BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN URL:https://lectures.london/london-school-of-economics/the-republic-of-inn ovation-a-new-political-economy-of-freedom/calender.ics NAME:Lectures London X-WR-CALNAME:Lectures London TIMEZONE-ID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:29d43282-4a79-483d-a93c-d311b9a800af SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20261014T105134 DTSTART:20261015T173000 DTEND:20261015T190000 SUMMARY:The republic of innovation: a new political economy of freedom LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person and online public event (Ma laysia Auditorium\, Centre Building) DESCRIPTION:Thursday 15 October 2026 6.30pm - 8pmSpeakerDr Andrea Lorenzo CapusselaDiscussantsProfessor David SoskiceProfessor Leila Simona TalaniCh airProfessor Valentino LarcineseJoin us for this talk and discussion with Andrea Lorenzo Capussela as he discusses his book\, The Republic of Innova tion.In the book he exams freedom\, power and economic growth. He challeng es the idea that freedom means lack of constraint\, arguing instead for fr eedom as independence from domination. Drawing on political philosophy and growth theory\, the talk explores how security\, innovation and risk-taki ng are linked\, and what this means for economic policy\, labour markets\, inequality and the capacity of democracies to renew themselves in a post- neoliberal context and institutional reform debates today across Europe an d beyond. The book was named as a Financial Times Best Summer Books of 202 6: Economics\, and described by Martin Wolf as 'an original and provocativ e work on how to combine freedom with prosperity'.Meet our speakers and ch airAndrea Lorenzo Capussela is a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Gove rnment at LSE. From 2008 to 2011\, he served as the head of the economics unit of the International Civilian Office in Kosovo\, and then\, until 201 4\, as adviser to Moldova’s minister of economy\, on behalf of the EU. H is writing has appeared in serval media publications.David Soskice is Emer itus Professor in the Department of Government\, and was School Professor of Political Science and Economics from 2012-2022. He taught macroeconomic s at Oxford from 1967 to 1990\, was then research director/professor at th e Wissenschaftzentrum Berlin (1990-2005)\, and subsequently Research Profe ssor of Comparative Political Economy at Oxford and senior research fellow at Nuffield College\, and Research Professor of Political Science at Duke .Leila Simona Talani has been Professor of International Political Economy in the Department of European and International Studies since 2014. She b ecame editor of the Palgrave series on the Politics of Migration and Citiz enship in 2020. In 2022 she founded the Centre for Italian Politics @ EIS of which she is the director. Since November 2024 she is the Director of J ean Monnet Centre of Excellence for the relations between the EU and the U K at King's college London.Valentino Larcinese is professor of public poli cy. He holds a laurea in Economic and Social Disciplines from Bocconi Univ ersity and a PhD in Economics from LSE. He has been an associate professor at Bocconi\, an economist at the Bank of Italy and has held visiting appo intments at several universities\, including MIT (Cambridge MA)\, Bocconi (Milan)\, Sciences Po (Paris)\, Universitat Autonoma (Barcelona)\, Univers ita’ Tor Vergata (Rome).More about this eventJoin us on campus or regist er to watch the event online at LSE Live. LSE Live is the home for our liv e streams\, allowing you to tune in and join the global debate at LSE\, wh erever you are in the world. 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