All past Public Events

Monday 23 September 2024 - Thursday 26 September 2024

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...

Friday 06 September 2024

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...

Tuesday 03 September 2024 13:00 - 14:00

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...

Thursday 20 June 2024 - Friday 21 June 2024

Hosted with CEPR

Annual symposium in labour economics, 2024

Bringing together leading economists working in all areas of labour economics....Read more...

Friday 14 June 2024 13:00 - 14:00

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...

Thursday 13 June 2024 13:00 - 14:00

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...

Monday 10 June 2024 17:00 - 18:00

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...

Monday 10 June 2024 10:00 - 19:00

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...

Thursday 06 June 2024 17:30 - 19:00

Co-hosted with the LSE Department of Social Policy

Global innovations transforming education

Discussing innovative strategies and policies driving educational advancements globally....Read more...

Thursday 06 June 2024 09:00 - 19:00

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...

Friday 31 May 2024 - Saturday 01 June 2024

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...

Wednesday 29 May 2024 18:30 - 20:00

Old problems, new (behavioral economics) solutions

Using behavioural science to examine the causes of violence and presenting a novel approach for solving the problem....Read more...

Wednesday 29 May 2024 - Thursday 30 May 2024

Workshop on the economics of crime for junior scholars

Bringing together graduate students and junior researchers working in the economics of crime and criminal justice....Read more...

Thursday 23 May 2024 09:00 - 10:00

co-hosted with GoodGym

Volunteering, exercise, and wellbeing: causal connections

Showing the causal effects of participating in volunteering on wellbeing...Read more...

Thursday 16 May 2024 - Friday 17 May 2024

CEP annual conference, 2024

The annual conference for CEP members....Read more...

Tuesday 14 May 2024 10:30 - 16:00

Co-hosted with the University of Warwick and the University of Sussex

Education policies, pupils' and teachers' outcomes

Presenting the latest research on accessing higher education, school autonomy, and teacher management...Read more...

Tuesday 14 May 2024 - Wednesday 15 May 2024

Trade policy workshop

This workshop will bring together leading scholars from around the world to discuss new research on trade policy and on the economic consequences of Brexit....Read more...

Tuesday 30 April 2024 09:30 - 12:30

The economics of mental health

Evaluating the NHS Talking Therapies programme and its potential for the treatment of addiction and personality disorders....Read more...

Friday 26 April 2024 09:00 - 17:30

Spatial disparities RPN workshop in memory of Philippe Martin

The CEPR RPN on Spatial Disparities and Policy is holding a one-day workshop on Friday 26th April at the London School of Economics. The workshop will include a session dedicated to the research and policy contributions ...Read more...

Thursday 14 March 2024 18:30 - 20:00

Hosted with LSE Public Events

Recasting the global economy and international institutions: collaboration, competition, and the new growth story

Join us for this lecture delivered by Nicholas Stern as part of the Lionel Robbins Lecture Series....Read more...

Wednesday 13 March 2024 18:30 - 20:00

Hosted with LSE Public Events

A new growth story: structural transformation; policies and institutions

Join us for this lecture delivered by Nicholas Stern as part of the Lionel Robbins Lecture Series....Read more...

Tuesday 12 March 2024 18:30 - 20:00

Hosted with LSE Public Events

A world re-drawn; a world in crisis; a moment in history; the agenda for growth and transformation

Join us for this lecture delivered by Nicholas Stern as part of the Lionel Robbins Lecture Series....Read more...

Wednesday 28 February 2024 18:00 - 19:30

Women, work and economics: evidence and experience

An event exploring childcare and the gender pay gap around the world and an interview with Felicia Odamtten, founder of the Black Economists Network....Read more...

Tuesday 09 January 2024 14:00 - 18:00

Co-hosted with the Metropolitan Police

Policing research in London

Showcasing research on policing and crime in and around London....Read more...

Wednesday 13 December 2023 - Friday 15 December 2023

Hosted with the World Management Survey, POID, IFC, the World Bank, Stanford University, Cornell University, MIT and Harvard University

Empirical management conference, 2023

Measuring and exploring management and organisational practices....Read more...

Tuesday 05 December 2023 18:30 - 20:00

Hosted with the LSE Department of Geography and Environment

The economic costs of British planning: unaffordable housing and lost employment and productivity

Bringing together some of the key contributors to this long-running debate on housing supply and underline LSE's commitment to engage in this important public policy issue....Read more...

Monday 04 December 2023 09:30 - 16:00

Hosted with the Resolution Foundation and the Nuffield Foundation

Ending stagnation

A New Economic Strategy for Britain...Read more...

Monday 27 November 2023 13:00 - 14:00

Co-hosted with POID and The Productivity Institute

Cracking the productivity code: policies for sustainable growth

Presenting new work decomposing the UK's productivity slowdown....Read more...

Tuesday 24 October 2023 09:30 - 10:45

Hosted with the Resolution Foundation and the Nuffield Foundation

People-powered growth

Equipping young people with the skills Britain needs to prosper...Read more...

Friday 29 September 2023 09:30 - 17:30

Hosted with the University of Warwick

CEP-Warwick Junior trade workshop

Bringing together PhD students in the field of International Economics for job market presentations and discussions....Read more...

Wednesday 27 September 2023 17:30 - 19:00

Hosted with the Resolution Foundation and the Nuffield Foundation

Creating a good jobs economy

What would a good jobs strategy in Britain look like?...Read more...

Tuesday 19 September 2023 12:30 - 13:45

Hosted with the Resolution Foundation and the Nuffield Foundation

Making Greater Manchester great again

What is GM’s plausible path to greater prosperity?...Read more...

Monday 11 September 2023 - Thursday 14 September 2023

Hosted with LSE Department of Economics, Sticerd Economics of Environment and Energy Programme, International Growth Centre and POID.

LSE Environment Week, 2023

Encouraging economists from all fields of economics to work on environmental issues and to connecting research to policy change....Read more...

Monday 04 September 2023 09:30 - 10:45

Hosted with the Resolution Foundation and the Nuffield Foundation

The innovation job

Can new labour market institutions drive good work?...Read more...

Wednesday 05 July 2023 12:30 - 17:30

Hosted with POID, the Resolution Foundation and the Nuffield Foundation

CEP-POID-Economy 2030 Inquiry workshop

Discussing and informing ongoing research and the formulation of policy proposals....Read more...

Thursday 22 June 2023 09:30 - 10:45

Hosted with POID, the Resolution Foundation and the Nuffield Foundation

An investment nation

Can Britain shift from living off its past to investing in its future?...Read more...

Friday 16 June 2023 13:00 - 14:00

Hosted with the LSE Festival: People and Change, and the LSE Department of Sociology

Smashing the class ceiling

Lessons in how to improve social mobility: what we can do, how we can do it and why it’s not being done already....Read more...

Tuesday 13 June 2023 13:00 - 14:00

Hosted with LSE Festival: People and Change, and the LSE Department of Social Policy

The road to net-zero: how to seize opportunities and manage change

Tackling climate change requires significant and rapid economic and societal change....Read more...

Monday 12 June 2023 18:30 - 19:45

Hosted with the LSE Festival: People and change

How can economists change our lives?

Covid-19, Brexit, inflation, the energy crisis, and geopolitical tensions have pitched the UK economy into turmoil. After years of stagnation, many people in the UK - one of the world’s wealthiest countries - feel (and a...Read more...

Monday 12 June 2023 - Saturday 17 June 2023

Hosted with LSE Festival: people and change

Mapping people and change

An exhibition bringing together research from across the social sciences on socio-economic inequalities in London and the UK, our changing environment, language and health across the world....Read more...

