Research

Choice and the Future of Healthcare|

Zack Cooper of LSE Health looks at what the US healthcare system and the NHS might learn from one another and where the “patient choice” agenda is going next.

Living in the Second Nuclear Age|

Whatever happened to the bomb? Nuclear weapons never went away, we just stopped paying them any attention. In fact we’re now living in "the Second Nuclear Age". Professor Arne Westad of IDEAS explains.

Ethics and the importance of dialogue|

In Plato’s time, dialogues were one of the most popular forms of philosophical enquiry and writing. Alex Voorhoeve explains why he has chosen to construct his new book, Conversations on Ethics, in the same way.

Measuring the economic impact of a
natural disaster|

How do economies react to and recover from massive natural disasters such as the Great Kanto Earthquake that struck Japan in 1923? Professor Janet Hunter provides insights.

As birds need ornithologists: science and philosophy of science|

Physicist Richard Feynman is said to remarked that ‘Philosophers of science are about as useful to scientists as ornithologists are to birds’. Senior lecturer in philosophy, Roman Frigg, gives his riposte in this short film.

Colonising Knowledge in the Kingdom of Kandy|

Dr Sujit Sivasundaram shows how local knowledge in Sri Lanka was used as a means of resistance against the British in the 1800s, and subsequently absorbed and adopted by the colonists as their own.

The Politics of Personal Identity|

Too much information? Dr Edgar Whitley questions whether the government’s plan to protect us from identity fraud through its proposed ID card scheme could backfire.

Bioweapons: risk and response|

Could stoking the fear of a biological weapons attack make it more likely to happen? Dr Filippa Lentzos explains.

Five challenges for saving the planet
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Lord Nicholas Stern explains how we can both manage climate change and also usher in a new era of global prosperity.

Psychotic savants|

Dr Christopher Badcock presents a radical revision to the current classification of mental disorders

Panic on the Streets of London|

Research economist Mirko Draca explains how the July 2005 terrorist attacks became a "natural experiment"on the effect numbers of police have on crime.

Dysfunctional markets|

The huge expansion of the global financial system in recent decades has now culminated in a devastating downfall according to Dr Paul Woolley.