugural lecture.no01:08:20In this book launch, Elif Kalaycioglu, will present her new book, The Politics of World Heritage: Visions, Custodians, and Futures of Humanity, followed by a discussion and Q&A.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-politics-of-world-heritage-visions-custodians-and-futures-of-humanityuuid:0de7493f-4a1e-4f56-a9a8-3b09df0263c3Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTDr Elif KalayciogluIn this book launch, Elif Kalaycioglu, will present her new book, The Politics of World Heritage: Visions, Custodians, and Futures of Humanity, followed by a discussion and Q&A.no01:32:37What is the relationship between the care economy and social housing and how do they directly influence each other?https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-care-economy-and-social-housinguuid:5407c13a-28b6-47bc-9c10-ecc7c15dc6ecTue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Tim Jackson, Jonathon Porritt, Professor Anne PowerWhat is the relationship between the care economy and social housing and how do they directly influence each other?no01:32:05The digital realm today concentrates power and wealth in the hands of the few, excluding most of humanity from equal participation.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/grassroots-shaping-the-digital-realm-and-through-it-the-worlduuid:4c01d913-47c5-4265-ae02-4cf8721f523fMon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Ehud ShapiroThe digital realm today concentrates power and wealth in the hands of the few, excluding most of humanity from equal participation.no01:24:18Join us for the inaugural BJPS Popper Prize lecture, delivered by philosophers of science Alexander Franklin and Vanessa Seifert.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/do-molecules-have-structure-the-view-from-quantum-physicsuuid:df0d8b6c-28ea-4393-81f2-a18df0418d09Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTDr Alexander Franklin, Dr Vanessa SeifertJoin us for the inaugural BJPS Popper Prize lecture, delivered by philosophers of science Alexander Franklin and Vanessa Seifert.no01:31:47Join us for this special event with LSE's Philippe Aghion, joint recipient of the 2025 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/creative-destruction-ai-and-the-european-recoveryuuid:63bdd4c0-29e9-4009-bcb3-e68d15932f07Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTPhilippe AghionJoin us for this special event with LSE's Philippe Aghion, joint recipient of the 2025 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.no01:29:38With momentum behind the low-carbon transition faltering and headwinds mounting, investors play an increasingly critical role in in sustaining climate ambition.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/from-dialogue-to-decarbonisation-can-investor-engagement-deliveruuid:2697d5ee-770e-4393-972c-0b60d6a58b2dMon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTNikolaus Hastreiter, Adam Heltzer, Hayley McGuinness, Valeria Piani, Professor Peter TufanoWith momentum behind the low-carbon transition faltering and headwinds mounting, investors play an increasingly critical role in in sustaining climate ambition.no01:31:57With the old world order visibly weakening, President Donald Trump’s foreign policy is both consequential and confusing. Does Mr Trump have a strategy and if so, what are its prospects for success?https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/american-foreign-policy-in-the-age-of-trumpuuid:4617b48d-9a43-4d37-96f5-853777d3f39dThu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Walter Russell MeadWith the old world order visibly weakening, President Donald Trump’s foreign policy is both consequential and confusing. Does Mr Trump have a strategy and if so, what are its prospects for success?no01:32:02For changemakers, students, and everyone seeking hope, direction, and clarity during a time of global uncertainty, join us for the launch of a book that serves as both a call to action and a guide for transformation—encouraging readers to imagine and co-create sustainable and just futures.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/eco-social-contracts-for-sustainable-and-just-futuresuuid:076a9b90-1b69-4faa-963b-03e0e01a902fWed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Manisha Desai, Dr Ashfaq Khalfan, Dr Najma Mohamed, Mary RobinsonFor changemakers, students, and everyone seeking hope, direction, and clarity during a time of global uncertainty, join us for the launch of a book that serves as both a call to action and a guide for transformation—encouraging readers to imagine and co-create sustainable and just futures.no01:33:37Join us as we welcome Carlos Gustavo Fernández Valdovinos, Paraguay’s Minister of Economy and Finance, for a lecture on the country’s economic transformation from crisis management to achieving investment grade.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/balancing-economic-reform-and-stability-paraguayan-lessons-for-policymakersuuid:6b0a6c8f-7bfc-4217-931d-b4e401ef7243Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTCarlos Gustavo Fernández ValdovinosJoin us as we welcome Carlos Gustavo Fernández Valdovinos, Paraguay’s Minister of Economy and Finance, for a lecture on the country’s economic transformation from crisis management to achieving investment grade.no01:14:52We all love a good story. Stories provide coherence and help to form our sense of identity. Personal and social narratives fundamentally affect the ways we live, how we interact and what is considered important at all levels of decision-making.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/narratives-in-policymakinguuid:17fa769f-64e7-4cde-ba07-4543ff47fabfTue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTDr Adam Brzezinski, Professor Sarah Dillon, Professor Paul Dolan, Baroness Sharon White DBEWe all love a good story. Stories provide coherence and help to form our sense of identity. Personal and social narratives fundamentally affect the ways we live, how we interact and what is considered important at all levels of decision-making.no01:24:42In this third and final lecture Alan Manning offers solutions to the challenges facing immigration policy, and how to navigate among the often-competing claims of the economy, culture, justice, and democracy.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/immigration-policy-challenges-and-optionsuuid:2398fafb-d8e0-4a97-a898-155c77f9df43Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTAlan ManningIn this third and final lecture Alan Manning offers solutions to the challenges facing immigration policy, and how to navigate among the often-competing claims of the economy, culture, justice, and democracy.no01:28:49Education technology (EdTech) is transforming education at a fast pace – but at what cost?https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/edtech-at-the-crossroads-of-pedagogy-vs-profituuid:9bd06468-8acf-44a9-b180-d69c241b785eThu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTDr Sandra El Gemayel, Jen Persson, Professor Julian Sefton-Green, Rhys SpenceEducation technology (EdTech) is transforming education at a fast pace – but at what cost?no01:26:20Nature-based solutions are gaining traction as transformative interventions addressing biodiversity loss, climate change, and social justice. Their appeal lies in both the perceived ‘good’ of nature and the intent to harness its properties for multiple benefitshttps://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/governing-with-nature-towards-transformative-changeuuid:56a36faa-f563-4f3f-b785-403ce16d6244Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Harriet BulkeleyNature-based solutions are gaining traction as transformative interventions addressing biodiversity loss, climate change, and social justice. Their appeal lies in both the perceived ‘good’ of nature and the intent to harness its properties for multiple benefitsno01:26:28This event celebrates the open access publication of the 5th edition of Weak versus Strong Sustainability.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/can-natural-capital-be-replaced-how-the-weak-versus-strong-sustainability-divide-will-shape-our-common-futureuuid:d429868a-1846-4e06-af83-5f92f961e494Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTEric NeumayerThis event celebrates the open access publication of the 5th edition of Weak versus Strong Sustainability.no01:24:40Join us for the 2026 Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures which this year will be delivered by Alan Manning. This lecture is one of three based on the newly published book, Why Immigration Policy Is Hard.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/a-picture-of-migrationuuid:0cbac3a1-3782-462d-a849-d923f4005154Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTAlan ManningJoin us for the 2026 Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures which this year will be delivered by Alan Manning. This lecture is one of three based on the newly published book, Why Immigration Policy Is Hard.no01:22:17Are the politics of national interest making a comeback in the multipolar world after the end of globalisation? What is the national interest and why did it get forgotten at the end of the 20th century? Does the idea offer a way out of the impasse afflicting politics in the 21st century?https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-national-interest-politics-after-globalisationuuid:0abec000-9424-4490-b6e4-9f20845009c9Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTDr Philip Cunliffe, Professor Anand Menon, Professor Helen ThompsonAre the politics of national interest making a comeback in the multipolar world after the end of globalisation? What is the national interest and why did it get forgotten at the end of the 20th century? Does the idea offer a way out of the impasse afflicting politics in the 21st century?no01:27:58Join Klaas Knot, who served as President of the Dutch Central Bank (DNB) for 14 years, as he reflects on his extensive experience in the European Central Bank’s (ECB) Governing Council.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/monetary-policy-in-perspectiveuuid:f70e3e44-917d-4ad5-80dd-a1fa52bb01abWed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTKlaas KnotJoin Klaas Knot, who served as President of the Dutch Central Bank (DNB) for 14 years, as he reflects on his extensive experience in the European Central Bank’s (ECB) Governing Council.no01:16:35Join us for the 2026 Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures which this year will be delivered by Alan Manning. This lecture is one of three based on the newly published book, Why Immigration Policy Is Hard.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/why-immigration-policy-is-harduuid:f9cdafb8-dd46-4a62-8bad-0b344213fdb5Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTAlan ManningJoin us for the 2026 Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures which this year will be delivered by Alan Manning. This lecture is one of three based on the newly published book, Why Immigration Policy Is Hard.no01:26:54Join us for this public lecture where Kenneth Rogoff will discuss his recently released book Our Dollar, Your Problem: An insider's view of seven turbulent decades of global finance and the road ahead.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/our-dollar-your-problemuuid:35ad21ad-b2d5-46b0-a449-0f35c7374231Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Kenneth RogoffJoin us for this public lecture where Kenneth Rogoff will discuss his recently released book Our Dollar, Your Problem: An insider's view of seven turbulent decades of global finance and the road ahead.no01:10:07The famous epithet that “the old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters”, is most often attributed to the Marxist thinker and revolutionary Antonio Gramsci. https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/power-and-profit-stresses-and-futures-of-market-economiesuuid:a9d5978d-839c-42fe-939f-ddd59808ce58Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTMontek Singh Ahluwalia, Francesco Caselli, Professor David Hendry, Professor Stephen NickellThe famous epithet that “the old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters”, is most often attributed to the Marxist thinker and revolutionary Antonio Gramsci. no01:34:22For the past two centuries, growth in energy supply has been fundamental to human progress and economic development. But fossil fuel dependence is driving climate change at an unprecedented scale. Can emerging technologies for producing and using electricity help deliver a sustainable future?https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/abundant-clean-energy-for-all-the-technological-opportunityuuid:c3a09048-96e7-4512-b08f-299003b4d54bTue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTLord TurnerFor the past two centuries, growth in energy supply has been fundamental to human progress and economic development. But fossil fuel dependence is driving climate change at an unprecedented scale. Can emerging technologies for producing and using electricity help deliver a sustainable future?no01:23:57Ralph Miliband has written poignantly on the limits of parliamentary democracy. But are revolutions justified?https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/are-revolutions-justifieduuid:6116150d-243e-5dba-baf4-be19482935d8Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Lea Ypi, Professor Andrés VelascoRalph Miliband has written poignantly on the limits of parliamentary democracy. But are revolutions justified?no01:29:29What does the future of work really look like?https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/are-jobs-getting-better-copyuuid:82d8bc54-8bc8-448a-bdbf-94a5d7383692Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhat does the future of work really look like?no30:14Professor Coyle argues that the way we measure the economy—developed in the 1940s—no longer fits today’s realities. The outdated framework underpinning economic statistics distorts how policymakers understand and respond to the digital economy.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-measure-of-progress-counting-what-really-mattersuuid:cd860b92-1137-5ca7-95b8-e738fc37cdc2Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Diane CoyleProfessor Coyle argues that the way we measure the economy—developed in the 1940s—no longer fits today’s realities. The outdated framework underpinning economic statistics distorts how policymakers understand and respond to the digital economy.no01:08:03In his inaugural lecture (based on his research with Ferdinand Eibl) Steffen Hertog argues that populist leaders in all but the largest countries can afford radical policies only if they enjoy autonomy from international economic constraintshttps://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/how-oil-rents-fuel-populist-foreign-policyuuid:baec1802-93fc-5410-b659-d445c2b7e481Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Steffen HertogIn his inaugural lecture (based on his research with Ferdinand Eibl) Steffen Hertog argues that populist leaders in all but the largest countries can afford radical policies only if they enjoy autonomy from international economic constraintsno01:22:31Climate change is not gender-neutral — not in its impact on women and girls, nor in the solutions women are leading. This lecture will share new research revealing how women’s leadership is providing new pathways to address the climate crisis.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/women-nature-and-2030-a-transformational-global-climate-solutionuuid:3f8d6e44-d7f7-518f-9169-564a704b694fTue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTZainab SalbiClimate change is not gender-neutral — not in its impact on women and girls, nor in the solutions women are leading. This lecture will share new research revealing how women’s leadership is providing new pathways to address the climate crisis.no01:26:33Join us for this talk by Dani Rodrik where he will talk about his new book, Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World, in which he shows how the nations of the world can achieve all three objectives.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/shared-prosperity-in-a-fractured-worlduuid:c8b5240f-7c87-5777-bc69-278729a1d9b9Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Dani RodrikJoin us for this talk by Dani Rodrik where he will talk about his new book, Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World, in which he shows how the nations of the world can achieve all three objectives.no01:20:46Presenting insights from over a decade of research, Professor Macchiavello will examine how companies can organise supply chains that are sustainable and resilient, creating value for stakeholders beyond the organisation's boundaries. https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-ins-and-outs-of-sustainable-supply-chainsuuid:f6806c84-1390-5f2c-bfd0-6f194a6b6c89Thu, 11 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Rocco MacchiavelloPresenting insights from over a decade of research, Professor Macchiavello will examine how companies can organise supply chains that are sustainable and resilient, creating value for stakeholders beyond the organisation's boundaries. no01:17:21In conventional political philosophy, law is understood as consciously created rules that are a necessary mechanism for regulating the excesses of the free market. Although coercive in nature, law is seen as a necessary defence against anarchy. https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/common-law-a-better-foundation-for-liberalismuuid:bc88bb16-bb01-502f-bcd7-bb018ecc2645Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor John HasnasIn conventional political philosophy, law is understood as consciously created rules that are a necessary mechanism for regulating the excesses of the free market. Although coercive in nature, law is seen as a necessary defence against anarchy. no01:30:25Despite decades of progress, women remain underrepresented in the field of economics. This event explores the gender disparities in the discipline and what this means for economics and society.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/women-in-economics-progress-challenges-and-perspectivesuuid:686fff5e-4af0-5980-8df2-7945184f95d6Mon, 08 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTJanet Henry, Clare Lombardelli, Professor Almudena SevillaDespite decades of progress, women remain underrepresented in the field of economics. This event explores the gender disparities in the discipline and what this means for economics and society.no01:23:55In her latest book An Economic History of India: Growth, income and inequalities from the Mughals to the 21st century, Bishnupriya Gupta builds a new framework for understanding the economic impacts and legacies of British Rulehttps://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/economic-impacts-and-legacies-of-british-rule-in-indiauuid:b49d6062-916e-5198-80a6-c535d9ed18acThu, 04 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Bishnupriya GuptaIn her latest book An Economic History of India: Growth, income and inequalities from the Mughals to the 21st century, Bishnupriya Gupta builds a new framework for understanding the economic impacts and legacies of British Ruleno01:27:02The ongoing war in Sudan has produced the world’s largest humanitarian and hunger crisis—devastating a country that could easily feed itself and its neighbours.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-politics-of-hunger-in-sudanuuid:24193a43-287d-5305-9e83-b2c7ee30eabdWed, 03 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTDr Nisrin ElaminThe ongoing war in Sudan has produced the world’s largest humanitarian and hunger crisis—devastating a country that could easily feed itself and its neighbours.no01:24:36Anarchism has had a more powerful impact on political life than most people realise. What are the roots of this radical tradition? How has it had this impact? And what is the contemporary case for embracing it?https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/why-i-am-an-anarchist-insights-into-british-anarchist-thought-and-politicsuuid:d48a61c3-4016-5ed9-ad63-1e6d1b45e19dTue, 02 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTDr Sophie Scott-BrownAnarchism has had a more powerful impact on political life than most people realise. What are the roots of this radical tradition? How has it had this impact? And what is the contemporary case for embracing it?no01:24:57In 2020, the Wealth Tax Commission brought together world-leading academics, policymakers and tax practitioners to ‘think big’ about tax policy.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/should-the-uk-have-a-wealth-tax-the-wealth-tax-commission-five-years-onuuid:66f38eef-9303-50f0-9e13-d18fdf52859dMon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Arun Advani, Emma Chamberlain, Dr Andy SummersIn 2020, the Wealth Tax Commission brought together world-leading academics, policymakers and tax practitioners to ‘think big’ about tax policy.no01:28:26This lecture will discuss how policymakers should address these challenges by employing a carefully selected mix of tools that spans fiscal, monetary and prudential policy.