Craig Calhoun is the university professor of social sciences at Arizona State University and former director of the London School of Economics.

He recently spoke with Nils Gilman, the vice president of programs at the Berggruen Institute and deputy editor of Noema Magazine, and Jonathan S. Blake, a 2020-21 Berggruen Institute fellow, about how to build governance institutions in the age of planetary problems.

This interview has been edited for length and clarity.