STICERD Public Events and Lectures

Many of our seminars and public events this year will continue as in person or as hybrid (online and in person) events. Please check our website listings and Twitter feed @STICERD_LSE for updates.

Unless otherwise specified, in-person seminars are open to the public. Please ensure you have informed the event contact as early as possible.

Those unable to join the seminars in-person are welcome to participate via zoom if the event is hybrid.

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Hayek Programme Event: The Great Realignment: Why the New Right is Here to Stay

04 March 2026 Rejecting stale analyses based on moralistic panics about 'populism' or social media, political commentator Steve Davies shows how we are going through a deep-seated process of realignment rooted in underlying structural trends. Find out more...

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Hayek Programme Event: Recession: Why Economies Shrink and What to Do About It?

12 March 2026 In his new book, Recession, American economist Tyler Goodspeed explores why recessions start, how long they last, and how to avoid them in the first place. Find out more...

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The Altruistic Capital Lab and LSE Marshall Institute: Enlightened Bottom Line

16 March 2026 In her groundbreaking book, Enlightened Bottom Line, Jenna Nicholas explores the powerful intersection of spirituality, business, and investing—an intersection too often overlooked in a world driven by profit alone. Find out more...

Thursday 12 March 2026 18:30 - 20:00

Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy

The Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy

Recession: Why Economies Shrink and What to Do About It?

In his new book, Recession, American economist Tyler Goodspeed explores why recessions start, how long they last, and how to avoid them in the first place....Read more...

Tyler Goodspeed (Exxon Mobil - Chief Economist)

Hong Kong Theatre, CLM 01, Ground Floor, Clement House, LSE, 99 Aldwych, London WC2B 4JF

Monday 16 March 2026 15:00 - 16:00

Altruistic Capital Lab

The Altruistic Capital Lab and LSE Marshall Institute

Enlightened Bottom Line

What if business and investing could be rooted in the deepest values of the human spirit?...Read more...

Jenna Nicholas (Impact Experience), Nava Ashraf (LSE)

Venue to be Confirmed

Wednesday 18 March 2026 18:00 - 19:30

STICERD Atkinson Lecture

Who cares? Towards an economic history of caring labour

Standard measures of economic output do not include unpaid care, and its mainly female providers are often categorised in labour statistics as ‘economically inactive’....Read more...

Jane Humphries (Oxford)

SAL 1.04, 1st Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH

Thursday 19 March 2026 18:30 - 20:00

Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy

The Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy

Evaluating Green Industrial Policy

Western countries have adopted green industrial policies to accomplish both economic development and sustainability. By 2025, it is increasingly evident that many of these efforts are failing....Read more...

Magnus Henrekson (Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) in Stockholm), Christian Sandström (Chalmers University), Mikael Stenkula (Lund University)

CKK LG.09, Alumni Theatre, Lower Ground Floor, New Academic Building, LSE, 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3LJ

Wednesday 22 April 2026 18:30 - 20:00

The Grantham Institute, The Global School of Sustainability and STICERD

Global Ideas for Global Challenges: A panel in honour of Nick Stern

Tim Besley (LSE)

Venue to be Confirmed

Friday 29 May 2026 09:30 - Saturday 30 May 2026 17:00

Hosted by STICERD Political Science and Political Economy Programme and the LSE Department of Government

LSE-NYU conference - Making States Work: Capacity, Accountability and Economic Foundations

Various speakers

This event is both online and in person

MAR, Ground Floor, The Marshall Building, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LY

Friday 18 September 2026 09:30 - Saturday 19 September 2026 17:00

STICERD Economic Theory Programme and UCL

European Economic Theory Conference 2026

Various speakers

Venue to be Confirmed

Tuesday 20 January 2026 18:30 - 20:00

International Inequalities Institute

Women, nature, and 2030: a transformational global climate solution

Climate change is not gender-neutral — not in its impact on women and girls, nor in the solutions women are leading. This lecture will share new research revealing how women’s leadership is providing new pathways to addr...Read more...

