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9 June 2011 |
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• Cyprus
gives LSE professor the stamp of approval
New stamps to honour Nobel Prize winner and LSE professor,
Christopher Pissarides, have been issued by the Cyprus Postal Service.
The stamp, which went into circulation yesterday (Wednesday 8 June), costs
€1,71 and can be used for letters sent locally but also the rest of Europe
and other countries.
Professor Pissarides won the Nobel Prize for Economics last autumn and has been
hailed as a national hero in Cyprus, both for his work and for promoting
Cyprus abroad. He is the first Cypriot to have been awarded a Nobel Prize.
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• LSE
retains First class honours for People & Planet Green League
LSE has been awarded a First for its commitment to systemic environmental
management and its environmental performance in the 2011 People & Planet
Green League.
This is the third year that the School has achieved a First in the Green
League, which has ranked LSE as 22nd out of the 142 institutions in
this year's table.
The Green League is People & Planet's award winning environmental ranking
of the UK's universities. Universities are ranked according to 13
environmental policy and performance-related criteria, in areas such as
carbon reduction, waste recycling, energy efficiency, transport emissions
and staff and student engagement.
LSE Director Judith Rees said: 'It is pleasing that the hard work of our
enthusiastic and committed staff and students has been recognised but we
must not rest on our laurels. Carbon emissions for the sector are still
rising and there are still significant challenges to overcome if LSE is to
successfully meet government targets.'
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• Living
in the Endless City reveals the dynamics of the 21st century city
Fifty per cent of the world's population currently live in cities, and 33
per cent of city dwellers currently live in slums. By 2050, 75 per cent
will live in cities, and half the world's population live in slums.
This is one of the findings of Living in the Endless City, a
publication of the Urban Age project at LSE and Deutsche Bank's Alfred
Herrhausen Society, which was launched this week with a public debate at LSE.
Edited by Professor Ricky Burdett of LSE Cities and Deyan Sudjic,
director of the Design Museum, Living in the Endless City is an
investigation into the physical and social aspects of the modern urban
condition, featuring essays from esteemed thinkers including Professor
Richard Sennett, Professor Lord Nicholas Stern and Tony Travers.
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• LSE
research on hospital competition is referenced in prime minister’s
speech on the NHS
On Tuesday 7 June, in a key speech on NHS policy, the prime minister
referenced research carried out by a team of academics from LSE. This
research is also being heavily cited across White Hall as policy-makers
debate the future of controversial health care reforms being proposed by the
current government.
Does Hospital Competition Save Lives? Evidence from the English NHS
Patient Choice Reforms was authored by Dr Zack Cooper (Centre for
Economic Performance), Dr Stephen Gibbons (Department of Geography and
Environment), Dr Simon Jones and Professor Alistair McGuire (both LSE
Health), and was published in January 2010.
In his speech, David Cameron outlined the outlined his plans for the NHS
reform. He said: 'Put simply: competition is one way we can make things work
better for patients. This isn’t ideological theory. A study published by the
London School of Economics found hospitals in areas with more choice had
lower death rates. And there’s now real evidence that England is delivering
more for its money than any of the devolved nations, in part because of the
competitive reforms initiated by Tony Blair and Alan Milburn..'
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• LSE
academics contribute to UK National Ecosystem Assessment report
Academics from LSE's Department of Geography and Environment, the Spatial
Economics Research Centre and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate
Change and the Environment have contributed to a new report,
the UK
National Ecosystem Assessment (UK NEA), which reveals that nature is
worth billions of pounds to the UK economy.
The LSE team - Dr Susana Mourato, Dr Steve Gibbons, Dr Giles Atkinson,
George MacKerron, Guilherme Resende and Murray Collins - led the economic
analysis of cultural ecosystem services within the NEA, contained in Chapter
22 (Economic
Values from Ecosystems), with a comprehensive hedonic price study of the
amenity value of nature, a new analysis of the value of ecological
knowledge, and an original study on the health and well-being benefits of
exposure to nature. The team also contributed to the health and well-being
analysis in Chapter 23 (Health Values from Ecosystems) and to the
investigation of cultural ecosystem services in Chapter 16 (Cultural
Services).
The report provides an analysis of the UK's natural environment in terms of
the benefits it provides to society and continuing economic prosperity. It
strengthens the arguments for protecting and enhancing the environment and
will be used by the government to direct policy in future.
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• Zimbabwe's
university teachers can help rebuild their country, event will hear
Amid the agonies of Zimbabwe in recent years, the collapse of its university
sector may not have been seen as a priority. But that is now changing with a
campaign to support Zimbabwean academics as they try to do their bit to help
rebuild the country.
Author and journalist Peter Godwin will speak about current events in his
native land at an event today (9 June) which coincides with the launch of a
new campaign to help Zimbabwean academics and its higher education system.
The talk, jointly held by the Council for Assisting Refugee Academics and
LSE, will discuss the collapse of Zimbabwe's educational sector, the impact
this is having on Zimbabwe's future, and practical support now being offered
to Zimbabwe's university teachers and struggling health and science
faculties.
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• LSE academic awarded Sir Allan Sewell Visiting Fellowship
Professor Jennifer Brown (pictured), deputy director at LSE's Mannheim
Centre for Criminology, will be visiting Griffith University in Brisbane,
Australia from 24 June until 15 July, under the Sir Allan Sewell Visiting
Fellowship scheme.
During the study trip, Professor Brown will be working with Paula
Brough and Mark Kebbell on aspects of occupational stress experienced by
police officers, especially that connected to sexual violence
investigations.
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 Notices
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• Changes
to ‘Departmental Managers’ email distribution list
The 'Departmental Managers' email distribution list will be changing from
Friday 10 June.
Instead of entering 'Departmental Managers' to email all centre managers
(CMs), institute managers (IMs), group managers (GMs), and department
managers (DMs), you will now need to enter one of the following:
- Unit Managers: DMs, CMs, IMs, GMs and MPA office manager
- Academic Managers: Academic departments with teaching,
including IMs and MPA office manager
- Centre Managers: Centre managers only
We will also be sending emails to heads of division to notify them. If
you have any enquiries, please contact Cheryl Edwardes at
c.a.edwardes@lse.ac.uk and
Charlotte Knights at
c.knights@lse.ac.uk.
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• Language Summer School
New for Summer 2011 is the Language Centre's range of taster courses for
French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, and
Spanish.
The Language Summer School has two sessions:
Most courses consist of 12 hours of classes and three (two hour) classes per
week for two consecutive weeks. These courses will give people who have no
knowledge of a language an introduction and some survival level skills.
For more information and prices, visit
Language Summer School.
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• London
Cycle Challenge 2011
LSE is entering a team into the London Cycle Challenge 2011 and needs
your help to win some prizes.
The LSEasyriders team is asking all staff and students to sign up and
log how many miles they cycle for a month. You can count all journeys made
by bicycle, including recreational cycling at the weekend and evenings, not
just commuting.
If you want to join in, all you need to do is go to
https://cyclechallenge.tfl.gov.uk/, click 'Join In' and enter your
details. Once your account has been fully registered, click the 'Join a
Team' link on your account page, search for 'LSEasyriders' and join.
You can start logging miles from 9am on Saturday 18 June through to
Friday 15 July. Points will be awarded to the team for every mile cycled,
and the team with the most points in each category wins.
Even if you don’t normally cycle or can only cycle short distances, give
it a go as more points can be earned for the first 24 miles.
It is very important that you join the LSEasyriders team or your miles
won’t count. If you’re having problems joining the team or for more
information, contact Peter Spring at
p.n.spring@lse.ac.uk.
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• The
six-a-side cricket challenge
Inspired by ODAR’s football challenge, IT Services would like to throw
down a similar gauntlet for any department that can get a six- or seven-a-side
cricket team together.
Matches are to be played at any one of the many central London pitches, in a
shortened format of the one day game, after work.
If you would like to get involved, email Daniel on
d.roberts@lse.ac.uk.
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• LSE Perspectives
The LSE Perspectives June 2011 gallery is now live. You can view this
month's selection of photos
here.
The gallery features 12 striking images submitted by members of the LSE
community. Each image reflects a unique perspective on a particular scene.
LSE Perspectives is an online gallery featuring photographs taken by LSE
staff and students. If you have taken any artistic images on your travels,
from your home town or even just here in London why not submit them for LSE
perspectives so that they can be shared with the LSE community.
For more information and to submit your images visit
LSE Perspectives Submissions. Every month the Arts team selects 12
images and publishes them online. Previous galleries can be found
here.
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• Room to rent in N16
Spacious, quiet room to rent in Stoke Newington/Stamford Hill, N16.
Sharing with owner and one other (two females, average age 40 plus).
Non-smokers only.
Would suit responsible, independent person - probably mature student or
professional. Longer term preferred. Available from the beginning of July,
£530 per month, inclusive. Deposit and references requested.
