LSE: Public lectures and events
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LSE: Public lectures and events
The London School of Economics and Political Science public events podcast series is a platform for thought, ideas and lively debate where you can hear from some of the world's leading thinkers. Listen to more than 200 new episodes every year.
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LSE: The Ballpark | US-China relations in an era of illiberalism with Dr Scott Kennedy
To talk about the current state of US-China relations, in October 2025 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Scott Kennedy, Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair i...
Our Dollar, your problem
Join us for this public lecture where Kenneth Rogoff will discuss his recently released book Our Dollar, Your Problem: An insider's view of seven turb...
Power and profit: stresses and futures of market economies
The famous epithet that “the old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters”, is most often attributed to the...
Abundant clean energy for all: the technological opportunity
For the past two centuries, growth in energy supply has been fundamental to human progress and economic development. But fossil fuel dependence is dri...
Are revolutions justified?
Ralph Miliband has written poignantly on the limits of parliamentary democracy. But are revolutions justified?
Are revolutions justified?
Contributor(s): Professor Lea Ypi, Professor Andrés Velasco | Ralph Miliband has written poignantly on the limits of parliamentary democracy. But are...
The measure of progress: counting what really matters
Professor Coyle argues that the way we measure the economy—developed in the 1940s—no longer fits today’s realities. The outdated framework underpinnin...
The measure of progress: counting what really matters
Contributor(s): Professor Diane Coyle | Professor Coyle argues that the way we measure the economy—developed in the 1940s—no longer fits today’s reali...
How oil rents fuel populist foreign policy
In his inaugural lecture (based on his research with Ferdinand Eibl) Steffen Hertog argues that populist leaders in all but the largest countries can...
How oil rents fuel populist foreign policy
Contributor(s): Professor Steffen Hertog | International relations literature has begun to focus on the foreign policy corollaries of populist ideolog...
Women, nature, and 2030: a transformational global climate solution
Climate change is not gender-neutral — not in its impact on women and girls, nor in the solutions women are leading. This lecture will share new resea...
Women, nature, and 2030: a transformational global climate solution
Contributor(s): Zainab Salbi | Climate change is not gender-neutral — not in its impact on women and girls, nor in the solutions women are leading. Th...
Who trains our doctors? The hidden workers behind medical education
In this lecture, Patricia Kingori examines a striking phenomenon revealed through her documentary Shadow Scholars: highly educated Kenyan scholars gho...
LSE: The Ballpark | “Is AI a threat or an opportunity for the US?” Master’s students essay competition for 2025
In 2025, the Phelan US Centre ran an essay competition for master’s students with a prompt about AI. In this episode we spoke to the author of the win...
Shared prosperity in a fractured world
Join us for this talk by Dani Rodrik where he will talk about his new book, Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World, in which he shows how the nations...
Shared prosperity in a fractured world
Contributor(s): Professor Dani Rodrik | Fighting climate change, saving democracy, and eradicating poverty are urgent global challenges, yet the world...
LSE: The Ballpark | How to help left behind regions and workers with Professor Gordon Hanson
The last 40 years have seen a sharp decline in America’s manufacturing industries with growing joblessness in previously prosperous industrial regions...
LSE: The Ballpark | LSE at 130 and the United States with Professor Michael Cox
This year LSE is celebrating its 130th anniversary, and how it has driven change across the world. Much of LSE’s history is linked to the United State...
Living in London: How can we make our communities greener?
The climate crisis affects us all, but young people will have to face its consequences for the longest. Despite this, just 9% of British 18–24-year-ol...
Bullying explained by bullies: Lessons from Mexico | Coffee break research at LSE
Although student perspectives on bullying in primary and secondary schools are increasingly studied, few delve into the experiences of those who perpe...
Teaching colonialism in the classroom | Coffee break research at LSE
Social scientists have devised various approaches to studying colonialism, but how can this inform teaching about empire as part of the national curri...
LSE: The Ballpark | The promise and peril of Trump’s America First with Professor Charles Kupchan
Since returning to the White House in January 2025, Donald Trump has renewed his “America First” agenda by pursing a transactional approach to diploma...
The ins and outs of sustainable supply chains
Presenting insights from over a decade of research, Professor Macchiavello will examine how companies can organise supply chains that are sustainable...
AI, technology and society: shaping the future together
AI is about people – the most sophisticated AI models are trained on trillions of tokens that capture human communication, behaviours, and interaction...
The ins and outs of sustainable supply chains
Contributor(s): Professor Rocco Macchiavello | Join Rocco Macchiavello in his inaugural lecture as he explores the economics of sustainable supply cha...
What is financial hegemony, and how does it end? | Coffee break research at LSE
Since the mid-20th century, the US government, companies, and financial sector have greatly benefitted from global financial dominance – or ‘‘hegemony...
Pharmaceutical policy at a crossroads: perspectives from Europe and the US
Join us for the official launch event of the Pharmaceutical Policy Lab, which also forms part of LSE Health's 30th anniversary celebrations at which o...
What's next for quantum computing?
In this video, Dr Seeta Peña Gangadharan explores what quantum computing is, why governments are racing to develop it, and how this emerging technolog...
Common law: a better foundation for Liberalism
In conventional political philosophy, law is understood as consciously created rules that are a necessary mechanism for regulating the excesses of the...
Common law: a better foundation for Liberalism
Contributor(s): Professor John Hasnas | In conventional political philosophy, law is understood as consciously created rules that are a necessary mech...
Women in economics: progress, challenges and perspectives
Despite decades of progress, women remain underrepresented in the field of economics. This event explores the gender disparities in the discipline and...
Women in economics: progress, challenges and perspectives
Contributor(s): Janet Henry, Clare Lombardelli, Professor Almudena Sevilla | Despite decades of progress, women remain underrepresented in the field o...
Economic impacts and legacies of British rule in India
In her latest book An Economic History of India: Growth, income and inequalities from the Mughals to the 21st century, Bishnupriya Gupta builds a new...
Economic impacts and legacies of British rule in India
Contributor(s): Professor Bishnupriya Gupta | In her latest book An Economic History of India: Growth, income and inequalities from the Mughals to the...
The politics of hunger in Sudan
The ongoing war in Sudan has produced the world’s largest humanitarian and hunger crisis—devastating a country that could easily feed itself and its n...
The politics of hunger in Sudan
Contributor(s): Dr Nisrin Elamin | The ongoing war in Sudan has produced the world’s largest humanitarian and hunger crisis—devastating a country that...
Why I am an anarchist: insights into British anarchist thought and politics
Anarchism has had a more powerful impact on political life than most people realise. What are the roots of this radical tradition? How has it had this...
Why I am an anarchist: insights into British anarchist thought and politics
Contributor(s): Dr Sophie Scott-Brown | Anarchism has had a more powerful impact on political life than most people realise. What are the roots of thi...