Best LSE Department Of International Development Podcasts (2023)

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Can You Hear Us?

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Icons, success and BIWOC a candid conversation with Shrayana Battacharya 1:30:53

2M ago1:30:53

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On this week’s episode of Can You Hear Us?, Monica and Ragini are joined by development economist and author Shrayana Bhattacharya. After completing her training from Delhi University and the Harvard Kennedy School, Shrayana worked on research projects with the Institute of Social Studies Trust, SEWA and Centre for Policy Research. At present, she …

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Can You Hear Us?

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So We Heard: Sanjana explores children's welfare and child-centric development, part 1 19:11

2M ago19:11

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Prompted by our youngest team member’s desire for shorter podcasts on her regular commute to and from LSE, Can You Hear Us? is proud to present So We Heard, a series of bite-sized, informal chats dedicated to exploring academic theories, case studies, and current affairs within international development through the lens of black, indigenous, and wo…

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Humans of ID

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S2, E2: Making development more accessible 16:46

2M ago16:46

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In this episode Angeliki and Ziyaad explore how to make development a topic that is accessible for all. This draws on an article by PHD student Pauline Jerrentup entitled “‘Who knows what? The pitfalls of academic jargon’”. The link is as follows: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationaldevelopment/2023/03/14/who-knows-what-the-pitfalls-of-academic-ja…

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Refugee Realities

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S3, E4: Climate-related Displacement and International Protection 22:48

3M ago22:48

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How can we best protect people displaced for environmental reasons? In this episode María José Maldonado and Natalie Jade Catanach interview Manuel Marques Pereira, Head of Division of Migration, Environment, and Climate Change and Risk Reduction, at the International Organisation for Migration (IOM – UN Migration). Mr. Pereira discusses the protec…

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Refugee Realities

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S3, E3: Empowering Migrant and Refugee Women to Thrive: The gendered experiences of forced migration 29:56

3M ago29:56

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How are refugee experiences gendered, and what is the role of education in empowering female migrants and refugees? In this episode, Freya Thompson chats with Olivia Darby, Chief Programmes Officer at the WONDER Foundation. A women-led charity, WONDER seeks to support women and girls through education. Since 2018, the organisation has been working …

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Refugee Realities

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S3, E2: The Possibilities of Refugee-led Action: perspectives from Turkey 25:01

3M ago25:01

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What role can refugees themselves play in responding to displacement, and how can we improve mechanisms that allow displaced communities to have an input into relief efforts? In this episode, Yanis Amirat and Maud Guibert sit down with Farida Abdulrahman, a Syrian refugee and former Head of Accountability at Violet Organization. Based in Gaziantep …

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Refugee Realities

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S3, E1: Trampoline, an inspiring London-based café supporting Refugees’ journeys 18:53

3M ago18:53

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Accessing employment is a challenge facing many refugees wanting to integrate in a new country. Trampoline is a London-based café that aims to tackle this by providing refugees in the city with meaningful employment opportunities. In this episode, Rebecca Huggett, Sales Manager at Trampoline Café, joins Katherine Velastegui Córdova in discussing it…

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Can You Hear Us?

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So We Heard: Dana Dives into Commodification and Gendered Labour Practices 13:22

4M ago13:22

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The Can You Hear Us Team is excited to Introduce So We Heard — an informal coffee chat series that, like Can You Hear Us, creates a space for black, indigenous women and femmes of color to discuss and understand anything related to international development without the pressure of having to sound intelligent while doing it. In the first episode, ho…

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Can You Hear Us?

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Dualities in International Development a Conversation with Emonie Ayiwe 54:05

6M ago54:05

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“Duality is a useful lens to have for International Development because if we are not aware of these dualities, how can we work on improving the system and eliminating them?” - Emonie This week on Can You Hear Us, Monica and Madeira discuss dualities in International Development alongside Emonie Ayiwe; a Finnish-Nigerian Luxembourger with a master'…

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Humans of ID

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S2, E1: Introducing the MSc programmes at LSE Department of International Development 29:46

6M ago29:46

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The Humans of ID Podcast is back for 2023 with a brand new series! In this first episode of season two, MSc students Alice, Angeliki, Joe, and Ziyaad speak about the four different master's programmes currently offered by the Department of International Development: Development Management (DM), Development Studies (DS), Health and International Dev…

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Can You Hear Us?