For more information, contact Jenny on 07814 643389.
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• Holiday
home available in South West France
This holiday gite is set in the far South West of France, 40 minutes from
Pau and approx 60 miles from Biarritz and the Atlantic coast.
The house has four bedrooms - one double with en-suite shower, two twin
rooms, and one with bunks.
It is perfect for outdoor activities and adventure sports such as
paragliding, rafting, canoeing and rock climbing. You can enjoy the mountain
scenery of the Pyrenees and absorb the local culture and history. The
surrounding vineyards produce the golden Jurançon wines, which you can taste
and buy direct from the growers.
For more information, visit
www.holiday-rentals.co.uk/p81137 or contact Marie Erwood at
m.f.erwood@lse.ac.uk.
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 Research
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• Turkey
is first among rising powers says new LSE report
Turkey's growing influence is likely to see it play an increasing role in
Middle East affairs during the Arab Spring, concludes a special report on
the country published ahead of its national elections.
The report, Turkey's Global Strategy, analyses the country's
relations with neighbouring states to show how it has become more
assertively influential in the region over the past decade as its economic,
political and cultural powers have all grown.
The study from LSE IDEAS includes articles from eight experts in the
field, written in the approach to Saturday's (11 June) parliamentary
elections in Turkey.
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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
May 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 is out
at the end of June 2011.
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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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• New events announced....
A lecture by Felipe Larraín Bascuñán, minister of finance of the
Government of Chile
On: Wednesday 29 June at 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speaker: Felipe Larraín Bascuñán
This event is free and open to all but a ticket is required. One ticket
per person can be requested on Wednesday 22 June.
Change in the Middle East? Democracy, Authoritarianism and Regime Change in
the Arab World
On: Wednesday 13 July at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Professor Lisa Anderson (pictured above), president of the
American University in Cairo.
I'm Feeling Lucky: the confessions of Google employee number 59
On: Wednesday 20 July at 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speaker: Douglas Edwards, Google's first director of marketing and
brand management.
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• Other events include....
The Big Society and the Good Society: rethinking the place of the state
in British society
On: Tuesday 14 June at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speakers: Lord Maurice Glasman and Jesse Norman MP.
Turkey in the World
On: Wednesday 15 June at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speakers: Professor Michael Cox, co-director of LSE IDEAS and
professor of international relations at LSE, Fadi Hakura, manager of
the Turkey Project at the Chatham House, and Professor Şevket Pamuk,
chair of contemporary Turkish studies at the European Institute.
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• Iranian
Foreign Policy: continuity and change
Monday 13 June, 6-7.30pm, Alumni Theatre, NAB
Speaker: Dr Mahdi Ahouie (pictured), assistant professor
of politics at the Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran.
Almost everybody knows about the dramatic changes which took place in
Iranian foreign policy after the 1979 Revolution. But few may believe that
there has also been continuity in Iranian foreign policy in many aspects
throughout the past century.
Dr Ahouie will talk about what has not changed in Iran's foreign policy
during the pre and post revolutionary eras.
This lecture is open to all with admission on a first come, first served
basis. For more information, click
here or contact Dania Akkad on 020 7955 6198 or email
d.c.akkad@lse.ac.uk.
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• Business
Compliance - Motivation and Capacity: lessons from an Australian
research project
Tuesday
14 June, 1-2.30pm, room OLD3.21
Speaker: Dr Vibeke Lehmann Nielsen, associate professor at the
Department of Political Science, Aarhus University.
Vibeke Lehmann Nielsen presents the ‘ACCC (Australian Competition and
Consumer Commission) Enforcement and Compliance Project’ - its theoretical
ambitions, methodology, data and empirical findings.
The presentation puts together the findings and lessons from the ACCC
research project and relates it to the theoretical debate and the empirical
findings within the literature on ‘business compliance’.
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• Community
Assets and the Big Society - who carries the cost?
Tuesday 28 June, 8.30am-12pm, Michio Morishima Conference Room,
5th Floor, Lionel Robbins Building
Many ideas about the ‘Big Society’ originate from the 19th Century when
co-operatives, friendly societies and mutual aid were the survival
strategies of the poor, underpinning families and communities in the face of
harsh social conditions.
In the current policy debates about how to compensate for essential cuts
in public spending to reduce the current deficit, the ‘Big Society’ is
supposed to help create stronger communities that can do more to help
themselves without first turning to the state for help. In the ‘Big
Society’, communities know how to organise local events and services, they
are involved in running local schools, they raise funds for local causes and
help with children, families and young people in need of friendly, caring
contact and support.
