LSE: Public lectures and events
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Narrative Economics
September 16, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 29.6 MBContributor(s): Professor Robert J Shiller | Robert Shiller considers the new narrative epidemics arising post COVID-19. These will have multiple economic effects through time and have already helped produce the most sudden and sharp world economic recession in history. Robert J Shiller (@RobertJShiller) is a Nobel Prize–winning economist and the author of the New York Times bestseller Irrational Exuberance, among many other books. He is Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University and...
Innovation and Inclusive Growth: COVID-19 as a window of opportunity
September 16, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 29.6 MBContributor(s): Gordon Brown, Professor Riccardo Crescenzi, Professor Mariana Mazzucato, Lord Sainsbury, Tharman Shanmugaratnam | David Sainsbury’s book Windows of Opportunity: How Nations Create Wealth came out just before COVID-19 forced the global economy into lockdown. This high-level panel looks at the pandemic as an opportunity to promote inclusive growth and innovation in a more sustainable way. In particular, it will examine the role of the emerging and developing world in creating ne...
Greed is Dead: politics after individualism
September 16, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 27.1 MBContributor(s): Professor Paul Collier, Professor John Kay, Baroness Cavendish | Join us for this online discussion between Paul Collier and John Kay about their new book, Greed is Dead: Politics After Individualism, that seeks to set out practical, original and achievable solutions to the extreme political divisions in Britain. Paul Collier is the Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Oxford Blavatnik School of Government and a Director of the International Growth Centre based at ...
Making Use of Moral and Social Capital: faith communities and climate finance
September 15, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 40.9 MBContributor(s): Dr Mohammed Kroessin, Loretta Minghella, Professor Nick Robins | This online event will be a live discussion focused on climate finance and the role faith communities might play in global system change, both in the strategic use of their capital assets and their moral and social capital. Speakers will outline the priorities and transition pathways required in our global financial system at the macro and micro levels to support and advance measures to combat climate change and ...
The Serendipity Mindset: the art and science of creating good luck
September 10, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 34.9 MBContributor(s): Dr Christian Busch | In this talk, Christian Busch reveals the secrets behind the hidden force that rules the universe: serendipity. Modern life is full of chance encounters, changing plans, delayed journeys, human errors and other mishaps. So, what if we use such unpredictability to our advantage? Christian has spent a decade studying hundreds of subjects who improved their lives by learning to see opportunities in the unexpected and exploring how unexpected encounters can en...
The Tyranny of Merit: what's become of the common good?
September 09, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 28.2 MBContributor(s): Professor Michael Sandel | Join us for this online public event with Michael Sandel who will be discussing his latest book, The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? In this new book Sandel argues that to overcome the polarised politics of our time, we must rethink the attitudes toward success and failure that have accompanied globalisation and rising inequality. Sandel highlights the hubris a meritocracy generates among the winners and the harsh judgement it imp...
The Role of Academia in Realising the Promise of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda
September 08, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 43.6 MBContributor(s): Dr Jeni Klugman, Joana Ama Osei-Tutu, Professor Jacqui True, Dr Torunn L. Tryggestad | As we look forward to the next decade of the Women, Peace and Security agenda, this event will examine the role, contributions and potential of academic institutions – in research, advocacy, education and cross-sector engagement – in addressing the gaps that exist, determining how best to prepare and serve the next generation and contribute to the full realisation of the WPS agenda. Twenty y...
Can we afford the super-rich?
September 01, 2020 00:00 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBContributor(s): Paul Krugman, Andy Summers, Dr Luna Glucksberg | The coronavirus crisis has devastated economies and brought existing inequalities into sharper focus. Will it result in higher taxes on income and wealth, as we saw after the Great Depression and WWII? Or will the top 1 per cent continue to pull away from the rest of society? Exploring the question, ‘Can we afford the super-rich?’, Joanna Bale talks to Paul Krugman, Andy Summers and Luna Glucksberg. Research links: Arguing with ...
How can we tackle air pollution?
August 04, 2020 00:00 - 45 minutes - 42 MBContributor(s): Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, Dr Ute Collier, Dr Sefi Roth, Dr Thomas Smith | Seven million people die of air pollution, worldwide, every year. This episode of LSE IQ asks how this invisible killer can be tackled. Sue Windebank speaks to Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah about her campaigning work for both clean air and a new inquest into the causes of her daughter’s death. In 2013, her daughter Ella Roberta died from a rare and severe form of asthma – she was just nine years old. Ac...
