Decentering Emissions: How the developing world can shape the climate change agenda

Co-hosted with the Global School of Sustainability at LSE

Wednesday 21 January 2026
6.30pm - 8pm
In-person public event (Old Theatre, Old Building)

Our collective climate future is likely to be shaped by the development choices made by the vast majority of people in the developing world. Yet, the global climate policy conversation seldom asks what it would take for the Global South to align development with low-carbon and resilient futures.

This talk will explore the intersection of climate and development. It will examine different forms of national climate politics, how they intersect with development futures, and explore whether and how development choices can internalise climate concerns.

Meet our speaker

Navroz K Dubash is a Professor of Public and International Affairs and the High Meadows Environmental Institute at Princeton University, and a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Sustainable Futures Collaborative, New Delhi, which he helped co-found. 

Discussant

Kasia Paprocki is Associate Professor of Environment in the Department of Geography and Environment at LSE. Her research is broadly concerned with political economies and ecologies of development, and the social movements that address them. Her work sheds light on the ways that development interventions and knowledge systems shape communities and landscapes.

Chair

Robert Falkner is Professor of International Relations in the Department of International Relations at LSE, and the Academic Dean of the TRIUM Global Executive MBA.

This public event is free and open to all. No ticket or pre-registration is required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis.

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Forged or fragmented? Europe in times of crisis

Thursday 22 January 2026
6.30pm - 8pm
In-person public event (Marshall Building, MAR.1.04)

Co-hosted with the European Foreign Policy Unit at LSE

Jean Monnet envisioned that the joint pursuit of practical solutions to common challenges can reinforce European integration. In recent years, the EU has confronted a poly-crisis, as overlapping threats and challenges have increasingly compounded one another. 

The event explores how today’s strategic landscape, including Russia’s war against Ukraine, hybrid campaigns, a volatile transatlantic relationship and intensifying geo-economic competition, is affecting Europe’s priorities, European politics and European integration. Will the existing threats and challenges forge a more united Europe or splinter it?

Meet our speakers

Mikaela Gavas is the Managing Director of The Center for Global Development (CDG) Europe and a Senior Policy Fellow. 

Caroline de Gruyter is a Member of the Board of Bruegel and a Europe correspondent and columnist for the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad. 

Anand Menon is Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King's College London and Director of the UK in a Changing Europe project. His areas of research interest include the policies and institutions of the European Union, European security, and British politics.

Chair

Teona Giuashvili is the DINAM Fellow in the Department of International Relations at LSE.

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"A History of Modern Syria" Book Launch

Wednesday 4 February 2026
6.00pm-7.30pm
Room: MAR.2.08

Hosted by Middle East Centre and Department of International Relations

Join the LSE Middle East Centre and the Department of International Relations for the launch of Dr Daniel Neep's latest book A History of Modern Syria published by Penguin Random House.

Meet our speaker

Daniel Neep is Non-Resident Fellow at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University, and Senior Editor at Arab Center Washington DC. 

Discussant

Charles Tripp FBA is Professor Emeritus of Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 

Chair

Jasmine Gani is Assistant Professor in International Relations Theory at LSE.

This public event is free and open to all but pre-registration is required. 

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The New Economic Diplomacy

Thursday 5 February 2026
6.30pm - 8pm
In-person public event (Marshall Building, MAR.1.04)

Change is a given in international economic relations. But recent events and decisions by major economic powers have led to a debate about the future of international economic cooperation. 

This event looks at The New Economic Diplomacy upon the publication of The New Economic Diplomacy: Decision-making and negotiation in International Economic Relations. It suggests ways in which academic research can help understand the factors shaping developments and inform the policy responses to the current disruption of established norms of international economic relations.

Meet our speakers

Alexander Bobroske is a former US political campaign operative and trade policy advisor. He has advised corporates, investors and nonprofits across sectors to navigate global trade policy risks and opportunities from US-China tensions to Brexit and evolving transatlantic relations. 

Maaike Odano-Heijmens is a Senior Research Fellow at the Clingendael Institute in The Hague, where she leads the ‘Geopolitics of Technology and Digitalisation’ programme. 

