What will LSE look like in 2020? It looks like LSE – but with evermore dynamic educational programmes, an improved campus, and the funding to support pathbreaking research.
LSE Strategy 2020 provides a clear direction for LSE's priorities, with an immediate focus on improving education and student experience. As explained by Professor Craig Calhoun in a video here.
Graham Camfield Graham, who will have worked at the Library for 40 years this year, has recently written a book about the extraordinary life of Prince Dmitrii Aleksandrovich Khilkov.
Alaa Murabit, who is studying for an Executive Masters in International Strategy and Diplomacy, will help promote action to achieve the SDGs adopted by world leaders at the UN Sustainable Development Summit on 25 September 2015.
Commenting on the appointment, Alaa said: "I am very honoured to have been appointed for this role, and humbled to serve alongside such a distinguished group of esteemed individuals. I look forward to ensuring that our global goals translate into more equal, inclusive, prosperous, safe and fair societies."
Austerity measures at national level have not helped regions to recover following the 2008 economic crisis, according to a new LSE study of the UK and other EU countries.
On the contrary, high public debt countries have been more successful in sheltering their regional economies, the research concludes.
Dr Riccardo Crescenzi and Dr Davide Luca of LSE’s Geography and Environment Department and Dr Simona Milio of LSE's European Institute mapped the impact of the crisis across the 27 EU member states.
Leading Academics from LSE are set to advise the Colombian Government on a post-‘war on drugs’ strategy on 28 January 2016 in Bogota.
Professor Michael Cox and Dr. John Collins of LSE IDEAS will be presenting a new international strategic framework for drug policies after the ‘war on drugs’ to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos at a major public event in Bogota.
If you're in need of a staff portrait, make a date to go over to room G19, Old Building on Tuesday 9 February and Thursday 11 February between 11-1pm and 2-4pm. There's no need to book.
Portraits will cost departments £15. All pictures are colour digital files. Pictures will be received two weeks after they have been taken, giving time for post-production work.
For more information, contact School photographer Nigel Stead.
LSE Library has begun a major project to reconfigure our use of space and enable us to support the LSE community better.
The project aims to:
create new study spaces to meet student demand and improve the quality and range of study spaces
enable growth in key areas of our outstanding social science collection, by moving lower use material to closed access and offsite storage, addressing the fact that we are at full capacity with our physical collections.
Work on stock moves began on Monday 4 January and will continue until September. There should be minimal disruption to library users and work will be suspended during the exam period.
Access to material will be maintained and Library staff will be on hand to help you throughout the project. If you do require access to material held off-site it can be retrieved within 24 hours.
We will keep you up to date throughout the project but if you have questions or would like further information, contact library.enquiries@lse.ac.uk.
The Departments of Mathematics and Philosophy have launched an interdisciplinary reading group on game theory: the Joint Mathematics and Philosophy Reading Group on Game Theory.
The primary focus of the group is on foundational and philosophical issues in game theory, but applications will also play a role. The group aims to promote interdisciplinary research projects among graduate students from any disciplines.
The next group meeting will take place on Tuesday 2 February.
This book offers insights and lessons that help us understand when the answer is 'Yes', and when it is 'No'.
Professor Faguet is giving a series of lectures on the research with Mani Shankar Aiyar, former Minister of Local Government, and current member of India’s upper house of Parliament, across India over the next few weeks.
LSE's response to Fulfilling our Potential
In this week's Teaching blog postMark Thomson, LSE Academic Registrar, explains LSE's response to Fulfilling our Potential, the latest Green Paper on higher education, and the proposals for a Teaching Excellence Framework.
The LSE BrexitVote Blog has published the first of five ebooks - 'On the Edge: David Cameron's EU renegotiation strategies'.Frank Vibert, a Senior Visiting Fellow in the Department of Government at LSE, draws on his experience as a founder director of the European Policy Forum to analyse the five strands of Cameron’s renegotiation strategy.
BrexitVote is a multi-disciplinary, evidence-based blog run by LSE.
