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LSE International Development promotes interdisciplinary postgraduate teaching and research.
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We are 3rd place in the QS World University Rankings for Development Studies 2025, for a third consecutive year 🎉 We are immensely proud of our Department and its exceptional contributions to research and teaching, as demonstrated by this esteemed ranking!
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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. 👉
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Cutting-Edge Issues in Development with Tin El-Kadi and Kenddrick Chan on China’s digital presence in the Global South – student reflections - LSE International Development
On 31 October, Tin El-Kadi and Kenddrick Chan joined James Putzel on the Cutting-Edge Issues in Development series to discuss the developmental impact of China's digital presence in the Global South. ...
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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.
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Why Women’s Health Conversations Still Need Trust, Not Just Treatment
Pakistan has recently launched the HPV vaccination campaign to protect adolescent girls aged 9–14 years from cervical cancer. However, the campaign has faced significant resistance due to distrust and...
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationaldevelopment/2025/11/06/why-womens-health-conversations-still-need-trust-not-just-treatment/
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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.
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Journey from Heathrow to LSE Houghton Street Exploring Readings, Retreats and Resilience
ID alumna Fatima Binte Umar reflects on her transformative Autumn term at LSE and her experience settling into life in London. Covering readings, retreats and resilience.
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationaldevelopment/2025/11/04/journey-from-heathrow-to-lse-houghton-street-exploring-readings-retreats-and-resilience/
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🚀 Cutting edge issues in development thinking and practice from
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💫 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:
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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.
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How the promise of African trade inspired my journey into Development - LSE International Development
Eberechukwu Ezike, MSc Development Studies candidate at LSE, reflects on her journey from law to development, exploring how engaging with Africa’s free trade area has shaped her understanding of the c...
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10 days ago
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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,
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Contesting neoliberalism with human rights? Liberal exhaustion and exploitation in Colombia’s health system
The neoliberal reorganisation of social policy has provoked counterreactions worldwide. One genuinely liberal contestation of neoliberal restructuring is based on human rights mobilisation, and, in...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13501763.2025.2578283
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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
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The politics of local humanitarian recruitment in DRC - LSE International Development
There have been growing calls over the last decade for humanitarian agencies to ‘localise’— to address unjust and unequal power relations in the contemporary system by transferring power to local pers...
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationaldevelopment/2025/10/28/the-politics-of-local-humanitarian-recruitment-in-drc/
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On 17 Oct, our Cutting-Edge Issues lecture brought together Clare Short, Kevin Watkins, & Deborah Doane to explore the future of
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aid. Student reflections now published offer insights into crisis, empathy, resilience & intergenerational solidarity
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Cutting-Edge Issues in Development with Clare Short, Kevin Watkins, and Deborah Doane on the Future of Development Aid – Student Reflections - LSE International Development
On 17 October, Clare Short, Kevin Watkins, and Deborah Doane joined James Putzel on a Cutting-Edge Issues in Development lecture to discuss “Rethinking the Future of Development Aid.” The panel examin...
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationaldevelopment/2025/10/22/cutting-edge-issues-in-development-with-clare-short-kevin-watkins-and-deborah-doane-on-the-future-of-development-aid-student-reflections/
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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
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Thandika Mkandawire and the Decolonization of Settler Colonial Thinking - LSE International Development
Professor Kate Meagher highlights how Thandika Mkandawire’s work challenges the idea that settler colonialism produced “good institutions,” revealing instead how it entrenched racial hierarchies, disp...
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationaldevelopment/2025/10/21/thandika-mkandawire-and-the-decolonization-of-settler-colonial-thinking/
19 days ago
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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. 👉
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Health, Politics, and “the Dancing Queen?” – Reflections from Cumberland Lodge - LSE International Development
What happens when global health, royal history, and ABBA’s “Dancing Queen” collide? Patrice M. de Guzman (MSc Environment & Development) joins fellow students from LSE’s Department of International De...
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19 days ago
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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
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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.
