The road to COP32: an African agenda for climate action and economic development
As the world looks ahead to COP32 in Addis Ababa, Africa has a unique opportunity to shape the direction of global climate negotiations. At...
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LSE: Public lectures and events
Public lectures and events hosted by the London School of Economics and Political Science. LSE's public lecture programme features more than 200 events each year, where some of the most infl...
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20 of 361 episodesFrom the Archive: Why women won
How, when, and why did women in the US obtain legal rights equal to men’s regarding the workplace, marriage, family, Social Security, crimin...
What happened to liberal democracy?
In this conversation with Nobel Prize-winner and LSE alumnus Daron Acemoglu he will be talking about his new book, What Happened to Liberal...
The new supply-side era: the O-ring meets geopolitics
Lazard CEO and Chairman Peter Orszag sees a new supply-side era taking shape, in which supply shocks that are increasingly geopolitical in o...
From the Archive: F A Hayek's Nobel at 50: then and now
This podcast was originally published in November 2024 and is being republished as part of our Summer archive series of LSE's Public Lecture...
From the Archive: How progress ends: technology, innovation, and the fate of nations
This podcast was originally published in October 2025 and is being republished as part of our Summer archive series of LSE's Public Lectures...
In the realm of the last man
In this conversation with Francis Fukuyama he will be talking about his new book, In the Realm of the Last Man.
From the Archive: Wealth in people
This podcast was originally published in March 2025 and is being republished as part of our Summer archive series of LSE's Public Lectures a...
From the Archive: Taylor Swift and philosophy
This podcast was originally published in October 2024 and is being republished as part of our Summer archive series of LSE's Public Lectures...
From the Archive: Addressing climate inequality
This podcast was originally published in May 2024 and is being republished as part of our Summer archive series of LSE's Public Lectures and...
From the Archive: Women in economics: progress, challenges and perspectives
This podcast was originally published in December 2025 and is being republished as part of our Summer archive series of LSE's Public Lecture...
From the Archive: Women, nature, and 2030: a transformational global climate solution
This podcast was originally published in January 2026 and is being republished as part of our Summer archive series of LSE's Public Lectures...
From the Archive: Global inequality in historical and comparative perspective
This podcast was originally published in September 2025 and is being republished as part of our Summer archive series of LSE's Public Lectur...
From the Archive: How AI is helping - and harming - animals
This podcast was originally published in September 2025 and is being republished as part of our Summer archive series of LSE's Public Lectur...
The Brexit effect: 2016 – 2026
Britain's decision to leave the European Union was perhaps the most divisive and consequential event of modern British politics.
From the Archive: Rethinking keynesian fiscal stimulus
This podcast was originally published in April 2025 and is being republished as part of our Summer archive series of LSE's Public Lectures a...
Can we be rich again? The extraordinary potential of Britain's economy
In this talk by Jeremy Hunt, he will talk about his new book, Can We Be Rich Again? The extraordinary potential of Britain's economy.
From the Archive: Are revolutions justified?
This podcast was originally published in January 2026 and is being republished as part of our Summer archive series of LSE's Public Lectures...
Global trends in climate litigation
This event marks the launch of the Grantham Research Institute’s Global Trends in Climate Change Litigation 2026 Snapshot report, an annual...
Smarter than the storm
This public event marks the global launch of Smarter Than the Storm, a new book by Amitabh Kant and Siddharth Sinha, and explores its core i...