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In his new book, Paul Kelly considers the lessons about political violence, war and revolution to be learned from ten major thinkers over centuries and draws some lessons for our times.

Speakers discuss a recent report, From rhetoric to action: Delivering equality and inclusion from the Pathfinders initiative, which considers what actually works to address inequality and exclusion in different country settings.

Sebastian Mallaby examines the decision making processes of venture capitalists.

We bring together a scholar and a practitioner engaged in the study and implementation of religion-related human rights in Greece.

Our panellists discuss the new issue of the LSE Public Policy Review, Beveridge 2.0: Wellbeing. This latest LSE Public Policy Review issue discusses the extent to which wellbeing considerations can (and should) inform policy decisions.

Leading experts on the United States take stock of the Biden administration’s first year in office and the road ahead.

Speakers discuss the idea of equality that societies should pursue in the difficult times ahead.

Wojciech Sadurski published Poland's Constitutional Breakdown, in which he described the legal and political events that led to the country's recent turn towards illiberalism and democratic backsliding.

In this episode, Nathalie Abbott speaks to Shani Orgad (Professor of Media and Communications at LSE) about representations of mothers, and what effects these have on all of us.

Why was the UK so unprepared for the pandemic, suffering one of the highest death rates and worst economic contractions of the major world economies in 2020?

Why do societies engage in the practice of punishment? What purpose does punishing serve? And does the punishment we find in modern societies do an effective job of meeting these aims?

This inter-disciplinary event brings together criminologists and political scientists from the Global South and North to answer what actually works to improve policing not only in the West but also in non-Western contexts.

The future prosperity and security of sub-Saharan Africa depends on building a new urban environment for the world’s most rapidly expanding population.

Historian Margaret MacMillan delivers the second Engelsberg Chair lecture of 2021/22 on alliances and war.

Professor Harlan Krumholz reviews the challenges of today’s health care infrastructure and economic models, and propose solutions for tomorrow.

In this talk, Jan Lucassen discusses his new book, The Story of Work

Experts discuss how different schools of thought conceptualise anger.

UNDP Head Achim Steiner argues we need to step up multi-stakeholder co-operation and collective efforts to combat rising poverty and inequality, violence that particularly affects women and girls, and economic fragility.

What does the post-pandemic future hold for office workers?

In April 2021, Human Rights Watch sent shock waves across the human rights community and political circles alike when it published a report accusing Israel of the Crimes of Apartheid and Persecution.

Domino effects of losses can bring down entire financial systems with severe knock-on effects on the real economy.

In this discussion, anthropologist and sociologist Didier Fassin presents key themes from his recent book Death of a Traveller.

What is it like to be an animal? Hear what Jonathan Birch had to say in this episode of the LSE iQ podcast.

Welcome back to a new season of LSE IQ, where we work with academics to bring you their latest research and ideas. In this episode we ask, what is it like to be an animal?

Originally published over a decade ago, Nudge by Nobel Laureate Richard H. Thaler, and Cass R. Sunstein is now available in a completely revised final edition with six new chapters. We talk to co-author Richard Thaler.