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29 July 2010 |
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• LSE
academics make their film debut
Two LSE academics have become film stars for the first time, starring in
the new English-Bengali movie, Life Goes On.
Anthropologist Dr Mukulika Banerjee and economist Lord Meghnad Desai both
have roles in the film, whose cast also includes Bollywood legends Om Puri
and Sharmila Tagore.
The film, which is set in London, explores the relations between a grief
stricken father, following his wife’s sudden death, and his three daughters
and is inspired by the old tale of King Lear and his daughters. It is a
story about overcoming grief and prejudice by embracing life.
Dr Banerjee plays Lolita, the eldest of the three daughters. Lolita is
married to a British investment banker and has her hands full with a four
year old daughter and a six month old baby. Dr Banerjee said: ‘Having seen
me in some amateur theatre in London, the director Sangeeta Datta thought I
suited the role of one of the daughters. I feel enormously privileged to be
given this opportunity and to have worked with some of the legends of the
cinema I grew up watching. My daughter in real life, Aria, also plays my
daughter in the film - she was the real star of the show!’
As a friend of the director, Lord Desai was invited to take a small role
in the film. He makes a brief but important appearance in the film, playing
a friend of the main protagonist Sanjay, who is played by Girish Karnad. ‘It
will be the only film whose actors include two academics from LSE,’ said
Lord Desai.
The film is due to be released in the UK in the Autumn. Let's hope there
will be some Baftas heading the School’s way very soon.
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• British
Academy elects four Fellows from LSE
In recognition of their outstanding scholarship, four professors from LSE
have been elected as Fellows of the prestigious British Academy, the UK's
national body for the humanities and social sciences.
Each year the British Academy elects into its Fellowship UK-based
scholars who have attained distinction in any branch of the humanities and
social sciences. The rigorous electoral process means that only a very small
number of scholars in any field are elected.
This year LSE's Francesco Caselli, Neil Duxbury, Conor Gearty and John
Van Reenen are among 38 scholars elected to join the 900-strong British
Academy Fellowship.
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• LSE
academic awarded British Society of Criminology Book Prize for 2010
Dr Sharon Shalev, a fellow at the Mannheim Centre for Criminology at LSE,
has been awarded the prestigious British Society of Criminology's Book Prize
for 2010 for her book Supermax: controlling risk through solitary
confinement.
The prize is awarded annually to a publication that makes a valuable
contribution to the further development of criminology. Supermax is
the first book to offer a comprehensive examination of the supermax
phenomenon and calls for an urgent review of the use of solitary confinement
as a prison tactic.
Supermax prisons officially operate to protect society from its most violent
and dangerous criminals but in reality are also used to house petty
non-violent offenders and the mentally ill. Drawing on interviews with both
prisoners and prison staff as well as health professionals and human rights
experts, Dr Shalev examines the theory, practice and consequences of these
prisons.
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• LSE
Policy Briefings for the new Parliament
Earlier this month LSE held two policy briefings for the new crop of MPs.
The first focussed on the economy and prospects for the next five years. The
second focussed on international affairs.
LSE academics such as Tony Travers, Professor Nicholas Barr, Professor
Damian Chalmers and Professor Arne Westad were joined by director Howard
Davies and outside experts, such as BBC journalist Stephanie Flanders, for
the sessions. In all over 40 MPs attended.
LSE is the only university to have offered such briefings to the new
Parliament. The original idea came from alumna Jo Swinson MP, following a
trip to the induction programme run by Harvard for new congressional
members. The School is now looking at building on these sessions.
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• From
Whitehall to Brasilia and Singapore: training diplomats around the world
From calculating the sustainability of sea bass to negotiating access to
resources for an interactive game, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)
staff are learning economics for foreign policy the LSE way. LSE Enterprise
has recently signed its third, three year contract to deliver courses
worldwide for all Foreign Office staff.
LSE Enterprise has worked with the UK FCO since 2003, running a customised
economics training programme for diplomats. The multidisciplinary training
utilises experts from several LSE departments. It covers micro and
macroeconomics in a political context, alongside international and
development economics, and is designed to give participants an applied
understanding of the economic arguments behind key policy issues.
