📢 New for 2026/27: A teaching partnership between LSE ID and LSE Gender Studies Students will access cross-department courses and teaching, strengthening interdisciplinary learning on global challenges. Find out more 👇 www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

Jack Salmon argues that online child sexual exploitation is rooted in colonial power asymmetries and calls on governments and tech companies to act with the urgency the scale of the problem requires. blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

📘 Join us for the launch of a bold new book exploring alternatives to mainstream development models, from degrowth to indigenous knowledge. 📅 31 March 2026, 5–7pm 📍 LSE, CBG.1.07 Speakers: Peter Sutoris & Uma Pradhan Discussant: Tine Hanrieder Chair: David Lewis Register: lnkd.in/eNveVTdE

The LSE Africa Summit 2026 is happening soon! We warmly invite everyone to attend in person and be part of the conversation shaping Africa’s future. 📅 Date: 28–29 March 2026 📍 Location: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE, London Register here: eshop.lse.ac.uk/product-cata...

Steve Gale argues that China has gained a major strategic and economic advantage over the U.S. by expanding its global control of seaports and maritime infrastructure, posing growing trade and security risks that the U.S. is only beginning to address. blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

Honore Johnson explains how Honduras solved the “last mile” problem in welfare payments by using biometric verification and QR codes to ensure cash transfers reach the right people transparently and accountably, even without bank accounts. blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

What does principled humanitarian action really look like in Taliban-governed Afghanistan? MSc Candidate Louisa Steijger argues it demands a clear-eyed understanding of Afghanistan's deep-rooted crisis, and a shift from short-term relief to sustained investment. #Afghanistan #HumanitarianAction

Bangladesh’s growth story is undeniable, but who is being left behind? Guest blogger Atif Ahmed Choudhury highlights deep internal inequalities and calls for more inclusive nation-building. blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

🥑 From Super Bowl #guacamole to avocado toast, America’s love affair with a Mexican superfood runs deeper than brunch culture and health trends. Christina Tanner traces how a fruit became a mirror for US anxiety about #immigration, borders and the hidden human cost of our appetite.

Harshita Sinha argues that climate change and AI are creating parallel global disruptions that will lead to large-scale social and economic displacement, and that proactive state governance is necessary to manage these transitions blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

What role does advice play in making entrepreneurs resilient? David Lewis @lseid.bsky.social @lseanthropology.bsky.social & Luke Heslop (Brunel U London) report on their @afsee-lse.bsky.social research on advice-giving in Sri Lanka, w/ Anush Wijesinha (CSF, Colombo). blogs.lse.ac.uk/southasia/20...

Is Net Zero an achievable target or a climate fantasy? MSc candidate Amanda da Cruz Costa examines the data, the geopolitical landscape and the uneven impacts on the Global South to assess what reaching net zero would actually require.

Bwala’s Head to Head with Mehdi Hasan turned a serious debate on Nigeria’s violence into political performance. MSc IDHE candidate Ruth Otim reflects on how charm and theatrics risked obscuring real suffering. blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

🔥This must‑read book will be launched at the London School of Economics (LSE) next Wednesday, March 18. Register here to attend the launch: lnkd.in/eyswjav4

⛓️Do global value chains really reduce poverty and create better jobs? Join us for a discussion with Benjamin Selwyn exploring the realities of global production. 📅 18 Mar | 🕒 3:45–6:15pm📍 MAR.2.08, LSE

Join us on Friday for the launch of The Economics of Crime in Latin America: From Diagnosis to Policy Responses with Raphael Espinoza (@IMFNews), chaired by Jean-Paul Faguet. 🗓 Fri 13 March | 5–7pm 📍 Sumeet Valrani Lecture Theatre, LSE Campus

At Al Jazeera’s Head to Head, Vanessa Neumann defended a Trump‑ordered plan to invade Venezuela & abduct Maduro. MSc ID students Almitra Phukan & Jasmin Kelliher unpack the ethical + political implications of justifying invasion as “restoring democracy.” blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

Dr. Vanessa Neumann joined Mehdi Hasan on Al Jazeera’s Head to Head to debate whether foreign‑backed regime change can deliver democracy or instead deepens crisis. MSc candidates Anandini Gupta and Amaya Lilles attended and reflect on the tensions raised: blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

What does it mean to exist in a database? In a recent LSE lecture, UNRWA’s Dr Valeria Cetorelli challenged the audience to look beyond the technical side of humanitarian data. MSc candidate Jessica Subbaraman reflects on why data is an anchor for history, identity, and survival.

