{"title": "CIMR debates in Public Policy - Catching Up in the Digital Age: Capabilities, Governance, and Industrial Policy in Transitional Europe", "start": "2026-11-05T16:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Birkbeck College", "address": "WC1E 7HX London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/economics"], "description": "A CIMR Debates in Public Policy talk on how latecomer economies in transitional Europe can catch up digitally, drawing on Prof. Fadil Sahiti's book 'Catching Up in the Digital Age: Capabilities, Governance, and Industrial Policy in Transitional Europe'. It is hosted by Birkbeck's Centre for Innovation Management Research, with a welcome and chairing by Prof. Helen Lawton Smith and speakers Prof. Slavo Radosevic, Prof. Rainer Kattel, and Dr. Nahed Ahmed. The debate examines how capability building, governance, and industrial policy can drive sustainable economic transformation, with focus on the Western Balkans including Kosovo, Albania, and North Macedonia, and introduces the book's concept of the Developmental Network State.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/cimr-debates-in-public-policy-catching-up-in-the-digital-age-80522/", "official_url": "https://www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event/61292/cimr-debates-in-public-policy-catching-up-in-the-digital-age-capabilities-governance-and-industrial-policy-in-transitional-europe", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-05T16:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Birkbeck College", "address": "WC1E 7HX London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Governing growth: the postwar transformations of capitalism and democracy", "start": "2026-11-02T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-02T20:00:00Z", "place": "London School of Economics and Political Science", "address": "Houghton Street, WC2A 2AE London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/postwar", "society/politics"], "description": "A public lecture at the London School of Economics and Political Science on how capitalist economies change over time and what political consequences follow. Peter Hall presents his new book \"Governing Growth\", tracing interactions between politics and economics in Western democracies over the past eighty years. He identifies three postwar growth regimes - modernization, liberalisation and knowledge-based growth - each paired with a distinctive regime of political representation, with discussants Sara Hobolt and David Soskice and chair Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey. The event is hosted by the Department of Government, takes place in the Malaysia Auditorium in the Centre Building, and is part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2026.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/governing-growth-the-postwar-transformations-of-capitalism-a-63365/", "official_url": "https://www.lse.ac.uk/events/governing-growth", "image": "https://noky.io/images/20dac47debd37308b826eec6afd967f4d52cd91b166a045cd08efb5c581c5707-2000.webp"}, {"title": "State of the sovereign transition 2026: from national targets to sector signals", "start": "2026-11-03T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-03T20:00:00Z", "place": "London School of Economics and Political Science", "address": "Houghton Street, WC2A 2AE London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/finance"], "description": "A public panel discussion on the state of national climate transition planning in 2026, held in the week before COP31. 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The chair is Professor Carmen Nuzzo of the TPI Centre, with speakers including Marjan Divjak of Slovenia's Ministry of Finance, Jana Harvey of RBC BlueBay, Maya Hennerkes of the EBRD and Setenay Hizliok of the TPI Centre.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/state-of-the-sovereign-transition-2026-from-national-targets-63367/", "official_url": "https://www.lse.ac.uk/events/sovereign-transition", "image": "https://noky.io/images/cf12df2256ca374a678f8e339f440b3f1b2ddebfb4b0a9d8ef0916f6b7aaad7d-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Tech sovereignty, security and democracy: a conversation with Henna Virkkunen", "start": "2026-11-05T17:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-05T18:30:00Z", "place": "London School of Economics and Political Science", "address": "Houghton Street, WC2A 2AE London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics/digital-policy"], "description": "A public talk, in person and online, in which Henna Virkkunen, the European Commission's Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, is interviewed about AI, digital sovereignty, cybersecurity, democracy, regulation and the policies shaping Europe's technological future. It is hosted by the LSE Data Science Institute. The conversation is led by Cosmina Dorobantu, Co-Director of the institute, whose research concerns AI and public policy. Virkkunen previously served in the European Parliament and held Finnish ministerial posts in transport, public administration and education.