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.
Episodes
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Jun 14, 2024 • 60min
How do we know if national economies are sustainable? A guide to going "Beyond GDP"
Our panel explore how we can go “Beyond GDP” to measure both the economic progress of nations and the sustainability of the planet?
Jun 14, 2024 • 56min
Better work: whose business is it?
Our panel discuss what policies the government should introduce – or scrap – to bring about a better balance of power in our working lives.
Jun 14, 2024 • 57min
Anti-globalism, international disorder and the West
Our panel of experts consider the international implications of populism’s continuing success in Western democracies.
Jun 13, 2024 • 1h 1min
Geography of discontent: euroscepticism in regions of stagnant growth
Our panel examine issues in economic geography, development traps within the EU, and political discontent, and consider what these findings mean for the global challenges of populism, inequality, and political instability.
Jun 13, 2024 • 51min
Lawfare: do law and courts have power to solve global problems?
Our panel explore whether "lawfare" – or the mobilisation of law and courts – a hollow hope or promising cure for the regional and global problems of our time?
Jun 13, 2024 • 56min
Left behind: a new economics for neglected places
Professor Paul Collier explores why places in prosperous countries are left to fall behind and what we can do about it.
Jun 13, 2024 • 55min
Power and social change: 5 ways we can challenge inequalities of power
Discover the five ways we can challenge inequalities of power.
Jun 12, 2024 • 1h 1min
How does data regulation work for our digital society?
Our leading experts in technology law, Andrew Murray and Orla Lynskey, deliver this one-hour workshop.
Jun 12, 2024 • 1h 13min
Understanding China's views of the world
Our panel premiere two new films about how Chinese people experience the world, offering a nuanced understanding of the People’s Republic of China.
Jun 12, 2024 • 1h 1min
Global middle powers and the changing world order
The established Western-led global order, historically rooted in American and European dominance, is facing increasingly robust challenges.
