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Tim Besley elected President of the International Economic Association

Tim Besley, School Professor of Economics and Political Science, has been elected President of the International Economic Association (IEA). The IEA is a federation of most of the World’s major economics associations and was founded in 1950. It is currently holding its 17th World Congress in Jordan.

Tim will replace Joseph Stiglitz, who is stepping down at the end of his three year tenure. Past presidents of the IEA include Robert Solow, Kenneth Arrow, Amartya Sen and Tony Atkinson. Tim is the third UK based economist to have been elected President of the IEA, and the second from the LSE Department of Economics; the first was Tony Atkinson, who was Tooke Professor of Economic Science and Statistics at the time of his presidency.
 

Professor Sonia Livingstone receives honorary doctorate

Professor Sonia Livingstone of the Department of Media and Communications has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the Université de Montréal. Professor Livingstone will receive her honorary doctorate from the Rector on the occasion of Convocation of the Arts and Sciences Faculty to be held on Sunday 19 October 2014. Before the ceremony, she will deliver a lecture to the Department of Communication on her current research on children’s engagement with the internet in comparative perspective.
 

Computer tip of the week
How to quickly identify fake web links

Malicious emails often seek to trick you into visiting rogue websites which look very similar to legitimate ones. You are then encouraged to type in security details and other account information. Be very wary of any email of this kind. If you receive a suspicious email, there are quick ways to identify fake links:

• Hold the mouse over the link without clicking it. Links to the LSE website or an LSE service should take you to an lse.ac.uk address. If it doesn’t, it’s a scam.

• If you are being asked to click a link to ‘confirm’ or ‘update’ your account, it’s a scam.

• If you are being asked to enter your username and password to ‘confirm’, ‘update’ or ‘unlock’ your account, it’s a scam.

If you receive a suspicious email, do not click any links or open any unexpected or suspicious attachments. Doing so may risk your account being compromised. Immediately delete them or if in doubt, contact it.servicedesk@lse.ac.uk. 

If you have an IT question, check out our online guides and FAQs or attend our weekly Software Surgeries. A huge range of additional computer training resources is available on the IT training website.

This week's picture features Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the IMF, signing the visitor's book at LSE before delivering the Amartya Sen lecture last week.

For more images like this, visit the Photography Unit.

Autism is the most costly medical condition in the UK

Research published in a leading international medical journal shows that autism costs the UK more than heart disease, cancer and stroke combined. A new study led by LSE estimates that autism costs the country at least £32 billion per year in treatment, lost earnings, care and support for children and adults with autism.

More than 600,000 people in the UK have autism, a condition associated with poor social and communication skills and restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour. A quarter of people with autism are unable to talk, and 85 per cent do not work full time. More

See the full report in LSE Research Online here.
 

Two new Gearty Grilling videos are now online. The Gearty Grillings is a series of short video debates between Conor Gearty, director of the IPA and professor of human rights law, and a leading researcher at LSE.

Episode 5: Alan Sked, Professor of International History, discusses founding UKIP and his battle with Nigel Farage.

'Good Morning, Mr Mandela' - on Tuesday 24 June at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building with Zelda la Grange

Zelda la Grange grew up in South Africa as a white Afrikaner who supported the rules of segregation. Yet just a few years after the end of Apartheid she would become a most trusted assistant to Nelson Mandela, growing to respect and cherish the man she had been taught was the enemy.

In this lecture, she will talk about her new book, Good Morning, Mr Mandela, that tells the story of how a young woman had her life, beliefs, prejudices and everything she once believed in utterly transformed by the greatest man of her time. It is the incredible journey of an awkward, terrified young typist in her twenties later chosen to become one of the President's most loyal and devoted servants, spending most of her adult working life travelling with, supporting and caring for the man she would come to call 'Khulu', or 'grandfather'. More
 

'Authorities of Freedom: Anthropology, aesthetics and the culture concept' - on Tuesday 17 June at 6.30-8pm in
Room STC 219 (the McKenzie Room), St Clement's with Professor Tony Bennett

The anthropological concept of culture as a way of life has often been interpreted as a democratic extension of, and break with, earlier aesthetic definitions of culture. Nothing could be further from the truth. This event is free and open to all. More
 

'Intellectual Capital' - on Wednesday 25 June at 6-7.30pm in the Saw Swee Hock Student Centre

LSESU will host an evening showcasing London's potential as an educational and intellectual capital with a moderated panel discussion of LSE students from various disciplines, as part of the London Festival of Architecture. Each student will present their research for five minutes giving them an opportunity to engage a wide audience and help to continue to foster an environment of intellectual debate, creativity and innovation.

The panel discussion will be followed by a free drinks reception. Before the event, you can also join a student-led tour of the Saw Swee Hock Student Centre, giving an insight into LSE’s campus development programme and one of London's key new pieces of architecture. There will also be displays of LSE student research throughout the building.
 

'Philosophy Challenge' - on Thursday 26 June at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, NAB

What is the meaning of life? Are we really free? What would Spinoza make of the internet? Bring along pressing philosophical questions to this fast-paced quiz where two teams of philosophers will compete to dazzle with their wit and
amaze with their profundity. More
 

Podcasts of public lectures and events

The Towers Debate: Does London need more tall buildings?
Speakers: Julia Barfield, Nicholas Boys Smith, Paul Finch, Nicky Gavron, Simon Jenkins, Sir Edward Lister, Rowan Moore, Tony Travers
Recorded: Monday 2 June 2014, approx. 111 minutes

The State of Freedom in Britain
Speakers: Shami Chakrabarti, Professor Nicola Lacey
Recorded: Tuesday 3 June 2014, approx. 91 minutes

The Amartya Sen Lecture 2014
Speakers: Christine Lagarde, Professor Amartya Sen
Recorded: Friday 6 June 2014, approx. 86 minutes 

Training and development opportunities for staff

Courses scheduled for next few weeks include:

• Equality and inclusion for managers

Visit Core Learning and Development Programme to find a comprehensive list of other courses available this academic year. If you have any queries or require additional information, email hr.learning@lse.ac.uk.
 

'Making an impact with your research' - on Wednesday 18 June at 1-3pm in OLD 3.21

LSE faculty will share their experiences in creating and documenting the research impact described in their REF 2014 impact case studies. The emphasis is on making impact pro-actively, with a range of examples which are educational and inspiring for faculty, researchers and others thinking about how to initiate or extend their own research impact.

The faculty panellists include: Julia Black and Robert Baldwin (Law), Tim Newburn (Social Policy), Mary Kaldor (International Development) and Mathijs Pelkmans (Anthropology). Book your place here.
 

Below are some of the vacancies currently being advertised to internal candidates only, as well as those being advertised externally.

• Communications and Events Officer, LSE Entrepreneurship
• Managing Editor: Web and Publications, International Growth Centre
• Country Economist, International Growth Centre
• Communications Manager, Information Management and Technology
• Constituency Communications Officer, Advancement
• Department Manager, Economics
• Fellow in European Political Economy, European Institute
• Fellow in International Political Economy, International Relations
• MSc Programme Manager, Finance
• Programme Administrator, International Development
• Strategic Projects and Planning Manager, Advancement