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Monday 19 May 2025
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What are the possible worlds to come? Join us to explore the threats and opportunities of the near and distant future, and what a better world could look like. The LSE Festival 2025 will take place from Monday 16 to Saturday 21 June 2025.

We are happy to announce that LSE Philosophy will host a panel during the upcoming LSE Festival. Our panel on the topic ‘the future of truth’ will explore the relationship between truth, the media, politics and society in the digital age.

Join us on Saturday 21 June a 3:30 pm – in-person and online!

About the event

In a world of mass information, and misinformation, truth seems both easier and harder to find than ever before. As trust in traditional media erodes and social media blurs the line between fact and fiction, with authoritarian regimes weaponising disinformation and post-truth world leaders taking centre stage, how do we defend and promote knowledge, evidence and informed debate?

Meet our speakers and chair

  1. J. McKenzie Alexander is Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method at LSE. His research interests include evolutionary game theory, the philosophy of social science, and the philosophy of society.
  2. Charlie Beckett is Professor of Practice in the Department of Media and Communications at LSE, and the founding director of Polis, LSE’s think-tank for research and debate around international journalism and society.
  3. Hardeep Matharu is a journalist, writer, and speaker. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Byline Times – the independent investigative news site and monthly print newspaper covering ‘what the papers don’t say’. Her work focuses on the forces that shape us: identities, politics, culture, the media.
  4. Paola Romero (Chair) is a political and moral philosopher from the Department of Philosophy, Logic, and Scientific Method at LSE. Her research has developed in the areas of political philosophy, moral philosophy, and the history of political thought. She currently explores Immanuel Kant’s theory of the state and his account of a political will.