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16 January 2013 |
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Department of Management's former PhD student wins Doctoral Dissertation
Award
Dr Carsten Sorensen’s former PhD student, Dr Ben Eaton, has won the 2013
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group of
Management Information Systems (SIGMIS) Doctoral Dissertation Award at the International
Conference of Information Systems 2013 in Milan. This international
award from the information systems community recognised his PhD dissertation on
'The
Dynamics of Digital Platform Innovation: a study of modular and
architectural innovation in Apple’s iOS' as the most outstanding PhD
dissertation of information systems in 2013. The Department of Management is
very proud of Ben's achievement.
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LSE academic to join University of Belgrade
Dr Spyros Economides, Assistant Professor in International Relations and
European Politics, Deputy Director of LSE’s Hellenic Observatory, and a core
member of the European Institute’s research unit on South East Europe (LSEE),
has been appointed a Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Political Science
at the University of Belgrade, Serbia, for the current academic year.
Last year, Dr Economides was also appointed a Visiting Professor in the
Faculty of Political Science at the University of Zagreb, Croatia, for the
2013-14 academic year.
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 Notices
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Lent Public Events Programme announced LSE’s public events
programme from January to April 2014 has been announced. Speakers include
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Linda Colley, David Harvey and Professor Amartya Sen.
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LSE Literary Festival 2014 LSE Literary Festival 2014 will
be taking place from Monday 24 February – Saturday 1 March with the
theme ‘Reflections’, exploring the distinctive qualities of the social
sciences' and the arts' approaches to understanding the world around us.
There will be
a programme of talks, readings, panel discussions and film screenings, as
well as creative writing workshops and children’s events. Speakers will
include
Melvyn Bragg, AS Byatt, Sebastian Faulks, Margaret Macmillan and Michael
Rosen.
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LSE Research Festival 2014 Exhibition
Can you convey your research visually? The deadline is fast
approaching for submissions to the LSE Research Festival’s 2014 Exhibition.
Submissions are being accepted from academic and research staff across the
School for this year’s Research Festival Exhibition until midnight on
Friday 31 January. Entrants are asked to convey their research through a
poster, photograph or short film. Selected entries will be publicly
exhibited in May, and a prize will be awarded in each category.
Don’t miss this opportunity to have your work exhibited and viewed by senior
academics and the general public. Last year, over 600 people visited the
exhibition, and many of those involved remarked on how beneficial the
experience was to their research project and their own development.
For more information, to view last year’s entries, and to submit your work,
take a look at the website
here. You can also follow the Festival on Twitter @LSEResearchFest
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LSE Photo Prize is back!
LSE staff and students are encouraged to submit their best photos
demonstrating their own interpretation of the Literary Festival theme
‘Reflections’. Submissions are now being accepted and will close Friday
31 January.
Submissions will be displayed across the LSE campus during the Literary
Festival (25 February – 1 March). The three winning photographs, selected by
a panel of art professionals and LSE staff, will be announced at the
Festival’s closing event on Saturday 1 March. Winning photographers will
then get to see their images printed and displayed at the School.
Each photograph must be 300dpi, no smaller than 2MB as a jpeg file.
Please note you can submit a maximum of three images. For more information,
please email the LSE Arts Team at
arts.photoprize@lse.ac.uk
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Tell us what you think - Staff News feedback survey 2014
The Press Office has put together a short survey for you to tell us
how
you feel about Staff News. It's an important way for us to find
out how we can improve the newsletter for you, so please do take a look.
The survey is open to all staff and should take no more than five
minutes to complete. Take part
here.
The survey is open until Friday 21 March. Thank you for taking
the time to let us know what you think.
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New issue of LSE Perspectives online
The January edition of LSE Perspectives is now online. Take a look at the
gallery
here. It features 12 striking images submitted by LSE staff and students
with each image reflecting a unique perspective on a particular scene.
We are always looking for submissions for future galleries, so if you've
taken any artistic images on your travels, from your home town or here in
London, submit them for LSE Perspectives and share them with the School
community.
Further information on how to submit your photographs can be found
here. And if you missed December's gallery, be inspired
here!
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Lunchtime meditations
Take some time for yourself at new lunchtime meditation classes on
Mondays and Thursdays at 12.10-12.45pm during Lent term in the LSE Faith
Centre on the second floor of the Saw Swee Hock Student Centre.
No previous experience of meditation is needed and the meditations will
be guided. There is no need to register so just come along, and there
is no fee. The first class is Monday 20 January.
For more information, email Erika Mansnerus at
e.mansnerus@lse.ac.uk and Tina
Basi at t.basi@lse.ac.uk
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Research on policies and practices for disabled academic employees
Nadia Ahmed, a PhD student at Queen Mary
University, is looking for interview subjects for her research into the
career path and experiences of disabled academic employees.