Is academic critique a luxury? Myles Mordaunt reflects on Dr Valeria Cetorelli’s (UNRWA) Lecture, exploring the gap btn ideal data ethics & the constrained choices of survival on the ground. When physical records are under threat, digitisation becomes a vital tool for preserving refugee identity.

Ken Shadlen and co authors examine how a key TRIPS transitional rule, excluding drugs with pre-1995 global priority filings from patent eligibility in India, shaped “primary” patents and generic competition. New (open access) in Health Affairs Scholar: academic.oup.com/healthaffair...

NEW ✨How UN peacekeeping camps coexist with urban life Worlding Home: An Urban Ethnography of Peacekeeping Camps in Goma, DRC by Maren Larsen reviewed by @sdanielak.bsky.social @georgemasonu.bsky.social @unibas.ch @lseid.bsky.social

Last week at #CuttingEdge, Dr Ritika Arora presented her vital PhD research on School Choice and Majoritarian Politics in #India. Nidhi Shanbhogue’s recap explores how grassroots pressures and market dynamics allow prejudice to reshape India's modern classroom. #LSE #Development #EducationPolicy

A full‑circle moment as Ritika Arora returns to LSE ID, years after writing about a Cutting‑Edge Lecture, to deliver one of her own. Based on 230 interviews in Delhi, she shows how parental choice isn’t neutral and how everyday demands can fuel “bottom‑up Hindutva,”a form of religious nationalism.

Can increasing spending alone solve Pakistan's funding for primary education? ByeongKyu Jun argues that the problem lies not only in the amount of resources the education sector receives, but also in how these resources are utilised in schools. blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

Remembering Professor Tim Allen The Department of International Development is deeply saddened by the passing of Professor Tim Allen, former Head of our Department. One of his long‑standing colleagues, Professor David Keen, shares the following tribute on behalf of the Department.

This evening we welcome CarlosGustavoFernández Valdovinos, Paraguay’s Minister of Economy and Finance. Valdovinos shares lessons on balancing stability with reform, fostering inclusion, and building resilient institutions. #LSEEvents

📣 Tonight at LSE! We’re hosting Paraguay’s Minister of Economy & Finance, Carlos Fernández Valdovinos, for a public lecture on economic reform, stability, and Paraguay’s path to investment grade. 🕡 6:30pm | 📍 Old Theatre With remarks from Larry Kramer. www.lse.ac.uk/events/balan...

🇵🇾 Join @lseid.bsky.social for an event with Carlos Gustavo Fernández Valdovinos, Paraguay’s Minister of Economy and Finance, who will discuss the country’s economic transformation. 📅 17 February 2026 Register for the event here: buff.ly/xkzcEkk

🎙️ New on Voices from IDeaSphere Moona Shaik (MSc Development Management) reflects on how her UN internship — including work on the Women in Tech campaign — shaped her views on gender equality, global development & the power of mentorship. Read her insights👇

Steve Gale reviews some Rare-Earth Mineral (REM) fundamentals to understand the impediments facing the Global South and highlights why China still maintains its near stranglehold on mineral processing and separation. blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

🌿 At COP30 in the Amazon, climate diplomacy felt different. LSE’s Amanda Costa, UN Young Ambassador & Forbes Under 30, reflects on watching diplomacy, resistance and rainforest reality collide. For her generation, climate justice is lived in real time.

