Our Histories

Compare the moody atmosphere of a well-lit heritage district with the bright flood-lighting of a council estate: light codes the city, telling a story of unequal treatment and divided expectations.

Technological change is reshaping economic geography, raising profound challenges for economic development.

Why did Colombia and Chile experience bouts of social unrest and street violence recently? What are the roots of this discontent and what can be done about it? Might a new social contract in those countries provide a way out?

Leading global experts discuss how Africa can best adapt to climate change.

Can we imagine what life was like for the thousands of young women who lived as prostitutes, servants and migrants in eighteenth-century London?

How much is economics to blame for crises like the financial crash, inequality or even climate change?

This event brings together speakers who have researched and organised around climate change loss and damage to discuss the potential and limitations of existing policy frameworks, and to examine how climate justice might inform a global response.

This talk introduces the new e-book edited by Kevin Featherstone and George Alogoskoufis.

What does the economic history of earlier periods of very high debt tell us about the current environment of rising public indebtedness and, potentially, higher inflation?

Discussing Benjamin Ho's new book, China's Political Worldview and Chinese Exceptionalism, this podcast explores how China is currently engaged in a competition with the United States to demonstrate its superiority over the latter.