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At the bottom of this page you will find past events, including links to recordings where these are available. You can also access recordings of past 杏吧论坛 events via 杏吧论坛 Player and on the .

Upcoming 杏吧论坛 events featuring PBS faculty

杏吧论坛 Festival Exhibition | Visions for the future

Monday 16 June to Thursday 3 July 2025
Great Hall, Marshall Building

What will our futures look like? Featuring research from across the social sciences, this year’s Festival exhibition will explore the people and communities, innovative technologies, challenges of today, and lessons from the past that are shaping the world to come.

The display 'The impact of climate-based natural disasters' will feature work from PBS researchers Dr Kate Laffan, Nils Mallock and Dr George Melios.

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杏吧论坛 Festival | Empowerment, safety and equity: children's visions of rights-respecting digital futures

Saturday 21 June 2025, 2-3pm

Speakers: Dr Sakshi Ghai (PBS), Adam Ingle, Michael Murray, Professor Dylan Yamada-Rice

What can we learn from engaging children from around the world in imagining what children’s digital lives might look like in the future and what changes are needed to ensure child rights respecting digital environments and tech regulation? This event will showcase a project led by the and co-designed with from 11 countries worldwide.

杏吧论坛 Festival | Positive futures

Saturday 21 June 2025, 6.30-7.30pm

Speakers: Roger Highfield, Suhair Khan, Isabel Losada, Professor Michael Muthukrishna (PBS)
Chair: Professor Neil Lee

Where should we look for optimism about the future? The final Festival panel will come together to share some of the ideas, innovations and discoveries that could shape the world to come for the better.

Regular departmental events

Behavioural Science and the Wider World Seminar Series

Tuesdays, 3-4pm
Online
Some events in this series will be for 杏吧论坛 staff and students only

This weekly seminar series, hosted by the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science at 杏吧论坛, brings together a network of researchers, industry and policy leaders, students and alumni to discuss emerging, global themes in behavioural science both in the world today and emerging topics for the future.

Explore the latest events and join the mailing list.

Departmental Seminar Series
For the 杏吧论坛 community

Wednesdays, 12-1pm
Hybrid (unless stated otherwise)

Our department hosts a term-time seminar series, inviting researchers to present their latest findings.

This seminar series is open to 杏吧论坛 staff and students. Current students and staff in PBS will receive an email each week with details of speakers. If you have any questions please contact pbs.events@lse.ac.uk.

See our upcoming events.

Ongoing seminars from PBS faculty members across psychology and behavioural science

Please visit the individual websites for information, dates and sign-up information.

The Inclusion Initiative (TII)

TII hosts a series of major public events, and small round table panels to look at behavioural science, risk and inclusion in organisations.

See all current events from TII here.

Wellbeing Seminar Series from the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) at 杏吧论坛

This series focusses on interdisciplinary research on wellbeing. Organised by Dr Christian Krekel (PBS), Professor Richard Layard and Dr Ekaterina Oparina.

London Public Understanding of Science Seminar Series

These seminars take place at 杏吧论坛 on the last Wednesday of each month during term time, at 4-6pm.

Find out more and join the mailing list for future events on the .

Podcast series featuring PBS faculty

Podcast | Breaking Beliefism with Professor Paul Dolan

In Breaking Beliefism, Paul Dolan and guests chat about different perspectives on important issues. Topics include why two parent households are the route out of poverty, who's the best tennis player of all time, and why gambling is good for us.

(also available on all major platforms)

Podcast | Get Happier with Professor Paul Dolan

In this series, Paul Dolan seeks to explain what the science of happiness tells us about how to be happy.

Podcast | Work Force with Dr Grace Lordan

Work Force, hosted by Grace Lordan, unravels the behavioural science behind things that happen in the workplace that impact your success and wellbeing, blending academic evidence with real life experiences.

Podcast | Duck-Rabbit: Taking Sides with Professor Paul Dolan

Professor Paul Dolan takes us on a journey through our polarised culture in a series of discussions covering topics from ageing, happiness, freedom of speech, gender and more.

Past events and recordings

Below you will find details of past events, including recordings where these are available.