Peter Bainbridge, first secretary South America regional climate change
advisor, Brasilia, was on the pilot level one course in Brazil: ‘Where else
in the Foreign Office would I get the opportunity to get a strong
understanding of why the economic crisis took place; what is driving global
prosperity; an overview of what micro and macroeconomics is and what the
fuss is all about regarding globalisation, all in five days with two LSE
economists leading the debate?’
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• Goodbye
to Chris Connelley
Chris Connelley, head of LSE's Staff Development Unit, has decided that
after 13 years at the School it is now time to start a new career in
community development.
We are grateful to him for the enormous improvement in staff development
he has made while at the School. We all wish him success and happiness in
his new career. As a tribute to Chris, Human Resources will be putting
together a 'Book of Memories' of his time here at LSE. You are invited to
add your reminiscences, experiences, thoughts and photos. Should you like to
contribute, the book will be in W100 until Tuesday 31 August, or you can
email your contribution to
hr.staffdevelopment@lse.ac.uk
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• Follow
LSE Enterprise on Twitter
LSE Enterprise is now on Twitter, providing updates on the latest news and
consultancy opportunities.
Let them know what you think at
http://twitter.com/lseenterprise
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• Academics abroad
On the 1-3 July, Dr Nancy Holman, director of regional and urban
planning in the Department of Geography and Environment, attended the
Second Expert workshop on the development of the City Biodiversity Index
(CBI) in Singapore.
The CBI is being developed as part of the work of the Convention on
Biological Diversity under the United Nations Environment Programme. It is
designed to help cities better understand and assess their current native
biodiversity and ecosystems. Dr Holman was invited to serve as a technical
expert on the panel and contributed to the governance indicators.
For more information, visit
www.cbd.int/authorities/gettinginvolved/cbi.shtml |
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 Notices
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• Deadline
for Michaelmas term Events leaflet approaching
If you are organising an event and want it listed in the Michaelmas term
Events leaflet please send the following details to
pressoffice@lse.ac.uk by Thursday
5 August:
- Date, time (from and to) and venue
- Banner - e.g. 'Department of Economics public lecture'
- Title of event
- Speaker's title and name
- Chair's title and name (if applicable)
- Short blurb about the event (20-25 words)
- Short biog on speaker (15 words)
- Contact details if not being handled by Conferences as part of the
Public Lecture Programme
- A high resolution image of the speaker if possible
Please note that the Press and Information Office needs this information
even if you have sent a Public Lecture Form to Conferences and Events.
If you have any questions, please contact Danny O'Connor on ext 7417 or
email pressoffice@lse.ac.uk
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• HR
data audit
HR are pleased to advise that you are now able to view your personal
details as held by HR on LSE For You. This includes details we hold of your
most recent qualifications, equal opportunities data and your current post(s)
and salary.
You will soon receive an email from hr.pay.info detailing how
to view this information, and requesting you to confirm whether or not your
details are correct by using the voting buttons contained in the email.
Please could you take a minute to do this, to make sure we hold the most up
to date information for you.
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• Official EMBRACE launch
Daniel Beckley, founder of EMBRACE the School’s black and ethnic
minority group, would like to inform staff that the group has not yet
officially launched but is hoping to do so in October, to coincide with
Black History month.
If you have any questions or would like more information, please email
Daniel at embrace@lse.ac.uk
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• Regional
champions sought for Middle East, South America, USA or India
Do you have expertise in any of these regions? We are seeking academic
staff to help promote the School and its work.
You might be able to suggest opportunities overseas which the School
should follow up, for example, or play a role in representing the School to
visitors from a region. This could help you gain institutional experience
which would be valuable if you aspire to take on a head of department role
or one with School-wide responsibility. You could gain visibility among your
colleagues in a leadership position, and perhaps find leads and make
contacts which would directly help your research and other academic
interests.
For more information, see
Regional Champions.
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• Sleep
and stress survey
Des Shortt, a staff member in IT Services who is currently studying for a
MSc in psychotherapy at Goldsmiths College, London, needs your help. As part
of his degree, Des is conducting research into the relationship between
sleep and stress and the consequences of good/poor sleep.
