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How can I attend the LSE Festival? 

All Festival events are free and open to all, but registration for most of the events is required. 

To watch the main events programme online, you will only need to register once and then choose which events you would like to watch. For the Festival Skills sessions, you will need to register individually for each webinar. 

To attend events in-person, you will need to register for each event individually. 

No booking is required for Festival exhibitions, but please note the opening hours on the event pages.

For the Family day, on the booking form please specify which events you plan to attend - most have timed slots to choose from between 10am and 1pm. 

For our student research conference, Knowledge beyond boundariesyou register for the full day either online or in person, and drop in to the sessions you want to attend.

For any queries, please email events@lse.ac.uk

Register to watch online

LSE Festival Online Events

Register once, then come back to watch events live or catch up with ones you have missed. 

LSE Festival Skills

 Register to attend in-person

Monday 16 June

Monday 16 June

1-2pm, A society free from poverty: how do we get there and what would it look like? 

Speakers: Abby Jitendra, Dr Abigail McKnight, Dr Thomas C. Stephens

5-6pm, “The London Consensus”: economic principles for the 21st century

Speakers: Professor Oriana Bandiera, Professor Margaret Levi, Professor Dani Rodrik

6.30-7.30pm, Alternatives to capitalism

Speakers: Grace Blakeley, Dr Abby Innes, Ryan Shorthouse

Tuesday 17 June

Tuesday 17 June

1-2pm, Data for development

Speakers: Natalia Domagala Mulele Maketo Mulele, Claire Melamed                         

6-8pm, Inglorious revolutions or glorious compromises

Speakers: Professor Paul Kelly, Dr Angus Wrenn 

6.30-7.30pm, Tech and the future of the world economy

Speakers: Stan Boland, Dr Robyn Klingler-Vidra, Kanishka Narayan

Wednesday 18 June 

Wednesday 18 June

1-2pm, Green, just, and healthy: what do young Londoners want for the future of their neighbourhoods?

Speakers: Mete Coban, Rowena Champion, Maanya Jones

5.30-6.30pm, Visions for the future with Daron Acemoglu

Speakers: Professor Daron Acemoglu

FULLY BOOKED - Returns queue in operation

6-8pm, Lessons on revolution 

Speakers: Lisa McQuillan, Sam Rees, Gabriele Uboldi, Dr Wendy Willems

7-8pm, Breaking the Jeff Bezos model of new technology

Speakers: Dr Hilary Cottam, Dr Faiza Shaheen, Professor Jack Stilgoe

Thursday 19 June

Thursday 19 June

12-1pm, Visions for the future with Anthony Scaramucci

Speakers: Anthony Scaramucci

                                                                                                            

1.30-2.30pm, Are universities still relevant? 

Speakers: Professor Aaron Reeves, Dr Boris Walbaum, Lord Willetts

5-6pm, Who owns the future? 

Speakers: Professor Ruha Benjamin

6-8pm, Watch, act, vote: legislative theatre for health and climate justice

Speakers: Dr Miqdad Asaria, Katy Rubin, Samra Said

6.30-7.30pm, Reimagining the way we work

Speakers: Professor Nava Ashraf, Dr Daniel Susskind

 

Friday 20 June

Friday 20 June

12-1pm, Visions for the future with Lila Ibrahim

Speakers: Lila Ibrahim

12-2pm, Game-playing with AI agents (workshop)

1.30-2.30pm, Putting wellbeing and mental health at the heart of progress

Speakers: Professor Martin Knapp, Dr Laura Taylor

6-7pm, The future of US-China relations

Speakers: Professor G. John Ikenberry, Professor Rana Mitter, Professor Nathalie Tocci

6-8pm, Copa 71 | LSE Festival film screening

Speakers: Rachel Ramsay

Saturday 21 June

Saturday 21 June

2-3pm, Empowerment, safety and equity: children's visions of rights-respecting digital futures

2-3pm, What's cooking? The future of food on the African continent

Speakers: Adejoké Bakare, Dipo Faloyin, Dr Edwini Kwame Kessie, Professor David Luke

 3.30-4.30pm, Reckoning with the past: truth-telling and the British Empire

Speakers: Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Lidia Thorpe, Dr Imaobong Umoren, Kofi Mawuli Klu

3.30-4.30pm, The future of truth

Speakers: Professor Jason McKenzie Alexander, Professor Charlie Beckett, Hardeep Matharu, Abi Whistance

5-6pm, Big data for public good

Speakers: Dr Sara Geneletti, Dr Laura Gilbert, Professor Helen Margetts

5-6pm, The golden road

Speakers: William Dalrymple

6.30-7.30pm, Positive futures

Speakers: Roger Highfield, Suhair Khan, Isabel Losada, Professor Michael Muthukrishna

Family day

In order to register your family for events, indicating which events you wish to attend. You can book for up to 2 adults and 3 children per booking.

Please note, children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. 

Browse the Family Day programme.

 

Knowledge beyond boundaries: LSE's interdisciplinary student research conference

Register to attend in-person or online

 

Register here

Knowledge beyond boundaries

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