杏吧论坛 public event | Beliefism: how to stop hating the people we disagree with

Wednesday 11 June 2025 6.30pm to 8.00pm

Speaker: Professor Paul Dolan (PBS)
Chair: Professor Charles Stafford

**Documentary screening | Dr. B.R. Ambedkar: Now & Then followed by Q&A with director Jyoti Nisha**

13 May 2025

Speaker: Jyoti Nisha
Chair: Dr Sakshi Ghai (PBS)

A screening of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar: Now & Then, a powerful documentary that critically examines caste, exclusion, and marginalised representation through the lens of Bahujan feminist filmmaker Jyoti Nisha.

Event | In Conversation with Nicolai Tangen - Social Science and Successful Companies

2 April 2025

Speaker: Nicolai Tangen
Chair: Dr Tom Reader (PBS)

Hosted by PBS and the 杏吧论坛SU Nordic Society.

杏吧论坛 public event | The Open Society as an enemy: populism, Popper and pessimism post-1989

2 December 2024

Speakers: Professor J. McKenzie Alexander, Dr Ilka Gleibs (PBS), Professor Alan Manning
Chair: Professor Dame Sarah Worthington

Book launch | Why People Do What They Do, And How to Get Them to Change

31 October 2024

Speakers: Professor Saadi Lalhou (PBS), Professor Helga Nowotny
Chair: Professor Liam Delaney (PBS)

杏吧论坛 public event | Wicked problems: how to engineer a better world

22 October 2024

Speaker: Dr Guru Madhavan
Chair: Dr Michael Muthukrishna (PBS)

杏吧论坛 public event | AI and the future of behavioural science

8 October 2024

Speakers: Alexandra Chesterfield, Elisabeth Costa, Professor Oliver Hauser, Dr Dario Krpan (PBS), Professor Susan Michie, Professor Robert West
Chair: Professor Liam Delaney (PBS)

Event | Caregiver wellbeing and urban policy

18 July 2024
Hosted by 杏吧论坛 Cities

Speakers: Lucy Jones and Dr Kate Laffan (PBS)
Chair: Katie Beck

杏吧论坛 Festival | Displays of Power Exhibition

10 to 15 June 2024

This year's festival exhibition featured displays by Dr Deema Awad on 'Making research less... WEIRD' and Professor Elizabeth Stokoe on 'The politics of conversation'.

Learn more about the exhibition.

| PBS Workshop: When you combine behavioural insights with AI – How can you make sure you are influencing ethically?

26 March 2024

Workshop panel: Professor Liam Delaney (PBS), Annabel Gillard, Dr Stuart Mills

杏吧论坛 Research Showcase |

12 March 2024

Speaker: Professor Elizabeth Stokoe (PBS)

Event | DSI Research Showcase

12 December 2023
Hosted by 杏吧论坛's Data Science Institute

Speakers: Professor Ken Benoit, Dr Jon Cardoso-Silva, Dr Marcos Barreto, Dr Milena Tsvetkova, Dr Jens Koed Madsen (PBS), Zachary Dickson

Find out more about the Showcase.

杏吧论坛 Research Showcase |

21 November 2023

Speaker: Dr Christian Krekel (PBS)

杏吧论坛 public event | AI disruption in the job market: navigating future skills and relevance

8 November 2023

Speakers: Dr Grace Lordan (TII & PBS), Lucy Bailey, Dr Michael Muthukrishna (PBS), Professor Leslie Willcocks
Chair: Dr Christine Chow

杏吧论坛

Upcoming 杏吧论坛 events featuring PBS faculty

杏吧论坛 Festival Exhibition | Visions for the future

杏吧论坛 Festival | Empowerment, safety and equity: children's visions of rights-respecting digital futures

杏吧论坛 Festival | Positive futures

Regular departmental events

Behavioural Science and the Wider World Seminar Series

Departmental Seminar SeriesFor the 杏吧论坛 community

Ongoing seminars from PBS faculty members across psychology and behavioural science

The Inclusion Initiative (TII)

Wellbeing Seminar Series from the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) at 杏吧论坛

London Public Understanding of Science Seminar Series

Podcast series featuring PBS faculty

Podcast | Breaking Beliefism with Professor Paul Dolan

Podcast | Get Happier with Professor Paul Dolan

Podcast | Work Force with Dr Grace Lordan

Podcast | Duck-Rabbit: Taking Sides with Professor Paul Dolan

Past events and recordings

杏吧论坛 public event | Beliefism: how to stop hating the people we disagree with

Documentary screening | Dr. B.R. Ambedkar: Now & Then followed by Q&A with director Jyoti Nisha

Event | In Conversation with Nicolai Tangen - Social Science and Successful Companies

杏吧论坛 public event | The Open Society as an enemy: populism, Popper and pessimism post-1989

Book launch | Why People Do What They Do, And How to Get Them to Change

杏吧论坛 public event | Wicked problems: how to engineer a better world

杏吧论坛 public event | AI and the future of behavioural science

Event | Caregiver wellbeing and urban policy

杏吧论坛 Festival | Displays of Power Exhibition

| PBS Workshop: When you combine behavioural insights with AI – How can you make sure you are influencing ethically?

