Public Events
CEP's events and seminars are a mix of online and hybrid (online and in-person) meetings. We recommend signing up to relevant mailing lists and checking our website listings and Twitter feed @CEP_LSE for updates.
Monday 02 February 2026 18:30 - 20:00
CEP Public Events
Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures
Why immigration policy is hard
Join us for the 2025 Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures which this year will be delivered by Alan Manning. This lecture is one of three based on the newly published book, Why Immigration Policy Is Hard. In this first le...Read more...
This event is both online and in person
Old Theatre, Ground Floor, Old Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
Wednesday 04 February 2026 - Friday 06 February 2026
CEP Public Events
Reimagining policing: designing a blueprint for the digital future
Three days of rigorous, creative, and practical thinking about the future of policing....Read more...
Various speakers
Venue to be Confirmed
Thursday 05 February 2026 15:00 - 20:00
CEP Public Events
Co-hosted with the Metropolitan Police
Policing research in London, 2026
Showcasing research on policing and crime in and around London....Read more...
Various speakers
SAL 2.04, 2nd Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH
Monday 09 February 2026 18:30 - 20:00
CEP Public Events
Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures
A picture of migration
In this second lecture Professor Manning examines the foundations of immigration policy and their implications....Read more...
Alan Manning (CEP, LSE)
This event is both online and in person
Old Theatre, Ground Floor, Old Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
Friday 13 February 2026 09:15 - 15:20
CEP Public Events
Co-hosted with the Productive and Inclusive Net Zero Research Project (PRINZ) and the Programme for Innovation and Diffusion (POID)
Productive and Inclusive Net Zero (PRINZ) Workshop
Academics and policy stakeholders discuss the findings and policy implications of research conducted as part of the ESRC-funded PRINZ programme....Read more...
Various speakers
SAL 1.04, 1st Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH
Monday 16 February 2026 18:30 - 20:00
CEP Public Events
Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures
Immigration policy: challenges and options
In this third and final lecture Alan Manning offers solutions to the challenges facing immigration policy, and how to navigate among the often-competing claims of the economy, culture, justice, and democracy....Read more...
Alan Manning (CEP, LSE)
This event is both online and in person
CBG, Centre Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
Tuesday 24 February 2026 18:30 - 20:00
CEP Public Events
Co-hosted with the LSE Department of Economics and Centre for Macroeconomics
Creative destruction, AI, and the European recovery
Join us for this special event with LSE's Philippe Aghion, joint recipient of the 2025 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences....Read more...
Philippe Aghion (Collège de France; INSEAD and LSE)
This event is both online and in person
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE, 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3LJ
Wednesday 25 February 2026 18:00 - 19:30
CEP Public Events
CEP and the Hub for Equal Representation in the Economy
Women in economics: academic perspectives and career opportunities
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Oriana Bandiera (LSE), Anna Valero (CEP), Anna Leach (Institute of Directors)
CBG, Centre Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
Monday 18 May 2026 - Tuesday 19 May 2026
CEP Public Events
CEP annual conference 2026
The annual conference for CEP members....Read more...
Various speakers
Venue to be Confirmed
Thursday 28 May 2026 - Friday 29 May 2026
CEP Public Events
Hosted with the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics at the University of Chicago
Conference on the economics of crime and justice 2026
A two day conference discussing recent work on the economics of crime and the criminal justice system....Read more...
Various speakers
SAL 1.04, 1st Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH
Monday 08 December 2025 18:30 - 20:00
CEP Public Events
Co-hosted with the Royal Economic Society’s UK Women in Economics Network
Women in economics: progress, challenges and perspectives
Explore the gender disparities in economic careers and what they mean for economics and society....Read more...
Stephen Machin (CEP, LSE), Clare Lombardelli (Bank of England), Almudena Sevilla (CEP and LSE), Janet Henry (HSBC)
This event is both online and in person
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE, 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3LJ
Friday 28 November 2025 09:00 - 16:30
CEP Public Events
Co-hosted with ADR UK
Understanding Labour Markets through administrative data (CEP-ADR UK Workshop)
Using administrative data to understand the role of skills, firms and places in determining labour market outcomes of young people....Read more...
Various speakers
SAL 1.04, 1st Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH
Friday 07 November 2025 - Saturday 08 November 2025
CEP Public Events
Co-hosted with the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
Seventeenth Annual Conference on Urban and Regional Economics (CURE)
An annual conference that brings together researchers working at the frontier on topics in urban and regional economics from around the world....Read more...
Various speakers
SAL 1.04, 1st Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH
Tuesday 04 November 2025 12:30 - 13:30
CEP Public Events
Wellbeing in the police service: evidence, experience, and action.
Exploring mental health and wellbeing in policing through a collaborative discussion....Read more...
Tom Kirchmaier (CEP, LSE), Christian Krekel (CEP, LSE), Ben Linton (Former Chief Inspector, Metropolitan Police), Kirsty Mead (Executive Coach and former Detective Superintendent, Met Police)
ONLINE
Monday 22 September 2025 09:30 - 17:30
CEP Public Events
CEP-LSE-Warwick Junior trade workshop 2025
Bringing PhD students in the field of international economics together for a day of job market paper presentations and discussions....Read more...
Various speakers
MAR 2.09, 2nd floor, The Marshall Building, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LY
Wednesday 25 June 2025 18:30 - 20:00
CEP Public Events
Skills in the age of AI
How can we shape engaging work environments that foster productivity and enable workers to flourish?...Read more...
Chris Pissarides (CEP, LSE), Mary O'Mahony (King's College London and the Productivity Institute)
This event is both online and in person
Old Theatre, Ground Floor, Old Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
Friday 20 June 2025 13:30 - 14:30
CEP Public Events
Hosted with the LSE Festival 2025
Putting wellbeing and mental health at the heart of progress
The panel explore how we can identify cost-effective policies to improve societal wellbeing — and why it will be key to shaping the future of the UK and beyond...Read more...
