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The Levelling: what's next ...

06.27.2019

Speaker(s): Michael O'Sullivan | The liberal, globalised world order is withering according to Michael O'Sullivan in his new book The Levelling: What's Next After Globalization which he will talk about in this lecture. The levelling is the process of ironing ...

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06.27.2019 The Levelling: what's next after globalisation [Audio] Speaker(s): Michael O'Sullivan \| The liberal, globalised world order is withering according to Michael O'Sullivan in his new book The Levelling: What's Next After Globalization which he will talk about in this lecture. The levelling is the process of ironing ...
06.21.2019 Britain and Europe: how did we get here, and where do we go next? [Audio] Speaker(s): David Miliband \| This year’s Maurice Fraser annual lecture will take the form of a conversation between David Miliband and Professor Kevin Featherstone, followed by questions from the audience. The discussion will assess the state of play of the ...
06.18.2019 Global Health and Inequality [Audio] Speaker(s): Professor Sudhir Anand, Professor Amartya Sen \| To ensure that people live long and healthy lives it is important to know what kills different groups of people in different places. The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) based on the ...
06.18.2019 Finding My Voice: my journey to the West Wing and the path forward [Audio] Speaker(s): Valerie Jarrett \| Join Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama in conversation with LSE's Peter Trubowitz about her new book. When Valerie Jarrett interviewed a promising young lawyer named Michelle Robinson in July 1991 for a job ...
06.14.2019 #7 \| Dealing with rejection in academia [Audio] Contributor(s): Laura Mann, Nwando Achebe, Tinashe Nyamunda, Leonard Wantchekon, Tin Hinane El Kadi \| Criticism and rejection are part of the scholarly experience. Episode 7 gives practical advice on how to deal with feedback from editors and reviewers, as well ...
06.06.2019 The Problem of Modernity: reinterpreting decolonisation and the modern? [Audio] Speaker(s): Amit Chaudhuri \| How might the modern, rather than the human, be recovered as a way of looking at a common inheritance? And why is modernity resistant to being recovered? Amit Chaudhuri (@AmitChaudhuri) is an essayist, literary critic and ...
06.04.2019 An Unexpected Convergence: informality, the gig-economy, and digital platforms [Audio] Speaker(s): Professor Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg \| The Annual Economica Coase lecture is jointly sponsored by the journal Economica and the Department of Economics. Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg is Elihu Professor of Economics at Yale University and Chief Economist of the World ...
06.03.2019 Molyneux's Problem [Audio] Speaker(s): Dr Marjolein Degenaar, Barry Ginley, Dr Brian Glenney \| William Molyneux posed the following question: Consider a person who has been born blind and who has learnt to distinguish a globe and a cube by touch. If this person ...
05.30.2019 Anti-System Politics in Europe: the crisis of market liberalism in rich democracies [Audio] Speaker(s): Dr Jonathan Hopkin \| At this year’s Annual Lecture, which marks the 10th anniversary of LEQS and follows just days after this year’s European parliamentary elections, Jonathan Hopkin will discuss the recent ruptures in the politics of the rich ...
05.28.2019 Replication Crisis? [Audio] Speaker(s): Professor Alexander Bird, Dr Laura Fortunato, Professor Marcus Munafò \| The hallmark of good science is often supposed to be experiments that produce the same results when repeated. But over the last number of years, scientists have replicated a ...
05.23.2019 State-like and State-dislike in the Anthropological Margins [Audio] Speaker(s): Dr Judith Scheele \| This lecture argues for a return to the study of political institutions in so-called “stateless societies”. Judith Scheele is Directrice d’études, École des hautes études en sciences sociales, France. Deborah James (@djameslse) is Professor in ...
05.22.2019 Rethinking Human Rights: a southern response to western critics [Audio] Speaker(s): Muthoni Wanyeki \| In this lecture, Muthoni Wanyeki will draw on three decades of human rights activism with Kenyan, African and international organisations to push back against the western critique of human rights and to formulate her own assessment ...
05.22.2019 Where Will Future Jobs and Growth Come From? Where Will Future Jobs and Growth Come From? [Audio] Speaker(s): Professor John Van Reenen \| John Van Reenen will discuss the impact of new technologies on jobs, wages and skills, and will assess how this impact will depend on the choices we make now as citizens, managers and voters. ...
