How do Britain's 'modern slavery' laws deepen racial inequalities? This panel discussion marks the launch of the new book by Insa Lee Koch, bringing together ethnographic insights, leading anti-racism campaigners and lived experience. Tickets now available ⬇️ buff.ly/Hvsg8Xg

As extreme heat intensifies, how can cities respond fairly? 🤔 Join Prof Amita Baviskar for a timely discussion on cooling, inequality, and everyday life in north India. Chaired by Prof Hyun Bang Shin. zurl.co/IOACH

📢 Come and work with us! We're looking for an LSE Fellow in Sustainability. The successful candidate will join one of the world’s leading geography and environment departments . ⌛Apply by 26 April 2026 (23.59). 🔴 zurl.co/4h7Gt

It was an honour to host France A. Córdova on 20 April for a public lecture on 'From curiosity to prosperity: sharing the gains of science', with discussants Riccardo Crescenzi, Maria Cristina Russo and Mark Thomson. Watch this space (pun intended) for the podcast and video! 🚀 zurl.co/8lcwC

What happens when EU funding reaches places where local governments collude with organised crime? @marcodicataldo.bsky.social @elenarenzullo.bsky.social & @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social @lsegeography.bsky.social present new research from Italy on @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social

🌎 Migration as anti-fascist movement? Rethinking the question of solidarity Join us for our Annual Internationalism, Cosmopolitanism and the Politics of Solidarity Lecture, exploring migration, social relations, and transnational solidarity.

📣 We're hiring! We’re looking for an LSE Fellow in Urban Geography and Planning to join a world-leading team in the Department of Geography and Environment at LSE. ⌛ Apply by 26 April 2026 (23.59 UK time). 🔴 zurl.co/NZtzI

Cooling a warming India: ecology and equity in our time 🌍 Join Amita Baviskar to explore how cities can respond to extreme heat while addressing inequality in everyday life. Chaired by Hyun Bang Shin. 🔴 zurl.co/XgI5R

In our latest film, we asked 6 LSE experts what it's going to take to future-proof the planet 🌎 Jonathan Pershing @gsos-lse.bsky.social, @gangashreedhar.bsky.social, Shefali Khanna @lsegeography.bsky.social, Tim Besley, David Luke @africaatlse.bsky.social & Carmen Nuzzo @tpicatlse.bsky.social

What does gentrification really mean today? Join Prof Japonica Brown-Saracino as she explores how a term coined in 1960s London has evolved into a powerful and contested cultural metaphor. ⏲️ Thursday 7 May, 4-5.30pm 🎟️ Get your free ticket zurl.co/2E1wa

🚀 Following the Artemis II mission, the first crewed journey around the Moon in 50+ years, what does it take to make breakthroughs like this possible? Join former NASA Chief Scientist France A. Córdova. 📍 Mon 20 April, 6.30pm 🎟️ Register below for your free ticket zurl.co/ZVbij

🕔 Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 5:00 – 7:00 PM 📍 Initiative on Cities, 75 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215 Join us for a discussion with Dr. Romola Sanyal (@lsegeography.bsky.social) exploring how displacement shapes people's lives, identities, and urban spaces. 🔗 bu.edu/ioc/urbansalon-displacement

📢 Public Event Announcement Join us for the launch of "Tribal Politics: How Brexit decided Britain" on Tuesday 5 May at 6.00pm Further details and tickets available 👇 www.lse.ac.uk/government/e... #LSEEvents @lseevents.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @anandmenon.bsky.social

Faster broadband boosts the economy and can also improve education 📶📚 Visiting Fellow Rosa Sanchis-Guarner finds students perform better when both home and schools are well equipped. zurl.co/3k9Cx

🔜 On Friday 17 April we welcome Alexander Whalley (University of Calgary) to the Economic Geography and Spatial Economics Seminar Series. If you wish to attend the seminar, please email [email protected] 🔴 zurl.co/lXbBt

📢 Come and work with us! We're looking for an LSE Fellow in Sustainability. The successful candidate will join one of the world’s leading geography and environment departments . ⌛Apply by 26 April 2026 (23.59). 🔴 zurl.co/4h7Gt

💥New | The real threat to trust in science isn’t outright fraud, but the pervasive tweaking of research designs and models ✍️ Thomas Plümper & Eric Neumayer @mitpress.bsky.social @lsegeography.bsky.social #ResearchIntegrity #AcademicSky

We are hiring - a two-year LSE Fellow in Urban Geography and Planning @lsegeography.bsky.social. The full details can be found here: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... Application closing date: 26th April.

📢 We’re now accepting applications for Graduate Teaching Assistants for the 2026/27 academic year! 🔴 Join the world’s 2nd best Geography Department, ranked by the QS World University Rankings 📅 Apply by 30 April 👉 zurl.co/h8ala

📣 We're hiring! We’re looking for an LSE Fellow in Urban Geography and Planning to join a world-leading team in the Department of Geography and Environment at LSE. ⌛ Apply by 26 April 2026 (23.59 UK time). 🔴 zurl.co/NZtzI

🏆 We're ranked 2nd in the world for Geography, again! Thrilled to hold our #2 spot in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026. 🌍 This achievement showcases our staff, students and community's dedication. Plus, being a Geographer is pretty awesome 😎. zurl.co/Yx5Uf

📚 New open access publication! Carolin Hulke has co-authored a chapter in the newly published book 'African Futures in the Making': Chapter 5, 'The Growth-Corridor Vision and its Realities – Regional Economic Impacts in Namibia and Tanzania'. Read the chapter here: zurl.co/bVikr

👏 Congratulations to Emmanuel C. P. Awohouedji for completing the PhD in Human Geography and Urban Studies! 😊 Emmanuel was supervised by Claire Mercer and Ryan Centner. 🔴 See Emmanuel's LinkedIn: zurl.co/XyoyS 🔴 Check out Emmanuel's Substack: zurl.co/SitpJ

Great turnout in today’s “Human Geography and Urban Studies Alumni & Student Networking Evening” in @lsegeography.bsky.social An exciting evening to meet current students and alumni (1986-2025) from BA Geography, MSc Urbanisation and Development, and MSc Human Geography and Urban Studies (Research)

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...

Lucile Dehouck, PhD student at the Paris School of Economics, will present her latest research, “Thirsting for Solutions: How Climate-Induced Well Failures Drive School Absenteeism” at the next G&E Junior Applied Economics Seminar.

Spotlight on… Chris Severen ⭐ We speak to Chris Severen, Visiting Professor, about joining the department this spring, his research on mobility and infrastructure, and his plans to explore London through its music, neighbourhoods and transit system. 🔴 zurl.co/tpRzp

🚨 Upcoming public event Does decarbonization still have a future? with @mkblyth.bsky.social 📅 19 March ⏰ 6.30pm 📍In-person and online Register at: www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

🔜 On Tuesday 24 March we welcome Javier Lezaun (School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford ) to the Social Life of Climate Change Seminar Series. If you wish to attend the seminar, please email [email protected] 🔴 zurl.co/7JLCR

How do we ensure the benefits of major scientific investments are shared widely across society? Join us on 20 April for 'From curiosity to prosperity: sharing the gains of science', featuring France A. Córdova, President of the Science Philanthropy Alliance. 🔗 Register here: zurl.co/XfR4e

Lucile Dehouck, PhD student at the Paris School of Economics, will present her latest research, “Thirsting for Solutions: How Climate-Induced Well Failures Drive School Absenteeism” at the next G&E Junior Applied Economics Seminar.

Delighted to share photos from the 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prize dinner, where @kasiapaprocki.bsky.social received her prize in Geography, joined by @hyunshin.bsky.social, recognising her research on climate futures and the global politics of climate action. zurl.co/cnGYP

🔜 On Thursday 19 March we welcome Elena Gentili (Bank of Italy) to the Economic Geography and Spatial Economics Seminar Series. If you wish to attend the seminar, please email [email protected] 🔴 zurl.co/kGjen

We’re pleased to highlight this year’s Economica Coase Lecture, delivered by Harvard academic Edward Glaeser and chaired by @henryoverman.bsky.social. zurl.co/jLjJy

📺 Satellite images, geolocated videos, data dashboards — visibility has become a promise of justice. But is more evidence really leading to accountability? Professor Kamari Maxine Clarke explores the limits of “evidence revolutions.” 📅 Wed 18 March | 🕠 5.30pm | 📍 LSE | With @aycacu.bsky.social

We're delighted to host the 2nd Workshop of Early Career Women in Economic Geography and Spatial Economics on 16-17 March! 🎓 Keynotes: Maryann P. Feldman & Camille Hémet 🔴 Organisers: Sara Bagagli (LSE) and Elena Renzullo (LSE) 👉 Full programme: zurl.co/WIkPG

How do we ensure the benefits of major scientific investments are shared widely across society? Join us on 20 April for 'From curiosity to prosperity: sharing the gains of science', featuring France A. Córdova, President of the Science Philanthropy Alliance. 🔗 Register here: zurl.co/XfR4e

Looking forward to chairing Ed Glaeser's Coase Lecture on Thursday 19th March www.lse.ac.uk/events/housi...

📢 Upcoming event Professor Ching Leong will deliver the 2026 Annual LSE Behavioural Public Policy Lecture “Not a Drop to Drink: How Behavioural Biases Keep Us from the Water We Need, and How We Can Fix It.” 🗓️ 5 March | 6.45pm 📍Wolfson Theatre & Online

How can cinema help us rethink the way we study cities? 🎞️ On 10 March (4–5.30pm), join us for 'Cinema and the city in the era of planetary urbanisation' to reflect on how film can open alternative ways of sensing, documenting, and analysing contemporary urbanisation. 🔗 Register: zurl.co/463IJ

📊 Remote work is here to stay, but who really benefits? Join the launch of 'Remote Work and Productivity: Which UK Firms Benefit and Why', a new report by Riccardo Crescenzi and Davide Rigo. 📆 Wednesday 18 March 📍 Zoom 🔗 Register now zurl.co/f4gOk

Please join me in this exciting Urban Salon event on 10 March at 4pm @lsegeography.bsky.social, featuring @nitin-bathla.bsky.social who's presenting his latest book, "Cinema and the City in the Era of Planetary Urbanisation". For details and registration, visit here: www.lse.ac.uk/geography-an...

A @lsegeography.bsky.social brownie to kick start a day!

We’re delighted to host Qingyu Chen, PhD student in Economics at the University of Oxford, to present his latest research on how developing countries use export restrictions as an industrial policy tool to move up the value chain. 📩 For questions, contact [email protected] or [email protected].

Want to shape the future of innovation and public policy? 🌍🤔 Our MSc Innovation Policy at LSE gives you cutting-edge insights, real-world experience, and the skills to make an impact - taught by leading academics and policymakers. zurl.co/Dln2a

🔜 On Thursday 5 March we welcome Matthew Freedman (University of California, Irvine) to the Economic Geography and Spatial Economics Seminar Series. If you wish to attend the seminar, please email [email protected] 🔴 zurl.co/kGjen

🎙️ In this podcast Romola Sanyal talks to Jessie Speer about homeless communities in the US, how and why they are criminalised and their encampments bulldozed by local governments, and how this work bridges urban research across the Global North and South.  🔴 zurl.co/DPwVJ

⚗️🔭 How do we spark new scientific discoveries? Why do some breakthroughs seem accidental? The new book 'The Engine of Scientific Discovery' by CPNSS Research Associate Alexander Krauss is for anyone who wants to understand how we make discoveries. ➡ Link to the book: doi.org/10.1093/oso/...

We’re delighted to host Qingyu Chen, PhD student in Economics at the University of Oxford, to present his latest research on how developing countries use export restrictions as an industrial policy tool to move up the value chain. 📩 For questions, contact [email protected] or [email protected].

🔜 On Tuesday 3 March we welcome Jake Subryan Richards and Austin Zeiderman to the Social Life of Climate Change Seminar Series. If you wish to attend the seminar, please email [email protected] 🔴 zurl.co/7JLCR