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The School of Public Policy frequently hosts public and private events encompassing a broad range of public policy topics, with both a national and international focus.


Upcoming Events

December 

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AI, society, and our world order
Monday 9 December 2024 6.30pm to 8.00pm

Speaker: Reid Hoffman, Co-Founder, LinkedIn and Inflection AI and author of Superagency

Chair: Larry Kramer, President and Vice Chancellor, LSE

In-person (LSE campus, venue tbc to ticketholders) and online public event 

Hosted by the School of Public Policy

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2024-25

Lecture Series Luis Garicano

Reimagining Capitalism Lecture Series
Innovation and Inequality
Monday 2 December, 6.00pm to 7.30pm GMT

Speaker: Xavier Jaravel, Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, LSE

Chair: Luis Garicano, Professor of Public Policy, LSE School of Public Policy

This event is part of the Reimagining Capitalism lecture series and is open to LSE staff and students only

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New world, new rules: what works for global governance
Monday 25 November, 6.30pm to 8.00pm GMT

Speakers: George Papaconstantinou, Acting Director, Florence School of Transnational Governance; Jean Pisani-Ferry, Senior Fellow, Bruegel;

Discussant: Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE

Chair: Kirsten Sehnbruch, British Academy Global Professor and Distinguished Policy Fellow, International Inequalities Institute, LSE

Venue: In-person (Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House) and Online Public Event

Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy

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Lecture Series Luis Garicano

Reimagining Capitalism Lecture Series
Economics of Social Enterprises

Monday 25 November, 6.00pm to 7.30pm GMT

Speaker: Maitreesh Ghatak, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, LSE

Chair: Luis Garicano, Professor of Public Policy, LSE School of Public Policy

This event is part of the Reimagining Capitalism lecture series and is open to LSE staff and students only.

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How to get government and the private sector to work together for the common good - SPP 2024 Annual Lecture 
Thursday 21 November, 6.30pm to 8.00pm GMT 

Speaker: Dame Sharon White, former John Lewis Partnership Chairman (Feb 2020 - Sep 2024) 

Chair: Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Policy 

Venue: In-person (Great Hall, Marshall Building, LSE) and Online Public Event

Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy

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Lecture Series Luis Garicano

Reimagining Capitalism Lecture Series
Lecture 8
Monday 18 November, 6.00pm to 7.30pm GMT

Speaker: Oriana Bandiera, Professor of Economics, and Sir Atkinson Chair of Economics, Department of Economics, LSE

Chair: Luis Garicano, Professor of Public Policy, LSE School of Public Policy

This event is part of the Reimagining Capitalism lecture series and is open to LSE staff and students only

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Lecture Series Luis Garicano

Reimagining Capitalism Lecture Series
The Corporation and its purposes

Monday 11 November, 6.00pm to 7.30pm GMT

Speaker: Professor David Kershaw, Dean of the LSE Law School

Chair: Luis Garicano, Professor of Public Policy, LSE School of Public Policy

This event is part of the Reimagining Capitalism lecture series and is open to LSE staff and students only

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AI in public policy: opportunities and challenges
Tuesday 5 November, 6.30pm to 8.00pm GMT

Speakers: Helen Margetts,Professor of Society and the Internet, University of Oxford; Andrew Murray, Professor of Law at LSE; Dorottya Sallai, Associate Professor (Education) of Management, LSE Department of Management; Chloe Smith, former minister (2010-2023)

Chair: Ken Benoit, Director of the Data Science Institute, LSE and Professor of Computational Social Science in the Department of Methodology

Venue: In-person (Auditorium, Centre Building) ) and Online Public Event

Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy and Data Science Institute

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Lecture 6:Cohesive Criminal Justice
Monday 4 November, 6.00pm to 7.30pm GMT

Speaker: Nicola Lacey, Professor of Law, Gender and Social Policy, LSE Law School

Chair: Luis Garicano, Professor of Public Policy, LSE School of Public Policy

This event is part of the Reimagining Capitalism lecture series and is open to LSE staff and students only

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Lecture Series Luis Garicano

Reimagining Capitalism Lecture Series
Neoliberalism and its critic
Monday 28 October, 6.00pm to 7.30pm GMT

