Global Policy Journal - Events & Media

Gridlock: Why Global Cooperation is Failing when We Need it Most

Tom Kirk — Wed 12 Jun 2013

Speaker: Thomas Hale, Professor David Held, Kevin Young Chair: Professor Stuart Corbridge This event grapples with the causes and consequences of the failure of leadership and neg...Read more

The Governance Report 2013

Tom Kirk — Tue 23 Apr 2013

Speakers: Prof Helmut K. Anheier, Prof Mary Kaldor, Dr Inge Kaul and Prof Arne WestadChair: Prof Craig CalhounCLM.5.02, Clement House, The London School of Economics and Political Science.How do we ma...Read more

The Global Fight against Maritime Piracy – Learning Lessons from Somalia

Tom Kirk — Fri 22 Feb 2013

Global Policy event with the Greenwich Maritime Institute to celebrate the launch of the forthcoming special section on Contemporary Maritime Piracy, edited by Christian Bueger.The fight against marit...Read more

Global Justice: Principles and Applications

Tom Kirk — Thu 31 May 2012

Global Policy and LUISS Guido Carli are holding a joint conference on ‘Global Justice: Principles and Applications’ in Rome on the 7th and 8th of June. Keynote speakers include Simon Caney...Read more

Promoting Global Trade: the role of export credit agencies

Tom Kirk — Tue 27 Mar 2012

A look at the role of export credit agencies and financial institutions in promoting global trade and the challenges they face during Europe's...Read more

Second Global Policy Dialogue with Jean-Michel Severino and Martin Wolf

Tom Kirk — Sun 2 Oct 2011

Two of the world's top commentators on economics, development and finance continue their discussion on some of the most pressing global imbalances and the social challenges that they foresee in th...Read more

The Future of Economic Convergence - Professor Dani Rodrik

Tom Kirk — Tue 4 Oct 2011

Emerging and developing economies have grown much more rapidly than rich countries recently. This has led to hopes that these countries can close the gap with the advanced economies and propel world g...Read more

'New Security Challenges at Sea: Sovereignty, Legality and Legitimacy'

Tom Kirk — Fri 14 Oct 2011

The roundtable will be led by Cdre Neil Brown who will speak to the topic: 'New Security Challenges at Sea: Sovereignty, Legality and Legitimacy'.A response will be given by Professor David He...Read more

Combating Carbon

Tom Kirk — Wed 7 Sep 2011

Global Policy brings together two leading experts – Tom Burke CBE, founding director of E3G, and Avinash Persaud, Emeritus Professor of Gresham College – to discuss these questions as the ...Read more

Why is Macroeconomics Such a Mess?

Tom Kirk — Wed 7 Sep 2011

Speaker: Professor Lord EatwellThere is very little agreement across the economics profession as to what macroeconomics actually consists of. Seventy-five years after the publication of Keynes'sGe...Read more

Human Spaceflight After the Shuttle

Tom Kirk — Wed 7 Sep 2011

A roundtable with speakers including: Chair: Jill Stuart - (Fellow at the LSE and specialist in outer space politics)Thomas Reiter - (experienced astronaut and Director of Human Spaceflight and O...Read more

First Global Policy Dialogue with Jean-Michel Severino and Martin Wolf

Tom Kirk — Thu 9 Jun 2011

Two of the world's top commentators on economics, development and finance discuss some of the most pressing global imbalances and the social challenges that they pose in the years ahead.Jean-Miche...Read more

Global Policy Book Event - The Globalisation Paradox with Dani Rodrik

Tom Kirk — Tue 15 Mar 2011

Date: Thursday 17 March 2011Time: 5-6.15pmVenue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic BuildingSpeaker: Professor Dani RodrikChair: Professor David Held Managing globalisation requires that we get t...Read more

Global Policy Book Event - 'The Haves and Have Nots' with Branko Milanovic

Tom Kirk — Tue 11 Jan 2011

Date: 8 February 2011Time: 6:30 - 8:00pmVenue: Old Theatre, Old BuildingSpeaker: Branko MilanovicChair: Professor Danny QuahBranko Milanovic will be introducing his new book, The Haves and Have Nots, ...Read more

