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Dr Tom Curran from LSE’s Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science researches perfectionism, its damaging effects and why society is making it more prevalent.

Dr Sam Friedman and Dr Aaron Reeves examine how elites signal their superior social position via the consumption of culture.

The vital labour of 'key workers' has been widely lauded during the pandemic. But can the trend of recent decades toward inequalities in earning and status be reversed?

Friedrich Hayek argued for freedom of choice based on outsiders knowing much less than choosers so that interferences with personal freedom will make choosers worse off.

Who are the people most affected by the drugs trade? What are the challenges they face?

As we embark on 2021 and, hopefully, the latter stages of the pandemic, now is an apt moment to reflect on how we’ve got to where we are.

As we embark on 2021 and, hopefully, the latter stages of the pandemic, now is an apt moment to reflect on how we’ve got to where we are.

Quelle est la cause du taux de chômage croissant chez les diplômés au Bénin?

Paul Stock explores what geographical reference works, textbooks, dictionaries, and encyclopaedias tell us about literate Britons' understandings of Europe in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Congratulations to the class of 2020! LSE Director Minouche Shafik shares her message to students graduating in this exceptional year.