LSE: Public lectures and events

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The lost Marie Curies Feb 27, 2025

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To simultaneously increase our innovation potential and reduce inequality, it is urgent to involve everyone, especially women and people of underprivileged backgrounds.

From the high seas to corporate boardrooms: Suzanne Heywood in conversation Feb 25, 2025

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Join us for a fireside chat with Suzanne Heywood, Chair of CNH Industrial N V and Iveco Group, and Chief Operating Officer of Exor Group.

Peak injustice: Solving Britain’s inequality crisis Feb 24, 2025

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With child mortality rising in the UK and a majority of parents with three or more children going to bed hungry, Danny Dorling looks to the future, highlighting the challenges ahead and identifying solutions for change.

Are we in danger of losing our communities? Feb 21, 2025

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With the cost-of-living crisis leading to the closure of community spaces around the UK, and the pressures on urban development projects, this episode of LSE iQ asks, are we in danger of losing our communities?

The hidden victims: civilian casualties of the two world wars Feb 20, 2025

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In his latest book, which forms the basis of this lecture, Cormac O'Grada argues that previous estimates of civilian deaths in the two world wars are almost certainly too low.

The last human job: AI, depersonalization and the industrial clock Feb 19, 2025

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Critics commonly warn about three primary hazards of AI-job disruption, bias, and surveillance/privacy concerns. Yet the conventional story of AI’s dangers is missing a vital issue and blinding us to its role in a cresting “depersonalisation crisis.”

Climate capitalism: can market-based solutions save the planet? Feb 18, 2025

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As the climate emergency intensifies, the efficacy of market-based solutions is under growing scrutiny. Can capitalism solve a crisis of its own making?

Is it possible to achieve fair and inclusive prosperity without a green agenda? Feb 17, 2025

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In an era of rising inequality and economic transformation, the question of how to achieve fair and inclusive prosperity is more pressing than ever. At the same time, the green transition is reshaping industries, labor markets, & policies worldwide.

Trans* lives, histories and activism Feb 13, 2025

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This thought-provoking conversation will bring together diverse expertise to critically examine and address the urgent socio-political challenges of our time.

Power, freedom, and justice: rethinking Foucault Feb 12, 2025

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What are the implications of Michel Foucault’s critical social theories for how we think about freedom, power, and justice?