Global Policy Dialogue with Hernando de Soto - The Global Challenge: No Facts

Fri 29 Oct 2010

Date: Friday 15 October 2010 Time: 6.30-8pmVenue: Old Theatre, Old BuildingSpeaker: Hernando de SotoChair: Professor David HeldThe Global Policy dialogues are a unique series of excha...Read more

Global Policy Dialogue with Amartya Sen and David Held on 'The Idea of Justice'

Fri 30 Apr 2010

Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic BuildingSpeaker: Professor Amartya SenChair: Professor David HeldIn the first Dialogue of the series Amartya Sen and David Held discussed Sen's new ...Read more

Slavoj Žižek - Living in the End Times

Tom Kirk — Thu 15 Sep 2011

There should no longer be any doubt: global capitalism is fast approaching its terminal crisis. In his latest book, Living in the End Times, Slavoj Žižek has identified the four horsemen o...Read more

Global Policy seminar with Dr. Amit Mitra - "Indian investment in Africa"

Wed 23 Jun 2010

There is a surge of interest by emerging economies in investing in Africa. However, crucial questions remain about how an emerging economy like India will succeed in implementing its business plans...Read more

Creating an Intellectual and Policy Community Around the Notion of Global Policy

Fri 21 May 2010

As part of the Global Public Policy Working Group, the United Nations University Office at the UN, New York (UNU-ONY) held an event entitled "Creating an intellectual and policy community around ...Read more

Is Democracy Possible in Fragile States? - DESTIN/ STICRED panel discussion

Fri 4 Jun 2010

Global Policy Advisory Board member Paul Collier will participate in a panel discussion on democracy in the world's most troubled states. Over the past twenty years many Western development a...Read more

Muhammad Yunus - Building Social Business - DESTIN public lecture

Fri 30 Apr 2010

Global Policy board member Muhammad Yunus has developed a visionary new dimension for capitalism which he calls "social business". By harnessing the energy of profit-making to the objective ...Read more

Stefan Halper - China's 21st Century Market-Authoritarian Challenge

Mon 10 May 2010

Beyond the military and economic challenge presented by Beijing, there lies a battle of ideas. China's market authoritarian model promises to shape the developing world in the 21st Century offerin...Read more

Romano Prodi - Europe, between the US and China, in a Changing World

Sat 17 Apr 2010

** Unfortunately this event has been CANCELED due to flight disruptions in the UK. **Global Policy board member Romano Prodi, former Prime Minister of Italy and LSE alumnus, will speak at LSE on the 2...Read more

LSE Asia Forum 2010 and Global Policy Beijing launch

Wed 24 Mar 2010

China and the World: the Challenges of ChangeThe fifth LSE Asia Forum will take place in Beijing on 25-26 March 2010 with the support of the China Institute of International Studies (CIIS).The Forum w...Read more

4th GPPN Conference & Global Policy London launch

Fri 26 Feb 2010

4th GPPN Conference & Global Policy launchLondon, 22 March 2010The 4th GPPN Conference and launch of Global Policy will take place at the London School of Economics and Political Science...Read more

GARNET PhD School Alumni Conference and Global Policy Brussels launch

angus.hervey — Tue 26 Jan 2010

Global Governance, Regionalism & the Role of the EU: facing the emergence of a multipolar world The Garnet PhD School Alumni Conference will focus on “Global Governance, Regionalism, th...Read more

New Partnerships on the Horizon? Governing Uncertainty, Accountability and Public Participation

Wed 24 Mar 2010

Jointly with King's College London (and here) and the Public Policy research group of the Université libre de Bruxelles, the new journal Global Policy is co-hosting a small, internationa...Read more

Freefall - Ralph Miliband and Global Policy public lecture with Joseph Stiglitz

Fri 2 Apr 2010

Stiglitz lays out not only the course of the financial crisis which began in 2007, but its underlying causes, and shows why much more radical reforms are needed than are currently being ...Read more

Global Policy Launch Event with AFD

angus.hervey — Tue 26 Jan 2010

APSA (with the LSE Government Department)