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What happens in Paris, does not stay in Paris: trade fairs and search and matching frictions
By Gabor Bekes, Matyas Molnar and Claudia Steinwender
Read at: https://ow.ly/a76R50Z9XOS
Plastic dumping grounds: the international incidence of environmental regulation
By Deniz Atalar, Banu Demir and Swati Dhingra
Read at: https://ow.ly/ERWT50Z7Ftb
Join us to discuss how geoeconomics will affect the green transition
📅 Monday 15 June, 6.30pm to 7.30pm
Speakers: Ed Conway, Peter Hill, Dr Catherine Thomas, Professor Linda Yueh
Chair: Professor Anna Valero
https://cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/events/event.asp?index=10723
What is the public’s social welfare function?
By Richard Layard and Ekaterina Oparina
Read at: https://ow.ly/L8Mx50Z7Frt
Spatial productivity disparities in Great Britain
By Mimosa Distefano, Hélène Donnat, Henry G. Overman and Krishan Shah
Read at: https://ow.ly/haIW50Z5aiq
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In June:
⛓️Disruptions in supply chains
🌍LSE Festival 2026: How to save the planet
🚮Waste smuggling
Read and subscribe:
https://us10.campaign-archive.com/?u=9eb686babb970e70eb08b27e8&id=a58bce5d67
1 in 3 women, and 1 in 6 men, leave academia on becoming a parent
Research: Sofie Cairo, Ria Ivandic, Anne Sophie Lassen & Valentina Tartari
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/06/08/the-lack-of-women-at-the-top-of-the-academic-ladder-is-driven-by-unequal-childcare-responsibilities/
Can governments still deliver on net-zero ambitions while supporting economic growth? What does an effective green industrial strategy look like?
Join our event with @lsegeography.bsky.social to examine these questions and more on 16 June, 1–2pm for the LSE Festival.
www.lse.ac.uk/events/lse-f...
⏰ 6.30pm – 8pm
🏢 Old Theatre, Old Building + online
Trade conflict is back — but what do modern trade wars mean for economies and global power? Join us this evening to discuss the future of global trade amid rising geopolitical tension.
Register to attend: https://www.lse.ac.uk/events/trade-1
Centre for Economic Performance
How geoeconomics will affect the green transition
with Ed Conway, Peter Hill, Dr Catherine Thomas and Professor Linda Yueh
Monday 15 June 2026 6.30pm - 7.30pm
#LSEFestival @cep-lse.bsky.social
Details at:
www.lse.ac.uk/events/lse-f...
Motherhood, and the unequal childcare responsibilities that follow, explain a large share of the observed gender gap in academic employment. Sofie Cairo, Ria Ivandic, Anne Sophie Lassen and Valentina Tartari find that the demands of childcare and mobility constraints, reinforced by the nature of research work, are the key drivers for women’s differing career trajectories