Zainab Salbi, Naila Kabeer (LSE)

CBG, Centre Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

Friday 30 January 2026 12:45 - 18:10

Political Science and Political Economy

Department of Government and the PSPE Programme in STICERD

LSE - Political Economy and Political Science Early Career Workshop

The Department of Government and the PSPE group at STICERD will host a half-day workshop bringing together early-career researchers conducting quantitative and formal theory work from all sub-fields of Political Economy,...Read more...

CBG 4.17, Centre Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

Wednesday 18 February 2026 18:30 - 20:00

Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity and the Global School of Sustainability

Eco-social contracts for sustainable and just futures

For changemakers, students, and everyone seeking hope, direction, and clarity during a time of global uncertainty, join us for the launch of a book that serves as both a call to action and a guide for transformation—enco...Read more...

Various speakers

Old Theatre, Ground Floor, Old Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

Wednesday 25 February 2026 18:00 - 19:30

Hub for Equal Representation in the Economy

CEP and the Hub for Equal Representation in the Economy

Women in economics: academic perspectives and career opportunities

This is an event only for LSE staff and students and is not open to the general public....Read more...

Oriana Bandiera (LSE), Anna Leach (Institute of Directors), Anna Valero (LSE)

CBG, Centre Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

Wednesday 04 March 2026 18:30 - 20:00

Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy

The Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy

The Great Realignment: Why the New Right is Here to Stay

The re-election of Donald Trump has illustrated in spectacular fashion the extent to which politics all over the world is in a state of continual flux. Old political configurations and parties are under unprecedented str...Read more...

Stephen Davies (John Locke Political Institute)

MAR 2.08, 2nd floor, The Marshall Building, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LY

Thursday 12 March 2026 18:30 - 20:00

Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy

The Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy

Recession: Why Economies Shrink and What to Do About It?

In his new book, Recession, American economist Tyler Goodspeed explores why recessions start, how long they last, and how to avoid them in the first place....Read more...

Tyler Goodspeed (Exxon Mobil - Chief Economist)

Hong Kong Theatre, CLM 01, Ground Floor, Clement House, LSE, 99 Aldwych, London WC2B 4JF

Monday 16 March 2026 15:00 - 16:00

Altruistic Capital Lab

The Altruistic Capital Lab and LSE Marshall Institute

Enlightened Bottom Line

What if business and investing could be rooted in the deepest values of the human spirit?...Read more...

Jenna Nicholas (Impact Experience), Nava Ashraf (LSE)

Venue to be Confirmed

Wednesday 18 March 2026 18:00 - 19:30

STICERD Atkinson Lecture

Who cares? Towards an economic history of caring labour

Standard measures of economic output do not include unpaid care, and its mainly female providers are often categorised in labour statistics as ‘economically inactive’....Read more...

Jane Humphries (Oxford)

SAL 1.04, 1st Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH

Thursday 19 March 2026 18:30 - 20:00

Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy

The Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy

Evaluating Green Industrial Policy

Magnus Henrekson (Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) in Stockholm), Christian Sandström (Chalmers University), Mikael Stenkula (Lund University)

CKK LG.09, Alumni Theatre, Lower Ground Floor, New Academic Building, LSE, 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3LJ

Wednesday 22 April 2026 18:30 - 20:00

The Grantham Institute, The Global School of Sustainability and STICERD

Global Ideas for Global Challenges: A panel in honour of Nick Stern

Tim Besley (LSE)

Venue to be Confirmed

Wednesday 04 March 2026 18:30 - 20:00

Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy

The Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy

The Great Realignment: Why the New Right is Here to Stay

Stephen Davies (John Locke Political Institute)

MAR 2.08, 2nd floor, The Marshall Building, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LY

Wednesday 25 February 2026 18:00 - 19:30

Hub for Equal Representation in the Economy

CEP and the Hub for Equal Representation in the Economy

Women in economics: academic perspectives and career opportunities

This is an event only for LSE staff and students and is not open to the general public....Read more...

