63 Short courses offered by the university

Gain a holistic overview of the key concepts, drivers, and frameworks of corporate transactions. London School of Economics and Political Science offers the The Law and Economics of Mergers and Acquisitions programme.

London School of Economics and Political Science's Probability and Statistics for Economics and Econometrics course provides a precise and accurate treatment of probability, distribution theory and statistical inference.

Democracy and capitalism have had a complex and often conflictual relationship, shown recently in political upheaval amid the lingering aftermath of the global financial crisis of 2008. London School of Economics and Political Science offers the Capitalism, Democracy and Inequality - The Crisis of Market Liberalism in Wealthy Democracies programme.

Maximise your negotiation skills for business and career success in this six-week online course. London School of Economics and Political Science offers the Negotiation Programme programme.

London School of Economics and Political Science's The Political Economy of Public Policy course enhances a student’s understanding of the characteristics, determinants and consequences of public-policy making in liberal democracies.

In a world composed of similar people, why is it that we live in relative comfort while about 1.4 billion people live on less than $1 a day? And, more importantly, what can be done about it? London School of Economics and Political Science offers the Development Economics programme.

London School of Economics and Political Science's Applied Econometrics and Big Data course will provide a solid grounding in recent developments in applied micro-econometrics, including state-of-the art methods of applied econometric analysis. Some of these methods are related to work by recent Nobel Prize in Economics winners J. Angrist, D. Card and G. Imbens.

London School of Economics and Political Science's Introduction to International Human Rights - Theory, Law and Practice course attempts a critical exploration of the idea of human rights and in particular the possibility that international human rights can provide the basis of a universal ethical and legal order.

In this era of deep uncertainty, rapid change and big data, making the right strategic decisions is more vital than ever. London School of Economics and Political Science offers the The Science and Art of Decision Making programme.

London School of Economics and Political Science's War, Power and Morality - Divisive Debates and Contentious Conflicts course will introduce students to the state-of the-art in debates on how and why wars arise, along with the complex ethical dilemmas they create, while illustrating competing arguments from political theory with studies of key cases of violent political conflict. 

Digital innovations transform the ways in which companies and individuals create and share information, offer innovative value creation propositions, define new economics patterns, and make possible unique business models. London School of Economics and Political Science offers the Management and Economics of Digital Innovation programme.

Gain a comprehensive overview of the issues facing the healthcare industry through the lens of economics, and learn how policy can be used to address contemporary global healthcare challenges with London School of Economics and Political Science's Health Economics and Policy. 

Is a growing gap between the ultra-rich, and the rest, necessary for economic growth? What are the historical precedents for our current global inequity? London School of Economics and Political Science offers the The Economic History of Inequality programme.

Why do some countries get rich but others remain poor? Will trade wars and climate change slow down economic growth? How can we build democracy and gender equality in poorer countries? London School of Economics and Political Science offers the Development in the International Political Economy programme.

Have financial crises become more frequent and more severe over time? What can early bubbles tell us about the state of different stock markets? London School of Economics and Political Science offers the Financial Markets and the Global Economy - The History of Bubbles, Crashes and Inflations programme.

How do politics and institutions shape public policy? How and why does policy change? How does bureaucracy work, and how might it be reformed? London School of Economics and Political Science offers the Public Policy Analysis programme.

London School of Economics and Political Science's course offers an intensive investigation of a central set of topics over the last century of international politics. London School of Economics and Political Science offers the From Sarajevo to Baghdad - Key Decisions on War and Peace, 1914-2003 programme.

Once regarded as a symptom of political underdevelopment, populist politics are challenging the political establishment in virtually all regions of the world. London School of Economics and Political Science offers the Populist and Alt-Right Politics programme.

London School of Economics and Political Science's Foundations of Psychological Science course provides an introduction to human cognition and behaviour, addressing foundational topics in psychological science.

Globalisation is one of the most important dynamics of contemporary social life. But how has it emerged, what does it really involve, and what are the cultural and social forces that shape it? London School of Economics and Political Science offers the Culture and Globalisation programme.