The Institute of Global Affairs is comprised of LSE research centres dedicated to regions across the world and issues of global importance.
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The LSE has had a long relationship with the African continent that goes right back to the founding of the School in 1895.
Building on these past connections and the research focus of over 100 scholars at LSE, the School is foregrounding its work on Africa and with Africans as one of its main priorities for the future.
This is reflected in the LSE African Summit, which attracted hundreds of Africans to the school as well as Heads of States, by the provision of scholarships and by LSE's growing links with African universities and its role in providing advice to African governments through the International Growth Centre.
The LSE Africa Centre will link all these activities together and will become a focus for strengthening all aspects of LSE's engagement with the continent.
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LSE IDEAS is the School’s foreign policy think tank.
Through sustained engagement with policymakers and opinion-formers, IDEAS provides a forum that informs policy debate and connects academic research with the practice of diplomacy and strategy.
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The LSE Middle East Centre builds on LSE's long engagement with the Middle East and North Africa and provides a central hub for the wide range of research on the region carried out at LSE.
The Middle East Centre works to enhance understanding and develop rigorous research on the societies, economies, politics and international relations of the region. The Centre promotes both specialized knowledge and public understanding of this crucial area and has outstanding strengths in interdisciplinary research and in regional expertise.
As one of the world's leading social science institutions, LSE comprises departments covering all branches of the social sciences. The Middle East Centre harnesses this expertise to promote innovative multidisciplinary research and understanding of the region.
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The United States Centre at LSE is a hub for global expertise, analysis and commentary on America. Its mission is to promote policy-relevant and internationally-oriented scholarship to meet the growing demand for fresh analysis and critical debate on the United States.
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The Centre for Women, Peace and Security is a leading academic space for scholars, practitioners, activists, policy-makers and students to develop strategies to promote justice, human rights and participation for women in conflict-affected situations around the world.
Through innovative research, teaching, and multi-sectoral engagement, the Centre aims to promote gender equality and enhance women’s economic, social and political participation and security.
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