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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.

Why we need to talk about wealth if we want to address poverty

Tuesday 23 September 2025 · Dr Sarah Kerr
Economics
Urban high street with skyscrapers in the background

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

Tech and the political power of storytelling

Tuesday 27 May 2025 · 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

How Africa eats: identifying and stopping the hunger crisis

Tuesday 25 March 2025 · Professor David Luke
Economics
African style cloth with pictures of the food Africa exports

Is the UN Refugee Convention still fit for purpose?

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

The weaponisation of victimhood

Tuesday 28 January 2025 · Professor Lilie Chouliaraki
Society
Trump and protestors

The rise and rise of global anti-terrorism law

Tuesday 26 November 2024 · Professor Conor Gearty
Politics
Security cameras