She writes: "I am researching practicable working environments for disabled
academics at universities in England. My inspiration is my own disability
and my own struggle towards getting employment as a disabled student with
aspirations of working in academia.
"While the Equality Act and the Public Sector Equality Duty have increased
access for disabled students within Higher Education, is the same true of
disabled people aspiring to work as academics? My focus is on disabled
academics being students (like PhDs, Masters, etc.) as well as their career
development (professional lecturers, teachers, professors, etc.) in the
world of academia.
"Interviewees will be allowed to tell their own story, to reflect on the
barriers they experienced during their journey into academia, covering areas
such as employment opportunities, university environment, management,
administration, work environment, behaviour and attitudes, stigma,
stereotypes, etc. the power shall be in your hands."
If you are interested in contributing to her research, please contact Nadia
directly at Nadia.ahmed@qmul.ac.uk
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Brompton bike for sale
A much loved black Brompton M3L folding
bicycle is for sale. Bought new in January last year, the bike is in
good condition with the brakes serviced last month and a new chain, rear
sprocket and tyre all fitted in the past few weeks. It's
a reluctant sale due to a need for a bike
which can take a child’s seat. £650 ono. Contact Mark Jackson on
m.jackson3@lse.ac.uk or ext 6461 for more details.
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Technology tip!
If you have been migrated to the new telephone system, there are a few
key shortcuts you can use to access useful functions such as voicemail
and call forwarding. Remember not to lift the receiver prior to using
the shortcuts.
To access your voicemail:
1. Dial 88
2. Press the Dial button
3. When prompted, enter your 5-digit passcode followed by #
4. Follow the automated instructions
To turn on immediate forwarding of calls to voicemail:
1. Dial *21
2. Press the Dial button
3. Listen to confirmation message
To turn off immediate forwarding of calls to voicemail:
1. Dial #21
2. Press the Dial button
3. Listen to confirmation message
To forward calls directly to another number:
1. Dial #9
2. Press the Dial button.
3. Follow the automated instructions
To deactivate call forwarding to another number:
1. Dial ##9
2. Press the Dial button
3. Listen to confirmation message
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 LSE
in pictures
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This week's picture features an interfaith art project with LSE
students and children from local schools in the new Faith Centre in the
Saw Swee Hock Student Centre. It is a temporary artwork until the new
stained glass window, designed by the President of the Royal Academy
Christopher Le Brun, is ready in mid-February.
For more images like this, visit the
Photography Unit.
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 Research
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Social sciences worth an estimated £24 billion to UK economy
Social science is now big business in the
UK, according to new research by LSE which shows that the sector is
worth approximately £24.3 billion a year to the national economy.
This figure is the collective economic value of social science teaching
and research in UK universities (£4.8 billion a year) plus the costs
that the financial sector, business corporations and public sector
agencies spend on employing professional social scientists to mediate or
translate academic research into their organisations (at least £19.4
billion a year).
The impact of the social sciences is outlined in a new book,
The Impact of Social Sciences: how academics and their research make a
difference,
released this week by LSE. The findings have emerged from a three-year project by
Professor Patrick Dunleavy and his colleagues in LSE’s Department of
Government, who have mapped for the first time the size and scale of
social sciences in the UK and their influence across all sectors of
British society.
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 Events
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'Cities and Globalisation' - on Monday 20 January at
6.30-8pm in the New Theatre, East Building
Ed Glaeser is the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at
Harvard, where he also serves as director of the Taubman Center for State
and Local Government and the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston. He
studies the economics of cities, and has written on a range of urban issues,
including the growth of cities, segregation, crime, and housing markets. He
has been particularly interested in the role that geographic proximity can
play in creating knowledge and innovation. His 2011 book, Triumph of the
City: how our greatest invention makes us richer, smarter, greener,
healthier, and happier was shortlisted for the Financial Times/Goldman Sachs
Business Book of the year.
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'Disrupting International Rules and Organisational Practices for
Women's Rights and Gender Equality' - on Friday 25 January at
1-2.30pm in Room TW1.G.01, Tower One
How can change be made to happen to disrupt the deep structures of
gender inequality in the programs, policies and every-day practices of
social change organisations, mainstream development agencies and
systems? Come along to the next Gender Institute discussion to
explore this question with Aruna Rao, Co-Founder and Executive Director
of Gender at Work.
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Hellenic Observatory Research Lent Seminar Series
The Hellenic Observatory has announced its exciting
Research Seminar Series for Lent term. See full details
here
All Hellenic Observatory Seminars are open to the public.