Speaker: Luis Garicano, Professor of Public Policy, LSE School of Public Policy

This event is part of the Reimagining Capitalism lecture series and is open to LSE staff and students only

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The Shortest History of Migration
Thursday 24 October, 6.30 to 8.00pm BST

Speakers: Ian Goldin, Professor of Globalisation and Development, Oxford University and founding Director, Oxford Martin School

Chair: Kristin Surak, Associate Professor of Political Sociology, LSE

Venue: In-person and online public event (Marshall Building, MAR.1.04, LSE) 

Hosted by the European Institute and the LSE School of Public Policy

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Michael Manley: Visionary Leader and Global Thinker – A Commemorative Lecture
Tuesday 22 October, 7.00pm to 8.00pm BST

Speakers: Anthony Bogues, Professor in the Department of History of Art and Architecture, Brown University; Visiting professor of African and African Diaspora Thought, Free University of Amsterdam; Visiting Professor and Curator,University of Johannesburg; Francisco H. G. Ferreira,  Amartya Sen Professor of Inequality Studies and Director of the International Inequalities Institute, LSE

Chair: Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Policy

Venue: In-person (Old Theatre, Old Building) and Online Public Event

Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy 

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Lecture Series Luis Garicano

Reimagining Capitalism Lecture Series
Understanding the Populist Backlash
Monday 21 October, 6.00pm to 7.30pm BST

Speaker: Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the LSE School of Public Policy

Chair: Luis Garicano, Professor of Public Policy, LSE School of Public Policy

This event is part of the Reimagining Capitalism lecture series and is open to LSE staff and students only

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Lecture Series Luis Garicano

Reimagining Capitalism Lecture Series
Advanced Capitalisms Reinvented: Innovation-driven Companies, Superstar Clusters and American Dominance

Monday 14 October, 6.00pm to 7.30pm BST

Speaker: David Soskice, Emeritus Professor, Department of Government, LSE

Chair: Luis Garicano, Professor of Public Policy, LSE School of Public Policy

This event is part of the Reimagining Capitalism lecture series and is open to LSE staff and students only

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Lecture Series Luis Garicano

Reimagining Capitalism Lecture Series
Zero-Sum Thinking and the Roots of Political Differences

Monday 7 October, 6.00pm to 7.30pm BST

Speaker: Sandra Sequeira, Associate Professor in Development Economics, Department of International Development, LSE

Chair: Luis Garicano, Professor of Public Policy, LSE School of Public Policy

This event is part of the Reimagining Capitalism lecture series and is open to LSE staff and students only

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Are we entering a 'Westless' world?
Monday 7 October, 6.30 to 8.00pm BST

Speakers: Lindsey Hilsum, News International Editor, Channel 4; Rohan Mukherjee, Deputy Director, LSE IDEAS; Samir Puri, author, academic and former UK civil servant 

Chair: Alexander Evans, Professor in Practice of Public Policy and Programme Director of the MPA in Data Science, LSE School of Public Policy

Venue: In-person (MAR.1.08, Marshall Building, LSE) and Online Public Event

Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy 

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Monetary policy in an era of more challenging supply conditions - Do the old principles still stand?
Wednesday 2 October, 6.00pm to 7.15pm BST

Speaker: Andréa M Maechler, Deputy General Manager, Bank for International Settlements

Chair: Ricardo Reis, A.W. Phillips Professor of Economics, LSE 

Venue: In-person (Wolfson Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE) and Online Public Event

Hosted by the Centre for Macroeconomics and the LSE School of Public Policy

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Lecture Series Luis Garicano

Reimagining Capitalism Lecture Series
What is Capitalism?
Monday 30 September, 6.00pm to 7.30pm BST

Speakers: Tim Besley, Professor of Economics and Political Science and W. Arthur Lewis Professor of Development Economics, Department of Economics, LSE; Larry Kramer, President and Vice Chancellor, LSE

Chair: Luis Garicano, Professor of Public Policy, LSE School of Public Policy

This event is part of the Reimagining Capitalism lecture series and is open to LSE staff and students only

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24.10.18 symposium gender studies

Multidisciplinary approaches and policy innovation in gender research 
Wednesday 18 September, 9.30am to 3.40pm BST

This event is an LSE Public Policy Review Symposium and is open by invitation only.

