Welcome to the online version of LSE Connect, LSE’s alumni magazine
LSE Connect is published in June and December and mailed free of charge to over 100,000 LSE alumni worldwide. The magazine is also read by current and prospective students, current and former staff, visitors and friends of the School.
To read the current issue of LSE Connect online, click the magazine cover on the right or read the main articles below. If you prefer, you can download a full PDF of LSE Connect Summer 2015, or individual articles below, for personal use.
Features
Crowdsourcing the constitution
Eight hundred years on, is it time for a new Magna Carta? Daniel Regan reports on the views of the British public and alumnus Hamid Ghany offers a viewpoint from the Commonwealth Caribbean.
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A political revolution
Tony Travers discusses the British general election's shock result.
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The economics of Ebola
Rachel Glennerster and Eric Werker assess the economic impacts of Ebola and Syerramia Willoughby shares the moment when a distant tragedy became a very personal one.
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The social network
Are the benefits of the digital age really reaching the kids? Sonia Livingstone describes the findings of the Class Project.
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More than words
Images, sounds and movement can offer new ways of communicating about pain, argues Jen Tarr.
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Knowing causes, effecting change
How does LSE research contribute to the wider world? Jess Winterstein highlights some case studies.
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Regulars
LSE and me: Arminka Helic
Arminka Helic (MSc International History 1996) had no interest in politics until war broke out in her homeland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and she found her passion for English literature replaced by a desire to help stop the bloodshed.
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Alumni at large: social entrepreneur Scott Gilmore
Via the Canadian Foreign Service and a UN peacekeeping mission in Timor-Leste, Scott Gilmore (MSc International History 1996) is the creator of Building Markets, a social initiative championing local entrepreneurs in developing countries.
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Also included in the print edition of LSE Connect:
Headline news
Timeline Tasters: Sue Donnelly shares highlights from LSE's History blog
Campus: Ghosts of the Past
LSE icons: from our picture archives
News
Research update
Letters
Student life
Alumni: news, events, reunions, group activities
Philanthropy: how you've helped
Class notes
Volunteering: Q&A with alumnus Nick O'Shea
Obituaries
Books
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