BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN URL:https://lectures.london/london-school-of-economics/shaping-the-future- europes-quest-for-technological-leadership/calender.ics NAME:Lectures London X-WR-CALNAME:Lectures London TIMEZONE-ID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1944af3d-113f-459c-ad25-db2f42e2054c SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20261008T122932 DTSTART:20261013T161500 DTEND:20261013T174500 SUMMARY:Shaping the future: Europe’s quest for technological leadership LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person public event (LSE campus\, venue tbc to ticketholders) DESCRIPTION:Tuesday 13 October 2026 5.15pm - 6.45pmSpeakerPhilippe AghionD iscussantsSir Tim BesleyDr Daniel ChandlerProfessor Sara B HoboltChairProf essor Larry KramerOne year on from receiving the 2025 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences\, Philippe Aghion joins us at LSE to mark the offici al launch of the Huth Initiative for a New Political Economy.Professor Agh ion will explore one of the most pressing and challenging questions of our time: what kind of economy we want to build for the future - one that is dynamic\, resilient and generates meaningful work. His remarks will be fol lowed by a panel discussion chaired by Larry Kramer\, and joined by Tim Be sley\, Daniel Chandler and Sara Hobolt.Meet our speakers and chairPhilippe Aghion is the 2025 Nobel Prize laureate in economics\, a professor LSE an d the College de France and an associate of the Centre for Economic Perfor mance. He is a fellow of the Econometric Society and of the American Acade my of Arts and Sciences. His research focuses on the economics of growth. With Peter Howitt\, he pioneered the so-called Schumpeterian Growth paradi gm which was subsequently used to analyse the design of growth policies an d the role of the state in the growth process.Tim Besley is School Profess or of Economics and Political Science and W. Arthur Lewis Professor of Dev elopment Economics at LSE\, and Director of the Huth Initiative for a New Political Economy.Daniel Chandler is an economist and philosopher based at the London School of Economics\, where he is Executive Director of the Hu th Initiative for a New Political Economy\, Research Director of the Progr amme on Cohesive Capitalism\, and Assistant Professorial Research Fellow i n the School of Public Policy.Sara Hobolt is the Sutherland Chair in Europ ean Institutions and Head of the Department of Government at LSE.Larry Kra mer has been President and Vice Chancellor of LSE since April 2024. A cons titutional scholar\, university administrator\, and philanthropic leader\, he was previously the President of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundati on and the Dean of Stanford Law School.More about this eventThe Huth Initi ative for a New Political Economy is a major multi-year programme combinin g rigorous research with policy engagement to turn ideas into practice. 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