Thursday 25 May 2023 12:00 - 18:30

Co-hosted with the Department of Social Policy

The economics of gender stereotypes

Exploring the latest research on discrimination and gender stereotypes in economics....Read more...

Friday 19 May 2023 - Saturday 20 May 2023

Hosted with the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics at the University of Chicago

Conference on the economics of crime and justice, 2023

A two day conference discussing recent work on the economics of crime and the criminal justice system....Read more...

Tuesday 09 May 2023 10:45 - Wednesday 10 May 2023 15:30

CEP annual conference, 2023

The annual conference for CEP members....Read more...

Tuesday 02 May 2023 09:00 - Wednesday 03 May 2023 18:00

Hosted with LSE Department of Economics, STICERD, Economics of Environment and Energy Programme, International Growth Centre and POID.

LSE Environment Day, 2023

Presenting new research on environmental issues...Read more...

Thursday 27 April 2023 13:00 - 17:00

Co-hosted with the Metropolitan Police

Policing research in London

Showcasing research on policing and crime in and around London....Read more...

Wednesday 19 April 2023 09:30 - 10:45

Hosted with the Resolution Foundation and the Nuffield Foundation

Good work

How to renew the UK’s economic strategy and put better jobs at its heart...Read more...

Friday 24 March 2023 09:00 - Saturday 25 March 2023 17:30

Co-hosted with Northeastern University

Second workshop on the economics of crime for junior scholars (WEC Jr.)

Bringing together graduate students and junior researchers working in the economics of crime and criminal justice....Read more...

Thursday 16 March 2023 18:30 - 20:00

Hosted with LSE Public Events

CANCELLED: Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures 2023 - Mariana Mazzucato (night three)

Due to planned strike action, this event has been cancelled....Read more...

Wednesday 15 March 2023 18:30 - 20:00

Hosted with LSE Public Events

CANCELLED: Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures 2023 - Mariana Mazzucato (night two)

Due to planned strike action, this event has been postponed until further notice....Read more...

Monday 13 March 2023 18:30 - 20:00

Hosted with LSE Public Events

Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures 2023 - Putting collective value creation at the heart of economic thinking and practice

Building an inclusive economy: toward a value-creating, mission-oriented, and capable state....Read more...

Wednesday 08 March 2023 09:30 - 10:45

Hosted with the Resolution Foundation and the Nuffield Foundation

A cost-of-living crisis

Inflation during an unprecedented terms of trade shock...Read more...

Monday 06 March 2023 18:30 - 20:00

Wellbeing: science and policy

What produces a happy society and a happy life?...Read more...

Wednesday 01 March 2023 18:00 - 19:30

Hosted with POID

Exploring the impact of women in economics: lessons and insights

An International Women’s Day event bringing economists from LSE together...Read more...

Thursday 15 December 2022 - Friday 16 December 2022

Hosted with the University of Bonn, McGill University, Oxford University and Paris School of Economics

Workshop on regional economic inequalities

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Wednesday 14 December 2022 - Thursday 15 December 2022

Hosted with the World Management Survey, POID, IFC, the World Bank, Stanford University, Cornell University, MIT and Harvard University

Empirical management conference, 2022

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Wednesday 07 December 2022 18:30 - 20:00

Hosted with LSE Public Events

The paradox of vocational education

Why is academic education triumphant in a skills-hungry labour market?...Read more...

Wednesday 12 October 2022 17:30 - 18:30

Hosted with the Resolution Foundation, the Nuffield Foundation and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Stagnation nation: the role of Greater Manchester in renewing the UK's economic strategy for the 2020s

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Monday 19 September 2022 - Friday 23 September 2022

Hosted with LSE Department of Economics, Sticerd Economics of Environment and Energy Programme, International Growth Centre and POID.

LSE Environment Week

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Friday 16 September 2022

Junior trade workshop

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Wednesday 13 July 2022 09:30 - 16:00

Hosted with the Resolution Foundation and the Nuffield Foundation

Stagnation nation? The Economy 2030 Inquiry conference

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Thursday 07 July 2022 09:30 - 10:45

Hosted with the Resolution Foundation and the Nuffield Foundation

Power, pay and profits

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Thursday 30 June 2022 09:30 - 10:45

Hosted with the Resolution Foundation and the Nuffield Foundation

Mind the gap (part II)

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Monday 13 June 2022 18:30 - 19:45

Hosted with the Resolution Foundation and the Nuffield Foundation

The decisive decade: how should the UK navigate the economic change of the 2020s?

How will economic change affect the jobs we do, the places we live and the firms we work for?...Read more...

Thursday 09 June 2022 - Friday 10 June 2022

Hosted with CEPR

Annual symposium in labour economics, 2022

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Wednesday 08 June 2022 15:00 - 16:00

Hosted with CEPR, the Center for Global Development and the German Development Institute

Bank credit and international trade

Part of an online seminar series aiming to encourage the exchange and discussion of empirical research on trade and investment and its effect on developing and emerging countries....Read more...

Friday 27 May 2022 - Saturday 28 May 2022

Hosted with the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics at the University of Chicago

Conference on the economics of crime and justice, 2022

A two day conference discussing recent work on the economics of crime and the criminal justice system....Read more...

Monday 23 May 2022 09:30 - 10:45

Hosted with the Resolution Foundation and the Nuffield Foundation

Green growth: miracle or mirage?

How might cutting-down carbon give the UK economy a cutting-edge....Read more...

Monday 16 May 2022 - Tuesday 17 May 2022

CEP annual conference, 2022

The annual conference for CEP members....Read more...

Friday 29 April 2022 - Saturday 30 April 2022

Hosted by the Urban Economics Association, the London School of Economics and Political Science and BUILD at Aalborg University

11th European meeting of the Urban Economics Association

2-day conference to be held at LSE...Read more...

Friday 04 March 2022 15:20 - 16:50

Hosted with POID, the Resolution Foundation and the Nuffield Foundation

Cities, resilience and change

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Friday 04 March 2022 09:30 - 15:20

Hosted with POID, the Resolution Foundation and the Nuffield Foundation

CEP-POID-Economy 2030 Inquiry workshop

Discussing and informing ongoing research and the formulation of policy proposals....Read more...

Wednesday 02 March 2022 15:00 - 16:00

Hosted with CEPR, the Center for Global Development and the German Development Institute

A world trading system for the twenty-first century

Part of an online seminar series aiming to encourage the exchange and discussion of empirical research on trade and investment and its effect on developing and emerging countries....Read more...

Wednesday 09 February 2022 16:00 - 17:00

Hosted with CEPR, the Center for Global Development and the German Development Institute

How skilled immigrants affect local productivity, innovation and entrepreneurship

Part of an online seminar series aiming to encourage the exchange and discussion of empirical research on trade and investment and its effect on developing and emerging countries....Read more...

Wednesday 12 January 2022 16:00 - 17:00

Hosted with CEPR, the Center for Global Development and the German Development Institute

Can information shift preferences towards trade policy? Evidence from randomized survey experiments

An online seminar series aiming to encourage the exchange and discussion of empirical research on trade and investment and its effects on developing and emerging countries....Read more...

Monday 15 November 2021 09:30 - 10:45

Hosted with the Resolution Foundation and the Nuffield Foundation

Open for business

Assessing the performance of British firms...Read more...

Wednesday 03 November 2021 16:00 - 17:00

Hosted with the Resolution Foundation and the Nuffield Foundation

Gaining from growth

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Thursday 14 October 2021 09:30 - 10:45

Hosted with the Resolution Foundation and the Nuffield Foundation

Trading places: what does Brexit mean for the UK's economic strategy?

