63 Short courses offered by the university

Gain the skills to navigate and critically analyse the changing legal environment that is shaping data, law and policy. Learn more at the Data - Law, Policy and Regulation programme from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

London School of Economics and Political Science's Advanced Econometrics course will present an advanced treatment of econometric principles for cross-sectional, panel and time-series data sets.

Gain a multidisciplinary understanding of policy successes and challenges of developing countries, and learn to formulate solutions for sustainable growth. London School of Economics and Political Science offers the  Economic and Political Development in Developing Countries programme.

At the beginning of the 21st century the world stood on the cusp of what most experts assumed would be a golden age of international peace and prosperity guaranteed by American power and underwritten by a world market dominated by the West. London School of Economics and Political Science offers the Power Shift - The Decline of the West and The Crisis of the Liberal International Order programme.

What are the biggest challenges to achieving health equity, and how can they be addressed in a rapidly changing world? London School of Economics and Political Science is offering Global Health and Development in a Changing World course.

What causes inflation? How do states drive economic growth? What impacts unemployment levels? These are some of the important questions macroeconomics seeks to address. London School of Economics and Political Science offers the Introductory Macroeconomics programme.

The problem, for those concerned with social or economic policy, is that we seldom have the luxury of being able to undertake controlled experiments of the type conducted by natural scientists. London School of Economics and Political Science offers the Introduction to Econometrics programme.

How are shifting power dynamics reshaping the contemporary Middle East? Examine the region’s evolving landscape with an emphasis on how new power structures are transforming long-standing cleavages. Learn more at the Conflict and Power in the Contemporary Middle East programme from London School of Economics and Political Science.

How can we design, build and sustain 'democracies' in places that have been engaged in sustained conflict? We will explore societies torn apart by political violence and ethnic conflict. London School of Economics and Political Science offers the Building Democracies from Conflict - Violence, Power-Sharing and Institutional Design programme.

London School of Economics and Political Science's America as a Global Power - FDR to Biden course examines the evolution of American statecraft since World War II, with special emphasis on the president’s role in defining the nation’s interests.

The Economics of European Integration of Europe has been one of the most important, impactful, controversial, and misunderstood processes of the past 100 years. London School of Economics and Political Science offers the Economics of European Integration programme.

Explore public policy innovations and technology, and the strategies for transforming and addressing the challenges in policy making. London School of Economics and Political Science offers the Public Policy Innovations programme.

How do people really make choices when faced with uncertainty? Do people know what makes them happy? How do people make predictions about the world around them? These are some of the important questions behavioural economists seek to answer. London School of Economics and Political Science offers the Introduction to Behavioural Economics programme.

London School of Economics and Political Science's Computational Economics course introduces students to a broad set of computational methods used by economists.

Industrial organisation is concerned with the use of economic analysis in studying competition between firms and the evolution of market structure. London School of Economics and Political Science offers the Industrial Organisation and Introduction to Competition Policy programme.

Interest in the fixed income market is ever-growing. With increasing uncertainty in the global financial market, debt markets have been in the spotlight as investors seek income-generating investments. London School of Economics and Political Science offers the Fixed Income Securities, Debt Markets and the Macro Economy programme.

The United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has encouraged a new generation of social entrepreneurs who contribute to this vision through innovative initiatives, and by setting up important new social businesses, NGOs and social movements. London School of Economics and Political Science offers the Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship programme.

Globalisation has seen the growing interconnectedness of the world politically, socially, and economically. London School of Economics and Political Science offers the Understanding Foreign Policy - the Diplomacy of War, Profit and Justice programme.

How has humanity shifted from a state where lives were brutish and short, to one where people live significantly longer and are much better off? Why are some countries rich and others poor? Learn more at the The Wealth (and Poverty) of Nations - Global Economic Development Past and Present programme from London School of Economics and Political Science.

London School of Economics and Political Science's International Migration, Social Conflict and Public Policy course will offer a multidisciplinary approach to the topical subject of international migration, its causes and consequences, and the challenges it presents to policy makers.