Entry is on a
first come first served basis. More details
here
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'Reviving Famagusta; from ghost town to eco-city?' - on Friday 21
February, 2.00-6.45pm, LSE Shaw Library, Old Building
Recent citizens' initiatives in Cyprus have proposed the opening of the
ghost town of Varosha and have imagined the revitalisation of the Famagusta
area. This
half-day conference, organised by the Hellenic Observatory and
Contemporary Turkish Studies at LSE, brings together town planners, architects, and
economists to discuss the anticipated social, economic, and ecological
consequences of a potential opening.
MoreThe conference is free and open to all, but a ticket is required.
Registration is through
LSE's E-shop and must be completed by
Monday 17
February.
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 60
second interview
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with.....Peter Fennelly
Born in Fulham, to Irish
parents from Co. Kilkenny, I grew up
in various areas of east London.
I joined LSE in 1983 (should have a
room or a building named after me
soon), working for the long since
disbanded Supplies Section. As well
as being Manager of the Estates
Division maintenance stores, I am
also a taxi and cashpoint to my wife,
Sandra, and two sons, George and
Charlie.
Which part of your job do you
enjoy most?
Getting to see new products from
manufacturers before they come into
general use. LED lighting is quite
common now, but Estates started
installing LED products many years
ago. Also, as I deal mainly
with the maintenance team in the
Estates Division, the chance to meet
with staff from other areas of the
School is enjoyable and a nice
change. Of course, this is obviously
no reflection on my wonderful
colleagues who
are a joy to work with.
Have you ever been asked to
order any unusual items and did you
manage to source them easily?
Sourcing items is a lot easier
these days, as you can have a quick
google and resolve most issues. In
the good old days, searching through
directories and catalogues, and
trying to describe items over the
phone to suppliers, was much more
difficult and time consuming.
Although I didn’t personally order
them, we did have in the store at
one time, some “rawhide cable
suspenders”. I’ll leave your mind to
boggle! Not sure what happened to
them.
What is your favourite sport?
Football - watching and playing.
Over the years, I’ve spent far too
much time and money following
Tottenham Hotspur home and away, and
even around Europe. I still support
Spurs, but family commitments and
ticket prices now limit that
particular interest. I played regular
Sunday morning football (pub team
standard) for many years - there's no better
way to cure a hangover - but my football
career was cruelly ended by an achilles tendon injury, sustained
whilst representing the Estates
Division at the LSE sports day in
2005. What a team though - beaten in a
penalty shoot out – our final missed
penalty, we believe, is still in
orbit around the earth. I also like
the traditional Irish game of
hurling, once described as 'a cross
between a sport and murder' - fast and
furious but very skilful.
What is your earliest
childhood memory?
I was in hospital for a small
operation when I was about two years
old and I’m convinced I can remember
looking out of the window and crying
as my mum left me. From about the
same period, I also remember playing
in the playground on the common at
the end of our road. These memories
may be genuine or they may be a
combination of old photographs and
family stories, as sometimes I can’t
even remember where I’ve parked the
car!
What, or who, makes you laugh?
Spike Milligan, Monty Python,
Billy Connelly and my dad’s
favourite Tommy Cooper. He’d be in
fits of laughter watching him,
calling him a 'bl** dy eejit'!
Are you any good at D.I.Y? Any
examples?
I like D.I.Y. If anyone wants
something done around the house, I
often say do it yourself.
I’m just about OK at decorating and
I can put an Ikea unit together, but
building or constructing something?
No good – forget it. I need
instructions. We've still got a bumpy wall
on the upstairs landing where I
tried my hand at plastering once.
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 Training
and jobs
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Training and development opportunities for staff
Courses scheduled for next week include:
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Excel 2010: logical and lookup functions
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Developing High Performing Teams
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NetworkED: games, learning and beyond
These are just some of the events running next week. To receive a monthly
summary of all training courses, subscribe to email list by clicking
here and pressing Send. To find out more about training and development
across the school and for links to booking pages, see
here.
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Jobs at LSE
Below are some of the vacancies currently being
advertised to internal candidates only, as well as those being advertised
externally.
- Digital Library Manager, Library: Resources and Innovation
- Systems and Business Analyst, Academic Registrar's Division
- Administrator / PA to Head of Department, International
Relations
- Discovery and Metadata Manager, Library: Collections Services
- Fees Analyst, Finance Division
- Network Manager, Information Management and Technology
For more information, visit
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 Get
in touch!
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If you have some news, an achievement, or an aspect of LSE life that you
would like to share, I would love to hear from you. Do get in touch
at m.wall@lse.ac.uk
or on ext 7582. The next edition of Staff News is on Thursday 23
January. Articles for this should be emailed to me by Tuesday 21 January. Staff
News is emailed every Thursday during term time and fortnightly during
the holidays.
Thanks, Maddy
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