Catch up on our past events
Explore past events from the School of Public Policy, featuring leading voices and timely discussions on today’s most pressing policy challenges. Catch up on the insights and conversations that have shaped our community.
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In Conversation with Gabriel Oddone, Minister of Economy and Finance of Uruguay
Wednesday 11 February, 6.30pm-8.00pm
Speaker: Gabriel Oddone, Minister of Economy and Finance of Uruguay
Chair: Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean, LSE School of Public Policy
In-person (CKK.2.04, Cheng Kin Ku Building) and online public event
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy
Trajectory of Power: the rise of the strongman presidency
Thursday 5 February, 6.30pm-8.00pm
Speaker: William Howell, Dean and Professor, School of Government and Policy, Johns Hopkins University
Chair: Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean, LSE School of Public Policy
In-person (Sumeet Valrani lecture theatre, LSE Centre Building) and online public event
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy
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The Revolutionists: The Story of the Extremists Who Hijacked the 1970s
Wednesday 4 February, 6.30pm-8.00pm
Speaker: Jason Burke, International Security correspondent for the Guardian
Chair: Alexander Evans OBE, Professor in Practice and Associate Dean, LSE School of Public Policy
In-person (Yangtze Lecture Theatre, LSE Centre Building) and online public event
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy and LSE IDEAS
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Are revolutions justified?
Monday 26 January, 6.30pm-8.00pm
Speaker: Lea Ypi, Ralph Miliband Professor in Politics and Philosophy at LSE
Chair: Andrew Murray, Professor of Law and Dean, LSE Law School
Moderator: Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean, LSE School of Public Policy
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy and the LSE Law School
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The measure of progress: counting what really matters
Thursday 22 January, 6.30pm-8.00pm
Speaker: Diane Coyle, Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge
Chair: Richard Davies, Professor in Practice, LSE School of Public Policy and Director, LSE Growth Lab
In-person (Malaysia Auditorium, LSE Centre Building) and online public event
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy
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The Pensioners versus the Euro: How will the Euro withstand the increasing pressure on the European Welfare states?
Thursday 27 November, 6.30pm-8.00pm
Speaker: Luis Garicano, Professor of Public Policy, LSE School of Public Policy
Chair: Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean, LSE School of Public Policy
In-person (MAR.104) and online public event
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy
How do we fix climate change?
Monday 24 November, 6.30pm-8.00pm
Speakers: Nick Bridge, Former UK Government Special Representative for Climate Change, 2017-23; Laura Clarke, CEO, Client Earth; Areeba Hamid, Executive Director, Greenpeace UK
Closing remarks: Alexander Evans OBE, Associate Dean (Strategic Development) and Programme Director of the MPA in Data Science for Public Policy, LSE School of Public Policy
Chair: Elizabeth Robinson, Director (currently on research leave), Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
In-person (MAR.1.04, Marshall Building ) and online public event
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy
In conversation with Sanna Marin, former Prime Minister of Finland - SPP 2025 Annual Lecture
Tuesday 11 November, 6.30pm to 8.00pm
Speaker: Sanna Marin, former Prime Minister of Finland and the former leader of the Finnish Social Democratic Party
Chair: Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Policy at LSE
In-person event (LSE campus, venue TBC to ticketholders)
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy
The London Consensus: Economic Principles for the 21st Century
Tuesday 28 October, 6.30pm-8.15pm
Speakers: Torsten Bell MP, Minister for Pensions in DWP and HMT, and MP for Swansea; Tim Besley, School Professor of Economics and Political Science and W. Arthur Lewis Professor of Development, Department of Economics at LSE; Hélène Rey, Lord Bagri Professor of Economics, OBE, FBA at London Business School. CEPR and NBER; Martin Sandbu, Financial Times's European economics commentator; Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Policy at LSE
Chair: Silvana Tenreyro, James E. Meade Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics, LSE and Former External Member of the Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of England
In-person (Great Hall, Marshall Building) and online public event
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy, LSE Press and the Department of Economics
Rebuilding Ukraine: the UK’s contribution to economic recovery
Wednesday 22 October, 6.30pm-8.00pm
Speakers: Anya Abdulakh, Project Facilitator, Refugee Engagement, Ealing Community and Voluntary Service and Director, Ardwick Partners; Camila Arroyo, Policy Officer, LSE Growth Lab; Ricardo Crescenzi, Professor of Economic Geography, LSE; Anna Dezyk MBE, Board Director and Deputy Chair of the Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain
Chair: Richard Davies, Professor in Practice, LSE School of Public Policy and Director, LSE Growth Lab
In-person (LSE Lecture Theatre, Centre Building) and online public event
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy and the LSE Growth Lab
Can empathy really transform politics and leadership?
Thursday 16 October, 6.30pm-8.00pm
Speaker: Claire Yorke, Author and Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Future Defence and National Security, at Deakin University in Canberra, Australia
Chair: Alexander Evans, Professor in Practice of Public Policy and Programme Director of the MPA in Data Science, LSE School of Public Policy
In-person (MAR.1.04) and online public event
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy
Eclipsing the West: China, India and the forging of a new world
Tuesday 14 October, 6.30pm to 8.00pm
Speaker: Sir Vince Cable, Visiting Professor in Practice, LSE School of Public Policy
Chair: Richard Davies, Professor in Practice, LSE School of Public Policy and Director, LSE Growth Lab
In-person (MAR.2.04) and online public event
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy
Progressivism's Dilemma in the Face of Insecurity
Thursday 9 October, 6.30pm-8.00pm
Speaker: Carolina Tohá, Former Minister of Interior and Public Security of Chile, and former Presidential Candidate
Chair: Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean, LSE School of Public Policy
Please note that this event will be conducted in Spanish. A recording with English subtitles will be made available afterwards.
In-person (MAR.2.04) and online public event
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy
Depopulation: an ethical perspective
Monday 6 October, 6.30pm to 8.00pm
Speaker: Laura Ferracioli, Associate Professor in Political Philosophy, University of Sydney
Chair: Alex Voorhoeve, Professor of Philosphy and incoming Vice-President (and Pro-Vice Chancellor) for Faculty Development, LSE
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy and the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
In-person (Hong Kong Theatre) and online public event
Narratives in policy-making - LSE Public Policy Review Symposium
Thursday 19th June, 9.30pm to 4.30pm
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The London Consensus: economic principles for the 21st century | LSE Festival
Monday 16 June, 5.00pm to 6.00pm
Speakers: Oriana Bandiera, Sir Anthony Atkinson Professor of Economics, LSE; Margaret Levi, emerita professor of Political Science, Stanford University, Dani Rodrik, Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy, Harvard Kennedy School
Chair: Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean, LSE School of Public Policy
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy as part of the 2025 LSE Festival: Visions for the Future
In-person and online public event
Superagency: what could possibly go right with our AI future
Monday 12 May, 6.00pm to 7.15pm
Speaker: Reid Hoffman, Co-Founder of LinkedIn, Inflection AI, and Manas AI, and Partner at Greylock
Chair: Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean, LSE School of Public Policy
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy and the LSE Data Science Institute
In-person and online public event
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Waste Land: A World in Permanent Crisis
Thursday 3 April, 6.30pm to 8.00pm
Speaker: Robert D. Kaplan, bestselling author on foreign affairs and travel
Chair: Alexander Evans, Professor in Practice of Public Policy and Associate Dean, LSE School of Public Policy
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy
In-person (MAR.1.04, Marshall Building) and online public event
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AI Goes to War – A Lecture by Professor Ethan Bueno de Mesquita
Monday 31 March, 6.00pm to 7.00pm
Speaker: Ethan Bueno de Mesquita, Dean and Sydney Stein Professor, University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, and Faculty Associate, University of Chicago Department of Political Science
Chair: Stephane Wolton, Professor in Political Science, Department of Government, LSE
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy and STICERD (PSPE group)
In-person (Wolfson Theatre, CKK, LSE) and online public event
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Should the world fear China?
Monday 24 March, 6.30pm to 8.00pm
Speakers: Zhou Bo, Senior Fellow, Centre for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University; Nigel Inkster, Senior Advisor, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) and Director for Geopolitics and Intelligence, Enodo Economics; Tian Shichen, Founder and President, Global Governance Institution
Chair: Alexander Evans, Professor in Practice of Public Policy and Associate Dean, LSE School of Public Policy
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy
In-person (CLM.3.02, Clement House, LSE) and online public event
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Unchaining Venezuela: a struggle for democracy
Thursday 20 March, 7.00pm to 8.30pm
Speaker: Leopoldo López, General Secretary of the World Liberty Congress and former Venezuelan opposition leader
Chair: Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy and the LSESU Spanish Society
In-person (LSE campus, venue TBC to ticketholders)
Women and Work
Tuesday 18 March, 6.30pm to 8.00pm
Speakers: Gabriel Leite-Mariante, PhD candidate in Economics, LSE; Shani Orgad, Professor of Media and Communications, LSE; Margaux Suteau, Fellow in the Department of Social Policy, LSE
Policy respondent: Dame Maria Miller, former Minister for Women and Equalities (2012-14), former Secretary of State for Culture (2012-14), Media and Sport and MP for Basingstoke (2005-24)
Chair: Almudena Sevilla, Professor of Economic and Social Policy, Department of Social Policy, LSE
Hosted by the School of Public Policy and LSE Press
In-person (CLM.4.02, Clement House, Aldwych) and online public event
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The UN at 80: does the world still need the UN?
Thursday 27 February, 6.30pm to 8.00pm
Speakers: James Kariuki, UK Deputy Permanent Representative, United Nations, New York; Natalie Samarasinghe, Advisor, Global Challenges Foundation
Chair: Alexander Evans, Professor in Practice of Public Policy and Programme Director of the MPA in Data Science, LSE School of Public Policy
Hosted by the School of Public Policy and LSE IDEAS
In-person (MAR.1.04, Marshall Building) and online public event
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Populism and challenges for democracy in Latin America
Wednesday 26 February, 6.30pm to 8.00pm
Speaker: Guillermo Lasso Mendoza, Former President of Ecuador
Chair: Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE
Hosted by the School of Public Policy
In-person (MAR.2.04, Marshall Building) and online public event
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AI, society, and our world order
Monday 9 December 2024 6.30pm to 8.00pm
Speaker: Reid Hoffman, Co-Founder, LinkedIn and Inflection AI and author of Superagency
Chair: Larry Kramer, President and Vice Chancellor, LSE
In-person (LSE campus, venue tbc to ticketholders) and online public event
Hosted by the School of Public Policy
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Reimagining Capitalism Lecture Series
Innovation and InequalityMonday 2 December, 6.00pm to 7.30pm GMT
Speaker: Xavier Jaravel, Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, LSE
Chair: Luis Garicano, Professor of Public Policy, LSE School of Public Policy
This event is part of the Reimagining Capitalism lecture series and is open to LSE staff and students only
New world, new rules: what works for global governance
Monday 25 November, 6.30pm to 8.00pm GMT
Speakers: George Papaconstantinou, Acting Director, Florence School of Transnational Governance; Jean Pisani-Ferry, Senior Fellow, Bruegel;
Discussant: Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE
Chair: Kirsten Sehnbruch, British Academy Global Professor and Distinguished Policy Fellow, International Inequalities Institute, LSE
Venue: In-person (Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House) and Online Public Event
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy
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Reimagining Capitalism Lecture Series
Economics of Social EnterprisesMonday 25 November, 6.00pm to 7.30pm GMT
Speaker: Maitreesh Ghatak, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, LSE
Chair: Luis Garicano, Professor of Public Policy, LSE School of Public Policy
This event is part of the Reimagining Capitalism lecture series and is open to LSE staff and students only.
How to get government and the private sector to work together for the common good - SPP 2024 Annual Lecture
Thursday 21 November, 6.30pm to 8.00pm GMT
Speaker: Dame Sharon White, former John Lewis Partnership Chairman (Feb 2020 - Sep 2024)
Chair: Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Policy
Venue: In-person (Great Hall, Marshall Building, LSE) and Online Public Event
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy
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Reimagining Capitalism Lecture Series
Lecture 8Monday 18 November, 6.00pm to 7.30pm GMT
Speaker: Oriana Bandiera, Professor of Economics, and Sir Atkinson Chair of Economics, Department of Economics, LSE
Chair: Luis Garicano, Professor of Public Policy, LSE School of Public Policy
This event is part of the Reimagining Capitalism lecture series and is open to LSE staff and students only
Reimagining Capitalism Lecture Series
The Corporation and its purposesMonday 11 November, 6.00pm to 7.30pm GMT
Speaker: Professor David Kershaw, Dean of the LSE Law School
Chair: Luis Garicano, Professor of Public Policy, LSE School of Public Policy
This event is part of the Reimagining Capitalism lecture series and is open to LSE staff and students only
AI in public policy: opportunities and challenges
Tuesday 5 November, 6.30pm to 8.00pm GMT
Speakers: Helen Margetts,Professor of Society and the Internet, University of Oxford; Andrew Murray, Professor of Law at LSE; Dorottya Sallai, Associate Professor (Education) of Management, LSE Department of Management; Chloe Smith, former minister (2010-2023)
Chair: Ken Benoit, Director of the Data Science Institute, LSE and Professor of Computational Social Science in the Department of Methodology
Venue: In-person (Auditorium, Centre Building) ) and Online Public Event
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy and Data Science Institute
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Lecture 6:Cohesive Criminal Justice
Monday 4 November, 6.00pm to 7.30pm GMTSpeaker: Nicola Lacey, Professor of Law, Gender and Social Policy, LSE Law School
Chair: Luis Garicano, Professor of Public Policy, LSE School of Public Policy
This event is part of the Reimagining Capitalism lecture series and is open to LSE staff and students only
Reimagining Capitalism Lecture Series
Neoliberalism and its criticMonday 28 October, 6.00pm to 7.30pm GMT
Speaker: Luis Garicano, Professor of Public Policy, LSE School of Public Policy
This event is part of the Reimagining Capitalism lecture series and is open to LSE staff and students only
The Shortest History of Migration
Thursday 24 October, 6.30 to 8.00pm BST
Speakers: Ian Goldin, Professor of Globalisation and Development, Oxford University and founding Director, Oxford Martin School
Chair: Kristin Surak, Associate Professor of Political Sociology, LSE
Venue: In-person and online public event (Marshall Building, MAR.1.04, LSE)
Hosted by the European Institute and the LSE School of Public Policy
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Michael Manley: Visionary Leader and Global Thinker – A Commemorative Lecture
Tuesday 22 October, 7.00pm to 8.00pm BST
Speakers: Anthony Bogues, Professor in the Department of History of Art and Architecture, Brown University; Visiting professor of African and African Diaspora Thought, Free University of Amsterdam; Visiting Professor and Curator,University of Johannesburg; Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Amartya Sen Professor of Inequality Studies and Director of the International Inequalities Institute, LSE
Chair: Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Policy
Venue: In-person (Old Theatre, Old Building) and Online Public Event
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy
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Reimagining Capitalism Lecture Series
Understanding the Populist BacklashMonday 21 October, 6.00pm to 7.30pm BST
Speaker: Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the LSE School of Public Policy
Chair: Luis Garicano, Professor of Public Policy, LSE School of Public Policy
This event is part of the Reimagining Capitalism lecture series and is open to LSE staff and students only
Reimagining Capitalism Lecture Series
Advanced Capitalisms Reinvented: Innovation-driven Companies, Superstar Clusters and American DominanceMonday 14 October, 6.00pm to 7.30pm BST
Speaker: David Soskice, Emeritus Professor, Department of Government, LSE
Chair: Luis Garicano, Professor of Public Policy, LSE School of Public Policy
This event is part of the Reimagining Capitalism lecture series and is open to LSE staff and students only
Reimagining Capitalism Lecture Series
Zero-Sum Thinking and the Roots of Political DifferencesMonday 7 October, 6.00pm to 7.30pm BST
Speaker: Sandra Sequeira, Associate Professor in Development Economics, Department of International Development, LSE
Chair: Luis Garicano, Professor of Public Policy, LSE School of Public Policy
This event is part of the Reimagining Capitalism lecture series and is open to LSE staff and students only
Are we entering a 'Westless' world?