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Meet the Team: A Conversation with Ragini, Sanjana and Doris 52:39

7M ago52:39

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“International development encourages us to view the world as a ‘bigger picture’.” -Doris Huang “When we are talking about international development, we do need to be mindful of the fact that the reason inequalities exist is because they were created. If the west is prosperous, they did so at the cost of someone else not being prosperous.” - Ragini…

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Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice

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S3, E5 Panel on Platforms for deliberation or disinformation? social media and development 1:31:11

10M ago1:31:11

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This panel examines the record of digital technologies and asks what we might do to re-engineer them to fulfil their early promise. Fibre optic internet cables have now connected almost every part of the world into a giant web of networks. Pundits once claimed this infrastructure would allow everyone to raise her voice, speak her mind, learn from o…

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Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice

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S3, E4 Jayati Ghosh on Why Inequality is the Basic Driver of the Climate Crisis 1:28:52

10M ago1:28:52

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National and global approaches to climate change alleviation are very inadequate because they ignore the important role played by wealth, income and consumption inequalities. Reducing these will be essential for humanity to meet the climate change — and there are feasible ways to do this. Speaker Jayati Ghosh taught economics at Jawaharlal Nehru Un…

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Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice

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S3,E3 Naomi Hossain on The Popular Politics of 21st Century Food and Fuel Riots 1:26:06

10M ago1:26:06

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Development studies frames food and fuel riots as the crowd response to the stimulus of price changes, as indicators of impact of economic shocks or policy reforms. In this dashboard view of the world, the masses respond automatically to spikes in the price of gas or bread, sending signals to governments and the international community that inflati…

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Events in ID

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Is Development an Art or a Science? 1:33:00

11M ago1:33:00

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International development is a field in which expert knowledge, drawn primarily from the social and natural sciences, has long been dominant. We know that complex global problems require multidisciplinary approaches and solutions, but how and where do the arts and humanities fit in? In their new open access book New Mediums, Better Messages: How In…

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Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice

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S3,E2 Dr Rafeef Ziadah - Working Palestine: COVID-19, labour and de-development in Palestine 1:25:54

11M ago1:25:54

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This presentation explores the impact of the pandemic on workers across four key sectors of the Palestinian economy: health, education, agriculture, and construction. As with elsewhere around the world, Palestinian workers have experienced multiple challenges due to the Covid-19 pandemic and its associated mitigation measures. In the occupied Pales…

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Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice

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S3,E1 Ha-Joon Chang – Economics vs Science Fiction – what can each learn from the other? 1:19:50

11M ago1:19:50

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Economics and science fiction share many interrelations that are rarely recognised. Firstly, a lot of economics is science fiction. Many economists believe in the fiction that they are practising ‘science’, while many also believe in the fiction that progress in ‘science’ (and thus technology) is the solution to virtually all economic problems. Say…

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Humans of ID

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S1, E6: Social Entrepreneurship and Development 19:10

1y ago19:10

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After an exam-induced break over the summer, the Humans of ID podcast is back! In this episode, host Nune Harutyunyan chats to fellow MSc student in Development Management, Becky Asselin. Becky speaks about the social enterprise she founded and runs, Everoot, which helps businesses get B-Corp certified, a recognition of performance, accountability,…

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Refugee Realities

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S2, E8: Legal aid, bureaucratic obstacles, and grassroots NGOs 33:55

1+ y ago33:55

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In this episode, Jasmin Arciero and Oliver Nixon interview Alexa Netty, the trustee and chair of the steering committee of SolidariTee. SolidariTee is a charity that supports NGOs offering legal aid to forcibly displaced people, and so they begin with a discussion on the importance of legal aid as a key facet of refugee support. They also touch o…

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Refugee Realities

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S2, E7: Contrasting crises: Government responses to refugees in Calais and from Ukraine 21:59

1+ y ago21:59

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For years, thousands of forcibly displaced people have been left in limbo in Calais, France, where they suffer from a lack of care and police crackdowns. Recently, as the Russian War is devastating Ukraine and forcing millions to flee, European countries (including France) are opening their borders and homes to Ukrainian refugees. What explains suc…

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Refugee Realities

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S2, E6: Afghan evacuees in the UK: Challenges and opportunities  30:14

1+ y ago30:14

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Following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021, tens of thousands of Afghans fled to foreign countries. The UK evacuated around 18,000 people, who are now placed in temporary housing. Organizations such as British Red Cross are now seeking to assist Afghans resettle into more permanent homes. In this episode, Sveto Muhammad Ishoq sp…

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Refugee Realities

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S2, E5 Resilience in crisis: Reflections from a Ukrainian 35:17

1+ y ago35:17

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Little has captured our attention like the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24th of this year. Constituting Europe’s largest refugee crisis since World War II, the UN estimates that more than 14 million people have fled their homes, with nearly 7 million Ukrainians seeking asylum in neighbouring countries. One of these people is Olena, a 24-…

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Refugee Realities

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S2, E4 Working towards dignity: Perspectives from refugee social workers in Lebanon 33:14