In-person event and live interactive webinar. Register to receive access link....Read more...

Wednesday 13 October 2021 09:30 - 10:45

Hosted with the Resolution Foundation and the Nuffield Foundation

Pastures new

Is lower migration the route to a new, higher wage, British economy?...Read more...

Wednesday 22 September 2021 10:00 - 11:15

Hosted with the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment

Seizing sustainable growth opportunities from carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) in the UK

How can the UK unlock export opportunities and wider economic benefits from the emerging CCUS sector on the road to net-zero?...Read more...

Wednesday 30 June 2021 16:00 - 17:00

Hosted with CEPR, the German Development Institute and Global Energy and Development at Brookings

The impact of immigration: looking beyond the labor market

Part of an online seminar series aiming to encourage the exchange and discussion of empirical research on trade and investment and its effect on developing and emerging countries....Read more...

Tuesday 22 June 2021 11:00 - 12:00

Hosted with the Resolution Foundation and the Nuffield Foundation

A decisive decade for British business

In conversation with Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng...Read more...

Wednesday 09 June 2021 16:30 - 17:30

Hosted with LSE Public Events

Move on up

Stephen Machin asks: what are the longer-term consequences for social mobility in the UK?...Read more...

Friday 04 June 2021 15:00 - 19:15

Hosted with the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics at the University of Chicago

Conference on the economics of crime and justice, 2021

A two day conference discussing recent work on the economics of crime and the criminal justice system....Read more...

Friday 04 June 2021 13:00 - 14:00

Hosted with the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics at the University of Chicago

Stakeholder discussion: Informing modern policing

As part of the Chicago/LSE conference on the economics of crime and justice, we are organising an outreach event where we will briefly summarise the findings of two research projects - one on the impact of single vs. dou...Read more...

Wednesday 02 June 2021 16:00 - 17:00

Hosted with CEPR, the German Development Institute and Global Energy and Development at Brookings

International trade, firms and jobs: perspectives from emerging economies

Brief Abstract: Part of an online seminar series aiming to encourage the exchange and discussion of empirical research on trade and investment and its effect on developing and emerging countries...Read more...

Tuesday 18 May 2021 13:30 - Wednesday 19 May 2021 14:45

Hosted with the Resolution Foundation and the Nuffield Foundation

The UK's decisive decade

Launch of The Economy 2030 Inquiry...Read more...

Tuesday 20 April 2021 16:00 - 17:00

Hosted with CEPR, the German Development Institute and Global Energy and Development at Brookings

The future of GVCs

Part of an online seminar series aiming to encourage the exchange and discussion of empirical research on trade and investment and its effect on developing and emerging countries....Read more...

Monday 29 March 2021 17:00 - 18:15

Hosted with the Centre for European Reform, and UK in a Changing Europe

Brexit's economic impact: early evidence and future prospects

An online panel event discussing the early evidence of the impact of Brexit on UK-EU trade, and how economic performance will affect British politics....Read more...

Thursday 18 March 2021 16:00 - 17:00

Hosted with CEPR and the German Development Institute

The future of economic development strategies

An online seminar series aiming to encourage the exchange and discussion of empirical research on trade and investment on developing and emerging countries....Read more...

Monday 08 February 2021 16:30 - 17:30

Hosted with LSE Public Events

Going for growth

How can the UK and the world get back to sustainable growth following the Covid-19 pandemic?...Read more...

Wednesday 16 December 2020 17:45 - 19:00

Hosted with LSE Department of Economics

Technology and the labour market: public panel

A public event to mark 10 years of Chris Pissarides’ Nobel Prize....Read more...

Wednesday 16 December 2020 13:40 - 19:00

Hosted with LSE Department of Economics

Technology and the labour market: conference

Marking 10 years of Chris Pissarides’ Nobel Prize....Read more...

Thursday 26 November 2020 16:30 - 17:30

Hosted with LSE Public Events

Make wellbeing the goal

How can wellbeing become the focus of social science? How would this change economics and policy analysis? How would it change policy priorities for a post-Covid-19 world?...Read more...

Tuesday 24 November 2020 14:00 - 15:15

Hosted with the Programme on Innovation and Diffusion

Covid-19 and business technology adoption

Discussing what we know about the barriers to technology adoption and how policy can address these, in the context of Covid-19....Read more...

Tuesday 27 October 2020 15:30 - 18:00

Hosted with the Alan Turing Institute and Oxford University

Workshop on alternative work arrangements (with policy panel)

New findings on the characteristics, constraints and preferences of gig-economy workers, the self-employed and others in non-standard work...Read more...

Monday 15 June 2020 09:30 - 18:00

POSTPONED: Management and productivity workshop

Examining the interface between management practices and productivity performance....Read more...

Thursday 11 June 2020 10:00 - 18:00

Hosted with CEPR

Annual symposium in labour economics, 2020

This 2-day symposium brings together leading economists working in any area of labour economics....Read more...

Friday 29 May 2020 09:30 - 17:30

POSTPONED: Youth trade workshop

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Friday 24 April 2020 09:00 - 18:00

CANCELLED: 10th European meeting of the Urban Economics Association

2-day conference to be held at LSE...Read more...

Monday 03 February 2020 18:00 - 20:00

Can we be happier?

In this event about his new book, Richard Layard explores how teachers, managers, health professionals, couples, community leaders, economists, scientists, politicians, and we as individuals can create a happier world....Read more...

Thursday 07 November 2019 18:30 - 20:00

Tackling Britain's social mobility problem

What can we do to improve Britain's low social mobility - one of the most pressing issues facing young people growing up today?...Read more...

Friday 18 October 2019 18:30 - 20:00

Extreme economies - lessons from the world's limits

Richard Davies speaks about his book: Extreme economies....Read more...

Sunday 29 September 2019 - Tuesday 01 October 2019

Hosted with the Urban Economics Association

Urban Economics Association summer school, 2019

An opportunity for students to learn about the research frontier in urban economics....Read more...

Friday 27 September 2019 - Saturday 28 September 2019

Conference in Urban and Regional Economics (CURE)

Bringing together researchers working at the frontiers of urban and regional economics....Read more...

Tuesday 18 June 2019 11:00 - 18:15

Hosted with the University of Glasgow

Youth crime workshop

Bringing together early career scholars and law enforcement experts....Read more...

Monday 10 June 2019 18:30 - 20:00

Lost generations? Trade, technology and the future of work

With innovation slowing down, are workers going to be stuck in precarious low-wage work? Panellists propose their solutions to this and other issues facing the future of work....Read more...

Thursday 06 June 2019 09:30 - 18:00

Hosted with the LSE Department of Management and STICERD

Entrepreneurship conference @ LSE 2019

Bringing together world-leading researchers studying entrepreneurship from a variety of perspectives....Read more...

Wednesday 05 June 2019 - Friday 07 June 2019

Hosted with CEPR

European Research Workshop in International Trade (ERWIT) 2019

Findings from recent research on international trade from across Europe....Read more...

Tuesday 04 June 2019 18:00 - 20:00

Hosted with CEPR and the British Academy

Lost generations? Globalisation and the left-behinds of tomorrow

How can we ensure the gains from economic changes are shared more equitably - and what can stakeholders do to overcome the economic and political polarisation that we see today?...Read more...

Tuesday 04 June 2019 - Friday 07 June 2019

CEP trade week

International trade has become a hot topic for policy in recent years. The global trade war and Brexit represent a sudden shift towards protectionism in the wake of a prolonged period of increasing globalisation. This mo...Read more...

