Events:
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. 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.
Featured
Thursday 10 December 2026 09:30 - Friday 11 December 2026 17:00
Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy
Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy
Emerging Technologies
The workshop will bring together leading papers on how new technologies, in particular on AI affects productivity growth and economic reallocation....Read more...
Danial Lashkari (LSE), Xavier Jaravel (LSE), Maarten de Ridder (LSE), Dimitris Papanikolaou (Northwestern), Gregor Schubert (UCLA), Laura Veldkamp (Columbia), Lukas Freund (Boston College), Tania Babina (Maryland), Chad Jones (Antrophic/Stanford - KEYNOTE SPEAKER), Chen Lian (Berkeley), Alex Imas (Deepmind)
STICERD, London School of Economics
Thursday 10 September 2026 08:30 - Friday 11 September 2026 18:00
Hub for Equal Representation in the Economy
The World Bank and the Gates Foundation
Women in Leadership: Accelerating Development Outcomes Conference
The Gender Department of The World Bank Group, the Gates Foundation, and LSE?s Hub for Equal Representation in the Economy are organizing the first edition of the Women in Leadership: Accelerating Development Outcomes co...Read more...
Matthias Doepke (LSE), Amanda Clayton (Berkeley), Rohini Pande (Yale University)
This event is both online and in person
CBG, Centre Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
Thursday 10 December 2026 09:30 - Friday 11 December 2026 17:00
Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy
Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy
Emerging Technologies
The workshop will bring together leading papers on how new technologies, in particular on AI affects productivity growth and economic reallocation....Read more...
Danial Lashkari (LSE), Xavier Jaravel (LSE), Maarten de Ridder (LSE), Dimitris Papanikolaou (Northwestern), Gregor Schubert (UCLA), Laura Veldkamp (Columbia), Lukas Freund (Boston College), Tania Babina (Maryland), Chad Jones (Antrophic/Stanford - KEYNOTE SPEAKER), Chen Lian (Berkeley), Alex Imas (Deepmind)
STICERD, London School of Economics
Thursday 10 September 2026 08:30 - Friday 11 September 2026 18:00
Hub for Equal Representation in the Economy
The World Bank and the Gates Foundation
Women in Leadership: Accelerating Development Outcomes Conference
The Gender Department of The World Bank Group, the Gates Foundation, and LSE?s Hub for Equal Representation in the Economy are organizing the first edition of the Women in Leadership: Accelerating Development Outcomes co...Read more...
Matthias Doepke (LSE), Amanda Clayton (Berkeley), Rohini Pande (Yale University)
This event is both online and in person
CBG, Centre Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
Wednesday 24 June 2026 18:30 - 20:00
Economics of Energy and Environment
The Economics of Energy and Environment Programme, the Global School of Sustainability and the International Growth Centre
Economics of Climate
This event will showcase the recent work of the COP30 Action Agenda on transition away from fossil fuels, forests, carbon markets and climate coalitions. Convened by Jose Scheinkman of Columbia University as part of COP3...Read more...
Robin Burgess (LSE), Rohini Pande (Yale University), Jose Scheinkman (Columbia), Andre Correa do Lago (President of COP30), Juliano Assunc?o (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro), Catherine Wolfram (MIT Sloan School of Management)
This event is both online and in person
Old Theatre, Ground Floor, Old Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
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
This conference will explore through both theoretical and empirical work the connections between state capacity and accountability and how these two conditions vary by states? economic foundations. ...Read more...
Various speakers
This event is both online and in person
MAR 1.10, 1st floor, The Marshall Building, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LY
Wednesday 20 May 2026 15:30 - 17:00
We Need to Tax Billionaires
While ordinary citizens pay around half of their income in tax, billionaires often pay close to zero income tax because they earn almost all of their income through companies. Yet there is a lack of political will to cha...Read more...
Gabriel Zucman (PSE and Berkeley)
Old Theatre, Ground Floor, Old Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
Wednesday 20 May 2026 09:00 - Thursday 21 May 2026 17:00
Economics of Environment and Energy Programme
STICERD
LSE Environment Camp 2026
The Economics of Environment and Energy Programme, STICERD (EEE) in the LSE Economics Department are delighted to announce the third LSE Environment Camp, taking place on May 20-21 2026, at the LSE....Read more...
Ishan Nath (Harvard), Bruno Conte (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Venue to be Confirmed
Tuesday 12 May 2026 19:00 - 20:30
Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy
Hosted by The Hayek Programme in Economics and Liberal Political Economy
If you can just print money, why pay taxes?
A book launch event of If You Can Just Print Money, Why Do I Pay Taxes?: Modern Monetary Theory Distilled and Debunked....Read more...
Emmanuel Maggiori
Wolfson Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE, 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3LJ
Friday 01 May 2026 09:30 - 17:00
Cohesive Capitalism Event
The Cohesive Capitalism Programme in STICERD, URKI and the Leverhulme Trust
The Gender Pay Gap: Flexible Work, Discrimination, and Technology
This interdisciplinary workshop explores the causes and implications of the gender pay gap, focusing on flexible work, discrimination, and technology....Read more...
Mathias Jensen (Oxford University), Meghan Campbell (Birmingham), Clare Chambers (Cambridge), Francesca Foliano (Southampton), Tom Parr (Warwick)
SAL 1.04, 1st Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH
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
Join us for this special public event to mark Nicholas Stern's 80th birthday....Read more...
Nicholas Stern (LSE), Larry Kramer (LSE), Christine Lagarde (European Central Bank), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (World Trade Organisation)
This event is both online and in person
Venue to be Confirmed
Wednesday 25 March 2026 09:30 - Friday 27 March 2026 17:30
Hub for Equal Representation in the Economy
The LSE Hub for Equal Representation
Growth, Gender, and Labour Markets in Low-income Countries
As the G?LM | LIC Programme concludes in 2026, we are pleased to announce a final conference hosted by the London School of Economics in London from March 25 to 27, 2026. ...Read more...
Dennis Novy (FCDO), Oriana Bandiera (LSE), Various speakers , David Lam (Michigan), Nava Ashraf (LSE)
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 Sandstrom (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
Thursday 19 March 2026 12:00 - 15:00
Economics of Energy and Environment Programme
STICERD Economics of Energy and Environment Programme and International Inequalities Institute
Climate Inequalities Conference
On March 19th the Economics of Environment and Energy Programme will be hosting a mini-conference on Climate Inequalities in partnership with the International Inequalities Institute. Stephane Hallegate (the World Bank?s...Read more...
Jonathan Colmer (University of Virginia and CEP), Robin Burgess (LSE), Allan Hsiao (Princeton University), Stephane Hallegate (World Bank)
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
Monday 16 March 2026 15:00 - 16:00
Altruistic Capital Lab
The Altruistic Capital Lab and LSE Marshall Institute
Enlightened Bottom Line: Rethinking Success in Business and Investing
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
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
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
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
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
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
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