Recently, many countries have looked to increase minimum wages as part of a strategy to address labour market problems. This lecture summarises these developments, what the impacts have been and what minimum wage policy should be in the future.

Welcome back to a new season of LSE IQ, where we work with academics to bring you their latest research and ideas. In this episode we ask, what is it like to be an animal?

Beverly Daniel Tatum and Minouche Shafik discuss Dr Tatum's book Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race, a perennial bestseller on the psychology of racism.

Our panel reflects on factors that give rise to sexual violence, persistent gaps in state and multilateral efforts as well as the effective prevention and response strategies that have been put in place.

Welcome back to a new season of LSE IQ, where we work with academics to bring you their latest research and ideas. In this episode we ask, what is it like to be an animal?

Listen to the launch of a new book edited by Sieglinde Gstohl and Simon Schunz, The External Action of the European Union – Concepts, Approaches, Theories.

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the 1871 Paris Commune: an event that profoundly influenced the development of the left.

Will Hutton’s The State We’re In was one of the most important polemical works of the 1990s

This event takes the form of an open conversation to discuss the themes of gender equity and couple equity as presented in Claudia Goldin’s book, Career and Family: Women’s Century-Long Journey toward Equity.

In the wake of the pandemic, governments across Europe, as well as the European Commission, have financed programs to spur economic recovery.