Social sciences key to solving global crises, says LSE president
The world cannot rely on the sciences alone to solve its biggest challenges, says London School of Economics (LSE) president and vice-chancellor Larry Kramer.
He said that while science drives discovery, only the social sciences can ensure progress benefits people and societies, especially as the world grapples with the fallout from climate change, widening inequality and rapid technological disruption.
“All of these technologies have potential upsides and downsides. The difference isn’t in the technologies themselves — it’s in how we use them and how we choose to implement them.
“The problems have reached a point where we really need to address them, or we’re not going to make it through the next few decades. The role of the social sciences is to help us capture the benefits of new developments and blunt…
