The launch of CSGS Director, Professor Mark Pennington’s new book Foucault and Liberal Political Economy: Power, Knowledge and Freedom (Oxford University Press, 2025).
About the talk What are the implications of a social science that views human subjects as active agents rather that …
Prof. Mitchell Dean gave a public lecture on 27th November 2023 on the topic “Governing societies after governmentality order, glory and sovereignty”
Prof. Joel Mokyr gave a public lecture on the 9th November 2023 on the topic “Great Divergence or Great Reversal? Two Paths to the Twentieth Century”
Prof. William Easterly gave a public lecture on the 6th November 2023 on the topic “Paternalists vs. Liberals in Economic Development (1776-2023)”
Sir Paul Tucker gave a talk on his new book Global Discord at King’s College London on 11th May 2023
Prof. Willem Buiter gave a public lecture on the topic “Four informational challenges of central banks today”
In this talk, using the cases of Singapore and Hong Kong, Dr. Bryan Cheang speaks about the limits of aggregate statistics and the importance of contextual knowledge and cultural understanding, when assessing national economic performance.
Prof. Diane Coyle gave a public lecture on 16th March 2023 on the potential pitfalls of Big Data in governance and policymaking
Prof. Cass Sunstein gave a public lecture on 13th March 2023 at King’s College London on the topic “The Use of Algorithms in Society”
About the Talk Margaret Thatcher memorably declared, “There is no alternative.” After the fall of the Berlin wall, many agreed: …
About the Book Our ability to act on some of the most pressing issues of our time, from pandemics and …