1+ y ago33:14

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In this podcast, Yujia Zhang invites two women, Nadia and Fatima, to talk about their stories as both refugees and social workers in Lebanon. Nadia, a third generation Palestinian refugee, lives in the Beqaa Valley. Currently, she is the director of Manara centre of the Lighthouse Peace Initiative, a NGO offering English and art training to refugee…

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Refugee Realities

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S2, E3 Persevering for peace: Understanding the challenges of an asylum journey 26:01

1+ y ago26:01

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This podcast explores the physical and emotional challenges that arise from refugees' journeys to safety. Sam, a former refugee from Iraq, describes his experience gaining asylum in the UK and how he has persevered through years of challenges. Sam discusses his reasons for fleeing, his time living in displacement, and his assimilation to his new co…

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Refugee Realities

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S2, E2 Climate-induced migration in the Caribbean: Where are we now and pathways forward 42:49

1+ y ago42:49

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In this episode, Leah Trotman chats with Pablo Escribano, the Regional Thematic Specialist at the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for the Americas and the Caribbean on climate change and migration. The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre reported that nearly 3 million people across the Caribbean and United States were displaced i…

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Refugee Realities

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S2, E1 Relief Chief: Insight on the refugee system from the top of the UN 30:26

1+ y ago30:26

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Today’s theme in the Refugee Realities podcast series focuses on a birds-eye perspective of the challenges facing the global humanitarian system. And who better to speak with than the person who was responsible for coordinating this system: Sir Mark Lowcock, the former ‘Relief Chief’ of the UN humanitarian agency. Nina and Shanyce discuss Mark’s ex…

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Can You Hear Us?

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Activism and Artisans: A conversation with Arushi Chowdhury Khanna 1:14:57

1+ y ago1:14:57

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In today’s episode CYHU expands on the definition of activism as we embark on a season-long theme, by highlighting the sector of artisans and their work. Integral to many developing economies and to consumers in the global north, artisanal work has persevered as a gateway to culture preservation and an income opportunity for the majority of women t…

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Events in ID

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Self in the World: connecting life's extremes 1:38:32

1+ y ago1:38:32

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Eminent anthropologist Keith Hart draws on the humanities, popular culture and his own experiences to help us explore our own place in history. We each embark on two life journeys – one out into the world, the other inward to the self. With these journeys in mind, anthropologist, amateur economist and globetrotter Keith Hart reflects on a life of l…

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Can You Hear Us?

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Media and Activism: An interview with Adaora Oramah, CEO of AMAKA Studio 1:04:57

1+ y ago1:04:57

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In today’s Episode CYHU continues to explore its theme: Activism, by looking at the role of the media - both traditional and social - in the construction, perpetuation, and deconstruction of biases. We are so excited to be joined by Adaora Oramah, fellow LSE alumna and CEO of AMAKA Studio, a pan African digital media platform. We chat about how to …

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Events in ID

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Humanitarian implications of the Ukraine war 59:02

1+ y ago59:02

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The crisis in Ukraine is a rapidly growing humanitarian emergency. How is the humanitarian community responding to this crisis, and what are the implications for humanitarian studies more broadly? Gathering together a range of researchers and practitioners with experience across the breadth of humanitarian assistance, this panel seeks to explore th…

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Humans of ID

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S1, E5: Changing Fields: From Academia to Development 35:05

1+ y ago35:05

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In this week’s episode, Nune chats with her fellow development management coursemate, Maria Jose Lopez Signiorelli about her change of career path from a research assistant/sociologist to an international development student. Maria shares how her experience in academia can potentially enhance her pursuit of a career in development management and sp…

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Humans of ID

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S1, E4: Health Practice and Policy in Development 33:41

1+ y ago33:41

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This week’s host Emily Campbell Harry is joined by Radh Siddiquee and Carolina Delgado Fernández who are students at the MSc in Health and International Development programme. They speak about their previous studies in the field of medicine, how making a switch from being a practicing doctor to policy making has shaped their perspectives in this fi…

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Humans of ID

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S1, E3: International Women's Day Special: Gender Equality 25:29

1+ y ago25:29

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To mark International Women’s Day 2022, Sheren chats with MSc Students Shanyce Morris and Marta Perich about the issue of gender inequality. The guests share their experiences of daily gender bias as well as explore the topic of gender violence in a conflict setting. Reflecting this year’s International Women’s Day theme of #BreakTheBias, the episo…

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Humans of ID

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S1, E2: Latin America: Development and Public Policy 31:34

1+ y ago31:34

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In the this week’s episode, Nuné chats with MSc students Henrique Góes and Luis Guitérrez Rojas about development in their home countries of Brazil and Colombia. Both guests discuss their interests in public policy and previous career experience in the sector. They explore how studying at the LSE has offered an opportunity to engage with different …

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Humans of ID

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S1, E1: Humans of ID: Introduction 23:07

1+ y ago23:07

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In the first episode, we meet the team (MSc students in the Department Emily, Nune and Sheren) who speak about life at LSE and in London more generally, what brought them to the UK and what led them to study international development.By LSE Department of International Development

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Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice

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S2,E13 Isabella Weber – How China Escaped Shock Therapy: The Market Reform Debate 1:23:24

1+ y ago1:23:24

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Isabella Weber on How China Escaped Shock Therapy: The Market Reform Debate. The lecture is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series.By LSE Department of International Development

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Can You Hear Us?

