Authoritarian Sanctuaries: Refugee Politics in East Africa
Speaker: Alexander Betts is Professor of Forced Migration and International Affairs, and Senior Fellow in Politics at Brasenose College, at the University of Oxford.
Discussant: Arbie Baguios, LSE ID
Chair: Laura Mann, LSE ID
This event is part of the Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice guest lecture series hosted by the International Development Department at LSE.
Competition, trade, and sustainability in agri-food markets in East & Southern Africa: a comparison of citrus and soy
Speaker: Simon Roberts is Visiting Professor of Economics at the University of Johannesburg and Director of the Centre for Competition Economics, as well as Visiting Associate Professor at Wits University
Discussant: David Luke, LSE ID
Chair: Laura Mann, LSE ID
This event is part of the Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice guest lecture series hosted by the International Development Department at LSE.
A very light shade of green? Is the green transition perpetuating inequality?
Speaker:
Annalisa Prizzon is a Principal Research Fellow at ODI. Her research interests are primarily focused on the reform of the architecture of development cooperation, as well as the policies and strategies of multilateral development banks
Amir Lebdioui is an Associate Professor of the Political Economy of Development at the University of Oxford. His research has focused on industrial policy, export diversification, natural resource management, green economic transformation and biodiversity-based innovation models
Discussant: Parth Bhatia, LSE ID
Chair: Laura Mann, LSE ID
This event is part of the Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice guest lecture series hosted by the International Development Department at LSE.
The Sahelian Question: The ultra-periphery in a changing world
Speaker: Rahmane Idrissa teaches international cooperation at the University of Niamey. His research focuses on the political economy of democratization, political Islam and the problems of the integration processes in the West African region.
Discussant: Aoife McCullough, LSE ID
Chair: Laura Mann, LSE ID
This event is part of the Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice guest lecture series hosted by the International Development Department at LSE.
What's at stake in the US-China Trade War?
Speakers: Elizabeth Ingleson: is Assistant Professor Department of International History and is the author of Made in China: When US-China Interests Converged to Transform Global Trade
Yeling Tan: is Professor of Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government. She is also a non-resident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
Discussant: Robert Wade, LSE ID
Chair: Laura Mann, LSE ID
This event is part of the Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice guest lecture series hosted by the International Development Department at LSE.
Re-examining the History of the Industrial Revolution
Speaker: Michael Mann is Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology, UCLA and the author of The Sources of Social Power which covers the history of power in human societies from prehistory to the present.
Discussant: James Putzel, LSE ID
Chair: Laura Mann, LSE ID
This event is part of the Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice guest lecture series hosted by the International Development Department at LSE.
The crisis of peace-keeping
Speaker: Marsha Henry is the Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton Chair in Women, Peace, Security and Justice at the Mitchell Institute
Discussant: Myfanwy James, LSE ID
Chair: Laura Mann, LSE ID
This event is part of the Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice guest lecture series hosted by the International Development Department at LSE.
British Aid in a Changing World
Speakers:
Clare Short is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for International Development from 1997 to 2003
Kevin Watkins is a former CEO of Save the Children UK and is a visiting professor at the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa
Chair: Laura Mann, LSE
This event recording is part of the Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice guest lecture series hosted by the International Development Department at LSE.
What the Gene-Editing Revolution Means For Rural Welfare, Global Futures and Social Justice
Speaker: Ronald Herring, Cornell University
Discussant: Aniket Aga, SUNY Buffalo
Chair: James Putzel, LSE
'Industrial Policy Challenges in the Developing World'
Speakers:
Chair: Laura Mann, LSE
'The debt and climate change precipice: How can the global majority cope?'
Speakers:
Chair: James Putzel, LSE
'Bringing Cyberspace Down to Earth in China: From smart-cities to village digital projects'
Speaker: Hong Yu, Mayling Birney Scholar from Zhejiang University
Discussant: David Soskice, LSE
Chair: Laura Mann, LSE
'Slavery and British Development'.
Speakers:
Chair: Laura Mann, LSE
'Guest lecture on Palestine'.
Speaker: Rafeef Ziadah, King's College London
Discussant: Mai Taha, LSE
Chair: James Putzel, LSE
'Development or Dependence?: China's Investment and development finance in Africa'.
Speakers:
Chair: Tin Hinane El Kadi, LSE
The Latin American Left: Opportunities, challenges, and setbacks
Speakers:
Chair: James Putzel, LSE
Gender and Work in Global Value Chains: Capturing the gains?
Speaker: Stephanie Barrientos, Manchester University
Discussant: Kate Meagher, LSE
Chair: Laura Mann, LSE
Making Anti-Corruption Real: A strategy for feasible reform in adverse contexts.
Speakers: Mushtaq Khan and Pallavi Roy, SOAS
Discussant: Jonathan Di John, SOAS
Chair: James Putzel, LSE
The Russia-Ukraine War: Consequences for global security and development.
Panel:
Chair: James Putzel, LSE
In search of repair: The necessity of community development to mental health improvements in contexts of adversity.
Speaker: Rochelle Burgess, University College London
Discussant: Philipa Mladovsky, LSE
Chair: Laura Mann, LSE