Twilight of Democracy: the failure of politics and the parting of friends [Audio]
July 28, 2020 13:00 - 54 minutes - 25.1 MBSpeaker(s): Anne Applebaum | Anne Applebaum discusees her new book, Twilight of Democracy. As well as a work of memoir and reporting, it is a deep meditation on the central political dilemma of our time: Why did the wave of enthusiasm for liberal democracy, shared across the political spectrum in the 1980s and 90s, come to an end? How did we come to be so divided? Why did everyone get so angry? Anne Applebaum, a historian of totalitarian regimes as well as an analyst of contemporary politics,...
Twilight of Democracy: the Failure of Politics and the Parting of Friends
July 28, 2020 00:00 - 54 minutes - 25.1 MBContributor(s): Anne Applebaum | As well as a work of memoir and reporting, it is a deep meditation on the central political dilemma of our time: Why did the wave of enthusiasm for liberal democracy, shared across the political spectrum in the 1980s and 90s, come to an end? How did we come to be so divided? Why did everyone get so angry? Anne Applebaum, a historian of totalitarian regimes as well as an analyst of contemporary politics, offers an original interpretation of democratic decline. ...
Populism in the Post-COVID-19 World [Audio]
July 23, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 40.6 MBSpeaker(s): Professor Sara Hobolt, Professor Michael Ignatieff, Professor Andrés Velasco, Jesse Norman MP | Until COVID-19 hit, populist politicians of the right and the left –many of them with evident authoritarian leanings— were on the rise around the world. This panel will focus on the causes and consequences of this populist surge, and will discuss ways in which liberal democracies can respond to the challenge of authoritarian populism. Because populist governments have been especially in...
Populism in the Post-COVID-19 World
July 23, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 40.6 MBContributor(s): Professor Sara Hobolt, Professor Michael Ignatieff, Professor Andrés Velasco, Jesse Norman MP | This discussion focuses on the causes and consequences of this populist surge, and the ways in which liberal democracies can respond to the challenge of authoritarian populism. Because populist governments have been especially ineffective in dealing with the pandemic, the panel will also ask whether populists will pay a price at the polls or whether, on the contrary, the economic cr...
How to Reform the WTO? [Audio]
July 20, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 43 MBSpeaker(s): Ambassador Dr Jesus Seade, Sir Vince Cable, Dr Swati Dhingra, Piroska Nagy Mohacsi | The selection of the World Trade Organization's new Director General presents an opportunity for reform, but it could also result in a further weakening of the institution. Nominations for the position have just closed. LSE is organising a mini-series of presentations and discussions with the candidates. The first of the candidates to present their vision for globalisation, trade and the WTO will ...
How to Reform the WTO?
July 20, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 43 MBContributor(s): Ambassador Dr Jesus Seade, Sir Vince Cable, Dr Swati Dhingra, Piroska Nagy Mohacsi | Nominations for the position have just closed. LSE is organising a mini-series of presentations and discussions with the candidates. The first of the candidates to present their vision for globalisation, trade and the WTO will be Dr Jesus Seade, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico and Mexico’s chief negotiator of the USMCA, the US, Mexico and Canada Trade Agreement (suc...
Journalism, Power and Pandemic [Audio]
July 15, 2020 15:00 - 57 minutes - 26.4 MBSpeaker(s): Anushka Asthana, Pippa Crerar, Annette Dittert, Richard Horton, Sir Craig Oliver | How well has the UK news media kept the public informed and held the authorities to account during the COVID-19 crisis? Leading journalists and political communicators discuss how the news media has coped with the practical, editorial and political challenges of covering coronavirus. Anushka Asthana (@AnushkaAsthana) is editor-at-large for the Guardian, and host of the daily news podcast, Today in F...
COVID-19 and the Economy: what are the lessons so far? [Audio]
July 15, 2020 09:00 - 57 minutes - 26.5 MBSpeaker(s): Professor Silvana Tenreyro | Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee member Silvana Tenreyro will discuss some of the emerging academic research on the macroeconomics of COVID-19, including how it has influenced her recent monetary policy decisions. Silvana Tenreyro is Professor in Economics in the Department of Economics at LSE and an external member of the Monetary Policy Committee at the Bank of England. She obtained her MA and PhD in Economics from Harvard University. Before...
