Lives Counted: Measuring Mortality Through Revolution, Epidemic and War in Sudan

Speaker: Maysoon Dahab, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Discussant: Rosanna Le Voir, PhD candidate in Demography, LSE
Chair: Professor Laura Mann

This event is part of the Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice guest lecture series hosted by the International Development Department at LSE.

Historical Roots of the Crisis in Gaza

Speakers: Anne Irfan, lecturer in Interdisciplinary Race, Gender and Postcolonial Studies at UCL | Myfanwy James, Assistant Professor in International Development, LSE

Chair: Professor James Putzel

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 feminist agenda for social change: from deregulated markets to the wellbeing economy

Speakers: Naila Kabeer, is Professor Emeritus at the Department of International Development, LSE | Diane Elson, is Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Essex | Ania Plomien, is an Associate Professor in Gender and Social Science, LSE
Chair: Professor James Putzel

This event is part of the Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice guest lecture series hosted by the International Development Department at LSE.

Infrastructure and Influence: China’s Digital Presence in the Global South and Its Developmental Impact

Speaker: Tin El-Kadi, is a political economy researcher, Oxford
Discussant: Kenddrick Chan, Head of Technology and International Affairs project, LSE IDEAS
Chair: James Putzel, 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.

Rethinking the future of development aid

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
Deborah Doane is an ID alum and the Author of ‘the INGO Problem’ and a partner of Rights CoLab
Chair: James Putzel, 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 New New International Economic Order (NNIEO) for a New Global Economy

Speaker: Ha-Joon Chang, is an economist, author and lecturer on institutional economics and development, SOAS
Discussant: Richard Kozul-Wright, is a development economist, SOAS
Chair: James Putzel, 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.

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.