Friday 24 May 2019 09:30 - 17:45

Industrial policy in advanced economies in the 21st century

A workshop on Industrial Policy in advanced economies in the 21st Century, bringing together leading academics and policy makers....Read more...

Monday 20 May 2019 - Tuesday 21 May 2019

CEP annual conference, 2019

The annual conference for CEP members....Read more...

Tuesday 12 March 2019 18:30 - 20:00

Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures 2019 - Liquidity and leverage: The two faces of liquidity

Lionel Robbins was one of the outstanding men of his time; economist, public servant and supporter of the arts. The lectures, which were established in his name, take place each year and are a major event in the life of ...Read more...

Monday 11 March 2019 18:30 - 20:00

Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures 2019 - Liquidity and leverage: Why banks?

Lionel Robbins was one of the outstanding men of his time; economist, public servant and supporter of the arts. The lectures, which were established in his name, take place each year and are a major event in the life of ...Read more...

Friday 30 November 2018 09:45 - 13:00

Hosted with the Education Endowment Foundation and Bounce Forward

Healthy minds in schools

Sharing the positive impact the teaching and learning has had on students and teachers....Read more...

Thursday 15 November 2018 10:00 - 18:00

CEP-LSE-Glasgow workshop on the economics of crime and policing

The aim of the workshop is to bring people together that work empirically or theoretically on issues of crime and policing, or other issues relating to illegal behavior...Read more...

Monday 12 November 2018 18:30 - 20:00

Wellbeing and work

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Monday 29 October 2018 18:30 - 20:00

Social mobility and its enemies

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Wednesday 19 September 2018 09:30 - 17:00

The economic consequences of Brexit

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Thursday 31 May 2018 09:30 - 18:15

Urban and Spatial Programme (formerly SERC) annual conference, 2018

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Wednesday 23 May 2018 09:30 - 18:00

LSE entrepreneurship conference

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Monday 14 May 2018 09:15 - 17:30

CEP annual conference, 2018

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Monday 22 January 2018 18:30 - 20:00

The origins of happiness: Andrew Marr in conversation with Richard Layard

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Thursday 26 October 2017 09:00 - 18:00

Wages, labour market policy and the safety net

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Friday 20 October 2017 08:15 - 17:30

XV Annual Conference -Euro-Latin Study Network on Integration and Trade (ELSNIT): Adjusting to deeper economic integration

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Monday 02 October 2017 18:30 - 20:30

Man and machine: the macroeconomics of the digital revolution

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Friday 30 June 2017 11:30 - 13:00

Student choices and the return to college major and selectivity

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Thursday 29 June 2017 10:00 - 17:00

Big data in policing: helping make better decisions

This workshop will use a number of real world examples to illustrate and explain the infrastructure and analytics that are necessary to derive insights from data and translate them into on the ground practice....Read more...

Thursday 15 June 2017 09:00 - 18:00

Entrepreneurship conferenece

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Monday 22 May 2017 09:00 - 18:00

CEP annual conference, 2017

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Thursday 23 February 2017 18:00 - 20:00

LSE Growth Commission - UK growth: a new chapter

The Commission’s second Report is published on 23 February 2017. It addresses new questions facing the UK following the result of the June 2016 Referendum including: What is the UK’s economic future including its relati...Read more...

Wednesday 15 February 2017 18:30 - 20:00

Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures 2017 - Economics and the cultivation of virtue: Cultivating the virtues of globalization

Global society is at once deeply interconnected and deeply divided across political, religious, class, ethnic, and linguistic lines. These divides not only threaten prosperity but even human survival. The third lecture c...Read more...

Tuesday 14 February 2017 18:30 - 20:00

Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures 2017 - Economics and the cultivation of virtue: The hard problem of inter-group morality

The most difficult moral challenges involve the interaction across groups, whether nation states, private companies, or ethnic groups. In all such cases, there is the deep tendency towards inter-group conflict. The culti...Read more...

Monday 13 February 2017 18:30 - 20:00

Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures 2017 - Economics and the cultivation of virtue: Economics and the new moral sciences

During the past half century, a new moral science has emerged through the integration of research findings in several fields, including: Evolutionary Biology, Psychology, Neuroscience, Game Theory, Philosophy, Economics,...Read more...

Monday 12 December 2016 09:30 - 17:00

Subjective well-being over the life course: Evidence and policy implications

"Subjective well-being over the life course: Evidence and policy implications" held at the London School of Economics and Political Science on 12-13 December 2016. The conference was organised by OECD, CEPREMAP, What Wo...Read more...

Tuesday 06 December 2016 11:00 - 13:00

LSE Growth Commission Evidence Session - Finance and the City of London

The LSE Growth Commission provides authoritative and evidence-based policy recommendations that aim to foster sustainable and inclusive long-term growth in the UK. Speakers include: David Miles (Imperial); Huw Evans (A...Read more...

Tuesday 22 November 2016 14:30 - 16:30

LSE Growth Commission Evidence Session - Industrial Policy and Growth

The LSE Growth Commission provides authoritative and evidence-based policy recommendations that aim to foster sustainable and inclusive long-term growth in the UK. Speakers include: Mariana Mazzucato (Professor of Econo...Read more...

Monday 21 November 2016 12:00 - 14:00

LSE Growth Commission Evidence Session - Openness, Trade and FDI

The LSE Growth Commission provides authoritative and evidence-based policy recommendations that aim to foster sustainable and inclusive long-term growth in the UK. Professor Gianmarco Ottoviano’s team are examining th...Read more...

Thursday 17 November 2016 12:00 - 13:45

LSE Growth Commission Evidence Session - Labour Markets and Inclusive Growth

The LSE Growth Commission provides authoritative and evidence-based policy recommendations that aim to foster sustainable and inclusive long-term growth in the UK. Speakers include: David Autor (MIT), Richard Blundell (U...Read more...

Wednesday 02 November 2016 20:00 - 20:30

LSE Growth Commission - post Panel Event - Interviews with Vince Cable, Alistair Darling, George Osborne and Stephanie Flanders

The panel are interviewed after the LSE Growth Commission event, on their views on UK growth, post-Brexit....Read more...

Wednesday 02 November 2016 18:30 - 20:00

What Next for Growth in the UK? - LSE Growth Commission Panel Discussion with Vince Cable, Alistair Darling, George Osborne and Stephanie Flanders

In 2016 the UK now faces new questions about its economic future including its relationship with the EU, the role of industrial policy, and new developments in labour markets. So the Commission is being re-formed and wil...Read more...

Wednesday 26 October 2016 18:30 - 20:00

Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures 2016 - Improving equality of opportunity, new lessons from big data: Upward mobility, innovation and economic growth

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Tuesday 25 October 2016 18:30 - 20:00

Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures 2016 - Improving equality of opportunity, new lessons from big data: Policies to improve upward mobility

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Monday 24 October 2016 18:30 - 20:00

Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures 2016 - Improving equality of opportunity, new lessons from big data: The geography of intergenerational mobility

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Monday 19 September 2016 10:00 - 17:30

Annual Labour Economics Symposium 2016 (formerly ESSLE)

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Friday 29 July 2016 10:00 - 17:30

OECD / CEP / CEPREMAP Conference: Wellbeing over the life-course

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Wednesday 08 June 2016 09:30 - 17:30

CEP / LSE Entrepreneurship Conference

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Monday 16 May 2016 18:00 - 20:00

CEP annual conference, 2016

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Wednesday 27 April 2016 10:30 - 11:30

PUBLIC LECTURE - To Brexit or not to Brexit: a taxing question

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Thursday 28 January 2016 14:30 - 16:00

CVER / OECD Report Launch - Building Skills of All: Review of England

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Thursday 10 December 2015 18:00 - 20:00

The Sutton Trust and CEP - 10 Years On: Britain's Low Social Mobility Problem

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Wednesday 09 December 2015 13:00 - 18:00

Harvard/Stanford/CEP Empirical Management Conference

Call For Papers: Empirical Management Conference We will be running a two day conference at Stanford University on empirical management, focused on exploring recent research on measuring and exploring management and orga...Read more...