COVID-19 and the Economy: what are the lessons so far?
July 15, 2020 00:00 - 57 minutes - 26.5 MBContributor(s): Professor Silvana Tenreyro | Silvana Tenreyro is Professor in Economics in the Department of Economics at LSE and an external member of the Monetary Policy Committee at the Bank of England. She obtained her MA and PhD in Economics from Harvard University. Before joining the Bank, she was co-Director and Board member of the Review of Economic Studies and Chair of the Women’s Committee of the Royal Economics Society. Minouche Shafik is Director of the London School of Economics...
Journalism, Power and Pandemic
July 15, 2020 00:00 - 57 minutes - 26.4 MBContributor(s): Anushka Asthana, Pippa Crerar, Annette Dittert, Richard Horton, Sir Craig Oliver | How well has the UK news media kept the public informed and held the authorities to account during the COVID-19 crisis? Leading journalists and political communicators discuss how the news media has coped with the practical, editorial and political challenges of covering coronavirus. Anushka Asthana (@AnushkaAsthana) is editor-at-large for the Guardian, and host of the daily news podcast, Today ...
Against the System: anger, belonging and the crisis of liberalism [Audio]
July 14, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 41.2 MBSpeaker(s): Eric Lonergan, Martin Sandbu, Professor Lea Ypi | Recent elections in the advanced western democracies have undermined the basic foundations of political systems that had previously beaten back all challenges-from both the left and the right. The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified the backlash, further destabilising an already fragile political order. Eric Lonergan, Martin Sandbu and Lea Ypi discuss their recent research about the political and economic causes of this turbulence an...
Against the System: anger, belonging and the crisis of liberalism
July 14, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.2 MBContributor(s): Eric Lonergan, Martin Sandbu, Professor Lea Ypi | Recent elections in the advanced western democracies have undermined the basic foundations of political systems that had previously beaten back all challenges-from both the left and the right. The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified the backlash, further destabilising an already fragile political order. Eric Lonergan, Martin Sandbu and Lea Ypi discuss their recent research about the political and economic causes of this turbulenc...
Prospects for the UK Economy and Public Spending After COVID-19: new austerity or a new economy? [Audio]
July 10, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 40 MBSpeaker(s): Stephanie Flanders, Professor Stephen Machin, Dr Gemma Tetlow | The UK government’s response to COVID-19 has seen sudden growth in public spending accompanied by a sharp fall in tax receipts. Public sector borrowing may exceed £300bn in 2020-21, with the UK’s national debt exceeding annual GDP for the first time for decades. What short-term stimuli might the Chancellor now employ to re-start growth? Can the government imaginably return to austerity policies? Will inequality have i...
Prospects for the UK Economy and Public Spending After COVID-19: new austerity or a new economy?
July 10, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 40 MBContributor(s): Stephanie Flanders, Professor Stephen Machin, Dr Gemma Tetlow | The UK government’s response to COVID-19 has seen sudden growth in public spending accompanied by a sharp fall in tax receipts. Public sector borrowing may exceed £300bn in 2020-21, with the UK’s national debt exceeding annual GDP for the first time for decades. What short-term stimuli might the Chancellor now employ to re-start growth? Can the government imaginably return to austerity policies? Will inequality ha...
Debt Relief and Africa During COVID-19: the global response [Audio]
July 09, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 41.8 MBSpeaker(s): Mma Amara Ekeruche, Professor Anna Gelpern, Eric LeCompte, Dr Shirley Yu, Dr David Luke | The COVID-19 pandemic has decimated government fiscal policies across the globe, and economies worldwide are heading into historic recessions. Countries’ capabilities to address new challenges are increasingly stretched, yet efforts to tackle a health crisis in a globalised world remain highly interconnected. As low-income countries struggle to provide robust spending plans to support the po...
Debt Relief and Africa During COVID-19: the global response
July 09, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.8 MBContributor(s): Mma Amara Ekeruche, Professor Anna Gelpern, Eric LeCompte, Dr Shirley Yu, Dr David Luke | The COVID-19 pandemic has decimated government fiscal policies across the globe, and economies worldwide are heading into historic recessions. Countries’ capabilities to address new challenges are increasingly stretched, yet efforts to tackle a health crisis in a globalised world remain highly interconnected. As low-income countries struggle to provide robust spending plans to support the...
Is big data good for our health? [Audio]
July 08, 2020 12:00 - 39 minutes - 32.1 MBSpeaker(s): Dr Stephen L. Roberts, Dr Leeza Osipenko, Professor Barbara Prainsack, Dr James Somauroo | With more and more information about us available electronically and online, this episode of LSE IQ asks, ‘Is big data good for our health?’ Advances in bio-medical technologies, along with electronic health records and the information we generate through our mobile phones, Smart Watches or Fit bits, our social media posts and search engine queries, mean that there is a torrent of informatio...
Policies to Fight the Pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean [Audio]
July 07, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 41.1 MBSpeaker(s): Dr Eric Parrado Herrera, Dr Victoria Nuguer, Dr Andrew Powell, Professor Andrés Velasco, Brian Wynter | The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, is taking a huge toll across the world, and governments in Latin America and the Caribbean are taking aggressive measures to save lives. Within a matter of weeks, the macroeconomic outlook for the region has changed dramatically. Financing costs have risen, commodities fallen, and large losses of GDP now seem unavoidable. However, the self-impose...
Policies to Fight the Pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean
July 07, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.1 MBContributor(s): Dr Eric Parrado Herrera, Dr Victoria Nuguer, Dr Andrew Powell, Professor Andrés Velasco, Brian Wynter | The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, is taking a huge toll across the world, and governments in Latin America and the Caribbean are taking aggressive measures to save lives. Within a matter of weeks, the macroeconomic outlook for the region has changed dramatically. Financing costs have risen, commodities fallen, and large losses of GDP now seem unavoidable. However, the self-im...
Impact: reshaping capitalism to drive real change [Audio]
July 06, 2020 15:30 - 58 minutes - 26.8 MBSpeaker(s): Sir Ronald Cohen | Envision a world that moves in only one direction: forward. A world where inequality is shrinking. Where natural resources are regenerated, and people can unlock their full potential and benefit from shared prosperity. A world focused not only on minimizing harm, but on doing measurable good. Join us for this talk by Sir Ronald Cohen about his new book, Impact: Reshaping Capitalism to Drive Real Change. Ronald Cohen (@sirronniecohen) is a philanthropist, venture...
Impact: reshaping capitalism to drive real change
July 06, 2020 00:00 - 58 minutes - 26.8 MBContributor(s): Sir Ronald Cohen | Envision a world that moves in only one direction: forward. A world where inequality is shrinking. Where natural resources are regenerated, and people can unlock their full potential and benefit from shared prosperity. A world focused not only on minimizing harm, but on doing measurable good. Join us for this talk by Sir Ronald Cohen about his new book, Impact: Reshaping Capitalism to Drive Real Change. Ronald Cohen (@sirronniecohen) is a philanthropist, ve...
Strategic Climate Litigation: insights from global experience [Audio]
July 03, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 39.8 MBSpeaker(s): Irum Ahsan, Michael Burger, Lord Carnwath, Dr Joana Setzer, James Thornton | Climate litigation has been used as a strategic tool to advance climate policy goals for at least three decades. As the number of cases addressing the causes and consequences of climate change and the public interest in such litigation has increased, so has public interest in such litigation. Today, climate litigation is widely considered to be a governance mechanism to address climate change. In this web...
The Ballpark | Extra Innings: African Americans in a White House: Prof Leah Wright Rigueur Event [Audio]
July 03, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 104 MBContributor(s): Professor Leah Wright Rigueur | On the 5th of March 2020, Professor Leah Wright Rigueur joined the LSE US Centre for the event “African Americans in a 'White' House: Presidential Politics, Race, and The Pursuit of Power.” At the event, using one of the most outrageous scandals in modern American political history as a case study - the Housing and Urban Development Scandal (HUD) of the 1980s and 1990s which saw political officials steal billions in federal funding set aside for...
Strategic Climate Litigation: insights from global experience
July 03, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 39.8 MBContributor(s): Irum Ahsan, Michael Burger, Lord Carnwath, Dr Joana Setzer, James Thornton | Climate litigation has been used as a strategic tool to advance climate policy goals for at least three decades. As the number of cases addressing the causes and consequences of climate change and the public interest in such litigation has increased, so has public interest in such litigation. Today, climate litigation is widely considered to be a governance mechanism to address climate change. In this...
