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 back to in-person for our students and staff, but we will continue to offer our online audience the chance to watch the lectures back via our YouTube channel, listen via the podcast series and read student reflections on our blog.
The series is convened by Professor James Putzel and Dr Laura Mann.
View the full AT and WT schedule (Fridays from 4pm-6pm):
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Speaker + Discussant
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Topic - click through for more lecture info
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Week 1; 29th Sept
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Dirk-Jan Koch
Chief Science Officer of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Discussant: Clare Short, British politician
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Book launch: Foreign aid and its unintended consequences
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Week 2; 6th Oct
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Ha-Joon Chang
SOAS
In conversation with James Putzel, LSE
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Confronting multiple Crises: A conversation with Ha-Joon Chang on the state of the world economy
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Week 3; 13th Oct
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Rafeef Ziadah
King's College London
Discussant: Mai Taha, LSE
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The Illusion of Disinterested Development: Exploring realities of militarism and aid in Palestine's captive economy
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Week 4; 20th Oct
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Rochelle Burgess
University College London
Discussant: Philipa Mladovsky, LSE
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In search of repair: The necessity of community development to mental health improvements in contexts of adversity
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Week 5; 27th Oct
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Mark Lowcock
UN, UK
Yuliya Yurchenko
Greenwich University
Anna Matveeva
King's College London
David Luke
LSE
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The Russia-Ukraine War: Consequences for global security and development
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Week 7; 10th Nov
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Mushtaq Khan and Pallavi Roy
SOAS
Discussant: Jonathan Di John, SOAS
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Making Anti-Corruption Real: A strategy for feasible reform in adverse contexts
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Week 8; 17th Nov
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Stephanie Barrientos
Manchester University
Discussant: Kate Meagher, LSE
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Gender and Work in Global Value Chains: Capturing the gains?
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Week 9; 24th Nov
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Alfredo Saad Filho
SOAS
Geoff Goodwin
Leeds University
Melany Cruz
Leicester University
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The Latin American Left: Opportunities, challenges, and setbacks
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Week 10; 1st Dec
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Keyu Jin
LSE
Yunnan Chen
Overseas Development Institute
Weiwei Chen
Open University
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Development or Dependence?: China's Investment and development finance in Africa
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Week/Date
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Speaker + Discussant
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Topic - click through for more lecture info
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Week 1; 19th Jan
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Bronwen Everill
Cambridge University
Sheryllynne Haggerty
University of Hull and Guardian investigation
Cassandra Gooptar
University of Hull andGuardian investigation
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Slavery and British Development
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Week 2; 26th Jan
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Hong Yu
Mayling Birney Scholar from Zhejiang University
Discussant: David Soskice, LSE
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Bringing Cyberspace Down to Earth in China: From smart-cities to village digital projects
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Week 3; 2nd Feb
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Jayati Ghosh
Amherst
Ndongo Samba Sylla
Rosa Luxemburg
Kevin Watkins
LSE
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The debt and climate change precipice: How can the global majority cope?
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Week 4; 9th Feb
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Arkebe Oquaby
Gov of Ethiopia
Richard Kozul-Wright
UNCTAD
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Industrial Policy Challenges in the Developing World
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Week 5; 16th Feb
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Ronald Herring
Cornell University
Discussant: Aniket Aga, Ashoka University
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What the Gene-Editing Revolution Means For Rural Welfare, Global Futures and Social Justice
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For any questions related to the event series, please email d.patel20@lse.ac.uk.