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🚨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
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Part III: Student Reflections on Cutting-Edge Issues in Development Lecture with Ha-Joon Chang and Richard Kozul-Wright - LSE International Development
On 3 October, Ha-Joon Chang and Richard Kozul-Wright joined James Putzel for a lecture on “A New New International Economic Order for a New Global Economy,” part of the 2025/26 Cutting Edge Issues in ...
https://ow.ly/JK7W50XcUnJ
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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.
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Training claxon: ‘Activism, Influencing and Change for Impact’, 18th November at the LSE - Activism Influence and Change
As I explained in this recent post, our training work on influencing has mushroomed over the last couple of years. Already this year, we have delivered bespoke courses for a widening range of institut...
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-influence-change/2025/10/12/training-claxon-activism-influencing-and-change-for-impact-18th-november-at-the-lse/
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🚨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
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Part II: Student Reflections on Cutting Edge Issues in Development Lecture with Ha-Joon Chang and Richard Kozul-Wright - LSE International Development
On 3 October, Ha-Joon Chang and Richard Kozul-Wright joined James Putzel for a lecture on “A New New International Economic Order for a New Global Economy,” part of the 2025/26 Cutting Edge Issues in ...
https://ow.ly/Rme350Xby3I
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“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:
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President Trump has offered support to ally Javier Milei as he grapples with Argentina's current economic challenges.
https://www.newsweek.com/argentina-took-a-chainsaw-to-its-economy-it-now-needs-us-help-10780008
27 days ago
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27 days ago
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
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Trump, Gaza and the US political maelstrom - EUROPP
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.
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2025/10/13/trump-gaza-and-the-us-political-maelstrom/
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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"
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Cutting Edge Issues in Development with Ha-Joon Chang and Richard Kozul-Wright – A New New International Economic Order for a New Global Economy - LSE International Development
On Friday 3 October, Ha-Joon Chang and Richard Kozul-Wright joined James Putzel for a lecture on “A New New International Economic Order for a New Global Economy,” part of the 2025/26 Cutting Edge Iss...
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationaldevelopment/2025/10/08/cutting-edge-issues-in-development-with-ha-joon-chang-and-richard-kozul-wright-a-new-new-international-economic-order-for-a-new-global-economy/
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Kayode Adeniyi explores how Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming global development. For African nations, this moment presents a strategic opportunity.
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The United Nation’s New AI Infrastructure Is Africa’s Strategic Edge
MSc Management of Information Systems and Digital Innovation candidate, Kayode Adeniyi explores how Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming global development. For African nations, this moment...
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationaldevelopment/2025/10/10/the-united-nations-new-ai-infrastructure-is-africas-strategic-edge/
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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.”
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The Coming Global Financial Crash Through an LSE Lens
Fatima Binte Umar reflects on an LSE International Development event; “The Looming Global Financial Crisis: Time to Re-think Development and Democracy 2.0.”
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationaldevelopment/2025/10/09/the-coming-global-financial-crash-through-an-lse-lens/
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📢 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
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Technology for the public interest | Padmashree Gehl Sampath
6.30pm Mon 20 Oct | Padmashree Gehl Sampath, Laura Mann | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE
https://www.lse.ac.uk/events/technology-for-the-public-interest
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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:
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🚨 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!
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We’re honoured to host Francia Elena Márquez Mina, Colombia’s first Black woman Vice President, for a special
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event at LSE. ✊🏾🌍 🎟️ Free & open to the public. Register via link in bio 📅 Tue 14 Oct, 7.15–8.45pm
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Sakshee Singh writes about Nepal’s 2025 social media ban which sparked violent protests, exposing deep anger over corruption and weak governance.
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What Nepal’s Social Media Shutdown Revealed About Its Crisis of Trust and Corruption? - LSE International Development
MSc in Development Studies alum, Sakshee Singh writes about Nepal’s 2025 social media ban which sparked violent protests, exposing deep anger over corruption and weak governance. She argues that lifti...