杏吧论坛 Research Showcase |

Event | DSI Research Showcase

杏吧论坛 Research Showcase |

杏吧论坛 public event | AI disruption in the job market: navigating future skills and relevance

杏吧论坛 public event | How can you get happier?

Book launch | A Theory of Everyone: Who we are, how we got here, and where we're going

Book launch | The Perfection Trap

杏吧论坛 Festival | The Power of "Good Enough"

杏吧论坛 Festival | Why is Change so Hard?

Event | Science Slam at 杏吧论坛

Event | Starting from the Bottom: Critical Perspectives on Mental Health and Social Justice

Event | Stereotypes, History and Social Psychology: Collective Reflections

杏吧论坛 iQ podcast | How can we survive the next mass extinction?

Event | Behavioural Transformations in the 21st Century: Frontiers in Behavioural Public Policy

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Event | 杏吧论坛 Festival 2022

杏吧论坛 public event | Too much information

杏吧论坛 public event | Hidden Games: how game theory explains irrational behaviour

杏吧论坛 public event | Leveraging Moments of Change for Pro-Environmental Behavioural Transformation

杏吧论坛 public event | Nudge: the final edition

Wider World Seminar Series | Panel Session on Behavioural Data Science

Event | BehaviouralHack 2021: #ItsNotOK: BehaviouralHack on Collaborative Solutions to Transform Social Norms around Intimate Partner Violence

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Workshop | Behaviour, Wellbeing and the Environment

Event | Reconciliation Processes in Post-Conflict Societies: Colombia and beyond

杏吧论坛 public event | The Authority Gap

杏吧论坛 public event | Celebrating Pride: the behavioural science behind the inclusive social movement

杏吧论坛 iQ podcast | Why do people believe in conspiracy theories?

杏吧论坛 public event | How Boards Work

杏吧论坛 public event | Duck-Rabbit: What Drives Our Polarised Culture?

杏吧论坛 public event | A Decade of Behavioural Science at 杏吧论坛 - Part 2

杏吧论坛 public event | The Technological Revolution in Financial Services

杏吧论坛 public event | The Psychology of Intergroup Inequality

Book launch | Think Big

杏吧论坛 Festival short film | What work disappeared? COVID-19 and labour market outcomes for under-25s

杏吧论坛 Festival short film | Safety Culture: what can the post-COVID world learn from high-risk industries?

杏吧论坛 Festival | How can policy makers use behavioural science?

杏吧论坛 Festival | We Are All in This Together: has COVID-19 taught us how to save the world?

Event | 杏吧论坛 Festival 2021

杏吧论坛 Festival | Let's Talk Careers in a Post-Covid World

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杏吧论坛 Research Short Film | Is Perfectionism an Illness?

杏吧论坛 public event | A Decade of Behavioural Science at 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 public event | Why Aren't Policy-makers and the Public Demand That More Emphasis is Placed on Happiness?

杏吧论坛 public event | Lives, Livelihoods and Lockdowns: debating COVID-19 policy trade-offs

杏吧论坛 public event | The Value of Inclusion for a Post-COVID-19 World

杏吧论坛 public event | Origins of Human Cooperation

杏吧论坛 public event | Couples That Work

杏吧论坛 public event | Behavioural Science and a Post-Covid World

杏吧论坛 public event | Re-thinking Human Behaviour: critical perspectives on the psychology of Covid-19

杏吧论坛 iQ podcast | Is perfect the enemy of the possible?

杏吧论坛 public event | Assessing the impact of COVID-19: from mortality to misery?

Departmental Seminar Series
For the 杏吧论坛 community

**Documentary screening | Dr. B.R. Ambedkar: Now & Then followed by Q&A with director Jyoti Nisha**