Series
Workshops, organised by series
Each series takes one question in political economy and works through it over four to six evenings, with a reading, a guest and a room. Pick a series to see its workshops, its guests and how to apply.
Autumn 2026
Current
The Return of Industrial Policy
States, markets and the direction of investment
Five workshops on why governments across the world are once again steering their economies — and what it means for competition, climate and democracy.
Winter 2027
Upcoming
Money, Central Banks and Democracy
Who decides the price of money?
From the gold standard to digital currencies: how the institutions that manage money were built, and whether they can be governed democratically.
Spring 2027
Upcoming
Work, Ownership and Power
Labour in the twenty-first century firm
A series co-hosted with the Institute for Economic Democracy on platforms, unions, cooperatives and the changing shape of the firm.
Spring 2026
Past
Europe and the Fiscal Question
Rules, debt and the future of the Union
Our inaugural series on the European fiscal framework, its reform and the politics of common borrowing.