Thursday 01 October 2015 09:00 - 18:00

7th Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime

This 7th workshop will continue the sequence of Economics of Crime workshops in Paris (2009), Bonn (2010), Torino (2011), Rotterdam (2012), Frankfurt (2013) and Milan (2014). The workshop aims to bring together researche...Read more...

Wednesday 16 September 2015 09:00 - 18:00

Economics of Innovation, Diffusion, Growth and the Environment

Hosted by the Grantham Research Institute and the Centre for Economic Performance (London School of Economics and Political Science), together with other members of the Sinergia research network: ETH (Zurich), Graduate I...Read more...

Wednesday 03 June 2015 18:00 - 20:00

Grantham Research Institute and CEP public lecture: Why Are We Waiting? The Logic, Urgency and Promise of Tackling Climate Change

Introducing his new book, Why Are We Waiting? The Logic, Urgency and Promise of Tackling Climate Change Professor Stern will argue that the transition to a low-carbon economy and rapid structural transformations to the w...Read more...

Monday 18 May 2015 08:30 - 19:00

CEP annual conference, 2015

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Thursday 14 May 2015 13:00 - 18:30

ABL Empirical Workshop

The workshop is an intimate gathering of a select set of economists from the United States and Europe. The papers will focus on labor markets, families and children and will span labor economics, health, and education. T...Read more...

Tuesday 24 March 2015 18:00 - 19:30

CEP Election Economics Event: What questions should you really be asking the parties?

The Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) is producing a series of analyses of key policy issues in the May 2015 general election. These briefings have been written by our expert researchers, who will be presenting some ...Read more...

Thursday 05 March 2015 10:00 - 18:00

Wages and Low Pay in the Labour Market

Co-sponsored by UCL Economics The Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) at LSE and the ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP) at IFS...Read more...

Thursday 26 February 2015 18:30 - 20:00

LSE WORKS PUBLIC LECTURE: The Minimum Wage in the UK and Beyond

The Centre for Economic Performance has played an important role in the development of the UK's National Minimum Wage, which was voted the most successful government policy of the last 30 years. But the minimum wage seem...Read more...

Thursday 22 January 2015 18:00 - 20:00

LSE WORKS: Neighbours, Peers and Educational Achievement

Many believe that education is very sensitive to the influence of school friends and neighbours. Professor Stephen Gibbons outlines evidence to the contrary from the Spatial Economics Research Centre at LSE....Read more...

Friday 12 December 2014 09:00 - 17:30

Conference: Trade Unions, Inequality and Pay Stagnation

This conference will bring together senior union figures from the US, Britain and EU and academic researchers to discuss what can be done about growing labour market inequality, and the role of unions in tackling it....Read more...

Thursday 11 December 2014 18:30 - 19:45

Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures: Poverty, Inequality and the Political Economy of Measurement - "Papal infallibility? Global poverty and the mystery of global inequality"

In this year's Lionel Robbins Lectures, Professor Angus Deaton will discuss 'Poverty, Inequality and the Political Economy of Measurement'....Read more...

Thursday 11 December 2014 09:00 - 17:30

CEP / STICERD / LSE Conference Honouring Richard Layard: 50 Years at LSE

This year marks the 50th Anniversary of Richard Layard's career at the LSE thus far. In honour of his achievements we are hosting a celebratory conference at the LSE featuring a wealth of high profile speakers...Read more...

Wednesday 10 December 2014 18:30 - 19:45

Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures: Poverty, Inequality and the Political Economy of Measurement - "Getting prices right: the mysteries of the index"

In this year's Lionel Robbins Lectures, Professor Angus Deaton will discuss 'Poverty, Inequality and the Political Economy of Measurement'....Read more...

Tuesday 09 December 2014 18:30 - 19:45

Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures: Poverty, Inequality and the Political Economy of Measurement - "A Menagerie of Lines: how to decide who is poor?"

In this year's Lionel Robbins Lectures, Professor Angus Deaton will discuss 'Poverty, Inequality and the Political Economy of Measurement'....Read more...

Wednesday 05 November 2014 18:00 - 20:00

CEP Public Lecture: Structural Opportunities in the U.S. Economy

In this lecture, Jason Furman will focus on the three major structural opportunities that he sees in the U.S. economy: the slowdown in health costs; the boom in energy; and recent developments in technology. These issues...Read more...

Monday 08 September 2014 13:00 - 14:00

British Science Festival: Economics of Inequality Session

CEP hosted the only economics session in the British Science Festival on 'Inequality'....Read more...

Thursday 10 July 2014 18:30 - 20:00

Book Launch - THRIVE: The Power of Evidence-Based Psychological Therapies

Authors David M. Clark and Richard Layard will discuss their new book 'Thrive' with the BBC's Andrew Marr....Read more...

Monday 19 May 2014 09:10 - 18:00

CEP annual conference, 2014

This is an event for CEP staff and researchers only...Read more...

Thursday 15 May 2014 08:30 - 18:00

10 Years of the World Management Survey: Lessons and Next Steps

This 2-day event at Harvard Business School celebrates a decade of pioneering CEP research on measuring management practices in 32 countries across different sectors (manufacturing, schools, hospitals, universities and g...Read more...

Thursday 01 May 2014 18:00 - 20:00

CEP Film: UK Income and Wealth Inequality

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Sunday 26 January 2014 18:00 - 20:00

TEDx Oxford Talk

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. What should be our basic purpose in life? What kind of society should we live in? Prof. Layard argues that the objective for our s...Read more...

Monday 20 May 2013 09:00 - 18:00

CEP annual conference, 2013

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Thursday 16 May 2013 18:00 - 20:00

LSE Growth Commission: Education Roundtable

The Institute for Government will be hosting an LSE Growth Commission Rountable on Education. This is a closed, invitation only event operating under Chatham House Rules....Read more...

Tuesday 14 May 2013 18:00 - 20:00

New Economy Manchester Event

Professor Tim Besley will present the findings of the LSE Growth Commission Report at New Economy Manchester on 14th May 2013 . New Economy Manchester is one of the six Association of Manchester Authorities (AGMA) commis...Read more...

Tuesday 14 May 2013 11:00 - 18:00

SERC Annual Conference 2013

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Tuesday 30 April 2013 18:00 - 20:00

LSE Growth Commission: Infrastructure Roundtable

The Institute for Government will be hosting an LSE Growth Commission Rountable on Infrastructure on 30 April 2013. This is a closed, invitation only event operating under Chatham House Rules....Read more...

Friday 19 April 2013 18:00 - 20:00

Future Scotland: Future Growth

Professor John Van Reenen will present the work of the LSE Growth Commission at the Future Scotland: Future Growth event hosted by the Scottish Council for Development & Industry on 18-19 April 2013...Read more...

Tuesday 16 April 2013 18:00 - 20:00

OECD Seminar - Investing in Prosperity

Professors John Van Reenen and Nicholas Stern presented the findings of the LSE Growth Commission at the OECD seminar on Investing in Prosperity in the United Kingdom: Skills, infrastructure and Innovation hosted by the ...Read more...