Oriana Bandiera (LSE), Anna Leach (Institute of Directors), Anna Valero (LSE)

CBG, Centre Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

Wednesday 18 February 2026 18:30 - 20:00

Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity and the Global School of Sustainability

Eco-social contracts for sustainable and just futures

Various speakers

Old Theatre, Ground Floor, Old Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

Friday 30 January 2026 12:45 - 18:10

Political Science and Political Economy

Department of Government and the PSPE Programme in STICERD

LSE - Political Economy and Political Science Early Career Workshop

CBG 4.17, Centre Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

Tuesday 20 January 2026 18:30 - 20:00

International Inequalities Institute

Women, nature, and 2030: a transformational global climate solution

Zainab Salbi, Naila Kabeer (LSE)

CBG, Centre Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

Tuesday 09 December 2025 18:30 - 20:00

Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy

Common law: a better foundation for Liberalism

In conventional political philosophy, law is understood as consciously created rules that are a necessary mechanism for regulating the excesses of the free market. Although coercive in nature, law is seen as a necessary ...Read more...

John Hasnas (Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business), Bryan Cheang (Executive Director of STICERD Hayek Programme)

This event is both online and in person

Hong Kong Theatre, CLM 01, Ground Floor, Clement House, LSE, 99 Aldwych, London WC2B 4JF

Tuesday 25 November 2025 18:30 - 20:00

Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy

John Rawls and unequivocal justice

Curious about how free markets and social justice intersect? Join us for an engaging lecture by Christopher Freiman, author of the book Unequivocal Justice. Freiman offers a rethinking of the political theory of John Raw...Read more...

Paul Romero (LSE), Christopher Freiman (West Virginia University)

This event is both online and in person

Hong Kong Theatre, CLM 01, Ground Floor, Clement House, LSE, 99 Aldwych, London WC2B 4JF

Friday 07 November 2025 11:00 - 18:00

STICERD and the Department of Management

Workshop on Organising Crime

An all-day workshop on Organised Crime will take place in the Marshall Building. The workshop features various speakers from the LSE, UCL, IFS and Diego Cambetta who is visiting from Collegio Carlo Alberto....Read more...

Various speakers

Venue to be Confirmed

Friday 07 November 2025 - Saturday 08 November 2025

CEP, CEPR and STICERD

Seventeenth Annual Conference on Urban and Regional Economics (CURE)

An annual conference that brings together researchers working at the frontier on topics in urban and regional economics from around the world....Read more...

Various speakers

SAL 1.04, 1st Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH

Thursday 06 November 2025 18:00 - 19:30

Morishima Lecture

Hosted by STICERD

Agricultural Productivity, Social Organisation and Economic Transformation in Rural Africa

This is the annual Morishima lecture, a lecture series held in honour of Professor Michio Morishima (1923-2004), Sir John Hicks Professor of Economics at LSE and STICERD's first chairman....Read more...

Chris Udry (Northwestern University)

Venue to be Confirmed

Wednesday 22 October 2025 18:30 - 20:00

Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy

Hosted by the Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy

Prosperity Through Growth with Economist Art Laffer

Join us for this event about Dr Arthur B. Laffer’s new book, Prosperity through Growth: Boosting living standards in an Age of Autocracy and AI, co-authored with Matthew Elliott, Michael Hintze and Douglas McWilliams, wh...Read more...

Arthur Laffer (Laffer Associates)

Old Theatre, Ground Floor, Old Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

Tuesday 21 October 2025 18:30 - 20:00

Cohesive Capitalism Event

Hosted by the Department of Geography and Environment and the Programme on Cohesive Capitalism

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

How will progress end? In this event, Carl Benedikt Frey – one of the leading scholars of technology and the economy – will discuss his new book, How Progress Ends....Read more...