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2023–24

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LSE Election Night Party 2024
Thursday 4 July, 9.15pm to 2.00am BST

Hosted by the London School of Economics and Political Science and supported by the Department of Government and the School of Public Policy

Venue: In-person (LSE Campus) and Online Public Event 

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100 days to kickstart Britain: what should the government's priorities be? | LSE Festival
Tuesday 11 June, 6.30pm to 7.30pm BST

Speaker: Soumaya Keynes, Economics Columnist, Financial Times; Eshe Nelson, Reporter, The New York Times; Sam Richards, campaign director and CEO, Britain Remade; Danny Sriskandarajah, Chief Executive, New Economics Foundation

Chair: Richard Davies, Professor in Practice, LSE School of Public Policy and Director of the Harvard-LSE Growth Co-Lab and the UK’s Economics Observatory

Hosted by the Growth Co-Lab and the LSE School of Public Policy as part of the LSE Festival: Power and Politics

Venue: In-person (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, CKK Building, LSE) and Online Public Event

Find out more

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5th LSE Workshop on Political Economy of Turkey
Friday 7 June, 9.00am to 6.00pm BST

Speaker: Ufuk Akçiğit, Arnold C. Harberger Professor of Economics, University of Chicago

Hosted by the Contemporary Turkish Studies, LSE European Institute, LSE School of Public Policy and LSE Systemic Risk Centre 

Venue: In-person public event (CBG.1.01, Sumeet Valrani Lecture Theatre, Centre Building, LSE)

Find out more

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Beveridge 2.0: AI and Data Science for Public Policy Symposium
Wednesday 8 May, 9.00am to 4.40pm BST

Venue: In-person (MAR 1.04, Marshall Building) and Online Public Event

Hosted by the LSE Data Science Institute and the LSE School of Public Policy

View the programme and find out more


 

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Lessons for monetary policy from the latest inflationary-disinflationary episode
Wednesday 1 May, 6.30pm to 7.30pm BST

Speaker: Pablo Hernández de Cos, Governor of the Banco de España and member of the Governing and General Council, ECB

Chair: Ricardo Reis, Director, Centre for Macroeconomics and Arthur Williams Phillips Professor of Economics, LSE

Venue: In-person (Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House) and Online Public Event

Hosted by the Centre for Macroeconomics and the LSE School of Public Policy

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Governing Superstates: China and India 
Tuesday 26 March, 6.30pm-8.00pm GMT

Speakers: Mukulika Banerjee, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, LSE; Kerry Brown, Professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau China Institute, King's College London; Sir Vince Cable, Visiting Professor in Practice, LSE School of Public Policy

Chair: Luis Garicano, Professor of Public Policy, LSE School of Public Policy

Venue: In-person (Sumeet Valrani Lecture Theatre,Centre Building, LSE) and Online Public Event

Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy 

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Getting schools to work better: Insights and reflections from China and India
Thursday 21 March, 6.30pm to 8.00pm GMT

Speaker: Mobarak Hossain, Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Policy, LSE; Yifei Yan, Assistant Professor in Public Administration and Public Policy, University of Southampton

Chair: Shuang Chen, Assistant Professor in International Social and Public Policy, Department of Social Policy, LSE

Venue: In-person (MAR.1.08, Marshall Building) and Online Public Event

Hosted by the LSE-Fudan Global Public Policy Hub and the LSE School of Public Policy

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Geopolitics and Trade: Opportunities for Colombia and Latin America
Wednesday 20 March, 5.00pm to 7.30pm GMT

Speakers: Roy Barreras, Ambassador of the Republic of Colombia to the Government of the United Kingdom; José Antonio Ocampo, Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Vanessa Rubio-Márquez, Associate Dean for Extended Education, LSE School of Public Policy; Kirsten Sehnbruch, British Academy Global Professor and Distinguished Policy Fellow, International Inequalities Institute, LSE

Moderator: Michael Reid, Visiting Professor in Practice, LSE School of Public Policy 

Chair: Luis Garicano, Professor of Public Policy, LSE School of Public Policy

Venue: In-person (Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House) 

Hosted by the LSE Colombian Society, LSE School of Public Policy and the Embassy of Colombia in the UK