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/fiscal-threats-in-a-changing-global-financial-systemuuid:b2aeedb0-df8e-5a4f-81e1-690ec4ce868bThu, 27 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTPablo Hernández de CosThis lecture will discuss how policymakers should address these challenges by employing a carefully selected mix of tools that spans fiscal, monetary and prudential policy.no01:03:13In this lecture, one of India’s leading strategic thinkers and commentators examines the roots of Donald Trump’s America First agenda and assesses its implications for the future of stability on the Eurasian landmass and its surrounding waters.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/america-first-and-the-future-of-eurasian-geopoliticsuuid:97edd7b5-4477-5c62-847a-23c843eabcdaWed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTDr C Raja MohanIn this lecture, one of India’s leading strategic thinkers and commentators examines the roots of Donald Trump’s America First agenda and assesses its implications for the future of stability on the Eurasian landmass and its surrounding waters.no01:25:04Curious about how free markets and social justice intersect? Join us for an engaging lecture by Christopher Freiman, author of the book Unequivocal Justice.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/john-rawls-and-unequivocal-justiceuuid:d625a32a-04fd-5506-8e9c-fbb0e0343b06Tue, 25 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Christopher FreimanCurious about how free markets and social justice intersect? Join us for an engaging lecture by Christopher Freiman, author of the book Unequivocal Justice.no01:29:09AI is about people – the most sophisticated AI models are trained on trillions of tokens that capture human communication, behaviours, and interactions.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/ai-technology-and-society-shaping-the-future-togetheruuid:765bbc0a-6681-4e1b-b791-b5cb7ca065d8Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Cosmina Dorobantu, Professor Helen Margetts OBE FBA, Marion DumasAI is about people – the most sophisticated AI models are trained on trillions of tokens that capture human communication, behaviours, and interactions.no01:33:03It seems every week we hear a new report of a cyber-attack. What if those attacks were on our critical infrastructure? Our national grid? Our water supply? Is the UK prepared? https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/will-the-next-world-war-be-a-cyberwaruuid:036be50d-47f3-51fd-8baf-31f764f73082Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTIt seems every week we hear a new report of a cyber-attack. What if those attacks were on our critical infrastructure? Our national grid? Our water supply? Is the UK prepared? no30:57In 2021, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child introduced General Comment No. 25 on children’s rights in the digital environment, marking a milestone in aligning child rights with the digital age. But what real impact has it had?https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/world-childrens-day-digital-futures-for-children-childrens-rights-under-pressure-in-the-digital-environmentuuid:95a09f31-3257-50e8-a56d-00bee3989281Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTGerison Lansdown, Dr Kim R Sylwander, Gastón WrightIn 2021, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child introduced General Comment No. 25 on children’s rights in the digital environment, marking a milestone in aligning child rights with the digital age. But what real impact has it had?no01:31:00In January 2025, Donald Trump returned to the White House. The ensuing months have been a dizzying blur for American foreign and security policy.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/is-there-a-trump-doctrine-making-sense-of-us-foreign-and-security-policy-since-trumps-return-to-the-white-houseuuid:72b22720-d6d8-50a2-a754-90bb200a212fWed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Ronald Krebs, Katharine M Millar, Dr Luca Tardelli, Dr Boram LeeIn January 2025, Donald Trump returned to the White House. The ensuing months have been a dizzying blur for American foreign and security policy.no01:30:08Discussing the topic, Britain in a changing world, former British Prime Minister and Leader of the Conservative Party, Sir John Major, delivers this year’s Maurice Fraser Annual Lecture.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/britain-in-a-changing-worlduuid:27909906-5a69-5eb6-baf8-b4b3f794240eTue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTSir John MajorDiscussing the topic, Britain in a changing world, former British Prime Minister and Leader of the Conservative Party, Sir John Major, delivers this year’s Maurice Fraser Annual Lecture.no48:51Join us for a discussion with Kyriakos Pierrakakis, Greece's Minister of the Economy and Finance, on the key challenges shaping the country’s future.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/greeces-economic-and-digital-transformation-in-conversation-with-kyriakos-pierrakakisuuid:a6f7ee78-8f84-5a0b-b0c9-6bfe36d6acc5Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTKyriakos PierrakakisJoin us for a discussion with Kyriakos Pierrakakis, Greece's Minister of the Economy and Finance, on the key challenges shaping the country’s future.no01:05:05In this panel discussion, anthropologists working on redistribution and tax will present the findings of—and interrogate each other on—two recent books.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/spreading-it-around-a-new-look-at-redistribution-and-taxuuid:514fd9a5-c610-501d-99c6-542982b99540Thu, 13 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Deborah James FBA, Dr Miranda Sheild Johansson, Dr Johanna Mugler, Dr Robin SmithIn this panel discussion, anthropologists working on redistribution and tax will present the findings of—and interrogate each other on—two recent books.no01:26:49America is undergoing rapid demographic change. By the mid-21st century, European Americans, long the country’s largest demographic group, will be roughly equal in numbers to Hispanic, African, and Asian Americans.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/america-adrift-the-end-of-the-east-coast-foreign-policy-eliteuuid:92cf8f3d-b763-5b6a-b391-aaf4c2685247Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Anne-Marie SlaughterAmerica is undergoing rapid demographic change. By the mid-21st century, European Americans, long the country’s largest demographic group, will be roughly equal in numbers to Hispanic, African, and Asian Americans.no01:29:29Britain's wildlife has been under pressure for centuries. Many of the large mammals that once inhabited these islands were driven to extinction long ago. In the twenty-first century, insect populations have collapsed by around three quarters.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/saving-britains-wildlifeuuid:83c590b5-d14a-53d0-be4a-e41acda90edaTue, 11 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTDr Iris Berger, Dr Luke Hecht, Dr Karen Kovaka, Matt PhelpsBritain's wildlife has been under pressure for centuries. Many of the large mammals that once inhabited these islands were driven to extinction long ago. In the twenty-first century, insect populations have collapsed by around three quarters.no01:26:57In this lecture, Helen Milner addresses why vulnerability, lived experience, and material self-interest will drive the next phase of climate politics, and what that means for diplomacy, democracy and development.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/fault-lines-the-new-political-economy-of-a-warming-worlduuid:4a191426-9047-5b06-82a0-198703f9b683Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Helen MilnerIn this lecture, Helen Milner addresses why vulnerability, lived experience, and material self-interest will drive the next phase of climate politics, and what that means for diplomacy, democracy and development.no01:28:51Join us for this talk by Branko Milanovic about his new book, The Great Global Transformation: National Market Liberalism in a Multipolar World.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/great-global-transformation-national-market-liberalism-in-a-multipolar-worlduuid:a334bd7d-d98c-51b3-9842-e6157e5731daThu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Branko MilanovicJoin us for this talk by Branko Milanovic about his new book, The Great Global Transformation: National Market Liberalism in a Multipolar World.no01:05:46The world stands at a crossroads. The next decade will determine whether we avoid climate, biodiversity, and economic catastrophe – or unlock a new era of sustainable, resilient, and inclusive growth.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-growth-story-of-the-21st-century-the-economics-and-opportunity-of-climate-actionuuid:6328431a-3ff9-56d9-8651-f814725968e9Wed, 05 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTLord Stern, Professor Nicola Ranger, Dimitri ZenghelisThe world stands at a crossroads. The next decade will determine whether we avoid climate, biodiversity, and economic catastrophe – or unlock a new era of sustainable, resilient, and inclusive growth.no01:26:46Tackling poverty and campaigning for social justice must be with, not just for, people in poverty. https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/joyful-revolution-poverty-social-justice-and-a-pioneer-of-participationuuid:554d333e-d304-5ba7-9567-304562c44c25Tue, 04 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTDr Eileen Alexander, Fran Bennett, Kate Evans, Diana SkeltonTackling poverty and campaigning for social justice must be with, not just for, people in poverty. no01:11:50This talk delivered by Raya Jalabi, Middle East correspondent for the Financial Times, as part of the annual Ian Black Memorial Lecture Series, will examine Syria’s fraught first year in the aftermath of Bashar al-Assad’s fall.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/syria-after-assad-a-reporters-view-on-a-nation-in-transitionuuid:df8485e1-f474-5df0-945d-72a6cc58cc4dMon, 03 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTRaya JalabiThis talk delivered by Raya Jalabi, Middle East correspondent for the Financial Times, as part of the annual Ian Black Memorial Lecture Series, will examine Syria’s fraught first year in the aftermath of Bashar al-Assad’s fall.no01:07:10Join Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and LSE alumnus Juan Manuel Santos and LSE academics Mary Kaldor and Nicholas Stern in a conversation to explore how we can build a sustainable, peaceful and stable world.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/sustainability-peace-and-development-in-conversation-with-juan-manuel-santosuuid:96fb05e4-f5be-5a0f-84ef-c39d82901620Thu, 30 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTJuan Manuel Santos, Professor Mary Kaldor, Lord SternJoin Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and LSE alumnus Juan Manuel Santos and LSE academics Mary Kaldor and Nicholas Stern in a conversation to explore how we can build a sustainable, peaceful and stable world.no01:24:01Join us as the University of Glasgow’s Claire Miller explores the statistical and data analytics approaches being developed to successfully bring different data sources together to improve environmental planning and management.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/seeing-the-unseen-combining-data-to-better-understand-our-environmentuuid:ba02ae4b-1767-5202-a40b-6eab4809c4d7Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Claire Miller, Dr Sefi RothJoin us as the University of Glasgow’s Claire Miller explores the statistical and data analytics approaches being developed to successfully bring different data sources together to improve environmental planning and management.no01:30:07The decline of manufacturing and the acceleration of technological disruption have concentrated joblessness in distressed regions and blocked many workers from access to good jobshttps://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/how-to-help-left-behind-regions-and-workersuuid:df09d4a8-8225-5528-a39e-b38106f5a3d5Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Gordon HansonThe decline of manufacturing and the acceleration of technological disruption have concentrated joblessness in distressed regions and blocked many workers from access to good jobsno01:23:50This event will serve as a timely preview of the upcoming UN Climate Conference (COP), offering insights into where meaningful progress can be made on international climate action.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/unlocking-climate-action-opportunities-progress-amid-geopolitical-turbulenceuuid:b66c8bbd-5b07-57dd-b222-5a8494bbcdf5Mon, 27 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTSwati Dhingra, Dr Matilde Mesnard, Dr Luiz Awazu Pereira da Silva, Chris Skidmore, Lord Stern, Sharon YangThis event will serve as a timely preview of the upcoming UN Climate Conference (COP), offering insights into where meaningful progress can be made on international climate action.no01:28:59Join us for the Department of Social Policy’s Annual Lecture at which Hilary Hoynes will explore the concept of viewing the social safety net as a long-term investment in children.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-social-safety-net-as-an-investment-in-childrenuuid:812ba47a-04c2-40ac-8d0b-40eaea0f8e12Thu, 23 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Hilary HoynesJoin us for the Department of Social Policy’s Annual Lecture at which Hilary Hoynes will explore the concept of viewing the social safety net as a long-term investment in children.no01:27:22Can global feminist solidarity and a feminist theory of social reproduction provide an emancipatory agenda that will foster the material conditions that make the reproduction of human and non-human life possible?https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/mutually-assured-survival-feminist-solidarities-amidst-planetary-threatsuuid:19dea46a-e4b1-525a-9c6e-5dad4870638bWed, 22 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTDr Lyn Ossome, Professor Shirin M Rai, Dr Gloria NovovićCan global feminist solidarity and a feminist theory of social reproduction provide an emancipatory agenda that will foster the material conditions that make the reproduction of human and non-human life possible?no01:21:53How will progress end? In this event, Carl Benedikt Frey – one of the leading scholars of technology and the economy – will discuss his new book, How Progress Ends.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/how-progress-ends-technology-innovation-and-the-fate-of-nationsuuid:5acd748f-9fb0-5598-85b4-660cafe4e14bTue, 21 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTDr Carl Benedikt Frey, Professor Jane Gingrich, Michael StorperHow will progress end? In this event, Carl Benedikt Frey – one of the leading scholars of technology and the economy – will discuss his new book, How Progress Ends.no01:24:53In this lecture, Padmashree Gehl Sampath compares the trajectories of two critical technology-driven sectors, pharmaceuticals and artificial intelligencehttps://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/technology-for-the-public-interest-preventing-capture-and-promoting-welfareuuid:7202cf30-dccf-50ef-a6f0-613f893279aeMon, 20 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Padmashree Gehl Sampath, Dr Laura MannIn this lecture, Padmashree Gehl Sampath compares the trajectories of two critical technology-driven sectors, pharmaceuticals and artificial intelligenceno01:27:16Join us for this lecture by New York Times bestselling author and Harvard academic Cass R Sunstein.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/on-liberalism-in-defence-of-freedomuuid:d6f33ea2-a918-5d4b-8910-d25e0c04b5ebFri, 17 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Cass R SunsteinJoin us for this lecture by New York Times bestselling author and Harvard academic Cass R Sunstein.no01:00:40The CEOs of Britain's largest companies wield immense power, but we know very little about them. How did they get to the top? Why do they have so much power? Are they really worth that exorbitant salary?https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-ceo-the-rise-and-fall-of-britains-captains-of-industryuuid:f889d2b4-b31d-5291-b657-eaa9a4058bc2Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTDr Michael Aldous, Professor John Turner, Dr Judy StephensonThe CEOs of Britain's largest companies wield immense power, but we know very little about them. How did they get to the top? Why do they have so much power? Are they really worth that exorbitant salary?no01:27:01This event will examine how a second Trump administration might reshape U.S.-Iran relations and regional security—whether through renewed maximum pressure, diplomatic engagement, or military action to contain Iran’s nuclear and military ambitions.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/us-iran-relations-under-trump-2.0-prospects-and-challengesuuid:64d097de-9e09-5fa4-883a-069f6f91b032Wed, 15 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTDr Dana H Allin, Dr Anahita Motazed Rad, Dr Sanam VakilThis event will examine how a second Trump administration might reshape U.S.-Iran relations and regional security—whether through renewed maximum pressure, diplomatic engagement, or military action to contain Iran’s nuclear and military ambitions.no01:25:33Join us in welcoming back to LSE, economist Deirdre Nansen McCloskey who will deliver this special lecture.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/permission-to-be-queer-the-case-for-libertyuuid:1f06b5b8-193e-5745-aa0f-3ad7bc4e178aTue, 14 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Deirdre Nansen McCloskeyJoin us in welcoming back to LSE, economist Deirdre Nansen McCloskey who will deliver this special lecture.no01:23:25As the UK economy struggles along while the US seems destined for chaos, evaluating why we’re getting poorer has never seemed more relevant.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/why-were-getting-pooreruuid:ec656516-a1a5-56e4-858a-f3147dce1927Mon, 13 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTDr Cahal MoranAs the UK economy struggles along while the US seems destined for chaos, evaluating why we’re getting poorer has never seemed more relevant.no01:26:08We are joined by Maya Goodfellow, Tarsis Brito and Luke de Noronha who will each draw on their areas of expertise to discuss the implications of borders in a changing world.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/not-just-lines-on-a-map-borders-in-a-changing-worlduuid:4c9631a3-2d45-5564-b0f5-ea6c4dbf3363Thu, 09 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTDr Tarsis Brito, Dr Maya Goodfellow, Dr Luke de NoronhaWe are joined by Maya Goodfellow, Tarsis Brito and Luke de Noronha who will each draw on their areas of expertise to discuss the implications of borders in a changing world.no01:30:16Join us for this special event where former British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will talk about his new book, How to Save the Internet.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/how-to-save-the-internetuuid:aa9e285b-1211-5d15-aff8-f8956f699aa1Wed, 08 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTNick Clegg MPJoin us for this special event where former British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will talk about his new book, How to Save the Internet.no01:16:11Donald Trump’s America First is a response to too much globalisation, too much immigration, and too many wars. But has Trump overcorrected?https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-promise-and-peril-of-trumps-america-firstuuid:aab0cf51-b2f6-5843-a42b-6e8e4229f3a7Wed, 08 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Charles KupchanDonald Trump’s America First is a response to too much globalisation, too much immigration, and too many wars. But has Trump overcorrected?no01:26:33Eighty years on from the start of the Nuremberg War Crime Trial in November 1945 we ask what is the future of the crime of aggression after the creation of the ICC in 1998 and the Ukraine war?https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-crime-of-war-from-the-nuremberg-trial-to-ukraineuuid:4e0582df-5650-5204-b285-42b4c8a631d4Tue, 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Claus KressEighty years on from the start of the Nuremberg War Crime Trial in November 1945 we ask what is the future of the crime of aggression after the creation of the ICC in 1998 and the Ukraine war?no01:31:57Join us for the annual Auguste Comte lecture delivered by Luara Ferracioli, a leading thinker on the philosophy of immigration and the philosophy of the family.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/depopulation-an-ethical-perspectiveuuid:f0bbe970-75e6-5da3-90af-3349335a5675Mon, 06 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTDr Luara FerracioliJoin us for the annual Auguste Comte lecture delivered by Luara Ferracioli, a leading thinker on the philosophy of immigration and the philosophy of the family.no01:23:40Drawing on his recent book, The Space of the World, Nick Couldry will reflect on the global space of social communications and interaction that has been constructed over the past three decades through a commercialized internet and digital platforms.