Using research from LSE’s global Urban Age programme – including new research on Athens - the illustrated lecture reviews how urban planning, governance and design are critical to shaping urban lives in the 21st century.

LSE EmbRace and LSE’s Eden Centre engage in a dialogue on the topic of Critical Race Theory and education.

Join us for a discussion of America’s current predicament and how it differs from past threats to democracy in the US.

How can we plan for a future where human beings can share both public and private spaces? Join Katie Beswick, Julia King and Antoine Picon to discuss what this new COVID-19 world might look like.

How can the UK and the world get back to sustainable growth following the COVID-19 pandemic?

How do we build back our global economy by putting care – care of people and care of the environment - at its centre?

Between the disruption from external threats such as covid and terrorism and the ever-increasing tension and frustration between voters, is the sanctity of elections under threat?

In her new book, which she will talk about at this event, Scott argues on the strength of hard data and on-the-ground experience that removing those barriers to women's success is a win for everyone, regardless of gender.

In a world beset by a global pandemic and an existential climate change emergency, Executive Secretary of UN Climate Change Patricia Espinosa will provide her vision for 2021.

Despite our growing collective pessimism about the state of the world, when it comes to our own lives, research suggests we are generally optimistic.