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The Authority Gap

09.13.2021

Contributor(s): Mary Ann Sieghart | Join us for this event at which Mary Ann Sieghart will talk about her new book The Authority Gap. The Authority Gap provides a perspective on the unseen bias at work in our everyday lives, ...

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09.13.2021 The Authority Gap Contributor(s): Mary Ann Sieghart \| Join us for this event at which Mary Ann Sieghart will talk about her new book The Authority Gap. The Authority Gap provides a perspective on the unseen bias at work in our everyday lives, ...
09.09.2021 Celebrating Pride: the behavioural science behind the inclusive social movement Contributor(s): Antonia Belcher, Pips Bunce, Belton Flournoy, Jane Hill, Arlene McDermott \| Celebrate and reflect on the success of the Pride movement through a behavioural science lens. Grace Lordan, Director of The Inclusion Initiative will chair this event and will ...
08.09.2021 SHORTCAST \| The Work of the Future: where will it come from? Contributor(s): Professor David Autor, Professor Judy Wajcman \| This is an event shortcast, a digested version of our live online public events series. This event was recorded on May 5th 2021. A full version is available to download on the ...
07.30.2021 SHORTCAST \| Duck – Rabbit: what drives our polarised culture? Contributor(s): Dr Lasana Harris, Professor Anil Seth, Dr Jennifer Sheehy Skeffington, Dr Tiffany Watt Smith, Professor Paul Dolan \| This is an event shortcast, a digested version of our live online public events series. This event was recorded on 28th ...
07.26.2021 Revisiting the 3D Perspective on Low Long Term Interest Rates Contributor(s): Dr Gertjan Vlieghe \| Gertjan Vlieghe's term as an external member of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee comes to an end in August. Join us for his final lecture as a member of the MPC. In this ...
07.12.2021 Online Opportunities for Children Contributor(s): Professor Shakuntala Banaji, Dr Koen Leurs, Dr Giovanna Mascheroni, Professor Jochen Peter, Dr Mariya Stoilova \| Online opportunities bring diverse benefits for children, including positive outcomes on learning, participation, creativity, and identity. An important “ladder of opportunities” for children ...
07.12.2021 Social Infrastructures for a Post-COVID-19 World Contributor(s): Samira Ben Omar, Dr Atiya Kamal, Caroline MacDonald, Pasha Shah \| The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed both how essential and how fractured Britain’s systems of social care and community health are and the racial and economic divides that determine ...
07.08.2021 The Powerful and the Damned: life behind the headlines in financial times Contributor(s): Lionel Barber \| Join us for this event with former editor of the Financial Times Lionel Barber at which he will discuss his new book, The Powerful and the Damned: life behind the headlines in financial times. Lionel Barber ...
07.07.2021 Reset: Reclaiming the internet for civil society Contributor(s): Professor Ron Deibert \| Join us to hear from Ron Deibert as he explores the disturbing impact of the internet and social media on politics, the economy and the environment, and asks us to consider how best to construct ...
07.07.2021 SHORTCAST \| How Much is Your Health Worth? Contributor(s): Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Professor Mariana Mazzucato, Dr Clare Wenham \| This is an event shortcast, a digested version of our live online public events series. This event was recorded on 17th March 2021. A full version is available ...
07.06.2021 Seven Ways to Change the World - How To Fix The Most Pressing Problems We Face Contributor(s): Gordon Brown \| Join us to hear from United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education and former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaking about his new book. When the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the globe in 2020, it created ...
07.06.2021 Why do people believe in conspiracy theories? Contributor(s): Dr Ela Drazkiewicz-Grodzicka, Professor Bradley Franks, Dr Erica Lagalisse \| Conspiracy theories fomented by political division and a global pandemic have gained traction in the public consciousness in the last couple of years. For some people these ideas are ...
06.29.2021 Perspectives on the COVID-19 Pandemic Contributor(s): Professor Francisco Ferreira, Professor Ricardo Hausmann, Professor Adnan Khan, Professor Lucinda Platt \| Join us to discuss a special issue of LSE's Public Policy Review, a brand new public policy journal. The special LSEPPR issue on COVID 19 is ...
06.29.2021 Youth and Inequalities in the UK Contributor(s): Michaela Rafferty, Jeremiah Emmanuel, Jason Allen \| Even before the pandemic, young people in the UK faced many forms of inequality and their health and wellbeing was being eroded by a lack of jobs, a shortage of affordable housing, ...
06.28.2021 Duck – Rabbit: what drives our polarised culture? Contributor(s): Dr Lasana Harris, Professor Anil Seth, Dr Jennifer Sheehy Skeffington, Dr Tiffany Watt Smith, Professor Paul Dolan \| Join Paul Dolan and his guests to launch the latest series of his podcast, Duck - Rabbit, with a discussion of ...
06.24.2021 The Greek War of Independence: re-appraising its economic legacies Contributor(s): Dr Maria Christina Chatziioannou, Dr Andreas Kakridis, Professor Stathis N Kalyvas \| How far may the economic problems of the modern Greek state be attributed to the nature of its origins? It’s small, albeit enlarging, size; the lack of ...