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationaldevelopment/2025/09/12/what-nepals-social-media-shutdown-revealed-about-its-crisis-of-trust-and-corruption/
about 2 months ago
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2 months ago
East and South East Asian Heritage Month - ESEA Heritage
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2 months ago
"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
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Multiple pathways to personhood: The case of Bangladeshi women
How have Bangladeshi women challenged gender norms amidst the “lived” Islam of their culture, in contrast to the "universal" approach of Western feminism?
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities/2025/08/27/multiple-pathways-to-personhood-how-bangladeshi-women-managed-to-renegotiate-patriarchy/
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Arthur Michelino suggests that African states are changing mining laws to strengthen sovereignty by boosting state stakes
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Africa’s Sovereign Turn: Mining codes, risk, and the politics of insurance - LSE International Development
Guest blogger Arthur Michelino suggests that African states are changing mining laws to strengthen sovereignty by boosting state stakes, tightening fiscal and local rules, and controlling financial fl...
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationaldevelopment/2025/09/02/africas-sovereign-turn-mining-codes-risk-and-the-politics-of-insurance/
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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?
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Multiple pathways to personhood: The case of Bangladeshi women
How have Bangladeshi women challenged gender norms amidst the “lived” Islam of their culture, in contrast to the "universal" approach of Western feminism?
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities/2025/08/27/multiple-pathways-to-personhood-how-bangladeshi-women-managed-to-renegotiate-patriarchy/
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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.
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The Emperor’s New Clothes? Why Localisation Still Leaves Power in Northern Hands - LSE International Development
Nicola Banks, Professor of Global Development at the University of Manchester’s Global Development, and Gijs van Selm, PhD candidate at LSE’s International Development Department, argue that while “lo...
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationaldevelopment/2025/08/29/the-emperors-new-clothes-why-localisation-still-leaves-power-in-northern-hands/
2 months ago
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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.
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Can Malaysia’s fuel subsidy reforms go all the way? - LSE International Development
Since assuming office in November 2022, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has been earnestly pursuing structural reforms, both political and economic, in the country. MSc Development Studies alum...
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationaldevelopment/2025/08/27/can-malaysias-fuel-subsidy-reforms-go-all-the-way/
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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.
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What Young People in Kenya Taught Me About Empowerment
During a week-long visit to Kenya with EmpServe, Difa Mubaroq witnessed how young people navigate empowerment, inequality, and opportunity.
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationaldevelopment/2025/08/21/what-young-people-in-kenya-taught-me-about-empowerment/
3 months ago
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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.
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Using Evidence from Central America and Mexico to Understand Mobile Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health
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 ne...
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationaldevelopment/2025/08/19/using-evidence-from-central-america-and-mexico-to-understand-mobile-womens-sexual-and-reproductive-health/
3 months ago
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3 months ago
📚 A new book, Who’s Governing the Market? by Klingler-Vidra, Chalmers, and
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Professor, Robert Wade, explores the overlooked role of individuals in East Asia’s developmental states. 📖 Read all LSE news here:
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GDI's Nicola Banks and
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The Emperor’s New Clothes? Why Localisation Still Leaves Power in Northern Hands - Global Development Institute Blog
Nicola Banks and Gijs van Selm Localisation. Locally Led Development. Shift the Power. These phrases have become fixtures in the language of international aid. They promise a simple but powerful idea:...
https://blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/the-emperors-new-clothes-why-localisation-still-leaves-power-in-northern-hands/
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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.
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Times New Roman, Comic Sans and other Stories - LSE International Development
MSc International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies student Kinza Hanif shares her final reflections on studying at LSE and living in London.
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationaldevelopment/2025/08/15/times-new-roman-comic-sans-and-other-stories/
3 months ago
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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.
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Building India-Pakistan Cross-Border Solidarity by using alternate media tools - LSE International Development
MSc Health and International Development candidate, Anzal Abbas explores how digital and alternative media platforms can enable ordinary citizens of India and Pakistan to bypass nationalist narratives...