Closing plenary: Living with COVID-19 – What leadership do we need? [Audio]
July 02, 2020 13:00 - 2 hours - 56.6 MBSpeaker(s): Valeria Gontareva, Khalid Janahi, Vali R. Nasr, Lindiwe Mazibuko, Andrés Velasco | The Closing Plenary draws out critical lessons from the breadth of the day’s discussions, to identify the leadership and cross-sectoral collaboration required to address the intersecting impacts of COVID-19 with complex global challenges everywhere. Building on insights from the thematic and geographic sessions, the Maryam Student Leaders will challenge the panel of policymakers, academics and busin...
From Rulership to Leadership: Early lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic [Audio]
July 02, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 42.3 MBSpeaker(s): María Antonieta Alva, Gordon Brown, Lindiwe Mazibuko, Zhu Min, Professor Vali Nasr | Join us, alongside our media partner The New York Times and our content partner Kite Insights, for this virtual event and the opportunity to be part of Maryam Forum from its outset! The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged humanity like no other shock in recent memory. Every country and every individual in our deeply interconnected world has felt the impacts, with its twin health and economic crises c...
Closing plenary: Living with COVID-19 – What leadership do we need?
July 02, 2020 00:00 - 2 hours - 56.6 MBContributor(s): Valeria Gontareva, Khalid Janahi, Vali R. Nasr, Lindiwe Mazibuko, Professor Andrés Velasco | Building on insights from the thematic and geographic sessions, the Maryam Student Leaders will challenge the panel of policymakers, academics and business representatives on the transformative policy solutions needed globally. Together they will chart a path towards evidence-based and accountable leadership - the kind of leadership which will enable and accelerate a sustainable and in...
Opening plenary: Defeating COVID-19 everywhere – What needs to be done NOW?
July 02, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 42.3 MBContributor(s): María Antonieta Alva, Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown, Jeremy Farrar, Dame Minouche Shafik, Zhu Min, Professor Andrés Velasco | The opening plenary will bring leading policy makers together to take stock of the immense challenges the COVID-19 pandemic has created around the world, and the global response so far. While the G20 has adopted a Global Action Plan, and international financial institutions have taken steps to mitigate the twin health and economic crises, much remains to be don...
Humankind: a hopeful history [Audio]
July 01, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 27.9 MBSpeaker(s): Rutger Bregman | It's a belief that unites the left and right, psychologists and philosophers, writers and historians. It drives the headlines and the laws that touch our lives. Human beings, we're taught, are by nature selfish and governed by self-interest. In his new book, which he will talk about at this event, Rutger Bregman shows us that it is realistic, as well as revolutionary, to assume that people are good. By thinking the worst of others, we bring out the worst in our po...
COVID-19: the impact on the UK's ethnic minority populations [Audio]
July 01, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 39.7 MBSpeaker(s): Professor Kehinde Andrews, Dr Miqdad Asaria, Professor Lucinda Platt, Ross Warwick, Professor Heidi Mirza | There is increasing concern that people from ethnic minority backgrounds are being disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 in England. Over the first few weeks of the pandemic there were several anecdotal reports to suggest that there are many more cases of, hospitalisations for, and deaths due to COVID-19 than we would expect from minorities’ population shares. Drawing on n...
Humankind: a hopeful history
July 01, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 27.9 MBContributor(s): Rutger Bregman | It's a belief that unites the left and right, psychologists and philosophers, writers and historians. It drives the headlines and the laws that touch our lives. Human beings, we're taught, are by nature selfish and governed by self-interest. In his new book, which he will talk about at this event, Rutger Bregman shows us that it is realistic, as well as revolutionary, to assume that people are good. By thinking the worst of others, we bring out the worst in ou...
COVID-19: the impact on the UK's ethnic minority populations
July 01, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 39.7 MBContributor(s): Professor Kehinde Andrews, Dr Miqdad Asaria, Professor Lucinda Platt, Ross Warwick, Professor Heidi Mirza | There is increasing concern that people from ethnic minority backgrounds are being disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 in England. Over the first few weeks of the pandemic there were several anecdotal reports to suggest that there are many more cases of, hospitalisations for, and deaths due to COVID-19 than we would expect from minorities’ population shares. Drawing ...
