New🔥: Patriarchy starts young in Pakistan – so must equality As #Pakistan continues to rank near the bottom of global gender equality indices, the urgency to address deep-rooted disparities has never been greater. LSE ID alum Mehrin Shah says the classroom may be our most overlooked tool for change

New 🔥: On 31 Oct, Tin El-Kadi and Kenddrick Chan joined James Putzel for the Cutting-Edge Issues series on China’s digital rise in the Global South. MSc reflections by Natalia Colombo & Disha Ghosh explore its uneven benefits, trade-offs & calls for local agency. 👉 ow.ly/Y42R50Xoglc

Pakistan has recently launched the HPV vaccination campaign to protect adolescent girls from cervical cancer. Zahra Valika and Anzal Abbas Jaffari share their reflections on why women’s health initiatives need dialogue, trust and community engagement. blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

MSc International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies alumna Fatima Binte Umar reflects on her transformative Autumn term at LSE and her experience settling into life in London. blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa... #Studentexperience

🚀 Cutting edge issues in development thinking and practice from @lseid.bsky.social 💫 Catch up on Ha-Joon Chang and Richard Kozul-Wright discussing a New New International Economic Order for a New Global Economy. All LSE news: buff.ly/vECJiQh

New🔥: Why Development? After years of studying and practicing law, Eberechukwu Ezike made what many might see as a bold pivot, from corporate law to international development. But as she shares in this reflection, the journey was less a detour and more a continuation. #LSEID #AfCFTA #Africa

Latest open source paper from Dr Tine Hanrieder on “Contesting neoliberalism with human rights? Liberal exhaustion and exploitation in Colombia’s health system.” Journal of European Public Policy, www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Humanitarian agencies have been urged to ‘localise’, shifting power to local actors and addressing North/South imbalances. But what does local really mean? Dr Myfanwy James explores this question for the LSE ID Blog blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

On 17 Oct, our Cutting-Edge Issues lecture brought together Clare Short, Kevin Watkins, & Deborah Doane to explore the future of #development aid. Student reflections now published offer insights into crisis, empathy, resilience & intergenerational solidarity #Aid #LSE #CuttingEdgeIssues #Reform

What if “good institutions” weren’t so good after all? Kate Meagher revisits Thandika Mkandawire’s powerful critique of settler colonialism and its lasting inequalities blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

In this reflective piece, Patrice M. de Guzman (MSc Environment & Development) shares insights from the LSE International Development retreat at Cumberland Lodge, where deep discussions met laughter and music. 👉 rb.gy/48oju0 #LSE #CumberlandLodge #Development #InternationalDevelopment

Tonight we welcome Padmashree Gehl Sampath to deliver a talk the trajectories of pharmaceuticals and artificial intelligence, to show how weak policy and regulatory oversight can lead to technology capture and reduce the public interest benefits from technological innovation

Tonight we welcome Clare Short, Kevin Watkins and Deborah Doane for our Cutting Edge Guest Lecture series. We'll discuss aid cuts, restructuring in the NGO sector and the new geopolitics of development funding. 🎦A link to the recording will be shared on Monday.

🚨Part III of student reflections on the Cutting-Edge lecture with Ha-Joon Chang & Richard Kozul-Wright: “A New New International Economic Order for a New Global Economy” 📷MSc students: Sumin Yu, Seulgi Hwang & Taiyo Kayira @soaseconomics.bsky.social @soasuni.bsky.social Post👉 ow.ly/JK7W50XcUnJ

Duncan Green launches a new in-person LSE workshop, “Activism, Influencing and Change for Impact,” co-led with Jess Crombie, and Vivienne Francis, designed to help individuals develop practical influencing, storytelling, and media engagement skills. blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...

🚨Part II of student reflections on the Cutting-Edge lecture with Ha-Joon Chang & Richard Kozul-Wright: “A New New International Economic Order for a New Global Economy” 💡MSc voices: Johanes Jethro, Sherrie Hsueh, Manorma Pandey & Disha Ghosh @soasuni.bsky.social #Development 👉🏾 ow.ly/Rme350Xby3I

“A U.S. bail-out will buy him time, but will not do anything for the underlying problems... In this sense, the US is like another naïve foreign investor that stumbles in when all the locals are fleeing.” Professor Faguet for Newsweek: www.newsweek.com/argentina-to...

Donald Trump's success at brokering a peace deal in Gaza has done little to dampen his appetite for waging war against his domestic political opponents. ✍ Robert H Wade @lseid.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Selen Özen, Amy Lim and Juliana Causin reflect on the first Cutting Edge Guest Lecture with Ha-Joon Chang and Richard Kozul-Wright on" A New New International Economic Order for a New Global Economy" blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

Kayode Adeniyi explores how Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming global development. For African nations, this moment presents a strategic opportunity. blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

MSc International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies alumna Fatima Binte Umar reflects on an LSE ID event held in April 2025, titled “The Looming Global Financial Crisis: Time to Re-think Development and Democracy 2.0.” blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

📢 How can we stop powerful interests from capturing tech innovation? Padmashree Gehl Sampath explores lessons from pharma and AI 🗓️ Mon 20 Oct,| 6.30–8pm, Honk Kong Theatre www.lse.ac.uk/events/techn... #LSE #PublicInterestTech #InnovationPolicy #AI #Pharma

Thanks to all speakers for their useful insights and students for joining our annual Student Careers Panel and Reception last week! 💌 Sign up to our mailing list for more events and MEC activities: t.co/bQXzfKrXhw @tizianaleone.bsky.social @lseid.bsky.social @cwoodcraft.bsky.social @jbs.cam.ac.uk

🚨 We've launched this year's Cutting Edge Series with a guest lecture by Prof Ha-Joon Chang and Prof Richard Kozul-Wright on A New New International Economic Order (NNIEO) for a New Global Economy. 📺 Catch the replay on our YouTube channel this Monday!

