How can we put human rights at the heart of post-crisis development? 🌍
Yesterday at LSE, researchers and practitioners came together to explore this question.
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@lseid.bsky.social@lseid.bsky.socialWhat role should law play in shaping the future of health data in Africa?
MSc student Emy Eapen reflects on Professor Sharifah Sekalala's lecture for our Cutting-Edge Issues in Development Thinking and Practice series.
@lseinequalities.bsky.socialReposted by @lseid.bsky.socialJoin journalist and author Symeon Brown for a discussion of his new book, The Good, the Black and the Boujee, together with Clive Chijioke Nwonka and @baronesslolayoung.bsky.social.
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@lseid.bsky.socialPatrick Mcveigh, co-winner of the 2026 LSE Africa Dissertation Prize sponsored by @africaatlse.bsky.social, reflects on how a fascination with carbon markets, land rights and REDD+ in East Africa shaped both his award-winning dissertation and his career with the United Nations.
@lseid.bsky.socialLSE alum Sophie Freeland-Haynes manages the UK's £4bn trade relationship with Indonesia. She believes that the value of Development Studies lies in learning to question assumptions, interrogate evidence, and challenge conventional wisdom.
@bigd-bracu.bsky.socialReposted by @lseid.bsky.socialProf. Naila Kabeer (Professorial Fellow, BIGD) has won the 2026 ACLS Open Access Book Prize in Pol. Science for "Renegotiating Patriarchy," a study of how ordinary women drove Bangladesh's social progress.
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@lseid.bsky.socialProfessor Stuart Gordon explores why data literacy belongs in qualitative humanitarian education in this new LSE HE Blog post.
@lseid.bsky.socialFrom the Norwegian monarchy to the leadership of Scottish Labour, 2 alumni of LSE ID have recently assumed roles with significant influence over national public life. His Majesty King Haakon VIII of Norway and @michaeljmarra.bsky.social are both graduates of LSE's MSc Development Studies programme.
@lseid.bsky.social🌟New🌟After an unconventional journey from dentistry to global health advocacy, LSE MSc Health and International Development alum Abhijit Dhillon reflects on how studying development changed the questions she asks about power, policy, and health systems.
@lseid.bsky.socialNew on the ID Blog: Can low- and middle-income countries cut carbon intensity as effectively as richer economies?
Research by Dr Meghna Chotaliya (@m-chotaliya.bsky.social) suggests they can. The real gap isn't ability, it's access to cleaner fuels.
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@lseid.bsky.socialDr @myfanwyvjames.bsky.social, Assistant Prof. in LSE ID, has published in Ethnos: Journal of Anthropology. The article examines mutual suspicions of corruption in humanitarian responses in eastern DRC between humanitarian colleagues, as well as humanitarians and the people they are there to assist.
@lseid.bsky.socialElliott Green (@elliottdgreen.bsky.social), Professor of Development Studies and co-Deputy Head of Department for Research in LSE's Department of International Development, recently delivered a lecture on Socialism and National Identity in Modern Africa at the University of Mauritius.
@lseid.bsky.social🌟 New 🌟 Why 'it depends' is a crucial phrase in Development Since graduating from LSE, Marie-Noelle Nwokolo has built a career tackling issues of economic transformation, investment & job creation. Here, she shares lessons from her journey and advice for International Development students.
@lseid.bsky.social🌟New 🌟 Now a PhD student in Political Science at UCL, Yiwen Sun explains how LSE's MSc Development Studies helped him develop the analytical tools, interdisciplinary perspective, and research interests that underpin his work on trade and climate politics today.
@elliottdgreen.bsky.socialReposted by @lseid.bsky.socialA third Substack post of mine on Mauritius, this time on the degree to which the country is African or Asian, both geographically and demographically elliottdgreen.substack.com/p/is-mauriti...
@lseid.bsky.socialNew on the ID Blog:
Who benefits from AI, and how? Drawing on early interviews, Anusha Raghav examines how access, awareness and augmentation vary across different groups and sectors.
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@lseid.bsky.socialNew on the ID blog:
Maize dominates Zambia’s food system, but not because it was the best crop for the land. In this blog, Carla Monzón Bordón explores how colonial-era decisions continue to shape land access, labour, and hunger today.
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@lseid.bsky.socialNew on the ID blog: Carla Broussy challenges common perceptions of global migration, highlighting the importance of South-South migration and the often-overlooked development benefits it can bring.
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@lseblogs.bsky.socialReposted by @lseid.bsky.socialAcross India, Gen Z protesters are asking: what does it mean to be a citizen in a state that positions itself as a democracy, yet remains distant from the grievances of its own citizens? Harshita Sinha & Ritika Arora-Kukreja @lseid.bsky.social for @lseinequalities.bsky.social