Today's Fight for Open Society

Has the post-Cold War era ended? Will the global response to Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine renew democracies’ commitment to the liberal order after years of international discord and domestic backsliding?

This panel brings together speakers who are working at the intersection of research and policy to discuss the question: what is the relationship between policy and social change?

Artificial intelligence (AI) creates opportunities to strengthen democracy and public debates but it also challenges existing democratic norms.

Mark Malloch-Brown, President of the Open Society Foundations and Minouche Shafik, Director of LSE discuss today’s fight for open society.

Professor Scott Barrett delivers this keynote lecture on climate change diplomacy.

Capitalism’s voracious appetite is devouring democracy, care, and the planet.

Panellists discuss the forces reshaping finance in South East Europe and the lessons learned from the policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This event discusses the new book on Great Powers, Climate Change and Global Environmental Responsibilities.

David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Masters crunch the data on the COVID-19 pandemic, exposing the leading misconceptions about the virus and the vaccine, and answering our essential questions.

Winnie Byanyima, the feminist activist who leads UNAIDS and who chairs the People’s Vaccine Alliance for COVID-19, highlights lessons rooted in ongoing experience from the AIDS response and the commonalities between the two pandemics