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COP30’s mutirão is an opportunity to bring faith and climate policy closer together.

Kristian Noll for the Religion and Global Society blog 👉 ow.ly/XmWr50Xqrp7
November 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
What are we to make of the recent dramatic upheaval at the #BBC which saw its Director General & Head of News resign?

Lee Edwards @lsemedia.bsky.social & Giles Moss @universityofleeds.bsky.social dissect the scandal & argue for the value of public input.

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November 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
In a new interview with @lseheblog.bsky.social President and Vice-Chancellor of LSE Larry Kramer speaks to Lee-Ann Sequeira about academic freedom and his goal to create a resilient and thoughtful campus culture.

Read it here 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/highereducat...

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November 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The integration of #AI in children’s lives poses both great opportunities & concerns about safety, fairness & bias.

Can teaching AI literacy empower them to use AI well & safely?

@mariyastoilova.bsky.social & @sonialivingstone.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social

👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...
November 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
How has the meaning of #revolution changed over time?

The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin by Dan Edelstein @princetonupress.bsky.social.

#Review by @edoardovaccari.bsky.social @lsehy.bsky.social on @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social

👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...
October 25, 2025 at 10:12 AM
As the global #economy gets increasingly #digital, #Nepal is lagging in developing infrastructure and practices to connect to this network.

Madhav Dhakal @lsesouthasia.bsky.social explains why the nation can't afford to miss out.

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October 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Our newsletter is out today 📬 exploring the weaponisation of victimhood in the wake of Charlie Kirk's death, Thomas Piketty on inequality, AI & animals, tackling inflation, an emerging world order, and more.

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October 3, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The #AwardingGap refers to the persistent disparity in degrees awarded to white & racially minoritised students: the latter receive lower awards on average.

But the name for this issue is reductive, writes @j-gabi5.bsky.social on @lseheblog.bsky.social.

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September 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
#China is investing billions to stitch together the #HornofAfrica through a flagship #infrastructure project, posing a challenge to the US’s strategic interests in the region – Tewodros Woldearegay @africaatlse.bsky.social.

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September 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
#China’s ties with Iraqi #Kurdistan are deliberately “decaf”: strong in trade, culture & education, but carefully avoiding politics, security or recognition.

Aziz Sardar explains why on the China Dialogues Blog @lseideas.bsky.social.

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September 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Our latest newsletter is out today 📬

Read for insights into Trump and the tech future of the US, the danger of "new capitalism", the rise of conspiracy theories, gendered AI bias in healthcare, and more.

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September 19, 2025 at 11:56 AM
How is the far right shaping Europe's future?

Read our latest newsletter for insights on this question and more, from the crisis in US higher ed to the mess of UK public finances and the limits of GDP as a measure.

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September 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Despite what a recent article in The Atlantic says, #Sudan is not locked in a war about nothing, argues Cathy Wilcock @sheffielduni.bsky.social on @africaatlse.bsky.social.

The civil war, now in its third year, only gains in complexity the longer it goes on.

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September 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The #Trump administration cast itself as the #crypto capital of the world. Where do these disparate visions come from?

On @lsebr.bsky.social Taku Kinai finds ideological parallels in the British #currency controversies of the 19th century.

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August 31, 2025 at 11:00 AM
US policy under #Trump is upending global #trade patterns.

But regional trade can help Africa fill the gap and safeguard the continent against future shocks, writes Kasper Vrolijk on @africaatlse.bsky.social.

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August 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
#AI is presented as a disruptive #innovation.

But as Uyiosa Omoregie argues, #Indigenous knowledge systems, such as Ifá, provide an alternative decolonial lens through which to understand AI computation and its impact on society @lseimpactblog.bsky.social.

👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
August 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Why is UK productivity lagging behind the US?

Find out, plus read research on Putin, NATO and Trump, understanding AI, developments in global trade and more in our latest newsletter 👉 mailchi.mp/lse/lse-blog...

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August 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Africa has the capital. Now it needs the tools to fund its own development

Joseph Atta-Mensah for @africaatlse.bsky.social

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August 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The LSE Blogs newsletter is out today 📬 bringing you new research on Trump's campaign to censor climate science, Brazil's stand against US tariffs, food insecurity in Africa, digital consent, the UK's water crisis, and more.

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August 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM
#Russia’s ethnic minorities – including Arctic Indigenous ethnicities Chukchi, Inuit, Itelmen, Koryak, Nenets, Nganasan, Udege & Saami – are vastly overrepresented in the death toll of the #war in #Ukraine.

Read more 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/crp/2025/08/...

Maria Vyushkova @demsecinstitute.bsky.social
August 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Finance Ministers in #Africa must navigate the needs of #climate resilience and development.

Toluwalola Kasali (@lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social alum) on @africaatlse.bsky.social 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/...

Image: UN Climate Change on Flickr
July 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The number of displaced people is growing, and so are the costs for host countries.

But allowing refugees to work they can save the state money and contribute to economic growth, writes Yinebeb Bahru on the @africaatlse.bsky.social

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July 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Why does politics seem so chaotic?

The LSE Blogs newsletter is out today, with analysis on this question and more, from whether UK interest rates will fall to the trade war between the US and Brazil.

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July 25, 2025 at 10:50 AM
The impact of #ClimateChange & linked emergencies is global, but #women agricultural workers in vulnerable countries like #Pakistan are hit harder more than most.

Palwasha Khan for @lsesouthasia.bsky.social – read more 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/southasia/20...

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July 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The removal of fuel subsidies has triggered #inflation across #Nigeria, leading to major #FoodInsecurity and spreading desperation across the country, writes Uche Igwe @africaatlse.bsky.social.

Read the full article 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/...

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July 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM