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 this evening's event.
It's a pleasure to see everyone here and also online.
This event, as you can see, is called Narratives in Policy Making.
And we are anticipating a lively evening with some provocations from the folk here and participation from you.
So my name is Sonia Livingstone.
I'm a professor of social psychology in the Department of Media and Communications at LSE.
and just housekeeping before we kick off to say please do put your phones on silent
because the event is being recorded and will be a podcast and those who are online can already start asking their questions actually put your names in the Q&A box along with your question and we will come to you.
So tonight is to celebrate the launch of the publication of the new LSE Public Policy Review issue on narratives in policymaking and I believe there's a QR code,
just as I mentioned it.
So the LSE Public Policy Review is a new open access journal by LSE Press.
It publishes a range of thematic issues from different disciplinary perspectives,
including recently populism,
well-being, tax justice, AI, the war in Ukraine, and more.
And the new special issue that we're here to launch and to celebrate explores how personal and social narratives shape policymaking in a variety of ways.
So everyone loves stories.
We're all storytellers.
But how does telling stories affect what we decide is important?