05.21.2019 Revolution Française: Emmanuel Macron and the quest to reinvent a nation [Audio] Speaker(s): Sophie Pedder \| Two years after Emmanuel Macron came from nowhere to seize the French presidency, Sophie Pedder, The Economist’s Paris bureau chief, tells the story of his remarkable rise and time in office so far. In this updated ...
05.17.2019 Internationale Blues: revolutionary pessimism and the politics of solidarity [Audio] Speaker(s): Professor Robin D G Kelley \| In the context of Afro-pessimism, this lecture will imagine "the Internationale," that great song of international solidarity and revolution transcending the nation, as a blues. Robin D G Kelley is Gary B Nash ...
05.16.2019 What Might the European Elections Mean for the Future of the EU? [Audio] Speaker(s): Professor Matthew Goodwin, Dr Sara Hagemann, Professor Sara Hobolt \| In this especially timely occasion, the panel will consider the impact of the upcoming European elections on the EU as a negotiating actor of Brexit and the future relationship ...
05.14.2019 On Strike On Strike [Audio] Speaker(s): Dr Jo Grady, Dr Martin O'Neill, Dr Waseem Yaqoob \| Workers of the world, unite! We discuss the history, politics, and ethics of strikes, and their place in the labour movement. Why do they happen and what makes for ...
05.13.2019 Clear Bright Future: a radical defence of the human being [Audio] Speaker(s): Paul Mason \| We face a triple threat: authoritarian politicians, the possibility of intelligent machines and a secular fatalism and irrationality. But they can all be fought. Paul Mason explains how. Paul Mason (@paulmasonnews) is a British commentator, journalist ...
05.10.2019 The Global Distribution of Income and the Politics of Globalisation - embedded liberal capitalism [Audio] Speaker(s): Dr María Ana Lugo, Professor Branko Milanovic, Dr Paul Segal \| The panel discuss the evolution of the global distribution of income and political implications, highlighting endogenous forces of rising inequality in liberal capitalism embedded in globalisation. The last ...
05.08.2019 From the 'End of History' to the Crisis of the Liberal Order: rethinking the end of the Cold War [Audio] Speaker(s): Professor John Ikenberry, Professor Mary Kaldor, Professor Peter Trubowitz, Professor Vladislav Zubok \| How and why has the liberal promise of the post-Cold War world not been realised? Where is the world now heading? Is the post-Cold War era ...
05.08.2019 The Meritocracy Trap [Audio] Speaker(s): Professor Daniel Markovits \| Merit is not a genuine excellence but rather a pretence, constructed to rationalise an offensive distribution of advantage. Merit, in short, is a sham. The meritocratic ideal—that social and economic rewards should track achievement rather ...
05.02.2019 Is the Presidency of Donald Trump a Political Aberration? [Audio] Speaker(s): Professor Stephen Skowronek \| The presidency of Donald Trump is so readily labeled "not normal" and "off-the charts" that it is hard to think of it any other way. Stephen Skowronek examines long-running patterns in the politics of presidential ...
05.02.2019 The Politics of Equality, the 'Populist Moment' and the Power of New Technologies [Audio] Speaker(s): Katrín Jakobsdóttir \| Katrín Jakobsdóttir will discuss democratic challenges stemming from social inequalities, authoritarian politics and new technologies. Insecurities generated by globalisation, migration, and transformative technologies have created new societal divisions in liberal democracies and exacerbated the dislocation between ...
04.30.2019 The Generation that Built and Cut Down Democracy [Audio] Speaker(s): Zsuzsanna Szelényi \| What is happening in Hungary? How has a party of dissident young democrats become a vehicle for illiberal and semi-authoritarian rule, and what does this mean for contemporary politics in Europe? Zsuzsanna Szelényi (@ZSzelenyi) is a ...
04.25.2019 Authentic Leadership: how successful leaders build gravitas [Audio] Speaker(s): Shanelle Hall, Dr Rebecca Newton, Shaheen Sayed, Shaun Sinniah \| Authentic leadership drives organisational success, yet is often misinterpreted in the workplace. In this book launch and panel session, Dr Rebecca Newton discusses what it really means to lead ...