Launched in January 2015, this innovative civic engagement project aimed to crowdsource the United Kingdom Constitution. One of the key intentions of the project was to leverage and magnify the power of the community and the ‘massive’ in order to empower participants to engage in debate, identify solutions and come to a common agreement about the need for and the content of a UK Constitution.
The LSE Press Office is aiming to improve the efficiency of working with and reaching LSE experts when print and broadcast media opportunities arise.
All academic staff who would like to increase their availability for media interviews are asked to get in touch with Peter Carrol, Press and Communications Officer: p.carrol@lse.ac.uk
This project will help the Press Office reach experts quickly and update the information on LSE Expert Directory.
LSE Photo Prize 2016 – Have you entered yet?
The deadline for the Photo Prize competition is next Friday (29 Jan)! If you are a budding photographer, then don't forget to enter your best 'Utopia's' images.
There has been a lot going on in HR over recent months. Read the full story on all of these developments here. The highlights include:
The first phase of a new Effective Behaviours Framework is being launched for all Professional Services staff, with roll out to Academic and Research Staff in 2016/17.
The new e-recruitment is currently being piloted in Library Services and will be rolled out over the next few months across the School in a phased approach.
The Staff Survey closed at the end of last term and we are eagerly awaiting the results.
A date to note: the deadline for Professors, Associate Professors (and Assistant Professors if opted in by their Department) to submit their Faculty Information Forms (FIF) and CVs as part of the Annual Performance Review (APR) is 12 February 2016.
Two events next week consider London, covering its transformation since the millenium and the Mayoral candidates take to the stage:
This Is London Date: Tuesday 26 January 2016 6.30pm Location: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House Speaker: Ben Judah
Why I should be Mayor of London Tomorrow Date: Thursday 28 January 2016 6.30pm Location: LSE campus, venue tbc to ticketholders Speaker: Sian Berry, Sadiq Khan, Caroline Pidgeon, Colin Stanbridge, Tony Travers, Peter Whittle
Tuesday 9 February from 6.30-8pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
20,000 years ago, the average person stood a 10-20 per cent chance of dying violently. Today, the chance is under 1 per cent. We have cut rates of violent death by 90 per cent by creating large organisations that impose peace; but the main method for creating these organisations has been war. In effect, violence has slowly been putting itself out of business.
Professor Ian Morris, Philippe Roman Chair in History and International Affairs at LSE IDEAS for 2015-16, will discuss how the trends suggest that this process will probably continue.
On Monday 8 February from 10am-3pm, the LSESU Venue in the Saw Swee Hock Building will be hosting ReLove Fashion, your opportunity to update your wardrobe by swapping clothes and learning how to make practical and sustainable use of your unloved clothing.
At the Fashion Swap Shop, bring along your unwanted clothes and pick up a new outfit. Sustainable fashion advocates TRAID will be running upcycling workshops showing you how to make a tote bag from an old t-shirt. Places at the TRAID workshops are limited and require a £5 donation - book your place through Eventbrite.
This event is being run by the IMT Green Impact team. The team’s project this year focusses on the lifecycle of fashion. ReLove Fashion encourages staff and students at LSE to consider where the clothes they wear come from, who makes them and how we can all dress more sustainably while staying fashionable.
The Library’s spring exhibition draws on its iconic collections to explore the theme of war, women and peace. It coincides with the launch of the new teaching programme at the Centre for Women, Peace and Security at LSE.
On display are original photographs and documents from the Boer War in 1901, Eglantyne Jebb and Save the Children, Edith Summerskill’s visit to Spanish Civil War refugees, photographs from the first women’s international peace congress in 1915 which led to the formation of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, and UN posters and letters.
Follow @LSELibrary and @LSE_WPS on Twitter for updates on exhibition events.
Wednesday 27 January, 18:00-19:00 Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building.
Bosnia and Herzegovina 20 Years After Dayton - Opportunities and Challenges in 2016
Guest lecture by H.E. Valentin Inzko (pictured), High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina chaired by Dr Spyros Economides, LSE European Institute.
This is a free event, please register using the link below.
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