LSE: Public lectures and events

Speaker(s): Dr Valeria Cetorelli | The United Nations Human Rights Council has recently declared that ISIS violence against the Yazidi religious minority constitutes a case of "ongoing genocide". Dr Valeria Cetorelli will present the first survey evidence on the number and demographic profile of Yazidis killed and enslaved by ISIS. Valeria Cetorelli is a Research Officer at the LSE Middle East Centre and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Johns Hopkins Center for Refugee and Disaster Response...

Speaker(s): Professor Philip Goodchild, Dr Waltraud Schelkle, Susan Steed | What is money, where does it come from, and why does it sometimes fail to make us better off? The banality of money makes it appear neutral with respect to political, religious, or moral values. Should we try to answer these questions in a value-neutral way, or does money shelter a value system hiding in plain sight? Philip Goodchild is Professor of Religion and Philosophy at the University of Nottingham...

Speaker(s): Professor Stephen Whittle | Press for Change, founded in 1992, campaigned using social education, legal case work, and parliamentary lobbying to successfully change the UK into what is now one of the most Transgender-friendly countries in the world. Stephen Whittle will discuss what worked, what didn't and what is left to be done. Stephen Whittle (@stephenwhittle) is a trans man, activist and Professor of Equalities Law at Manchester Metropolitan University...

Speaker(s): Dr David Rand | Cooperation is central to successful human societies. But why are people willing to incur the individual costs involved in cooperating? David Rand (@DG_Rand) is an Associate Professor of Psychology, Economics, and Management at Yale University, and the director of Yale University’s Human Cooperation Laboratory...

Speaker(s): Professor Conor Gearty | As Home Secretary, Theresa May was more hostile to human rights than was any other cabinet minister in David Cameron's government. Now as Prime Minister she must not only make a definitive decision about where human rights fit in her vision of Britain but also whether they can have any place at all in light of the need to reconstruct Brexit Britain...

Speaker(s): Professor Julia Black, Professor Sara Hobolt, Professor Niamh Maloney, Professor Danuta Hübner, Professor Samuel Fankhauser, Professor Simona Iammarino, Professor Iain Begg, Professor Paul De Grauwe, Professor Tony Travers, Dr Jennifer Jackson Preece | On Thursday 8 December, LSE hosted a day of EU and UK focused expert panel events and networking activities, following the UK's Brexit decision...

Speaker(s): Professor Julia Black, Professor Sara Hobolt, Professor Niamh Maloney, Professor Danuta Hübner, Professor Samuel Fankhauser, Professor Simona Iammarino, Professor Iain Begg, Professor Paul De Grauwe, Professor Tony Travers, Dr Jennifer Jackson Preece | On Thursday 8 December, LSE hosted a day of EU and UK focused expert panel events and networking activities, following the UK's Brexit decision...

Speaker(s): Professor Julia Black, Professor Sara Hobolt, Professor Niamh Maloney, Professor Danuta Hübner, Professor Samuel Fankhauser, Professor Simona Iammarino, Professor Iain Begg, Professor Paul De Grauwe, Professor Tony Travers, Dr Jennifer Jackson Preece | On Thursday 8 December, LSE hosted a day of EU and UK focused expert panel events and networking activities, following the UK's Brexit decision...

Speaker(s): Professor Robert H Frank | How important is luck in economic success? Robert Frank explores why the rich underestimate the importance of luck - and why that hurts everyone, even the wealthy. Robert H Frank (@econnaturalist) is the HJ Louis Professor of Management and Professor of Economics at Cornell University's Johnson School of Management. He is author of Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy...

Speaker(s): Kate Evans | What can we learn from the extraordinary life of Dr Rosa Luxemburg? The indomitable Luxemburg forged a unique career as an economist, journalist and critical thinker. Kate Evans' beautifully drawn biography re-examines the story of a great revolutionary thinker and activist. Kate Evans (@cartoonkate) is a cartoonist, artist, and activist. She is the author of Red Rosa: A Graphic Biography of Rosa Luxemburg...