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These podcasts are recordings from the Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice lecture series 2023/24, 2022/23, 2021/22 and 2020/21, a visiting lecture series coordinated by Professor of Development Studies, Professor James Putzel and Dr Laura Mann. The Cutting Edge series provides students and guests with fascinating insights into the practical world of international development. Renowned guest lecturers share their expertise and invite discussion on an exciting range of issues, from climate change policy, to pressing humanitarian crises. In 2020, the series took place online, enabling us to host fantastic speakers from around the world and to stream the lectures on YouTube, opening them up to a global audience. Now we are back in person but still recording the sessions to share with our global audience.
LSE Department of International Development hosts Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice, a society show with 61 episodes published.
Between trade wars, pink tariffs and green trade: (how) can we promote the trade-environment-development nexus today? Speaker: Silke Trommer, University of Manchester Discussant: Kathy Hochstetler, Professor of Internati
The Parent Trap: School Choice and Majoritarian Politics in India Speaker: Ritika Arora, PhD candidate, LSE Discussant: Laura Mann, LSE ID
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:
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: Profes
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 Professo
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 I
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 U
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
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 Oxf
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 Direct
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 architectur
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, pol
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 Globa
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
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
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
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: Arkebe Oquaby, Gov of EthiopiaRichard Kozul-Wright, UNCTAD Chair: Laura Mann, LSE
'The debt and climate change precipice: How can the global majority cope?' Speakers: Jayati Ghosh, AmherstNdongo Samba Sylla, International Development Economics AssociatesKevin Watkins, LSE 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
Ha-Joon Chang
economist, author and lecturer on institutional economics and development · SOAS
1 appearance on this show
David Luke
Professor in Practice and Strategic Director at the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa at the LSE · LSE's Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa
1 appearance on this show
Michael Mann
Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology, UCLA
1 appearance on this show
Jayati Ghosh
economist, professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, member of The Club of Rome · UMass Amherst
1 appearance on this show
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