Wednesday 24 June 2015

LSE in Print

Even anti-bribery chiefs take cash
The Times (Main), 24/06/2015, p.30, Anthee Carassava
For years new rules have simply given Greeks more official protocol around which to manoeuvre. Kevin Featherstone, professor of contemporary Greek studies at the London School of Economics, said: "The optimism that the crisis would clean Greek politics was always fanciful because in a crisis people struggle to get any economic security by any means.”

3 little words drive wedge between Britain and E.U.
International New York Times (Main), 24/06/2015, p.4, Stephen Castle
Fresh from its struggles to contain the crisis over Greece, the European Union is seeking to head off the threat of a British exit from the bloc, a move that would reverse decades of progress in knitting its members closer together. Maurice Fraser, head of the European Institute at the London School of Economics, said Mr. Cameron should concentrate on more practical changes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/24/world/europe/cameron-eu-brexit.html?_r=0

LSE Online & International

Could China, the World’s Biggest Carbon Emitter, Ever Go Green?
Time - 23 Jun 2015 07:10
as the world’s worst polluter. A recent study conducted by the London School of Economics says that, if all goes as planned, China may start reducing its C02 emissions by 2025—five years sooner...

Goodyear and The London School of Economics Join Forces on Innovative Road Safety Research
ONLIFEMAGAZINE INTERNACIONAL - internacional - 24 Jun 2015 06:49
Goodyear and The London School of Economics Join Forces on Innovative Road Safety Research Brussels and London, June 23, 2015 – Goodyear and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) today announced...

Global poverty commission formed
DAWN Group - 24 Jun 2015 05:31
authority on the measurement of poverty and inequality, the Centennial Professor at London School of Economics, and a Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford University. Announcing the new advisory...

NGOs preach support, not prison, for users
Phnom Penh Post - Ethan Harfenist - 24 Jun 2015 05:32
months. John Collins, coordinator of the International Drug Policy Project at the London School of Economics, said Cambodia should focus its limited resources on policies that have proven to be effective. “Money and efforts should be directed...

Sierra Leonean intellectual engages National Coalition of Independent Scholars Conference
Newstime Africa - Dennis Kabatto - 24 Jun 2015 03:56
Gender Watch. Dr. Ahmadu received a PhD in social anthropology from the London School of Economics and completed a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) postdoctoral fellowship at the department of comparative human development, University of...

In Taliban's new attacks, a message to the Islamic State
Yahoo! News - Howard LaFranchi - 24 Jun 2015 00:49
says Fawaz Gerges, a professor of contemporary Middle Eastern studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science. “The ISIS narrative is resonating,” he adds, using an alternative...

Why Anti-Establishment Parties Are So Appealing to Dispossessed European Voters
Huffington Post - Mark Leonard - 23 Jun 2015 21:43
off by the liberal social values being adopted by mainstream parties. As London School of Economics Professor Simon Hix argues, these voters have been abandoned by the mainstream parties, which are becoming "cosmopolitan" and "metrosexual." Parties...

Considering the future of work at the 2015 London Festival of Architecture
Archinect - Laura Amaya - 23 Jun 2015 21:36
s Cross, which have hosted additional engagements focused around Irish design. The London School of Economics is hosting this year’s Theatrum Mundi exhibition, Designing the Urban Commons...

Marriage 'more beneficial to men than women'
MSN Canada - 23 Jun 2015 20:18
new study had found. The research conducted by University College London, the London School of Economics and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found unmarried men suffered...

Benin's new French-born premier sets the record straight
ModernGhana News - 23 Jun 2015 19:59
of France's top universities, the Ecole Normale Superieure, and at the London School of Economics, said one of his tasks would be to ensure these programmes are implemented. And if he hesitated before accepting the post, Zinsou does not admit it...

EU referendum: Price tag of Brexit could be £100bn as trade deals become undone
International Business Times UK - Graham Lanktree - 23 Jun 2015 18:13
John Van Reenen, director of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics. Last year he co-authored a report titled Brexit or Fixit? The Trade and Welfare Effects of...

Militia Chief Fighting ISIS: "We Expect More" From U.S.
NBCNews.com - 23 Jun 2015 15:36
Gerges, a professor of Middle Eastern politics and international relations at the London School of Economics. "It is a deeply widespread belief among Iraqis of all persuasions that the Americans...

The divide is growing between what employers and ministers want students to study
Conversation UK - Sandra McNally Professor - 23 Jun 2015 13:37
All 16-year-olds will now have to sit five academic subjects at GCSE. David Davies / PA Archive From this September, all pupils at secondary school will have to study English, a language, maths,...

Chaos or Kudos? Tsipras’s Tactics Leave Greeks a Costly Legacy
Washington Post - 23 Jun 2015 13:12
gained,” said Kevin Featherstone, a professor of contemporary Greek studies at the London School of Economics. If it “was a delaying tactic, that would only make sense if the deal got better...

LSE report on the impact of rent controls
PropertyHawk - 23 Jun 2015 12:35
A NLA commissioned report by the  London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) has concluded rent controls in the private rented sector would fail to improve the housing situation. The...

Řecku bez eura hrozí chaos (translate)
IHNed.cz - 23 Jun 2015 23:45
univerzitě. Má za sebou bohatou vědeckou a pedagogickou činnost na renomovaných amerických univerzitách či na  London School of Economics jako profesor politické ekonomie. Působil i jako poradce...

Táticas de primeiro-ministro da Grécia deixam legado caro para o país (translate)
Info Money - 23 Jun 2015 23:17
ganhou-se bastante pouco”, disse Kevin Featherstone, professor de estudos gregos contemporâneos na London School of Economics. Se “foi uma tática para adiar o assunto, isso apenas teria feito...

Para aplaudir ou se espantar? Táticas de primeiro-ministro da Grécia deixam legado caro para o país (translate)
Bol - 23 Jun 2015 20:19
ganhou-se bastante pouco", disse Kevin Featherstone, professor de estudos gregos contemporâneos na London School of Economics. Se "foi uma tática para adiar o assunto, isso apenas teria feito...

Kaj vse otroci delajo na internetu? (translate)
Planet Slovenia - Srdjan Cvjetovi - 24 Jun 2015 05:01
od spletnih iskalnikov. Prek videov do družbenih omrežij Kot ugotavljajo pri univerzi London School of Economics and Political Science je za šest od sedem otrok najpogostejši naslednji korak...

Mobil-forbud ga bedre karakterer (translate)
VG Nett - 24 Jun 2015 01:59
Texas-universitetet om studien som er publisert av Centre for Economic Performance ved London School of Economics and Political Science. – Mobiltelefoner kan være forstyrrende, legger han til...

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