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/can-human-solidarity-survive-social-media-and-what-if-it-cantuuid:3f4c444f-edfb-5183-9495-8ab16b169629Thu, 02 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Nick Couldry, Baroness Beeban KidronDrawing on his recent book, The Space of the World, Nick Couldry will reflect on the global space of social communications and interaction that has been constructed over the past three decades through a commercialized internet and digital platforms.no01:27:49We explore the legal, political and community-based racial justice work that emerged 40 years ago from the Broadwater Farm riots, examining methods of resistance that continue to address present-day questions of race, racism and social inequality.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/racism-and-racial-justice-40-years-on-from-the-broadwater-farm-riotsuuid:03c37db7-19e1-5084-8531-a0f3049d6f33Wed, 01 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTSharon Grant, Dr Clive Chijioke Nwonka, Dr Roxana WillisWe explore the legal, political and community-based racial justice work that emerged 40 years ago from the Broadwater Farm riots, examining methods of resistance that continue to address present-day questions of race, racism and social inequality.no01:35:36Learn more about the Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience, a new LSE initiative committed to making sure technological change works for - rather than against - the interests of other species.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/how-ai-is-helping-and-harming-animalsuuid:237cab5f-5254-5015-b48c-c4e019b565a0Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Kristin Andrews, Dr Leonie Bossert, Jane Lawton, Dr Jeff SeboLearn more about the Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience, a new LSE initiative committed to making sure technological change works for - rather than against - the interests of other species.no01:23:43Join us for a conversation with Partha Dasgupta, Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge, as he discusses his latest book On Natural Capital where he lays out a seminal and groundbreaking new approach to economics. https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/on-natural-capital-the-value-of-the-world-around-usuuid:0e4d035d-2ca3-5bc8-ba5f-bfdd2979c46fMon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Sir Partha DasguptaJoin us for a conversation with Partha Dasgupta, Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge, as he discusses his latest book On Natural Capital where he lays out a seminal and groundbreaking new approach to economics. no01:28:49Climate finance is a critical tool in supporting low-income countries as they face the growing impacts of climate change.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/climate-finance-and-investment-in-low-income-countriesuuid:4b5f09fb-636d-579d-b279-4536233df31fWed, 24 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTMelinda Bohannon, Dr Vera Songwe, Dr Sudarno Sumarto, Professor Chris WoodruffClimate finance is a critical tool in supporting low-income countries as they face the growing impacts of climate change.no01:29:23As climate change accelerates, the economic case for protecting and investing in natural capital has never been clearer.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/valuing-nature-in-a-changing-climate-rethinking-natural-capitaluuid:957c8ff6-d390-5866-8b3e-1b2776f40b6cTue, 23 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Juliano Assunção, Jim Leape, Professor Rohini PandeAs climate change accelerates, the economic case for protecting and investing in natural capital has never been clearer.no01:29:30As the world prepares for COP30 in Brazil, this event provides a forward-looking platform to explore priorities, challenges, and opportunities for accelerating and aligning climate ambition with sustainable economic growth.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/investing-in-our-future-cop30-and-the-sustainable-growth-agendauuid:477ecf42-5bd9-5f83-8024-e17014ed79ccMon, 22 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Patrick Bolton, Professor Michael Greenstone, Sherry Rehman, Professor José ScheinkmanAs the world prepares for COP30 in Brazil, this event provides a forward-looking platform to explore priorities, challenges, and opportunities for accelerating and aligning climate ambition with sustainable economic growth.no01:32:24Presenting new research produced by the World Inequality Lab, Thomas Piketty discusses recent trends in global inequality, analysing the historical movement toward equality and future prospects for more redistribution.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/global-inequality-in-historical-and-comparative-perspectiveuuid:2c76fdad-19a1-5e56-90e9-8c8fef2da356Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Thomas PikettyPresenting new research produced by the World Inequality Lab, Thomas Piketty discusses recent trends in global inequality, analysing the historical movement toward equality and future prospects for more redistribution.no55:35Join us for this talk by Jeremy Hunt in which he will talk about his new book, Can We Be Great Again?: Why a Dangerous World Needs Britain.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/can-we-be-great-again-why-a-dangerous-world-needs-britainuuid:5d16f782-4c8e-5c2b-8932-4f2ba5161864Mon, 21 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTSir Jeremy HuntJoin us for this talk by Jeremy Hunt in which he will talk about his new book, Can We Be Great Again?: Why a Dangerous World Needs Britain.no01:27:02In this event, former Economist and Financial Times journalist Philip Coggan will talk about his new book, The Economic Consequences of Mr Trump: What the Trade War Means for the World.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-economic-consequences-of-mr-trump-what-the-trade-war-means-for-the-worlduuid:19fb77c2-efba-5b84-bf76-b493343a864fTue, 15 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTPhilip CogganIn this event, former Economist and Financial Times journalist Philip Coggan will talk about his new book, The Economic Consequences of Mr Trump: What the Trade War Means for the World.no01:02:41Join us for this conversation between journalist and author Ben Chu and LSE's Richard Davies about Ben's new book Exile Economics: What Happens if Globalisation Fails. https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/exile-economics-what-happens-when-globalisation-failsuuid:29d8484e-3fc3-5c96-8bf2-9f6e70a2fa68Wed, 09 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTBen ChuJoin us for this conversation between journalist and author Ben Chu and LSE's Richard Davies about Ben's new book Exile Economics: What Happens if Globalisation Fails. no01:02:54Join us for a special lecture by Alan Taylor, the newest member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, on monetary policy.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-end-of-the-roaduuid:d9ab5b71-8716-5f5d-95be-504225bbe3eaFri, 04 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Alan TaylorJoin us for a special lecture by Alan Taylor, the newest member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, on monetary policy.no01:08:13This influential report provides an annual overview of key developments in climate litigation worldwide and identifies emerging trends shaping the future of climate law and governance.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/global-trends-in-climate-litigation-2025-report-launchuuid:4aa01bb7-97be-58a0-9bfa-8224f4e53efaThu, 26 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTDr Danielle de Andrade Moreira, Kate Cook, Professor Michael Gerrard, Professor Jacqueline Peel, Dr Joana SetzerThis influential report provides an annual overview of key developments in climate litigation worldwide and identifies emerging trends shaping the future of climate law and governance.no01:22:15How can we shape engaging work environments that foster productivity and enable workers to flourish?https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/skills-in-the-age-of-aiuuid:2e339b20-ddaf-53a0-aab3-0e8a15cbe75eWed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Mary O’Mahony, Sir Christopher PissaridesHow can we shape engaging work environments that foster productivity and enable workers to flourish?no01:30:41Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are versatile technologies that have drastically lowered the cost of data production and analysis, potentially accelerating global decarbonisation and addressing socioeconomic issues.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/harnessing-ai-safeguarding-high-integrity-data-for-climate-actionuuid:563bda25-f5ad-5b1c-bdaa-ad569ccbb653Tue, 24 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTDr Melissa Chapman, Amy Fisher, Sylvan Lutz, David McNeil, Professor Carmen NuzzoArtificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are versatile technologies that have drastically lowered the cost of data production and analysis, potentially accelerating global decarbonisation and addressing socioeconomic issues.no01:31:14Routinely collected UK government data sets contain staggering amounts of information. The potential for the use of these data to understand how government policies are changing people’s lives.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/big-data-for-public-gooduuid:d403849d-26d0-51df-bfdb-45817f4baaa2Sat, 21 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTDr Sara Geneletti, Dr Laura Gilbert, Professor Helen Margetts OBE FBARoutinely collected UK government data sets contain staggering amounts of information. The potential for the use of these data to understand how government policies are changing people’s lives.no58:38What can we learn from engaging children from around the world in imagining what children’s digital lives might look like in the future and what changes are needed to ensure child rights respecting digital environments and tech regulation?https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/empowerment-safety-and-equity-childrens-visions-of-rights-respecting-digital-futuresuuid:c71d8df3-fe5e-5c3e-9ab0-7c368c692b28Sat, 21 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTDr Sakshi Ghai, Adam Ingle, Michael Murray, Professor Dylan Yamada-RiceWhat can we learn from engaging children from around the world in imagining what children’s digital lives might look like in the future and what changes are needed to ensure child rights respecting digital environments and tech regulation?no58:34Where should we look for optimism about the future? Our final panel come together to share some of the ideas, innovations and discoveries that could shape the world to come for the better.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/positive-futuresuuid:bb2b7081-8fd6-55a4-a5c4-5f2da9418ac7Sat, 21 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTRoger Highfield, Suhair Khan, Isabel Losada, Professor Michael MuthukrishnaWhere should we look for optimism about the future? Our final panel come together to share some of the ideas, innovations and discoveries that could shape the world to come for the better.no01:00:12This event explores the vision for a Peoples' International Truth-Telling Commission on the British Empire - a platform to uncover historical injustices, amplify voices silenced by colonial histories, and challenge enduring inequalities.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/reckoning-with-the-past-truth-telling-and-the-british-empireuuid:77995594-e15b-5727-b1bb-83759a9a0b44Sat, 21 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTKofi Mawuli Klu, Lidia Thorpe, Dr Imaobong UmorenThis event explores the vision for a Peoples' International Truth-Telling Commission on the British Empire - a platform to uncover historical injustices, amplify voices silenced by colonial histories, and challenge enduring inequalities.no01:01:12In a world of mass information, and misinformation, truth seems both easier and harder to find than ever before.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-future-of-truthuuid:7d0e7341-7f8b-5528-b467-b4f4bdd20677Sat, 21 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTJason Mckenzie Alexander, Professor Charlie Beckett, Hardeep MatharuIn a world of mass information, and misinformation, truth seems both easier and harder to find than ever before.no01:00:21How did ancient India transform the world and what lessons can we learn for the future? Historian and best-selling author William Dalrymple will be in conversation with Professor in Social Anthropology at LSE, Mukulika Banerjee. https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-golden-roaduuid:e5492867-ff6e-5a3b-aadc-bd2b304b079cSat, 21 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTWilliam DalrympleHow did ancient India transform the world and what lessons can we learn for the future? Historian and best-selling author William Dalrymple will be in conversation with Professor in Social Anthropology at LSE, Mukulika Banerjee. no52:45How did ancient India transform the world and what lessons can we learn for the future? Historian and best-selling author William Dalrymple will be in conversation with Professor in Social Anthropology at LSE, Mukulika Banerjee. https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-golden-road-1uuid:0b642f8d-9c51-5652-9bea-afc0664ec132Sat, 21 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTWilliam DalrympleHow did ancient India transform the world and what lessons can we learn for the future? Historian and best-selling author William Dalrymple will be in conversation with Professor in Social Anthropology at LSE, Mukulika Banerjee. no52:45Food is family, food is fuel, nourishment, cultural and fundamental. Connections made through food are an effective way to change minds, shift narratives, and amend policies to guard against food deprivation seen in many parts of Africa today.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/whats-cooking-the-future-of-food-on-the-african-continentuuid:0ab92242-e1d9-5a46-bafe-80816df89754Sat, 21 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTAdejoké Bakare, Dipo Faloyin, Dr Edwini Kwame Kessie, Professor David LukeFood is family, food is fuel, nourishment, cultural and fundamental. Connections made through food are an effective way to change minds, shift narratives, and amend policies to guard against food deprivation seen in many parts of Africa today.no56:07The panel explore how we can identify cost-effective policies to improve societal wellbeing — and why it will be key to shaping the future of the UK and beyond.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/putting-wellbeing-and-mental-health-at-the-heart-of-progressuuid:8e036fec-d04c-518e-8807-5cc3cdf3c936Fri, 20 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Martin Knapp, CBE, Professor Lord Layard, Dr Laura TaylorThe panel explore how we can identify cost-effective policies to improve societal wellbeing — and why it will be key to shaping the future of the UK and beyond.no59:48Navigating the US-China relationship will be one of the great challenges of our time. It will impact everything from geopolitics to global growth to technological innovation.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-future-of-us-china-relationsuuid:8132255d-3054-50fb-8ef7-35f7f8e78f08Fri, 20 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor G. John Ikenberry, Professor Rana Mitter, Dr Nathalie TocciNavigating the US-China relationship will be one of the great challenges of our time. It will impact everything from geopolitics to global growth to technological innovation.no01:01:18Lila Ibrahim, Chief Operating Officer of Google DeepMind, is shaping the company's strategic operations and partnerships to drive innovation and impact.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/visions-for-the-future-with-lila-ibrahim-1uuid:ed06e461-a85c-5d95-998b-75e87f365219Fri, 20 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTLila IbrahimLila Ibrahim, Chief Operating Officer of Google DeepMind, is shaping the company's strategic operations and partnerships to drive innovation and impact.no54:50Lila Ibrahim, Chief Operating Officer of Google DeepMind, is shaping the company's strategic operations and partnerships to drive innovation and impact.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/visions-for-the-future-with-lila-ibrahimuuid:cdacf9cd-b984-5986-9e2c-cde51b775055Fri, 20 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTLila IbrahimLila Ibrahim, Chief Operating Officer of Google DeepMind, is shaping the company's strategic operations and partnerships to drive innovation and impact.no54:50Is a university education still worth the investment of rising tuition fees and time spent studying towards a degree rather than gaining valuable work experience?https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/are-universities-still-relevantuuid:a1a0d768-c21b-5899-a499-9bc8b455161bThu, 19 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTDr Zhamilya Mukasheva, Professor Aaron Reeves, Dr Boris Walbaum, Lord WillettsIs a university education still worth the investment of rising tuition fees and time spent studying towards a degree rather than gaining valuable work experience?no55:35As the world of work evolves, so do our expectations, values, and definitions of success. How can we adapt to new ways of working while staying connected to purpose and meaning?https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/reimagining-the-way-we-workuuid:f7a8b7ec-8de0-53d4-8cf9-ad50f7a1e72cThu, 19 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTNava Ashraf, Nick Dalton, Daniel SusskindAs the world of work evolves, so do our expectations, values, and definitions of success. How can we adapt to new ways of working while staying connected to purpose and meaning?no54:12Anthony Scaramucci, LSE alumnus and American financier and broadcaster, who briefly served as the White House Director of Communications, joins LSE's President Larry Kramer for a conversation about his visions for the future.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/visions-for-the-future-with-anthony-scaramucciuuid:a0a9f38c-03db-510d-9ecf-b15ae359756aThu, 19 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTAnthony ScaramucciAnthony Scaramucci, LSE alumnus and American financier and broadcaster, who briefly served as the White House Director of Communications, joins LSE's President Larry Kramer for a conversation about his visions for the future.no01:03:48New technology and AI are transforming the labour market at an unprecedented pace, often reinforcing existing inequalities and concentrating wealth in the hands of a few.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/breaking-the-jeff-bezos-model-of-new-technologyuuid:3cc31cf2-9786-559f-9d3c-937eae3d45b9Wed, 18 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTDr Hilary Cottam, Dr Faiza Shaheen, Professor Jack StilgoeNew technology and AI are transforming the labour market at an unprecedented pace, often reinforcing existing inequalities and concentrating wealth in the hands of a few.no59:07At a time of eco-anxiety, climate scepticism, and widespread disillusionment with formal political institutions, how do diverse young Londoners connect with climate politics at a local level? https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/green-just-and-healthy-what-do-young-londoners-want-for-the-future-of-their-neighbourhoodsuuid:123ea8e9-8cf9-5837-b7b0-0aee502e8eaaWed, 18 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTMete Coban, Rowena Champion, Maanya JonesAt a time of eco-anxiety, climate scepticism, and widespread disillusionment with formal political institutions, how do diverse young Londoners connect with climate politics at a local level? no57:43Daron 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 Kramerhttps://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/visions-for-the-future-with-daron-acemogluuuid:d13415fe-8c4e-5d60-a7c1-af82818d4d46Wed, 18 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Daron AcemogluDaron 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 Kramerno01:02:55Data plays a crucial role in designing effective development policies, yet its availability and use in low- and middle-income countries remain inconsistent.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/data-for-developmentuuid:35557b62-90aa-5245-b180-387fba801bb9Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTNatalia Domagala, Mulele Maketo Mulele, Claire MelamedData plays a crucial role in designing effective development policies, yet its availability and use in low- and middle-income countries remain inconsistent.no01:00:36Driven in large part by the rapid growth of the tech sector, the US economy has diverged from other advanced economies.