LSE Athens Lectures
The LSE Athens Lectures is a flagship public engagement series of the LSE Centre for Research on Contemporary Greece and Cyprus, bringing leading LSE research and ideas to audiences in Athens for open, accessible and research-informed discussion of issues of national and global importance. The series creates a space for dialogue between LSE academics, Greek scholars and the wider public, combining international research and perspectives with discussion of issues that matter to Greece and beyond.
Between 2014 and 2021, the series presented 24 lectures, featuring 60 speakers and discussants and attracting more than 5000 attendees. Following its relaunch in 2025/26, the series entered a new phase in partnership with the Department of Business and Administration of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, continuing its tradition of bringing rigorous research into public conversation.
The LSE Athens Lectures are made possible through this significant institutional collaboration and the valued support of our sponsors, whose contribution helps sustain the series and create a distinctive space where research, ideas and public debate come together.
LSE Athens Lectures 2025/26
Beliefism: How to Stop Hating the People We Disagree With
Wednesday 26 November 2025 6.00pm-7.30pm (EET)
Speaker: Paul Dolan, Professor of Behavioural Science, Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, LSE
Discussant: Lamprini Rori, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Chairs:
Vassilis Monastiriotis, Director, LSE Centre for Research on Contemporary Greece and Cyprus - Hellenic Observatory; Professor in Political Economy and Eleftherios Venizelos Chair of Contemporary Greek Studies, European Institute, LSEAristeidis Samitas, Professor of Finance, Vice Rector for Finance and Development, Director of MSc in FinTech, Director of Financial Investments Lab, Department of Business Administration, School of Economics and Political Sciences, University of Athens
Gender Roles and Parental Time Allocation
Friday 27 February 2026 6.00pm-7.30pm (EET)
Speaker: Almudena Sevilla CBE, Professor of Economic and Social Policy, Department of Social Policy, LSE
Discussant: Irene Kamberidou, Professor of Sociology, School of Economics and Political Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Chairs:
Vassilis Monastiriotis, Director, LSE Centre for Research on Contemporary Greece and Cyprus - Hellenic Observatory; Professor in Political Economy and Eleftherios Venizelos Chair of Contemporary Greek Studies, European Institute, LSEAristeidis Samitas, Professor of Finance, Vice Rector for Finance and Development, Director of MSc in FinTech, Director of Financial Investments Lab, Department of Business Administration, School of Economics and Political Sciences, University of Athens
Critical Raw Materials in the EU. Autonomy, Technological Transitions and Economic Growth
Thursday 28 May 2026 7.00pm-8.30pm (EET)
Speaker: Simona Iammarino, Professor of Applied Economics, Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI); Visiting Professor, Department of Geography and Environment, LSE
Discussant: Anthony Bartzokas, Professor of Economics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; Director, International Economics and Development Laboratory; Research Associate, LSE
Chairs:
Vassilis Monastiriotis, Director, LSE Centre for Research on Contemporary Greece and Cyprus - Hellenic Observatory; Professor in Political Economy and Eleftherios Venizelos Chair of Contemporary Greek Studies, European Institute, LSEAristeidis Samitas, Professor of Finance, Vice Rector for Finance and Development, Director of MSc in FinTech, Director of Financial Investments Lab, Department of Business Administration, School of Economics and Political Sciences, University of Athens
Past Athens Lectures
Our full archive of past Athens Lectures can be accessed here.
