The SPP's Research and Policy (RP) Seminar hosts external and internal speakers to present cutting edge academic and policy research to the SPP's faculty and other faculty from the LSE. The objectives are threefold: to discuss new and exciting academic research, to engage with the important policy issues of the day, and to build the LSE and SPP community. The seminar is held every two weeks on Mondays in the Autumn and Winter term.
Economic development in pixels: The limitations of nightlights and new spatially disaggregated measures of consumption and poverty
Monday 14 April, 2.00pm to 3.30pm
With John Huber, Professor of Political Science, Columbia University
Venue: LSE Lecture Theatre, CBG
Past seminars
The Sisterhood Effect: Evidence on Girl Empowerment from Kenya
Monday 17 February, 2.00pm to 3.30pm
With Tinghua Yu, Senior Lecturer, Birkbeck Business School and a Senior Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science
Venue: KSW.2.12, 20 Kingsway
Narrative Entanglement: The Case of Climate Policy
Monday 14 October, 12.30pm to 2.00pm
With Luis Garicano, Professor of Public Policy, LSE School of Public Policy
Venue: MAR.1.10, Marshall Building
When Widows Win: Land Lotteries and Individual Prospects in Georgia
Monday 28 October, 12.30pm to 2.00pm
With Alexandra Cirone, Assistant Professor, LSE School of Public Policy
Venue: CBG.2.05
Resource Windfalls, Public Expenditure and Local Economies
Monday 11 November, 12.30pm to 2.00pm
With Antonella Bancalari, Senior Research Economist, IFS
Venue: CBG.2.05
Democratizing Political Parties: Experiences of Political Participation and Efficacy
Monday 25 November, 12.30pm to 2.00pm
With Mathias Poertner, Assistant Professor of Political Science, LSE Department of Government
Venue: MAR.2.06, Marshall Building
TBD
Monday 20 January, 2.00pm to 3.30pm
With Rachel Bernhard, Associate Professor of Quantitative Political Science Research Methods, Nuffield College, University of Oxford
Venue: LSE Lecture Theatre, CBG
Fair transport policy: Deliberating car use in London
Monday 3 February, 2.00pm to 3.30pm
With Philipp Rode, Executive Director, LSE Cities and Associate Professor (Education), LSE School of Public Policy
Venue: LSE Lecture Theatre, CBG
Faster, bigger, cheaper: how AI can improve UK price data
Monday 3 March, 2.00pm to 3.30pm
With Richard Davies, Professor in Practice, LSE School of Public Policy; Josh Hellings, Data Scientist, LSE School of Public Policy; Finn McEvoy, Data Scientist, LSE School of Public Policy
Venue: KSW.2.12, 20 Kingsway
[CANCELLED]
Monday 17 March, 2.00pm to 3.30pm
With Graeme Blair, Associate Professor of Political Science, UCLA
Venue: LSE Lecture Theatre, CBG