Monday 7 October, 6.30 to 8.00pm BST
Speakers: Lindsey Hilsum, News International Editor, Channel 4; Rohan Mukherjee, Deputy Director, LSE IDEAS; Samir Puri, author, academic and former UK civil servant
Chair: Alexander Evans, Professor in Practice of Public Policy and Programme Director of the MPA in Data Science, LSE School of Public Policy
Venue: In-person (MAR.1.08, Marshall Building, LSE) and Online Public Event
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy
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Monetary policy in an era of more challenging supply conditions - Do the old principles still stand?
Wednesday 2 October, 6.00pm to 7.15pm BST
Speaker: Andréa M Maechler, Deputy General Manager, Bank for International Settlements
Chair: Ricardo Reis, A.W. Phillips Professor of Economics, LSE
Venue: In-person (Wolfson Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE) and Online Public Event
Hosted by the Centre for Macroeconomics and the LSE School of Public Policy
Reimagining Capitalism Lecture Series
What is Capitalism?Monday 30 September, 6.00pm to 7.30pm BST
Speakers: Tim Besley, Professor of Economics and Political Science and W. Arthur Lewis Professor of Development Economics, Department of Economics, LSE; Larry Kramer, President and Vice Chancellor, LSE
Chair: Luis Garicano, Professor of Public Policy, LSE School of Public Policy
This event is part of the Reimagining Capitalism lecture series and is open to LSE staff and students only
Multidisciplinary approaches and policy innovation in gender research
Wednesday 18 September, 9.30am to 3.40pm BST
This event is an LSE Public Policy Review Symposium and is open by invitation only.
LSE Election Night Party 2024
Thursday 4 July, 9.15pm to 2.00am BST
Hosted by the London School of Economics and Political Science and supported by the Department of Government and the School of Public Policy
Venue: In-person (LSE Campus) and Online Public Event
100 days to kickstart Britain: what should the government's priorities be? | LSE Festival
Tuesday 11 June, 6.30pm to 7.30pm BST
Speaker: Soumaya Keynes, Economics Columnist, Financial Times; Eshe Nelson, Reporter, The New York Times; Sam Richards, campaign director and CEO, Britain Remade; Danny Sriskandarajah, Chief Executive, New Economics Foundation
Chair: Richard Davies, Professor in Practice, LSE School of Public Policy and Director of the Harvard-LSE Growth Co-Lab and the UK’s Economics Observatory
Hosted by the Growth Co-Lab and the LSE School of Public Policy as part of the LSE Festival: Power and Politics
Venue: In-person (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, CKK Building, LSE) and Online Public Event
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5th LSE Workshop on Political Economy of Turkey
Friday 7 June, 9.00am to 6.00pm BST
Speaker: Ufuk Akçiğit, Arnold C. Harberger Professor of Economics, University of Chicago
Hosted by the Contemporary Turkish Studies, LSE European Institute, LSE School of Public Policy and LSE Systemic Risk Centre
Venue: In-person public event (CBG.1.01, Sumeet Valrani Lecture Theatre, Centre Building, LSE)
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Beveridge 2.0: AI and Data Science for Public Policy Symposium
Wednesday 8 May, 9.00am to 4.40pm BST
Venue: In-person (MAR 1.04, Marshall Building) and Online Public Event
Hosted by the LSE Data Science Institute and the LSE School of Public Policy
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Lessons for monetary policy from the latest inflationary-disinflationary episode
Wednesday 1 May, 6.30pm to 7.30pm BST
Speaker: Pablo Hernández de Cos, Governor of the Banco de España and member of the Governing and General Council, ECB
Chair: Ricardo Reis, Director, Centre for Macroeconomics and Arthur Williams Phillips Professor of Economics, LSE
Venue: In-person (Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House) and Online Public Event
Hosted by the Centre for Macroeconomics and the LSE School of Public Policy
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Governing Superstates: China and India
Tuesday 26 March, 6.30pm-8.00pm GMT
Speakers: Mukulika Banerjee, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, LSE; Kerry Brown, Professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau China Institute, King's College London; Sir Vince Cable, Visiting Professor in Practice, LSE School of Public Policy
Chair: Luis Garicano, Professor of Public Policy, LSE School of Public Policy
Venue: In-person (Sumeet Valrani Lecture Theatre,Centre Building, LSE) and Online Public Event
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy
Getting schools to work better: Insights and reflections from China and India
Thursday 21 March, 6.30pm to 8.00pm GMT
Speaker: Mobarak Hossain, Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Policy, LSE; Yifei Yan, Assistant Professor in Public Administration and Public Policy, University of Southampton
Chair: Shuang Chen, Assistant Professor in International Social and Public Policy, Department of Social Policy, LSE
Venue: In-person (MAR.1.08, Marshall Building) and Online Public Event
Hosted by the LSE-Fudan Global Public Policy Hub and the LSE School of Public Policy
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Geopolitics and Trade: Opportunities for Colombia and Latin America
Wednesday 20 March, 5.00pm to 7.30pm GMT
Speakers: Roy Barreras, Ambassador of the Republic of Colombia to the Government of the United Kingdom; José Antonio Ocampo, Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Vanessa Rubio-Márquez, Associate Dean for Extended Education, LSE School of Public Policy; Kirsten Sehnbruch, British Academy Global Professor and Distinguished Policy Fellow, International Inequalities Institute, LSE
Moderator: Michael Reid, Visiting Professor in Practice, LSE School of Public Policy
Chair: Luis Garicano, Professor of Public Policy, LSE School of Public Policy
Venue: In-person (Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House)
Hosted by the LSE Colombian Society, LSE School of Public Policy and the Embassy of Colombia in the UK
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Connecting Academics to Policy: A Conversation with New York Fed President John C. Williams
Friday 8 March, 12.00pm to 1.00pm GMT
Speaker: John C. Williams, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Chair: Ricardo Reis, Director, Centre for Macroeconomics and Arthur Williams Phillips Professor of Economics, LSE
Venue: In-person (LSE Lecture Theatre) and Online Public Event
Hosted by the Centre for Macroeconomics and the LSE School of Public Policy
Beveridge 2.0: changing labour markets and the future of social protection
Tuesday 5 March, 6.30pm to 8.00pm GMT
Speakers: Stephen Machin, Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Economic Performance, LSE; Alison McGovern, Labour MP for Wirral South; Kirsten Sehnbruch, British Academy Global Professor and Distinguished Policy Fellow, International Inequalities Institute, LSE; Anna Valero, Director of the Growth Programme and Distinguished Policy Fellow,Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
Chair: Luis Garicano, Professor of Public Policy, LSE School of Public Policy
Venue: In-person (CKK.2.04, Cheng Kin Ku Building) and Online Public Event
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy
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Shaping major cities - The challenges of being a Mayor
Thursday 29 February, 6.30pm to 8.00pm GMT
Speaker: Marvin Rees OBE, Mayor of Bristol
Chair: Alexander Evans, Professor in Practice of Public Policy and Programme Director of the MPA in Data Science, LSE School of Public Policy.
Venue: In-person (Auditorium, Centre Building) and Online Public Event
Hosted by LSE Cities and the LSE School of Public Policy
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Climate, Net Zero and Asian Superstates
Thursday 15 February, 6.45pm to 8:15pm GMT
Speaker: Vince Cable, Visiting Professor in Practice at the School of Public Policy, LSE; Isabel Hilton, journalist and Founder of The China Dialogue Trust; Lord Nicholas Stern, IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government, Chairman of the Grantham Research Institute and Head of the India Observatory, LSE ;
Chair:Tony Travers, Associate Dean, LSE School of Public Policy
Venue: In-person (Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House) and Online Public Event
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy
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Recent advances in the understanding of human sociality.
Thursday 1 February, 6.30pm to 8pm GMT
Speaker: Joseph Heath, Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation
Chair: Nikhil Venkatesh, LSE Fellow, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
Venue: In-person (Auditorium, Centre Building) and Online Public Event
Hosted by the LSE Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method and the LSE School of Public Policy.
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City of Hope - Lessons from Cape Town for the future of South Africa and African cities
Tuesday 23 January, 6.30pm to 8pm GMT
Speaker: Geordin Hill-Lewis, Mayor of Cape Town
Discussant: Desné Masie, Visiting Senior Fellow, Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa, LSE
Chair: Suzanne Hall, Professor of Sociology and Head of Department, LSE
Venue: In-person (Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House) and Online Public Event
Hosted by LSE Cities and the LSE School of Public Policy
Changing the Status Quo - data and radical transformation at the heart of government
Wednesday 6 December, 6.00pm to 7.30pm GMT
Speaker: Laura Gilbert, Director of Data Science, Number 10 Downing Street, and joint Chief Analyst, Cabinet Office
Chair: Alexander Evans, Professor in Practice and Programme Director, MPA in Data Science for Public Policy, School of Public Policy, LSE
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy
Venue: In-person (MAR.1.10) and Online Public Event
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China, India and the Global Order (or Disorder)
Thursday 23 November, 6.30pm to 8.00pm GMT
Speakers: Vince Cable, Professor in Practice, School of Public Policy, LSE; Niall Ferguson, Milbank Family Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University and Visiting Professor, School of Public Policy, LSE; Rebecca Nadin, Director, Global Risks & Resilience programme, ODI
Chair: Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy
Venue: In-person (Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House) and Online Public Event
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Public Policy Priorities and Challenges for China and the World
LSE-Fudan Annual Conference 2023
21 and 22 November 2023
Keynote Speakers: Dr Keyu Jin (LSE); Professor Shiping Tang (Fudan University); Professor Xiaojun Yan (University of Hong Kong)
Hosted by the LSE-Fudan Global Public Policy Hub
Making good law in a time of polycrisis
Monday 20 November, 6.30pm to 7.30pm GMT
Speaker: Lord John McFall, Baron McFall of Alcluith and Lord Speaker of the House of Lords
Chair: Tony Travers, Associate Dean, School of Public Policy, LSE
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy and the Department of Government, LSE
Venue: In-person and online public event (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE)
Elections in Argentina: a dialogue ahead of the presidential runoff
Wednesday 15 November, 6.30pm to 8.00pm
Speakers: Ingrid Bleynat, Senior Lecturer in International Development, King’s College London; Pilar Elizalde, Department Lecturer in Law and Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government; Fabrício Mendes Fialho, Research Fellow, International Inequalities Institute, LSE; Victoria Paniagua, Assistant Professor in International Political Economy, LSE
Welcome remarks: Sebastián Cera, founder and President, Fundar UK.
Moderator: Michael Reid, Visiting Professor in Practice, LSE School of Public Policy
Chair: Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE
Hosted by the Fundar UK and the LSE School of Public Policy
Venue: MAR.2.08, Marshall Building, LSE
Demographic and the aging - the impact of aging - the impact of ageing on pension systems and on labour markets
Wednesday 15 November, 12.00pm GMT
Speakers: Nicholas Barr, Professor in Public Economics, LSE; Daiji Kawaguchi, Professor of Economics, University of Tokyo; Ito Peng, Professor of Sociology and Public Policy, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
Chair: Bruno Palier, CNRS Research Director, Sciences Po
Hosted by the Global Public Policy Network (GPPN)
Venue: Online event
Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan: Crisis and Conflict in the Context of a New Cold War
Tuesday 07 November, 6.30pm to 8.00pm GMT
Speaker: Niall Ferguson, Milbank Family Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University and Visiting Professor, School of Public Policy, LSE
Chair: Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy
Venue: In-person and online public event (Alumni Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE)
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How did Britain come to this? The accidental logics of Britain's neoliberal settlement
Wednesday 01 November, 6.30pm to 8.00pm GMT
Speakers: Gwyn Bevan, Emeritus Professor of Policy Analysis, Department of Management, LSE; Abby Innes, Associate Professor in Political Economy, European Institute, LSE; Ros Taylor, presenter and contributing editor, Podmasters
Chair: Patrick Dunleavy, Emeritus Professor and Editor-in-Chief of LSE Press, LSE
Hosted by the LSE Press and the LSE School of Public Policy
Venue: In-person and online public event (Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE)
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Should central banks have an equality mandate?
Tuesday 31 October, 6.30pm to 8.00pm GMT
Speaker: Roberto Chang, Visiting Professor, School of Public Policy and Distinguished Professor, Rutgers University
Chair: Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE
Hosted by the Centre for Macroeconomics and the LSE School of Public Policy
Venue: In-person event only (Hong Kong Theate, Clement House, LSE)
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China and India: economic fall and rise?