This workshop will examine what mobilises communities to achieve social
goals, looking at the critical roles of entrepreneurs, volunteering,
co-operation and government.
For more information and delegate rates, click
here.
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• Podcasts of public lectures and events
Health Care Reform in the US
Speaker: Dr Peter Orszag
Recorded: Tuesday 31 May, approx 85 minutes
Click here to listen
Poor Economics: a radical rethinking of the way to fight global poverty
Speakers: Professor Abhijit Banerjee and Professor Esther Duflo
Recorded: Thursday 2 June, approx 91 minutes
Click here to listen
Alone Together: why we expect more from technology and less from each other
Speaker: Professor Sherry Turkle
Recorded: Thursday 2 June, approx 96 minutes
Click here to listen |
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 60
Second Interview
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• with..... Syerramia Willoughby, editor of Africa at LSE
I wrote my first story at the age
seven in Freetown, Sierra Leone
where I grew up. My passion for
writing led me to journalism and I
worked for the BBC for nine and a
half years as a sports producer until
I joined LSE. I covered the 2004
Olympic Games and several World
Athletics Championships. Athletics
remains one of my passions and I’m
looking forward to this year’s
Championship in Daegu, South Korea.
I also write poetry.
What, principally, do you hope
to achieve with the new Africa
Portal and what kind of input from
those who use it do you expect?
Africa at LSE will be the
definitive place to find out
everything African-related going on
at LSE (and I can assure you there’s
an awful lot). I also hope the blog
will aid the development of an
already thriving African network
here at LSE. I’m hoping that
academics and students with research
interests in Africa will be very
proactive in writing pieces for the
blog. I’ll be looking for photo
diaries from the field, research
summaries, and comment on stories in
the news.
What change would you most
like to see in the world in 50/100
years' time?
More respect for our planet, our
bodies and our Creator.
Where is the most interesting
place you have visited?
Qatar - because it was so
completely different from anywhere
I’ve been - different culture, way
of dressing and architecture. At
least, until I got into the shopping
mall, then I could have been in any
city in Western Europe or North
America.
What three items would you
rush to save from a fire?
My mobile (ha, very unoriginal),
my notepad (so I can write), and a
pen.
Is there anything you cannot
do and would like to learn?
Play the piano or the drums.
With which famous person would
you like to have dinner and why?
Dead or alive? Dead - poet
Langston Hughes, one of the
architects of the Harlem Renaissance
in the 1920s.
Alive - the brilliant BBC Radio 5
Live film critic, Mark Kermode
(required podcast listening every
week) - I suspect I’d spend the
whole evening laughing and not
eating. If you haven’t listened to
him, you should. He’s on 5 Live
every Friday from 2-4.
Wittertainment indeed! Syerramia
can be contacted at
africa@lse.ac.uk. |
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 Training
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• Training
for staff at LSE
Courses scheduled for next week include:
- One-to-one IT training
- Effective writing at work
For a full listing of what is available and further details, including
booking information, please see
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 Media
bites
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• Financial
Times (9 June 2011)
Let’s hope the IMF was more equivocal in private
'Sir, The International Monetary Fund’s report seems to give unequivocal
backing to the British government’s drive to cut public spending. But we
should remember that IMF reports are typically negotiated with the
government before being made public, and tailored more to the
government’s liking.'
Letter by Robert Wade, professor of political economy and development at
LSE.
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•
Foreign Policy (6 June 2011)
The Middle East Channel: what next for Bahrain?
'The lifting of the emergency law in Bahrain on June 1 seemed to pay
immediate dividends two days later when the FIA reinstated the Bahrain
Grand Prix in October. This decision signified a degree of international
approval for the government's efforts to contain the instability that
broke out in February.'
Article by Dr Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, research fellow at LSE.
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• Guardian
(30 May 2011)
UK developing cyber-weapons programme to counter cyber war threat
Professor Peter Sommer, an expert in technology and security affairs (at
LSE), said that it would not be difficult for GCHQ and other agencies to
recast what they were doing to defend against cyber-attacks into a
first-strike capability. 'Any nation which carefully researches
cyber-attack methods for defensive purposes has all the knowledge
required for offensive activity. You can also easily argue that a
well-targeted attack is low-cost, readily deniable and saves lives by
disrupting the enemy. The interesting question then becomes, what are
the rules for deployment?'
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