Tag: LSE Faculty
LSESU Economics Society Essay Competition · Editorial Library
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The LSE Faculty Behind the 2026 LSESU Essay Questions (2026)
Meet the five LSE economists who set the 2026 LSESU essay prompts — Pissarides, Reis, Tenreyro, Van Reenen and Gmeiner — and learn how their fields shape a sharper, higher-scoring essay. Read article →
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LSESU Essay Competition vs Economics Challenge: Two LSE Competitions, Side-by-Side (2026)
The LSESU Economics Society runs two very different competitions, and students confuse them constantly. The Essay Competition asks for a 1500-word argued essay; the Economics Challenge is a multiple-choice test of about 50 questions.… Read article →
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What Is the LSESU Economics Essay Competition? A Complete 2026 Guide for International Students
The LSESU Economics Society Essay Competition is a free, global writing competition for high-school students, run annually since 2017, with all five prompts set by LSE Economics Department professors. This guide explains the format,… Read article →
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The Sen Club at LSE: three Nobel laureates the Society has hosted
The Society flagship Sen Club seminar series has hosted Amartya Sen, Eric Maskin, and Oliver Hart. Each is connected to the analytical traditions that shape what the Essay Competition rubric rewards. Read article →
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Question 1 deep-dive: Pissarides on workers, monitoring, and the home office
The 2026 Question 1 is set by Sir Christopher Pissarides, 2010 Nobel laureate. It looks like a remote-work preference question — but the rubric rewards the candidate who frames it as a principal-agent problem. Read article →