Tuesday 17 October, 6.30pm to 8.00pm BST
Speaker: Vince Cable, Professor in Practice, School of Public Policy, LSE; Keyu Jin, Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, LSE; Rathin Roy, Managing Director, Overseas Development Institute
Chair: Alexander Evans, Professor in Practice and Programme Director, MPA in Data Science for Public Policy, School of Public Policy, LSE
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy
Venue: In-person and online public event (MAR.2.04 Marshall Building, LSE)
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The transition paradox: navigating the path to becoming the world's first fossil-free welfare state
Monday 09 October, 6.45pm to 8.15pm BST
Speaker: Mikael Damberg, Former Minister of Finance, Government of Sweden
Chair: Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy and the LSE European Institute
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The identity trap: a story of ideas and power in our time
Friday 06 October, 6.00pm to 7.30pm BST
Speaker: Yascha Mounk, Professor of Practice of International Affairs, Johns Hopkins University
Chair: Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy
Latin America's labyrinth: economic stagnation, populism and the weakening of the democratic centre
Thursday 05 October, 6.30pm to 8.00pm BST
Speaker: Michael Reid, Visiting Professor, School of Public Policy, LSE
Chair: Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy
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Ukraine: the war that changed the world
Monday 02 October, 6.30pm to 8.00pm BST
Speakers: Chris Alden, Professor of International Relations and Director of LSE IDEAS; Robert Falkner, Professor of International Relations, LSE; Eleanor Knott, Assistant Professor in Qualitative Methods, Department of Methodology, LSE; Tomila Lankina, Professor of International Relations, LSE
Chair: Michael Cox, Professor Emeritus of International Relations and Founding Director, LSE IDEAS
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy
LSE Festival | Rethinking Retirement: public policies to support life changes
Monday 12 June, 1.00pm to 2.00pm BST
Speakers: Vince Cable, Professor in Practice, LSE School of Public Policy; David Sinclair, Chief Executive, International Longevity Centre; Susan Scholefield, Former Director General, Ministry of Defence UK.
Chair: Alexander Evans, Professor, LSE School of Public Policy.
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy as part of the LSE Festival: People and Change.
Venue: Marshall Building LSE.
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Geopolitics of Energy in the 21st Century
Monday 22 May, 6.30pm to 8.00pm BST
Speaker: Helen Thompson, Professor of Political Economy, Cambridge University.
Chair: Omar Hammoud-Gallego, Fellow in Political Science and Public Policy, LSE School of Public Policy.
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy.
Venue: In-person event (MAR.1.08, Marshall Building, LSE).
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How Might China Navigate the Challenges Ahead?
Monday 15 May, 6.30pm to 7.45pm BST
Speaker: Tao Wang, Head of Asia Economic Research, UBS.
Chair: Ricardo Reis, Arthur Williams Professor of Economics, LSE
Hosted by the Centre For Macroeconomics and the LSE School of Public Policy.
Venue: In-person event (Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE).
Beveridge 2.0: Labour Markets and Social Protection Symposium
Thursday 11 May, 9.30am to 17.30pm BST
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy and the LSE International Inequalities Institute.
Venue: MAR.2.04, Room 4, Floor 2, Marshall Building.
Admission to LSE Staff and Students only.
Shaping a 21st Century Policy Consensus
Thursday 4 May, 6.00pm to 7.30pm BST
Speakers: Pranab Bardhan, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of California, Berkeley; Diane Coyle, Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge; Nicholas Stern, IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government, LSE; Leonard Wantchekon, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University.
Chair: Minouche Shafik, President and Vice Chancellor, LSE.
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy.
Venue: In-person and online public event (Auditorium, Centre Building).
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Fiscal rules in the EU: looking forward
Tuesday 21 March, 6.30pm to 8.00pm
Speakers: Marco Buti, Head of Cabinet of Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni, European Commission; Ethan Ilzetzki, Associate Professor, LSE; Gene Frieda, Executive Vice President, PIMCO; Federica Romei, Associate Professor, Oxford University
Chair: Ricardo Reis, Arthur Williams Phillips Professor of Economics, LSE
Hosted by Centre For Macroeconomics and the School for Public Policy
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
How to be a Successful Economist
Monday 13 March, 6.30pm to 8.00pm
Speakers: Ian Harwood,Economic Adviser Redburn Partners; Vicky Pryce, Chief Economic Adviser, Centre for Economics and Business Research; Andy Ross, Visiting Professor, Birkbeck University of London
Chair: Tony Travers, Associate Dean, School of Public Policy.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy.
Venue: Online and in-person (MAR.2.08, Marshall Building LSE).
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Spectrum Auctions: designing markets to benefit the public, industry and the economy
Thursday 09 March 2023, 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Speakers: Geoffrey Myers, Visiting Professor in Practice School of Public Policy; Paul Milgrom, Professor at Stanford University; Martin Ballantyne, General Counsel at Ofcom; Inge Hansen, Senior Vice President Corporate Affairs at TDC NET.
Chair: Julia Black, Strategic Director of Innovation at LSE
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy, LSE Press and Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation
Venue: Online Public Event (Zoom)
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Follow the Money: how much does Britain cost?
Tuesday 7 March, 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Speaker: Paul Johnson, Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Chair: Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Policy.
Hosted by the Department of Government and the LSE School of Public Policy.
Venue: Online and in-person public event (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building).
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Global Challenges and regional opportunities for Latin America and the Caribbean
Wednesday 01 March 2023, 10:30am to 11:30am
Speakers: Ilan Goldfajn, President, Inter-American Development Bank; Kathryn Hochstetler, Professor, Department of International Development LSE.
Chair: Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Amartya Sen Professor of Inequality Studies, LSE
Hosted by LSESU Brazilian Society, LSE International Inequalities Institute, LSE School of Public Policy
Venue: In person public event (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building)
Emerging Europe's chronic distrust: Lessons from the region's COVID puzzle
Thursday 16 February, 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Speakers: Christopher Dann, PhD student, Stanford University; Joan Costa-i-Font, Professor of Health Economics, Department of Health Policy; Piroska Nagy Mohácsi, Visting Professor in Practice, Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa; Előd Takáts, Visiting Professor in Practice, School of Public Policy.
Chair: Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Policy.
Hosted by the Corvinus University of Budapest, LSE School of Public Policy and the LSE European Institute.
Venue: In-Person (LSE Lecture Theatre, Centre Building LSE) and Online.
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Artificial Intelligence: a new frontier for public policy
Monday 13 February 2023, 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Speakers: Frank Muci, Policy Fellow at the School of Public Policy; Gabriela Ramos, Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO; Vanessa Rubio-Márquez, Associate Dean for Extended Education at the School of Public Policy.
Chair: Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Policy.
Hosted by UNESCO and the LSE School of Public Policy.
Venue: Online and in-person (MAR.2.04, Marshall Building, LSE)
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Inside the Deal: how the EU got Brexit done
Monday 6 February, 6:30pm to 8:00pm GMT
Speakers: Stefaan De Rynck, Senior Adviser to Michel Barnier, European Union's Chief Negotiator for Brexit; Vicky Pryce, Chief Economic Adviser, Centre for Economics and Business Research.
Chair: Tony Travers, Associate Dean, School of Public Policy.
Hosted by the LSE European Institute and the LSE School of Public Policy.
Venue: Online and in-person (Old Theatre, Old Building LSE).
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The Strange Survival of Liberal Britain
Thursday 2 February, 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Speakers: Vernon Bogdanor, Professor of governemnt, King's College London; Polly Mackenzie, UAL Chief Social Purpose Officer.
Chair: Tony Travers, Associate Dean, School of Public Policy.
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy.
Venue: Online and in-person public event (MAR.2.08, Marshall Building LSE)
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Growth for Good: reshaping capitalism to save humanity from climate catastrophe
Tuesday 17 January 2023, 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Speakers: Alessio Terzi, Lecturer, HEC Paris and Sciences; Anna Valero, Senior Policy Fellow at LSE's Centre for Economic Performance.
Chair: Angelo Martelli, Assistant Professor, LSE European Institute.
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy and the LSE European Institute.
Venue: Online and In-Person (Auditorium, Centre Building LSE)
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Beveridge 2.0: tax justice
Tuesday 29 November, 6:30pm-8:00pm GMT
Speakers: Professor Jonathan Hopkin, Professor of Comparative Politics, Department of Government at LSE; Professor Andy Summers, Associate Professor of Law, LSE Law School; Dr Kate Summers, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Methodology at LSE.
Policy respondent: James Murray MP, Labour and Co-operative MP for Ealing North and Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury.
Chair: Professor Francisco Ferreira, Amartya Sen Professor of Inequality Studies and Director, International Inequalities Institute at LSE.
Hosted by International Inequalities Institute, LSE School of Public Policy and Beveridge 2.0.
Venue: In-Person (Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House) and Online.
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The Future of Liberalism: In conversation with Zanny Minton Beddoes
Thursday 24 November, 6:30pm-8:00pm GMT
Speaker: Zanny Minton Beddoes, Editor-in-Chief, The Economist.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Policy at LSE
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy.
Venue: In-Person (Auditorium, Centre Building LSE) and Online.
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Stabilizing the Social Contract: the Case of Chile
Wednesday 23 November, 6.30pm-8.00pm GMT
Speakers: Guillermo Larrain, Associate Professor, University of Chile; Javier Sajuria, Associate Professor, Queen Mary University of London; Kirsten Sehnbruch, Distinguished Policy Fellow, LSE International Inequalities Institute.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Policy at LSE
Hosted by Queen Mary’s School of Politics and International Relations, LSE School of Public Policy and LSESU Chile Society.
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LSE-Fudan Annual Conference 2022
Global Public Policy: Challenges and Prospects
Thursday 17 November, 10:00am-2:00pm GMT
Speakers: Professor Zhimin Chen, Vice President, Fudan University; Professor Yijia Jing, Professor of Public Policy and Management, Fudan University; Professor Susana Mourato, Pro-director of Research, LS;, Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of School of Public Policy, LSE.
Chair: Professor Bingchun Meng, Professor of Media and Communications.
Hosted by LSE-Fudan Research Centre for Global Public Policy, LSE-Fudan Global Public Policy Hub and the School of Public Policy.
Venue: Online.
The Global Trading System in Crisis
Wednesday 16 November, 5:00pm-6:00pm GMT
Speakers: Professor Dani Rodrik, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Ignacio Garcia Bercero, Director of Multilateral Affairs, Strategy and Economic Analysis, European Commission; Professor Michael Pettis, Professor of Finance, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University.
Hosted by LSE IDEAS and the School of Public Policy.
Venue: Online.
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How to Be a Politician: in conversation with Vince Cable
Tuesday 15 November, 6:30pm-8:00pm GMT
Speaker: Sir Vince Cable, Professor in Practice, School of Public Policy at LSE.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy at LSE.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy.
Venue: In-Person (MAR.2.08, Marshall Building LSE) and Online.
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Pension Policy and Governmentality in China: Manufacturing Public Compliance
Monday 07 November, 6:00pm-7:30pm BST
Speakers: Dr Carrie Friese, Associate Professor in Sociology; Dr Yan Wang, Research Fellow at LSE-Fudan Global Public Policy Hub; Professor Noam Yuchtman, Professor of Managerial Economics and Strategy.
Chair: Professor Patrick Dunleavy, Head of LSE Press.
Hosted by LSE-Fudan Global Public Policy Hub, School of Public Policy and LSE Press
Venue: In-person (MAR 2.10, Marshall Building) and online.
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The UK's 2022 Autumn Economic Crisis: Why did it happen and what next?
Tuesday 01 November 2022 6.30pm-8.00pm BST
Speakers: Professor Sir Charles Bean, Professor of Economics at LSE; Professor Alexander Evans, Professor in Practice at the School of Public Policy; Stephanie Flanders, Senior Executive Editor for Economics at Bloomberg; Gene Frieda, Senior Visiting Fellow at the School of Public Policy.
Chair: Professor Tony Travers is Associate Dean of the School of Public Policy at LSE
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy.
Venue: Auditorium, Centre Building, LSE.
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Global Value Chains for Regional Development: Mobilising Trade and FDI for Economic Development
Thursday 27 October, 6:30pm-8:00pm BST
Speakers: Peter Berkowitz, Policy Director, Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission; Professor Riccardo Crescenzi, Professor of Economic Geography, LSE; Oliver Harman, Cities Economist for the International Growth Centre’s (IGC) Cities; Ana Novik, Head of the Investment Divison at the OECD; Joaquim Oliveira Martins, Special Advisor to the EU Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms.
Chair: Professor Vanessa Rubio-Márquez, Associate Dean for Extended Education, School of Public Policy LSE
Hosted by the Department of Geography and Environment and the School of Public Policy
Venue: Online and in-person (Auditorium, Centre Building, LSE).
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Chip War: the Battle to Control Semi-Conductors
Monday 24 October, 6:30pm-8:00pm BST
Speaker: Dr Chris Miller, Associate Professor of International History, The Fletcher School.
Chair: Professor Alexander Evans OBE, Professor in Practice, LSE School of Public Policy.
Hosted by the Department of International Relations and LSE School of Public Policy.
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building LSE.
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In Conversation with Ray Dalio: Looking at Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order and Why Nations Succeed and Fail
Monday 26 September, 7:00pm-8:00pm BST
Speaker: Ray Dalio, Founder, Co-CIO & Member of the Board of Bridgewater Associates.
Chair: Baroness Minouche Shafik, Director of LSE.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy.
Venue: Online Public Event.
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The Consequences of the Invasion of Ukraine on Europe and Italian Politics
Wednesday 29 June, 6:00pm-7:30pm BST
Speakers: Dr Angelo Martelli, Assistant Professor in European and International Political Economy at the LSE European Institute; Dr Lia Quartapelle, Italian MP for the Democratic Party (PD) since 2013.
Chair: Dr Omar Hammoud Gallego, researcher and social data scientist, currently a Fellow in Political Science and Public Policy at the LSE School of Public Policy.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy.
Venue: LSE campus.
Reforming the Global Tax System
Tuesday 28 June, 5:00pm-6:00pm
Speaker: David Bradbury, Head of the Tax Policy and Statistics Division of the Centre for Tax Policy and Administration at the OECD; Professor Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Amartya Sen Professor of Inequality Studies and Director of the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics; Gabriel Zucman, Director of the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Wealth and Income Inequality at the University of California at Berkeley.
Chair: Dr Tasha Fairfield, Associate Professor in Development Studies, LSE.