Wednesday 03 April 2013 18:00 - 20:00

Royal Economic Society Conference

John Van Reenen, Tim Besley and Steve Machin present at the 2013 Royal Economic Society Conference...Read more...

Tuesday 05 February 2013 10:00 - 12:00

LSE Growth Commission Report presentation to ESRC All Party Group on Social Science & Policy

The LSE Growth Commissioners presented their report to ESRC All Party Group on Social Science and Policy at the House of Commons....Read more...

Thursday 31 January 2013 18:30 - 20:00

LSE Growth Commission Report Launch: Investing in Prosperity

On Thursday 31st January, the LSE Growth Commission will launch their report: Investing in Prosperity. The report is based on evidence taken in public session during 2012 from leading academics, business people and polic...Read more...

Wednesday 23 January 2013 18:30 - 20:30

PUBLIC LECTURE & PANEL - Eurozone Deadlock: Finding a Way out of the Crisis

It is still possible, both economically and politically, to find a way out of the Eurozone crisis if policy-makers separately address two problems; dealing with the legacy costs of the initially flawed design of the Euro...Read more...

Friday 08 June 2012 10:00 - 18:00

Trade Policy in a Globalised World

This conference brought together leading international trade academics from the United States and Europe to discuss and advance those issues. The papers presented focused on the main players in today’s global economy—Eur...Read more...

Monday 14 May 2012 11:15 - 18:00

CEP annual conference, 2012

This year's CEP Annual Conference will take place in Brighton from 14-15 May. Programme and more info......Read more...

Wednesday 14 March 2012 10:00 - 12:00

LSE Growth Commission Evidence Session: The Role of Skills in a Growth Strategy for the UK

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Tuesday 06 March 2012 18:30 - 20:00

CEP 21st Birthday Lecture - Mental Health: The New Frontier for the Welfare State

CEP founder Richard Layard will close this series of lectures with a discussion on the economic and social costs of mental illness....Read more...

Tuesday 28 February 2012 18:30 - 20:00

CEP 21st Birthday Lecture: Comparing Real Wages: the McWage Index

Real wages measure worker welfare and the cost of labour. Professor Ashenfelter reports the results of a decade long study of wage rates at McDonald's restaurants in over 60 countries....Read more...

Thursday 23 February 2012 18:30 - 20:00

Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures 2012 - Climate change and the new industrial revolution: How we can get there: building national and international action

Climate Change and the New Industrial Revolution - How we can get there: building national and international action...Read more...

Wednesday 22 February 2012 18:30 - 20:00

Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures 2012 - Climate change and the new industrial revolution: How we can respond and prosper

Climate Change and the New Industrial Revolution - How we can respond and prosper...Read more...

Tuesday 21 February 2012 18:30 - 20:00

Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures 2012 - Climate change and the new industrial revolution: What we risk and how we should cast the economics and ethics

Climate Change and the New Industrial Revolution - What we risk and how we should cast the economics and ethics...Read more...

Monday 23 January 2012 14:45 - 16:30

LSE Growth Commission Launch Event

This is the launch event for the LSE Growth Commission. The commission aims to provide an authoritative contribution to the formulation and implementation of a long-term growth strategy the UK. At this event, Larry Summe...Read more...

Monday 05 December 2011 18:30 - 20:00

CEP 21st Birthday Event: The Price of Civilization: Economics and Ethics After the Fall

The world economy remains in a precarious state after the global recession - where quick fixes were implemented instead of sustainable solutions to systemic problems. Jeffrey Sachs will discuss why we must - and how we c...Read more...

Monday 28 November 2011 18:30 - 20:00

CEP 21st Birthday Event: Herd Behaviour and Keeping up with the Joneses

Herd behaviour is very often natural and individually rational, but it has the potential to be disastrous for the group. In this lecture, Andrew Oswald will discuss human herd behaviour and its links to ‘Keeping up with ...Read more...

Monday 21 November 2011 17:30 - 19:00

Decoupling of Wage Growth and Productivity Growth? Myth and Reality

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Tuesday 15 November 2011 18:30 - 20:00

CEP 21st Birthday Event: Thinking Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman In Conversation with Richard Layard

Why do smart people make bad decisions? How come the best laid plans can go so wrong? What really makes us happy? Kahneman will discuss these questions and more with Richard Layard....Read more...

Tuesday 15 November 2011 17:00 - 18:45

Report Launch: UK Economic Performance since 1997

This report re-assesses UK economic performance during the Blair/Brown years, focusing on productivity and other key measures of business performance....Read more...

Friday 04 November 2011 14:00 - 15:30

ESRC FESTIVAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE: Top Pay in the UK

As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science, the CEP will host a seminar and general discussion on the issue of Top Pay in the UK. The event is open to the general public and will be chaired by Will Hutton (Principal,...Read more...

Tuesday 18 October 2011 18:30 - 20:00

CEP Wellbeing Public Debate: Is happiness the right measure of social progress?

In his book Happiness (recently updated), Richard Layard argues that the best societies are those with the most happiness and the least misery. Public policy should be made on this basis. Robert Skidelsky has many reserv...Read more...

Friday 01 July 2011 11:00 - 17:15

CEP/HEIF CONFERENCE - Informing Education and Career Decisions: Opportunities for Collaboration between Universities and Schools

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Tuesday 21 June 2011 18:30 - 20:00

CEP 21st BIRTHDAY LECTURE SERIES: Too Many People in Britain? Immigration and the Housing Problem

Professor Steve Nickell (Warden, Nuffield College, Oxford). This lecture will look at Immigration and its economic effects including the contribution to population growth. Why does housing not keep up with population gro...Read more...

Tuesday 31 May 2011 18:30 - 20:00

CEP 21st BIRTHDAY LECTURE SERIES: Health Care Reform in the US

Spiraling health care costs are currently threatening the future of the U.S. economy. Peter Orszag offers insight on the possible approaches to reduce health-care costs over time without impairing the quality of medical ...Read more...

Thursday 26 May 2011 18:00 - 20:00

The Economics of Share Ownership and Incentive Pay: Findings and Policy Implications

Although studies suggest value to firms investing in share schemes and incentive pay schemes the evidence is not clear-cut. It seems share ownership, in particular, operates best in combination with other HR and compensa...Read more...

Monday 23 May 2011 10:30 - 17:30

CEP annual conference, 2011

The 2011 CEP Annual Conference for Centre staff and researchers will take place at the Lansdowne Place Hotel in Brighton....Read more...

Wednesday 11 May 2011 19:00 - 21:00

BOOK LAUNCH - The Labour Market in Winter: the state of working Britain

This collection of essays - by leading economic experts on the UK labour market - provides an overview of the key issues concerning the performance of the labour market, and the policy issues surrounding it, with a focus...Read more...

Tuesday 22 March 2011 18:30 - 20:00

CEP 21st BIRTHDAY LECTURE SERIES: Exhorbitant Privilege: The Rise and Fall of the Dollar

Is the dollar now poised to lose its exorbitant privilege as the leading international currency? Barry Eichengreen discusses how it can remain at the heart of the global financial system....Read more...

Tuesday 15 March 2011 18:30 - 20:00

CEP 21st BIRTHDAY LECTURE SERIES: Changes in Labour Market Inequality

Professor Machin Stephen Machin surveys significant research findings on wage inequality that have emerged from the Centre over the past three decades....Read more...

Thursday 17 February 2011 18:30 - 20:00

LSE Works: Where is Future Growth Going to Come From?

