Amartya Sen Lectures

A lecture series held in honour of Professor Amartya Sen, professor of economics at Harvard University and recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics.

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

Unless otherwise specified, current restrictions mean in-person seminars are only open to members of the LSE community (those with a valid LSE ID card).

Those unable to join the seminars in-person are welcome to participate via zoom.

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Tim Besley, Minouce Shafik and Amartya Sen

Foundations of State Effectiveness

Tim Besley discusses the importance of norms, values and institutions in supporting state effectiveness drawing on recent developments in social science. As well as making connections to Amartya Sen's ideas, the lecture will reflect on some of the major policy challenges that the world faces in the turbulent times that we are living through. Listen to podcast...

Religious Intolerance and its Impact on Democracy

In this event, human rights lawyer Asma Jilani Jahangir will focus on how government failure to address the questions of religious intolerance and free expression dilutes the principles of democracy, equality and justice, particularly for women and religious minorities. View Video...

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Wednesday 13 March 2019 18:30 - 20:00

Amartya Sen Lecture: Foundations of State Effectiveness

Hosted by the Amartya Sen lecture series, STICERD and the International Inequalities Institute. An effective state promotes freedom and the well-being of its citizens. This lecture will discuss the importance of norms,... Read more...

Tim Besley (LSE) joint with Professor Amartya Sen as discussant

Tuesday 17 January 2017 18:30 - 20:00

Amartya Sen Lecture: Religious Intolerance and its Impact on Democracy

In this special event Asma Jilani Jahangir will focus on how government failure to address the questions of religious intolerance and free expression dilutes the principles of democracy, equality and justice, particularl... Read more...

Asma Jilani Jahangir (Human Rights lawyer and social activist, co-founder of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan)

Tuesday 03 March 2015 09:30 - 18:00

Amartya Sen Lecture: Law, Economics and the Republic of Beliefs

The Amartya Sen Lecture at LSE

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