Events Calendar

March

Inequalities in Applications and Offers to Graduate Recruitment Programmes

Thursday 27 March 2025, 1.00pm-2:30pm, Department meeting room - OLD 2.21 and Online

International Social and Public Policy seminar hosted by the Department of Social Policy

Presenter: Professor Lindsey Macmillan (UCL).
Chair: Dr Shuang Chen (LSE).

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Annual LSE Behavioural Public Policy Lecture- Normative Rationality After Behavioural Economics: What is Left?

Thursday 27 March 2025, 6.15pm-7:45pm, MAR 2.04, The Marshall Building

Hosted by the Department of Social Policy

Speaker: Professor Mario J. Rizzo (NYU).
Chair: Professor Adam Oliver (LSE).

Professor Mario J. Rizzo will give this year’s Annual LSE BPP lecture, offering an alternative to the orthodox economics notion of rationality.

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April

Workshop: The Economics of Education: EdTech and Gender

Thursday 3 April 2025, 11.00am-6.00pm, Graham Wallas Room, 5th Floor, OLD Building

Hosted by the Women in Social and Public Policy Research Hub (WISPPRH)

This workshop offers a dynamic space to explore the latest research on the economics of education, with a focus on how EdTech can drive innovation and help close gender gaps in learning. Bringing together leading academics and key stakeholders, the sessions will highlight evidence-based strategies, from personalized technology-driven interventions to financial incentives and literacy programs designed to empower students.

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The enduring effect of higher education on attitudes towards immigrants across generations and within the family

Thursday 3 April 2025, 1.00pm-2:30pm, Department meeting room - OLD 2.21 and Online

International Social and Public Policy seminar hosted by the Department of Social Policy

Presenter: Dr Victoria Donnaloja (University of Essex).
Chair: Dr Shuang Chen (LSE).

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Environmental Politics and Governance (EPG) Online Seminar Series

Thursday 3 April, 4:30pm-5:30pm, OLD 2.21

Green industrial policy in the voting booth: The electoral effects of the Inflation Reduction Act  
Aidan Miao (University College London)
Politics of the energy transition: a case study of electric vehicles policy from South Asia  
Anum Mustafa (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)  

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