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Research for the World Special REF edition of our online magazine explores research impact stories
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Video highlight Overcoming social housing stigma: why we must listen to tenants
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Research impact Realising children's rights in a digital world

Professor Sonia Livingstone's research shaped national and international policies to protect childre
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Online article High street livelihoods: the social life of street economies in the context of migration and margina
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Online article Taking the pressure off: giving women time to start a family
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Online article The politics of polling: why are polls important during elections?
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LSE Festival How do we get to a post-COVID world?

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Research and Innovation News, support and funding assistance
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Are you an aspiring researcher? Graduate programmes at LSE
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Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (formerly PSSRU)
Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy
Centre for Economic Performance
Centre for Macroeconomics
Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science
Centre for the Analysis of Time Series
Centre for Women, Peace and Security
Financial Markets Group
Firoz Lalji Centre for Africa
The Grantham Research Institute
IDEAS
International Growth Centre
Latin America and Caribbean Centre
LSE Cities
Middle East Centre
South Asia Centre
Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre
Spatial Economics Research Centre
STICERD - Economics and Related Disciplines
Systemic Risk Centre
United States Centre
What Works Centre for Local Economics Growth
Cañada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies
Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation
Centre for International Studies
Centre for Vocational Education Research
Contemporary Turkish Studies
Crisis States Research Centre
Global Health Initiative
Hellenic Observatory
India Observatory
LSE London
LSE Public Policy Group
LSEE - Research on South Eastern Europe
Mannheim Centre for Criminology
Marshall Institute for Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship
Migration Studies Unit