Building on the important conversations and research being undertaken as part of LSE's COVID-19 response, the Shaping the Post-COVID World initiative convenes a debate about the direction the world could and should be taking after this crisis and what policies national and global actors should pursue.

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Are jobs getting better?
2/3/2026
30:14
What does the future of work really look like?
LSE: The Ballpark | US-China relations in an era of illiberalism with Dr Scott Kennedy
2/2/2026
35:19
To talk about the current state of US-China relations, in October 2025 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Scott Kennedy, Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
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Our Dollar, your problem
1/29/2026
1:10:07
Join us for this public lecture where Kenneth Rogoff will discuss his recently released book Our Dollar, Your Problem: An insider's view of seven turbulent decades of global finance and the road ahead.
Power and profit: stresses and futures of market economies
1/28/2026
1:34:22
The famous epithet that “the old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters”, is most often attributed to the Marxist thinker and revolutionary Antonio Gramsci.
Abundant clean energy for all: the technological opportunity
1/27/2026
1:23:57
For the past two centuries, growth in energy supply has been fundamental to human progress and economic development. But fossil fuel dependence is driving climate change at an unprecedented scale. Can emerging technologies for producing and using electricity help deliver a sustainable future?
Are revolutions justified?
1/26/2026
1:29:29
Ralph Miliband has written poignantly on the limits of parliamentary democracy. But are revolutions justified?
Are jobs getting better?
1/25/2026
30:14
What does the future of work really look like?
The measure of progress: counting what really matters
1/22/2026
1:08:03
Professor Coyle argues that the way we measure the economy—developed in the 1940s—no longer fits today’s realities. The outdated framework underpinning economic statistics distorts how policymakers understand and respond to the digital economy.
How oil rents fuel populist foreign policy
1/21/2026
1:22:31
In his inaugural lecture (based on his research with Ferdinand Eibl) Steffen Hertog argues that populist leaders in all but the largest countries can afford radical policies only if they enjoy autonomy from international economic constraints
Women, nature, and 2030: a transformational global climate solution
1/20/2026
1:26:33
Climate change is not gender-neutral — not in its impact on women and girls, nor in the solutions women are leading. This lecture will share new research revealing how women’s leadership is providing new pathways to address the climate crisis.

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