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In academic seminars, 'Men are > 2.5 times more likely to pose questions to the speakers.This male skew was observable only in those seminars in which a man asked first question. When a woman did so, gender split disappeared'. CHAIRS PLEASE NOTE FIRST Q TO A WOMAN - EVERY TIME.
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Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs): Living through Civil War and Leading the Humanitarian...

Following their recent visit to the LSE, Ruth Otim reflects on the deeper significance of the heroic work of the Sudanese aid groups, and the wider lessons for a global aid system in crisis. As soon...

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Ultra-processed foods: how to counter a threat to global health and development - Activism Influe...

Ana Paula Domínguez argues that ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are now one of the biggest drivers of diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs) – and the multinational corporations behind them are...

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Under the Tree: Finding Each Other at the Margins of the COP30 Climate Summit - Activism Influence...

Siuchieh Sandra Tai reports back from the recent climate summit in Belem, Brazil. She reflects on her position as a Taiwanese, excluded from many of the discussions at the COP. Although the official...

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Reclaiming Political Agency: Using Theatre as Resistance - Activism Influence and Change

Based on a new version of Sophocles’ Antigone, Nikita argues that theatre can help activists move past the ‘narrative trap’ that portrays excluded groups as victims, depriving them of voice and...

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The Global Health Community Needs to Take Domestic Politics More Seriously - Activism Influence and...

Will Klemperer & Douglas Mushinge of Kivu International argue that while aid cuts should lead to a focus on funding health services with local taxation, those decisions are being determined more by...

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We've turned our LSE core curriculum on activism, influence and change into a set of 23 short (5-10m) videos. For free. You're welcome. blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf…

Free videos claxon: 23 short recordings on Activism, Influence and Change have just dropped -...

Over the last few months, Tom Kirk and I have been seizing odd moments to record a monster set of free videos setting out the main ideas behind the Activism, Influence and Change Programme. As I...

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Cutting-Edge Issues in Development with Tin El-Kadi and Kenddrick Chan on China’s digital presence...

On 31 October, Tin El-Kadi and Kenddrick Chan joined James Putzel on the Cutting-Edge Issues in Development series to discuss the developmental impact of China's digital presence in the Global South....

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What have we learned from setting up large-scale adaptive management programmes? - Activism...

A new research programme is tracking 3 big aid programmes in the Pacific, each of which claims to be ‘doing’ Adaptive Management. The first paper (and this blog summary) compares the enabling and...

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Are we teaching students AI competence or dependence? - LSE Impact

Can you universities overcome the mismatch between current teaching and learning practices, their evaluation and the ubiquitous use of AI?

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Change the economic incentives to reform the humanitarian system - Activism Influence and Change

Damian Lilly and Mike Pearson set out some achievable changes to incentives within the aid system that they argue are more likely to get results than big rhetorical promises that fail to amount to...

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Aid risks being increasingly confined to countries where it doesn’t work – what to do? - Activism...

Attended a great panel on the future of aid and development last week, with Clare Short, Kevin Watkins and Deborah Doane. I managed to blag my way into the subsequent dinner, where we carried on...

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Iranian and Afghan women are redefining resistance by refusing to disappear - Activism Influence...

Amid state-enforced patriarchy in Iran and institutionalised gender apartheid in Afghanistan, women continue to resist through everyday acts of defiance to secure their rights. Sagartirtha Chakrabo...

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Here’s our emerging eight-step path to a decent influencing strategy – what do you think? -...

Something like a ‘core curriculum’ on influencing is emerging at the heart of our Activism, Influence and Change programme. This week I tested and tweaked it further in a two day workshop with 30...

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Cutting Edge Issues in Development with Ha-Joon Chang and Richard Kozul-Wright – A New New Intern...

On Friday 3 October, Ha-Joon Chang and Richard Kozul-Wright joined James Putzel for a lecture on “A New New International Economic Order for a New Global Economy,” part of the 2025/26 Cutting Edge...

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Training claxon: ‘Activism, Influencing and Change for Impact’, 18th November at the LSE - Activism...

As I explained in this recent post, our training work on influencing has mushroomed over the last couple of years. Already this year, we have delivered bespoke courses for a widening range of...

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What if your credit score was your character? A unique model of microfinance shows it can work -...

For over two decades, a Pakistani NGO has been running a radical experiment in finance. No credit scores. No interest. No collateral. Just trust, community, and a belief that character and spiritual...

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The past, present and future of Political Economy Analysis in aid and development - Activism...

Spoke on Wednesday on a webinar on ‘Navigating Crisis with Insight: Why the future of development cooperation needs political economy analysis’. Despite the rather intimidating title, 120 people...

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Interested in attending our training sessions on activism, influencing and research for impact? If...

In November, we hope to run some ‘Master Classes’ on activism, influencing and how to ensure your research has impact. But for them to go ahead, you need to register interest this week. Here’s the...

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The first 6 months of our new Activism, Influence and Change programme – a report back + where next...

It’s 6 months (give or take) since we launched the Activism, Influence and Change programme at LSE, so thought I would give you a brief update, and plug some of our plans for the autumn. The blog:...

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Multiple pathways to personhood: How Bangladeshi women managed to renegotiate patriarchy - Activism...

In charting Bangladesh’s remarkable progress on a range of social indicators since the 1970s, Naila Kabeer explores the critical role played by women’s agency. How were women able to challenge...

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