Industrialisation and national identity in modern Africa
In this inaugural lecture Elliott Green will examine the effects of industrialization on national identification in contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa
Oct 30, 2024•1 hr 24 min
LSE: Public lectures and events
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The most unequal region in the world: combatting inequality in Latin America
The Latin America and Caribbean Review (LACIR), committed to addressing these challenges, convenes high-level scholars to provide a coherent and comprehensive overview of the inequality problem in Latin America.
Oct 29, 2024•1 hr 26 min
Taylor Swift and philosophy
Combining top-tier philosophical research and a passion for Taylor's music, a team of scholars investigate the wisdom that can come from Taylor's songs, bringing new perspectives to important contemporary issues.
Oct 28, 2024•1 hr 22 min
The case for a four-day week
In the UK, we work some of the longest hours in Europe while having one of the least productive economies. We invented the weekend a century ago and are long overdue an update to working hours.
Oct 23, 2024•1 hr 29 min
Wicked problems: how to engineer a better world
Our world is filled with pernicious problems. How, for example, did novice pilots learn to fly without taking to the air and risking their lives? How should cities process mountains of waste without polluting the environment?
Oct 22, 2024•1 hr 22 min
Dead men's propaganda: ideology and utopia in comparative communication studies
Who were the key pioneers in the formation of comparative communications between the 1920s-1950s? How do their legacies of scholarship and practice inform the contemporary global landscapes of news reporting on war and the dissemination of propaganda
Oct 21, 2024•1 hr 25 min
What AI is doing to America's democracy
In this lecture, Lawrence Lessig will discuss the impact of artificial intelligence on the 2024 American election, and the implications that this will have for democracy in the future.
Oct 15, 2024•1 hr 27 min
"What is needed is hard thinking": five challenges for the social sciences
Join us for the inaugural lecture of LSE President and Vice Chancellor of LSE Larry Kramer in which he will talk about his vision for LSE, the role of the social sciences in a changing world and our place in the 21st Century.
Oct 14, 2024•1 hr 29 min
Policy epidemiology for emerging infectious diseases
This public event will describe the state of global health security, global governance of disease and the policy epidemiology framework used in the Analysis and Mapping of Policies for Emerging Infectious Diseases project.
Oct 10, 2024•1 hr 14 min
AI and the future of behavioural science
In this event, speakers associated with pioneering work on AI in relation to behavioural science, as part of their own research or organisational initiatives, will discuss their views on how AI will change and is already changing behavioural science.
Oct 08, 2024•1 hr 25 min
Labour's first 100 days: a new era of progressive politics in the UK?
Has Labour’s election marked a real turning point? This is a thought-provoking event as we provide an early assessment of the new Labour government’s actions and goals.
Oct 07, 2024•1 hr 21 min
Voter education: the challenge of the century
In support of the new project, Nobel Laureates Amartya Sen and Eric Maskin address core democratic principles. Professor Sen revisits the foundational ‘rule by the people’ with his talk, Democracy—Why, and Why Not?
Oct 04, 2024•57 min
Born to rule: the making and remaking of the British elite
In Aaron Reeves and Sam Friedman’s new book, which they launch at this event, they provide a uniquely data-rich analysis of the British elite from the Victorian era to today.
Oct 03, 2024•1 hr 26 min
Religion, nationalism, conflict and community: in conversation with Rory Stewart
While religion continues to be perceived as of diminishing significance by many in Western Europe, religious nationalisms are on the rise around the world and the religious dimensions of many conflicts are becoming more pronounced.
Oct 02, 2024•1 hr 26 min
Children of a modest star
This event featuring Nils Gilman, co-author of a new book, Children of a Modest Star: Planetary Thinking for an Age of Crises draws on intellectual history, political philosophy, and the holistic findings of Earth system science.
Oct 01, 2024•1 hr 31 min
Shaping the future: AI in the workplace
This event will navigate the complexities of AI implementation in the workplace and examine how these technologies are being developed to benefit society while challenging traditional work experiences
Sep 30, 2024•1 hr 28 min
Sewage in our waters
There has been much recent controversy in the UK around Sewage in Our Waters. New laws would have to specify who has the responsibility of undertaking the transition and the investments – water companies, producers, consumers or governments?
Sep 26, 2024•1 hr 38 min
Trade and climate change: managing policies on the road to net zero
Trade and climate change policies have become increasingly interwoven. Subsidies for green industries often provoke tariffs, such as US actions over Chinese solar panels and electric vehicles. The EU’s ETS has set a high price on carbon emissions.
Sep 25, 2024•1 hr
Innovative market solutions to confront climate change
This talk brings together insights from policymakers, international organisations, the private sector, and academia to explore how markets, such as for voluntary carbon credits, can support the advancement of sustainable development goals.
Sep 24, 2024•1 hr 21 min
What’s it like to win a Nobel Prize?
In this episode of LSE iQ, we explore what it’s like to win the prestigious Nobel Prize and how it changes your life.
Sep 21, 2024•34 min
Designing and evaluating digital interventions for social impact
This year's Stamp Memorial Lecture is delivered by Susan Athey, the Economics of Technology Professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Sep 04, 2024•1 hr 27 min
How can we solve the gender pay gap?
This episode of LSE iQ explores whether gender pay gap reporting, pay transparency and tackling gender norms can reduce the gender pay gap.
Aug 04, 2024•29 min
Climate Change
Our panel explore the progress the UK has made in tackling climate change under the Conservatives.
Jul 04, 2024•51 min
Introduction to British Politics
Our panel examines British politics before the election, the course of the campaign, the expected result followed by a reaction to the exit poll at 22:00.
Jul 04, 2024•55 min
Foreign policy
Our panel discuss the main foreign policy challenges likely to confront the next Government from defence spending to geopolitics.
Jul 04, 2024•42 min
Domestic policy
Our panel discuss the main domestic policy challenges from rising poverty, the cost of living crisis and the state of the NHS before the general election.
Jul 04, 2024•43 min
AI, Fake News and the Media
Our panel discuss how AI and Fake News has shaped this election from digital to traditional media.
Jul 04, 2024•42 min
The British Economy
Our panel focus on the state of the British economy going into the election and the challenges it faces.
Jul 04, 2024•41 min
The future of liberal democracy
Our panel discuss what this election tells us about the health of Britain’s democracy in context of the elections taking place around the world this year.
Jul 04, 2024•39 min
What went wrong with capitalism
In his new book, What Went Wrong with Capitalism, bestselling author, Ruchir Sharma explores how the culture of easy money and bailouts has rewarded oligopolies and billionaires but alienated much of the population.
Jul 03, 2024•1 hr 18 min
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