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00:28:31

New Trends of Women's Activism after the Arab...

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2014/11/06

Contributor(s): Dr Aitemad Muhanna-Matar | Dr Aitemad Muhanna-Matar presents the findings of field research conducted in five countries (Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Yemen and the occupied Palestinian territory) in 2013. The research focuses on the emergence of young female leaders who have shaped a new form of women’s activism that merges Islamism with feminism. The research reflects on the form of women's leadership that developed during and after the Arab Uprisings and how it could contribute to

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01:23:27

Structural Opportunities in the US Economy

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2014/11/05

Contributor(s): Jason Furman | Jason Furman's talk will focus on the three major structural opportunities that he sees in the US economy: the slowdown in health costs; the boom in energy; and recent developments in technology. These issues have the potential to change long-term economic trends and structures. He will discuss the prospects they hold for the economy, the challenges they present, and the role of public policy in fostering them. Jason Furman (@CEAChair) is the Chairman of the Council of

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01:02:08

Shared Responsibility: the importance of...

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2014/11/05

Contributor(s): Alejandro Mayorkas | The Deputy Secretary of US Department of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas, will deliver remarks on the close partnership between the United Kingdom and the United States on a variety of Homeland Security issues, including counterterrorism, aviation security, cybersecurity, travel and trade, and countering violent extremism. Alejandro Mayorkas was sworn in as Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security on December 23, 2013. Since 2009, following his nomination by

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01:32:18

Food Policy: ethics for your kitchen and beyond

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2014/11/04

Contributor(s): Professor Luc Bovens, Elena Rivilla Lutterkort, Duncan Williamson | You love it, you need it. But food production and consumption are changing fast. What are the ethics and policy issues on your dinner plate today? What does it mean to be healthy or sustainable? Do we need new food policies, and if so, which ones? Luc Bovens (@LucBovens) is Professor of Philosophy at LSE. Elena Rivilla Lutterkort is Sustainability Officer at LSE. Duncan Williamson (@DuncWilliamson) is Food Policy

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01:25:50

High-Risk Activism and Popular Struggle against the...

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2014/11/04

Contributor(s): Professor Joel Beinin | Since 2002, local Palestinian popular committees have led a grass roots struggle against the separation barrier Israel has constructed, mostly on Palestinian land inside the West Bank. Israelis and internationals have joined this social movement. Using Doug McAdam’s conception of “high-risk activism” (derived from his study of the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project of 1964) Professor Joel Beinin will explore the history of the struggle and the motivations of

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01:30:03

Afghanistan: the transition

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2014/10/30

Contributor(s): Renzo Frike, Dr Stuart Gordon, Emma Graham-Harrison | This panel of experts reflect back on more than a decade of international aid and investment and discuss what is next for Afghanistan. Renzo Frike is responsible for Médecins Sans Frontières’ humanitarian operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Stuart Gordon is Assistant Professor in Managing Humanitarianism at LSE. Emma Graham-Harrison (@_EmmaGH) is International Affairs Correspondent at the Observer. This event is associated

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01:29:16

The Real Story Behind the Invisible Hand

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2014/10/30

Contributor(s): Russell Roberts | Adam Smith gave the world the metaphor of the invisible hand, the most famous metaphor of economics. But he only used the phrase three times in his writings. And none of the uses reflect what the phrase has come to mean today--a justification of laissez-faire capitalism. Yet Smith is indeed a key figure in the idea of emergent order--order that is the result of human action but not human design. Ironically, his richest explanation of that concept may be found in his

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00:39:56

Why entrepreneurs care about customers and what can...

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2014/10/29

Contributor(s): Anthony Thomson | Why build a customer centric bank? Indeed, having built one in which over 90% of the customers are satisfied or very satisfied, why build another one? Anthony Thomson shares his views on why the best banks, and businesses, are built by entrepreneurs who are passionate about their customers. He shares insights from business and from academia and reflects on what can be learned from this by Chinese bankers.

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01:26:43

Rethinking a new development agenda for Latin America

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2014/10/29

Contributor(s): Enrique Garcia | Enrique Garcia has been the Executive President of CAF since December 1991. He was Bolivia's Minister of Planning and Coordination and Head of the Economic and Social Cabinet between 1989 and 1991. In addition, he acted as Bolivia's Governor at the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the River Plate Basin Development Fund. He is the Chair of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Latin America, Vice President of Canning House, Vice Chair

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01:26:41

Nominal Democracy? Prospects for Democratic Global...

