2026-02-10
1 小时 24 分钟Welcome to the LSE Events podcast by the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Get ready to hear from some of the most influential international figures in the social sciences.
Welcome to the London School of Economics and Political Science and thank you
for joining us for this public event tonight.
My name is Hyun Bong Shin,
Professor of Geography and Urban Studies and also the Head of Department here at the LSE.
for the Department of Geography and Environment.
I'm very pleased to welcome Professor Eric Neumeyer,
both to those joining us online and to everyone here in the Shakespeare Theater.
Before I introduce Eric, I'll talk about the occasion, first of all.
Tonight's lecture is part of our department, Sustainability Public Lecture Series,
and it also sits within a very special year for us, the 2025-26 academic year.
marks the 130th anniversary for LSE, and also the teaching of geography at the LSE,
which started in the same year as the foundation of the school.
So it's a good moment to reflect on how the sustainability questions we ask have only become more urgent.
And I promise 130 years of geography does not mean the lecture is going to be for 130 minutes.
So it's going to be much shorter.
This event is hosted by the Department of Geography and Environment,
together with the Global School of Sustainability and the Grantum Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.
Many thanks to all three for their support.