04.16.2019 LSE IQ Episode 24 \| How can we age better? [Audio] Speaker(s): Professor Hiroko Akiyama, Kath Scanlon, Dr Thijs Van Den Broek, Professor Alan Walker \| We hope you're enjoying this year's programme of public events and that you'll stay tuned for the exciting events we have lined up, for the ...
04.15.2019 In Conversation with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi [Audio] Speaker(s): Nancy Pelosi \| Join us for this conversation between Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and LSE's Peter Trubowitz, Director of the US Centre at the School. Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) is the 52nd Speaker of the ...
04.08.2019 Politics, Humanitarianism and Children's Rights [Audio] Speaker(s): Sir Mike Aaronson, Maryam Ahmed, Mary Robinson, Rafia Zakaria \| In 2019, Save the Children celebrates 100 years of working at the interface of politics, humanitarianism, and children’s rights. What does the future hold? Bringing together a panel of ...
03.29.2019 Inequality, Brexit and the End of Empire [Audio] Speaker(s): Professor Danny Dorling, Professor Sally Tomlinson, Professor Gurminder K Bhambra, Professor Will Hutton \| In 2016, the UK voted to leave the European Union – but has yet to leave its Empire past behind. What part did the long ...
03.28.2019 Brexit: what have we learnt? What can we expect? [Audio] Speaker(s): Professor Catherine Barnard, Professor Sir Charles Bean, Jill Rutter \| Editor's note: Unfortunately the last few minutes of the event are missing from the podcast. Our panel reviews what has been decided and resolved on Brexit, as well as ...
03.27.2019 Marx at 201: the legacy of Karl Marx for the contemporary study of law, politics and society [Audio] Speaker(s): Professor Bob Jessop, Professor Costas Lapavitsas, Professor Peter Ramsay, Professor Lea Ypi \| Are we all Marxists now? Which of Marx’s ideas remain relevant, which redundant? Join leading scholars to address Marx’s legacy at 201. Are we all Marxists ...
03.27.2019 Learning from Data: the art of statistics [Audio] Speaker(s): Professor David Spiegelhalter \| In his new book, The Art of Statistics, David Spiegelhalter guides us through the essential principles we need in order to derive knowledge from data, showing us why data can never speak for itself. He ...
03.26.2019 Intergenerational Justice and Generational Sovereignty in Light of Brexit Vote and of Climate Change [Audio] Speaker(s): Professor Axel Gosseries \| Do the intergenerational issues raised by climate change differ from those raised by the Brexit vote? And what can we do to address these issues? Axel Gosseries is Professor of Economics and Social Ethics at ...
03.20.2019 Occult Features of Anarchism: with attention to the conspiracy of kings and the conspiracy of the peoples [Audio] Speaker(s): Dr Erica Lagalisse \| Erica Lagalisse explores the relationship of 19th century anarchism with the clandestine fraternity, challenges leftist attachments to atheism, and intervenes in current debates concerning “conspiracy theory”. In the nineteenth century anarchists were accused of conspiracy ...
03.20.2019 Cryptocurrencies: the issue of scalability [Audio] Speaker(s): Dr Andrew Lewis-Pye \| Perhaps the most fundamental challenge for the future of cryptocurrencies is the issue of scalability: How can one dramatically increase transaction rates without sacrificing the security of the blockchain? In this talk Andrew Lewis-Pye will ...
03.18.2019 Silences of the Great War: all the things we cannot hear [Audio] Speaker(s): Professor Jay Winter \| Silence itself is a language of memory. Jay Winter explores the dialectic between silence and sound in the auditory history of the Great War. Jay Winter is Charles J Stille Professor of History Emeritus, Yale ...
03.14.2019 How did we Reach the Present Crisis in Social Care and what are the Solutions? [Audio] Speaker(s): Professor Pat Thane \| The social and health needs of older people are not easily separable. But care has been institutionally separate since 1948. Did this help create the current crisis? Pat Thane is Research Professor in Contemporary History, ...
