💥New: In defence of boredom – Why the social sciences need time to “waste” ✍️ Madiha Tariq #AcademicSky #SocialScience #SlowScholarship

Today's LSE blogs newsletter is a #COP30 special exploring a holistic vision for growth to drive climate action, how the private sector can fund climate adaptation & how to persuade the public to back climate policy. Plus, research on Mamdani's election, the BBC scandal & more. 👉 ow.ly/Gjbq50XrGbv

Can a new vision for growth drive climate action? Gregory Casey reviews The Growth Story of the 21st Century: The Economics and Opportunity of Climate Action by Nicholas Stern in @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social. Read in full here: 🖇️ https://bit.ly/3Lw96Fb @gsos-lse.bsky.social

NEW✨ Why Propaganda, hate and political extremism thrive in the attention economy Dogwhistles and Figleaves by Jennifer Mather Saul @oxunipress.bsky.social and Safe Havens for Hate by @tmitts.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social – a double review by Chris Featherman @mit.edu

Three key lessons from a climate diplomat going into COP30 – Alejandra Padín Dujon reviews The Climate Diplomat: A Personal History of the COP Conferences by Peter Betts @profilebooks.bsky.social on @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social

A new book by Nicholas Stern @granthamlse.bsky.social @gsos-lse.bsky.social @lsepress.bsky.social puts forward a vision for sustainable growth to drive climate action. Gregory Casey reviews it for @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social

Five books on the struggle for climate justice 📚 A reading list by Eoin Jackson @lselaw.bsky.social @granthamlse.bsky.social for @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social

#COP30 is underway in Belém, & as the climate crisis worsens, pressure is on states to make progress in negotiations. Below, read a thread of research-led commentary on what's at stake🧵🌏👇 First, Manjana Milkoreit @sthlmresilience.bsky.social on climate tipping points for @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social

NEW✨ Eoin Jackson @lselaw.bsky.social @granthamlse.bsky.social recommends five illuminating books on the roots and realities of the struggle for #ClimateJustice. #COP30 #ReadingList

Gregory Casey reviews The Growth Story of the 21st Century: The Economics and Opportunity of Climate Action by Nicholas Stern in @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social Read in full here: 🖇️ https://bit.ly/3Lw96Fb @granthamlse.bsky.social @gsos-lse.bsky.social

Is there a better way to organise the global economy? Why We’re Getting Poorer: A Realist’s Guide to the Economy and How we fix it by Cahal Moran @lsepbs.bsky.social @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social reviewed by Vamika Goel @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social.

NEW✨ Can a new vision for #growth drive real #ClimateAction? The Growth Story of the 21st Century: The Economics and Opportunity of Climate Action by #NickStern @granthamlse.bsky.social @lsepress.bsky.social, reviewed by Gregory Casey @williamseconomics.bsky.social #COP30 @gsos-lse.bsky.social

NEW✨ Three lessons from a climate diplomat going into #COP30 in Brazil. Alejandra Padín-Dujon @carbonpulse.bsky.social reviews The Climate Diplomat: A Personal History of the COP Conferences by Peter Betts @profilebooks.bsky.social. Read more 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb... Image: Shutterstock

NEW✨ Is there a better way to organise the global economy? Why We’re Getting Poorer: A Realist’s Guide to the Economy and How we fix it by Cahal Moran @lsepbs.bsky.social @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social reviewed by Vamika Goel.

Academic publishing is now a marketised system where charging £9000 for a single paper isn't beyond the pale. A new book by Samuel A. Moore proposes an alternative: a commons-based, scholar-led approach. Read a #review by @thomasgraves.bsky.social on @lseimpactblog.bsky.social

@brankomilan.bsky.social 's new book 'The Great Global Transformation: National Market Liberalism in a Multipolar World' reviewed by Ivan Radanovic for @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social ✍️ 🎟️ Register for our book launch on 6 November: buff.ly/d0sVFOw Read the review 👇 buff.ly/geSIAGY

Truly grateful for this generous and insightful review of “Reimagining the more-than-human city” by Andrew Karvonen, freshly out at LSE review of books!!