Martin Knapp (LSE), Richard Layard (CEP, LSE), Laura Taylor (Oxford University)
This event is both online and in person
MAR 1.08, 1st floor, The Marshall Building, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LY
Thursday 29 May 2025 - Friday 30 May 2025
CEP Public Events
CEP education conference 2025
Discussing the economics of education and skills by exploring student choice, tracking, and inequality....Read more...
Various speakers
SAL 1.04, 1st Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH
Monday 19 May 2025 - Tuesday 20 May 2025
CEP Public Events
CEP annual conference, 2025
The annual conference for CEP members....Read more...
Various speakers
Off Campus
Wednesday 19 February 2025 18:00 - 19:30
CEP Public Events
Women Economists: Shaping Policies, Shaping Lives
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Camille Terrier (Queen Mary University of London), Swati Dhingra (CEP, LSE), Anna Raute (Queen Mary University of London)
MAR 2.06, 2nd floor, The Marshall Building, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LY
Wednesday 15 January 2025 14:30 - 18:00
CEP Public Events
Co-hosted with the Metropolitan Police
Policing research in London, 2025
Showcasing research on policing and crime in and around London....Read more...
Tom Kirchmaier (CEP, LSE)
SAL 1.04, 1st Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH
Monday 18 November 2024 18:30 - 20:00
CEP Public Events
Hosted with LSE public events
Daniel Kahneman: a legacy
Discussing and reflecting on the research and legacy of Daniel Kahneman....Read more...
Paul Dolan (LSE), Gillian Tett (University of Cambridge)
This event is both online and in person
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE, 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3LJ
Monday 23 September 2024 - Thursday 26 September 2024
CEP Public Events
Hosted with LSE Department of Economics, Sticerd Economics of Environment and Energy Programme, International Growth Centre and POID.
LSE Environment Week 2024
A week of events encouraging economists to work on environmental issues and to connect research to policy change....Read more...
Various speakers
SAL 1.04, 1st Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH
Friday 06 September 2024
CEP Public Events
Co-hosted with Warwick University
CEP/LSE-Warwick Junior Trade Workshop
Bringing together PhD students in the field of International Economics for a day of job market paper presentations and discussions....Read more...
Various speakers
SAL 1.04, 1st Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH
Tuesday 03 September 2024 13:00 - 14:00
CEP Public Events
Hosted with the Institute for Government
How can public spending do better at improving wellbeing?
How could the government's approach to public spending and policy making consider wellbeing?...Read more...
Richard Layard (CEP, LSE), Gus O'Donnell (former Cabinet Secretary), Amanda Rowlatt (former chief economist at the Department for Transport, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, and Department for Work and Pensions)
This event is both online and in person
Off Campus
Thursday 20 June 2024 - Friday 21 June 2024
CEP Public Events
Hosted with CEPR
Annual symposium in labour economics, 2024
Bringing together leading economists working in all areas of labour economics....Read more...
Various speakers
SAL 1.04, 1st Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH
Friday 14 June 2024 13:00 - 14:00
CEP Public Events
Co-hosted with the LSE Festival: Power and Politics
Better work: whose business is it?
Discussing what policies the government should introduce - or scrap – to bring about a better balance of power in our working lives....Read more...
Stephen Machin (CEP, LSE), Alan Manning (CEP, LSE), Sarah O'Connor (Financial Times), Kate Bell (Trades Union Congress)
This event is both online and in person
Wolfson Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE, 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3LJ
Thursday 13 June 2024 13:00 - 14:00
CEP Public Events
Co-hosted with POID
How much does management matter in an era of disruption?
How much does management matter in an era of disruption?...Read more...
Tera Allas (McKinsey & Company), Daniela Scur (Cornell University)
This event is both online and in person
CBG, Centre Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
Monday 10 June 2024 17:00 - 18:00
CEP Public Events
Co-hosted with the LSE Festival 2024: Power and politics
Economics and wellbeing: Inflation, public debt and commercial wars
What are the prospects for inflation? Is the level of public debt now dangerous? And will commercial wars between nations blight our future?...Read more...
Olivier Blanchard (International Monetary Fund)
This event is both online and in person
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE, 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3LJ
Monday 10 June 2024 10:00 - 19:00
CEP Public Events
Co-hosted with the LSE Festival 2024: Power and politics
Wellbeing symposium 2024
Discussing the impact of government spending on both national income and wellbeing...Read more...
Various speakers
Wolfson Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE, 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3LJ
Thursday 06 June 2024 17:30 - 19:00
CEP Public Events
Co-hosted with the LSE Department of Social Policy
Global innovations transforming education
Discussing innovative strategies and policies driving educational advancements globally....Read more...
Amy Ellis-Thompson (Education Endowment Foundation), Lucy Heller (ARK Schools), David Cervera (Madrid Regional Ministry of Education), Luz Rello (IE University and Change Dyslexia)
SAL 1.04, 1st Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH
Thursday 06 June 2024 09:00 - 19:00
CEP Public Events
Co-hosted with the LSE Department of Social Policy
The economics of teaching: from traditional to transformational
Leading researchers and stakeholders discuss the practical application of artificial intelligence and technology to find collaborative strategies for bridging the gap in educational quality and access....Read more...
Various speakers
OLD 5.25, Graham Wallas Room, Old Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
Friday 31 May 2024 - Saturday 01 June 2024
CEP Public Events
Hosted with the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics at the University of Chicago
Conference on the economics of crime and justice, 2024
A two day conference discussing recent work on the economics of crime and the criminal justice system....Read more...
Various speakers
SAL 1.04, 1st Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH