Study at LSE

In this lecture, Vivien Schmidt will define democracy and legitimacy, discuss it's split-level nature in the EU and detail the processes of Eurozone governance that led to deteriorating economic performance and the rise of populism.

There are challenges and joys of a dual-career life and Jennifer Petriglieri explores through rigourous research how couples can make their lives work for them.

We celebrate the thought of Mary Midgley, whose writing ranges across animal ethics, religion, science, and the natural world, connecting philosophical thought to lived experience.

Minouche Shafik talks with financier and philanthropist, Stephen A. Schwarzman, author of the new book What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence, which draws on his experiences in business, philanthropy, and public service.

In Africa, like in other regions around the world, containment measures including lockdowns, confinement and drastic reductions in sociability have significantly impacted women.

As the UK steers its post-Brexit future, it is placed between US and EU trade policies. What might these mean for the UK’s economic future?

How does knowledge and technology shape economic and social development?

What do the results tell us about the changing bases of voting behaviour and what do they mean for the left in the US and beyond?

This first lecture in the series discusses the concept of empire and resistance to empire in a long historical perspective.

This talk explores the 2016/17 peace agreement, in its local and national dimensions, and which occurred as part of the state-building project that is still ongoing in Somalia and offers insights on the quality of international intervention.