06.23.2021 Feminist Global Health Security Contributor(s): Professor Sophie Harman, Professor Naila Kabeer, Dr Gustavo Matta, Dr Clare Wenham \| At this book launch, we discuss the need for gender mainstreaming in global health security. As many news reports have made clear during COVID-19, there has ...
06.23.2021 Awakening the Giant Beast: from pandemic to economic recovery Contributor(s): Dr Cecilia Rouse \| How does the Biden-Harris Administration evaluate the current state and growth trajectory of the U.S. economy as it emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic? How are the Administration’s plans to expand infrastructure investment and aid to ...
06.22.2021 Migration Crisis and its Impact for Europe Contributor(s): Maria Gavouneli, Notis Mitarachi \| Join us for the 18th Hellenic Observatory Annual Lecture which this year will be delivered by Notis Mitarachi, Greece's Minister of Migration & Asylum. Greece has been at the epicentre of much of the ...
06.17.2021 Knowledge as a Source of the Great Divergence Contributor(s): Professor Joel Mokyr \| Joel Mokyr will discuss the Great Divergence, the rapid economic and technological growth between c. 1500 and 1950, that gave the West the opportunity to dominate (and often oppress and exploit) the rest of the ...
06.17.2021 Recovery or Radical Transformation: the effect of COVID-19 on justice systems Contributor(s): Sir Geoffrey Vos \| In discussion with Andrew Murray, the Master of the Rolls, Sir Geoffrey Vos, will be outlining the evolution of the civil justice system, including the potential of technology to alter fundamentally the administration of justice, ...
06.16.2021 Europe's Refugee 'Crisis': where are we now? Contributor(s): Catherine Woollard \| Six years after the beginning of Europe’s so called ‘refugee’ or ‘migration’ crisis, we ask what has happened since and (how) has Europe changed? This event will explore Europe’s ‘refugee’ or ‘migration’ crisis, asking whether Europe ...
06.15.2021 International Religious Freedom under the Biden Administration Contributor(s): Dr Judd Birdsall, Dr H A Hellyer, Dr Courtney Freer \| This roundtable discussion will bring together experts from around the world to examine the Biden Administration’s approach to international religious freedom and the implications this has on American ...
06.15.2021 The Privatized State and Government Outsourcing of Public Powers Contributor(s): Dr Chiara Cordelli \| Many governmental functions today—from the management of prisons and welfare offices to warfare and financial regulation—are outsourced to private entities. Education and health care are funded in part through private philanthropy rather than taxation. Can ...
06.14.2021 What Does Responsible Business Look Like in a Post-Pandemic World? Contributor(s): Alexandra Palt \| As we emerge from a global pandemic, businesses are being forced to re-evaluate their role. More than ever, businesses are being held accountable for demonstrating purpose and acting responsibly. Alexandra Palt, Executive Vice-President and Chief Corporate ...
06.10.2021 Haldane and LSE: applying political philosophy to public service in today's polarised politics Contributor(s): Gordon Brown, John Campbell, Dr Jill Pellew, Professor Andrés Velasco \| Richard Haldane pioneered cross-party and cross-sector cooperation. How might Haldane's approach - that of the philosopher-statesman - be applied to politics today? A close friend of Beatrice and ...
06.09.2021 Move On Up Contributor(s): Professor Stephen Machin, Professor Anna Vignoles \| Current Centre Director, Stephen Machin, reflects on 30 years of CEP research to look at the education and economic inequalities facing younger generations and asks what are the longer-term consequences for social ...
06.08.2021 Empires Past and Present: empires today Contributor(s): Professor Odd Arne Westad \| For the last seventy years, the United States has been the predominant state within the international system. Does it make sense to call the United States an empire? Is its power now irrevocably waning? ...
06.08.2021 The Response of Major Cities to the Challenges of the 21st Century Contributor(s): Ada Colau \| null
06.07.2021 The Modern Mind Contributor(s): Lauren Slater, Professor Tim Lewens, Dr Adrian Alsmith \| We trace the development of our modern ideas about the mind, from the highly influential work of Descartes and the impact of Darwinian evolution to more recent accounts of the ...
06.07.2021 The Return of Inequality Contributor(s): Professor Patrick Le Galès, Madeleine Bunting, Professor Gurminder K Bhambra, Professor Mike Savage \| In his new book, The Return of Inequality, which he will discuss at this event, sociologist Mike Savage explains inequality’s profound deleterious effects on the ...
06.03.2021 The Long-term Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on the Euro Area Contributor(s): Poul Mathias Thomsen \| The event will assess the long-term impact of COVID-19 crisis on the Euro Area taking into account the existing structural differences between member states and in particular the fundamental limitations on policies evident from past ...
06.03.2021 The Global Infrastructure Gap: potential perils, and a framework for distinction Contributor(s): Professor Peter Henry \| In a 2015 communique, the World Bank claimed that rich-country private capital could close the infrastructure services gap, achieve the sustainable development goals, and make money by moving from “billions to trillions” in infrastructure investment ...
