Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy

Public Events

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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.

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

Wednesday 09 October 2024 18:30 - 20:00

The Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy

The case for shareholder capitalism

This event will provoke further debate on the question of stakeholder vs shareholder capitalism. In this lecture, Professor David McLean will make a case for shareholder capitalism, understood as an approach that emphasi...Read more...

David McLean (Georgetown University)

PAN G.01, Ground Floor, Pankhurst House, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

Tuesday 12 November 2024 18:30 - 20:00

Hosted by the Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy

A Hayek's Nobel at 50: then and now

The Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy

The case for shareholder capitalism

David McLean (Georgetown University)

PAN G.01, Ground Floor, Pankhurst House, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

Tuesday 12 November 2024 18:30 - 20:00

Hosted by the Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy

A Hayek's Nobel at 50: then and now

LSE’s Department of Social Policy, the LSE Hayek Programme, the Classical Liberal Institute at New York University Law School, the Hayek Program at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, and the Institute for Humane Studies

Symposium on the Lessons of Classical Liberalism for the Modern World

On June 20-21, the LSE will host a workshop on the Lessons of Classical Liberalism for the Modern World. This event is sponsored by the LSE’s Department of Social Policy, the LSE Hayek Programme, the Classical Liberal In...Read more...

Vera Anstey Room, MG, Old Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

Monday 11 March 2024 18:30 - 20:00

The Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy

Law and Finance at 25

Andrei Shleifer will discuss the reforms in laws and regulations around the world in the past 25 years. ...Read more...

Andrei Shleifer (Harvard University)

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

Tuesday 30 January 2024 06:30 - 20:00

The Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy and the Department of Social Policy

Empowering citizens with behavioural science

Behavioural public policy has gained significant attention recently due to two key factors: political debates over government size and role, and the globally influential approach of nudging....Read more...

Ralph Hertwig (Max Planck Institute for Human Development)

This event is both online and in person

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

Monday 09 October 2023 18:30 - 19:45

STICERD and the Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy, and the Department of Social Policy

Optimally Irrational. The good reasons we behave the way we do

A public lecture by Professor Lionel Page on the topic of his latest book: 'Optimally Irrational. The good reasons we behave the way we do'. The lecture is hosted by STICERD and the Department of Social Policy and suppor...Read more...

Lionel Page (University of Queensland)

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

Tuesday 06 June 2023 18:30 - 20:00

The Department of Economics and supported by the Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy

Economics, Hayek, and Large Language Models

For the first time, Large Language Models give us a direct and effective means of conversing with Artificial Intelligence on substantive questions of our choosing, including matters of economics....Read more...

Tyler Cowen

This event is both online and in person

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

Wednesday 16 November 2022 18:30 - 20:00

The Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy

Abolishing the Political Class, From Aristotle to Hayek

This event is the formal launch of the Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy at LSE and picks up on themes in Hayek’s writings and that of many thinkers through the ages....Read more...

Jonathan Sumption, Martin Loughlin (LSE), Munira Mirza

This event is both online and in person

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

Tuesday 18 February 2020 16:45 - 17:45

The Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy

Civil Liberties in Times of Crisis

Stefanie Stantcheva will discuss her recent paper, which explores how far citizens are willing trade off civil liberties during COVID-19, and whether worries about the long term erosion of civil liberties induce citizens...Read more...

Stefanie Stantcheva (Harvard University)

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