LSE: Public lectures and events
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Episodes
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Feb 10, 2026 • 1h 25min
Can natural capital be replaced? How the weak versus strong sustainability divide will shape our common future
This event celebrates the open access publication of the 5th edition of Weak versus Strong Sustainability.
Feb 9, 2026 • 1h 22min
A picture of migration
Join us for the 2026 Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures which this year will be delivered by Alan Manning. This lecture is one of three based on the newly published book, Why Immigration Policy Is Hard.
Feb 5, 2026 • 1h 28min
The national interest: politics after globalisation
Are the politics of national interest making a comeback in the multipolar world after the end of globalisation? What is the national interest and why did it get forgotten at the end of the 20th century? Does the idea offer a way out of the impasse afflicting politics in the 21st century?
Feb 4, 2026 • 1h 17min
Monetary policy in perspective
Join Klaas Knot, who served as President of the Dutch Central Bank (DNB) for 14 years, as he reflects on his extensive experience in the European Central Bank’s (ECB) Governing Council.
Feb 2, 2026 • 1h 27min
Why immigration policy is hard
Join us for the 2026 Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures which this year will be delivered by Alan Manning. This lecture is one of three based on the newly published book, Why Immigration Policy Is Hard.
Jan 29, 2026 • 1h 10min
Our Dollar, your problem
Join us for this public lecture where Kenneth Rogoff will discuss his recently released book Our Dollar, Your Problem: An insider's view of seven turbulent decades of global finance and the road ahead.
Jan 28, 2026 • 1h 34min
Power and profit: stresses and futures of market economies
The famous epithet that “the old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters”, is most often attributed to the Marxist thinker and revolutionary Antonio Gramsci.
Jan 27, 2026 • 1h 24min
Abundant clean energy for all: the technological opportunity
For the past two centuries, growth in energy supply has been fundamental to human progress and economic development. But fossil fuel dependence is driving climate change at an unprecedented scale. Can emerging technologies for producing and using electricity help deliver a sustainable future?
Jan 26, 2026 • 1h 29min
Are revolutions justified?
Ralph Miliband has written poignantly on the limits of parliamentary democracy. But are revolutions justified?
Jan 25, 2026 • 30min
Are jobs getting better?
What does the future of work really look like?
