LSE Department of International Development
@lseid.bsky.social
LSE International Development promotes interdisciplinary postgraduate teaching and research.
🎉We’re live🎉
Introducing #IDeaSphere, a new platform amplifying LSE ID alumni shaping international development 🌍
🎙️ Ep1: Meet Sara Gill, journalist (CNN, @aljazeera.com & DW) & founder of On Her Record, spotlighting women’s stories of war & resilience, from Sudan to Gaza.
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Introducing #IDeaSphere, a new platform amplifying LSE ID alumni shaping international development 🌍
🎙️ Ep1: Meet Sara Gill, journalist (CNN, @aljazeera.com & DW) & founder of On Her Record, spotlighting women’s stories of war & resilience, from Sudan to Gaza.
🔗 ow.ly/1QEP50XqZ4u
November 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
🎉We’re live🎉
Introducing #IDeaSphere, a new platform amplifying LSE ID alumni shaping international development 🌍
🎙️ Ep1: Meet Sara Gill, journalist (CNN, @aljazeera.com & DW) & founder of On Her Record, spotlighting women’s stories of war & resilience, from Sudan to Gaza.
🔗 ow.ly/1QEP50XqZ4u
Introducing #IDeaSphere, a new platform amplifying LSE ID alumni shaping international development 🌍
🎙️ Ep1: Meet Sara Gill, journalist (CNN, @aljazeera.com & DW) & founder of On Her Record, spotlighting women’s stories of war & resilience, from Sudan to Gaza.
🔗 ow.ly/1QEP50XqZ4u
Tonight we welcome Padmashree Gehl Sampath to deliver a talk the trajectories of pharmaceuticals and artificial intelligence, to show how weak policy and regulatory oversight can lead to technology capture and reduce the public interest benefits from technological innovation
October 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Tonight we welcome Padmashree Gehl Sampath to deliver a talk the trajectories of pharmaceuticals and artificial intelligence, to show how weak policy and regulatory oversight can lead to technology capture and reduce the public interest benefits from technological innovation
Tonight we welcome Clare Short, Kevin Watkins and Deborah Doane for our Cutting Edge Guest Lecture series. We'll discuss aid cuts, restructuring in the NGO sector and the new geopolitics of development funding.
🎦A link to the recording will be shared on Monday.
🎦A link to the recording will be shared on Monday.
October 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Tonight we welcome Clare Short, Kevin Watkins and Deborah Doane for our Cutting Edge Guest Lecture series. We'll discuss aid cuts, restructuring in the NGO sector and the new geopolitics of development funding.
🎦A link to the recording will be shared on Monday.
🎦A link to the recording will be shared on Monday.
🚨 We've launched this year's Cutting Edge Series with a guest lecture by Prof Ha-Joon Chang and Prof Richard Kozul-Wright on A New New International Economic Order (NNIEO) for a New Global Economy.
📺 Catch the replay on our YouTube channel this Monday!
📺 Catch the replay on our YouTube channel this Monday!
October 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
🚨 We've launched this year's Cutting Edge Series with a guest lecture by Prof Ha-Joon Chang and Prof Richard Kozul-Wright on A New New International Economic Order (NNIEO) for a New Global Economy.
📺 Catch the replay on our YouTube channel this Monday!
📺 Catch the replay on our YouTube channel this Monday!
We’re honoured to host Francia Elena Márquez Mina, Colombia’s first Black woman Vice President, for a special #BlackHistoryMonth event at LSE. ✊🏾🌍
🎟️ Free & open to the public. Register via link in bio
📅 Tue 14 Oct, 7.15–8.45pm
🎟️ Free & open to the public. Register via link in bio
📅 Tue 14 Oct, 7.15–8.45pm
September 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
We’re honoured to host Francia Elena Márquez Mina, Colombia’s first Black woman Vice President, for a special #BlackHistoryMonth event at LSE. ✊🏾🌍
🎟️ Free & open to the public. Register via link in bio
📅 Tue 14 Oct, 7.15–8.45pm
🎟️ Free & open to the public. Register via link in bio
📅 Tue 14 Oct, 7.15–8.45pm
We’re saddened by the passing of Professor Meghnad Desai, who joined LSE in the late 1960s. He was a brilliant economist and visionary founder of DESTIN, now LSE ID. His legacy in development theory and interdisciplinary thinking lives on.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/condolences/...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/condolences/...
July 31, 2025 at 1:55 PM
We’re saddened by the passing of Professor Meghnad Desai, who joined LSE in the late 1960s. He was a brilliant economist and visionary founder of DESTIN, now LSE ID. His legacy in development theory and interdisciplinary thinking lives on.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/condolences/...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/condolences/...
Incoming ID student? 🌏
Find our from ID Ambassador Rawan how to tap your academic mentor, book cross-department office hours in seconds, and squeeze every drop from skills hubs like LSE LIFE
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
Find our from ID Ambassador Rawan how to tap your academic mentor, book cross-department office hours in seconds, and squeeze every drop from skills hubs like LSE LIFE
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
July 11, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Incoming ID student? 🌏
Find our from ID Ambassador Rawan how to tap your academic mentor, book cross-department office hours in seconds, and squeeze every drop from skills hubs like LSE LIFE
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
Find our from ID Ambassador Rawan how to tap your academic mentor, book cross-department office hours in seconds, and squeeze every drop from skills hubs like LSE LIFE
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
🎉A massive congratulations to PhD graduate Chiara Chiavaroli who has won the 2025 DSA Thesis Prize for her PhD thesis entitled “It Rains Miscarriages: A feminist investigation of toxic risks in the Bajo Cauca region (Colombia).”
July 4, 2025 at 8:33 AM
🎉A massive congratulations to PhD graduate Chiara Chiavaroli who has won the 2025 DSA Thesis Prize for her PhD thesis entitled “It Rains Miscarriages: A feminist investigation of toxic risks in the Bajo Cauca region (Colombia).”
Tahreen Chaudhury reflects on a deeply personal set of experiences and reflections from her time working with refugee women in India.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
July 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Tahreen Chaudhury reflects on a deeply personal set of experiences and reflections from her time working with refugee women in India.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
The Ethical Development Initiative takeover of the Humans of ID Podcast continues this week 🌏
In this episode, Professor Deborah James gives an anthropological perspective on ethics and ethical development.
🔗 Listen now: pod.fo/e/2e39d0
#PartofLSE #HumansofID
In this episode, Professor Deborah James gives an anthropological perspective on ethics and ethical development.
🔗 Listen now: pod.fo/e/2e39d0
#PartofLSE #HumansofID
June 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The Ethical Development Initiative takeover of the Humans of ID Podcast continues this week 🌏
In this episode, Professor Deborah James gives an anthropological perspective on ethics and ethical development.
🔗 Listen now: pod.fo/e/2e39d0
#PartofLSE #HumansofID
In this episode, Professor Deborah James gives an anthropological perspective on ethics and ethical development.
🔗 Listen now: pod.fo/e/2e39d0
#PartofLSE #HumansofID
Professor David Lewis makes a case for a new field of Development Humanities (DH): the idea of widening the scope of development studies beyond just economics and the other social sciences to engage more with the arts and humanities.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
June 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Professor David Lewis makes a case for a new field of Development Humanities (DH): the idea of widening the scope of development studies beyond just economics and the other social sciences to engage more with the arts and humanities.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
The Humans of ID Podcast is back for Season 4 🌎
Duncan Green (@duncangreenlse.bsky.social) speaks to Grace Lew about power, practice, and the principles that guide (and complicate) ethical decision-making in real-world contexts
pod.fo/e/2db0c7
#HumansofID
Duncan Green (@duncangreenlse.bsky.social) speaks to Grace Lew about power, practice, and the principles that guide (and complicate) ethical decision-making in real-world contexts
pod.fo/e/2db0c7
#HumansofID
May 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The Humans of ID Podcast is back for Season 4 🌎
Duncan Green (@duncangreenlse.bsky.social) speaks to Grace Lew about power, practice, and the principles that guide (and complicate) ethical decision-making in real-world contexts
pod.fo/e/2db0c7
#HumansofID
Duncan Green (@duncangreenlse.bsky.social) speaks to Grace Lew about power, practice, and the principles that guide (and complicate) ethical decision-making in real-world contexts
pod.fo/e/2db0c7
#HumansofID
Felix Moukoko argues that Africa's global influence can be strengthened through through unity. He advocates for a coordinated approach, leveraging institutions like the African Union alongside non-state actors such as the private sector and diaspora networks.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
May 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Felix Moukoko argues that Africa's global influence can be strengthened through through unity. He advocates for a coordinated approach, leveraging institutions like the African Union alongside non-state actors such as the private sector and diaspora networks.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
Maureen Manyama reflects on the “Financing Africa’s Future” panel at the LSE Africa Summit 2025, exploring key insights on economic resilience through revenue mobilization, debt management, and financial innovation.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
May 21, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Maureen Manyama reflects on the “Financing Africa’s Future” panel at the LSE Africa Summit 2025, exploring key insights on economic resilience through revenue mobilization, debt management, and financial innovation.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
Tonight we welcome Professor Michael Posner for the launch of Conscience Incorporated. Mike is in conversation with Professor Duncan Green (@duncangreenlse.bsky.social) about how business leaders can align profitability with ethical practices.