NEW✨ Novelist Chloe Michelle Howarth discusses her new book, Heap Earth Upon It and its social context: love, shame and invisible queerness in 1960s Ireland. Howarth will speak at a Q&A with LSE's LGBTQIA+ staff network, Spectrum at 12pm on Wednesday 19 November – details in post 👇

NEW✨ Reimagining the More-Than-Human City: Stories from Singapore by @drjamiew.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social #Review by Andrew Karvonen @lund-university.bsky.social #UrbanStudies #Environment

NEW✨ Is neoliberalism being replaced by something even more capitalist? @brankomilan.bsky.social 's new book, The Great Global Transformation: National Market Liberalism in a Multipolar World reviewed by Ivan Radanović. @stone-lis.bsky.social @lseinequalities.bsky.social

35 years after the Washington Consensus, is a new economic paradigm emerging? A new book The London Consensus @lsepress.bsky.social @lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social considers this question, launching at a public event this evening at LSE. Details below www.lse.ac.uk/school-of-pu...

In our latest bookshop guide, @jsmaje.bsky.social (LSE Geography) takes us on a tour of the best bookshops in #Dhaka, Bangladesh 🇧🇩 blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...

How has the meaning of #revolution changed over time? The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin by Dan Edelstein @princetonupress.bsky.social. #Review by @edoardovaccari.bsky.social @lsehy.bsky.social

35 years after the Washington Consensus, is a new economic paradigm emerging? Read a new interview with Irene Bucelli, Tim Besley and Andrés Velasco, editors of The London Consensus @lsepress.bsky.social @lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social

#BlackHistoryMonth celebrates the contributions of Black people to British society and globally. For BHM 2025, we've compiled a list of recommended books by Black authors and books about Black history, culture and experience, chosen by LSE staff 🔽 @blackhistorymonth.org.uk

NEW✨ In our latest bookshop guide, @jsmaje.bsky.social (LSE Geography) takes us on a tour of the best bookshops in #Dhaka, Bangladesh 🇧🇩 Read it here 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb... 📸 Photo by Lumenite on Shutterstock.

NEW✨ How has the meaning of #revolution changed over time? The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin by Dan Edelstein @princetonupress.bsky.social. #Review by @edoardovaccari.bsky.social @lsehy.bsky.social Read it here 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...

To investigate 🇮🇩's outer space affairs means to understand the disputes, incl. the violent ones, over what constitute as "🇮🇩". Here is my published reflection and excitement on K.E. Schulze's "Contesting Indonesia" (2024). Kudos to @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social's Anna and team!

NEW✨ 35 years after the Washington Consensus, is a new economic paradigm emerging? The London Consensus: Economic Principles for the 21st Century @lsepress.bsky.social considers this question. Read a Q&A with its editors, Irene Bucelli, Tim Besley & Andrés Velasco @lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social .

NEW ✨What explains separatist, Islamist and communal conflicts in Indonesia? Contesting Indonesia: Islamist, Separatist, and Communal Violence since 1945 by Kirsten Schulze @lsehy.bsky.social reviewed by @dedenhabibi.bsky.social @uniofleicester.bsky.social

Looking for reading recommendations this #BlackHistoryMonth? Explore our list of 19 exceptional books by Black authors and books about Black history, culture and experience, recommended by the LSE community.

NEW✨ How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations by @carlbfrey.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social argues that progress is in the successful balance of innovation and implementation. #Review by Phil Bell. @ox.ac.uk @lseevents.bsky.social

#blackhistorymonth inspired by our book @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social Find out about Una Marson @lselibrary.bsky.social 1930s int feminism www.instagram.com/p/DPvYfEBjRH8/ @lsegender.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @lseid.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...