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/tech-and-the-future-of-the-world-economyuuid:c8e3dc01-c6a6-5e66-b17c-a9496e6976e0Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTStan Boland, Dr Robyn Klingler-Vidra, Kanishka NarayanDriven in large part by the rapid growth of the tech sector, the US economy has diverged from other advanced economies.no01:02:06The event challenges the old adage, 'The poor will always be with us', by envisaging a future free from poverty.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/a-society-free-from-poverty-how-do-we-get-there-and-what-would-it-look-likeuuid:9f5b5a73-4a20-5819-a984-6a2ed07d7fe9Mon, 16 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTAbby Jitendra, Dr Abigail McKnight, Thomas StephensThe event challenges the old adage, 'The poor will always be with us', by envisaging a future free from poverty.no59:56There are frequent discussions on how our current economic system should be reformed and improved to address global challengeshttps://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/alternatives-to-capitalismuuid:5c4d5cd5-b20b-5c18-91a6-1624d746d0f4Mon, 16 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTGrace Blakeley, Dr Abby Innes, Ryan ShorthouseThere are frequent discussions on how our current economic system should be reformed and improved to address global challengesno01:04:24A generation ago, the so-called Washington Consensus laid out a series of do’s and don’ts for policymakers around the world.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-london-consensus-economic-principles-for-the-21st-centuryuuid:ae51b72f-0bbf-5f16-a610-b3b02db38133Mon, 16 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTOriana Bandiera, Professor Margaret Levi, Professor Dani RodrikA generation ago, the so-called Washington Consensus laid out a series of do’s and don’ts for policymakers around the world.no01:00:12Join us for this talk by LSE's Paul Dolan in which he will talk about his new book, Beliefism.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/beliefism-how-to-stop-hating-the-people-we-disagree-withuuid:17f34564-2f75-5add-b7a6-f2b7373c5a28Wed, 11 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Paul DolanJoin us for this talk by LSE's Paul Dolan in which he will talk about his new book, Beliefism.no01:10:48Join us for this special event celebrating LSE's new Global School of Sustainability at which our speakers will discuss fostering sustainability amidst global uncertaintyhttps://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/amartya-sen-and-ngozi-okonjo-iweala-in-conversation-with-nick-stern-building-sustainability-in-a-turbulent-worlduuid:a125fd55-57a9-5e35-bfea-5b9995b54d95Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTDr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Professor Amartya Sen, Professor Lord SternJoin us for this special event celebrating LSE's new Global School of Sustainability at which our speakers will discuss fostering sustainability amidst global uncertaintyno01:28:02Join us for this year's Martin Wight Memorial Lecture which will be delivered by Robert Falkner who will explore the rise of economic nationalism amidst growing geopolitical rivalry.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/economic-nationalism-and-global-dis-orderuuid:238a2a77-0c4b-53fe-8475-d82a89356f55Mon, 09 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Robert FalknerJoin us for this year's Martin Wight Memorial Lecture which will be delivered by Robert Falkner who will explore the rise of economic nationalism amidst growing geopolitical rivalry.no01:24:11In this event Sarah Banet-Weiser will theorize “mirror worlds” as an apt metaphor for the contemporary political and cultural feminist landscape.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/feminism-anti-feminism-and-affective-economies-of-rageuuid:f4ff45d1-2062-5666-8028-73370c1a65a6Thu, 05 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Sarah Banet-WeiserIn this event Sarah Banet-Weiser will theorize “mirror worlds” as an apt metaphor for the contemporary political and cultural feminist landscape.no49:28The social sciences rely heavily on legacy data systems conceived to meet challenges of the 20th century (and earlier!). Is this the moment to build a new data system that meets new challenges and exploits new types of technology and data?https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/a-new-data-infrastructure-for-the-social-sciencesuuid:16f0b609-3b63-5157-b377-045eb7362bf5Wed, 04 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor David B GruskyThe social sciences rely heavily on legacy data systems conceived to meet challenges of the 20th century (and earlier!). Is this the moment to build a new data system that meets new challenges and exploits new types of technology and data?no01:26:30The recent prominence of AI has exposed major deficiencies in education. Not only how much improvement can be made in the pedagogical process with modern technology, but also how the subject-matter has diverged from what's needed in the real world.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/fixing-education-for-the-ai-ageuuid:be2f3379-cfa6-59e6-93cd-3ab7b6af4489Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTConrad WolframThe recent prominence of AI has exposed major deficiencies in education. Not only how much improvement can be made in the pedagogical process with modern technology, but also how the subject-matter has diverged from what's needed in the real world.no01:27:00Join us for the Sir Karl Popper Memorial Lecture which will be delivered by Peter Godfrey-Smith who will speak about tolerance and the freedom of expression.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/tolerance-and-freedom-of-expressionuuid:b0e3eab8-d03e-54b6-8ea8-9399b7d4e521Mon, 02 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Peter Godfrey-SmithJoin us for the Sir Karl Popper Memorial Lecture which will be delivered by Peter Godfrey-Smith who will speak about tolerance and the freedom of expression.no01:28:59Why has democracy struggled to thrive in the Global South? In this British Academy-funded research project, Mohamed Saleh develops a new economic history of the Middle East that explains the economic roots of authoritarianism in the region.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/elite-conflict-colonialism-and-democracy-in-the-middle-eastuuid:1c19d30e-05bc-5288-954b-5a81d32d6f7dThu, 29 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Mohamed SalehWhy has democracy struggled to thrive in the Global South? In this British Academy-funded research project, Mohamed Saleh develops a new economic history of the Middle East that explains the economic roots of authoritarianism in the region.no01:28:23In this lecture John Cassidy will speak about his new book, Capitalism and Its Critics: A Battle of Ideas in the Modern World.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/capitalism-and-its-criticsuuid:7d79fafb-8fea-5804-9b7a-611867d982e9Wed, 28 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTJohn CassidyIn this lecture John Cassidy will speak about his new book, Capitalism and Its Critics: A Battle of Ideas in the Modern World.no01:23:34This lecture, held in honour of the renowned scholar Fred Halliday, will explore the relationship between revolutions and world order in contemporary geopolitics.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/revolutions-and-world-order-still-the-sixth-great-poweruuid:4d5d1201-b99c-598e-9606-d7b453dc8c4dTue, 27 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTDr George Lawson, Dr Jasmine K GaniThis lecture, held in honour of the renowned scholar Fred Halliday, will explore the relationship between revolutions and world order in contemporary geopolitics.no01:30:59This event aims at addressing the often overlooked yet profound economic and financial consequences of deforestation.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/forests-finance-and-the-future-economic-risks-of-nature-lossuuid:6c4e185b-edcd-5cd2-ac3f-d7b146e05d70Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTElias Albagli, Elena Almeida, Jessica Dempsey, Pablo Pacheco, Dr Luiz Awazu Pereira da SilvaThis event aims at addressing the often overlooked yet profound economic and financial consequences of deforestation.no01:37:09This event will bring together sociologists from a range of traditions to discuss whether critique can be equated with the critique of power in the analysis of the social world.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/critique-is-the-critique-of-poweruuid:177a6b3e-6836-5080-9827-f28de6905d05Wed, 21 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Nick Couldry, Professor Claire Laurier Decoteau, Professor Monika Krause, Professor Thomas SchefferThis event will bring together sociologists from a range of traditions to discuss whether critique can be equated with the critique of power in the analysis of the social world.no01:32:47With the ubiquity of technological devices, young people are more visible and accessible than ever before, and they are encountering, using and producing an unprecedented amount of sexualised imagery.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/teens-sexting-and-image-based-sexual-abuse-a-child-rights-approachuuid:44542c4b-55e3-5f84-b8a5-d969a00dac79Tue, 20 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Lelia Green, Professor Jessica Ringrose, Dr Kim R Sylwander, Giselle WoodleyWith the ubiquity of technological devices, young people are more visible and accessible than ever before, and they are encountering, using and producing an unprecedented amount of sexualised imagery.no01:29:07In today’s world, where corporations wield immense power and influence, how can business leaders balance the pursuit of profits with ethical responsibility?https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/conscience-incorporated-pursuing-profits-while-protecting-human-rightsuuid:f818452e-e05d-52f3-bd2a-8bd69cda517eMon, 19 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Michael PosnerIn today’s world, where corporations wield immense power and influence, how can business leaders balance the pursuit of profits with ethical responsibility?no01:02:32In his latest book, The Market for Skill: apprenticeship and economic growth in early-modern England, which forms the basis of this event, Patrick Wallis shows how apprenticeship helped reshape the English economy between 1500-1800.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/apprenticeship-and-economic-growth-in-early-modern-englanduuid:fc523f43-9354-5f10-89c1-c0b034d6c0f2Wed, 14 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Patrick WallisIn his latest book, The Market for Skill: apprenticeship and economic growth in early-modern England, which forms the basis of this event, Patrick Wallis shows how apprenticeship helped reshape the English economy between 1500-1800.no01:29:46This event will explore the relationship between Rawlsian liberal egalitarianism and neoliberalism, based on Nick Cowen's book Neoliberal Social Justice.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/neoliberalism-and-social-justice-reconciling-adam-smith-and-john-rawlsuuid:9ab87ec8-a90e-52e7-8d9c-d38185a85a1fTue, 13 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTDr Nick Cowen, Dr Paola RomeroThis event will explore the relationship between Rawlsian liberal egalitarianism and neoliberalism, based on Nick Cowen's book Neoliberal Social Justice.no01:31:43Join us as John Kay, one of Britain’s leading economists, discusses his new book The Corporation in the 21st Century: Why (almost) everything we are told about business is wrong.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-corporation-in-the-21st-centuryuuid:1648ea68-835e-5829-98bc-bfeedd4353dbMon, 12 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor John KayJoin us as John Kay, one of Britain’s leading economists, discusses his new book The Corporation in the 21st Century: Why (almost) everything we are told about business is wrong.no01:08:05This event will discuss important questions around the role of data science in understanding and shaping the public interest, from access to information to civic participation and business development to democratic processes.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-power-of-data-ethics-politics-and-public-interestuuid:585c39fd-9498-59b9-a04a-c4356f825420Thu, 08 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTDr Alison Powell, Dr Chris Wiggins, Dr Erin YoungThis event will discuss important questions around the role of data science in understanding and shaping the public interest, from access to information to civic participation and business development to democratic processes.no01:25:00Since the 1990s, progressive parties have tended to combine globalist neoliberal policies with avant-garde social views.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-death-and-life-of-the-center-leftuuid:a5a6d0b0-997c-51d7-91f8-775a080729c3Wed, 07 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTWill Hutton, Professor Robert Kuttner, Professor Stephanie RickardSince the 1990s, progressive parties have tended to combine globalist neoliberal policies with avant-garde social views.no01:33:50President Trump’s determination to increase American influence and presence in Greenland has generated great interest in the future of the world’s largest island and its surrounding regions in the Arctic and the North Atlantic.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/greenland-iceland-and-the-meltdown-of-the-old-order-in-the-north-atlanticuuid:e66e66af-f44c-5831-a23c-739644e0c701Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Gudni Jóhannesson, Professor Kristina SpohrPresident Trump’s determination to increase American influence and presence in Greenland has generated great interest in the future of the world’s largest island and its surrounding regions in the Arctic and the North Atlantic.no01:22:09This episode explores the AI sustainability paradox: can AI be both a climate solution and a climate problem? https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/is-ai-destroying-the-planet-1uuid:2d97be71-c761-50ef-83e7-cd7133014dc1Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Nick Couldry, Eugenie Dugoua, Ceara CarneyThis episode explores the AI sustainability paradox: can AI be both a climate solution and a climate problem? no31:17What type of person falls for an online scam? Who are the fraudsters and how does colonialism motivate them? And what’s the connection between criminality and pop music? https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/how-do-we-avoid-falling-for-online-scams-1uuid:315f712e-d3b5-53c1-a3f1-453c5019d373Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTDr Suleman Lazarus, Professor Andrew Murray, Lisa Mills, Nikki MacLeodWhat type of person falls for an online scam? Who are the fraudsters and how does colonialism motivate them? And what’s the connection between criminality and pop music? no32:36Join us for the 2025 Economica-Phillips Lecture which will be delivered by Valerie Ramey.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/rethinking-keynesian-fiscal-stimulusuuid:e3343b69-7c4d-5885-b156-4f35022c84e2Wed, 02 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Valerie RameyJoin us for the 2025 Economica-Phillips Lecture which will be delivered by Valerie Ramey.no01:21:59Join us for this lecture in which Michèle Lamont will discuss her book Seeing Others: How Recognition Works and How it Can Heal a Divided World.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/global-dignity-and-seeing-others-political-and-environmental-recognition-compareduuid:594c0f66-83d1-50bf-aca2-f751db3cffb0Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Michèle LamontJoin us for this lecture in which Michèle Lamont will discuss her book Seeing Others: How Recognition Works and How it Can Heal a Divided World.no57:43Join us for the Sylvia Chant Lecture which this year will be delivered by Jo Sharp, Geographer Royal for Scotland.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/agents-of-change-the-challenges-of-understanding-empowerment-through-international-developmentuuid:3e435675-3f74-5695-9b40-39a3ac9b5b4cMon, 31 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Jo SharpJoin us for the Sylvia Chant Lecture which this year will be delivered by Jo Sharp, Geographer Royal for Scotland.no01:27:03Join us for this special event with LSE alumnus and President of Finland Alexander Stubb.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/in-conversation-with-alexander-stubbuuid:23a06d44-a3e6-5ee5-83a7-c34a23c33a0aMon, 31 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTDr Alexander StubbJoin us for this special event with LSE alumnus and President of Finland Alexander Stubb.no51:22This inaugural lecture will look at key issues in the study of women’s health through the lens of reproductive histories, looking at both contingent and cumulated events to include physical and mental shocks.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/from-menarche-to-menopause-how-reproductive-histories-shape-women-s-healthuuid:2125c3d5-3367-500e-aa52-6d3796c4f293Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Tiziana LeoneThis inaugural lecture will look at key issues in the study of women’s health through the lens of reproductive histories, looking at both contingent and cumulated events to include physical and mental shocks.no01:26:51Is Generative AI morally and technically inadequate? Can we separate the hype around AI from its real potential?https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-future-of-aiuuid:840ecff7-c605-5f2b-a2af-7aa972802da4Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTDr Gary MarcusIs Generative AI morally and technically inadequate? Can we separate the hype around AI from its real potential?no01:28:49In her inaugural lecture, Denisa Kostovicova discusses how former opponents engage with the legacy of mass atrocity.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/war-crimes-talk-does-it-help-or-hinder-peaceuuid:0e5196a9-345c-56ba-b0dc-4d0c90238e6fWed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Denisa KostovicovaIn her inaugural lecture, Denisa Kostovicova discusses how former opponents engage with the legacy of mass atrocity.no01:27:51Join us for this special lecture by LSE alumnus and co-recipient of the 2024 Nobel Prize in economics James A Robinson.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/wealth-in-peopleuuid:88ec87bd-bb83-5060-ae87-568dff706611Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor James A RobinsonJoin us for this special lecture by LSE alumnus and co-recipient of the 2024 Nobel Prize in economics James A Robinson.no01:24:35British business productivity growth has been lagging for the past couple of decades, and key to the Labour government’s goal of improving economic growth is raising productivity.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-diffusion-of-soft-technologies-during-and-after-wwiiuuid:bbc9b370-148d-554a-86d1-0a5619396b62Thu, 20 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTDr Michela GiorcelliBritish business productivity growth has been lagging for the past couple of decades, and key to the Labour government’s goal of improving economic growth is raising productivity.no01:29:23Join us for a public event with Leopoldo López, political leader in Venezuela and prominent advocate for democracy.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/unchaining-venezuela-a-struggle-for-democracyuuid:5632a1a0-784e-5b89-a9aa-5dcaf668dd3cThu, 20 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTLeopoldo LópezJoin us for a public event with Leopoldo López, political leader in Venezuela and prominent advocate for democracy.no01:25:35In this year’s annual British Journal of Sociology lecture, Eduardo Bonilla-Silva will review the basics of his “racialized social system” with a focus on explaining how he has improved the theoretical apparatus over the years.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/on-white-normativity-racial-habituation-and-cracks-in-racial-teamsuuid:6e085bbc-5c26-5b04-b17c-712e669ca281Wed, 19 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Eduardo Bonilla-SilvaIn this year’s annual British Journal of Sociology lecture, Eduardo Bonilla-Silva will review the basics of his “racialized social system” with a focus on explaining how he has improved the theoretical apparatus over the years.no01:22:43Private actions for public benefit - philanthropy, charity, voluntary action or social entrepreneurship - have long been at the core of societies, religions and human activity.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-mysterious-art-and-science-of-doing-gooduuid:204f7a06-f3c8-5f24-aba5-d13f70e55a9eTue, 18 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Jonathan RobertsPrivate actions for public benefit - philanthropy, charity, voluntary action or social entrepreneurship - have long been at the core of societies, religions and human activity.no01:28:45Michael Marmot, Professor of Epidemiology at University College London and Director of the UCL Institute of Health Equity, will outline why the need to reduce inequalities in health is a matter of social justice.