Where will the sources of new growth come from in the wake of the financial crisis and recession? What is the role of education, labour markets and government policy in supporting this growth?...Read more...

Tuesday 15 February 2011 18:30 - 19:30

The Nobel Lecture: Equilibrium in the Labour Market with Search Frictions

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Monday 10 January 2011 18:30 - 19:30

The Naked Swimmer: Can Spain (and the Euro) overcome this crisis?

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Tuesday 07 December 2010 18:00 - 20:00

BOOK LAUNCH: The Comingled Code - Open Source and Economic Development

The MIT Press and Centre for Economic Performance are delighted announce the launch of The Comingled Code: Open Source and Economic Development...Read more...

Friday 03 December 2010 18:00 - 20:00

The Royal Economic Society Annual Public Lecture 2010: Does Management Matter?

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Thursday 02 December 2010 18:00 - 20:00

The Royal Economic Society Annual Public Lecture 2010: Does Management Matter?

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Monday 22 November 2010 10:30 - 11:45

Working with World Bank Data

Dr. Eric Swanson, senior advisor to the director of the Development Data Group at the World Bank, will discuss the sources and methods used to compile the World Development Indicators and other databases maintained by th...Read more...

Tuesday 16 November 2010 18:30 - 20:00

CEP 21st BIRTHDAY LECTURE SERIES: Restoring Growth

The financial crisis and the great recession dealt the global economy a massive shock. How can growth be put back on a sustainable path? What policy lessons have we learned? And how should Britain respond?...Read more...

Tuesday 16 November 2010 18:30 - 20:00

CEP 21st Birthday Lecture Series

The Centre for Economic Performance, based at the LSE, is 21 years old this year. Established in 1990 with funding from the Economic and Social Research Council, the Centre is now one of the leading economic research cen...Read more...

Thursday 04 November 2010 18:30 - 20:00

CEP 21st BIRTHDAY LECTURE SERIES: The State of the World Economy

A strong and sustained world recovery requires two rebalancing acts. Internal, with a shift, in advanced countries, from fiscal support to private demand. External, with an increase in net exports in deficit countries, n...Read more...

Tuesday 26 October 2010 17:45 - 19:30

Management in Healthcare: Why Good Practices Really Matter

This seminar will present the findings of the latest phase of the joint McKinsey/LSE research into comparative management practices in healthcare. Covering over 1100 hospitals in seven countries (UK, US, Canada, Italy, S...Read more...

Wednesday 13 October 2010 18:30 - 20:00

Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures: Economics after the Crisis - Economic Freedom and Public Policy: Economics as a Moral Discipline

Lord Turner will deliver the 2010 Lionel Robbins Memorial Lecture Series, running for three consecutive evenings (11/12/13 October). The overall theme of the 3 lectures is Economics after the Crisis....Read more...

Tuesday 12 October 2010 18:30 - 20:00

Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures: Economics After the Depression - Market Efficiency and Rationality: Why Financial Markets are Different

Lord Turner will deliver the 2010 Lionel Robbins Memorial Lecture Series, running for three consecutive evenings (11/12/13 October). The overall theme of the 3 lectures is Economics after the Crisis....Read more...

Monday 11 October 2010 18:30 - 20:00

Lionel Robbins Lectures: Economics After the Crisis - Economic Growth, Human Welfare and Inequality

Lord Turner will deliver the 2010 Lionel Robbins Memorial Lecture Series, running for three consecutive evenings (11/12/13 October). The overall theme of the 3 lectures is Economics after the Crisis....Read more...

Monday 11 October 2010 14:00 - 15:00

Press Conference: Nobel Prize for Economics awarded to Christopher Pissarides

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Wednesday 14 July 2010 16:30 - 17:00

The Future of Finance - Will the politics of moral hazard sink us again?

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Wednesday 14 July 2010 15:30 - 16:30

The Future of Finance - Why and how should we regulate pay in the financial sector?

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Wednesday 14 July 2010 15:00 - 15:30

The Future of Finance - Should we have narrow banking?

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Wednesday 14 July 2010 14:30 - 15:00

The Future of Finance - Keynote Address

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Wednesday 14 July 2010 13:45 - 14:30

The Future of Finance - Can we identify bubbles and stabilise the system? What framework is best for systemic, macroprudential policy

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Wednesday 14 July 2010 12:45 - 13:45

The Future of Finance - And the Theory That Underpins It

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Wednesday 14 July 2010 12:15 - 12:45

The Future of Finance - How should we regulate the financial sector?

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Wednesday 14 July 2010 11:45 - 12:15

The Future of Finance - What mix of monetary policy and regulation is best for stabilising the economy?

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Wednesday 14 July 2010 11:15 - 11:45

The Future of Finance - Why financial markets are so inefficient and exploitative - and a suggested remedy

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Wednesday 14 July 2010 10:15 - 11:15

The Future of Finance - What is the contribution of the financial sector: miracle or mirage?

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Wednesday 14 July 2010 09:30 - 10:15

The Future of Finance - What do banks do? Why do credit booms and busts occur and what can public policy do about it?

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Wednesday 14 July 2010 09:00 - 17:30

THE FUTURE OF FINANCE And The Theory That Underpins It

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Monday 10 May 2010 18:00 - 20:00

CEP annual conference, 2010

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Monday 14 December 2009 09:45 - 18:30

Labour Market Policy for the 21st Century: A conference in honour of David Metcalf

This conference will focus on several key issues: unemployment, pay, unions and management, social security, the minimum wage, and most recently, immigration...Read more...

Monday 30 November 2009 18:00 - 20:00

The Global Economic Crisis - One Year In

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Monday 29 June 2009 18:00 - 20:00

Economic Impact of ICT Workshop

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Friday 26 June 2009 09:00 - 13:00

Conference in Honour of Richard Layard and Stephen Nickell

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Thursday 25 June 2009 09:30 - 18:00

Conference in Honour of Richard Layard and Stephen Nickell

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Wednesday 10 June 2009 18:15 - 20:00

Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures: The Return of Depression Economics - The Night They Re-Read Minsky

The global economic crisis has shaken a lot of what we thought we knew about economics. These lectures will cover the causes of the crisis; the deeply vexed question of how and when the world economy can recover; and the...Read more...

Tuesday 09 June 2009 18:15 - 20:00

Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures: The Return of Depression Economics - The Eschatology of Lost Decades

The global economic crisis has shaken a lot of what we thought we knew about economics. These lectures will cover the causes of the crisis; the deeply vexed question of how and when the world economy can recover; and the...Read more...

Monday 08 June 2009 18:15 - 20:00

Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures: The Return of Depression Economics - The Sum of All Fears

The global economic crisis has shaken a lot of what we thought we knew about economics. These lectures will cover the causes of the crisis; the deeply vexed question of how and when the world economy can recover; and the...Read more...

Monday 18 May 2009 09:30 - 18:30

CEP annual conference, 2009

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Thursday 07 May 2009 09:30 - 17:30

SERC Annual Conference

The first SERC conference - to be held at LSE on 7th/8th May 2009 - will include sessions devoted to spatial economic research undertaken by PhD students, as well as others presenting work by SERC members/associates....Read more...

