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From governments and policy to elections and democracy, take a look at some of the LSE research engaging in global politics.

Economics
Illustration of a river running through green hills pointing to a shining sun.

Putting young people at the heart of local climate policy

Tuesday 25 November 2025 · Imogen Hamilton Jones
Sustainability
Four young people on a bench with a backdrop of photographs of various parks and green spaces.

The struggle for freedom and democracy in the Middle East

Tuesday 23 September 2025 · Professor Fawaz A Gerges
Politics
Arab Spring protests and Arab leaders

Seeing animals differently: the science and ethics of sentience

Tuesday 23 September 2025 · Professor Jonathan Birch
Politics
An octopus sitting on the sea bed
Economics
Urban high street with skyscrapers in the background

Tech and the political power of storytelling

Tuesday 27 May 2025 · Dr Michael Vaughan
AI and tech
Graphic depiction of a political leader talking to an audience

Planning with purpose: reforming the planning system to meet modern needs

Tuesday 25 March 2025 · Liz Williams, Meg Hennessy, Olexiy Pedosenko
Politics
Two boys looking at park with a view of the city

Tracking the impacts of disadvantage from youth to adulthood

Tuesday 25 March 2025 · Dr Sara Evans-Lacko
Health
People of different ages and ethnicities

Is the UN Refugee Convention still fit for purpose?

Tuesday 25 March 2025 · Dr Kieran Oberman
Society
refugees on very small boat