06.02.2021 Good Girls and an Ordinary Killing: Alpa Shah in conversation with Sonia Faleiro Contributor(s): Dr Alpa Shah, Sonia Faleiro \| Sonia Faleiro will be in conversation with Alpa Shah about her new book Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing. A deep investigation into the death of two low-caste teenage girls, Faleiro explores the coming ...
06.01.2021 Food Security and Africa After COVID-19 Contributor(s): Leena Koni Hoffmann, Rachel Bezner-Kerr, Miltone Ayieko \| The COVID-19 pandemic is set to radically increase food insecurity in Africa, exacerbating an issue that has only worsened in recent years. The World Bank warns Africa is heading from a ...
06.01.2021 What does it really mean to be a citizen? Contributor(s): Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey, Dr Ian Sanjay Patel, Dr Megan Ryburn \| Citizenship. What does that word really signify? This episode of LSE IQ takes a look at the issue in all its complexities, uncovering how decisions made by ...
05.27.2021 LSE Directors Reflect Contributor(s): Baroness Shafik, Professor Lord Giddens, Professor Craig Calhoun, Professor Julia Black \| Join us for this special event to celebrate 125 years of the London School of Economics and Political Science. We will be joined by the current director ...
05.27.2021 Liars: falsehoods and free speech in an age of deception Contributor(s): Professor Andrés Velasco \| Join us to hear from Harvard law professor Cass Sunstein speaking about his new book. Voter fraud, the legitimacy of COVID-19, and fake news are just a few examples of the lies that have recently ...
05.26.2021 For a Reparatory Social Science Contributor(s): Professor Gurminder K Bhambra \| The social sciences are implicated in the reproduction of the very structures of inequality that are ostensibly their objects of concern. This is partly the result of their failure to acknowledge the ‘connected histories’ ...
05.26.2021 Rescue: from global crisis to a better world Contributor(s): Professor Ian Goldin \| We are at a crossroads. The wrecking-ball of COVID-19 has destroyed global norms. Many think that after the devastation there will be a bounce back. The event will explore Ian Goldin's latest book, Rescue: From ...
05.25.2021 Modern Greek Politics Contributor(s): Professor Kevin Featherstone, Professor Brigid Laffan, Professor Kalypso Nicolaidis, Professor Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos, Professor George Tsebelis \| Join us for this event that will introduce the new volume The Oxford Handbook of Modern Greek Politics, edited by Kevin Featherstone ...
05.24.2021 A New Global Purpose for Education? Contributor(s): Vishal Talreja \| Education is a national endeavour, but with our growing interdependence, is it time we acknowledge it has a global purpose? Join us for the launch of Thrive: The Purpose of Schools in a Changing World. The ...
05.24.2021 Unconditional Equals Contributor(s): Professor Anne Phillips \| Drawing on her forthcoming book Unconditional Equals, Anne Phillips explores the dangers of treating equality as conditional on some supposedly shared human characteristic. The claim to be regarded as an equal, or to consider others ...
05.20.2021 Doom: the politics of catastrophe Contributor(s): Professor Niall Ferguson \| Disasters are inherently hard to predict. But when catastrophe strikes, we ought to be better prepared than the Romans were when Vesuvius erupted or medieval Italians when the Black Death struck. We have science on ...
05.20.2021 Where Are All the ‘Welfare Queens?’ Diversity and European Evidence on Single-Parent Contributor(s): Professor Janet C. Gornick, Dr Laurie C. Maldonado, Professor Ive Marx, Dr Rense Nieuwenhuis \| In the United States, single mothers are often blamed for their own circumstances and offered little support. The American social policy discourse is very ...
05.19.2021 A Decade of Behavioural Science at LSE - Part 2 Contributor(s): Professor Paul Dolan \| Join us for this fireside chat where Paul Dolan will continue his reflection on ten years of behavioural science at LSE, discussing biases, narratives, happiness, resilience and more. We will be drawing from research from ...
05.18.2021 Financing the Green Transition: what role for multilateral development banks? Contributor(s): Dr Amal-lee Amin, Carlota Cenalmor, Professor Lord Stern, Josué Tanaka \| The challenge of scaling up sustainable investments to support a strong and green recovery and the much more difficult environment for mobilising finance in the post-pandemic world has ...
05.17.2021 Who's a Good Boy? Contributor(s): Professor Kristin Andrews, Professor Sarah Brosnan, Dr Susana Monsó \| Do non-human animals have morals? Can chimpanzees tell right from wrong? Do dolphins think about what they ought to do? And can a dog really be good? Recent scientific ...
05.13.2021 Responsible Persons: thinking about resentment, trust and hope in everyday life Contributor(s): Professor Cheshire Calhoun \| Join us for the Brian Barry Memorial Lecture, an annual event honouring the work of political philosopher and former colleague, Professor Brian Barry. Embedded in our social practices are three distinct, default conceptions of a ...
05.13.2021 Lessons learnt from the Pandemic Contributor(s): Dr Mukulika Banerjee, Professor Paul Dolan, Professor Andrés Velasco, Dr Clare Wenham \| Over a year on from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, what key lessons have been learnt that should shape the policies that national and global ...

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