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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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From citizen to subject: police militarisation and the imperial boomerang
Militarised policing is one of the preconditions for fascist rule, but how and why would police in liberal democracies militarise?
Inheritance, demographics, and economic development
Inheritance institutions shape family structures and demographic decisions, with enduring implications for economic development. This lecture describe...
Trade under strain: policy challenges in a fractured world
In an increasingly fragmented global order, new forms of geopolitical and economic division are reshaping the world economy. Long‑standing trade partn...
Economics, ethics, and the role of the state in climate action
Climate change and biodiversity loss are among the defining challenges of our time — but they also open the door to extraordinary possibility. The inv...
Investable transition opportunities: what counts as a climate solution?
As companies in high-emitting sectors move from setting net zero targets to implementing detailed transition plans, investors are demanding greater tr...
Why populists are winning and how to beat them
In 2024, two billion people went to vote – and populism won big. Donald Trump returned to the White House. Marine Le Pen surged in France. Reform UK b...
Cooling a warming India: ecology and equity in our time
This talk will examine housing and work, sleep and sociality, as key aspects of everyday life where strategies to create more equitable and sustainabl...
Development finance after Trump
The Trump Administration has closed the world’s largest bilateral aid programme, USAID and poured scorn on its past effectiveness. Other donors are al...
The foreign policy of Donald Trump in historical perspective
Commentators around the world draw some startling analogies when they seek to assess President Donald Trump, some even likening him to a Roman emperor...
Who is Britain really saving in the fight against modern slavery?
As Black Lives Matter has exposed the legacies of transatlantic slavery and empire, Britain has launched a new moral crusade at home: the fight agains...
The ethics of foreign intervention: philosophical perspectives on Venezuela and Iran
The US capture of President Nicolás Maduro in January 2026 and the US–Israeli military campaign against Iran have thrust foreign intervention back to...
Greek Prime Ministers in the eye of the storm
This public lecture is for the book launch of Greek Prime Ministers in the Eye of the Storm: Crisis Management and Institutional Change, featuring aut...
Global ideas for global challenges: a panel in honour of Nick Stern
Leaders of the world’s premier economic institutions and a Nobel Prize winning economist discuss how ideas have evolved to shape our world and what is...
From curiosity to prosperity: sharing the gains of science
Why should governments back “Big Science” when discoveries are uncertain and the benefits may seem distant from taxpayers’ daily lives? In this public...
End of the America era? Looking back, looking forward
At a time of intensifying geopolitical rivalry, economic nationalism, and ideological extremism, this roundtable brings together a group of leading po...
Mediate the middle: moving with and beyond dichotomies
Join us in celebrating the launch of Bart Cammaerts’ latest textbook, Dichotomies in Media and Communication Theory — a bold and original exploration...
Is a democratic economy possible? Lessons from history, horizons for the future
Fifty years after powerful labour movements launched radical plans to democratise the economy and gain control of large businesses, what is the legacy...
Assessing risk assessment in cases of domestic abuse
Domestic abuse affects roughly one-third of women worldwide and carries serious consequences for victims, their children, and society at large. This l...
Animal economics
Humans care about animals, and many would argue that animals are morally relevant. Many of our decisions profoundly affect the welfare of animals and...
Mass media, justice and me: a victim’s perspective
Step into the lives of those whose pursuit of justice collided with the power of the press.
Housing supply and the future of our urban planet
Join us for this special Economica Coase lecture which this year will be delivered by Harvard academic Edward Glaeser.
How stories can transcend borders and boxes of identity
By drawing upon multiple disciplines and weaving these threads into the broader practice of literary arts, the Turkish-British writer Elif Shafak offe...
The world is your office: AI and the evolution of work from anywhere
During the past decade, technological change and management practices have disrupted how organisations access global talent and organise work. Thousan...
The geopolitical implications of the Israel-US-Iran war
A panel of academic experts is brought together by the Middle East Centre at LSE to discuss the current Israel-US-Iran war.
Infinite justice: political cosmologies that protect our future
In her inaugural lecture, Shakuntala Banaji explores how our ethical and political imaginations of love, justice and rights—shaped by education system...
Rebalancing the new world order in an age of fragmentation
Join us for this special event with LSE alumnus and President of Finland Alexander Stubb.
Donald Trump and the unmaking of Europe
Join us for this lecture by Nathalie Tocci who will argue that Donald Trump’s foreign policy record has not been very successful so far, as wars conti...
Gender, culture and equality in today’s Britain
Join us for a timely conversation on equality, gender and culture in contemporary Britain with Sarah Owen MP, chair of the Women and Equalities Select...
Invisible inputs: gender bias in AI systems
Behind every algorithm lies a set of choices, some visible, many not. This panel discusses the unseen forces that shape AI, focusing on how gender bia...
Women’s health matters: science, systems, and global change
The LSE Health and Department of Health Policy Annual Lecture 2026 was delivered by Michelle A Williams, Professor of Epidemiology and Population Heal...
Complexity and complicity in social anthropology
Join us for Hans Steinmüller's inaugural lecture.
The politics of world heritage: visions, custodians, and futures of humanity
In this book launch, Elif Kalaycioglu, will present her new book, The Politics of World Heritage: Visions, Custodians, and Futures of Humanity, follow...
The care economy and social housing
What is the relationship between the care economy and social housing and how do they directly influence each other?
Grassroots: shaping the digital realm and through it – the world
The digital realm today concentrates power and wealth in the hands of the few, excluding most of humanity from equal participation.
Do molecules have structure? The view from quantum physics
Join us for the inaugural BJPS Popper Prize lecture, delivered by philosophers of science Alexander Franklin and Vanessa Seifert.
Creative destruction, AI, and the European recovery
Join us for this special event with LSE's Philippe Aghion, joint recipient of the 2025 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
From dialogue to decarbonisation: can investor engagement deliver?
With momentum behind the low-carbon transition faltering and headwinds mounting, investors play an increasingly critical role in in sustaining climate...
American foreign policy in the age of Trump
With the old world order visibly weakening, President Donald Trump’s foreign policy is both consequential and confusing. Does Mr Trump have a strategy...
Eco-social contracts for sustainable and just futures
For changemakers, students, and everyone seeking hope, direction, and clarity during a time of global uncertainty, join us for the launch of a book th...
Narratives in policymaking
We all love a good story. Stories provide coherence and help to form our sense of identity. Personal and social narratives fundamentally affect the wa...