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/tech-sovereignty-security-and-democracy-a-conversation-with-80743/", "official_url": "https://www.lse.ac.uk/dsi/events/2025-26/public-events/tech-sovereignty-security-and-democracy-a-conversation-with-henna-virkkunen", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f028e6ff33f3064c4b5a5b7e5df5250c604c309808b25dd51e4a42348ffc1c42-1200.webp"}, {"title": "In conversation with Sri Mulyani Indrawati", "start": "2026-11-04T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-04T20:00:00Z", "place": "London School of Economics and Political Science", "address": "Houghton Street, WC2A 2AE London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics"], "description": "This year's SPP Annual Lecture is an in-person and online public conversation at the London School of Economics and Political Science. 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The event is hosted by the School of Public Policy.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/in-conversation-with-sri-mulyani-indrawati-74268/", "official_url": "https://www.lse.ac.uk/school-of-public-policy/events/2026-27/spp-annual-lecture-2026-in-conversation-with-sri-mulyani-indrawati", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7dc5403a65d6d219a9d5e99b06d7195151a8f81af9ee6e9f5f12977ba584a07d-1200.webp"}, {"title": "2026 BRISMES Annual Lecture: Beyond Bearing Witness: Palestine, Knowledge Production and the Political Economy of the Future", "start": "2026-11-12T17:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "SOAS University of London", "address": "10 Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, WC1H 0XG London", "price": "Free, registration required", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics/israel-palestine", "history/colonialism"], "description": "A public lecture, also streamed online, discussing what forms of knowledge and analysis are needed beyond documenting conditions in Palestine. 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Attendees can join in person in the Malaysia Auditorium at the Centre Building or watch online via LSE Live.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/sustainability-and-behavioural-change-a-discussion-80744/", "official_url": "https://www.lse.ac.uk/events/sustainability-behavioural-change", "image": "https://noky.io/images/24f1f7bf5680aba41a38cf8d2d88347fbe68cd174116e6d876e22d5681941d73-1200.webp"}, {"title": "From the Bog to the Cloud: Dependency and Eco-Modernity in Ireland", "start": "2026-11-05T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-05T22:00:00Z", "place": "maydayrooms", "address": "88 Fleet Street, EC4Y 1DH London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["nature/environment/sustainability", "history/colonialism", "science/technology"], "description": "An evening of talks and a short film screening about technology, sustainability and Ireland. The authors of From the Bog to the Cloud: Dependency and Eco-Modernity in Ireland present their book, which challenges eco-modern and techno-solutionist approaches and links narratives of sustainability with colonial histories and uneven development, arguing that tech-driven transitions replicate exploitative patterns of imperial capitalism. Using Ireland as a focal point, they show the history and depth of the country's postcolonial dependency on multinational investment, especially US technology companies, including arms companies. The talk is accompanied by Roisin Agnew's short film Bog Communism, a micro short that is part film essay, part mock recruitment video, exploring resistance to data centres in Ireland via archive footage and Unreal Engine.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/from-the-bog-to-the-cloud-dependency-and-eco-modernity-in-ir-70039/", "official_url": "https://events.maydayrooms.org/e/115/from-the-bog-to-the-cloud-dependency-and-eco-modernity-in-ireland", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8fdf4caf823e00999a57f9ca49a5dc3f7c97d836e9f222a4fe22e37c1cd35f2f-1200.webp"}, {"title": "AI for Net Zero Infrastructure: Accelerating the energy transition through artificial intelligence", "start": "2026-11-02T09:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-02T13:30:00Z", "place": "Digital Catapult", "address": "Euston Road 101, NW1 2RA London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["nature/environment/energy-transition", "science/ai"], "description": "An event exploring how artificial intelligence can accelerate the energy transition towards net zero infrastructure. It is hosted by Digital Catapult, a deep tech innovation organisation that drives business value by accelerating the application of advanced technologies. The event takes place at Digital Catapult's London base on Euston Road, in the Euston area of the city.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/ai-for-net-zero-infrastructure-accelerating-the-energy-trans-41341/", "official_url": "https://www.digicatapult.org.uk/apply/events/ai-for-net-zero-infrastructure/", "image": ""}]}