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/social-justice-and-health-equityuuid:db7adf34-e47a-520c-af80-89f9aa13db76Mon, 17 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Sir Michael MarmotMichael Marmot, Professor of Epidemiology at University College London and Director of the UCL Institute of Health Equity, will outline why the need to reduce inequalities in health is a matter of social justice.no01:23:48A new bill proposes to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill patients in England and Wales. Many difficult philosophical, moral, legal and social questions are raised by end-of-life legislation.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/assisted-dying-what-should-we-thinkuuid:ce66808a-cd67-53bc-9893-695d430e3267Thu, 13 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Kenneth Chambaere, Professor Emily Jackson, Father Hugh MacKenzie, Professor Alex VoorhoeveA new bill proposes to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill patients in England and Wales. Many difficult philosophical, moral, legal and social questions are raised by end-of-life legislation.no01:26:45In an age of conformists and faux-contrarians, Maurice Saatchi has revolutionised British business and politics through his willingness to question received wisdom.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/in-conversation-with-maurice-saatchiuuid:edad8c55-ed40-58a8-8907-664d14c13e3bWed, 12 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTLord Maurice SaatchiIn an age of conformists and faux-contrarians, Maurice Saatchi has revolutionised British business and politics through his willingness to question received wisdom.no01:22:20This lecture explores the merits of epistemic pluralism in understanding climate change today.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/epistemic-pluralism-and-climate-changeuuid:763798fc-3ba9-5575-a740-965ee273f16cMon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Mike Hulme, Elizabeth J Z RobinsonThis lecture explores the merits of epistemic pluralism in understanding climate change today.no01:23:49Why is being a victim such a potent identity today? Who claims to be a victim, and why? How have such claims changed in the past century? Who benefits and who loses from the struggles over victimhood in public culture?https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/wronged-the-weaponization-of-victimhooduuid:ba139f58-7cfa-5e69-b0ca-9f5e2a734d07Thu, 06 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Lilie Chouliaraki, Prof Rosalind Gill, Radha Sarma Hegde, Professor Karin Wahl-JorgensenWhy is being a victim such a potent identity today? Who claims to be a victim, and why? How have such claims changed in the past century? Who benefits and who loses from the struggles over victimhood in public culture?no01:21:09This inaugural lecture by Mukulika Banerjee draws on long-term fieldwork among paddy farmers in Bengal to explore the ways in which cultivation - of crops, neighbourly relations, and selves - can help democracy and truthful politics to flourish. https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/citizens-as-cultivars-democratic-values-in-paddy-fields-and-universitiesuuid:20b47775-c3f6-5f1e-8a66-bd7ce4fc74b3Wed, 05 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Mukulika Banerjee, Professor David WengrowThis inaugural lecture by Mukulika Banerjee draws on long-term fieldwork among paddy farmers in Bengal to explore the ways in which cultivation - of crops, neighbourly relations, and selves - can help democracy and truthful politics to flourish. no01:07:46This event will explore the challenge of artificial intelligence technologies in the creative industries (film, theatre, music, video games).https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/artificial-intelligence-intellectual-property-and-the-creative-industriesuuid:e1cb3bf3-469c-580b-8bd7-42c01e6063b1Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Tanya Aplin, Professor Martin Kretschmer, Dr Luke McDonagh, Professor Madhavi SunderThis event will explore the challenge of artificial intelligence technologies in the creative industries (film, theatre, music, video games).no01:31:03The lecture will explore the cutting-edge frontier of particle physics and astronomy and the pivotal role of major research infrastructures in advancing our fundamental understanding of the universe.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/from-the-secrets-of-the-universe-to-socio-economic-impact-the-power-of-big-scienceuuid:e26786ab-8af1-5c07-935e-6822daf7aca5Mon, 03 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Mark Thomson, Riccardo Crescenzi, Professor Sarah SharplesThe lecture will explore the cutting-edge frontier of particle physics and astronomy and the pivotal role of major research infrastructures in advancing our fundamental understanding of the universe.no01:34:09To simultaneously increase our innovation potential and reduce inequality, it is urgent to involve everyone, especially women and people of underprivileged backgrounds.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-lost-marie-curiesuuid:0d5c7193-f593-577e-b308-be31bc24eeefThu, 27 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTXavier JaravelTo simultaneously increase our innovation potential and reduce inequality, it is urgent to involve everyone, especially women and people of underprivileged backgrounds.no01:20:41Join us for a fireside chat with Suzanne Heywood, Chair of CNH Industrial N V and Iveco Group, and Chief Operating Officer of Exor Group.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/from-the-high-seas-to-corporate-boardrooms-suzanne-heywood-in-conversationuuid:578623c6-e9b2-5934-b178-4990d0016e16Tue, 25 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTSuzanne HeywoodJoin us for a fireside chat with Suzanne Heywood, Chair of CNH Industrial N V and Iveco Group, and Chief Operating Officer of Exor Group.no58:47With child mortality rising in the UK and a majority of parents with three or more children going to bed hungry, Danny Dorling looks to the future, highlighting the challenges ahead and identifying solutions for change.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/peak-injustice-solving-britain-s-inequality-crisisuuid:f0acfd6c-0388-58ef-862f-8bc9dfa02374Mon, 24 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTDanny Dorling, Dr Danny Sriskandarajah, Professor Kitty Stewart, Polly ToynbeeWith child mortality rising in the UK and a majority of parents with three or more children going to bed hungry, Danny Dorling looks to the future, highlighting the challenges ahead and identifying solutions for change.no01:27:22With the cost-of-living crisis leading to the closure of community spaces around the UK, and the pressures on urban development projects, this episode of LSE iQ asks, are we in danger of losing our communities? https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/are-we-in-danger-of-losing-our-communities-1uuid:51f392c2-1219-5db1-b221-a60acf9a94faFri, 21 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Shani Orgad, Dr Divya Srivastava, Dr Julia King, Olivia Theocharides-FeldmanWith the cost-of-living crisis leading to the closure of community spaces around the UK, and the pressures on urban development projects, this episode of LSE iQ asks, are we in danger of losing our communities? no29:58In his latest book, which forms the basis of this lecture, Cormac O'Grada argues that previous estimates of civilian deaths in the two world wars are almost certainly too low.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-hidden-victims-civilian-casualties-of-the-two-world-warsuuid:72a02535-e7fe-53cd-8745-5a456f0e6ed8Thu, 20 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Cormac Ó GrádaIn his latest book, which forms the basis of this lecture, Cormac O'Grada argues that previous estimates of civilian deaths in the two world wars are almost certainly too low.no01:30:12Critics commonly warn about three primary hazards of AI-job disruption, bias, and surveillance/privacy concerns. Yet the conventional story of AI’s dangers is missing a vital issue and blinding us to its role in a cresting “depersonalisation crisis.”https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-last-human-job-ai-depersonalization-and-the-industrial-clockuuid:70c62f01-cbeb-5b10-a0ea-02c07f72da02Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Allison PughCritics commonly warn about three primary hazards of AI-job disruption, bias, and surveillance/privacy concerns. Yet the conventional story of AI’s dangers is missing a vital issue and blinding us to its role in a cresting “depersonalisation crisis.”no01:28:52As the climate emergency intensifies, the efficacy of market-based solutions is under growing scrutiny. Can capitalism solve a crisis of its own making?https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/climate-capitalism-can-market-based-solutions-save-the-planetuuid:501c6d00-7306-5f14-873c-d8e4f03227b4Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTDr Benjamin Braun, Professor Brett Christophers, Professor Daniela GaborAs the climate emergency intensifies, the efficacy of market-based solutions is under growing scrutiny. Can capitalism solve a crisis of its own making?no01:29:38In an era of rising inequality and economic transformation, the question of how to achieve fair and inclusive prosperity is more pressing than ever. At the same time, the green transition is reshaping industries, labor markets, & policies worldwide.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/is-it-possible-to-achieve-fair-and-inclusive-prosperity-without-a-green-agendauuid:f156b572-cf4c-5d20-93fd-8ff7655d2961Mon, 17 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTTeresa RiberaIn an era of rising inequality and economic transformation, the question of how to achieve fair and inclusive prosperity is more pressing than ever. At the same time, the green transition is reshaping industries, labor markets, & policies worldwide.no01:27:45This thought-provoking conversation will bring together diverse expertise to critically examine and address the urgent socio-political challenges of our time.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/trans-lives-histories-and-activismuuid:9390fa79-3955-5af5-a5e1-64b3db69f17aThu, 13 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTDr Onni Gust, Professor Susan StrykerThis thought-provoking conversation will bring together diverse expertise to critically examine and address the urgent socio-political challenges of our time.no01:23:48What are the implications of Michel Foucault’s critical social theories for how we think about freedom, power, and justice?https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/power-freedom-and-justice-rethinking-foucaultuuid:bd2d3467-377a-5462-8a67-73c6cf791b8aWed, 12 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Mark PenningtonWhat are the implications of Michel Foucault’s critical social theories for how we think about freedom, power, and justice?no01:26:22For roughly a quarter century after the Cold War, the Washington consensus or neoliberalism guided US foreign economic policymaking.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/is-there-a-new-washington-consensusuuid:a0672178-9df6-5908-944b-bd8bb1928b0bTue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Stephanie Rickard, Professor Andrés Velasco, Professor Robert WadeFor roughly a quarter century after the Cold War, the Washington consensus or neoliberalism guided US foreign economic policymaking.no01:24:55Racism and antiracism clash on a daily basis in media discourse. This joint talk reflects on current practices of "othering" in popular media.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/racism-anti-racism-and-the-politics-of-popular-cultureuuid:1846503d-a552-510b-b340-1e52accc2e1aThu, 06 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Anamik Saha, Dr Francesca SobandeRacism and antiracism clash on a daily basis in media discourse. This joint talk reflects on current practices of "othering" in popular media.no01:30:16This episode of LSE iQ looks at whether we should still be driving.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/do-we-need-to-driveuuid:d992ab4a-5e90-53a0-8bd3-db31bee52331Tue, 04 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTDr Philipp Rode, Dr Rachel Aldred, Dr Chris Tennant, Indira RayThis episode of LSE iQ looks at whether we should still be driving.no29:2410 years since the seminal Social Class in the 21st Century was published, we will revisit the findings, ask if the trends have changed, why class seems to have fallen off the agenda, and what we can do to build solidarity in this new political era.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/does-class-inequality-still-matter-the-great-british-class-survey-ten-years-onuuid:03047526-664e-5810-87bc-3f97d46cb74eTue, 04 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTAditya Chakrabortty, Clare MacGillivray, Professor Mike Savage, Zarah Sultana MP10 years since the seminal Social Class in the 21st Century was published, we will revisit the findings, ask if the trends have changed, why class seems to have fallen off the agenda, and what we can do to build solidarity in this new political era.no01:23:20In the present era, rising ecological scarcity and global environmental risks are a defining turning point for all economies, but especially those that are vying to win the “green competitive race” for leading global sectors and markets.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/sustainability-and-prosperity-in-the-age-of-ecological-scarcityuuid:e57cc261-2bae-5cba-9f1a-186bc3d61615Mon, 03 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Edward B BarbierIn the present era, rising ecological scarcity and global environmental risks are a defining turning point for all economies, but especially those that are vying to win the “green competitive race” for leading global sectors and markets.no01:31:51As AI absorbs data, gains agency, and intermediates between humans and reality, it will help us to address enormous crises, from climate change to geopolitical conflicts to income inequality.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/genesis-artificial-intelligence-hope-and-the-human-spirituuid:f51acb8f-21ea-54ef-9c0e-a5cff246dbbdThu, 30 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTCraig Mundie, Mairéad PratschkeAs AI absorbs data, gains agency, and intermediates between humans and reality, it will help us to address enormous crises, from climate change to geopolitical conflicts to income inequality.no01:31:00In this timely event, Samuel Gregg will delve into the origins of the term "neoliberalism," its contested usefulness in contemporary discourse, and whether intellectuals such as F. A. Hayek and Milton Friedman fit the "neoliberal" label.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/has-neoliberalism-failed-reflections-on-western-societyuuid:7dbcfa8e-84a7-56db-847a-85ccef4482c7Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTDr Samuel Gregg, Dr Paola RomeroIn this timely event, Samuel Gregg will delve into the origins of the term "neoliberalism," its contested usefulness in contemporary discourse, and whether intellectuals such as F. A. Hayek and Milton Friedman fit the "neoliberal" label.no01:24:18When Soviet power collapsed between 1989 and 1991, the overwhelming view in the West was that liberalism had triumphed.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/from-liberal-peace-to-new-cold-war-turbulence-and-conflict-in-the-21st-centuryuuid:b4192f5d-ce1f-5b28-86b7-dbde13e5f455Tue, 28 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Barry Buzan, Dr Elizabeth Ingleson, Professor Vladislav ZubokWhen Soviet power collapsed between 1989 and 1991, the overwhelming view in the West was that liberalism had triumphed.no01:33:03In 2024, two billion people headed to the polls in some 50 countries around the world. But the drama of these elections risks obscuring just how fragile the foundations of democracy have become.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/power-to-the-peopleuuid:46356233-6de1-5142-b638-a29942d53f21Mon, 27 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTDr Danny Sriskandarajah, Lysa John, Jo SwinsonIn 2024, two billion people headed to the polls in some 50 countries around the world. But the drama of these elections risks obscuring just how fragile the foundations of democracy have become.no01:26:58The problem of economic development in the Global South remains as important as ever. For centuries thinkers have tried to explain why some countries grow rich while others remain poor, with varied success. https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/economic-development-in-the-21st-centuryuuid:2a375367-289f-54cc-9d6a-eb58bc5f8cfeThu, 23 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTAli Allawi, Professor Shiping TangThe problem of economic development in the Global South remains as important as ever. For centuries thinkers have tried to explain why some countries grow rich while others remain poor, with varied success. no01:27:07Chance, luck, and ignorance; how to put our uncertainty into numbers. We all have to live with uncertainty about what is going to happen, what has happened, and why things turned out how they did.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-art-of-uncertainty-living-with-chance-ignorance-risk-and-luckuuid:a8a36b7c-4a10-5420-ac86-1ee2fadd26ceWed, 22 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Sir David SpiegelhalterChance, luck, and ignorance; how to put our uncertainty into numbers. We all have to live with uncertainty about what is going to happen, what has happened, and why things turned out how they did.no01:15:40In this roundtable discussion, leading experts on world affairs take stock of the international challenges and opportunities facing the new administration in America. https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/leadership-or-drift-what-s-next-for-us-foreign-policyuuid:c3f84e33-a47b-5205-b330-bce76014ab7dTue, 21 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTSteven Erlanger, Dr Elizabeth Ingleson, Professor Anand Menon, Dr Leslie VinjamuriIn this roundtable discussion, leading experts on world affairs take stock of the international challenges and opportunities facing the new administration in America. no01:25:48Join us to hear Max Steuer talk about his new book, Dangerous Guesswork In Economic Policy.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/dangerous-guesswork-in-economic-policyuuid:591361de-c6d1-5303-9997-50211967ed30Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTDr Max SteuerJoin us to hear Max Steuer talk about his new book, Dangerous Guesswork In Economic Policy.no01:04:17Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim visited LSE to deliver a lecture on Malaysia’s global strategy in an uncertain erahttps://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/malaysian-prime-minister-visits-lseuuid:9867bc1d-ac36-50dd-b10b-7d7e379c7769Fri, 17 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTAnwar Ibrahim, the Prime Minister of MalaysiaPrime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim visited LSE to deliver a lecture on Malaysia’s global strategy in an uncertain erano01:12:25Join us to hear UK commentator and economic thinker Grace Blakeley talk about her latest book, Vulture Capitalism.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/vulture-capitalismuuid:8130ea73-8fa8-5e78-bf30-d729608c50ccMon, 13 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTGrace Blakeley, Dr Michael VaughanJoin us to hear UK commentator and economic thinker Grace Blakeley talk about her latest book, Vulture Capitalism.no01:32:01This episode of LSE iQ explores a national scandal: widespread illegal sewage dumping by our privatised water companies, and why they are all under criminal investigation. https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/why-are-our-rivers-and-seas-polluted-by-sewageuuid:c6283d09-c604-512e-9fd5-87fc19c64646Sun, 15 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Gwyn Bevan, Dr Kate Bayliss, Jo BatemanThis episode of LSE iQ explores a national scandal: widespread illegal sewage dumping by our privatised water companies, and why they are all under criminal investigation. no33:26As we move deeper into the 21st century, rapid advancements in automation, robotics, and artificial intelligence continue to reshape industries, raising concerns about the potential impact on workers.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/automation-management-and-the-future-of-workuuid:d0965381-d2d6-53d6-a3c0-b56fce43d7c1Thu, 12 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Erik Hurst, Professor Chrisanthi Avgerou, Professor Noam YuchtmanAs we move deeper into the 21st century, rapid advancements in automation, robotics, and artificial intelligence continue to reshape industries, raising concerns about the potential impact on workers.no01:27:31Our panel of LSE researchers explore some of the issues that have come to the fore in this bumper year for international politics, along with the key outcomes and implications for the world in 2025. https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-state-of-democracy-after-a-year-of-electionsuuid:0194f70c-3d09-5705-832b-86d017662970Wed, 11 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTDr Victor Agboga, Professor Mukulika Banerjee, Professor Sara B Hobolt, Professor Peter TrubowitzOur panel of LSE researchers explore some of the issues that have come to the fore in this bumper year for international politics, along with the key outcomes and implications for the world in 2025. no01:28:41Drawing from the struggle to end apartheid, the lecture will explore the connections between the struggle for human rights and the idea of self-determination. While both ideas are local, the lecture will show that they are also global.