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Events
We host numerous lectures by visiting statespeople and academics throughout the year, discussing themes of interest to the LSE community and the general public.
Our events are free and open to all, and we aim to make video and audio recordings, as well as any materials used, available on this page whenever possible.
Coming Soon
Red Tape: Bureaucracy, Structural Violence, and Poverty in India
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Sixty years after liberation from colonial rule, why has the Indian state been unable to eradicate extreme poverty? Akhil Gupta explores the policies that have resulted in dramatic increases in Indian productivity, but also generated spectacular new forms of inequality.
Akhil Gupta is professor of anthropology and director of the Center for India and South Asia at UCLA.
11th June, 6:30pm, Old Theatre, LSE
"Enough": policies for a sustainable economy
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The world's leading economies must explore key policy changes if they are to emerge from current crises with an economy for tomorrow as well as today.
Diane Coyle runs Enlightenment Economics|, is vice chair of the BBC Trust, and a visiting professor at the University of Manchester.
14th June, 6:30pm, New Theatre, LSE
Previous Events: videos, podcasts and information
Rebel Cities: The Urbanization of Class Struggle|
Exploring the city as a key arena within which class forces clash.
David Harvey is Distinguished Professor and Director of the Center for Place, Culture and Politics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His books include A Companion to Marx's Capital and Rebel Cities|.
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Climate Treaties and Approaching Catastrophes
Does the prospect of climate catastrophes make international cooperation on climate change any easier?
Scott Barrett, the Lenfest-Earth Institute Professor of Natural Resource Economics, explores the question.
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Redesigning the World's Largest Development Programme:
EU Cohesion Policy
Philip McCann is Special Adviser to Johannes Hahn (European Commissioner for Regional Policy), and the University of Groningen Endowed Chair of Economic Geography.
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Why the role of the developer matters
Francis Salway - CE of Land Securites, Britain's largest commercial property company.
26th Oct 2011, Hong Kong Theatre, LSE
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Canada: a reliable, responsible contributor to global energy security and economic stability
Joe Oliver - Canadian Minister of Natural Resources
20th Oct 2011, Hong Kong Theatre, LSE
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Exceptional People: how migration shaped our world and will define our future
Ian Goldin - Director of the Oxford Martin School |and former VP of the World Bank
11th Oct 2011, Hong Kong Theatre, LSE
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Cities at the Speed of Light: Asian experiments of the urban century
Ananya Roy - Professor in department of City & Regional planning, director of Global Metropolitan Studies Centre at Berkeley
12th May 2011, New Theatre, LSE
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The Economics of Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Pavan Sukhdev - UN Environment Programme
21st March 2011, Hong Kong Theatre, LSE
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Triumph of the City: How our greatest invention makes us richer, smarter, greener, healthier and happier
Edward Glaeser - Professor of Economics at Harvard University, author of 'Triumph of the City'
14th March 2011, Sheikh Zayed Theatre, LSE
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Gender and Poverty in the 21st Century
Panel discussion - The International Handbook of Gender and Poverty, edited by Professor Sylvia Chant
11th March 2011, Old Theatre, LSE
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LSE Literary Festival 2011: Placing Mobilities
Panel discussion - Brian Chikwava, Abdulrazak Gurnah and Olumide Popoola consider a number of complementary and competing themes around the topic of diaspora and place in literature
19th February 2011, Sheikh Zayed Theatre, LSE
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An Evening with Bjørn Lomborg: Putting Global Warming into Perspective
Bjørn Lomborg - adjunct Professor at Copenhagen Business School, author of The Skeptical Environmentalist
16th February 2011, New Theatre, LSE
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How did London get away with it?: The Recession and the North-South Divide
Henry Overman - Professor of Economic Geography at LSE, director of the Spatial Economics Research Centre
20th January 2011, Hong Kong Theatre, LSE
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