Carl Frey (Oxford)

Venue to be Confirmed

Monday 20 October 2025 18:15 - 19:30

ESRC Festival of Social Science 2025

Altruistic Capital Lab

Reimaging Work: Meaning, Purpose and Productivity

Nava Ashraf (LSE)

SAL 1.04, 1st Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH

Friday 17 October 2025 09:30 - 15:30

Hub for Equal Representation in the Economy

Hosted by the Hub for Equal Representation in the Economy

Barriers to Female Labour Force Participation

How do gender norms influence economic behaviour, choices, and opportunities? This event will bring together researchers to present new evidence on the ways cultural expectations and social attitudes shape economic life....Read more...

Oriana Bandiera (LSE), Nina Roussille (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Venue to be Confirmed

Thursday 16 October 2025 18:30 - 20:00

Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy

Hosted by the Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy

Has the Free Market Failed?

From Donald Trump to Bernie Sanders, criticism of free markets, free trade, and globalization is now heard across the political spectrum. On the right, many blame free trade for hollowing out domestic industries; on the ...Read more...

Deirdre McCloskey (Cato Institute)

Wolfson Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE, 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3LJ

Wednesday 08 October 2025 18:30 - 19:30

Cohesive Capitalism Event

Hosted by Programme on Cohesive Capitalism

How to Save the Internet: The Threat to Global Connection in the Age of AI and Political Conflict

Sir Nick Clegg (former UK Deputy Prime Minister and Meta’s President of Global Affairs) presents his new book, How to Save the Internet: The Threat to Global Connection in the Age of AI and Political Conflict....Read more...

Nick Clegg, Larry Kramer (LSE)

This event is both online and in person

Venue to be Confirmed

Wednesday 24 September 2025 18:00 - 20:30

STICERD Economics of Environment and Energy Programme

Hosted by Economics of Environment and Energy Programme at STICERD, International Growth Centre and Programme on Innovation and Diffusion

Climate finance and investment in low-income countries

This is a public event as part of the fourth Environment Week at LSE from 22-25 September....Read more...

Christopher Woodruff (Wolfson College), Melinda Bohannon (Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office), Vera Songwe (Liquidity and Sustainability Facility), Sudarno Sumarto (SMERU Research Institute), Nicholas Stern (Global School of Sustainability at LSE)

This event is both online and in person

Old Theatre, Ground Floor, Old Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

Tuesday 23 September 2025 18:30 - 20:00

STICERD Economics of Environment and Energy Programme

Hosted by Economics of Environment and Energy Programme at STICERD, International Growth Centre and Programme on Innovation and Diffusion

Valuing nature in a changing climate: rethinking natural capital

This is a public event as part of the fourth Environment Week at LSE from 22-25 September....Read more...

Jim Leape (Centre for Ocean Solutions), Rohini Pande (Yale University), Juliano Assunção (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro)

This event is both online and in person

Old Theatre, Ground Floor, Old Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

Monday 22 September 2025 18:00 - 19:30

STICERD Economics of Environment and Energy Programme

Hosted by Economics of Environment and Energy Programme at STICERD, International Growth Centre and Programme on Innovation and Diffusion

Investing in our future: COP30 and the sustainable growth agenda

This is a public event as part of the fourth Environment Week at LSE from 22-25 September 2025. ...Read more...

Jose Scheinkman (Columbia University), Michael Greenstone (University of Chicago), Sherry Rehman (Senate of Pakistan)

This event is both online and in person

Old Theatre, Ground Floor, Old Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

Monday 22 September 2025 09:00 - Thursday 25 September 2025 17:00

STICERD Economics of Environment and Energy Programme

Hosted by The Economics of Environment and Energy Programme (EEE), International Growth Centre (IGC) and Programme on Innovation and Diffusion (POID)

LSE Environment Week 2025

The Economics of Environment and Energy Programme (EEE), International Growth Centre (IGC) and Programme on Innovation and Diffusion (POID) are convening the fourth Environment Week at the LSE on 22-25 September 2025....Read more...

Various speakers

Venue to be Confirmed

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Atkinson Lectures

Morishima Lectures

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