The Commonwealth at 65 – from London to Valletta

Contributor(s): Professor Danny Quah, Professor Mick Cox | One of the aims of LSE Summer School is to bring the LSE experience to all those attending its many courses between July and August. Five years ago we launched our first full programme of Lectures. These have been an immense success. All lectures are exclusively for LSE Summer School students, and are given by top flight speakers talking on the big issues of the day. The events begin at 5.30pm and take place in the Old Theatre, located in the Old Building on Houghton Street. Lectures will be followed by a reception where students will be able to speak to the lecturers. Credits: Tom Sturdy (Audio Post-Production), LSE AV Services (Audio Recording).

Contributor(s): Professor Andrew Gamble | One of the aims of LSE Summer School is to bring the LSE experience to all those attending its many courses between July and August. Five years ago we launched our first full programme of Lectures. These have been an immense success. All lectures are exclusively for LSE Summer School students, and are given by top flight speakers talking on the big issues of the day. The events begin at 5.30pm and take place in the Old Theatre, located in the Old Building on Houghton Street. Lectures will be followed by a reception where students will be able to speak to the lecturers. Credits: Tom Sturdy (Audio Post-Production), LSE AV Services (Audio Recording).

Contributor(s): Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu | To many, Africa is the new frontier. As the West lies battered by financial crises, Africa is seen as offering limitless opportunities for wealth creation in the march of globalisation. In his new book, Emerging Africa: How the Global Economy’s “Last Frontier” Can Prosper and Matter, Kingsley Moghalu, in considering the questions of what Africa means to today’s Africans and whether Africa is truly on the rise, challenges conventional wisdoms about Africa's quest for growth. Drawing on philosophy, economics and strategy, he ranges from capitalism to technological innovation, finance to foreign investment, and from human capital to world trade to offer a new vision of transformation. Ultimately he demonstrates how Africa's progress in the twenty-first century will require nothing short of the reinvention of the African mindset. Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu is deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. One of Africa’s leading economic thinkers and policymakers, he worked for the United Nations for 17 years in New York, Cambodia, Croatia, Tanzania, and Switzerland, and was the founder and CEO of Sogato Strategies SA, a global risk and strategy advisory firm in Geneva, Switzerland. Kingsley Moghalu was educated at LSE where he earned his doctorate, Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and the Faculty of Law of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He is the author of two other books, Global Justice and Rwanda’s Genocide. Catherine Boone is professor of comparative politics and African political economy at LSE.

Contributor(s): Dr Joseph Muscat | In his speech Dr Muscat will consider the future of the Commonwealth, and how to ensure it is an effective, prosperous and relevant organisation which meets the needs of its citizens. Hugo Swire (@HugoSwire), minister of state at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office will introduce the lecture. Joseph Muscat (@JosephMuscat_JM) is prime minister of Malta. He was born on 22 January 1974. He successfully contested the first European Parliament elections in Malta in June 2004. In June 2008 he was elected as the leader of the Labour Party. Dr Muscat took office as prime minister of Malta on 11 March 2013. George Gaskell is pro-director (Resources and Planning) of LSE. Credits: Tom Sturdy (Audio Post-Production), LSE AV Services (Audio Recording)

Contributor(s): Dr Robert Falkner | One of the aims of LSE Summer School is to bring the LSE experience to all those attending its many courses between July and August. Five years ago we launched our first full programme of Lectures. These have been an immense success. All lectures are exclusively for LSE Summer School students, and are given by top flight speakers talking on the big issues of the day. The events begin at 5.30pm and take place in the Old Theatre, located in the Old Building on Houghton Street. Lectures will be followed by a reception where students will be able to speak to the lecturers. Credits: Tom Sturdy (Audio Post-Production).

Contributor(s): Professor David M Clark, Professor Lord Layard, Andrew Marr | This event marks the launch of David Clark and Richard Layard’s new book, Thrive, which argues that mental health problems are pervasive. They have massive social impacts and huge economic costs. They can be effectively treated by evidence-based psychological therapies, but these are not widely available. They should be. David M. Clark is professor of experimental psychology at the University of Oxford and a leading clinical psychologist. His work particularly focuses on understanding and treating anxiety disorders. Richard Layard is emeritus professor of economics at LSE and was founder-director of its Centre for Economic Performance. He is the author of the best-seller Happiness and a member of the House of Lords. Andrew Marr (@MarrShow) is a journalist, broadcaster and author. He hosts the BBC1 programme The Andrew Marr Show and BBC Radio 4’s Start the Week. Credits: Tom Sturdy (Audio Post-Production), LSE AV Services (Audio Recording).

Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty | One of the aims of LSE Summer School is to bring the LSE experience to all those attending its many courses between July and August. Five years ago we launched our first full programme of Lectures. These have been an immense success. All lectures are exclusively for LSE Summer School students, and are given by top flight speakers talking on the big issues of the day. The events begin at 5.30pm and take place in the Old Theatre, located in the Old Building on Houghton Street. Lectures will be followed by a reception where students will be able to speak to the lecturers.

Contributor(s): Stefan Ingves, Dr Jon Danielsson | Stefan Ingves is in charge of designing Basel III, the new financial regulations that will help protect the financial system from excesses whilst supporting its mission of promoting economic growth. He will address the question of whether Basel III lives up to its expectations and the main obstacles to its implementation. Stefan Ingves is Governor of the Riksbank and Chairman of the Executive Board. He is Chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. He also chairs the Advisory Technical Committee of the European Systemic Risk Board. He is a member of the ECB General Council, of the Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements and Governor in the International Monetary Fund. He has previously been Director of the Monetary and Financial Systems Department at the IMF, Deputy Governor of the Riksbank and General Director of the Swedish Bank Support Authority. Credits: Tom Sturdy (Audio Post-Production).

Contributor(s): Dr Eva Aldea | What is the difference between migrants and nomads? Eva Aldea will assess whether Deleuze’s concept of the nomad is useful for navigating current responses to the European project. Eva Aldea is a lecturer in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London. Credits: Tom Sturdy (Audio Post-Production).

Contributor(s): Professor Craig Calhoun, Professor Chris Alden, Professor Thandika Mkandawire | An audio recording of the proceedings of the LSE Cape Town Conference 2014 Africa in the World, The World in Africa: Making regional integration and South-South relations work for growth and equality with Professor Craig Calhoun, Professor Chris Alden and Professor Thandika Mkandawire.Credits: Tom Sturdy (Audio Post-Production).