2026-06-16
58 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.
Good afternoon, everyone.
My name is Riccardo Gresciensi.
I am a professor of economic geography here at LSE and I am your host for today.
So welcome, welcome you all to LSE for today's event which forms part of the LSE festival entitled
How to Save the Planet.
Which is taking place like started Monday and will continue until Saturday,
which is a series of events exploring what we can do to save the planet, its people and the environment
from existential threats, from climate change to conflict to the deployment of artificial intelligence.
In these events specifically, we will discuss green industrial policy, balancing national goals and global integration.
I'll say like a few words on the specific angle that we aim to tackle in today's event in a moment.
But I'm very pleased to welcome a panel of distinguished speakers
and guests in the order of seating and alphabetical order.
Sorry, Oliver Harmon, Luis Helen, Anna Valero, and David Willets.
And I'm also very pleased to welcome our online audience and everyone joining, of course, today.
So let me very briefly introduce the panel.
Oliver is a special economist and economic geographers at LSE's geography and environment department.
His research focuses on urbanization, global value chains, and regional development.
And he's also a co-author of a very nice book on green global value chains