In conversation with Maurice Saatchi
In an age of conformists and faux-contrarians, Maurice Saatchi has revolutionised British business and politics through his willingness to question received wisdom.
Mar 12, 2025•1 hr 22 min
LSE: Public lectures and events
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Episodes
Epistemic pluralism and climate change
This lecture explores the merits of epistemic pluralism in understanding climate change today.
Mar 10, 2025•1 hr 24 min
Wronged: the weaponization of victimhood
Why is being a victim such a potent identity today? Who claims to be a victim, and why? How have such claims changed in the past century? Who benefits and who loses from the struggles over victimhood in public culture?
Mar 06, 2025•1 hr 21 min
Citizens as cultivars: democratic values in paddy fields and universities
This inaugural lecture by Mukulika Banerjee draws on long-term fieldwork among paddy farmers in Bengal to explore the ways in which cultivation - of crops, neighbourly relations, and selves - can help democracy and truthful politics to flourish.
Mar 05, 2025•1 hr 8 min
Artificial intelligence, intellectual property and the creative industries
This event will explore the challenge of artificial intelligence technologies in the creative industries (film, theatre, music, video games).
Mar 04, 2025•1 hr 31 min
From the secrets of the universe to socio-economic impact: the power of big science
The lecture will explore the cutting-edge frontier of particle physics and astronomy and the pivotal role of major research infrastructures in advancing our fundamental understanding of the universe.
Mar 03, 2025•1 hr 34 min
The lost Marie Curies
To simultaneously increase our innovation potential and reduce inequality, it is urgent to involve everyone, especially women and people of underprivileged backgrounds.
Feb 27, 2025•1 hr 21 min
From the high seas to corporate boardrooms: Suzanne Heywood in conversation
Join us for a fireside chat with Suzanne Heywood, Chair of CNH Industrial N V and Iveco Group, and Chief Operating Officer of Exor Group.
Feb 25, 2025•59 min
Peak injustice: Solving Britain’s inequality crisis
With child mortality rising in the UK and a majority of parents with three or more children going to bed hungry, Danny Dorling looks to the future, highlighting the challenges ahead and identifying solutions for change.
Feb 24, 2025•1 hr 27 min
Are we in danger of losing our communities?
With the cost-of-living crisis leading to the closure of community spaces around the UK, and the pressures on urban development projects, this episode of LSE iQ asks, are we in danger of losing our communities?
Feb 21, 2025•30 min
The hidden victims: civilian casualties of the two world wars
In his latest book, which forms the basis of this lecture, Cormac O'Grada argues that previous estimates of civilian deaths in the two world wars are almost certainly too low.
Feb 20, 2025•1 hr 30 min
The last human job: AI, depersonalization and the industrial clock
Critics commonly warn about three primary hazards of AI-job disruption, bias, and surveillance/privacy concerns. Yet the conventional story of AI’s dangers is missing a vital issue and blinding us to its role in a cresting “depersonalisation crisis.”
Feb 19, 2025•1 hr 29 min
Climate capitalism: can market-based solutions save the planet?
As the climate emergency intensifies, the efficacy of market-based solutions is under growing scrutiny. Can capitalism solve a crisis of its own making?
Feb 18, 2025•1 hr 30 min
Is it possible to achieve fair and inclusive prosperity without a green agenda?
In an era of rising inequality and economic transformation, the question of how to achieve fair and inclusive prosperity is more pressing than ever. At the same time, the green transition is reshaping industries, labor markets, & policies worldwide.
Feb 17, 2025•1 hr 28 min
Trans* lives, histories and activism
This thought-provoking conversation will bring together diverse expertise to critically examine and address the urgent socio-political challenges of our time.
Feb 13, 2025•1 hr 24 min
Power, freedom, and justice: rethinking Foucault
What are the implications of Michel Foucault’s critical social theories for how we think about freedom, power, and justice?
Feb 12, 2025•1 hr 26 min
Is there a new Washington consensus?
For roughly a quarter century after the Cold War, the Washington consensus or neoliberalism guided US foreign economic policymaking.
Feb 11, 2025•1 hr 25 min
Racism, anti-racism and the politics of popular culture
Racism and antiracism clash on a daily basis in media discourse. This joint talk reflects on current practices of "othering" in popular media.
Feb 06, 2025•1 hr 30 min
Do we need to drive?
This episode of LSE iQ looks at whether we should still be driving.
Feb 04, 2025•29 min
Does class inequality still matter? The Great British Class Survey ten years on
10 years since the seminal Social Class in the 21st Century was published, we will revisit the findings, ask if the trends have changed, why class seems to have fallen off the agenda, and what we can do to build solidarity in this new political era.
Feb 04, 2025•1 hr 23 min
Sustainability and prosperity in the age of ecological scarcity
In the present era, rising ecological scarcity and global environmental risks are a defining turning point for all economies, but especially those that are vying to win the “green competitive race” for leading global sectors and markets.
Feb 03, 2025•1 hr 32 min
Genesis: artificial intelligence, hope, and the human spirit
As AI absorbs data, gains agency, and intermediates between humans and reality, it will help us to address enormous crises, from climate change to geopolitical conflicts to income inequality.
Jan 30, 2025•1 hr 31 min
Has neoliberalism failed? Reflections on Western society
In this timely event, Samuel Gregg will delve into the origins of the term "neoliberalism," its contested usefulness in contemporary discourse, and whether intellectuals such as F. A. Hayek and Milton Friedman fit the "neoliberal" label.
Jan 29, 2025•1 hr 24 min
From liberal peace to new Cold War? Turbulence and conflict in the 21st century
When Soviet power collapsed between 1989 and 1991, the overwhelming view in the West was that liberalism had triumphed.
Jan 28, 2025•1 hr 33 min
Power to the people
In 2024, two billion people headed to the polls in some 50 countries around the world. But the drama of these elections risks obscuring just how fragile the foundations of democracy have become.
Jan 27, 2025•1 hr 27 min
Economic development in the 21st century
The problem of economic development in the Global South remains as important as ever. For centuries thinkers have tried to explain why some countries grow rich while others remain poor, with varied success.
Jan 23, 2025•1 hr 27 min
The art of uncertainty: living with chance, ignorance, risk, and luck
Chance, luck, and ignorance; how to put our uncertainty into numbers. We all have to live with uncertainty about what is going to happen, what has happened, and why things turned out how they did.
Jan 22, 2025•1 hr 16 min
Leadership or drift: what's next for US foreign policy?
In this roundtable discussion, leading experts on world affairs take stock of the international challenges and opportunities facing the new administration in America.
Jan 21, 2025•1 hr 26 min
Dangerous guesswork in economic policy
Join us to hear Max Steuer talk about his new book, Dangerous Guesswork In Economic Policy.
Jan 20, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Malaysian Prime Minister Visits LSE
Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim visited LSE to deliver a lecture on Malaysia’s global strategy in an uncertain era
Jan 17, 2025•1 hr 12 min
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