Governments in the Crisis: what do we expect of them? what do they expect of us? [Audio]
June 30, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 40.1 MBSpeaker(s): Professor George Gerapetritis, Professor Bo Rothstein, Professor Amy Verdun | From strict lockdowns and school shutdowns to fostering self-responsibility, governments have taken different paths to fight the pandemic. Some of these differences seem consistent with different national traditions or cultural frames. Yet, governments have also achieved very different results in managing the pandemic that contradict images of government performance. What should we make of this? Are our ...
Negotiating Our Post-Brexit Future: where are we heading? [Audio]
June 30, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 39.3 MBSpeaker(s): Professor Catherine Barnard, Dr Meredith Crowley, Dr Adam Marshall, Professor Anand Menon, Professor Tony Travers | In the context of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the negotiations for the UK’s future relationship with the EU look even more challenging. This expert panel will assess where we are with the negotiations and where we might be heading. Our speakers will comprise a range of expertise, covering British politics, knowledge of Whitehall, the economy, and UK-EU law. Catheri...
Governments in the Crisis: what do we expect of them? what do they expect of us?
June 30, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 40.1 MBContributor(s): Professor George Gerapetritis, Professor Bo Rothstein, Professor Amy Verdun | From strict lockdowns and school shutdowns to fostering self-responsibility, governments have taken different paths to fight the pandemic. Some of these differences seem consistent with different national traditions or cultural frames. Yet, governments have also achieved very different results in managing the pandemic that contradict images of government performance. What should we make of this? Are ...
Negotiating Our Post-Brexit Future: where are we heading?
June 30, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 39.3 MBContributor(s): Professor Catherine Barnard, Dr Meredith Crowley, Dr Adam Marshall, Professor Anand Menon, Professor Tony Travers | This expert panel will assess where we are with the negotiations and where we might be heading. Our speakers will comprise a range of expertise, covering British politics, knowledge of Whitehall, the economy, and UK-EU law. Catherine Barnard (@CSBarnard24) is Professor of European Union and Labour Law at Trinity College at the University of Cambridge. Meredith Cr...
Implications of COVID-19 in the Western Balkans [Audio]
June 29, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 41.2 MBSpeaker(s): Dr Arjan Gjonça, Dr Mario Holzner, Dr Sanja Vico | What are the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Western Balkans? What economic, social and democracy issues have arisen from the pandemic? What are the challenges that lie ahead? The panel will explore how the countries of the region have been tackling this crisis and how they have responded to the challenges in terms of internal policies and their relations with other countries, particularly the EU. Arjan Gjonça is an A...
Financing the SDGs – Can the World Avoid Failure? [Audio]
June 29, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 34.1 MBSpeaker(s): Sir Suma Chakrabarti, Amina J. Mohammed | The Addis Agenda that provided a new global framework for financing sustainable development and a process to deliver our 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is now five years old. The world was off track to deliver the SDGs before the COVID-19 crisis but the savage economic impact of coronavirus has set those long-term objectives back further. The SDGs are more important than ever - how do we re-inject momentum into th...
Implications of COVID-19 in the Western Balkans
June 29, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.2 MBContributor(s): Dr Arjan Gjonça,, Dr Mario Holzner, Dr Sanja Vico | What are the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Western Balkans? What economic, social and democracy issues have arisen from the pandemic? What are the challenges that lie ahead? The panel will explore how the countries of the region have been tackling this crisis and how they have responded to the challenges in terms of internal policies and their relations with other countries, particularly the EU. Arjan Gjonça is...
Financing the SDGs – Can the World Avoid Failure?
June 29, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 34.1 MBContributor(s): Sir Suma Chakrabarti, Amina J. Mohammed | The Addis Agenda that provided a new global framework for financing sustainable development and a process to deliver our 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is now five years old. The world was off track to deliver the SDGs before the COVID-19 crisis but the savage economic impact of coronavirus has set those long-term objectives back further. The SDGs are more important than ever - how do we re-inject momentum int...
Life After COVID-19: challenges and policy response [Audio]
June 26, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 41 MBSpeaker(s): Michelle Bachelet, Helen Clark, Matteo Renzi, Kevin Rudd, Minouche Shafik | Listen to this discussion on life after COVID-19 with the former leaders of Australia, Chile, Italy and New Zealand. Michelle Bachelet (@mbachelet) is the current United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Ms Bachelet was elected President of Chile on two occasions (2006–2010 and 2014–2018). She was the first female president of Chile. She also served as Health Minister (2000-2002) as well as Chile...