Hernando Zuleta of Uniandes, Colombia teaching LSE students
In addition to research with impact, the IDPP is breaking new ground in teaching the next generation of policymakers about the global war on drugs and the evidence base for policy innovation.
Michael Shiner is Head of Teaching for the Project. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Policy at LSE. Michael has published widely around the place and meaning of illicit drug use in late industrial societies, including patterns of use and desistance; drug law enforcement; and the politics of drug control. He is author of Drug Use and Social Change: The Distortion of History.
LSE100 is the School’s flagship interdisciplinary course for undergraduate students, developing all students' abilities to think critically about complex issues.
The IDDP is delighted to be contributing to this course for the second year in the 2016-2017 academic year. This is the first example in the world of undergraduate students being required to study the war on drugs.
In in its first year of involvement the IDPP contributed teaching to the ‘Is Punishment the Answer to Crime?’ module, with students asked to research policy issues around the war on drugs and present a case study analysing one of the following dimensions of the war on drugs: addiction and health; gender (women/femininities or men/masculinities); imprisonment; poverty and inequality; or race/ethnicity and inequality.
"There is no doubt that drugs policy will be a defining policy issue for years to come, and this course will teach future generations of LSE students about the need for rigourous interdisciplinary analysis to more fully understand and respond to the complex global issue of drugs and drug policies.”
Dr Jessica Templeton, Deputy Director of LSE100
The LSE IDEAS Executive Masters for mid-career professionals gives students the skills to develop successful strategies and move into professional leadership roles.
IDPP's John Collins lectured on Latin America Beyond the Global "War on Drugs"? Regional and International Dynamics.
Find out more about the Executive MSc International Strategy and Diplomacy here.
The LSE and University of Cape Town (South Africa) July School offers a summer school style programme which allows students to learn about Africa from within Africa, but with a truly global perspective.
In 2016, Dr John Collins of the IDPP will be contributing to the Managing Drugs, Illicit Markets and Global Public Health course.
Find out more about the LSE-UCT July School here.