How to help left behind regions and workers
The decline of manufacturing and the acceleration of technological disruption have concentrated joblessness in distressed regions and blocked many workers from access to good jobs
Oct 28, 2025•1 hr 24 min
LSE: Public lectures and events
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Unlocking climate action opportunities: progress amid geopolitical turbulence
This event will serve as a timely preview of the upcoming UN Climate Conference (COP), offering insights into where meaningful progress can be made on international climate action.
Oct 27, 2025•1 hr 29 min
The social safety net as an investment in children
Join us for the Department of Social Policy’s Annual Lecture at which Hilary Hoynes will explore the concept of viewing the social safety net as a long-term investment in children.
Oct 23, 2025•1 hr 27 min
Mutually assured survival: feminist solidarities amidst planetary threats
Can global feminist solidarity and a feminist theory of social reproduction provide an emancipatory agenda that will foster the material conditions that make the reproduction of human and non-human life possible?
Oct 22, 2025•1 hr 22 min
How progress ends: technology, innovation, and the fate of nations
How will progress end? In this event, Carl Benedikt Frey – one of the leading scholars of technology and the economy – will discuss his new book, How Progress Ends.
Oct 21, 2025•1 hr 25 min
Technology for the public interest: preventing capture and promoting welfare
In this lecture, Padmashree Gehl Sampath compares the trajectories of two critical technology-driven sectors, pharmaceuticals and artificial intelligence
Oct 20, 2025•1 hr 27 min
On liberalism: in defence of freedom
Join us for this lecture by New York Times bestselling author and Harvard academic Cass R Sunstein.
Oct 17, 2025•1 hr 1 min
The CEO: the rise and fall of Britain's captains of industry
The CEOs of Britain's largest companies wield immense power, but we know very little about them. How did they get to the top? Why do they have so much power? Are they really worth that exorbitant salary?
Oct 16, 2025•1 hr 27 min
US-Iran relations under Trump 2.0: prospects and challenges
This event will examine how a second Trump administration might reshape U.S.-Iran relations and regional security—whether through renewed maximum pressure, diplomatic engagement, or military action to contain Iran’s nuclear and military ambitions.
Oct 15, 2025•1 hr 26 min
Permission to be queer: the case for liberty
Join us in welcoming back to LSE, economist Deirdre Nansen McCloskey who will deliver this special lecture.
Oct 14, 2025•1 hr 23 min
Why we're getting poorer
As the UK economy struggles along while the US seems destined for chaos, evaluating why we’re getting poorer has never seemed more relevant.
Oct 13, 2025•1 hr 26 min
Not just lines on a map: borders in a changing world
We are joined by Maya Goodfellow, Tarsis Brito and Luke de Noronha who will each draw on their areas of expertise to discuss the implications of borders in a changing world.
Oct 09, 2025•1 hr 30 min
The promise and peril of Trump's America first
Donald Trump’s America First is a response to too much globalisation, too much immigration, and too many wars. But has Trump overcorrected?
Oct 08, 2025•1 hr 27 min
How to save the internet
Join us for this special event where former British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will talk about his new book, How to Save the Internet.
Oct 08, 2025•1 hr 16 min
The crime of war: from the Nuremberg trial to Ukraine
Eighty years on from the start of the Nuremberg War Crime Trial in November 1945 we ask what is the future of the crime of aggression after the creation of the ICC in 1998 and the Ukraine war?
Oct 07, 2025•1 hr 32 min
Depopulation: an ethical perspective
Join us for the annual Auguste Comte lecture delivered by Luara Ferracioli, a leading thinker on the philosophy of immigration and the philosophy of the family.
Oct 06, 2025•1 hr 24 min
Can human solidarity survive social media and what if it can’t?
Drawing on his recent book, The Space of the World, Nick Couldry will reflect on the global space of social communications and interaction that has been constructed over the past three decades through a commercialized internet and digital platforms.
Oct 02, 2025•1 hr 28 min
Racism and racial justice: 40 years on from the Broadwater Farm riots
We explore the legal, political and community-based racial justice work that emerged 40 years ago from the Broadwater Farm riots, examining methods of resistance that continue to address present-day questions of race, racism and social inequality.
Oct 01, 2025•1 hr 36 min
How AI is helping - and harming - animals
Learn more about the Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience, a new LSE initiative committed to making sure technological change works for - rather than against - the interests of other species.
Sep 30, 2025•1 hr 24 min
On natural capital: the value of the world around us
Join us for a conversation with Partha Dasgupta, Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge, as he discusses his latest book On Natural Capital where he lays out a seminal and groundbreaking new approach to economics.
Sep 29, 2025•1 hr 29 min
Climate finance and investment in low-income countries
Climate finance is a critical tool in supporting low-income countries as they face the growing impacts of climate change.
Sep 24, 2025•1 hr 29 min
Valuing nature in a changing climate: rethinking natural capital
As climate change accelerates, the economic case for protecting and investing in natural capital has never been clearer.
Sep 23, 2025•1 hr 30 min
Investing in our future: COP30 and the sustainable growth agenda
As the world prepares for COP30 in Brazil, this event provides a forward-looking platform to explore priorities, challenges, and opportunities for accelerating and aligning climate ambition with sustainable economic growth.
Sep 22, 2025•1 hr 32 min
Global inequality in historical and comparative perspective
Presenting new research produced by the World Inequality Lab, Thomas Piketty discusses recent trends in global inequality, analysing the historical movement toward equality and future prospects for more redistribution.
Sep 19, 2025•56 min
Can we be great again? Why a dangerous world needs Britain
Join us for this talk by Jeremy Hunt in which he will talk about his new book, Can We Be Great Again?: Why a Dangerous World Needs Britain.
Jul 21, 2025•1 hr 27 min
The economic consequences of Mr Trump: what the trade war means for the world
In this event, former Economist and Financial Times journalist Philip Coggan will talk about his new book, The Economic Consequences of Mr Trump: What the Trade War Means for the World.
Jul 15, 2025•1 hr 3 min
Exile economics – what happens when globalisation fails
Join us for this conversation between journalist and author Ben Chu and LSE's Richard Davies about Ben's new book Exile Economics: What Happens if Globalisation Fails.
Jul 09, 2025•1 hr 3 min
The end of the road
Join us for a special lecture by Alan Taylor, the newest member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, on monetary policy.
Jul 04, 2025•1 hr 8 min
Global trends in climate litigation 2025: report launch
This influential report provides an annual overview of key developments in climate litigation worldwide and identifies emerging trends shaping the future of climate law and governance.
Jun 26, 2025•1 hr 22 min
Skills in the age of AI
How can we shape engaging work environments that foster productivity and enable workers to flourish?
Jun 25, 2025•1 hr 31 min
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