Des would like your help with his research and has created a short
survey. The survey, which can be found at
www.surveygizmo.com/s3/323406/c2247ba61a83, has been approved by the
ethics committee at Goldsmiths College and is completely anonymous. It
should take no longer than 15 minutes to complete.
If you have any questions or for more information, please email Des at
d.shortt@lse.ac.uk
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• RELOVE
LSE's Students’ Union is expanding the RELOVE scheme and is hoping you can
help.
Similar to the Reuse schemes currently taking place across LSE Halls of
Residences, which last year prevented 11 tonnes of refuse from going to
landfill, the LSESU are looking to collect as many items as possible from
staff and departments across the school.
Almost anything could be a RELOVE item, ranging from files, books and
stationery to clothes, bags and electrical items. After collecting these
items they will be sorted and then sold at an extremely competitive price to
new and current students in September.
You can drop RELOVE items off at the Students’ Union Reception daily from
9am-5pm. If you have any questions or want to know more about the scheme,
please contact the LSESU environment and ethics officer, Hannah-Polly
Williams, at
h.p.e.williams@lse.ac.uk.
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• French accent needed for research film
LSE research video producer Jon Adams is looking for a male French voice to
record a short piece of voiceover in a film about prisoners of war in 1917.
The stronger the accent the better.
If you would like to be involved or for more information, please contact Jon
on ext 6727 or email j.adams1@lse.ac.uk.
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 Research
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• Just giving?
A new report from the Kuwait Programme at LSE gives the first
consolidated portrait of Gulf States' assistance to post-conflict
recovery and international development in the Islamic world.
Authors Sultan Barakat and Steven A Zyck focus primarily upon Lebanon,
Iraq and the Palestinian Territories, the Gaza Strip in particular. These
locations have been selected given that they are the most significant
recipients of Gulf State donor institutions.
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• Cut
youth custody in half, prevent re-offending AND save money. How the
Government should tackle youth crime
A new book edited by David Smith, visiting professor at LSE, has backed
calls for the Government to halve the number of young people taken into
custody.
A New Response to Youth Crime accompanies the report by the
‘Independent Commission on Youth Crime and Antisocial Behaviour’, which
recommends a system of restorative justice - whereby young offenders face up
to the harm they have caused their victims and make amends - to be a key
part of Government’s efforts to tackle youth crime. Politicians also need to
end the ‘arms race’ to sound tougher about youth crime and find effective
and efficient ways to prevent young people re-offending.
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• Southern
Sudan at odds with itself - unravelling reasons for violence in Southern
Sudan
Many supposed solutions to violence in Southern Sudan are in fact doing
little to address causes of violence, says an LSE report published recently.
The study finds that attempts by government and NGOs to bring peace and
stability to the region are not yet providing a sustainable system of
justice and economic development which its people crave.
Commissioned for an independent research project by the development
organisation Pact Sudan, with funding from the UK's Department for
International Development and project support from LSE Enterprise, Professor
Tim Allen and postgraduate researcher Mareike Schomerus led a team to
investigate the tangled causes of local violence.
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• Discussion paper from CARR
CARR has published a discussion paper by Sharon Gilad, ESRC research officer
at CARR, entitled Enlisting Commitment to Internal Compliance via
Reframing and Delegation.
The paper examines the extent to which regulatory institutions are likely to
enlist firms' commitment to regulatory goals, with a focus on the strategies
employed to neutralise resistance to these goals.
A PDF of the paper can be downloaded
here.
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• Research opportunities
Candidates interested in applying for any research opportunities should
contact Michael Oliver in the
Research Division at
m.oliver@lse.ac.uk or call ext 7962.
The Research Division maintains a regularly updated list of
research funding opportunities for academic colleagues on their website.
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• Research e-Briefing
Click
here
to read the June edition of the Research Division newsletter. To sign up for
research news, recent research funding opportunities, research awards that
are about to start, and examples of research outcomes, click
here. The next issue, which
is the Summer edition, is out
at the end of July 2010.
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• Latest opportunities from LSE Enterprise
LSE Enterprise offers you the opportunity to undertake private teaching
and consultancy work under the LSE brand. We help with bidding, contracts
and other project administration, enabling you to focus on the work itself.