We’re honoured to host Francia Elena Márquez Mina, Colombia’s first Black woman Vice President, for a special #BlackHistoryMonth event at LSE. ✊🏾🌍 🎟️ Free & open to the public. Register via link in bio 📅 Tue 14 Oct, 7.15–8.45pm

Sakshee Singh writes about Nepal’s 2025 social media ban which sparked violent protests, exposing deep anger over corruption and weak governance. blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

East and South East Asian Heritage Month - ESEA Heritage [email protected] subscription and free resources- lots to explore padlet.com/h_dawson/ese... @lseid.bsky.social @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social

"What the Bangladesh story told me is that within Islam itself, as within any religion, women do not necessarily value the same things or speak the same language." Prof Naila Kabeer writes for @lseinequalities.bsky.social blog ♀ 🌍 blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities... @lseid.bsky.social

Arthur Michelino suggests that African states are changing mining laws to strengthen sovereignty by boosting state stakes blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

Do all Muslim women yearn for emancipation of the kind assumed by Western feminists to be the universal language of progress? Or are there pathways to personhood which deny the opposition of “progressive” Western vs “regressive” Islamic values, asks Naila Kabeer? buff.ly/NKDl90A

Nicola Banks and Gijs van Selm argue that while “localisation” in international aid promises to shift power to communities, in practice it often reinforces Northern NGOs’ dominance. blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

Fuel subsidies, reforms & political risks: 🇲🇾 PM Anwar Ibrahim’s biggest economic test yet. MSc Development Studies alum Imran Hakim Mohamedsha analyses what’s at stake. blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

MSc student Difa Mubaroq shares lessons from a week in Kenya with EmpServe Kenya—on youth, empowerment, inequality, and the challenges of inclusive, sustainable social enterprise. blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

As part of the ID Consultancy Project, Cate Chisholm, Megan Baird, Ivana Valencia-Cortes and Khadija Karim share their experience working with Ipas LAC to explore the sexual and reproductive health needs of women migrating through Central America and Mexico. blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

📚 A new book, Who’s Governing the Market? by Klingler-Vidra, Chalmers, and @lseid.bsky.social Professor, Robert Wade, explores the overlooked role of individuals in East Asia’s developmental states. 📖 Read all LSE news here: www.devstud.org.uk/2025/07/16/l...

GDI's Nicola Banks and @lseid.bsky.social's Gijs van Selm have published a new paper on Northern NGO-centrism in localisation processes. On the GDI blog, they tell us why this matters: blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/the-emperors...

From settling into the Autumn term to navigating the Winter chill, Kinza’s previous blogs have offered a thoughtful window into student life. Now, she shares her final reflections as the academic year comes to a close. blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

Anzal Abbas explores how digital and alternative media platforms can enable ordinary citizens of India and Pakistan to bypass nationalist narratives, build cross-border solidarity and foster peace despite longstanding political tensions. blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

We’re saddened by the passing of Professor Meghnad Desai, who joined LSE in the late 1960s. He was a brilliant economist and visionary founder of DESTIN, now LSE ID. His legacy in development theory and interdisciplinary thinking lives on. blogs.lse.ac.uk/condolences/...

Luis Eduardo Gutiérrez Rojas argues that Pacific Alliance countries have struggled with fragmented systems, chronic underfunding, and politically driven policy shifts, revealing a gap between rhetoric and effective long-term innovation strategies. blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

Jessica Coria examines the ongoing global trade in e-waste, highlighting how regulatory loopholes allow hazardous electronics to be exported to lower-income countries, and argues for building formal recycling systems blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

Tahreen Chaudhury reflects on her visit to a safe shelter in Odisha, India where an art-therapy session was delivered. She explores the impact of this trauma-informed approach, and the art of storytelling. blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

Miyako, Maya, Oliver and Hannah reflect on their consultancy project with IOM Jordan, which applied behavioural science to understand and address barriers to women’s participation in the Jordanian Armed Forces. blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

Latest publication from Dr Myfanwy James which explores how the inclusion of pregnant women in an Ebola vaccine trial in Goma, DRC, sparked local rumors that reflected broader ethical concerns and historical anxieties anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Deepfakes are being weaponized to silence women—especially in South Asia. Zahra Valika exposes how AI-generated abuse, from fabricated pornographic videos to blackmail, thrives in a culture of patriarchy and "honour." blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

Nato Balavadze agues that one-size-fits-all climate policies informed by global strategies often overlook the specific needs of developing countries, which require industrialisation to build the capacity for green transitions. blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

Esperanza Hughes-Salinas, reflecting on the reaction to Spain’s 10-hour electricity blackout, argues the Global North must learn from the South’s adaptability, solidarity and psychological preparedness during disruptions to be resilient to climate shocks blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

MSc student Matias Iriarte reflects on how building a relationship with his academic mentor helped him navigate key academic and personal decisions, and why office hours can be far more meaningful than students might expect. blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

Drawing on her research in Pakistan and Kenya, Zahra Valika explores how menstrual health can no longer remain a silent crisis. blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

Incoming ID student? 🌏 Find our from ID Ambassador Rawan how to tap your academic mentor, book cross-department office hours in seconds, and squeeze every drop from skills hubs like LSE LIFE blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...