Hosted by LSE IDEAS and the LSE School of Public Policy.
Venue: Online.
Ukraine's Wartime Economy and Financial Challenges
Monday 27 June, 1:05pm-2:00pm BST
Speaker: Valeria Gontareva, Former Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine and Visiting Senior Fellow at the School of Public Policy at LSE
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy.
Hosted by the LSE European Institute and School of Public Policy.
Venue: LSE campus.
The Avoidable War: The dangers of a catastrophic conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China
Friday 24 June, 6:00pm-7:00pm BST
Speaker: Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister of Australia and President and CEO of Asia Society.
Chair: Professor Tony Travers, Associate Dean of the LSE School of Public Policy.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy.
Venue: Online and In-Person.
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LSE Festival: Financing Social Care
Thursday 16 June, 6:30pm-7:45pm BST
Speakers: Professor Nicholas Barr, Professor of Public Economics in the European Institute at the LSE; Andrew Dilnot, Warden of Nuffield College Oxford; Michelle Dyson, Director General for Adult Social Care; Lord Nicholas MacPherson, served as the Permanent Secretary to the Treasury from 2005 to 2016.
Chair: Dr Tania Burchardt, Associate Director of the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE), Deputy Director of STICERD, and an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Policy at LSE.
LSE Festival: How Do We Get to a Post-COVID World?, LSE School of Public Policy and Beveridge 2.0.
Venue: Online and In-Person.
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How We Dollarized Ecuador
Monday 06 June 2022, 5:30pm-7:00pm BST
Speakers: Jamil Mahuad, former Minister of Labor, representative of the National Congress, Mayor of Quito and President of Ecuador.
Discussants: Professor Vanessa Rubio-Márquez, Associate Dean for Extended Education at the School of Public Policy at LSE.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Policy at LSE.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy and the Latin America and Caribbean Centre.
Venue: Online.
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The UK during the 70-year Reign of Elizabeth II
Monday 30 May, 6:30pm-8:00pm BST
Speakers: Professor Tim Besley, Professor of Economics and W. Arthur Lewis Professor of Development Economics, LSE; Dr Tania Burchardt, Associate Director of the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE), Deputy Director of STICERD, and Associate Professor in the Department of Social Policy, LSE; Professor Michael Cox, Emeritus Professor of International Relations LSE; Sir Anthony Seldon, British educator, contemporary historian and author.
Chair: Baroness Minouche Shafik, Director of LSE.
Hosted by LSE Department of Government and LSE School of Public Policy.
Venue: Online and In-Person (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE).
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Today’s Fight for Open Society
Thursday 19 May, 4:30pm-6:00pm BST
Speaker: Mark Malloch-Brown, President of the Open Societies Foundations.
Chair: Baroness Minouche Shafik, Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy.
Venue: Online and In-Person (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE).
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Justice Across Ages
Wednesday 18 May, 6:00pm-7:30pm BST
Speaker: Dr Juliana Bidadanure, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and of Political Science, Stanford University and Ludwig Lachmann Research Associate Professor of Philosophy, LSE.
Chair: Professor Alex Voorhoeve, Professor and Head of Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, LSE.
Hosted by LSE Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method and LSE School of Public Policy.
Venue: Online and In-Person (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE).
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The House of Contradiction
Thursday 12 May, 5:00pm-6:30pm BST
Speaker: Professor Jesús Silva-Herzog Márquez, Professor at Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública (School of Government and Public Transformation) of the Tecnológico de Monterrey.
Discussant: Professor Vanessa Rubio-Márquez, Professor in Practice at the School of Public Policy, LSE.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy and the Latin America and Caribbean Centre.
Venue: Online.
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Lessons from Afghanistan
Wednesday 4 May, 6:30pm-8:00pm BST
Speakers: Dr Michael Callen, Associate Professor of Economics, LSE; Professor Michael Cox, Emeritus Professor of International Relations, LSE; Dr Devika Hovell, Associate Professor of Public International Law, LSE; Nargis Nehan, former Afghan Minister for Mines Petroleum and Industries, activist and founder of EQUALITY for Peace and Democracy.
Chair: Baroness Minouche Shafik, Director of LSE.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy, LSE Public Policy Review and Beveridge 2.0.
Venue: Online.
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Boosting the Lending Power of Multilateral Development Banks Through Risk Transfer
Tuesday 22 March, 5:30pm-7:00pm GMT
Speakers: Simon Bessant, Director, Texel Finance; Chris Canavan, Partner, Lion’s Head Global Partners; Federico Galizia, Chief Risk Officer, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB); Hassatou Diop N’ Sele, Acting Vice-President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer, African Development Bank; Nancy Lee, Senior Policy Fellow, Center for Global Development and Senior Avisor, Center for Strategic and International Studies; William Perraudin, Director of Risk Control, Risk Control; Andrew Powell, Principal Advisor in the Research Department, IDB; Timothy Turner, Senior Advisor, Trade and Development Bank.
Opening remarks: Dr Eric Parrado, Chief Economist and General Manager of the Research Department, IDB.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy at LSE.
Hosted by the African Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank and LSE School of Public Policy.
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Knowledge Diffusion as a Cornerstone of Economic Recovery in the Post-COVID World
Monday 21 March, 6:30pm-8:00pm GMT
Opening remarks: Professor Ricardo Hausmann, Founder and Director, the Growth Lab at Harvard Kennedy School; Dr Miguel Angel Santos, Director, the Growth Co-Lab at LSE.
Speakers: Arben Ahmetaj, Deputy Prime Minister of Albania; Dr Omar Al-Razzaz, Former Prime Minister of Jordan; Ann Bernstein, Executive Director, Center for Development and Enterprise, South Africa; H.E. Isabel de Saint Malo, Former Vice-President of Panama.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Policy at LSE.
Hosted by Growth Lab at Harvard Kennedy School and the LSE School of Public Policy.
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One Party After Another: the disruptive life of Nigel Farage
Wednesday 02 March, 5:00pm-6:00pm GMT
Speaker: Michael Crick, journalist and author of One Party After Another: The Disruptive Life of Nigel Farage.
Chair: Professor Tony Travers, Associate Dean of the LSE School of Public Policy.
Hosted by LSE European Institute, LSE Library and LSE School of Public Policy.
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China and the World in the Post-COVID Era: a new agenda of public policy
Monday 21 February, 6:30pm-8:00pm GMT
Speakers: Bill Bikales, Principal and Lead Economist at Kunlun Associates; Professor Xiaobo Lü, Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Political Science in Barnard College, Columbia University; Dr Xuefei Ren is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology of Michigan State University; Professor Winnie Yip, Professor of the Practice of Global Health Policy and Economics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Director of Harvard University’s China Health Partnership.
Chair: Dr Bingchun Meng, Associate Professor in the Department of Media and Communications at LSE and Co-director of LSE-Fudan Global Public Policy Centre.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy.
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Humane: how the United States abandoned peace and reinvented war
Monday 7 February, 5:30pm-6:30pm GMT
Speaker: Professor Samuel Moyn, Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and a professor of history at Yale University.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy at LSE.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy.
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After the Virus: lessons from the past for a better future
Tuesday 1 February, 4:30pm-6:00pm GMT
Speakers: Hilary Cooper, former government economist and senior policy maker with expertise in labour markets, children’s services and local development; Professor Simon Szreter, Professor of History and Public Policy at the University of Cambridge, researching economic, social and public health history.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy at LSE.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy.
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Reclaiming Populism: how economic fairness can win back disenchanted voters
Wednesday 26 January, 5:30pm-7:00pm GMT
Speakers: Eric Protzer, Research Fellow, Growth Lab, Harvard University; Dr Paul Summerville, Adjunct Professor, Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria.
Discussant: Professor Vanessa Rubio Márquez, Professor in Practice, School of Public Policy at LSE.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy at LSE.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy.
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Rationalising Shopping: Are new patterns of consumption an opportunity for reinventing urbanity?
Wednesday 26 January, 1:00pm-2:00pm GMT
Speakers: Thomas Heatherwick, Designer and Founder of Heatherwick Studio; Andrew Murphy, Executive Director of Operations at The John Lewis Partnership; Ewa Westermark, Architect and a Partner and Director at Gehl.
Moderator: Jonathan De Mello, Equity Partner at CWM.
Chair: Philipp Rode, Executive Director of LSE Cities.
Hosted by LSE Cities, the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft and the LSE School of Public Policy.
Wellbeing as a Goal of Public Policy
Tuesday 18 January, 6:30pm-8:00pm GMT
Speakers: Steve Baker MP, Conservative MP for Wycombe and Deputy Chairman of the COVID Recovery Group; Professor Paul Dolan, Professor of Behavioural Science, LSE; Nancy Hey, Executive Director, What Works Centre for Wellbeing; Dr Johanna Thoma, Associate Professor at the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method at LSE.
Chair: Professor Julia Black, Strategic Director of Innovation and Professor of Law in the Department of Law at LSE.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy and Beveridge 2.0.
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What kind of macroeconomics is useful when formulating policy?
Tuesday 16 November, 6:30pm-8:00pm GMT
Speakers: María Antonieta Alva, Former Minister of Economy and Finance, Peru; Ilan Goldfajn, Director, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF and Former President of the Central Bank of Brazil.
Opening and closing remarks: Professor Filipe Campante, Bloomberg Distinguished Associate Professor of International Economics at Johns Hopkins University; Professor Federico Sturzenegger, Full Professor at Universidad de San Andrés, Visiting Professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School, and Honoris Causa Professor at HEC, Paris; Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy at LSE.
Chair: Professor Vanessa Rubio Márquez, Professor in Practice, School of Public Policy at LSE.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy and LSE Press.
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Nicaragua’s Electoral Pantomime: how should Western democracies respond?
Monday 15 November, 6:00pm-7:30pm GMT
Speakers: Carlos Chamorro, Nicaraguan investigative journalist, Founder and Director of Confidencial; James Dauris, Head of Latin America Department and Deputy Director Americas, FCDO; Bianca Jagger, Founder and President of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation (BJHRF); Xavier Martí, Director for Ibero-America and Caribbean, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain.
Closing remarks: Dr Christopher Sabatini, Senior Research Fellow for Latin America, US and the Americas Programme at Chatham House.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy at LSE.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy and Chatham House.
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The Raging 2020s: Companies, Countries, People - and the Fight for Our Future
Wednesday 10 November, 6:30pm-7:30pm GMT
Speaker: Alec Ross, a Distinguished Professor at l’Universitá di Bologna.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy at LSE.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy.
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Social Unrest in Colombia and Chile: causes and cures
Panel 2
Friday 29 October, 6:00pm-7:30pm BST
Speakers: Ricardo Lagos, former President of the Republic of Chile; Juan Manuel Santos, former President of the Republic of Colombia; Baroness Minouche Shafik, Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy at LSE.
Closing remarks: Dr Mauricio Cárdenas, Visiting Professor at Columbia University SIPA and Former Finance Minister of Colombia.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy and the Latin America and Caribbean Centre.
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Social Unrest in Colombia and Chile: causes and cures
Panel 1
Friday 29 October, 4.30pm-5.45pm BST
Speakers: Professor Ana Arjona, Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science at Northwestern University; Dr Marcela Ríos, Assistant Resident Representative in Chile for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Discussants: Dr Mauricio Cárdenas, Visiting Professor at Columbia University SIPA and Former Finance Minister of Colombia; Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy at LSE.
Chair: Professor Gareth Jones, Director of the Latin America and Caribbean Centre at LSE.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy and the Latin America and Caribbean Centre.
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The Aristocracy of Talent: how meritocracy made the modern world
Thursday 14 October, 1:00pm-2:00pm BST
Speaker: Adrian Wooldridge, the Economist's political editor and author of its Bagehot column.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy at LSE.
Hosted by the School of Public Policy and the Department of Government.
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Urban Age Debates: Cities in the 2020s
Changing Cultures: How are cultural institutions reframing their relationships with audiences, the community and the city?
Wednesday 13 October, 5:00pm-6:00pm BST
Speakers: Elaine Bedell, Chief Executive of the Southbank Centre; Gabriella Gomez-Mont, Founder of Experimentalista; Andreas Görgen, Head of the German Foreign Office’s Culture and Communication Department.
Moderator: Adrian Ellis, Director of AEA Consulting and Chair of the Global Cultural Districts Network.
Chair: Professor Ricky Burdett, Professor of Urban Studies and Director of LSE Cities.
Hosted by the School of Public Policy, LSE Cities and the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft.
The Indian Economy: recent developments and prospects
Monday 11 October, 10:30am-12:00pm BST
Speakers: Shri Shaktikanta Das, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India; Dr Swati Dhingra, Associate Professor in Economics at LSE; Baroness Minouche Shafik, Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science; N K Singh, President of the Institute of Economic Growth and the Chairman of the 15th Finance Commission; Professor Nicholas Stern, IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government, Chairman of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change at LSE; Martin Wolf CBE, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy at LSE.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy.
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Opportunities for Stronger and Sustainable Post-Pandemic Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean
Thursday 07 October, 6:00pm-7:30pm BST
Speakers: Dr Eduardo Cavallo, Principal Economist at the Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB); Marla Dukharan, Caribbean economist and advisor; Dr Andrew Powell, Principal Advisor in the Research Department (RES) at IDB; Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy at LSE.
Chair: Professor Gareth Jones, Director of the Latin America and Caribbean Centre at LSE.
Introductory remarks: Malcom Geere, Alternate Executive Director, IDB; Dr Eric Parrado Herrera, Chief Economist and General Manager of the Research Department of the IDB; Professor Susana Mourato, Pro-Director (Research) at LSE.
Hosted by the School of Public Policy, the Latin America and Caribbean Centre and the Inter-American Development Bank.
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Reciprocity and the Welfare State
Tuesday 28 September, 1:00pm-2:30pm BST
Speakers: Professor Nicholas Barr, Professor of Public Economics in the European Institute at LSE; Professor Sir Tim Besley, Professor of Economics of Political Science and Sir W. Arthur Lewis Professor of Development Economics in the Department of Economics at LSE; Dr Tania Burchardt, Associate Director of the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) and Deputy Director of STICERD at LSE.
Policy Discussant: Gregg McClymont, Visiting Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford and Exec. Director Public Affairs at IFM Investors.
Chair: Baroness Minouche Shafik, Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy and Beveridge 2.0.
