The new LSE public lecture programme is published today – there are some attractive lectures and full details can be found here

Here is my quick pick of those listed at the moment

• Balancing Cars and Pedestrians: the case of New York City - Janette Sadik Khan commissioner for New York City Department of Transportation(26th April) • The Coming Global Monetary (Dis)Order - Professor Benjamin Cohen (29th April) • Victims or Survivors? The Emerging Economies and the Economic Crisis - Thomas Mirow is president of the European Bank for Reconstruction Development (5th May) • Individuals and Groups in Evolutionary Biology - Samir Okasha professor of the philosophy of science at the University of Bristol- 11th May • Crisis Economics - Professor Nouriel Roubini - 18th May • The Plundered Planet - Prof Paul Collier - 24th May • Cognitive Surplus - Clay Shirky - 28th June