Drawing on Crime and Punishment, Rafael Zhansultanov argues that despite a century of progress since the Baby Boomer era, today’s young people face levels of debt and precarity disturbingly similar to those of Dostoevsky’s troubled protagonist. blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

🌏 What does it mean to return home? Join us for a public conversation with author Tareq Baconi, Dr Mai Taha, and @aycacu.bsky.social on personal and political journeys, displacement and belonging, and identity. 📅 16 Feb | 🕕 6pm | 📍 LSE 🔗https://buff.ly/eJFXV1f #Sociology #HumanRights #memoir

🌏 Upcoming event | Governing with nature: towards transformative change? Find out how nature‑based solutions are reshaping urban governance and what this means for climate action, social justice, and cities. 📅 11 Feb | 🕡 6.30pm | 📍 In person & online #LSEEvents #Sociology

Counting the dead in #Sudan is never just technical. It’s political. It’s human. At LSE, Dr Maysoon-Dahab (LSHTM) showed how mortality data in Sudan becomes a form of resistance in a “lights‑off” conflict, where what isn’t counted is easier to ignore. Our MSc reflections captured the stakes 👇

🌟New: New book extract: Worlding Home by Maren Larsen explores how #UN #peacekeeping camps shape everyday urban life in Goma, DRC -- not apart from the city, but within it. If you’d like to learn more, sign up to attend the book launch 👉 👉 ow.ly/m7o350Y3CVL Fullpost 👉 ow.ly/Qf4Q50Y3CO6

Fatima Husain questions assumptions about infrastructure-led development and argues for a shift toward context-specific and locally grounded solutions over one-size-fits-all strategies. blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

📢 Public Event Announcement Join us for Professor Hertog's inaugural lecture: "How oil rents fuel populist foreign policy" on 21 January 2026 at 6.30pm In-person and online tickets available 👇 www.lse.ac.uk/events/21-ja... #LSEEvents @lseevents.bsky.social @shertog.bsky.social

The world’s economic centre of gravity is moving East - what does that mean for global power? Katia Konopelko notes that as US–China rivalry deepens, middle powers like Singapore gain leverage through flexible diplomacy. The question remains: who will adapt fastest? @dannyquah.bsky.social

✨ From Chemistry to African Development to Documentary Film MSc African Development alum Noble Nazzah shows how curiosity, culture and storytelling shaped his path, from chemistry to development and now a PhD in history. 👉 ow.ly/aNCa50XQWnG

Our students joined Al Jazeera’s Head to Head, where Mehdi Hasan challenged Oxford’s Lord Nigel Biggar on how the #empire should be remembered. Anandini Gupta reflects on how the debate exposed Britain’s ongoing struggle with selective memory, where “balance” can blur into denial.

Our 35th anniversary event offered more than a celebration, it prompted a critical reflection on the future of development. MSc Development Studies student Mya A. shares her reflections on the discussions. blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

Anne Irfan & @myfanwyvjames.bsky.social joined James Putzel to unpack the historical roots of the crisis in Gaza. Student reflections by Mahrukh Nisar & Piyush Mane trace today’s violence to long histories of displacement, structural exclusion & the enduring legacy of the Nakba 👉 ow.ly/xymY50XM8Nx

Kayode Adeniyi explains Genesis as the newest chapter in America’s long tradition of state-led “big science” missions. blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

New: 🔥 Universities reflect the same polarisation shaping society MSc candidate Katia Konopelko reflects on a panel with leaders from LSE, @universitypress.cambridge.org and SOAS on free speech, #activism and rebuilding community through dialogue. ▶️ ow.ly/LF3M50XK8eY

New🔥: In the latest episode of Voices from IDeaSphere, our alum Indranil Chakrabarti shares how experiences from Kolkata to 1980s Liverpool shaped his 30-year commitment to equity, solidarity and inclusive growth. Post 👉 ow.ly/RO0350XILJ2

MSc candidate, Fatima Umer Madani reflects on an event featuring Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs), volunteer-led networks that emerged from the 2019 revolution to provide life-saving support during Sudan’s ongoing crises. blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

In a decade #China has gone from being the world’s factory to its laboratory. The government’s control over economic & industrial policy has driven huge technological #innovation & growth. Robert H. Wade @lseid.bsky.social argues China’s does not yet threaten America’s dominance @lsebr.bsky.social

Across the humanitarian sector burnout is becoming the norm. Nadira Saraswati explores why the sector is at a breaking point and what it will take to reimagine a culture of care. blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...