Find out more

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Connecting Academics to Policy: A Conversation with New York Fed President John C. Williams
Friday 8 March, 12.00pm to 1.00pm GMT

Speaker: John C. Williams, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Chair: Ricardo Reis, Director, Centre for Macroeconomics and Arthur Williams Phillips Professor of Economics, LSE

Venue: In-person (LSE Lecture Theatre) and Online Public Event

Hosted by the Centre for Macroeconomics and the LSE School of Public Policy

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Beveridge 2.0: changing labour markets and the future of social protection
Tuesday 5 March, 6.30pm to 8.00pm GMT

Speakers: Stephen Machin, Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Economic Performance, LSE; Alison McGovern, Labour MP for Wirral South; Kirsten Sehnbruch, British Academy Global Professor and Distinguished Policy Fellow, International Inequalities Institute, LSE; Anna Valero, Director of the Growth Programme and Distinguished Policy Fellow,Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

Chair: Luis Garicano, Professor of Public Policy, LSE School of Public Policy

Venue: In-person (CKK.2.04, Cheng Kin Ku Building) and Online Public Event 

Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy

Find out more

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Shaping major cities - The challenges of being a Mayor
Thursday 29 February, 6.30pm to 8.00pm GMT

Speaker: Marvin Rees OBE, Mayor of Bristol

Chair: Alexander Evans, Professor in Practice of Public Policy and Programme Director of the MPA in Data Science, LSE School of Public Policy.

Venue: In-person (Auditorium, Centre Building) and Online Public Event 

Hosted by LSE Cities and the LSE School of Public Policy

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Climate, Net Zero and Asian Superstates

Thursday 15 February, 6.45pm to 8:15pm GMT

Speaker: Vince Cable, Visiting Professor in Practice at the School of Public Policy, LSE; Isabel Hilton, journalist and Founder of The China Dialogue Trust; Lord Nicholas Stern, IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government, Chairman of the Grantham Research Institute and Head of the India Observatory, LSE ;

Chair:Tony Travers, Associate Dean, LSE School of Public Policy

Venue: In-person (Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House) and Online Public Event 

Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy 

 Find out more

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Recent advances in the understanding of human sociality. 

Thursday 1 February, 6.30pm to 8pm GMT 

Speaker: Joseph Heath, Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation

Chair: Nikhil Venkatesh, LSE Fellow, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method

Venue: In-person (Auditorium, Centre Building) and Online Public Event 

Hosted by the LSE Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method and the LSE School of Public Policy.

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City of Hope - Lessons from Cape Town for the future of South Africa and African cities 

Tuesday 23 January, 6.30pm to 8pm GMT

Speaker: Geordin Hill-Lewis, Mayor of Cape Town

Discussant: Desné Masie, Visiting Senior Fellow, Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa, LSE

Chair: Suzanne Hall, Professor of Sociology and Head of Department, LSE

Venue: In-person (Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House) and Online Public Event 

Hosted by LSE Cities and the LSE School of Public Policy 

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Changing the Status Quo - data and radical transformation at the heart of government

Wednesday 6 December, 6.00pm to 7.30pm GMT

Speaker: Laura Gilbert, Director of Data Science, Number 10 Downing Street, and joint Chief Analyst, Cabinet Office

Chair: Alexander Evans, Professor in Practice and Programme Director, MPA in Data Science for Public Policy, School of Public Policy, LSE

Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy

Venue: In-person (MAR.1.10) and Online Public Event

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China, India and the Global Order (or Disorder)

Thursday 23 November, 6.30pm to 8.00pm GMT

Speakers: Vince Cable, Professor in Practice, School of Public Policy, LSE; Niall Ferguson, Milbank Family Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University and Visiting Professor, School of Public Policy, LSE; Rebecca Nadin, Director, Global Risks & Resilience programme, ODI

Chair: Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE

Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy

Venue: In-person (Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House) and Online Public Event 

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Public Policy Priorities and Challenges for China and the World
LSE-Fudan Annual Conference 2023

 21 and 22 November 2023

Keynote Speakers: Dr Keyu Jin (LSE); Professor Shiping Tang (Fudan University); Professor Xiaojun Yan (University of Hong Kong)

Hosted by the LSE-Fudan Global Public Policy Hub

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Making good law in a time of polycrisis