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/human-rights-through-the-eyes-of-my-native-land-south-africa-in-the-worlduuid:1bbb5a53-a7da-57ac-aca1-cb60731fbebeTue, 10 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTTembeka NgcukaitobiDrawing from the struggle to end apartheid, the lecture will explore the connections between the struggle for human rights and the idea of self-determination. While both ideas are local, the lecture will show that they are also global.no01:35:51Artificial Intelligence is not only a generational technology, but also a general purpose technology—one that has outsized potential to transform societies and economies globally.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/ai-society-and-our-world-orderuuid:351604ef-1946-5ea5-81e9-af080a9b58b3Mon, 09 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTReid HoffmanArtificial Intelligence is not only a generational technology, but also a general purpose technology—one that has outsized potential to transform societies and economies globally.no01:29:36In his inaugural lecture, Adam Oliver will describe how he became involved in, and has helped contribute towards the development of, the still relatively new field of behavioural public policy (BPP).https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/getting-lost-in-a-field-a-personal-history-in-behavioural-public-policyuuid:65146398-6cb7-5ee2-80ce-e5267c706e46Mon, 09 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Adam OliverIn his inaugural lecture, Adam Oliver will describe how he became involved in, and has helped contribute towards the development of, the still relatively new field of behavioural public policy (BPP).no01:27:22In this talk based on her new book, Mirca Madianou will argue that digital innovations such as biometrics and chatbots engender new forms of violence and entrench power asymmetries between the global south and north.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/technocolonialism-when-technology-for-good-is-harmfuluuid:33da52c4-ad98-55dc-a76c-15f61bc36c9eThu, 05 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Mirca MadianouIn this talk based on her new book, Mirca Madianou will argue that digital innovations such as biometrics and chatbots engender new forms of violence and entrench power asymmetries between the global south and north.no01:31:39Conversations around AI tend to focus on the future dangers, but what about the damage AI is inflicting on people right now?https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/feeding-the-machine-the-hidden-human-labour-powering-aiuuid:1feb279c-8709-5230-afcc-21c87ee4621dWed, 04 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTDr Callum Cant, Dr James Muldoon, Kirsten SehnbruchConversations around AI tend to focus on the future dangers, but what about the damage AI is inflicting on people right now?no01:28:25Birch's new book, The Edge of Sentience: Risk and Precaution in Humans, Other Animals, and AI, constructs a precautionary framework designed to help us reach ethically sound, evidence-based decisions despite our uncertainty.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-edge-of-sentience-risk-and-precaution-in-humans-other-animals-and-aiuuid:d829e136-cae1-5771-b162-3ac0d27bb891Tue, 03 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Jonathan BirchBirch's new book, The Edge of Sentience: Risk and Precaution in Humans, Other Animals, and AI, constructs a precautionary framework designed to help us reach ethically sound, evidence-based decisions despite our uncertainty.no01:26:56Across the world, populist agendas on both the left and right threaten to undermine fundamental principles that underpin liberal democracies, what were previously seen as virtues of the ‘Open Society’ are now, seen as vices, dangers, or threats.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-open-society-as-an-enemy-populism-popper-and-pessimism-post-1989uuid:490aef89-2a64-5069-ad0b-5c7f9e80f055Mon, 02 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor J. McKenzie Alexander, Dr Ilka Gleibs, Alan ManningAcross the world, populist agendas on both the left and right threaten to undermine fundamental principles that underpin liberal democracies, what were previously seen as virtues of the ‘Open Society’ are now, seen as vices, dangers, or threats.no01:31:11Decarbonisation of the transportation sector is a vital component in achieving the goals set out in the Paris Agreement. Consequently, governments around the world are pushing forward the transition away from combustion engine to electric vehicles.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/cobalt-rush-raw-materials-and-the-transition-to-net-zerouuid:d2c75cf3-8d4c-53c6-9dcf-e70e30d77f34Thu, 28 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTQuentin Noirfalisse, Dr Richard Perkins, Anneke Van WoudenbergDecarbonisation of the transportation sector is a vital component in achieving the goals set out in the Paris Agreement. Consequently, governments around the world are pushing forward the transition away from combustion engine to electric vehicles.no37:15Public anxiety about children’s digital lives and wellbeing is reaching a fever pitch, marking a notable turnaround from the decades-long efforts to ensure children are fully digitally included, literate and empowered.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/is-the-internet-good-for-childrenuuid:7b6b5202-ec95-5e7e-93fd-434054fe510eWed, 27 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Sonia LivingstonePublic anxiety about children’s digital lives and wellbeing is reaching a fever pitch, marking a notable turnaround from the decades-long efforts to ensure children are fully digitally included, literate and empowered.no01:25:16African cities are under construction. Beyond the urban redevelopment schemes and large-scale infrastructure projects reconfiguring central city skylines, urban residents are putting their resources into finding land and building homes on city edges.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-rise-of-africa-s-suburban-middle-classesuuid:ed096eb7-ce65-5637-9405-e49c140c3701Tue, 26 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Deborah James, Claire Mercer, Professor Susan Parnell, Professor Ola UdukuAfrican cities are under construction. Beyond the urban redevelopment schemes and large-scale infrastructure projects reconfiguring central city skylines, urban residents are putting their resources into finding land and building homes on city edges.no01:15:52This event marks the launch of New World, New Rules by George Papaconstantinou and Jean Pisani-Ferry, in which two of European policymakers and analysts outline a new agenda for global governance.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/new-world-new-rules-what-works-for-global-governanceuuid:25856647-5202-59cf-9a48-03b519172c8bMon, 25 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTGeorge Papaconstantinou, Professor Jean Pisani-Ferry, Professor Andrés VelascoThis event marks the launch of New World, New Rules by George Papaconstantinou and Jean Pisani-Ferry, in which two of European policymakers and analysts outline a new agenda for global governance.no01:23:27The lecture will begin with a short review of economic theories of the firm, pointing out that although all the economic theories see the firm as an institutional response to improve on market and contractual inefficiencieshttps://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/elements-of-a-theory-of-the-responsible-firmuuid:bc6fbfd3-7f6c-519e-9aaa-0c9d9ba59e78Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Patrick BoltonThe lecture will begin with a short review of economic theories of the firm, pointing out that although all the economic theories see the firm as an institutional response to improve on market and contractual inefficienciesno01:23:32The talk will explore the design process and motivations behind data visualization projects, characterized by different usage contexts, responding to various needs, and with differing levels of experimentation.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/data-visualisation-alive-visual-wordsuuid:289866ea-0777-5ae2-9fde-1a586830c719Wed, 20 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTDr Federica Fragapane, Marta Foresti, Dr Francesca PaneroThe talk will explore the design process and motivations behind data visualization projects, characterized by different usage contexts, responding to various needs, and with differing levels of experimentation.no01:25:57The story of international migration is often told through personal odysseys and dangerous journeys, but when people arrive at their destinations a more mundane task begins: refugees need a place to stay.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/fragments-of-home-refugee-housing-humanitarian-design-and-the-politics-of-shelteruuid:2994e16b-01ee-55a7-bf1b-0cf97cb48ec2Tue, 19 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTDr Tom Scott-Smith, Nick Henderson, Dr Myfanwy JamesThe story of international migration is often told through personal odysseys and dangerous journeys, but when people arrive at their destinations a more mundane task begins: refugees need a place to stay.no01:25:34Nobel prize winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman was the founder of modern behavioural science and behavioural economics. His close friends and colleagues will come together to discuss his research and the scale of his influence on society.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/daniel-kahneman-a-legacyuuid:e2aa4ea5-fadb-59ae-bd7a-c26c866f635aMon, 18 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Paul Dolan, Gillian TettNobel prize winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman was the founder of modern behavioural science and behavioural economics. His close friends and colleagues will come together to discuss his research and the scale of his influence on society.no01:11:0930 years ago, Naila Kabeer published Reversed Realities: Gender Hierarchies in Development Thought, which became a landmark study in the scholarship on gender and development.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/reversed-realities-revisited-30-years-of-thinking-in-gender-and-developmentuuid:b2697d27-1ebb-5e08-b291-446cf94244b9Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Andrea Cornwall, Professor Naomi Hossain, Professor Naila Kabeer, Dr Erin Lentz30 years ago, Naila Kabeer published Reversed Realities: Gender Hierarchies in Development Thought, which became a landmark study in the scholarship on gender and development.no01:23:19Liberal constitutional theory rests on a fundamental division between duty-bearing public institutions and the rights-wielding private persons. https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/liberal-constitutionalism-media-ownership-the-public-private-divideuuid:4ac9b502-59a3-54be-ac43-1f567befd94bWed, 13 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTTarun Khaitan, Professor Lea YpiLiberal constitutional theory rests on a fundamental division between duty-bearing public institutions and the rights-wielding private persons. no01:23:332024 marks the 50th anniversary of the Nobel Prize won by liberal political economist F.A. Hayek. This lecture will review some of Hayek’s key ideas and especially his contributions to the methodology of the social sciences.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/f-a-hayek-s-nobel-at-50-then-and-nowuuid:af9af540-8243-5947-89af-cb8cc9787e5cTue, 12 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Bruce J. Caldwell2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the Nobel Prize won by liberal political economist F.A. Hayek. This lecture will review some of Hayek’s key ideas and especially his contributions to the methodology of the social sciences.no01:27:50What does the outcome of the US presidential election mean for democrats and progressives? What is its significance both in the United States and around the world?https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-us-presidential-election-and-the-leftuuid:7f9f8fcf-e4ca-538b-8bb6-abb8705a7c71Mon, 11 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTKate Aronoff, Stephen Castle, Inderjeet Parmar, Richard SeymourWhat does the outcome of the US presidential election mean for democrats and progressives? What is its significance both in the United States and around the world?no01:29:24With companies, like SpaceX or Blue Origin, getting into space exploration and the cost of launching rockets dropping, could we see a lot more people heading into space in the future? https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/who-owns-outer-space-1uuid:396090aa-c280-597d-aeec-c804c85edf67Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTDr Helen Sharman, Dr Jill Stuart, Dimitrios StroikosWith companies, like SpaceX or Blue Origin, getting into space exploration and the cost of launching rockets dropping, could we see a lot more people heading into space in the future? no29:39An estimated 20,000 young people in London were experiencing homelessness, or were at risk of homelessness, in 2022/23. This represents a 10% increase compared to 2021/22, with a similar trend seen nationally.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/homelessness-in-london-why-youth-homelessness-needs-its-own-solutionuuid:34eb75f6-77e7-50a9-bf32-cf8324cd87a7Thu, 07 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTEllie Benton, Meghan Roach, Alicia WalkerAn estimated 20,000 young people in London were experiencing homelessness, or were at risk of homelessness, in 2022/23. This represents a 10% increase compared to 2021/22, with a similar trend seen nationally.no01:31:06Will the 2024 election mark a turning point in American democracy and in the country’s role in the world? Leading experts discuss the 2024 US election and its domestic and international implications.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-2024-us-election-turning-point-for-americauuid:b5789393-e489-58ac-95f0-16cbfad5ab80Wed, 06 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Mukulika Banerjee, Keith Magee, Joseph C. SternbergWill the 2024 election mark a turning point in American democracy and in the country’s role in the world? Leading experts discuss the 2024 US election and its domestic and international implications.no01:30:45In a world increasingly shaped by digital transformation, AI and data science present new opportunities to change policymaking in nearly all areas of policy.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/ai-in-public-policy-opportunities-and-challengesuuid:6438a612-ec15-54f8-8067-6fc4af9654e8Tue, 05 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Helen Margetts OBE FBA, Professor Andrew Murray, Dr Dorottya Sallai, Chloe SmithIn a world increasingly shaped by digital transformation, AI and data science present new opportunities to change policymaking in nearly all areas of policy.no01:27:50Now more than ever, a year on since Hamas’ surprise attack on southern Israel, and Israel’s continued assault on Gaza, the role of journalists and media organisations has been vital, but it has also been called into question.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/a-war-like-no-other-challenge-and-change-in-reporting-gazauuid:ec6a8bed-ce48-53db-8854-808ac4c5cb9aMon, 04 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTJim MuirNow more than ever, a year on since Hamas’ surprise attack on southern Israel, and Israel’s continued assault on Gaza, the role of journalists and media organisations has been vital, but it has also been called into question.no56:26From diverse disciplinary perspectives, the event will explore conceptual and theoretical approaches that might help us better to understand, engage with, and respond to our time as a time ‘out of joint’.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-world-in-crisisuuid:b2d864c7-40c9-54e0-99ef-e40d23adedbfMon, 04 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Miguel de Beistegui, Dr Demetra Kasimis, Professor Jonathan WhiteFrom diverse disciplinary perspectives, the event will explore conceptual and theoretical approaches that might help us better to understand, engage with, and respond to our time as a time ‘out of joint’.no01:29:27Cycling and other forms of active travel have significant benefits for wellbeing, local economies, air pollution and the environment. A substantial increase in active travel is needed to achieve London’s 2030 target for net zero carbon emissions.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/a-safer-future-for-cycling-in-londonuuid:38ec491e-88dc-51f0-a9b4-955eff6b65e7Thu, 31 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTDr Rachel Aldred, Professor Marco te Brömmelstroet, Dr Will Norman, Julie PlichonCycling and other forms of active travel have significant benefits for wellbeing, local economies, air pollution and the environment. A substantial increase in active travel is needed to achieve London’s 2030 target for net zero carbon emissions.no01:31:49In this inaugural lecture Elliott Green will examine the effects of industrialization on national identification in contemporary Sub-Saharan Africahttps://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/industrialisation-and-national-identity-in-modern-africauuid:92fb2562-d553-56bb-a9e3-118925ef80d6Wed, 30 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Elliott GreenIn this inaugural lecture Elliott Green will examine the effects of industrialization on national identification in contemporary Sub-Saharan Africano01:23:46The Latin America and Caribbean Review (LACIR), committed to addressing these challenges, convenes high-level scholars to provide a coherent and comprehensive overview of the inequality problem in Latin America.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-most-unequal-region-in-the-world-combatting-inequality-in-latin-americauuid:02a9c452-77af-5944-9dec-faddb62aae3cTue, 29 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTDr Valentina Contreras, Professor Julián Messina, Dr Sebastián Nieto Parra, Professor Andrés VelascoThe Latin America and Caribbean Review (LACIR), committed to addressing these challenges, convenes high-level scholars to provide a coherent and comprehensive overview of the inequality problem in Latin America.no01:26:12Combining top-tier philosophical research and a passion for Taylor's music, a team of scholars investigate the wisdom that can come from Taylor's songs, bringing new perspectives to important contemporary issues.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/taylor-swift-and-philosophyuuid:ec87d578-33e2-5736-8a6f-df6b122824a0Mon, 28 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTEline Kuipers, Dr King-Ho Leung, Dr Georgie Mills, Dr Catherine M RobbCombining top-tier philosophical research and a passion for Taylor's music, a team of scholars investigate the wisdom that can come from Taylor's songs, bringing new perspectives to important contemporary issues.no01:21:55In the UK, we work some of the longest hours in Europe while having one of the least productive economies. We invented the weekend a century ago and are long overdue an update to working hours.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-case-for-a-four-day-weekuuid:e3cb269a-b81a-541a-b85a-84f0e1485f15Wed, 23 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTFran Heathcote, Joe Ryle, Kirsten SehnbruchIn the UK, we work some of the longest hours in Europe while having one of the least productive economies. We invented the weekend a century ago and are long overdue an update to working hours.no01:29:19Our world is filled with pernicious problems. How, for example, did novice pilots learn to fly without taking to the air and risking their lives? How should cities process mountains of waste without polluting the environment?https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/wicked-problems-how-to-engineer-a-better-worlduuid:fc500abf-9bf4-5c2a-8492-91b9202ba398Tue, 22 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTDr Guru MadhavanOur world is filled with pernicious problems. How, for example, did novice pilots learn to fly without taking to the air and risking their lives? How should cities process mountains of waste without polluting the environment?no01:22:23Who were the key pioneers in the formation of comparative communications between the 1920s-1950s? How do their legacies of scholarship and practice inform the contemporary global landscapes of news reporting on war and the dissemination of propagandahttps://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/dead-men-s-propaganda-ideology-and-utopia-in-comparative-communication-studiesuuid:49d93e4d-539b-5457-9d4d-aebcd5793533Mon, 21 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Bingchun Meng, Professor Jeff Pooley, Professor Terhi Rantanen, Dr Marsha Siefert, Dr Wendy WillemsWho were the key pioneers in the formation of comparative communications between the 1920s-1950s? How do their legacies of scholarship and practice inform the contemporary global landscapes of news reporting on war and the dissemination of propagandano01:25:06In this lecture, Lawrence Lessig will discuss the impact of artificial intelligence on the 2024 American election, and the implications that this will have for democracy in the future.