What type of person falls for an online scam? Who are the fraudsters and how does colonialism motivate them? And what’s the connection between criminality and pop music?

In February 2025 the Phelan US Centre spoke to spoke to Mukulika Banerjee, Professor in LSE’s Department of Anthropology.

Join us for the 2025 Economica-Phillips Lecture which will be delivered by Valerie Ramey.

When we think of law enforcement, we often focus on arrests and formal legal processes. But laws like Uganda’s sodomy legislation extend their reach far beyond the courtroom

Join us for this lecture in which Michèle Lamont will discuss her book Seeing Others: How Recognition Works and How it Can Heal a Divided World.

Join us for this special event with LSE alumnus and President of Finland Alexander Stubb.

Join us for the Sylvia Chant Lecture which this year will be delivered by Jo Sharp, Geographer Royal for Scotland.

This inaugural lecture will look at key issues in the study of women’s health through the lens of reproductive histories, looking at both contingent and cumulated events to include physical and mental shocks.

Is Generative AI morally and technically inadequate? Can we separate the hype around AI from its real potential?

In her inaugural lecture, Denisa Kostovicova discusses how former opponents engage with the legacy of mass atrocity.