Speaker: Lord John McFall, Baron McFall of Alcluith and Lord Speaker of the House of Lords

Chair: Tony Travers, Associate Dean, School of Public Policy, LSE

Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy and the Department of Government, LSE

Venue: In-person and online public event (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE)

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Elections in Argentina: a dialogue ahead of the presidential runoff

Wednesday 15 November, 6.30pm to 8.00pm

Speakers: Ingrid Bleynat, Senior Lecturer in International Development, King’s College London; Pilar Elizalde, Department Lecturer in Law and Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government; Fabrício Mendes Fialho, Research Fellow, International Inequalities Institute, LSE; Victoria Paniagua, Assistant Professor in International Political Economy, LSE

Welcome remarks: Sebastián Cera, founder and President, Fundar UK. 

Moderator: Michael Reid, Visiting Professor in Practice, LSE School of Public Policy

Chair: Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE 

Hosted by the Fundar UK and the LSE School of Public Policy

Venue: MAR.2.08, Marshall Building, LSE

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Demographic and the aging - the impact of ageing on pension systems and on labour markets

Wednesday 15 November, 12.00pm GMT

Speakers: Nicholas Barr, Professor in Public Economics, LSE; Daiji Kawaguchi, Professor of Economics, University of Tokyo; Ito Peng, Professor of Sociology and Public Policy, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy

Chair: Bruno Palier, CNRS Research Director, Sciences Po

Hosted by the Global Public Policy Network (GPPN)

Venue: Online event

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Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan: Crisis and Conflict in the Context of a New Cold War

Tuesday 07 November, 6.30pm to 8.00pm GMT

Speaker: Niall Ferguson, Milbank Family Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University and Visiting Professor, School of Public Policy, LSE

Chair: Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE

Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy

Venue: In-person and online public event (Alumni Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE)

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How did Britain come to this? The accidental logics of Britain's neoliberal settlement

Speakers: Gwyn Bevan, Emeritus Professor of Policy Analysis, Department of Management, LSE; Abby Innes, Associate Professor in Political Economy, European Institute, LSE; Ros Taylor, presenter and contributing editor, Podmasters

Chair: Patrick Dunleavy, Emeritus Professor and Editor-in-Chief of LSE Press, LSE

Hosted by the LSE Press and the LSE School of Public Policy

Venue: In-person and online public event (Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE)

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Should central banks have an equality mandate?

Tuesday 31 October, 6.30pm to 8.00pm GMT

Speaker: Roberto Chang, Visiting Professor, School of Public Policy and Distinguished Professor, Rutgers University

Chair: Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE

Hosted by the Centre for Macroeconomics and the LSE School of Public Policy

Venue: In-person event only (Hong Kong Theate, Clement House, LSE)

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China and India: economic fall and rise?

Tuesday 17 October, 6.30pm to 8.00pm BST

Speaker: Vince Cable, Professor in Practice, School of Public Policy, LSE; Keyu Jin, Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, LSE; Rathin Roy, Managing Director, Overseas Development Institute

Chair: Alexander Evans, Professor in Practice and Programme Director, MPA in Data Science for Public Policy, School of Public Policy, LSE

Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy

Venue: In-person and online public event (MAR.2.04 Marshall Building, LSE)

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The transition paradox: navigating the path to becoming the world's first fossil-free welfare state

Monday 09 October, 6.45pm to 8.15pm BST

Speaker: Mikael Damberg, Former Minister of Finance, Government of Sweden

Chair: Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE

Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy and the LSE European Institute

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The identity trap: a story of ideas and power in our time

Friday 06 October, 6.00pm to 7.30pm BST

Speaker: Yascha Mounk, Professor of Practice of International Affairs, Johns Hopkins University

Chair: Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE

Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy

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Latin America's labyrinth: economic stagnation, populism and the weakening of the democratic centre

Thursday 05 October, 6.30pm to 8.00pm BST

Speaker: Michael Reid, Visiting Professor, School of Public Policy, LSE

Chair: Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE

Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy

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Ukraine: the war that changed the world

Speakers: Chris Alden, Professor of International Relations and Director of LSE IDEAS; Robert Falkner, Professor of International Relations, LSE; Eleanor Knott, Assistant Professor in Qualitative Methods, Department of Methodology, LSE; Tomila Lankina, Professor of International Relations, LSE

Chair: Michael Cox, Professor Emeritus of International Relations and Founding Director, LSE IDEAS

Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy

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2022–23


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LSE Festival | Rethinking Retirement: public policies to support life changes

Monday 12 June, 1.00pm to 2.00pm BST

Speakers: Vince Cable, Professor in Practice, LSE School of Public Policy; David Sinclair, Chief Executive, International Longevity Centre; Susan Scholefield, Former Director General, Ministry of Defence UK.

