LSE: Public lectures and events
LSE Film and Audio Team
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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Feb 3, 2025 • 1h 32min
Sustainability and prosperity in the age of ecological scarcity
In the present era, rising ecological scarcity and global environmental risks are a defining turning point for all economies, but especially those that are vying to win the “green competitive race” for leading global sectors and markets.
Jan 30, 2025 • 1h 31min
Genesis: artificial intelligence, hope, and the human spirit
As AI absorbs data, gains agency, and intermediates between humans and reality, it will help us to address enormous crises, from climate change to geopolitical conflicts to income inequality.
Jan 29, 2025 • 1h 24min
Has neoliberalism failed? Reflections on Western society
In this timely event, Samuel Gregg will delve into the origins of the term "neoliberalism," its contested usefulness in contemporary discourse, and whether intellectuals such as F. A. Hayek and Milton Friedman fit the "neoliberal" label.
Jan 28, 2025 • 1h 33min
From liberal peace to new Cold War? Turbulence and conflict in the 21st century
When Soviet power collapsed between 1989 and 1991, the overwhelming view in the West was that liberalism had triumphed.
Jan 27, 2025 • 1h 27min
Power to the people
In 2024, two billion people headed to the polls in some 50 countries around the world. But the drama of these elections risks obscuring just how fragile the foundations of democracy have become.
Jan 23, 2025 • 1h 27min
Economic development in the 21st century
The problem of economic development in the Global South remains as important as ever. For centuries thinkers have tried to explain why some countries grow rich while others remain poor, with varied success.
Jan 22, 2025 • 1h 16min
The art of uncertainty: living with chance, ignorance, risk, and luck
Chance, luck, and ignorance; how to put our uncertainty into numbers. We all have to live with uncertainty about what is going to happen, what has happened, and why things turned out how they did.
Jan 21, 2025 • 1h 26min
Leadership or drift: what's next for US foreign policy?
In this roundtable discussion, leading experts on world affairs take stock of the international challenges and opportunities facing the new administration in America.
Jan 20, 2025 • 1h 4min
Dangerous guesswork in economic policy
Join us to hear Max Steuer talk about his new book, Dangerous Guesswork In Economic Policy.
Jan 17, 2025 • 1h 12min
Malaysian Prime Minister Visits LSE
Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim visited LSE to deliver a lecture on Malaysia’s global strategy in an uncertain era
