The new academic year has just started, and this means we are back with our exciting lecture series ‘Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking and Practice’! This visiting lecture series, which is hosted by the International Development Department, provides students and guests with invaluable insights into the practical world of international development.
This year, we move the series online, which means we can host speakers from around the world, and also stream the series online, opening up further to a global audience!
The series is convened by Professor in Practice, Duncan Green and Professor James Putzel.
Full event schedule (Fridays from 4pm-6pm):
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Week/Date
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Speaker
(Joining from)
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Topic
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| Michaelmas Term |
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Week 2;
9 th Oct |
Jayati Ghosh
New Delhi
(watch back)
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The Pandemic and the Indian government’s response
Discussant: John Harriss
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| Week 3; 16th Oct |
Danny Quah
Singapore
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RE-SCHEDULED TO 11 DEC
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| Week 4; 23th Oct |
Saleemul Huq
Dhaka
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Human Induced Climate Change: Dealing with loss and damage
Discussant: Kathy Hochstetler
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| Week 5; 30th Oct |
Deborah Brautigam; Folashade Soule-Kohndou and Shirley Ze Yu
Baltimore, Oxford and London
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Panel on China in Africa
Chair: James Putzel
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| Week 7; 13th Nov |
Branko Milanovic
New York
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Capitalism Alone: The Future of the System that Rules the World
Discussant: Duncan Green
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| Week 8; 20th Nov |
Jimi Adesina
Pretoria
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Why Development and Transformative Social Policy Matter: Lessons of COVID-19 in Africa. A Lecture in honour of Thandika Mkandawire
Discussant: Kate Meagher
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| Week 9; 27th Nov |
Nora Lustig
Washington DC
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Inequality in Latin America: Markets,Covid-19 and Policies
Discussant: Jean-Paul Faguet
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| Week 10; 4 th Dec |
Clare Short
London
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Reflecting on the demise of DfID
Discussant: James Putzel
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| Week 11; 11th Dec |
Danny Quah
Singapore
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Global Power Shift to Asia: Great Power Competition in the Marketplace for World Order
Discussant: Robert Wade
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| Lent Term |
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| Week 1; 22th Jan |
Ha-Joon Chang
Cambridge
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Building Pro-Developmental Multilateralism – Towards a ‘New’ New International Economic Order'
Discussant: Richard Kozul-Wright
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| Week 2; 29th Jan |
Akosua Adomako Ampofo
Accra
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Decolonizing Academia
Discussant: Rishita Nandagiri
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| Week 3; 5th Feb |
Yuen Yuen Ang
Michigan
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Unbundling Corruption: Why it Matters and How to Do It
Discussant: Mushtaq Khan
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| Week 4; 12th Feb |
Kate Raworth
Oxford
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Doughnut Economics: turning a radical idea into irresistible practice
Discussant: Michael Jacobs
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| Week 7; 5th March |
Mariana Mazzucato
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A Mission Oriented Approach to Stakeholder Value
Discussant: Jonathan Di John
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| Week 8; 12th March |
TBC
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For any questions related to the online event series, please email d.patel20@lse.ac.uk.