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Environmental Activism: An interview with Kavita Purohit and Dipa Patel 1:02:03

1+ y ago1:02:03

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Back again from both the chaos and peace of finishing our MSc programmes and adjusting to the next chapter of becoming LSE alum, the Can You Hear Us team is back to begin an ongoing series of interviews and discussions surrounding activism. In light of the commitments and global discussions marking the COP26 Climate Summit in late 2021, typhoon Rai…

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Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice

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S2,E12 Lise Grande – Peacebuilding in Today's World 51:57

1+ y ago51:57

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Lise Grande on Reflections on Peacebuilding in Today's World. The lecture is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series.By LSE Department of International Development

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Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice

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S2,E11 Irungu Houghton – Human rights organising in Africa during a global pandemic 1:00:37

1+ y ago1:00:37

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Irungu Houghton on Human rights organising in Africa during a global pandemic: Trends and Insights. The lecture is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series.By LSE Department of International Development

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Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice

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S2,E10 Tasneem Essop – Outcomes of COP26 and Where Next on Climate? 56:53

1+ y ago56:53

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Tasneem Essop on Outcomes of COP26 and where next on Climate? The lecture is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series.By LSE Department of International Development

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Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice

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S2,E9 Terhas Clark and Mosharraf Hossain – Disability, Development, Rights and Inclusion 58:40

2y ago58:40

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Terhas Clark and Mosharraf Hossain on Disability, Development, Rights and Inclusion. The lecture is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series.By LSE Department of International Development

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Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice

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S2,E8 Ingrid Srinath – COVID-19, Corporatisation and Closing Space: The Triple Threat to Civil Society in India 1:05:28

2y ago1:05:28

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Ingrid Srinath on COVID-19, Corporatisation and Closing Space: The Triple Threat to Civil Society in India. The lecture is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series.By LSE Department of International Development

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Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice

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S2,E7 Agnes Kalibata – Paradigm Shifts in Food Systems 1:00:57

2y ago1:00:57

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Agnes Kalibata on Paradigm shifts in food systems. The lecture is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series.By LSE Department of International Development

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Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice

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S2,E6 Jayati Ghosh – Access to Vaccines and the Limiting Role of Intellectual Property Rights and Pharma Monopolies 1:08:03

2y ago1:08:03

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Jayati Ghosh on Access to vaccines and the limiting role of intellectual property rights and pharma monopolies. The lecture is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series.By LSE Department of International Development

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Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice

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S2,E5 Mushtaq Khan – Making Anti-Corruption Effective: A New Approach 1:20:44

2y ago1:20:44

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Mushtaq Khan on Making Anti-Corruption Effective: A New Approach. The lecture is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series.By LSE Department of International Development

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Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice

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S2,E4 Clare Short – What's wrong with Aid? 52:15

2y ago52:15

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Clare Short on What's wrong with Aid? The lecture is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series.By LSE Department of International Development

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Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice

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S2,E3 Gabriel Palma – Why the Rich Stay Rich (no matter what) 1:16:02

2y ago1:16:02

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Guest lecturer, Gabriel Palma joins us to talk to us about "Why the Rich Stay Rich (no matter what)". The lecture is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series.By LSE Department of International Development

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Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice

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S2, E2 Ha-Joon Chang – The Political Economy of Parasite (the movie) 1:22:12

2y ago1:22:12

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Ha-Joon Chang on The Political Economy of Parasite (the movie). The lecture is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series.By LSE Department of International Development

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Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice

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S2, E1 The Implosion of the Afghan State: What next for women and the nation? 1:20:59

2y ago1:20:59

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Antonio Giustozzi, Deniz Kandiyoti, Graeme Smith, Pashtana Durrani and Dr. Orzala Nemat guest lecture panel on The implosion of the Afghan State: what next for women and the nation? The lecture is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series.By LSE Department of International Development

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Events in ID

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More Than Money? How Anthropology Can Offer Richer Analysis For Economists 1:24:23

2y ago1:24:23

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A recording of the event, 'More Than Money? How Anthropology Can Offer Richer Analysis For Economists' at LSE, Thursday 07 October 2021. Anthropology has often been seen as an academic version of Indiana Jones – namely a discipline devoted to exotic travel that does not have much relevance for the modern world. However, anthropology-trained Financi…

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