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Summer 2016 | Public lectures and events | Video

London School of Economics and Political Science

Video files from LSE"s summer 2016 programme of public lectures and events, for more recordings and pdf documents see the corresponding audio collection.

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01:26:42

Rethinking the Global Monetary System

Summer 2016 | Public lectures and events | Video ·

2016/05/10

Contributor(s): Dr Raghuram Rajan | The global financial crisis has shaken up the international financial architecture. Regulatory changes and unconventional monetary policies have mainly served the interests of advanced economies. Raghuram Rajan, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, has been the main voice of emerging economies demanding a more balanced global monetary system. He would like to see more coordination to reduce volatility and a more effective “global safety net” to protect those

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01:32:16

Service Automation: robots and the future of work

Summer 2016 | Public lectures and events | Video ·

2016/05/09

Contributor(s): Professor Mary Lacity, Professor Leslie Willcocks | It’s predicted that five million jobs will be performed by robots in the next ten years. Contrary to the fears perpetuated by the media that robots will steal your job, Professor Willcocks and Professor Lacity discuss how robotic technologies can facilitate the rise, not the demise, of human productivity and innovation. In presenting a more realistic and balanced view, the fears that surround robotic processing automation are

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01:35:31

Religion, Security and Strategy: an unholy trinity?

Summer 2016 | Public lectures and events | Video ·

2016/05/09

Contributor(s): Professor Gwen Griffith-Dickson | The uneasy relationship between the state and religion is most sharply seen in the context of security, terrorism and religious violence. Should people of faith serve government strategies on counter-terrorism? Gwen Griffith-Dickson is the Founder and Director of Lokahi and Visiting Professor at King’s College, London. Craig Calhoun (@craigjcalhoun) is Director and President of LSE. He is a world-renowned social scientist whose work connects

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01:23:41

Lakatos Award Lectures

Summer 2016 | Public lectures and events | Video ·

2016/05/05

Contributor(s): Professor Gordon Belot, Professor David Malament | The Lakatos Award is given for an outstanding contribution to the philosophy of science. This year’s Award winners, Gordon Belot and David Malament, will speak respectively on “Objectivity, Limited” and “On the Concept of “Rotation” in Relativity Theory”. Gordon Belot is a Professor in the Philosophy Department at the University of Michigan. David Malament is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Logic and Philosophy

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01:30:43

Protect and Develop

Summer 2016 | Public lectures and events | Video ·

2016/05/05

Contributor(s): Sir David Chipperfield | In this lecture renowned British architect David Chipperfield will discuss the current state of planning in London and the importance of finding a balance between development and conservation. Sir David Chipperfield is a British architect who established the global architectural practice David Chipperfield Architects in 1985. Rowan Moore (@RowanMoore) is Architecture Critic of The Observer. His new book, Slow Burn City, explores the unprecedented

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01:24:30

The New Politics of State, Class and Trade Union Power

Summer 2016 | Public lectures and events | Video ·

2016/05/04

Contributor(s): Frances O’Grady | With organised labour under attack and a new economy making working life tougher, are there opportunities for unions to reclaim ground? In January 2013, Frances O’Grady (@FrancesOGrady) became the General Secretary of the TUC, the first woman ever to hold this post. Fair pay remains a core ambition – she was on the Resolution Foundation's Commission on Living Standards, and has been a member of the Low Pay and the High Pay Commissions. Robin Archer is Director of

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01:23:58

Respectable: the experience of class

Summer 2016 | Public lectures and events | Video ·

2016/05/03

Contributor(s): Lynsey Hanley | We talk a lot about the role class plays in British society, but how exactly do we move from one 'class' to another - and, if we can do so, what effect does it have on us? In her new book which she will discuss this in lecture, Lynsey Hanley explains that to be 'respectable' is to be neither rough nor posh, neither rich nor especially poor. Drawing on her own experience growing up on the Birmingham estate of Chelmsley Wood - living through the Thatcher years,

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01:25:14

ISIS – a History

Summer 2016 | Public lectures and events | Video ·

2016/05/03

Contributor(s): Professor Fawaz A Gerges | The Islamic State has stunned the world with its savagery, destructiveness, and military and recruiting successes. What explains the rise of ISIS and what does it portend for the future of the Middle East? One of the world's leading authorities on political Islam and jihadism sheds new light on these questions as he provides a unique history of the rise and growth of ISIS. Fawaz A. Gerges (@FawazGerges) is professor of international relations at the London

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01:24:23

Understanding the Stagnation of Modern Economies

Summer 2016 | Public lectures and events | Video ·

2016/04/28

Contributor(s): Professor Robert Hall | The annual Phillips Lecture, jointly sponsored by the journal Economica and the Department of Economics in which Professor Hall, one of the world's leading macroeconomists will speak on the macroeconomics of persistent slumps. Robert Hall is Robert and Carole McNeill Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and Professor of Economics and Stanford University. Francesco Caselli is the Norman Sosnow Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and

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00:29:23

A Changing World - a UN in Progress

Summer 2016 | Public lectures and events | Video ·

2016/04/28

Contributor(s): Natalia Gherman | Natalia Gherman is a former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova. She is a career diplomat holding the diplomatic rank of Ambassador. In June-July 2015 she was acting Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova. In February 2016, the Moldovan government formally nominated Ms Gherman as a candidate for the position of UN Secretary-General. In March 2014, Ms. Natalia Gherman was among seven most

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01:29:20

Today We Drop Bombs, Tomorrow We Build Bridges: how...