Friday 20 March 2009 10:45 - 13:00

CEP/DWP Conference: The Use of Administrative Data in Labour Market Research

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Thursday 19 March 2009 09:30 - 18:00

PSI/CEP/ESRC Workshop - Well-Being at the Workplace

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Saturday 14 March 2009 10:00 - 17:30

Final Conference of the Marie Curie RTN Network: “Economics of Education and Education Policy in Europe”

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Friday 13 March 2009 09:00 - 18:15

BJIR International Symposium: Government Regulation of Occupations

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Friday 13 March 2009 09:00 - 18:15

Final Conference of the Marie Curie RTN Network: “Economics of Education and Education Policy in Europe”

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Thursday 12 March 2009 12:15 - 17:00

BJIR International Symposium: Government Regulation of Occupations

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Wednesday 21 January 2009 18:30 - 20:00

Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures: Designing Policies for Growth - Growth and Culture: Regulation and Trust

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Tuesday 20 January 2009 18:30 - 20:00

Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures: Designing Policies for Growth - Growth and the Environment

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Monday 19 January 2009 18:30 - 20:00

Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures: Designing Policies for Growth - The Layers of Growth Policy Design

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Thursday 13 November 2008 18:30 - 20:00

Our Urban Future: the death of distance and the rise of cities

Improvements in transportation and communication technologies have led some to predict the death of distance, and with that, the death of the city. In this lecture Professor Ed Glaeser will argue that these improvements ...Read more...

Wednesday 12 November 2008 17:45 - 19:30

BOOK LAUNCH - ECONOMIC GANGSTERS: Corruption, Violence, and the Poverty of Nations

Meet the economic gangster. He is the United Nations diplomat who double-parks his Mercedes on New York City streets at rush hour because the cops can't touch him—he has diplomatic immunity. He's the Chinese smuggler who...Read more...

Friday 10 October 2008 18:00 - 20:00

ESRC Well-Being Research Workshop

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Thursday 25 September 2008 19:00 - 20:30

SUPERMARKETS AND THE BRITISH HIGH STREET: The unintended consequences of planning regulations

In 1996, new regulations made it much harder for UK supermarkets and other retailers to develop out-of-town outlets - so-called ‘big boxes’. In part, these regulations were supposed to ‘save the traditional British High ...Read more...

Thursday 03 July 2008 18:00 - 20:00

CONFERENCE: The Emergence of China & India in the Global Economy

The causes and consequences of the acceleration of economic development in China and India in recent decades, and the implications for other developing and developed countries around the world. This conference is sponsor...Read more...

Monday 23 June 2008 09:00 - 17:45

Centre for Longitudinal Studies and CEE Conference: INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY

Intergenerational mobility, is an issue at the forefront of social policy. Organised by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies and the Centre for the Economics of Education, this conference will showcase the latest research...Read more...

Monday 12 May 2008 18:00 - 20:00

CEP annual conference, 2008

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Friday 02 May 2008 18:00 - 20:00

CEP/ESRC Workshop: Monetary Policy in Developed and Developing Countries

This event provides a forum to discuss a range of theoretical and empirical issues regarding macroeconomic models for policy analysis in developed and developing countries....Read more...

Friday 08 February 2008 09:30 - 17:00

CEP Macro Conference: The Theory of Economic Growth

This conference will present new results on the mechanics of the growth process, structural transformation, income volatility growth, capital flows to growing economies and other features of the growth process. We are de...Read more...

Friday 07 December 2007 10:30 - 16:00

PSI/CEP Event - The Survival and Growth of Firms: Findings and Policy Implications

There is a growing literature in industrial organisation and industrial economics using micro-level firm and establishment data to test theory regarding the factors associated with survival and employment growth. This li...Read more...

Wednesday 05 December 2007 16:00 - 20:00

Anglo German Foundation: Creating Sustainable Growth in Europe: Midpoint Policy Debate

Speech by Jim Murphy MP UK Minister for Europe followed by Panel Discussion and Open Debate 'Reconciling the Demands of Growth, Environmental and Social Sustainability' chaired by Stephanie Flanders. Panellists include...Read more...

Friday 30 November 2007 09:00 - 22:00

Anglo German Foundation: Creating Sustainable Growth in Europe: Research Conference

Creating Sustainable Growth in Europe is the aim and title of a major new research initiative by the Anglo German Foundation which aims to tackle the emerging economic, social and political challenges confronting governm...Read more...

Thursday 29 November 2007 15:00 - 20:00

Anglo German Foundation: Creating Sustainable Growth in Europe: Policy Debate

Following the speech there will be a Panel Discussion 'Reconciling the Demands of Growth, Environmental and Social Sustainability' Chaired by Prof. Dr. Heik Afheldt. Panellists include: Prof. Jochen Clasen (University ...Read more...

Wednesday 28 November 2007 18:30 - 20:00

CEP Public Lecture - Do we need more Immigrants and Babies?

Faced with population ageing, many commentators argue that developed countries need higher fertility, more immigration or both. But others claim that immigration is pulling down the wages of unskilled labour, and that po...Read more...

Monday 19 November 2007 18:30 - 20:00

Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures: The Psychology of Saving & Investment

These lectures will challenge many standard assumptions in economics, and show how a combination of psychology and economics can better predict behaviour. David Laibson is Professor of Economics at Harvard University and...Read more...

Thursday 12 July 2007 17:45 - 20:00

Management Practices & Productivity: Why They Matter

This seminar will present the findings of the latest phase of the joint McKinsey/LSE research into management practices among industrials - now extended to more than 3,500 manufacturers in over 10 countries (including th...Read more...

Thursday 05 July 2007 18:00 - 20:00

Does Mortgage Broker Regulation Matter? Implications for Wages, Employment and Outcomes for Consumers

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Thursday 14 June 2007 18:30 - 20:00

James Meade Memorial Lecture: Globalisation and Welfare

Progressive free-traders - people who believe both in domestic equity and in the promise of globalisation - are feeling chastened these days. What’s left of the case for globalisation? How can we make it work?...Read more...

Friday 20 April 2007 18:00 - 20:00

LoWER Migration Workshop

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Friday 20 October 2006 16:00 - 18:00

Manpower Human Resources Lab Lecture: Wind Tunnel for Business

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Tuesday 21 February 2006 18:00 - 20:00

Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures: International Terrorism - Causes and Consequences

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Tuesday 05 July 2005 18:30 - 20:00

The Politics of Happiness: Should happiness be at the centre of government policy? Does having more really do anything for our well-being? Can legislation raise national contentment?

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Tuesday 28 June 2005 17:00 - 18:30

Dynamics of Labor Demand: Evidence from Plant-Level Observations and Aggregate Implications

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Wednesday 09 March 2005 18:30 - 20:00

Can We Become Happier?

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Thursday 03 March 2005 18:00 - 20:00

Why is the UK Lagging Behind in Productivity?

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Tuesday 25 January 2005 18:00 - 20:00

Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures - The DNA of a Market Economy

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Monday 23 February 2004 18:00 - 20:00

Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures - Understanding Institutions

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Friday 18 July 2003 15:00 - 16:30

Special Seminar: Happiness

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Monday 03 March 2003 18:00 - 20:00

Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures - Happiness: Has Social Science a Clue?

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Monday 25 November 2002 13:00 - 14:00

Using Mandated Speed Limits to Measure the Value of Life

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Tuesday 15 October 2002 18:00 - 20:00

Economic Development Under Globalisation

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Tuesday 11 June 2002 18:00 - 20:00

Do Industrial Relations Institutions Impact Economic Outcomes?: International and U.S. State-Level Evidence*

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Thursday 23 May 2002 18:00 - 19:00

Asset Prices and Monetary Policy

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Monday 29 October 2001 18:00 - 20:00

Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures - The International Financial System: Crises and Reform

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Monday 16 October 2000 18:00 - 20:00

Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures - Understanding unemployment: news from the front

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