To see the latest opportunities click
here or visit
http://twitter.com/lseenterprise.
If you would like us to look out for consulting opportunities in your
field, email your CV and summary of interests to
lseenterprise.consulting@lse.ac.uk
Email exec.ed@lse.ac.uk to be
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 Events
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• Upcoming LSE events include....
The Quest for Meaning
On: Monday 2 August at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Professor Tariq Ramadan
Employment, Labour Markets, and Development
On: Monday 13 September at 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speakers: Dr Heiner Flassbeck and Professor Robert Wade
On Writing: high, low and everything in between
On: Wednesday 22 September at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Simon Schama
Staying Power: six enduring principles for managing strategy and innovation
in an uncertain world
On: Tuesday 28 September at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Professor Michael A Cusumano
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• Podcasts of public lectures and events
LSE Summer School 2010 - Business Strategy in a Global Age
Monday 12 July, 5.30-7pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Speaker: Professor Costas Markides
Click here to listen
LSE Summer School 2010 - Barack Obama and the End of the American Empire
Wednesday 21 July, 5.30-7pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic
Building
Speaker: Professor Michael Cox
Click here to listen |
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 60
Second Interview
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• with..... Ismini Demades
I joined the Hellenic Observatory
three years ago after having worked
in banking and then in the private
sector. It was great to
come back to LSE after having
originally graduated from here. My
parents are both Greek-Cypriot as is
my husband and I visit Cyprus
regularly as I have lots of family
and friends there. I have one
daughter who is also an LSE graduate.
She works in Bush House which is
great as I get to meet her for lunch
- when she has the time.
What is the best part of your
job at LSE?
My work is very varied and I'm in
a fantastic unit and work with
lovely people. We are all like one
big happy family here. I'm not sure
I can identify a specific part of my
job that I enjoy more than another but if I had to choose then
it would probably be that I get to
meet a very interesting mix of
people through both our rotation of
fellowships and through our public
events organising - on second
thoughts… maybe the goodies that are
brought in as treats after one of us
from the office has been away.
If you had a time machine,
where and when would you go?
Challenging one. I have always
loved the elegance and beauty of the
dresses worn in medieval times so
probably back in time just to be
able to wear them - although I am
not quite sure how comfortable or
practical they would be.
Name three things you cannot
do without.
1. Coffee - I have a ‘Nespresso’
Coffee machine at home and love
trying out different blends. LSE
coffee gets me through the day.
2. Wine - under my husband's
guidance, he likes to think he is a
connoisseur.
3. The beach - having
Mediterranean roots I am a sun
worshipper.
How do you spend your lunch
hour?
If I’m not in the gym attempting
to ‘keep fit’ then I will wander
into Covent Garden ‘window
shopping.’ If the weather is nice I
will sit outside on the 8th floor
terrace of the NAB, although this
was a bit of a hidden secret last
year, it’s now very popular and you
will be lucky to find a free table
and chair.
What would you do if you were
LSE director for a day?
Hold a ‘Big Fat Greek BBQ’ in
Houghton Street for all LSE staff
and students.
Where is your favourite place
to dine out and which dish do you
enjoy there?
Unfortunately this is one of my
‘sins’. Both my husband and I enjoy
dining out and I love going to ‘Wild
Honey’. I would die for their ‘Wild
Honey Ice Cream.’ |
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 Media
bites
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• Prospect Magazine (28 July 2010)
Economy class: public or private?
'The Tories blame a bloated public sector for economic stagnation in
parts of Britain - but the private sector won’t automatically step in.'
Article by Tim Leunig, a reader in economic history at LSE.
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• The
Economist (24 July 2010)
The greatest sideshow on Earth
'Tony Travers, of LSE, suspects that once the games are over the
Treasury will be tight-fisted. He cites several well-meant projects
across the capital that have never been completed.'
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• Radio-Televizija
Serbija (22 July 2010)
'New Diplomatic Battle for Kosovo'
Dr James Ker-Lindsay, LSE, was interviewed by Serbian national
television about the International Court of Justice ruling on Kosovo.
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