Stephen Woolcock is Senior Advisor at the LSE Trade Hub and former Associate Professor in International Relations, LSE. He is also editor of the 5th edition of The New Economic Diplomacy: Decision-making and negotiation in International Economic Relations.

Discussants

John Alty is a Visiting Professor in Practice at the LSE European Institute. 

Tomas Baert is Trade Adviser to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. 

Chair

Boram Lee is Assistant Professor in the Department of International Relations at LSE.

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The Militarisation of British Democracy: The Iraq and Afghanistan Wars and the rise of authoritarianism

Thursday 12 February 2026
6.30pm - 8pm
In-person public event (Old Theatre, Old Building)

In this book launch event, Paul Dixon will present his new book, The Militarisation of British Democracy: The Iraq and Afghanistan Wars and the Rise of Authoritarianism (Edinburgh University Press, 2025) followed by a panel discussion about the key questions.

Dixon explores how senior military leaders, not just politicians, played a decisive role in driving Britain into the Iraq and Afghan wars; arguing that the pursuit of war and the further militarisation of British democracy since 9/11 has made the nation particularly prone to military aggression. 

Meet our speaker

Professor Paul Dixon teaches at Queen Mary University of London and the University of Leicester. His publications include Performing the Northern Ireland Peace Process (2018) and editing The British Approach to Counterinsurgency: From Malaya and Northern Ireland to Iraq and Afghanistan (2012).

Discussants

Sir Simon Jenkins is a journalist and author. He writes weekly for the Guardian and elsewhere. 

Tom Stevenson is a foreign correspondent and contributing editor at the London Review of Books. He has reported from Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Turkey, Iraq, Mexico, and Ukraine, among others. 

Chair

Professor Toby Dodge is Professor of International Relations at LSE. 

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The politics of world heritage: visions, custodians, and futures of humanity

Wednesday 4 March 2026
6.30pm - 8pm
In-person and online public event (Malaysia Auditorium, Centre Building)

In this book launch, Elif Kalaycioglu, will present her new book, The Politics of World Heritage: Visions, Custodians, and Futures of Humanity, followed by a discussion and Q&A.

The book examines the permutations of a global cultural history of humanity that has emerged through decades of World Heritage politics. Within this history, Dr Kalaycioglu excavates the exclusions, hierarchies and contradictions that challenge UNESCO's mandate of fostering global peace and solidarity; and offers an internal critique of UNESCO's "nested constructions of humanity".

Meet our speakers and chair

Elif Kalaycioglu is Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama’s Department of Political Science. 

Alvina Hoffmann is a Lecturer in Diplomatic Studies at SOAS University of London. 

Sinja Graf is Assistant Professor in the Department of International Relations at LSE. 

This public event is free and open to all, but pre-registration is required.

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Online: Registration will open in early January.

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Report Launch: Strengthening the Representation of Women in Diplomacy: Lessons from the Field

Thursday 05 March 2026
6.30pm to 8.00pm
Room: MAR.1.04 and online

Hosted by LSE IDEAS and the Department of International Relations

Following the publication of the ‘Women in Diplomacy’ (WiD) inaugural report in June 2024, the WiD team has convened a series of workshops and consultations, internationally, with women diplomats and practitioners to reflect on the findings and deepen understanding of the core barriers and enablers to women’s representation in diplomacy and foreign policy.

The insights gathered from these conversations now inform the second edition of the report, which integrates lived experience with policy-relevant analysis and offers concrete, evidence-based guidance for advancing gender equality in international affairs.

This launch event will present key findings from the report and bring together practitioners, policymakers, and researchers to reflect on lessons from the field and discuss pathways for change. The event offers an opportunity to engage in an open, informed discussion on strengthening women’s representation and leadership in diplomacy.

Speakers

Karen E Smith is Professor of International Relations at LSE. Her main research interests lie in the fields of foreign policy analysis and the study of international organisations. She has recently published on feminist foreign policy, the role of women in diplomacy and foreign policy-making, the European Union’s diplomacy at the United Nations, and the role of groups in UN multilateralism.

Marta Kozielska is the co-founder and manager of the Women in Diplomacy Project . Marta also manages the LSE IDEAS Alumni Network.

This public event is free and open to all but pre-registration is required.

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