Summer 2016 | Public lectures and events | Video ·

2016/04/27

Contributor(s): Peter Gill | In his latest book Peter Gill reveals how the ‘war on terror’ has ravaged the independence and neutrality of humanitarian aid, with serious consequences for relief operations. Focusing on Turkey, Afghanistan, Somalia and Pakistan he explains how western counter-terror laws are restricting humanitarian relief operations and costing lives. Peter Gill is a current affairs reporter working in Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Michiel Hofman is the Senior Humanitarian

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01:26:52

This House Believes We Should Leave the European Union

Summer 2016 | Public lectures and events | Video ·

2016/04/27

Contributor(s): Ben Cobley, Hugo Dixon, Professor Katrin Flikschuh, Dr Gerard Lyons | On June 23, voters in the will make a decision regarding their willingness to share or pool some of the UK’s sovereignty with the twenty-seven other member states of the European Union. This special event, held as part of the Forum’s 20th anniversary, will consider a motion to change the status quo. We will have two teams of speakers, one speaking for the proposition (Gerard Lyons and Ben Cobley), the other against

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01:12:23

To Brexit or not to Brexit: a taxing question

Summer 2016 | Public lectures and events | Video ·

2016/04/27

Contributor(s): Angel Gurría, Dr Thomas Sampson | In the run up to the referendum of 23 June on membership of the EU, OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria will address one of the most momentous decisions facing Britain in modern times. He will also present new OECD analysis on the economic consequences of Brexit. Angel Gurría (@A_Gurria) was appointed Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 2006 following a distinguished career in public service in

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01:27:23

The Women's Equality Party: why equality is better...

Summer 2016 | Public lectures and events | Video ·

2016/04/26

Contributor(s): Sophie Walker | Sophie Walker will talk about the her experiences as leader of the UK fastest-growing new political party, overseeing its transformation from an idea to a vibrant force for change, now boasting more than 45,000 members and supporters and 70 branches across the UK. Sophie Walker (@SophieRunning) is the leader of the Women’s Equality Party and candidate for the London Mayoral elections in May. She worked as an international news agency journalist for nearly twenty years

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01:26:27

The GV Design Sprint: how to solve big problems and...

Summer 2016 | Public lectures and events | Video ·

2016/04/26

Contributor(s): Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky | Join Google Ventures design partners Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky, who will be discussing their new book Sprint: a unique five-day process for solving tough problems, proven at more than one hundred companies. Jake Knapp (@jakek) created the Google Ventures sprint process and has run more than a hundred sprints with startups such as 23andme, Slack, Nest, and Foundation Medicine. Previously, Jake worked at Google, leading sprints for everything from Gmail

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01:27:05

Clash! How to Thrive in the Multicultural World

Summer 2016 | Public lectures and events | Video ·

2016/04/25

Contributor(s): Professor Hazel Markus, Professor Chandran Kukathas, Dr Jennifer Sheehy-Skeffington | As the world gets smaller, people with different cultural backgrounds are colliding more than ever before. Drawing on studies from across the social sciences, this approach explains not only how the independence-interdependence divide can ignite conflict and also how we can harness these culture clashes for good. Hazel Markus is Davis-Brack Professor in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University

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01:19:20

Managed Nationalism under Putin: an experiment gone...

Summer 2016 | Public lectures and events | Video ·

2016/04/25

Contributor(s): Charles Clover | In the Putin era, Russia's leadership has dealt with independent political movements both by force but also by co-opting them. When independent nationalist movements could not be put down by conventional means in the middle of the last decade, the Kremlin made a fateful decision - to lead them. Today, the consequences are clear. Charles Clover (@charles_clover) writes from Beijing for the Financial Times. He was formerly (2008-2013) the FT's Moscow bureau chief. He

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01:27:51

Against the Double Blackmail: refugees, terror and...

Summer 2016 | Public lectures and events | Video ·

2016/04/20

Contributor(s): Professor Slavoj Žižek | In this talk Professor Žižek will talk about his new book, Against the Double Blackmail: Refugees, Terror and Other Troubles with the Neighbours. From within the safety of Europe Zizek argues we face two versions of ideological blackmail - open-door solidarity with refugees and drawbridge-minded protectionism. Both prolong the problem – so, confronted with this double blackmail, we find ourselves back at the great question: what is to be done? The refugee

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01:28:32

What Works: gender equality by design

Summer 2016 | Public lectures and events | Video ·

2016/04/14

Contributor(s): Professor Iris Bohnet | Gender equality is a moral and a business imperative. But unconscious bias holds us back, and de-biasing people’s minds has proven to be difficult and expensive. Diversity training programs have had limited success, and individual effort alone often invites backlash. Behavioral design offers a new solution. By de-biasing organisations instead of individuals, we can make smart changes that have big impacts. Presenting research-based solutions, Iris Bohnet hands

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01:30:24

From Oscar Pistorius to Reality TV: the implications...

Summer 2016 | Public lectures and events | Video ·

2016/04/13

Contributor(s): Lord Dyson, Ruth Herz, Dikgang Moseneke | The Judicial Images Network Project was established in 2014 to bring together scholars and across disciplines and continents to explore issues surrounding the production, regulation and consumption of judicial images. Directed by Professors Leslie Moran and Linda Mulcahy this lecture is the final event in a series of three. The event will feature two speakers with extensive experience of the issues that arise from televised trials. The Deputy

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