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/what-ai-is-doing-to-america-s-democracyuuid:7646d92c-7043-5ce6-9b30-17481b887237Tue, 15 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Lawrence LessigIn this lecture, Lawrence Lessig will discuss the impact of artificial intelligence on the 2024 American election, and the implications that this will have for democracy in the future.no01:27:12Join us for the inaugural lecture of LSE President and Vice Chancellor of LSE Larry Kramer in which he will talk about his vision for LSE, the role of the social sciences in a changing world and our place in the 21st Century.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/what-is-needed-is-hard-thinking-five-challenges-for-the-social-sciencesuuid:b7042d07-0404-5bbc-a0cc-cbf05b1c0977Mon, 14 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Larry KramerJoin us for the inaugural lecture of LSE President and Vice Chancellor of LSE Larry Kramer in which he will talk about his vision for LSE, the role of the social sciences in a changing world and our place in the 21st Century.no01:28:52This public event will describe the state of global health security, global governance of disease and the policy epidemiology framework used in the Analysis and Mapping of Policies for Emerging Infectious Diseases project.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/policy-epidemiology-for-emerging-infectious-diseasesuuid:51252220-affa-5786-b115-47412a824c7eThu, 10 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Rebecca KatzThis public event will describe the state of global health security, global governance of disease and the policy epidemiology framework used in the Analysis and Mapping of Policies for Emerging Infectious Diseases project.no01:13:35In this event, speakers associated with pioneering work on AI in relation to behavioural science, as part of their own research or organisational initiatives, will discuss their views on how AI will change and is already changing behavioural science.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/ai-and-the-future-of-behavioural-scienceuuid:22b2bd5d-c280-5931-981e-a4d13ebbc1f2Tue, 08 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTAlexandra Chesterfield, Elisabeth Costa, Professor Oliver Hauser, Dr Dario Krpan, Professor Susan Michie, Professor Robert WestIn this event, speakers associated with pioneering work on AI in relation to behavioural science, as part of their own research or organisational initiatives, will discuss their views on how AI will change and is already changing behavioural science.no01:25:00Has Labour’s election marked a real turning point? This is a thought-provoking event as we provide an early assessment of the new Labour government’s actions and goals.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/labour-s-first-100-days-a-new-era-of-progressive-politics-in-the-ukuuid:c3322f0a-ca9b-5862-b59c-73aadb2c1d18Mon, 07 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor John Curtice, Professor Anand Menon, Professor Paula SurridgeHas Labour’s election marked a real turning point? This is a thought-provoking event as we provide an early assessment of the new Labour government’s actions and goals.no01:21:23In support of the new project, Nobel Laureates Amartya Sen and Eric Maskin address core democratic principles. Professor Sen revisits the foundational ‘rule by the people’ with his talk, Democracy—Why, and Why Not?https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/voter-education-the-challenge-of-the-centuryuuid:df6b9416-8c1f-5475-94f7-a96e52c4bbedFri, 04 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Eric Maskin, Professor Amartya Sen, Professor Richard Bradley, Rudolf FaraIn support of the new project, Nobel Laureates Amartya Sen and Eric Maskin address core democratic principles. Professor Sen revisits the foundational ‘rule by the people’ with his talk, Democracy—Why, and Why Not?no57:08In Aaron Reeves and Sam Friedman’s new book, which they launch at this event, they provide a uniquely data-rich analysis of the British elite from the Victorian era to today.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/born-to-rule-the-making-and-remaking-of-the-british-eliteuuid:290180d1-1f65-5c3a-b65c-8f2deaa1db6bThu, 03 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Aaron Reeves, Professor Sam Friedman, Hashi Mohamed, Professor Lauren Rivera, Dr Faiza ShaheenIn Aaron Reeves and Sam Friedman’s new book, which they launch at this event, they provide a uniquely data-rich analysis of the British elite from the Victorian era to today.no01:26:04While religion continues to be perceived as of diminishing significance by many in Western Europe, religious nationalisms are on the rise around the world and the religious dimensions of many conflicts are becoming more pronounced.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/religion-nationalism-conflict-and-community-in-conversation-with-rory-stewartuuid:3aee646f-bf02-5735-97f9-8eccba44b95eWed, 02 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTRory Stewart, Professor James WaltersWhile religion continues to be perceived as of diminishing significance by many in Western Europe, religious nationalisms are on the rise around the world and the religious dimensions of many conflicts are becoming more pronounced.no01:26:29This event featuring Nils Gilman, co-author of a new book, Children of a Modest Star: Planetary Thinking for an Age of Crises draws on intellectual history, political philosophy, and the holistic findings of Earth system science.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/children-of-a-modest-staruuid:7fd28c9b-e620-5239-afa0-44fdf9a0ffb5Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTNils Gilman, Dr Ganga Shreedhar, Professor Karen E SmithThis event featuring Nils Gilman, co-author of a new book, Children of a Modest Star: Planetary Thinking for an Age of Crises draws on intellectual history, political philosophy, and the holistic findings of Earth system science.no01:30:41This event will navigate the complexities of AI implementation in the workplace and examine how these technologies are being developed to benefit society while challenging traditional work experienceshttps://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/shaping-the-future-ai-in-the-workplaceuuid:10a4aa76-ff85-5c43-9605-b5d07b24982fMon, 30 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMTMatt Blakemore, Richard Nesbitt, Carolyn Scott, Reshma Shaikh, Noa SrebrnikThis event will navigate the complexities of AI implementation in the workplace and examine how these technologies are being developed to benefit society while challenging traditional work experiencesno01:28:29There has been much recent controversy in the UK around Sewage in Our Waters. New laws would have to specify who has the responsibility of undertaking the transition and the investments – water companies, producers, consumers or governments?https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/sewage-in-our-watersuuid:f12620b5-266c-584e-8f30-57bfc3644145Thu, 26 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMTEd Conway, Dr Kamala Dawar, Dr David Henderson, James WallaceThere has been much recent controversy in the UK around Sewage in Our Waters. New laws would have to specify who has the responsibility of undertaking the transition and the investments – water companies, producers, consumers or governments?no01:38:24Trade and climate change policies have become increasingly interwoven. Subsidies for green industries often provoke tariffs, such as US actions over Chinese solar panels and electric vehicles. The EU’s ETS has set a high price on carbon emissions.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/trade-and-climate-change-managing-policies-on-the-road-to-net-zerouuid:c51f083c-501c-53cc-81d9-ebc9dd22dea2Wed, 25 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Luis Garicano, Professor Maisa Rojas Corradi, Professor Catherine WolframTrade and climate change policies have become increasingly interwoven. Subsidies for green industries often provoke tariffs, such as US actions over Chinese solar panels and electric vehicles. The EU’s ETS has set a high price on carbon emissions.no01:00:00This talk brings together insights from policymakers, international organisations, the private sector, and academia to explore how markets, such as for voluntary carbon credits, can support the advancement of sustainable development goals.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/innovative-market-solutions-to-confront-climate-changeuuid:f0d94ae3-121e-531a-80fb-8df20dc85a76Tue, 24 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMTClaudio Frischtak, Basak Odemis, Professor Rohini Pande, Ali SarfrazThis talk brings together insights from policymakers, international organisations, the private sector, and academia to explore how markets, such as for voluntary carbon credits, can support the advancement of sustainable development goals.no01:21:22In this episode of LSE iQ, we explore what it’s like to win the prestigious Nobel Prize and how it changes your life.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/whats-it-like-to-win-a-nobel-prizeuuid:bf44feab-1731-526a-8b3e-d9dc8cf18fccSat, 21 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Esther Duflo, Elizabeth Lewis Channon, Khari Motayne, Sir Christopher PissaridesIn this episode of LSE iQ, we explore what it’s like to win the prestigious Nobel Prize and how it changes your life.no33:55This year's Stamp Memorial Lecture is delivered by Susan Athey, the Economics of Technology Professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/designing-and-evaluating-digital-interventions-for-social-impactuuid:08a1c132-0cbd-5651-9388-54c62e8d32ccWed, 04 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Susan AtheyThis year's Stamp Memorial Lecture is delivered by Susan Athey, the Economics of Technology Professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business.no01:27:06This episode of LSE iQ explores whether gender pay gap reporting, pay transparency and tackling gender norms can reduce the gender pay gap. https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/how-can-we-solve-the-gender-pay-gap-1uuid:75b4b90c-428f-50f6-87d1-2e9be679f828Sun, 04 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMTNina Rousille, Professor Camille Landais, Jane GarveyThis episode of LSE iQ explores whether gender pay gap reporting, pay transparency and tackling gender norms can reduce the gender pay gap. no28:31Our panel discuss how AI and Fake News has shaped this election from digital to traditional media. https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/ai-fake-news-and-the-mediauuid:72c25a82-ed0d-5c10-acac-3ebe2c928882Thu, 04 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMTDr Nick Anstead, Professor Helen Margetts OBE FBA, Professor Julie PosettiOur panel discuss how AI and Fake News has shaped this election from digital to traditional media. no41:52Our panel explore the progress the UK has made in tackling climate change under the Conservatives.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/climate-changeuuid:b6748dc1-2709-56dd-a4f4-2ad4be41917bThu, 04 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMTDimitri Zenghelis, Dr Philipp Rode, Elizabeth J Z RobinsonOur panel explore the progress the UK has made in tackling climate change under the Conservatives.no50:47Our panel discuss the main domestic policy challenges from rising poverty, the cost of living crisis and the state of the NHS before the general election.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/domestic-policyuuid:7e7bbe17-e48d-504f-ac31-88665180513dThu, 04 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Wendy Thomson, Professor Andrew Street, Professor Nicholas BarrOur panel discuss the main domestic policy challenges from rising poverty, the cost of living crisis and the state of the NHS before the general election.no43:22Our panel discuss the main foreign policy challenges likely to confront the next Government from defence spending to geopolitics.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/foreign-policyuuid:935873e1-71ae-5a55-a136-6f8aa50d7093Thu, 04 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Iain Begg, Professor Michael Cox, Professor Stephanie Rickard, Professor Peter TrubowitzOur panel discuss the main foreign policy challenges likely to confront the next Government from defence spending to geopolitics.no41:49Our panel examines British politics before the election, the course of the campaign, the expected result followed by a reaction to the exit poll at 22:00.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/introduction-to-british-politicsuuid:b2ef924f-b812-5bb8-92a0-dd1fc15d8c37Thu, 04 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMTDr Laura Serra, Elinor Goodman, Tim BaleOur panel examines British politics before the election, the course of the campaign, the expected result followed by a reaction to the exit poll at 22:00.no54:39Our panel focus on the state of the British economy going into the election and the challenges it faces.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-british-economyuuid:44bfb386-f342-513f-a146-50c65e16075aThu, 04 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMTSir Tim Besley, Professor Richard Davies, Eshe NelsonOur panel focus on the state of the British economy going into the election and the challenges it faces.no41:03Our panel discuss what this election tells us about the health of Britain’s democracy in context of the elections taking place around the world this year.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-future-of-liberal-democracyuuid:04e12898-2495-5255-a708-91304327e617Thu, 04 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Andrés Velasco, Professor Mukulika Banerjee, Professor Chris AndersonOur panel discuss what this election tells us about the health of Britain’s democracy in context of the elections taking place around the world this year.no38:57In his new book, What Went Wrong with Capitalism, bestselling author, Ruchir Sharma explores how the culture of easy money and bailouts has rewarded oligopolies and billionaires but alienated much of the population.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/what-went-wrong-with-capitalismuuid:29f0a637-a063-57b0-ba91-82c565cb9da4Wed, 03 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMTRuchir SharmaIn his new book, What Went Wrong with Capitalism, bestselling author, Ruchir Sharma explores how the culture of easy money and bailouts has rewarded oligopolies and billionaires but alienated much of the population.no01:17:30This event marks the launch of the Grantham Research Institute’s (GRI) 2024 Global Trends in Climate Change Litigation Policy Report.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/global-trends-in-climate-litigation-1uuid:4e28014b-917d-5159-82d5-a759173355a4Thu, 27 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTZaneta Sedilikova, Cynthia Hanawalt, Professor Harro van Asselt, Dr Joana Setzer, Catherine HighamThis event marks the launch of the Grantham Research Institute’s (GRI) 2024 Global Trends in Climate Change Litigation Policy Report.no01:08:36Our panel explore the ethics and bias in AI and why diverse and inclusive data teams and decision-makers are needed to shape the algorithms and models of the future.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/ai-guardians-who-holds-power-over-our-datauuid:e8774dfc-6e87-5692-9eae-9bf51900ca99Sat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTSadiqah Musa, Professor Neil Lawrence, Dr Chandrima GangulyOur panel explore the ethics and bias in AI and why diverse and inclusive data teams and decision-makers are needed to shape the algorithms and models of the future.no01:05:07Our panel examine case studies from Ukraine, Ethiopia, and Uganda to explore the complex power dynamics around violence against women in conflict.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/can-the-law-prevent-violence-against-women-in-conflictuuid:bce3edd2-5959-5c08-bb42-382af52cd5ebSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTDr Iliana Sarafian, Rita Kahsay, Fatou BensoudaOur panel examine case studies from Ukraine, Ethiopia, and Uganda to explore the complex power dynamics around violence against women in conflict.no01:06:25Our panel examine the persecution of writers, academics, journalists and artists across the globe.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/defending-democracy-building-solidarity-with-persecuted-writers-journalists-and-artistsuuid:8ce291e2-181f-56b1-80ac-175d7a92e66aSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTSalman Usmani, Ross HolderOur panel examine the persecution of writers, academics, journalists and artists across the globe.no01:01:21Our panel discuss how to include invertebrate animals from spiders to sea creatures in debates on animal welfare to ensure their interests are protected and promoted.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/invertebrate-minds-from-spiders-to-octopusesuuid:23fbd593-6acb-56f5-b961-4188dbb07ad2Sat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTDaria Zakharova, Professor Elli Leadbeater, Professor Jonathan Birch, Sam BeckbessingerOur panel discuss how to include invertebrate animals from spiders to sea creatures in debates on animal welfare to ensure their interests are protected and promoted.no56:42Dr Grace Lordan discusses the conditions needed to reap the rewards from diversity in business.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/is-diversity-and-inclusion-bad-for-businessuuid:9d039e9c-85a4-5197-9606-03b465b79f99Sat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTDr Grace LordanDr Grace Lordan discusses the conditions needed to reap the rewards from diversity in business.no01:00:01LSE Press author, Naila Kabeer, launches her new book in conversation with Monica Ali and Philip Hensher, exploring the purpose and value of different narrative forms, as well as considering the impact of literature on global communities. https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/power-and-storytellinguuid:afdca80d-7edf-5f35-90a8-ce1c543cb202Sat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Naila Kabeer, Phillip Hensher, Monica AliLSE Press author, Naila Kabeer, launches her new book in conversation with Monica Ali and Philip Hensher, exploring the purpose and value of different narrative forms, as well as considering the impact of literature on global communities. no56:54Our panel explore examples of racial and ethnic inequalities from the 19th century to the present day in an attempt to unravel the legacy of past injustices and investigate the link between power, politics, and belonging. https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/power-politics-and-belonging-the-lasting-impacts-of-colonialismuuid:aa0b2e57-0b8d-5574-8d7b-e62dec0a3949Sat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTDr Maël Lavenaire, Leah Eryenyu, Professor Neil CumminsOur panel explore examples of racial and ethnic inequalities from the 19th century to the present day in an attempt to unravel the legacy of past injustices and investigate the link between power, politics, and belonging. no01:10:29Our panel consider whether and why trust in society matters, and how it could be restored.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-power-of-trustuuid:01319d26-3dd8-5fc1-9bdd-56d488f0f92bSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTRos Taylor, Dr Laura Gilbert, Rafael BehrOur panel consider whether and why trust in society matters, and how it could be restored.no01:00:44Our panel of panel of European city leaders discuss what has been driving a growing backlash against the green transition in Europe, and how this is shaping urban politics and policy making. https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/what-is-driving-the-green-backlash-in-european-urban-politicsuuid:29531e25-853f-53cc-b2ee-5ff8f9a45ff1Sat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTShirley Rodrigues, Jean-Louis Missika, Ciaran Cuffe, Dr Liam Beiser-McGrathOur panel of panel of European city leaders discuss what has been driving a growing backlash against the green transition in Europe, and how this is shaping urban politics and policy making. no01:01:01Our panel of experts consider the international implications of populism’s continuing success in Western democracies. https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/anti-globalism-international-disorder-and-the-westuuid:f86c2f79-ead6-5307-9f2d-a31984a1856cFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTDr Leslie Vinjamuri, Professor Helen Thompson, Gideon RachmanOur panel of experts consider the international implications of populism’s continuing success in Western democracies. no57:26Our panel discuss what policies the government should introduce – or scrap – to bring about a better balance of power in our working lives.