STICERD Public Events

Workshop on Public Economics
Date: Monday 22 September 2025 - Tuesday 23 September 2025
Speaker: Various speakers
Location: , 2 Marylebone Road, London, NW14DF

LSE Environment Week 2025
Date: Monday 22 September 2025 09:00 - Thursday 25 September 2025 17:00
Speaker: Various speakers
Location: Venue to be Confirmed

Investing in our future: COP30 and the sustainable growth agenda
Date: Monday 22 September 2025 18:00 - 19:30
Speaker: Jose Scheinkman (Columbia University), Michael Greenstone (University of Chicago), Sherry Rehman (Senate of Pakistan)
Location: , Ground Floor, Old Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
This event is both online and in person

Valuing nature in a changing climate: rethinking natural capital
Date: Tuesday 23 September 2025 18:30 - 20:00
Speaker: Jim Leape (Centre for Ocean Solutions), Rohini Pande (Yale University), Juliano Assunção (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro)
Location: , Ground Floor, Old Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
This event is both online and in person

Climate finance and investment in low-income countries
Date: Wednesday 24 September 2025 18:00 - 20:30
Speaker: Christopher Woodruff (Wolfson College), Melinda Bohannon (Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office), Vera Songwe (Liquidity and Sustainability Facility), Sudarno Sumarto (SMERU Research Institute), Nicholas Stern (Global School of Sustainability at LSE)
Location: , Ground Floor, Old Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
This event is both online and in person

How to Save the Internet: The Threat to Global Connection in the Age of AI and Political Conflict
Date: Wednesday 08 October 2025 18:30 - 19:30
Speaker: Nick Clegg, Larry Kramer (LSE)
Location: Venue to be Confirmed
This event is both online and in person

Has the Free Market Failed?
Date: Thursday 16 October 2025 18:30 - 20:00
Speaker: Deirdre McCloskey (Cato Institute)
Location: , Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE, 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3LJ

Barriers to Female Labour Force Participation
Date: Friday 17 October 2025 09:30 - 15:30
Speaker: Oriana Bandiera (LSE), Nina Roussille (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Location: Venue to be Confirmed

How progress ends: technology, innovation, and the fate of nations
Date: Tuesday 21 October 2025 18:30 - 20:00
Speaker: Carl Frey (Oxford)
Location: Venue to be Confirmed

Prosperity Through Growth with Economist Art Laffer
Date: Wednesday 22 October 2025 18:30 - 20:00
Speaker: Arthur Laffer (Laffer Associates)
Location: , Ground Floor, Old Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

Agricultural Productivity, Social Organization and Economic Transformation in Rural Africa
Date: Thursday 06 November 2025 18:00 - 19:30
Speaker: Chris Udry (Northwestern University)
Location: Venue to be Confirmed