03.13.2019 Foundations of State Effectiveness [Audio] Speaker(s): Professor Sir Tim Besley, Professor Amartya Sen \| An effective state promotes freedom and the well-being of its citizens. This lecture will discuss the importance of norms, values and institutions in supporting state effectiveness drawing on recent developments in ...
03.12.2019 China's Re-education Camps in Xinjiang [Audio] Speaker(s): Dr Rachel Harris, Professor Jude Howell, Dr Rian Thum \| Large numbers of Uyghurs have been detained by the Chinese government in re-education camps. What do we know about these camps? Rachel Harris specialises in Uyghur culture and religion ...
03.12.2019 Liquidity and Leverage - The Two Faces of Liquidity [Audio] Speaker(s): Professor Raghuram Rajan \| Lionel Robbins was one of the outstanding men of his time; economist, public servant and supporter of the arts. The lectures, which were established in his name, take place each year and are a major ...
03.11.2019 Liquidity and Leverage - Why Banks? [Audio] Speaker(s): Professor Raghuram Rajan \| Lionel Robbins was one of the outstanding men of his time; economist, public servant and supporter of the arts. The lectures, which were established in his name, take place each year and are a major ...
03.08.2019 Women in the City [Audio] Speaker(s): Pavita Cooper, Bronwyn Curtis, Elisabeth Stheeman \| Three female leaders in business and finance share their experiences from their varied careers to mark International Women's Day. Pavita Cooper, Director of More Difference, will talk on women in finance, what ...
03.06.2019 Women Who Change Lives: social entrepreneurs on the move [Audio] Speaker(s): Elise Do, Grace Olugbodi, Ana Maria Torres \| To mark International Women's Day, join us for a discussion on how female entrepreneurs are using social enterprise to change the world to provide opportunities for women and tackle inequalities. Inspiring ...
03.06.2019 Decolonising the Curricula: why necessary and why now [Audio] Speaker(s): Dr Simukai Chigudu, Dr Laura Mann, Dr Lyn Ossome \| From Cape Town to Oxford and beyond, student movements across the world calling for education to be decolonised have gained prominence over the past few years. In fact, academics ...
03.05.2019 The Coming Asian Century: challenges for the West [Audio] Speaker(s): Dr Yu Jie (Cherry), Dr Parag Khanna, Gideon Rachman \| This event marks the launch Parag Khanna's book, The Future is Asian: Global Order in the 21st Century. In the 19th century, the world was Europeanized. In the 20th ...
03.02.2019 LSE Festival 2019 \| New World Order 2035 [Audio] Speaker(s): Dr Liam Kofi Bright, Dr Rebecca Elliott, Dr Barbara Fasolo, Dr Seeta Peña Gangadharan, Dr Ilka Gleibs and Dr George Lawson \| What will the world look like in the not too distant future? By 2035 how could the ...
03.02.2019 LSE Festival 2019 \| Populism and Religion in the West [Audio] Speaker(s): Tobias Cremer, Dr Zubaida Haque \| In an apparently ever-less-religious West, how has Christian identity, however indirectly, been used as a focal point for populist discontent? Tobias Cremer (@cremer_tobias) is a PhD candidate at the Department of Politics and ...
03.02.2019 LSE Festival 2019 \| Borders and Walls [Audio] Speaker(s): Dr Elena Barabantseva, Professor Bill Callahan, Xiaolu Guo \| A screening and discussion of two short films by Elena Barabantseva, University of Manchester and Bill Callahan, LSE. A discussion will follow with Xiaolu Guo, an award-winning writer and filmmaker. ...
03.02.2019 LSE Festival 2019 \| Conspiracy Theory as Truth [Audio] Speaker(s): Dr Bradley Franks, Dr Erica Lagalisse, Dr Matijs Pelkmans \| Psychologists and anthropologists explore how only some "conspiracy theories" fail tests of reason, and discuss the problems and potential of "conspiracy theory" for social movements. Erica Lagalisse is author ...
03.02.2019 LSE Festival 2019 \| Protesting Inequalities [Audio] Speaker(s): Bird la Bird, Dr Aviah Sarah Day, Dr Armine Ishkanian, Professor Tomila Lankina, Dr Olga Onuch \| This event examines the changing dynamics of protests and protest movements, focusing on how activists in the UK and globally mobilize and ...

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