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My Secret Brexit Diary
Monday 27 September, 5:30pm-6:45pm BST
Speaker: Michel Barnier, European Commission's Head of Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2021.
Chair: Professor Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor in Contemporary Greek Studies, Professor in European Politics and Director of the Hellenic Observatory at LSE.
Introductory and closing remarks: Baroness Minouche Shafik, Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Hosted by LSE European Institute and School of Public Policy.
*Part of the LSE Programme: Brexit and Beyond*
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Reset: reclaiming the internet for civil society
Wednesday 7 July 2021, 5:30pm-6:30pm BST
Speaker: Professor Ron Deibert, Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and Department of Political Science, as well as the Director of the Munk School's Citizen Lab.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy at LSE.
Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy and the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.
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Seven Ways to Change the World - How To Fix The Most Pressing Problems We Face
Tuesday 06 July 2021, 1pm-2pm BST
Speaker: Gordon Brown, United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Chair: Baroness Minouche Shafik, Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy.
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Perspectives on the COVID-19 Pandemic
Tuesday 29 June 2021, 4pm-5.30pm BST
Speakers: Professor Francisco Ferreira, Amartya Sen Professor of Inequality Studies and Director of the International Inequalities Institute at LSE; Professor Adnan Khan, Professor in Practice at LSE's School of Public Policy; Professor Lucinda Platt, Professor of Social Policy and Sociology and Head of Department of Social Policy at LSE.
Policy Discussant: Professor Ricardo Hausmann, Rafik Hariri Professor in Practice of International Political Economy and Director of the Growth Lab, Harvard Kennedy School.
Chair: Dr Tania Burchardt, Associate Director of the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) and Deputy Director of STICERD at LSE.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy and Beveridge 2.0.
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Haldane and LSE: applying political philosophy to public service in today's polarised politics
Thursday 10 June 2021, 5.30pm-7pm BST
Speakers: John Campbell, Co-founder and Chair of Campbell Lutyens; Dr Jill Pellew, Senior Fellow of the Institute of Historical Research at the University of London; Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy at LSE.
Chair: Professor Julia Black, Strategic Director for Innovation and Professor of Law at LSE.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy.
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Liars: falsehood and free speech in an age of deception
Thursday 27 May 2021, 11.45am-12.40pm BST
Speaker: Professor Cass R. Sunstein, Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy at LSE.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy.
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Rescue: from global crisis to a better world
Wednesday 26 May 2021, 2pm-3pm BST
Speaker: Professor Ian Goldin, Professor of Globalisation and Development at Oxford University.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy at LSE.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy.
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Doom: the politics of catastrophe
Thursday 20 May 2021, 7.15pm-8.15pm BST
Speaker: Professor Niall Ferguson, Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Senior Faculty fellow of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy at LSE.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy.
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Urban Age Debates: cities in the 2020s
Localising Transport: towards the 15-minute city or the one-hour metropolis?
Thursday 20 May 2021, 1pm-2pm BST
Speakers: Professor Edward Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University; Sir Peter Hendy, Chair of Network Rail; Yolisa Kani, Chief Business Development Officer (CBDO) of Transnet.
Moderator: Isabel Dedring, Global Transport Leader and Group Board Member at Arup.
Chair: Dr Philipp Rode, Executive Director of LSE Cities and Associate Professorial Research Fellow at LSE.
Hosted by LSE Cities, the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft and School of Public Policy.
Lessons Learnt from the Pandemic
Thursday 13 May 2021, 3.30pm-4.30pm BST
Speakers: Dr Mukulika Banerjee, Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at LSE; Professor Paul Dolan, Professor of Behavioural Science at LSE; Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy at LSE; Dr Clare Wenham, Assistant Professor of Global Health Policy at LSE.
Chair: Professor Simon Hix, Pro-Director for Research and the Harold Laski Professor of Political Science at LSE.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy.
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Humanising the City: can the design of urban space promote cohesion and healthier lifestyles?
Tuesday 27 April 2021, 5.30pm-7pm BST
Speakers: Elizabeth Diller, architech and partner at Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R); Rozana Montiel, founder and director of Rozana Montiel | Estudio de Arquitectura; Amanda Levete, founder and principal of Amanda Levete Architects (AL_A); Suketa Mehta, writer, critic and urbanist.
Chair: Ricky Burdett, professor of Urban Studies, Director of LSE Cities, co-founder of the Urban Age.
Hosted by LSE Cities, the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft and School of Public Policy.
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Central Bank Digital Currencies: international and domestic challengesThursday 22- Friday 23 April 2021
Speakers: Various. Please see conference programme.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy, Accenture and the Centre for Macroeconomics.
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Drugs and Development Policies: a discussion with the Global Commission on Drug Policy
Monday 29 March 2021, 1pm-2.30pm BST
Speakers: Juan Manuel Santos Calderón, former President of Colombia, Nobel Peace Laureate and member of the Global Commission on Drug Policy; Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand, administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and chair of the Global Commission on Drug Policy; Ruth Dreifuss, former President of Switzerland and member of the Global Commission on Drug Policy and Kgalema Motlanthe, Former President of South Africa and Member of the Global Commission of Drug Policy.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE.
Hosted by The Global Commission on Drug Policy and School of Public Policy.
Doing Good and Doing Well: Individual and Organisational Motivations for Public Benefit
Monday 22 March 2021, 5pm-6.30pm GMT
Speakers: Ellie Benton, Research Assistant at LSE Housing and Communities, CASE; Dr Joan Costa-Font, Associate Professor in Health Economics, Department of Health Policy, LSE; Professor Julian Le Grand, Professor of Social Policy at the Institute for Philanthropy and Entrepreneurship, LSE; Dr Sara Machado, Fellow at the Department of Health Policy, LSE; Professor Anne Power, Head of LSE Housing and Communities at the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE and Dr Jonathan Roberts, Teaching Director and Senior Lecturer in Practice at the Marshall Institute, LSE.
Policy Discussant: Pamela Dow, Executive Director of the new Government Skills and Curriculum Unit in the Cabinet Office.
Chair: Professor Stephan Chambers, Director of the Marshall Institute for Philanthropy and Entrepreneurship, LSE.
Hosted by LSE Marshall Institute, School of Public Policy and Beveridge 2.0.
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UK Market Regulation After Brexit: higher, lower or stay the same?
Tuesday 09 March 2021, 5pm-6.30pm GMT
Speakers: Minette Batters, President of the National Farmers Union of England and Wales; Tony Danker, Director-General of CBI; Professor Sam Fankhauser, Director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change, LSE; Frances O'Grady, General Secretary of the TUC.
Chair: Minouche Shafik, Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Hosted by LSE European Institute and School of Public Policy.*Part of the LSE Programme: Brexit and Beyond*
Money and Power: the world leaders who changed economics
Tuesday 23 February 2021, 4pm-5.30pm GMT
Speaker: Sir Vince Cable, former Leader of the Liberal Democrats (2017 to 2019) and Professor in Practice, LSE Institute of Global Affairs.
Discussant: Vicky Pryce, Chief Economic Advisor, Centre for Economics and Business Research and former Joint Head of the UK Government Economic Service.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy and Institute of Global Affairs.
How Was Brexit For You? A Reflection On What We Learnt
Wednesday 17 February 2021, 5pm-6.30pm GMT
Speakers: Professor Catherine Barnard; Professor of European Union and Labour Law, Trinity College, University of Cambridge; Baroness Catharine Hoey, former Labour MP for Vauxhall and a vocal campaigner to Leave the EU; Dr Gerard Lyons, economist and Chief Economic Strategist at Netwealth Investments; Sir Ivan Rogers, former UK Permanent Representative to the EU.
Chair: Professor Tony Travers, Associate Dean, LSE School of Public Policy.
Hosted by LSE European Institute and School of Public Policy.
*Part of the LSE Programme: Brexit and Beyond*
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Outside the EU: options for Britain
Tuesday 9 February 2021, 4pm-5.30pm GMT
Speakers: Dr Martin Westlake, Visiting Professor in Practice, LSE European Institute; Sebastian Remøy, Executive Vice President and Global Head of Public Affairs at Kreab; Dr Sara Hagemann, Associate Professor in European Politics, LSE European Institute.
Chair: Professor Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor in Contemporary Greek Studies, Professor in European Politics and Director of the Hellenic Observatory.
Hosted by LSE European Institute and School of Public Policy.*Part of the LSE Programme: Brexit and Beyond*
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One Step Ahead: mastering the art and science of negotiation
Wednesday 3 February 2021, 4pm-5:30pm GMT
Speakers: Professor David Sally, Author and leading behavioural game theorist; Professor Kathleen O’Connor, Clinical Professor of Organisational Behaviour, London Business School.
Chair: Professor Chris Anderson, Professor in Politics and Policy, LSE European Institute.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy.
How to Make COVID-19 Vaccination a Success? Policy Priorities and Implementation from Israel and Around the World
Tuesday 26 January 2021, 5pm-6.15pm GMT
Speakers: Professor Ran Balicer, Chief Innovation Officer at Clalit Health Service, Head of the Cabinet’s Coronavirus Experts, Israel; Professor Olivier Wouters, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Health
Chair: Piroska Nagy-Mohacsi, Interim Director, Institute of Global Affairs, LSE School of Public Policy.
Hosted by LSE Institute of Global Affairs and School of Public Policy.
*Part of the LSE Maryam Annual Forum*
The Impact of Brexit on Higher Education
Monday 25 January 2021, 5pm-6.30pm GMT
Speakers: Professor Simon Hix, Pro-Director for Research at LSE and Harold Laski Professor of Political Science, Department of Government at LSE; Dr Beth Thompson, Head of Policy and Advocacy - UK & EU at the Wellcome Trust; Professor Wendy Thomson, Vice-Chancellor of the University of London.
Chair: Professor Tony Travers, Associate Dean of the School of Public Policy at LSE.
Hosted by LSE European Institute and School of Public Policy.*Part of the LSE Programme: Brexit and Beyond*
Humanitarian dimensions of the war in Nagorno-Karabakh
Monday 25 January 2021, 4pm-5pm GMT
Speakers: Dr Laurence Broers, Caucasus Programme Director at London-based peace-building organisation Conciliation Resources; Dr Jo Laycock, Senior Lecturer in Migration History at the University of Manchester.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSEHosted by LSE School of Public Policy.
Overdraft: saving the Indian saver
Thursday 21 January 2021, 1pm-2.15pm GMT
Speaker: Dr Urjit R. Patel, Chairman, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy and former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy.
Urban Age Debates: cities in the 2020s
Socialising Remote Work: will changing patterns in knowledge work reduce or amplify the human need to meet in cities?
Tuesday 19 January 2021, 1pm-2.15pm GMT
Speakers: Professor Richard Florida, Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy, University of Toronto School of Cities and Rotman School of Management; Ayesha Khanna, co-Founder and CEO of ADDO AI; Janina Kugel, Non-Executive Board Member, Senior Advisor and Speaker.
Chair: Baroness Camilla Cavendish, Broadcaster, journalist and Contributing Editor, Financial Times.
Hosted by LSE Cities, the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft and LSE School of Public Policy.
Beveridge 2.0: the supportive state
Wednesday 13 January 2021, 1.30pm-3pm GMT
Speakers: Professor Oriana Bandiera, Sir Anthony Atkinson Professor of Economics, LSE; Professor Julian Le Grand, Professor of Social Policy at the Marshall Institute for Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship, LSE; Dr Abigail McKnight, Director of the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE; Jonathan Reynolds, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Chair: Professor Tony Travers, Associate Dean of LSE School of Public Policy.Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy and Beveridge 2.0.
The 'True' Brexit: where are we now?
Thursday 10 December 2020, 5pm-6:30pm GMT
Speakers: Professor Katy Hayward, Professor of Political Sociology at Queen’s University Belfast and a Senior Fellow at ‘The UK in a Changing Europe’; Vicky Pryce, Chief Economic Advisor at the Centre for Economics and Business Research and former Joint Head of the UK Government Economic Service; Jill Rutter, Senior Research Fellow at the UK in a Changing Europe; Professor Tony Travers is Associate Dean of the School of Public Policy at LSE.
Chair: Professor Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor in Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor in European Politics and the Director of the Hellenic Observatory.
Hosted by LSE European Institute and School of Public Policy.
*Part of the LSE Programme: Brexit and Beyond*
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Maryam Annual Forumn - One Year On: Lessons Learnt and 'New Normals' in a Post-COVID World
8, 9 and 10 December 2020, 2pm onwards GMT
Hosted by Institute of Global Affairs and School of Public Policy.
Lives, Livelihoods and Lockdowns: debating COVID-19 policy trade-offs
Wednesday 2 December 2020, 1pm-2.15pm GMT
Speakers: Professor Dame Sally Davies, Master of Trinity College, University of Cambridge and a Special Envoy on AMR (antimicrobial resistance) for the UK Government; Professor Paul Dolan, Professor of Behavioural Science, LSE; Professor Sunetra Gupta, Professor of Theoretical Epidemiology, University of Oxford; Professor Carl Heneghan, a clinical epidemiologist and Professor of Evidence-based Medicine, University of Oxford; Professor David Hunter, Richard Doll Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine and Director of the Translational Epidemiology Unit at the Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford.
Chair: Professor Julia Black, Strategic Director of Innovation and Professor of Law, LSE.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy
China: Engage – Avoid the New Cold World War
Tuesday 24 November 2020, 1.00pm-2.15 pm GMT
Speaker: Sir Vince Cable, former Leader of the Liberal Democrats (2017 to 2019) and Professor in Practice, LSE Institute of Global Affairs.
Discussant: Dr Linda Yueh, Visiting Professor, LSE IDEAS and Chair, LSE Economic Diplomacy Commission.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy and Institute of Public Affairs.
What It Takes: lessons in the pursuit of excellence
Monday 16 November 2020, 6.30pm-8pm GMT
Speaker: Stephen A. Schwarzman, Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder of Blackstone.
Chair: Baroness Minouche Shafik, LSE Director.
Hosted by the School of Public Policy.
After Brexit: the UK in the North Atlantic trade triangle
Thursday 12 November 2020, 5pm- 6:30pm GMT
Speaker: Anthony Gardner, former US Ambassador to the European Union; Beatrice Kilroy-Nolan, former senior EU and trade advisor to the Prime Minister in No.10 Downing Street; Luisa Santos, Deputy Director General at BusinessEurope.