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/better-work-whose-business-is-ituuid:f9a9bd33-f2c5-5f3f-9168-4bc7b5f8f06eFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTSarah O'Connor, Alan Manning, Stephen Machin, Kate BellOur panel discuss what policies the government should introduce – or scrap – to bring about a better balance of power in our working lives.no56:29Our panel explore how we can go “Beyond GDP” to measure both the economic progress of nations and the sustainability of the planet?https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/how-do-we-know-if-national-economies-are-sustainable-a-guide-to-going-beyond-gdpuuid:d09ad9e9-cbec-5497-ba34-87d6cf84fc1aFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTGiles Atkinson, Dr Matthew AgarwalaOur panel explore how we can go “Beyond GDP” to measure both the economic progress of nations and the sustainability of the planet?no59:38Our panel examine issues in economic geography, development traps within the EU, and political discontent, and consider what these findings mean for the global challenges of populism, inequality, and political instability. https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/geography-of-discontent-euroscepticism-in-regions-of-stagnant-growthuuid:d3ae3dee-ef3c-5624-9e4e-8a51e8908da6Thu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, Dr Özge Öner, James BlagdenOur panel examine issues in economic geography, development traps within the EU, and political discontent, and consider what these findings mean for the global challenges of populism, inequality, and political instability. no01:01:05Our panel explore whether "lawfare" – or the mobilisation of law and courts – a hollow hope or promising cure for the regional and global problems of our time?https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/lawfare-do-law-and-courts-have-power-to-solve-global-problemsuuid:7287d717-07ac-50b8-bb9c-db64a0397be5Thu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Gerry Simpson, Dr Joana Setzer, Sir Howard Morrison KC, Professor Larry KramerOur panel explore whether "lawfare" – or the mobilisation of law and courts – a hollow hope or promising cure for the regional and global problems of our time?no51:02Professor Paul Collier explores why places in prosperous countries are left to fall behind and what we can do about it. https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/left-behind-a-new-economics-for-neglected-placesuuid:350a7dc7-b229-557f-8ab8-73b6229b88f0Thu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Sir Paul CollierProfessor Paul Collier explores why places in prosperous countries are left to fall behind and what we can do about it. no56:11Discover the five ways we can challenge inequalities of power.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/power-and-social-change-5-ways-we-can-challenge-inequalities-of-poweruuid:49d964be-f9c6-58f8-8d62-fd65b9105a74Thu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTDr Kerryn Krige, Professor Jonathan RobertsDiscover the five ways we can challenge inequalities of power.no55:20Our panel explore the impact of localised governance on community sustainability, and particularly, the role of metro mayors in responding to austerity politics.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/empowering-communities-exploring-devolution-s-impact-on-low-income-areasuuid:c537c15a-229c-534b-8bbe-7b8402324b05Wed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Tony Travers, CBEOur panel explore the impact of localised governance on community sustainability, and particularly, the role of metro mayors in responding to austerity politics.no58:37The established Western-led global order, historically rooted in American and European dominance, is facing increasingly robust challenges. https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/global-middle-powers-and-the-changing-world-orderuuid:26702b44-1586-56e3-a921-e23ef1f4dca5Wed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTDr Bugra Susler, Dr Yolanda Spies, Professor Chris AldenThe established Western-led global order, historically rooted in American and European dominance, is facing increasingly robust challenges. no01:00:35Our leading experts in technology law, Andrew Murray and Orla Lynskey, deliver this one-hour workshop. https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/how-does-data-regulation-work-for-our-digital-societyuuid:92e80a4e-3ab0-5841-8e87-ece096b2c2c8Wed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Andrew MurrayOur leading experts in technology law, Andrew Murray and Orla Lynskey, deliver this one-hour workshop. no01:01:27Our panel premiere two new films about how Chinese people experience the world, offering a nuanced understanding of the People’s Republic of China. https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/understanding-chinas-views-of-the-worlduuid:db901534-49e2-5aad-bdac-61c73a000383Wed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTXiaolu Guo, Professor William A Callahan, Dr Elena BarabantsevaOur panel premiere two new films about how Chinese people experience the world, offering a nuanced understanding of the People’s Republic of China. no01:13:24Our panel examine Britain’s economic model and how it can be re-built to kickstart productivity and tackle the country’s challenges. https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/100-days-to-kickstart-britain-what-should-the-government-s-priorities-beuuid:0cafaa94-fd8a-5e61-980b-f536d06663a8Tue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTDr Danny Sriskandarajah, Sam Richards, Eshe Nelson, Soumaya KeynesOur panel examine Britain’s economic model and how it can be re-built to kickstart productivity and tackle the country’s challenges. no01:09:55Our expert panel examine the disconcerting dynamic between authoritarian populism and public service media.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/authoritarian-populism-and-media-freedomuuid:857ee710-8474-5cab-9213-063fdd9e0211Tue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTDr Kate Wright, Dr Damian Tambini, Alan RusbridgerOur expert panel examine the disconcerting dynamic between authoritarian populism and public service media.no58:29Our panel assess countries’ prevention, preparedness and response for the next global health crisis after the COVID-19 pandemic. https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/how-can-countries-prepare-for-the-next-global-health-crisisuuid:ef86b817-ee7b-52f4-a96b-8178a62ef467Tue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTDr Clare Wenham, Professor Ken Shadlen, Professor Ulrich Sedelmeier, Dr Tine HanriederOur panel assess countries’ prevention, preparedness and response for the next global health crisis after the COVID-19 pandemic. no01:01:07As part of LSE Festival, Luc Schneider and LSE Online deliver this skills workshop. Learn about the main components of any good decision-making process, and how to break down these processes to improve your own decision-making.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/how-to-make-better-decisionsuuid:dceb1588-abe5-5909-ba86-ee940faf133cTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTDr Luc SchneiderAs part of LSE Festival, Luc Schneider and LSE Online deliver this skills workshop. Learn about the main components of any good decision-making process, and how to break down these processes to improve your own decision-making.no56:59A discussion on the New Cold War, the dynamics of resistance and coercion, and its impact on the shifting power arrangements.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/is-history-a-guide-to-politicsuuid:0bafc303-e892-51b4-88e3-91a70cc74cc5Tue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTDr Angus Wrenn, Professor Gordon BarrassA discussion on the New Cold War, the dynamics of resistance and coercion, and its impact on the shifting power arrangements.no28:54Our panel explore some of the issues coming to the fore in this bumper year for politics as well as their implications. https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/a-year-of-elections-power-and-politics-in-2024uuid:e4dd15b8-0623-5a0c-a355-124f2c8d0fe4Mon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTBill Neely, Professor Sara B Hobolt, Professor Mukulika Banerjee, Dr Nick AnsteadOur panel explore some of the issues coming to the fore in this bumper year for politics as well as their implications. no01:15:57Professor Olivier Blanchard, former Chief Economist at the IMF, explores how current global instability poses a challenge to economic wellbeing.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/economics-and-wellbeing-inflation-public-debt-and-commercial-warsuuid:95f9a893-8281-5757-9e9b-1c9aeec6505cMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Olivier BlanchardProfessor Olivier Blanchard, former Chief Economist at the IMF, explores how current global instability poses a challenge to economic wellbeing.no01:03:58Award-winning science fiction writer, Kim Stanley Robinson discusses the political economy needed to cope with climate change with Elizabeth Robinson, Director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-ministry-for-the-future-navigating-the-politics-of-the-climate-crisisuuid:2c4256bb-2633-58b9-9667-8776f8023fc2Mon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTElizabeth J Z Robinson, Kim Stanley RobinsonAward-winning science fiction writer, Kim Stanley Robinson discusses the political economy needed to cope with climate change with Elizabeth Robinson, Director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.no01:02:04On the first day of voting in the elections, our panel discuss Eurosceptic parties, climate change, migration and the wars in Gaza and Ukraine and more.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-2024-european-elections-and-the-challenges-aheaduuid:1aeb3df3-f40b-589d-9098-e7b758f6addeThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Sara B Hobolt, Dr Heather Grabbe, Tony BarberOn the first day of voting in the elections, our panel discuss Eurosceptic parties, climate change, migration and the wars in Gaza and Ukraine and more.no01:34:22Baroness Beeban Kidron explores the issues around AI and why it must not be left to tech experts and unaccountable corporations. https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/tech-tantrums-when-tech-meets-humanityuuid:a4fd2f83-9b79-5817-aa3f-380ac3eaaf7bWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTBaroness Beeban KidronBaroness Beeban Kidron explores the issues around AI and why it must not be left to tech experts and unaccountable corporations. no01:28:47Our panel explore how we can overcome social division and create a more cohesive society.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/how-to-build-a-cohesive-societyuuid:bff1836c-1b34-53d6-a689-fa81d03a03dfTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Jonathan Wolff, Professor Marc Stears, Professor Margaret LeviOur panel explore how we can overcome social division and create a more cohesive society.no01:00:00Our panel seeks to answer the central economic question of our time: what is the alternative to neoliberalism?https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/alternatives-to-neoliberalismuuid:d7fdca7d-a8d7-52f0-b120-e79c3b737002Mon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Debra Satz, Professor Sir Paul CollierOur panel seeks to answer the central economic question of our time: what is the alternative to neoliberalism?no01:33:20Branko Milanovic discusses his latest book, Visions of Inequality: from the French Revolution to the end of the Cold War.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/visions-of-inequality-from-the-french-revolution-to-the-end-of-the-cold-waruuid:28dfca95-c45c-5189-9b03-5a7d48dd5675Thu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Branko MilanovicBranko Milanovic discusses his latest book, Visions of Inequality: from the French Revolution to the end of the Cold War.no01:33:45Paul Seabright discusses his latest book, The Divine Economy: How Religions Compete for Wealth, Power, and People.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-divine-economy-how-religions-compete-for-wealth-power-and-peopleuuid:d70c1f8a-6d62-5732-a562-764495525e92Wed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Paul SeabrightPaul Seabright discusses his latest book, The Divine Economy: How Religions Compete for Wealth, Power, and People.no01:16:16Tom Baldwin and Marc Stears discuss their new book, England: Seven Myths That Changed a Country – and How to Set Them Straight.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/england-seven-myths-that-changed-a-country-and-how-to-set-them-straightuuid:399a37b7-4584-5a54-8239-a102de73cbb3Tue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Marc Stears, Tom BaldwinTom Baldwin and Marc Stears discuss their new book, England: Seven Myths That Changed a Country – and How to Set Them Straight.no01:32:15Dr Christina Heatherton reflects on the challenges of internationalism at present.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/shadows-without-bodies-war-revolutionary-nostalgia-and-the-challenges-of-internationalismuuid:f65e670d-9063-5163-9309-c8532cce8ab3Wed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTDr Christina HeathertonDr Christina Heatherton reflects on the challenges of internationalism at present.no01:00:00Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey delivers his lecture on the key role that central bank reserves play in financial stability and monetary policy in honour of LSE's Charles Goodhart.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-importance-of-central-bank-reservesuuid:02f6d7e4-331f-5bc9-a742-7ca0dccdb9a5Tue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTAndrew BaileyGovernor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey delivers his lecture on the key role that central bank reserves play in financial stability and monetary policy in honour of LSE's Charles Goodhart.no01:00:00Our panel from philosophy, psychology and computer science explore episodic memory from its function – the ability to recall everyday events whether experienced or stated to its future in AI and more. https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/living-in-the-past-exploring-memory-in-humans-animals-and-artificial-agentsuuid:a99a5d78-22b3-55e5-b176-5fa14429cd56Mon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTDr Johannes Mahr, Dr Zafeirios Fountas, Dr Felipe De Brigard, Professor Nicola ClaytonOur panel from philosophy, psychology and computer science explore episodic memory from its function – the ability to recall everyday events whether experienced or stated to its future in AI and more. no01:00:00BBC correspondent, Daniel De Simone will offer previously unheard insights into his two-year investigation and how the sixth suspect was identified with responses by a panel of experts drawn from academia and politics.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-sixth-suspect-stephen-lawrence-investigative-journalism-and-racial-inequalityuuid:6d16dfb7-c534-5a90-a97a-d9cf153994a3Thu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTDr Clive James Nwonka, Ann-Marie Cousins, Daniel De SimoneBBC correspondent, Daniel De Simone will offer previously unheard insights into his two-year investigation and how the sixth suspect was identified with responses by a panel of experts drawn from academia and politics.no01:00:00 The book launch of Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Backhttps://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/data-grab-the-new-colonialism-of-big-tech-and-how-to-fight-backuuid:24349620-9b39-5683-9005-8f80381bd51eTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Ulises Ali Mejias, Professor Nick Couldry The book launch of Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Backno01:00:00Our panel explore large and growing gap between highly educated university graduates and those whose education finished at school.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/are-universities-creating-a-new-political-divideuuid:3f42ef21-7e73-5741-ad9b-50db19d86428Mon, 13 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Maria Sobolewska, Dr Elizabeth Simon, Professor Jonathan HopkinOur panel explore large and growing gap between highly educated university graduates and those whose education finished at school.no01:00:00The idea of an America in decline has gained traction in recent years and has, of course, been capitalized on by President Trump. Is America’s ‘greatness’ under threat?https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/will-the-us-remain-the-worlds-superpower-2uuid:8f7f1b73-c9f1-5728-840f-d3b2e2c5a795Mon, 13 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTDr Elizabeth Ingleson, John Van Reenen, Dr. Ashley TellisThe idea of an America in decline has gained traction in recent years and has, of course, been capitalized on by President Trump. Is America’s ‘greatness’ under threat?no35:05Professor Anat Admati discusses her latest book, The Bankers' New Clothes: What's Wrong with Banking and What to Do about It.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/the-bankers-new-clothes-what-s-wrong-with-banking-and-what-to-do-about-ituuid:ee21bede-73fd-5341-899b-7a7c81120489Thu, 09 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Anat R AdmatiProfessor Anat Admati discusses her latest book, The Bankers' New Clothes: What's Wrong with Banking and What to Do about It.no01:00:00Baroness Chakrabarti, delivers this year’s annual Wollstonecraft Society Lecture on her latest book, Human Rights: The Case for the Defence, which explains why human rights are essential for our future.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/human-rights-the-case-for-the-defenceuuid:d200f112-22f6-54c0-8fe8-2ea588e8a524Tue, 07 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTBee Rowlatt, Baroness ChakrabartiBaroness Chakrabarti, delivers this year’s annual Wollstonecraft Society Lecture on her latest book, Human Rights: The Case for the Defence, which explains why human rights are essential for our future.no01:00:00This event presents new thinking on how to design and finance loss and damage funds as a result of climate change. https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/addressing-climate-inequalityuuid:606af94b-854c-59c1-ae4c-39d8ee9a9001Thu, 02 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Esther Duflo, Shweta BanerjeeThis event presents new thinking on how to design and finance loss and damage funds as a result of climate change. no01:00:002023 Nobel Prize in Economics winner, Claudia Goldin delivers the first of two Economica-Coase lectures on US women obtaining legal rights equal to men's decades after winning the right to vote.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/why-women-wonuuid:4479d107-7e22-5ab5-9f8c-bf5cd1c0e7f4Thu, 02 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Claudia Goldin2023 Nobel Prize in Economics winner, Claudia Goldin delivers the first of two Economica-Coase lectures on US women obtaining legal rights equal to men's decades after winning the right to vote.no01:00:00Governor Hernández de Cos addresses the lessons learned so far from the latest inflationary-disinflationary episode in the euro area and the European Central Bank’s response to it.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/lessons-for-monetary-policy-from-the-latest-inflationary-disinflationary-episodeuuid:38cc11a3-10b3-5826-abbf-14a947a08dfbWed, 01 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTPablo Hernández de CosGovernor Hernández de Cos addresses the lessons learned so far from the latest inflationary-disinflationary episode in the euro area and the European Central Bank’s response to it.no01:00:00As Nuclear security issues and risks are back on the international agenda, our panel examine the steps that can be taken to reduce them.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/is-the-risk-of-nuclear-war-increasinguuid:e5a4e9bc-b286-58c8-a946-a8c784a57ed0Tue, 30 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Jeffrey Legro, Dr Fred KaplanAs Nuclear security issues and risks are back on the international agenda, our panel examine the steps that can be taken to reduce them.no01:00:00Political economist, journalist, and bestselling author, Will Hutton discusses his new book, This Time No Mistakes in which he shows how the right and left have gone wrong over the course of the last century – and how we can remake a better Britain.https://lse.ac.uk/lse-player/this-time-no-mistakesuuid:1b68393e-0371-55ee-a6ed-aeb712581166Mon, 29 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMTWill HuttonPolitical economist, journalist, and bestselling author, Will Hutton discusses his new book, This Time No Mistakes in which he shows how the right and left have gone wrong over the course of the last century – and how we can remake a better Britain.no01:00:00