⏺️Watch now on YouTube: youtube.com/live/VPyIsyb...
⏺️Watch now on YouTube: youtube.com/live/VPyIsyb...
May 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Tonight we welcome Professor Michael Posner for the launch of Conscience Incorporated. Mike is in conversation with Professor Duncan Green (@duncangreenlse.bsky.social) about how business leaders can align profitability with ethical practices.
⏺️Watch now on YouTube: youtube.com/live/VPyIsyb...
⏺️Watch now on YouTube: youtube.com/live/VPyIsyb...
Anzal Abbas Jaffari highlights the lack of quality of education in Sindh province in Pakistan and discusses the impact of activity-based education by the organisation Bagh-e-Sakina.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
May 16, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Anzal Abbas Jaffari highlights the lack of quality of education in Sindh province in Pakistan and discusses the impact of activity-based education by the organisation Bagh-e-Sakina.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
📢 We’re proud to share that Professor Naila Kabeer has been appointed by the UN Secretary-General to an independent High-Level Expert Group tasked with developing recommendations for metrics that go beyond GDP.
Read more: www.un.org/sustainabled...
Read more: www.un.org/sustainabled...
May 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
📢 We’re proud to share that Professor Naila Kabeer has been appointed by the UN Secretary-General to an independent High-Level Expert Group tasked with developing recommendations for metrics that go beyond GDP.
Read more: www.un.org/sustainabled...
Read more: www.un.org/sustainabled...
Zahir Shah argues that President Trump’s abrupt USAID freeze should serve as a wake-up call for the developing world, and an opportunity to break the begging bowl and reclaim their agency, dignity, and policy autonomy.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
May 15, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Zahir Shah argues that President Trump’s abrupt USAID freeze should serve as a wake-up call for the developing world, and an opportunity to break the begging bowl and reclaim their agency, dignity, and policy autonomy.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
Amer Alhussein explores how long-distance trade along the Silk Routes shaped economic institutions and promoted tolerance and diversity in parts of the Middle East leading to lasting regional prosperity and institutional divergence.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
May 15, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Amer Alhussein explores how long-distance trade along the Silk Routes shaped economic institutions and promoted tolerance and diversity in parts of the Middle East leading to lasting regional prosperity and institutional divergence.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
Robert Wade critiques Francisco Ferreira’s recent article The World Bank and the new global economic disorder, arguing that while globalisation has not collapsed, development outcomes remain poor and the World Bank’s policy prescriptions are flawed.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
May 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Robert Wade critiques Francisco Ferreira’s recent article The World Bank and the new global economic disorder, arguing that while globalisation has not collapsed, development outcomes remain poor and the World Bank’s policy prescriptions are flawed.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
MSc Economic Policy for International Development student Matías Iriarte shares his journey navigating mental health challenges during his first months at LSE, and how finding support, community, and self-compassion transformed his experience.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
May 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
MSc Economic Policy for International Development student Matías Iriarte shares his journey navigating mental health challenges during his first months at LSE, and how finding support, community, and self-compassion transformed his experience.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
"It felt nice to share words of comfort with other students in our mother tongue to remind ourselves we aren’t alone and are closer to home than we think, through this community of ours." Neelam Makhani shares her experience of overcoming imposter syndrome
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
May 6, 2025 at 8:25 AM
"It felt nice to share words of comfort with other students in our mother tongue to remind ourselves we aren’t alone and are closer to home than we think, through this community of ours." Neelam Makhani shares her experience of overcoming imposter syndrome
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
MSc Development Studies alum Anushna Jha discusses how school textbooks can reinforce gender stereotypes and the importance of conducting gender audits to identify and address these biases.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
May 2, 2025 at 9:14 AM
MSc Development Studies alum Anushna Jha discusses how school textbooks can reinforce gender stereotypes and the importance of conducting gender audits to identify and address these biases.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
Fatima Binte Umar reflects on the recent demonstrations in Turkiye, prompted by an image of a female protester reading The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
May 1, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Fatima Binte Umar reflects on the recent demonstrations in Turkiye, prompted by an image of a female protester reading The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
At the start of the Spring Break a group of MSc International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies students visited Geneva, the global hub for humanitarian agencies. Fatima Umar reflects on her experience and shares an overview of their three-day trip.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
April 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
At the start of the Spring Break a group of MSc International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies students visited Geneva, the global hub for humanitarian agencies. Fatima Umar reflects on her experience and shares an overview of their three-day trip.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...