Chair: Professor Tony Travers, Associate Dean of the School of Public Policy at LSE.
Hosted by the School of Public Policy and European Institute, LSE.
*Part of the LSE Programme: Brexit and Beyond*
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Hungary and Other Emerging EU Countries in the Financial Storm
Wednesday 4 November 2020, 1pm-2pm
Speakers: Julia Kiraly, Associate Professor of Finance and Monetary Economics, International Business School (IBS) Budapest; Piroska Nagy Mohacsi, Interim Director and Programme Director, Institute of Global Affairs at the LSE School of Public Policy; Richard Portes, Professor of Economics; Academic Director, AQR Asset Management Institute at the London Business School.
Chair: Erik Berglöf, Chief Economist, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB); Professor, LSE School of Public Policy and Fellow, CEPR.
Hosted by the School of Public Policy and Institute of Global Affairs.
Making Global Finance Work for All – Reforming the Global Development Architecture
Friday 30 October 2020, 2pm-3.30pm
Speakers: Jin Liqun, President, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB); Raghuram Rajan, Professor, Booth School of Business, former Governor, Reserve Bank of India; Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Senior Minister, Singapore; Ksenia Yudaeva, Deputy Governor, National Bank of Russia
Chair: Erik Berglöf, Chief Economist, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
Hosted by the School of Public Policy, Institute of Global Affairs, CEPR and AIIB.
Conference: COVID-19: Impact on the Economy and Central Bank Policies
Thursday 29 October 2020, 8am GMT
Speakers: Various. Please see conference programme.
Hosted by the School of Public Policy, Institute of Global Affairs and Bank of Albania.
Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World
Wednesday 28 October 2020 2:00pm to 3:00pm GMT
Speaker: Fareed Zakaria, CNN journalist, political scientist and author.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE.Hosted by the School of Public Policy.
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What Unites Ukrainians?
Wednesday 14 October 2020, 6.30pm
Speakers: Peter Pomerantsev, Director, Arena Research Initiative at Johns Hopkins University; Anna Chebotarova, research fellow at the School for Humanities and Social Sciences, St. Gallen University (Switzerland) and the Center for Urban History in East-Central Europe (Lviv, Ukraine); and Vira Kostenko-Kuznetsova, Ukrainian media expert.
Moderator: Ursula Woolley, Trustee of the Ukrainian Institute London.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy, LSE Institute of Global Affairs and the Center for Governance and Culture in Europe of the University of St. Gallen.
Mission Possible
Wednesday 14 October 2020, 1pm-2pm
Speakers: Valeria Gontareva, Senior Policy Fellow, IGA; Katarína Mathernová, Deputy Director-General, European Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, European Commission; and Poul Mathias Thomsen, former Director, European Department at the IMF and Visiting Professor in Practice, LSE European Institute.
Chair: Piroska Nagy-Mohacsi, Programme Director, LSE Institute of Global Affairs.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy and Institute of Global Affairs.
Beveridge 2.0 Symposium: Doing Good: Individual and Organisational Motivations for Public Benefit
Wednesday 14 October 2020, 10.30am-4.30pm
Speakers: Dr Joan Costa-Font, Department of Health Policy, LSE; Dr Sara Machado, Department of Health Policy, LSE; Professor Maitreesh Ghatak, Department of Economics, LSE; Dr John Collins, Journal of Illicit Economies and Development (JIED), LSE Press; M.L. Dispanadda Diskul, Mae Fah Luang Foundation; Professor Anne Power, Department of Social Policy, LSE and Ms Ellie Benton, LSE Housing and Communities; Dr Adam Oliver, Department of Social Policy, LSE; Professor Naufel Vilcassim, Department of Management, LSE; Professor Ron Anderson, Department of Finance, LSE; Professor Nava Ashraf; Department of Economics, LSE; Dr Timothy Hildebrandt, Department of Social Policy, LSE; Professor Sir Julian Le Grand, Marshall Institute for Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship; Dr Jonathan Roberts, Marshall Institute for Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship.
Hosted by the School of Public Policy and Marshall Institute
Randomized Control Trials in the Field of Development; a critical perspective
Monday 12 October, 6pm-7.30pm
Speakers: Isabelle Guérin, Senior Research Fellow, French Institute of Research for Sustainable Development and Associate, French Institute of Pondicherry; François Roubaud, Senior Research Fellow, French Institute of Research for Sustainable Development; Sir Angus Stewart Deaton FBA, Senior Scholar and the Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of Economics and International Affairs Emeritus at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and the Economics Department, Princeton University; Professor Lant Pritchett, RISE Research Director, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean, School of Public Policy, LSE.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy.
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Reforming the Global Institutions: The case of the WTO
Friday 9 October 2020, 1pm-2.30pm
Speakers: Jonathan Fried, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the World Trade Organization; Hector Torres, former Executive Director, International Monetary Fund;
Chairs: Professor Erik Berglöf, Chief Economist, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB); Professor, LSE School of Public Policy and Fellow, CEPR; and Piroska Nagy Mohacsi, Programme Director, Institute of Global Affairs at the LSE School of Public Policy.
Brexit and Culture Wars: is this a new 'normal'?
Monday 5 October 2020, 5pm - 6.30pmSpeakers: Professor John Denham, Director of the Centre for English Identity and Politics at the University of Southampton and former Labour Cabinet Minister; Professor Sara Hobolt, Sutherland Chair in European Institutions and Professor in the Department of Government and the European Institute; Chaminda Jayanetti, politics, social policy and public services journalist who has been published in The Guardian, The Independent, and The Observer.
Chair: Professor Tony Travers, Associate Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE.
*Part of the LSE Programme: Brexit and Beyond*
Hosted by the School of Public Policy and European Institute, LSE.
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Strong Infrastructure Governance for Strong Recovery
Friday 2 October 2020, 1pm-2.30pm
Speakers: Professor Tim Besley, Professor of Economics, LSE Department of Economics and Fellow, CEPR; Taufik Hanafi, Deputy Minister of National Development Planning for Development Monitoring, Evaluation and Control, Ministry of National Development Planning (Bappenas), Indonesia; Evelyn Hernandez, Head of Members and Affiliate Programmes at CoST- The Infrastructure Transparency Initiative; Abebe Aemro Selassie, Director of the African Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Moderator: Piroska Nagy Mohacsi, Programme Director, Institute of Global Affairs at the LSE School of Public Policy.
Chair: Professor Erik Berglöf, Chief Economist, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB); Professor, LSE School of Public Policy and Fellow, CEPR.
Hosted by the School of Public Policy, Institute of Global Affairs, CEPR and the IMF.
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Living with COVID-19: four futures, five contexts
Friday 25 September 2020, 1.30pm-3pm
Speakers: Dr Caroline Buckee, Associate Professor, Harvard University; Astrid Haas, Policy Director, International Growth Centre, LSE/Oxford; Professor Edward Holmes, University of Sydney; and Professor Gabriel Leung, Dean, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong.
Chair: Professor Erik Berglöf, Chief Economist, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB); Professor, LSE School of Public Policy and Fellow, CEPR.
Hosted by the School of Public Policy, Institute of Global Affairs, and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.
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Greed is Dead: politics after individualism
Tuesday 15 September 2020, 6pm - 7pm
Speakers: Professor Paul Collier, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Oxford Blavatnik School of Government and a Director of the International Growth Centre, LSE; Professor John Kay, Fellow of St John's College, Oxford.
Discussant: Baroness Cavendish, Broadcaster and Journalist; Senior Fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School and Contributing Editor, Financial Times.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean, LSE School of Public Policy.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy.
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Innovation and Inclusive Growth: COVID-19 as a window of opportunity
Friday 11 September 2020, 1pm - 2.30pm
Speakers: Gordon Brown, United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; Professor Mariana Mazzucato, Professor in the Economics of Innovation & Public Value, University College London (UCL), and Founding Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose; Lord David Sainsbury, former Finance Director and Chairman, J. Sainsbury plc, and founder of the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, and Institute for Government; Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Senior Minister in the Singapore Cabinet and former Deputy Prime Minister.
Chair: Professor Erik Berglof, inaugural Director of LSE Institute of Global Affairs.
Hosted by the School of Public Policy and Institute of Global Affairs, LSE.
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The Tyranny of Merit: what's become of the common good?
Wednesday 9 September 2020, 6pm-7pm
Speaker: Professor Michael Sandel, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government, Harvard University, and author.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean, School of Public Policy, LSE.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy
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Populism in the Post-COVID-19 World
Thursday 23 July 2020, 1pm-2.30pm
Speakers: Professor Sara Hobolt, Sutherland Chair in European Institutions and Professor in the Department of Government and the European Institute; Dr Michael Ignatieff, Canadian author, academic and former politician, rector and President of Central European University; Rt Hon Jesse Norman, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, responsible for HM Revenue and Customs and the National Infrastructure Strategy; Professor Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE.
Chair: Professor Tim Besley, School Professor of Economics of Political Science and Sir W. Arthur Lewis Professor of Development Economics in the Department of Economics at LSE.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy and STICERD.
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How to Reform the WTO?
Monday 20 July 2020, 1pm-2.30pm
Speakers: Jesus Seade, candidate for WTO Director-General, Chief Negotiator of the USMCA, and Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico; Sir Vince Cable, Professor in Practice at the Institute of Global Affairs, LSE, former Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (2010-2015).
Moderator: Piroska Nagy Mohacsi, Programme Director, Institute of Global Affairs, LSE.
Chair: Professor Erik Berglof, Director, Institute of Global Affairs, LSE.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy and Institute of Global Affairs.
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Journalism, Power and Pandemic
Wednesday 15 July 2020, 3pm-4pm
Speakers: Anushka Asthana, editor-at-large for The Guardian, and host of the daily news podcast, Today in Focus; Pippa Crerar, Political Editor of the Daily Mirror and Parliamentary Press Gallery chair; Annette Dittert, London Bureau Chief of ARD; Richard Horton, Editor of The Lancet; Craig Oliver, former No10 Director of Politics & Communications and Editor of BBC News at 6pm & 10pm.
Chair: Professor Charlie Beckett, Professor of Practice, Director of Polis and the Polis/LSE Journalism AI project in the Department of Media and Communications at LSE.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy, Institute of Global Affairs and Department of Media and Communications.
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Prospects for the UK Economy and Public Spending After COVID-19: new austerity or a new economy?
Friday 10 July 2020, 11am-12.30pm
Speakers: Stephanie Flanders, Senior Executive Editor for Economics at Bloomberg and Head of Bloomberg Economics; Professor Stephen Machin, Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Economic Performance at LSE; Dr Gemma Tetlow, Chief Economist at the Institute for Government.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean, School of Public Policy, LSE.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy and Institute of Global Affairs.
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Policies to Fight the Pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean
Tuesday 7 July 2020 5pm - 6.30pm
Speakers: Malcolm Geere, Inter-American Development Bank Executive Director for the United Kingdom; Dr Eric Parrado Herrera, Chief Economist and General Manager of the Research Department, Inter-American Development Bank; Dr Victoria Nuguer, Senior Researcher, Inter-American Development Bank’s Research Department; Dr Andrew Powell, Principal Advisor in the Research Department (RES), Inter-American Development Bank; Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean, School of Public Policy, LSE.
Chair: Professor Gareth Jones, Director, Latin America and Caribbean Centre, LSE and Professor of Urban Geography, Department of Geography and Environment, LSE.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy, Institute of Global Affairs and LSE Latin America and Caribbean Centre (LACC).
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From Rulership to Leadership: what lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic?
Thursday 2 July 2020, 12.30pm- 8pm
Speakers: Gordon Brown, United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2007-2010); Lindiwe Mazibuko, public leader, speaker, writer and academic fellow, former Leader of the Opposition in South Africa; Professor Vali Nasr, Majid Khadduri Professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Senior Minister in the Singapore Cabinet, former Deputy Prime Minister (2011-2019); Dame Minouche Shafik, LSE Director; Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean, School of Public Policy, LSE.
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* Part of the Maryam Forum *
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy and Institute of Global Affairs.
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Negotiating Our Post-Brexit Future: where are we heading?
Tuesday 30 June 2020 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Speakers: Professor Catherine Barnard, Professor of European Union and Labour Law, University of Cambridge; Dr Meredith Crowley, Reader in International Economics at the University of Cambridge and Senior Fellow at the UK in a Changing Europe (UKCE); Dr Adam Marshall, Director General of British Chambers of Commerce; Professor Anand Menon, Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King’s College London, and Director of The UK in a Changing Europe; Professor Tony Travers, Associate Dean of the School of Public Policy at LSE.
Chair: Professor Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor in Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor in European Politics and the Director of the Hellenic Observatory.
Hosted by the LSE European Institute and School of Public Policy.
*Part of the LSE Programme: Brexit and Beyond*
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Financing the SDGs – Can the World Avoid Failure?
Monday 29 June 2020, 1pm-2pm
Speaker: Sir Suma Chakrabarti, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD); Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group.
Chair: Dame Minouche Shafik, LSE Director.
Hosted by the School of Public Policy.
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Life After COVID-19: challenges and policy response
Friday 26 June 2020, 12pm - 1.30pm
Speakers: Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, former President of Chile (2006–2010 and 2014–2018); Helen Clark, global leader on sustainable development, gender equality and international co-operation, former Prime Minister of New Zealand (1999 and 2008); Matteo Renzi, Italian Senator for Florence, former Prime Minister of Italy (February 2014-December 2016); Kevin Rudd, President of Asia Society Policy Institute, Australia’s 26th Prime Minister (2007-2010, 2013); Dame Minouche Shafik, LSE Director.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean, School of Public Policy, LSE.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy and Institute of Global Affairs.
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Do we have the WHO we need? Global Health Governance and Reform
Thursday 25 June 2020, 1.30pm - 3pm
Speakers: Dr Lucie Gadenne, Assistant Professor, University of Warwick and Affiliate, CEPR; Professor Maitreesh Ghatak, Professor, LSE and Fellow, CEPR; Professor Rebecca Kataz, Professor and Director of the Center for Global Health Science and Security, Georgetown University Medical Center; Dr Clare Wenham, Assistant Professor of Global Health Policy, LSE.
Chair: Professor Erik Berglof, Director, Institute of Global Affairs, LSE School of Public Policy and Fellow, CEPR.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy, Institute of Global Affairs and CEPR.
