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 online audience the chance to join the lectures via Zoom.We will also be sharing each lecture on YouTube, Podcast and through student reflections on our blog.
The series is convened by Professor in Practice, Duncan Green and Dr Laura Mann.
This event is free although registration is required.
Please register here.
Full event schedule (Fridays from 4pm-5.30pm):
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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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| Michaelmas Term |
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| Week 3; 14th Oct |
Ha-Joon Chang
SOAS
Discussant: Sinéad Murphy, SRHE
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Economics vs Science Fiction – what can each learn from the other?
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| Week 4; 21th Oct |
Rafeef Ziadah
King's College London
Discussant: Dr Tiziana Leone, LSE
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Working Palestine: Covid19, Labour and De-development in Palestine
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| Week 5; 28th Oct |
Branko Milanovic
City University of New York
Discussant: Professor Francisco Ferreira, LSE
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Recent trends in global income distribution and their political implications
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| Week 7; 11th Nov |
Naomi Hossain
American University, Washington
Discussant: Dr Raj Patel, The University of Texas at Austin
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The popular politics of 21st century food and fuel riots
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| Week 8; 18th Nov |
Jayati Ghosh
Amherst
Discussant: Professor Kathy Hochstetler, LSE
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Why inequality is the basic driver of the climate crisis, and what we can do about it
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| Week 9; 25th Nov |
Mushtaq Khan
SOAS
Discussant: Dr Dan Honig, UCL
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Making Anti-Corruption Real: How to Stop Wasting Money and Start Making Progress
Cancelled due to UCU strike action
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| Week 10; 2nd Dec (Online only, from 12-1.30pm) |
Nanjala Nyabola
Writer and Researcher
Idrees Ahmad
University of Essex
Kecheng Fang
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Amil Khan
Director and Founder of Valent Projects
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Platforms for deliberation or disinformation? social media and development
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For any questions related to the event series, please email d.patel20@lse.ac.uk.