"Life continues, even in 1941, even in the middle of war, perhaps with greater intensity, the closer one feels to the end." NEW✨ Read an extract from Indignity: A Life Reimagined by @leaypi.bsky.social @lselaw.bsky.social Allen Lane @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

The exhibition Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance is open now until 31 October at LSE. Learn more & attend the launch event today 9 October @lseevents.bsky.social @lsehy.bsky.social👉 www.lse.ac.uk/events/black... Read more in a post by Jake Subryan Richards 👇 blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...

In celebration of #BlackHistoryMonth, check out these excellent reading recommendations from @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social 👇

NEW✨ October is UK #BlackHistoryMonth @blackhistorymonth.org.uk To celebrate, we’ve compiled a list of 19 exceptional books by Black authors and books about Black history, culture and experience, recommended by members of staff across LSE. Read it below! #BHM #BookRecommendations

A Mouse in a Cage by Dr Carrie Friese explores the ethical challenges of using animals in scientific research, bringing a thoughtful and humane perspective to debates around animal testing in scientific research. Read more in @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social 👇

NEW✨ Designing democracy – constitutional resilience in authoritarian times The Entrenchment of Democracy edited by @tomginsburg.bsky.social, Aziz Z. Huq @uchicagolaw.bsky.social and @tarunkhaitan.bsky.social @lselaw.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org reviewed by Samira Allioui.

Reading this book made me hopeful about egalitarianism and place-making in cities; re-reading it gave me a deeper appreciation of its technical achievements: drawing on different disciplines and interviews while reading like a thoughtful conversation over a pint. And it's open access!

NEW✨ What does it mean to live in a city of equals? City of Equals by @jowolff.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social and Avner de Shalit @OxUniPress explores egalitarianism and (in)equality in modern cities. Review by @ashwinivasantha.bsky.social @queensulaw.bsky.social 👇

NEW✨ Should lab animals have rights? A Mouse in a Cage by Carrie Friese @lsesociology.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social explores the #ethical challenges of using #animals in scientific #research. #Review by Luciano Magaldi Sardella.

NEW✨ What fuels far-right nationalism? @vladimirbortun.bsky.social @stjohnsox.bsky.social reviews Disaster Nationalism: The Downfall of Liberal Civilization by #RichardSeymour @versobooks.bsky.social.

Looking for #Bookshop recommendations in Lakeland #Finland? @rosiavento.bsky.social shares her favourite #bookshops in towns across the region 📚 🇫🇮 If you'd like to contribute to our #BookshopGuide series, find information at the end of the post!

NEW✨ Family, history and the fallibility of memory – Indignity: A Life Reimagined by Lea Ypi @leaypi.bsky.social @lselaw.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social. #Review by Andi Haxhiu 👇

NEW✨ Does #corporate #sustainability count for anything? Evelyn Langford @manchester.ac.uk reviews Unsustainable: Measurement, Reporting, and the Limits of Corporate Sustainability by Matthew Archer @nyupress.bsky.social.

Explore our East and Southeast Asian Heritage Month Reading list, sharing a wonderful range of books (from memoirs to food writing to novels) by ESEA and ESEA-heritage authors, recommended by the LSE community.

NEW✨ To mark a new exhibition @lselibrary.bsky.social, Combining Efforts: 200 Years of Trade Unions, co-curator Chelsea Collison picks out and reflects on seven fascinating items on display that illuminate the history of Britain's unions. @londonmetuni.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk

Our latest newsletter is out today 📬 Read for insights into Trump and the tech future of the US, the danger of "new capitalism", the rise of conspiracy theories, gendered AI bias in healthcare, and more. 👉 mailchi.mp/lse/lse-blog... Subscribe 👉 lse.us21.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

NEW✨ Left Behind: A New Economics for Neglected Places by Paul Collier @blavatnikschool.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social =. #Review by James Herndon 👇 #Economics #Inequality