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2014/10/28

Contributor(s): Professor Robert O Keohane | Democratic global governance is a worthy ideal, but it is a naïve pursuit which risks purely nominal democracy. Robert O Keohane is Professor of International Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University. Christopher R Hughes is Professor of International Relations and Head of Department at LSE. The International Relations Department at LSE (@LSEIRDept) is now in its 87th year, making it one of the oldest as well as largest in the world

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01:33:07

25 Years After the End of the Cold War: Its Legacy in...

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2014/10/27

Contributor(s): Professor Beatrice Heuser, Dr Andrew Monaghan, Professor Vladislav Zubok | Twenty-five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War, how do these events shape the world today? What are the legacies of the Cold War? And are we truly in the midst of a new Cold War? This event will mark the launch of the special issue of Cold War History, entitled 'The Cold War in Retrospect - 25 years after its end', edited by Professor Beatrice Heuser. Credits: Tom Sturdy

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01:02:16

The View in to the Future: Serbia and the Western...

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2014/10/27

Contributor(s): Aleksandar Vučić | Aleksandar Vučić has been Prime Minister of Serbia since 27 April 2014. He is the Leader of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and has previously served as Minister of Information and Minister of Defence. James Ker-Lindsay is Senior Research Fellow on the Politics of South East Europe at LSEE Research on South-East Europe, European Institute, LSE. LSEE (@LSEE_LSE) is a research unit established within LSE's European Institute with the aim of developing the

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01:26:37

Making Markets Fair and Effective

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2014/10/27

Contributor(s): Dr Minouche Shafik | The wholesale financial markets are some of the largest in the world, and matter to all of us. But public confidence in these markets has been rocked by a series of misconduct scandals in recent years, such as those affecting LIBOR. How far have the underlying causes of this misconduct been identified and tackled? And what is left to be done? Minouche Shafik, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, will discuss how the Fair and Effective Markets Review –

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01:28:20

Religion and the Environment

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2014/10/24

Contributor(s): Bruno Latour, Rowan Williams | Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Williams of Oystermouth and the renowned sociologist Professor Bruno Latour will discuss the role of religion in society within the context of escalating environmental crisis.

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01:23:36

A Matter of Life and Death for the Country: the...

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2014/10/23

Contributor(s): Professor James Goode | This became one of the Shah’s most successful foreign initiatives. He entered at the request of Sultan Qabus to help quell a Marxist rebellion in Dhufar province. Acting for reasons wholly related to Iran’s regional security, he angered most of his Arab neighbours. His troops tipped the balance, helping to speed the end of the insurrection, for which Iran earned the lasting gratitude of the sultan. The annual LSE Gulf History Lecture was hosted by the LSE

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01:30:51

The Social Life of Money

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2014/10/23

Contributor(s): Professor Nigel Dodd, Professor Keith Hart | Questions about the nature of money have gained a new urgency in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. Even as many people have less of it, there are more forms and systems of money, from local currencies and social lending to mobile money and Bitcoin. Yet our understanding of what money is—and what it might be—hasn’t kept pace. In The Social Life of Money, Nigel Dodd, one of today’s leading sociologists of money, reformulates the

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00:53:08

Global News Media: the next horizon

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2014/10/23

Contributor(s): Andrew Miller | Andrew Miller will address the challenges facing the news-media amid continued technological upheaval, changing consumption habits and the emergence of new competitors. Andrew Miller (@AndrewMiller100) is CEO of the Guardian Media Group. Charlie Beckett (@CharlieBeckett) is the Director of Polis at LSE and has 20 years' experience of international journalism at the BBC and ITN's Channel 4 News. He is the author of SuperMedia: saving journalism so it can save the world

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01:30:07

Art and Activism: reflections on the anti-apartheid...

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2014/10/23

Contributor(s): Hugh Masekela | Hugh Masekela has long spoken out about South Africa’s struggle for civil rights. His talk will be about arts & activism, reflecting on the role that he and other artists, particularly those in exile, played in the anti-apartheid movement. Hugh Masekela is a world-renowned flugelhornist, trumpeter, bandleader, composer, singer and defiant political voice. With a career that spans over 5 decades, Masekela remains a driving cultural force at home and abroad, as well as

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00:37:35

Diane Abbott on London: A Tale of Two Cities

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2014/10/22

Contributor(s): Diane Abbott MP | The lecture will focus on the challenges facing London as a city and policy ideas to address these, chiefly the growing nature of inequality in London, the city’s growing population, the escalating housing crisis, the impact of welfare reform, and the effects of the health and social care act on public health. Additionally, the talk will seek to address the issue of powers available to City Hall in the light of the devolution question. Diane Abbott is a British

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01:16:01

A Changing World and China

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2014/10/22

Contributor(s): Ambassador Wu Jian Min | The rise of China has been one of the most important developments in global affairs. Despite China’s growing interactions with the rest of the world, the country’s foreign policy is largely dictated by domestic politics and further economic reform. Distinguished Chinese diplomat Wu Jian Min will explore China’s international strategy and what this means for the country’s relations with the rest of the world. Ambassador Wu Jian Min is the former Chinese

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