The 2008 Lent term seminar series commenced 14 January of 2008 and will focus this term on current planning issues facing London. Speakers will be both Academics and practitioners. Each meeting is chaired by one of the Members of LSE London and speaker's presentations and related documents will be posted regularly on the website.
The seminar takes place every Monday afternoon from 4.30pm to 6pm in St Clement's Building Room S 75, located at the LSE, map and directions| downloadable here (PDF).
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Programme - Lent Term Seminars 2008 (PDF)
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Andy Deacon, GLA - Climate Change, Energy and Planning in London (PPT)
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Mario Abela, London Skills and Employment Board - The Skills and Employment Challenge in London: What the Evidence Tells Us
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Saxon Brettell, City of London Corporation - Comparing convergent responses to growth and slump of US and EU metropolitan areas and assessing the implications of the new US slowdown (PDF)
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Ricky Burdett, LSE - Can the Olympics deliver integration in East London (PPT)
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Steve Wilcox, University of York - Buy to let and the reconfiguration of London's housing market (PPT)
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Stephen Glaister, Imperial College - Can we fund Crossrail? (PPT)
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Tony Travers, LSE - Governing London: the 2008 election and the Mayor's changing powers
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Jane Wills, Queen Mary - London's migrant division of labour (PPT)
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Bridget Rosewell, GLA - Crossrail - Jobs, Housing and Funding (PPT)