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COVID-19 in South Asia: Bangladesh, India and Pakistan
Monday 22 June 2020, 4pm- 5:30pm
Speakers: Tania Aidrus, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister, Digital Pakistan; Yamini Aiyar, President and Chief Executive of the Centre for Policy Research (CPR), New Delhi; Professor Jishnu Das, Professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy and the Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University and Professor Mushfiq Mobarak, Professor of Economics,Yale University.
Chair: Professor Adnan Khan, Professor in Practice at LSE's School of Public Policy.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy, Institute of Global Affairs, International Growth Centre and South Asia Centre.
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Brexit and the Post-COVID-19 Options for the Economy
Monday 22 June 2020, 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Speakers: Professor Sir Tim Besley, School Professor of Economics of Political Science and Sir W. Arthur Lewis Professor of Development Economics, Department of Economics, LSE; Wolfgang Münchau, Director of Eurointelligence and columnist for the Financial Times; Vicky Pryce, Chief Economic Advisor, Centre for Economics and Business Research and former Joint Head of the UK Government Economic Service.
Chair: Professor Tony Travers, Associate Dean of the School of Public Policy at LSE.
Hosted by the European Institute and School of Public Policy.
*Part of the LSE Programme: Brexit and Beyond*
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Financing the Post-COVID-19 Recovery
Friday 19 June 2020, 3pm- 4.30pm
Speakers: Dr Simeon Djankov, Co-Director for Policy and Research Fellow, Financial Markets Group, LSE and deputy prime minister and minister of finance of Bulgaria (2009 to 2013); Anne-Laure Kiechel, Global Sovereign Advisory; Professor Ugo Panizza, Professor of Economics and Pictet Chair in Finance and Development, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies; Dr Jeromin Zettelmeyer, Deputy Director in the Strategy, Policy and Review Department, IMF.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean, LSE School of Public Policy.
Hosted by the School of Public Policy, Institute of Global Affairs, and Financial Markets Group Research Centre.
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How did we end up here? Governance lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic
Thursday 18 June 2020, 1.30-3pm
Speakers: Professor Karolina Ekholm, Stockholm University and Fellow, CEPR; Jeremy Farrar, Director, Wellcome Trust; Professor Bengt Holmström, Paul A. Samuelson Professor of Economics, MIT; Professor Devi Sridhar, Professor of Global Public Health, University of Edinburgh.
Chair: Professor Erik Berglöf, Director, Institute of Global Affairs, LSE School of Public Policy and Fellow, CEPR.Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy, Institute of Global Affairs and CEPR.
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Crucial Role of State Capacity in Crisis Response
Tuesday 16 June, 5pm-6.30pm
Speakers: Professor Tim Besley, School Professor of Economics of Political Science and Sir W. Arthur Lewis Professor of Development Economics, Department of Economics, LSE; Professor Adnan Khan, Professor in Practice, School of Public Policy, LSE; Professor Margaret Levi, Sara Miller McCune Director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Professor of Political Science, and Senior Fellow of the Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University.
Chair: Professor Erik Berglof, Director, Institute of Global Affairs, LSE School of Public Policy and Fellow, CEPR.
Hosted by LSE's Department of Economics, Institute of Global Affairs, School of Public Policy and the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Standford University.
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Thursday 11 June, 2pm - 3.30pm BST.
Speakers: Benoît Cœuré, Head of the Innovations Hub, Bank for International Settlements; Christina Segal-Knowles, Executive Director for Financial Markets Infrastructure, Bank of England; Professor Ricardo Reis, A. W. Phillips Professor of Economics, LSE and Fellow, CEPR.
Chair: Professor Erik Berglof, Director, Institute of Global Affairs, LSE School of Public Policy and Fellow, CEPR.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy, Institute of Global Affairs and CEPR.
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Fiscal Policies to Support People and Growth During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Monday 8 June, 3pm-4.30pm
Speakers: Simeon Djankov, Research Fellow, Financial Markets Group, LSE; W. Raphael Lam, Senior Economist, Fiscal Affairs Department of the IMF; Catherine Pattillo, Assistant Director, Fiscal Affairs Department and Chief of the Fiscal Policy and Surveillance Division, IMF; Mehdi Raissi, Senior Economist, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF.
Chair: Piroska Nagy Mohacsi, Programme Director, Institute of Global Affairs, LSE.
Hosted by the Institute of Global Affairs, the School of Public Policy and the Financial Markets Group Research Centre.
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Shrinking Capitalism
Thursday 4 June, 1.30pm-3pm
Speakers: Professor Philippe Aghion, Professor of Economics, College de France; Professor Samuel Bowles, Professor Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Professor Wendy Carlin, Professor of Economics, University College London; Professor David Soskice, Professor, LSE School Professor of Economics and Political Science, LSE.
Chair: Professor Erik Berglof, Director, Institute of Global Affairs, LSE School of Public Policy and Fellow, CEPR.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy, Institute of Global Affairs and CEPR.
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The Political Economy of COVID-19 – what do we learn from Emerging Europe?
Thursday 28 May 2020, 1.30pm-3pm BST
Speakers: Professor Selva Demiralp, Koc University; Professor Sergei Guriev, Sciences Po and Fellow, CEPR; Professor Beata Javorcik, Chief Economist, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Fellow, CEPR; Dr Kori Udovicki, Chair, Center for Advanced Economic Studies (CEVES) and former Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia.
Chair: Professor Erik Berglof, Director, Institute of Global Affairs, LSE School of Public Policy and Fellow, CEPR.Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy, Institute of Global Affairs and CEPR.
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Addressing the Pandemic: the pharmaceutical challenges
Tuesday 26 May 2020, 12pm-1.30pm
Speakers: Professor Kalipso Chalkidou, Director of Global Health Policy and a Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Development; Dr Panos Kanavos, Associate Professor of International Health Policy, Department of Health Policy (LSE) and Deputy Director, LSE Health; Professor Margaret Kyle, Chair in Intellectual Property and Markets for Technology, MINES ParisTech; Professor Ken Shadlen, Professor of Development Studies and Head of Department, Department of International Development, LSE.
Chair: Professor Ernestina Coast, Professor of Health and International Development, Deptartment of International Development.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy, Institute of Global Affairs, and LSE Global Health Initiative.
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Responding to a Pandemic: the view from Latin America
Friday 22 May 2020, 4pm-5.30pm
Speakers: Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil, 1995-2002; Laura Chinchilla, President of Costa Rica, 2010-2014; Ricardo Lagos, President of Chile, 2000-2006; Juan Manuel Santos, President of the Republic of Colombia, 2010-2018; Dr Ernesto Zedillo, President of Mexico, 1994 to 2000.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean, School of Public Policy.
Opening speech: Dame Minouche Shafik, LSE Director.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy and Institute of Global Affairs.
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Recovering from COVID-19: China and global value chains
Thursday 21 May 2020, 1pm-2.30pm
Speakers: Professor Pol Antrás, Harvard University; Davin Chor, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College; Alicia Garcia-Herrero, Natixis; Huang Haizhou, National School of Development, Peking University;Jin Keyu, LSE.
Chair: Professor Erik Berglof, School of Public Policy and Institute of Global Affairs.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy, Institute of Global Affairs and CEPR.
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COVID-19: the economic policy response
Monday 18 May 2020, 4pm to 5.30pm
Speakers: Professor Adnan Khan, Professor in Practice, School of Public Policy, LSE; Professor Ricardo Reis, Arthur Williams Phillips Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, LSE; Professor Silvana Tenreyro, Professor in Economics, Department of Economics, LSE.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean, School of Public Policy, LSE.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy and Institute of Global Affairs.
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Living with lockdowns: Early lessons from India's Covid-19 response
Thursday 14 May 2020, 1.30pm-3pm BST.
Speakers: Yamini Aiyar, Centre for Policy Research; Kaushik Basu, Cornell University; Ashwini Deshpande, Ashoka University; Maitreesh Ghatak, LSE and CEPR; Debraj Ray, NYU and CEPR.
Chair: Erik Berglof, Institute of Global Affairs and School of Public Policy, LSE.
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The Great Reversal in the Time of COVID-19
Wednesday 13 May 2020, 18:00-19:30
Speakers: Professor Thomas Philippon, Max L. Heine Professor of Finance, Stern School of Business, New York University; and Dr Angelo Martelli, Assistant Professor in European and International Political Economy, European Institute at LSE.
Chair: Professor Erik Berglof, Director of the Institute of Global Affairs, LSE School of Public Policy.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy and LSE Institute of Global Affairs.
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Strategic Leadership in the Time of COVID-19
Monday 11 May 2020, 16.30-18.00
Speakers: David Petraeus, Partner at KKR and Chairman of the KKR Global Institute; Professor Michael Barzelay, Professor of Public Management in LSE's Department of Management and Dr Shirley Yu, Senior Visiting Fellow, LSE Institute of Global Affairs.
Chair: Professor Erik Berglof, Director of the Institute of Global Affairs, LSE School of Public Policy.
Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy, LSE Institute of Global Affairs and the Department of Management.
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Born Out of Necessity: a debt standstill for COVID-19
Thursday 7 May, 13:30-14:30
Speakers: Professor Patrick Bolton, Professor of Finance and Economics, Imperial College London; Professor Lee Buchheit, Honorary Professor, University of Edinburgh Law School; Professor Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Professor of Global Management, UC Berkeley; Professor Mitu Gulati, Professor of Law, Duke Law School, Duke University; Professor Ugo Panizza, Professor of Economics and Pictet Chair at the Graduate Institute, Geneva; and Professor Beatrice Weder di Mauro, Professor of International Economics, Graduate Institute of Geneva.
Chair: Tim Phillips, CEPR, journalist.
Hosted by Centre for Economic Policy Research, LSE Institute of Global Affairs and LSE School of Public Policy
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Coronavirus and Brexit: two cases of quarantine?
Thursday 30 April 2020, 14:00-15:30
Speakers: Sir Simon Fraser, former Permanent Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and Head of the UK Diplomatic Service; Dr Sara Hagemann, Academic Director for the School of Public Policy, LSE; Professor Christian Lequesne, Professor at the Sciences-Po Centre for International Studies; Professor Brigid Laffan, Director of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute (EUI).
Chair: Professor Tony Travers, Associate Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE.
Hosted by the European Institute and School of Public Policy.
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The COVID-19 Crisis Response: putting women at the centre
Wednesday 29 April 2020, 13.00-14.30
Speakers: Professor Naila Kabeer, Professor of Gender and Development, Department of Gender Studies and Department of International Development, LSE; Sanam Naraghi Anderlini MBE, Director of the Centre for Women, Peace and Security, LSE and Dr Clare Wenham, Assistant Professor of Global Health Policy, LSE.
Chair: Professor Erik Berglof, Director, Institute of Global Affairs, LSE School of Public PolicyHosted by Centre for Women, Peace and Security, LSE Institute of Global Affairs and the LSE School of Public Policy
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Fragile States Facing the COVID-19 Pandemic
Monday 27 April 2020, 13.00-14.30
Speakers: Professor Oriana Bandiera, Economics, London School of Economics; Professor Tim Besley, Economics, London School of Economics and Dr Raphael Espinoza, International Monetary Fund.
Chair: Professor Erik Berglof, Director, Institute of Global Affairs, LSE School of Public Policy; Dr Ralph Chami, Assistant Director, International Monetary Fund and Professor Jonathan Leape, International Growth Centre, London School of Economics.
Hosted by the Institute of Global Affairs, the International Growth Centre and the School of Public Policy
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COVID-19 and the social contract on North Africa and the Middle East
Thursday 23 April, 15:30-17:00
Speakers: Masood Ahmed, President, Centre for Global Development; Professor Melani Cammett, Chair of the Academy of International and Area Studies, Harvard Univerity; Professor Stephen Hertog, Middle East Centre, LSE; Khalid Abdulla-Janahi, Chairman, Vision 3 and former Deputy Chair of the World Economic Forum Arab Business Forum.
Chair: Professor Erik Berglof, Director, Institute of Global Affairs.
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The Swedish Exception: early lessons from Sweden's different approach to COVID-19
Wednesday 22 April, 15:30-17:00.
Speakers: Professor Peter Baldwin, New York University of California; Professor Sara Hagemann, Academic Director, LSE School of Public Policy; Professor Ole Petter Ottersen, Rector, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm; Professor Lars Trägårdh, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University, Stockholm.
Chair: Professor Erik Berglof, Director, Institute of Global Affairs.
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Now or Never: crafting the COVID-19 response
Tuesday 21 April, 16:30-18:00
Speakers: Rt Hon Gordon Brown, United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education and former UK Prime Minister (2007-2010); Dame Minouche Shafik, LSE Director; Professor Lawrence H Summers, President Emeritus and Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard University; Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean, School of Public Policy, LSE.
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LSE Presents: The People vs the Social Sciences
Tuesday 10 March 2020, 18:00-20:00
Speakers: Professor Oriana Bandiera, Director of STICERD, LSE; Professor Julia Black, LSE Strategic Director for Innovation; Professor Richard Blundell, David Ricardo Professor of Political Economy, Department of Economics, UCL; Professor Conor Gearty, Professor of Human Rights Law, Department of Law, LSE; Dr Rachel Glennerster, Chief Economist, UK Department for International Development (DFID); David Halpern, Chief Executive of the Behavioural Insights Team; Professor Adnan Khan, Professor in Practice, School of Public Policy, LSE; Paul Kirby, CEO of Zinc; Dr Rachel Middlemass, Research Impact Manager, LSE; Hetan Shah, CEO of The British Academy; Professor Tony Travers, Associate Dean, School of Public Policy.
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE.
Hosted by STICERD and the Department of Economics in partnership with the Department of Law and School of Public Policy.
The State of European Banking Union: two proposals to resurrect it
Tuesday 25 February 2020, 18:30-20:00
Speaker: Professor Luis Garicano, Member of the European Parliament and leader of Ciudadanos in Europe.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE.
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE.
Hosted by the School of Public Policy, European Institute, Centre For Macroeconomics and Financial Markets Group Research Centre.
Windows of Opportunity: how nations create wealth
Monday 24 February 2020, 18:30-20:00
Speaker: Lord Sainsbury, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge and former Minister of Science and Innovation.
Chair: Minouche Shafik, Director, LSE.
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE.
Hosted by the School of Public Policy.
Chile, a Model Country Gone Wrong?
