Human rights bridge morality and politics, and underpin our sense of what it means to be human. But where do rights come from? Can non-human beings have rights? And does the rights model reinforce individualism?

To celebrate Black History Month, LSE Director Minouche Shafik talks to bestselling author and culture journalist Otegha Uwagba.

We hear from those who are striving to shift narratives around disability through public awareness campaigns globally and will explore whether and how an empirical approach to ‘framing’ could effectively move public perceptions and behaviours.

In our world of free capital mobility, we show that Central banks of large currency areas are drivers of financial cycles and of risk taking in the international economy.

Loretta J. Ross invites us to call others in, rather than call them out.

For much of history meritocracy was a revolutionary thought, but by the end of the twentieth century it had become the world's ruling ideology. How did this happen, and why is meritocracy now under attack from both right and left?

Join us for this event in which David Wengrow will be in conversation with Alpa Shah about his new book co-authored with the late David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity.

On July 21st, 2021, The Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson spoke to Professor Michael Cox of LSE IDEAS about his new article in the journal, International Politics, “What do Think Tanks do? Chatham House in search of the United States.

"It really doesn't matter what you study here, what matters is that you understand the challenges society is facing, and that you're willing to contribute."

In this event, the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India and the Chair of the 15th Indian Finance Commission will discuss the challenges facing the economy of India and what we can expect from it in the future.