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.
Thursday 03 December 2026 - Friday 04 December 2026
CEP Public Events
Co-hosted with the British Journal of Industrial Relations
BJIR Conference in Memory of Professor Sir David Metcalf
A conference and subsequent special issue of the British Journal of Industrial Relations dedicated to the work of Professor Sir David Metcalf....Read more...
Various speakers
SAL 1.04, 1st Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH
Wednesday 09 December 2026 18:30 - 20:00
CEP Public Events
The science of second chances
Described as a Freakonomics for criminal justice, Jennifer Doleac's new book, The Science of Second chances, presents a groundbreaking approach to criminal justice reform, revealing how small-scale interventions can red...Read more...
Tom Kirchmaier (CEP, LSE), Jennifer Doleac (Arnold Ventures)
This event is both online and in person
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE, 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3LJ
Thursday 10 June 2027 - Friday 11 June 2027
CEP Public Events
Co-hosted with the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
Second annual CEP-IFS labour conference
Bringing together leading researchers and junior scholars to discuss frontier research in 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
Tuesday 16 June 2026 13:00 - 14:00
CEP Public Events
Green industrial policy: balancing national goals and global integration
The fracturing consensus on green growth, shifting trade dynamics, and security concerns are reshaping industrial policy priorities across the UK, Europe and beyond....Read more...
David Willetts, Anna Valero (CEP), Oliver Harman (LSE), Louise Hellem (CBI)
This event is both online and in person
MAR 1.10, 1st floor, The Marshall Building, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LY
Monday 15 June 2026 18:30 - 19:30
CEP Public Events
How geoeconomics will affect the green transition
World events have shone a stark light on the vulnerabilities of energy markets, supply chains and global economic security. How will the need to tackle climate change be affected by the geopolitical shocks reshaping trad...Read more...
Catherine Thomas (CEP, LSE), Linda Yueh (University of Oxford), Peter Hill (NorthStar Advisory), Ed Conway (Sky News)
This event is both online and in person
MAR, Ground Floor, The Marshall Building, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LY
Thursday 04 June 2026 18:30 - 20:00
CEP Public Events
How to win a trade war
Keynes and Bown explore the history, players, and rules of trade, asking how we prepare for what the future might hold. Could trade wars lead to hot wars? What can the West learn from China?...Read more...
Martin Wolf (Financial Times), Chad Bown (Peterson Institute), Stephanie Rickard (LSE), Soumaya Keynes (Financial Times)
This event is both online and in person
Old Theatre, Ground Floor, Old Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
Thursday 04 June 2026 10:00 - 14:30
CEP Public Events
Business dynamism workshop
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Various speakers
OLD 1.20, 1st Floor, Old Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
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 18 May 2026 - Tuesday 19 May 2026
CEP Public Events
CEP annual conference 2026
The annual conference for CEP members....Read more...
Various speakers
Off Campus
Friday 08 May 2026 08:45 - 17:30
CEP Public Events
Co-hosted with the International Inequalities Institute, and the Programme on Cohesive Capitalism
Intergenerational mobility and migration workshop
Workshop examining intergenerational mobility and elites, integration and assimilation, intergenerational mobility and the labour market, and migration: impacts and returns....Read more...
Various speakers
MAR 1.08, 1st floor, The Marshall Building, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LY
Wednesday 29 April 2026 17:00 - 18:30
CEP Public Events
Co-hosted with The Productivity Institute
Skills, talent and productivity in Greater Manchester
How can skills policy help close the productivity gap between the UK?s major cities?...Read more...
Henry Overman (What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth and CEP, LSE), Julia Heap (Hopwood Hall College), Andy Westwood (The Productivity Institute and The University of Manchester)
Off Campus
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 2.05, 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 (College 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
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
Friday 13 February 2026 09:45 - 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 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
Thursday 05 February 2026 16:00 - 18:00
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
Wednesday 04 February 2026 - Friday 06 February 2026
CEP Public Events
Co-hosted with the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
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
SAL 2.04, 2nd Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH
Monday 02 February 2026 18:30 - 20:00
CEP Public Events
Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures
Why immigration policy is hard
Join us for the 2026 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...
Alan Manning (CEP, LSE)
This event is both online and in person
Old Theatre, Ground Floor, Old Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
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
Public events: Martin Hannon
Communications and Events Officer
+44(0)20 7955 7517
m.hannon@lse.ac.uk