Tuesday 18 February 2020, 18:00-19:00
Speakers: Dr Robert Funk, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Chile; and Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE.
Venue: G.03, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, LSE
Brexit and the future of British Politics
Monday 17 February 2020, 18:30-20:00
Speakers: Professor Sara Hobolt, Sutherland Chair in European Institutions and Professor in the Department of Government and the European Institute, LSE; Professor Tony Travers is Associate Dean of the LSE School of Public Policy, LSE, and Sir Anthony Seldon, Vice-Chancellor of The University of Buckingham.
Chair: Professor Erik Berglof, Director of the Institute of Global Affairs.
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE.
Hosted by the European Institute and School of Public Policy.
*Part of the LSE Programme: Brexit and Beyond*
China - a Tale of Two Decades: what the shifts of the past decade mean for the next
Thursday 13 February 2020, 18:30-20:00
Speaker: Joe Horn-Phathanothai, Founder and CEO of Strategy613.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE.
Venue: NAB 2.04, New Academic Building, LSE.
Hosted by the School of Public Policy.
The Future of Anglo-German relations: beyond Brexit
Monday 3 February 2020, 18:30-20:00
Speakers:Rt Hon Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones, Conservative peer in the House of Lords and former Minister for Security and Counter Terrorism; Sir Malcolm Rifkind, former British MP, and previous UK Defence Secretary and Foreign Secretary; and Dr Norbert Röttgen, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the German Bundestag.
Chair: Professor Tony Travers, Associate Dean of the LSE School of Public Policy and Professor in Practice, Department of Government, LSE.
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE.
Hosted by the European Institute, School of Public Policy and the Dahrendorf Forum, a project of LSE IDEAS.
*Part of the LSE Programme: Brexit and Beyond*
Brexit - third time lucky?
Friday 31 January 2020, 18:30-20:00
Speakers: Professor Catherine Barnard, Professor of European Union and Labour Law at Trinity College, University of Cambridge; Vicky Pryce, former Joint Head of the UK Government Economics Service; and Sir Ivan Rogers, former Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union.
Chair: Professor Tony Travers, Associate Dean of the LSE School of Public Policy and Professor in Practice, Department of Government, LSE.
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE.
Hosted by the European Institute and School of Public Policy.
*Part of the LSE Programme: Brexit and Beyond*
Beveridge 2.0 Symposium: Priorities for Reforming Transfer Programmes
Wednesday 29 January 2020, 14:15-18:30
Speakers: Professor Maitreesh Ghatak, Professor of Economics, LSE Department of Economics; Dr Xavier Jaravel, Assistant Professor of Economics, LSE Department of Economics; Professor Ian Gough, Visiting Professor at the Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion and Associate at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, LSE; Professor Mary Kaldor, Director of the Conflict and Civil Society Research Unit, LSE Department of International Development; Professor Sir Julian LeGrand, Professor of Social Policy, Marshall Institute for Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship, LSE; Dr Kitty Stewart, Associate Professor, Department of Social Policy and Associate Director of the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE; and Dr Malcolm Torry, Visiting Senior Fellow, LSE Department of Social Policy, and Director of the Citizen's Basic Income Trust.
Venue: 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, Room 1.04
Hosted by Beveridge 2.0: Redefining the social contract.
The Implications of Brexit for the UK Economy
Monday 27 January 2020, 18:30-20:00
Speakers: Dr Gerard Lyons, Chief Economic Strategist at challenger wealth manager Netwealth and Board Member of Bank of China (UK); Vicky Pryce, Chief Economic Advisor, CEBR and Professor John Van Reenen, former Joint Head of the UK Government Economic Service and Ronald Coase Chair in Economics, Department of Economics, LSE.
Chair: Professor Waltraud Schelkle, Professor in Political Economy at the European Institute, LSE.
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE.
Hosted by the European Institute and School of Public Policy.
*Part of the LSE Programme: Brexit and Beyond*
SPP Women's Network
Policy relating to gender-based violence
Thursday 05 December 2019, 19:00-20:30
Speaker: Naasu Fofanah, policy advisor and advocate in Sierra Leone.
Venue: 32L.G.03, 32 Lincolns Inn Field, LSE.
Europe 2020: the European year in review
Tuesday 03 December 2019, 18:30-20:00
Speakers: Dr Swati Dhingra, Lecturer in Economics at the LSE Department of Economics; Dr Spyros Economides, Associate Professor in International Relations and European Politics, European Institute, LSE; Dr Sara Hagemann, Academic Director for the LSE School of Public Policy, and Professor Sara Hobolt, Sutherland Chair in European Institutions, Department of Government, LSE.
Chair: Professor Chris Anderson, Professor in European Politics and Policy, European Institute, LSE.
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE.
Hosted by the European Institute and the LSE School of Public Policy.
Regional Economic Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean: Stunted by Uncertainty
Monday 02 December 2019, 18:30-20:00
Speakers: Alejandro Werner, Director of the Western Hemisphere Department, IMF; Dr Veronica Rappoport, Associate Professor of Management, LSE and Second Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Argentina; Jorge Roldos, Assistant Director in the Western Hemisphere Department, Regional Studies Division, IMF.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE.
Venue: CLM 4.02, Clement House, LSE
Hosted by the School of Public Policy.
Argentina: an update on the crisis
Monday 18 November 2019, 18:30-20:00
Speaker: Professor Eduardo Levy Yeyati, Dean of the School of Public Policy at Universidad Torcuato di Tella.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE.
Venue: NAB 2.04, New Academic Building, LSE.
Hosted by the School of Public Policy.
The UK and Germany in a Changing Europe
Tuesday 12 November, 19:00-20:15
Speaker: H.E. Dr Peter Wittig, German Ambassador to the UK.
Chair: Professor Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor in Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor in European Politics, European Institute, LSE.
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE.
Hosted by the European Institute and the School of Public Policy.
*Part of the LSE Programme: Brexit and Beyond*
Women vs Capitalism: why we can't have it all in a free market economy
Monday 11 November 2019, 18:30 - 20:00
Speaker: Vicky Pryce, Chief Economic Adviser, Centre for Economics and Business Research
Chair: Professor Tony Travers, Associate Dean of the School of Public Policy and Professor in Practice, Department of Government
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE
Hosted by the School of Public Policy
Changing My Mind: Margaret Trudeau on Mental Health
Wednesday 6 November 2019, 18:30-19:30
Speaker: Margaret Trudeau, author, mental-health advocate and former Canadian First Lady.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE.
Venue: LSE Lecture Theatre, Centre Building.
Admissions: Free but ticketed. Open to SPP staff and students only via registration.Hosted by the SPP Women's Network and the School of Public Policy.
Planning New York
Tuesday 5 November 2019, 18:30-20:00
Speakers: Marisa Lago, Director, New York City Department of City Planning and Chair, City Planning Commission; Professor Tony Travers, Director, LSE London, Visiting Professor, Department of Government and Associate Dean, School of Public Policy.
Chair: Professor Peter Trubowitz, Director, US Centre and Department Head of International Relations, LSE.
Venue: The Venue, Saw Swee Hock Student Centre, LSE.
Hosted by the School of Public Policy, LSE Cities and LSE United States Centre.
Brexit Meets its Halloween? Assessing the immediate future for the UK and the EU
Thursday 31 October 2019, 18:30-20:00
Speakers: Professor Catherine Barnard, Professor of European Union and Labour Law at Trinity College, University of Cambridge; Vicky Pryce, former Joint Head of the UK Government Economics Service; Sir Ivan Rogers, former Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union, and Professor Tony Travers, Associate Dean of the LSE School of Public Policy and Professor in Practice, Department of Government, LSE.
Chair: Professor Kevin Featherstone, Professor in European Politics and Director of the Hellenic Observatory, European Institute, LSE.
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE.
Hosted by the European Institute and the School of Public Policy.
*Part of the LSE Programme: Brexit and Beyond*
Protecting All: Risk Sharing for a Diverse and Diversifying World of Work
Wednesday 30 October, 10:30-12:00
Speakers: Professor Nicholas Barr, Professor in Public Economics, European Institute, LSE; Dr Francesca Bastagli, Principal Research Fellow, Head of Programme - Social Protection and Social Policy, Overseas Development Institute; Truman G. Packard, Lead Economist at the World Bank Group; Michal Rutkowski, Global Director for Social Protection and Jobs, World Bank Group.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE.
Welcome address: Dame Minouche Shafik, LSE Director.
Venue: Shaw Library, 6th Floor, Old Building, LSE.
Hosted by the School of Public Policy.
SPP Women's Network Annual Launch
Gender Denial: The Greatest Barrier Women Face at Work
Thursday 10 October 2019, 19:00- 20:30
Speakers: Michelle King, Head of the Global Innovation Coalition for Change, UN Women; Belinda Riley, Diversity and Inclusion Lead, EMEIA TAS Talent, EY; Sevi Simavi, Associate Director and Advisor to the Vice President, EBRD; Tamara Gillan, Founder and CEO, Cherry London, and Founder, Wealthiher Network.
Chair: Dr Sara Hagemann, Associate Professor in European Politics, European Institute, LSE.
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE
Hosted by the School of Public Policy
The New Approaches of the Belt and Road Initiatives
Wednesday 2 October 2019, 18:30 - 20:00
Speaker: Professor Huang Renwei, Executive Director-General, Fudan Institute of Belt and Road and Global Governance.
Chair: Professor Erik Berglof, Director, Institute of Global Affairs, LSE.
Venue: LSE Lecture Theatre, Centre Building, LSE
Hosted by the School of Public Policy and the Institute of Global Affairs
Prospects for Economic Development in Latin America
Monday 9th September 2019, 16:30-18:00
Speakers: Felipe Larrain, Minister of Finance, Republic of Chile; Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE.
Chair: Professor Silvana Tenreyro, Professor of Economics, LSE.
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, NAB building (basement)
LSE's School of Public Policy's Alumni Symposium
Saturday 15 June, 2019
This event included an exciting series of panel discussions featuring our School of Public Policy alumni and faculty. Some of the topics covered included public policy, technology, Brexit, cities and climate change. The inaugural Dean of LSE's School of Public Policy, Professor Andres Velasco also delivered a keynote speech.
In conversation with Sergio Fajardo Valderrama
Tuesday 14 May, 18:30-20:00
Speaker: Sergio Fajardo Valderrama, Colombian politician and mathematician.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, the Dean of the School of Public Policy.
This event was co-hosted with LSE's Latin America and Latin American Centre, with the LSE SU Colombian Society providing some financial support.
Exchange rates and monetary policy frameworks in EMEs: Where do we stand?
Thursday 2 May, 18:30-20:00
Speaker: Agustín Carstens,General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements.
Chair: Professor Andrés Velasco, the Dean of the School of Public Policy.
Hosted by the School of Public policy and LSE's Financial Markets Group, Systemic Risk Centre and the Centre For Macroeconomics.
American Diplomacy in a Disordered World
Thursday 4 April, 18:30-20:00
Speaker: William J. Burns, author of ‘The Back Channel: A Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case for its Renewal’ and president of the Carnegie Endowment for Peace (@CarnegieEndow). He retired from the U.S. Foreign Service in 2014 after a thirty-three year diplomatic career.
Chair: Professor Christopher Coker, Professor of International Relations at LSE and Director of LSE IDEAS, LSE’s foreign policy think tank.
This event was co-hosted by the LSE Department of Government and the School of Public Policy.
Brexit: the Constitution and the future of the UK
Tuesday 19 February, 18:30-20:00
Speaker: Vernon Bogdanor, Research Professor in the Centre for British Politics and Government, King’s College London.
Discussant: Catherine Haddon, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government.
Chair: Professor Tony Travers, Associate Dean of the School of Public Policy and Professor in Practice in the Department of Government.
Michaelmas Term
Avoiding the Avoidable: Comparative Approaches to Patient Safety
Thursday 13 December, 18:30-20:00
Speakers: Rob Behrens, Parliamentary Health and Service Ombudsman; Sir Liam Donaldson, Chair in Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Chair: Dr Simon Bastow, Assistant Professorial Lecturer, the School of Public Policy, LSE.
Policy-Making in an Age of Populism - Launch of the School of Public Policy
Thursday 29 November, 18:30-20:00
Speakers: Professor Jason Furman, Professor at the John Kennedy School of Government, Harvard; Professor Sara Hobolt, Sutherland Chair in European Institutions and Professor in the Department of Government and the European Institute; Yascha Mounk, Lecturer on Government at Harvard University and Senior Fellow at New America; Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy.
Chair: Dame Minouche Shafik, LSE Director.
Future Politics: living together in a world transformed by tech
Tuesday 6 November, 18:30-20:00
Speaker: Jamie Susskind, author, speaker, and practising barrister.
Chair: Professor Tony Travers, Associate Dean of LSE’s School of Public Policy and a Professor in the Department of Government.
Sir Nick Clegg: flying the flag for openness: why liberalism still matters
Tuesday 12 June, 18:00-19:30
Speaker: Sir Nick Clegg, served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2015 and as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2007 to 2015.
Chair: Professor Tony Travers, Associate Dean of LSE’s School of Public Policy and a Professor in the Department of Government.
Robert Peston: WTF: what the f--- happened and what happens next?
Monday 6 November, 18:30-20:00
Speaker: Robert Peston, ITV's political editor, presenter of the politics show Peston on Sunday and founder of the education charity, Speakers for Schools.
Chair: Dame Minouche Shafik, LSE Director.
Post-Truth: why we have reached peak bullshit and what we can do about it
Wednesday 18 October, 18:30-20:00
Speaker: Evan Davis, presenter on Newsnight (BBC 2), The Bottom Line (Radio 4) and Dragons’ Den (BBC 2).
Chair: Professor Charlie Beckett, Director of LSE's Commission on Truth, Trust and Technology, and Director of Polis, LSE's journalism think-tank.
Good Growth by Design – A Vision for London
Monday 10 July, 18:30-20:00
Speaker: Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London.
Discussants: Professor Ricky Burdett, Professor of Urban Studies at LSE and Director of LSE Cities and the Urban Age Programme; Sadie Morgan, founding director of leading architectural practice dRMM; Jackie Sadek, founder and Chief Executive of UK Regeneration (UKR).
Chair: Professor Tony Travers, Director of the IPA and LSE London, Professor in the Department of Government.
Download the brochure for 'Good Growth By Design' (pdf).