LSE: Public lectures and events

The road to COP32: an African agenda for climate action and economic development

As the world looks ahead to COP32 in Addis Ababa, Africa has a unique opportunity to shape the direction of global climate negotiations. At a pivotal moment for internati

From the Archive: Why women won

How, when, and why did women in the US obtain legal rights equal to men’s regarding the workplace, marriage, family, Social Security, criminal justice, credit markets, an

What happened to liberal democracy?

In this conversation with Nobel Prize-winner and LSE alumnus Daron Acemoglu he will be talking about his new book, What Happened to Liberal Democracy?

The new supply-side era: the O-ring meets geopolitics

Lazard CEO and Chairman Peter Orszag sees a new supply-side era taking shape, in which supply shocks that are increasingly geopolitical in origin and rooted in the physic

From the Archive: F A Hayek's Nobel at 50: then and now

This podcast was originally published in November 2024 and is being republished as part of our Summer archive series of LSE's Public Lectures and Events.

From the Archive: How progress ends: technology, innovation, and the fate of nations

This podcast was originally published in October 2025 and is being republished as part of our Summer archive series of LSE's Public Lectures and Events.

In the realm of the last man

In this conversation with Francis Fukuyama he will be talking about his new book, In the Realm of the Last Man.

From the Archive: Wealth in people

This podcast was originally published in March 2025 and is being republished as part of our Summer archive series of LSE's Public Lectures and Events.

From the Archive: Taylor Swift and philosophy

This podcast was originally published in October 2024 and is being republished as part of our Summer archive series of LSE's Public Lectures and Events.

From the Archive: Addressing climate inequality

This podcast was originally published in May 2024 and is being republished as part of our Summer archive series of LSE's Public Lectures and Events.

From the Archive: Women in economics: progress, challenges and perspectives

This podcast was originally published in December 2025 and is being republished as part of our Summer archive series of LSE's Public Lectures and Events.

From the Archive: Women, nature, and 2030: a transformational global climate solution

This podcast was originally published in January 2026 and is being republished as part of our Summer archive series of LSE's Public Lectures and Events.

From the Archive: Global inequality in historical and comparative perspective

This podcast was originally published in September 2025 and is being republished as part of our Summer archive series of LSE's Public Lectures and Events.

From the Archive: How AI is helping - and harming - animals

This podcast was originally published in September 2025 and is being republished as part of our Summer archive series of LSE's Public Lectures and Events.

The Brexit effect: 2016 – 2026

Britain's decision to leave the European Union was perhaps the most divisive and consequential event of modern British politics.

From the Archive: Rethinking keynesian fiscal stimulus

This podcast was originally published in April 2025 and is being republished as part of our Summer archive series of LSE's Public Lectures and Events.

Can we be rich again? The extraordinary potential of Britain's economy

In this talk by Jeremy Hunt, he will talk about his new book, Can We Be Rich Again? The extraordinary potential of Britain's economy.

From the Archive: Are revolutions justified?

This podcast was originally published in January 2026 and is being republished as part of our Summer archive series of LSE's Public Lectures and Events.

Global trends in climate litigation

This event marks the launch of the Grantham Research Institute’s Global Trends in Climate Change Litigation 2026 Snapshot report, an annual report now in its ninth year.

Smarter than the storm

This public event marks the global launch of Smarter Than the Storm, a new book by Amitabh Kant and Siddharth Sinha, and explores its core ideas in conversation with Nich