Chair: Alexander Evans, Professor, LSE School of Public Policy.

Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy as part of the LSE Festival: People and Change.

Venue: Marshall Building LSE.

Find out more.

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Geopolitics of Energy in the 21st Century

Monday 22 May, 6.30pm to 8.00pm BST

Speaker: Helen Thompson, Professor of Political Economy, Cambridge University.

Chair: Omar Hammoud-Gallego, Fellow in Political Science and Public Policy, LSE School of Public Policy.

Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy.

Venue: In-person event (MAR.1.08, Marshall Building, LSE).

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EVENT CANCELLED | Ravenous: How to get ourselves and our planet into shape

Tuesday 16 May, 6.30pm to 8.00pm BST

Speakers: Henry Dimbleby, co-founder and former CEO of LEON restaurants; Jemima Lewis, weekly columnist for the Telegraph.

Chair: Tony Travers, Associate Dean, LSE School of Public Policy.

Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy.

Venue: In-person event (MAR.2.04, Marshall Building, LSE).

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How Might China Navigate the Challenges Ahead?

Monday 15 May, 6.30pm to 7.45pm BST

Speaker: Tao Wang, Head of Asia Economic Research, UBS.

Chair: Ricardo Reis, Arthur Williams Professor of Economics, LSE

Hosted by the Centre For Macroeconomics and the LSE School of Public Policy.

Venue: In-person event (Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE).

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Beveridge 2.0: Labour Markets and Social Protection Symposium

Thursday 11 May, 9.30am to 17.30pm BST

Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy and the LSE International Inequalities Institute.

Venue: MAR.2.04, Room 4, Floor 2, Marshall Building.

Admission to LSE Staff and Students only.

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Shaping a 21st Century Policy Consensus

Thursday 4 May, 6.00pm to 7.30pm BST

Speakers: Pranab Bardhan, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of California, Berkeley; Diane Coyle, Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge; Nicholas Stern, IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government, LSE; Leonard Wantchekon, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University.

Chair: Minouche Shafik, President and Vice Chancellor, LSE.

Hosted by the LSE School of Public Policy.

Venue: In-person and online public event (Auditorium, Centre Building).

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Fiscal rules in the EU: looking forward

Tuesday 21 March, 6.30pm to 8.00pm

Speakers: Marco Buti, Head of Cabinet of Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni, European Commission; Ethan Ilzetzki, Associate Professor, LSE; Gene Frieda, Executive Vice President, PIMCO; Federica Romei, Associate Professor, Oxford University

Chair: Ricardo Reis, Arthur Williams Phillips Professor of Economics, LSE

Hosted by Centre For Macroeconomics and the School for Public Policy

Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House

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How to be a Successful Economist

Monday 13 March, 6.30pm to 8.00pm

Speakers: Ian Harwood,Economic Adviser Redburn Partners; Vicky Pryce, Chief Economic Adviser, Centre for Economics and Business Research; Andy Ross, Visiting Professor, Birkbeck University of London

Chair: Tony Travers, Associate Dean, School of Public Policy.

Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy.

Venue: Online and in-person (MAR.2.08, Marshall Building LSE).

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Spectrum Auctions: designing markets to benefit the public, industry and the economy

Speakers: Geoffrey Myers, Visiting Professor in Practice School of Public Policy; Paul Milgrom, Professor at Stanford University; Martin Ballantyne, General Counsel at Ofcom; Inge Hansen, Senior Vice President Corporate Affairs at TDC NET.

Chair: Julia Black, Strategic Director of Innovation at LSE

Hosted by LSE School of Public Policy, LSE Press and Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation

Venue: Online Public Event (Zoom)

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Follow the Money: how much does Britain cost?

Tuesday 7 March, 6:30pm to 7:30pm

Speaker: Paul Johnson, Director, Institute f