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationaldevelopment/2025/08/04/building-india-pakistan-cross-border-solidarity-by-using-alternate-media-tools/
3 months ago
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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.
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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.
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Rethinking Innovation Policy in Latin America - LSE International Development
MSc Development Studies alum and senior Latin America political risk analyst at the University of San Buenaventura in Colombia, Luis Eduardo Gutiérrez Rojas argues that despite publicly prioritising i...
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationaldevelopment/2025/07/29/rethinking-innovation-policy-in-latin-america/
3 months ago
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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
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Toxic Waste or Treasure? Why E-Waste Flows South - LSE International Development
Guest blogger, Jessica Coria examines the ongoing global trade in e-waste, highlighting how weak enforcement, economic disparities, and regulatory loopholes allow hazardous electronics to be exported ...
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationaldevelopment/2025/07/28/toxic-waste-or-treasure-why-e-waste-flows-south/
3 months ago
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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.
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Women and Children Reclaim Their Stories through art and storytelling
Tahreen Chaudhury reflects on her visit to a safe shelter in Osisha, India where an art-therapy session was delivered. She explores the impact of this trauma-informed approach, and the art of storytel...
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationaldevelopment/2025/07/25/women-and-children-reclaim-their-stories-through-art-and-storytelling/
4 months ago
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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.
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Gender, Security, and Behavioural Science with IOM Jordon - LSE International Development
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 Arm...
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationaldevelopment/2025/07/24/gender-security-and-behavioural-science-with-iom-jordon/
4 months ago
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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
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Medical Anthropology Quarterly | AAA Journal | Wiley Online Library
The position of pregnant women in clinical research remains a topic of international ethical debate. Yet, the reflections of actual and potential trial participants, including pregnant women themselv...
https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maq.70015
4 months ago
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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."
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When AI Becomes Abuse - LSE International Development
Zahra Valika explores how deepfake technology is being weaponized to target and silence women. From fabricated pornographic videos to manipulated photos used for blackmail, these images have dire cons...
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationaldevelopment/2025/07/21/when-ai-becomes-abuse/
4 months ago
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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.
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Why Green Growth Must Look Different in the Global South - LSE International Development
MSc Development Studies alum and Senior Research Analyst, Nato Balavadze agues that although climate action is urgent, one-size-fits-all climate policies informed by global strategies often overlook t...
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationaldevelopment/2025/07/17/why-green-growth-must-look-different-in-the-global-south/
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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
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How experiences of shocks give the ‘Global South’ a resilient edge - LSE International Development
Esperanza Hughes-Salinas, reflecting on the reaction to Spain’s 10-hour electricity blackout compared to power cuts in Argentina, argues that the Global North needs to learn from the South’s adaptabil...
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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.
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Academic Mentoring: Booked for 20 Minutes, Stayed for a Poem.
Matías 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 m...
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationaldevelopment/2025/07/15/booked-for-20-minutes-stayed-for-a-poem/
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Drawing on her research in Pakistan and Kenya, Zahra Valika explores how menstrual health can no longer remain a silent crisis.
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Bleeding in Silence or Cycles of Inequality - LSE International Development
Period poverty is not just about access to pads. It is a reflection of deeper inequalities rooted in culture, education, and infrastructure. Drawing on her research in Pakistan and Kenya, MSc in Socia...
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationaldevelopment/2025/07/15/bleeding-in-silence-or-cycles-of-inequality/
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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
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Martine Dahl-Bastiansen explains how blockchain technology is being used by humanitarian organisations to deliver faster, more transparent, and more inclusive aid in crisis zones.
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How Blockchain is Contributing to the Humanitarian Sector as of 2025 - LSE International Development
MSc Development Management alum, Martine Dahl-Bastiansen explains how blockchain technology is being used by humanitarian organisations like UNHCR, WFP, and UNICEF to deliver faster, more transparent,...
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationaldevelopment/2025/07/10/how-blockchain-is-contributing-to-the-humanitarian-sector-as-of-2025/
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