Sustainability and behavioural change: a discussion
What does it truly mean to achieve a sustainable future — and what kinds of change will get us there? This event launches the publication of a new issue of the LSE Public Policy Review focused on how we understand sustainability, the systemic shifts required to realise it and their practical viability.
The event invites a panel of policy and academic experts to discuss incremental versus transformative pathways to a sustainable planet and consider how large scale pro-environmental behavioural change can be fostered, but also the challenges to achieve this.
Meet our speakers and chair
Liam F Beiser-McGrath is an Associate Professor of International Social and Public Policy in the Department of Social Policy at LSE, where they chair the Sustainable Social Policy and Welfare States Research Hub.
Kate Laffan is Assistant Professor of Behavioural Science in the Department for Psychological and Behavioural Science at LSE.
Kathryn Parminter is a member of the House of Lords and a leading voice on environmental policy in the UK Parliament. She previously chaired the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee and served as the Liberal Democrats’ spokesperson on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA). She continues to play a prominent role in shaping parliamentary scrutiny and debate on sustainability, nature recovery, and environmental regulation.
Elizabeth Robinson is the Director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, and also the theme lead for the Building Sustainable Societies theme at the Global School of Sustainability at LSE.
Liam Delaney is Professor and Head of the Department of Department for Psychological and Behavioural Science at LSE and co-lead of the Global School of Sustainability Building Sustainable Societies theme.
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Launched in 2025, the Global School of Sustainability at LSE (GSoS) is the centre of social science expertise for sustainability impact at LSE. We work in partnerships across the LSE community and beyond to advance pioneering sustainability research and global policy engagement.
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