Duncan Green
@duncangreenlse.bsky.social
LSE Prof in Practice & Director of its 'Activism, Influence & Change programme/blog'. Recovering Exfamer. Current passion teaching/training next & current gen of change makers, both at LSE and beyond. Author How Change Happens, From Poverty to Power
How African governments responded (or not) to the 2025 aid shock www.cgdev.org/blog/how-afr...
How African Governments Responded to the 2025 Aid Shock
We examine what African governments actually did or said in response to announcements of aid cuts in 2025; mapping the type, scope, and intensity of government responses, using the previous year as a ...
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The 12 most popular posts on LSE Review of Books in 2025. Strikingly left wing readership, with big focus on inequality and evils of capitalism. blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...
The 12 most popular posts on LSE Review of Books in 2025 - LSE Review of Books
We count down the top 12 most popular posts (ten book reviews, one book extract and one bookshop guide) we published on LSE Review of Books in 2025.
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Branko's number crunching is always thought provoking
Branko Milanovic@brankomilan.bsky.social · 7mo agoItaly crossed *back* into the 2 territory in 2008; it went down to barely above 2 in year 2020. It is now at 2.14, the relative (to the world) ratio where it was in 1958. It charts a nice inverted U. Italy's story is replicated by almost all W European countries.
A reminder that applications for the third round of the Atlantic Equity Challenge (AEQ) are now open! The AEQ research grant offers researchers the opportunity to undertake innovative, solutions-oriented, collaborative research on inequalities. 🔗 afsee.atlanticfellows.lse.ac.uk/en-gb/news/a...
AFSEE announces a third round of the Atlantic Equity Challenge research grant
Dec 03, 2025
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Abrupt transitions: The Global Humanitarian Overview pushes a dangerous trend: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/202... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
Abrupt transitions: The Global Humanitarian Overview pushes a dangerous trend
It’s not “hyper-prioritised” crises that should raise red flags, but those at risk of a rushed exit.
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Syria one year after Assad, deadly hospital strikes in Myanmar and Sudan, and Machado’s Oslo odyssey: The Cheat Sheet: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/12... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
Syria one year after Assad, deadly hospital strikes in Myanmar and Sudan, and Machado’s Oslo odyssey: The Cheat Sheet
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.
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US takes control of Gaza, Trump eyes Sudan deal, and regime change risks in Venezuela: The Cheat Sheet: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/11... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
US takes control of Gaza, Trump eyes Sudan deal, and regime change risks in Venezuela: The Cheat Sheet
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.
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Fuelling Sudan’s war, blockading Bamako, and misnomers in Gaza and Lebanon: The Cheat Sheet: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/11... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
Fuelling Sudan’s war, blockading Bamako, and misnomers in Gaza and Lebanon: The Cheat Sheet
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.
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Pretty extraordinary story here www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show - BBC News
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
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Gaza aid trickle, migrant shipwreck deaths, and US-led regime change in Venezuela? The Cheat Sheet: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/10... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
Gaza aid trickle, migrant shipwreck deaths, and US-led regime change in Venezuela? The Cheat Sheet
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.
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Join us for the launch of the highly anticipated new book by @brankomilan.bsky.social 📖 He reveals the seismic shifts that are shaping our world, with global neoliberalism on its last legs. As the status quo of the past fifty years crumbles, he asks what remains in its wake? 🎟️ buff.ly/ggNJ4pW
The diaspora lifeline that helps keep Somali families afloat: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
The diaspora lifeline that helps keep Somali families afloat
Somalis abroad send hundreds of millions of dollars home each year, more than official aid flows.
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Branko Milanovic at his brilliant best, presenting the arguments of his new book, 'The Great Global Transformation: National Market Liberalism in a Multipolar World' Superb. branko2f7.substack.com/p/defeated-b...
Defeated by the real world
Why did neoliberalism, in its domestic and international components, fail?
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Selen Özen, Amy Lim and Juliana Causin reflect on the first Cutting Edge Guest Lecture with Ha-Joon Chang and Richard Kozul-Wright on" A New New International Economic Order for a New Global Economy" blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
Cutting Edge Issues in Development with Ha-Joon Chang and Richard Kozul-Wright – A New New International Economic Order for a New Global Economy - LSE International Development
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 Iss...
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Palestine recognition, al-Sharaa addresses UNGA, and collective climate failure: The Cheat Sheet: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/09... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
Palestine recognition, al-Sharaa addresses UNGA, and collective climate failure: The Cheat Sheet
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.
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An Israeli attack in Doha, a US assassination, and how to pick the next UN chief: The Cheat Sheet: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/09... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
An Israeli attack in Doha, a US assassination, and how to pick the next UN chief: The Cheat Sheet
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.
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Gaza “hell” threat, slow Afghan quake aid, and war fears in South Sudan: The Cheat Sheet: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/09... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
Gaza “hell” threat, slow Afghan quake aid, and war fears in South Sudan: The Cheat Sheet
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.
thenewhumanitarian.org
"The humanitarian principles from 1965 have worked well enough but perhaps they are from a bygone age." Hugo Slim on the history of #humanitarian #reset: major overhauls of the system often in response to changes in funding or political environment or major failures. @duncangreenlse.bsky.social
Humanitarian Resets Past and Present – where have we come from and where shall we go? - Activism Influence and Change
Hugo Slim looks at the history of ‘humanitarian resets’ – major overhauls of the system, often in response to changes in funding or political environment, or major system failures. This is my eighth…
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Hugo Slim's latest post on 'Humanitarian resets' (the current one is his 8th!) is a fantastic read and classroom resource for anyone teaching on the evolution of the aid system. blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...
Humanitarian Resets Past and Present – where have we come from and where shall we go? - Activism Influence and Change
Hugo Slim looks at the history of ‘humanitarian resets’ – major overhauls of the system, often in response to changes in funding or political environment, or major system failures. This is my eighth H...
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Are you looking for work that makes an impact? We're here for you! Our job board is curated specifically for community organisers and is updated regularly. Here are some of this month's highlights 🧵 #Jobs #Changemaker #Hiring #SocialChange #Activist #SocialImpact #Justice
Ukraine’s anti-corruption drama: a (temporary) victory, but the battle is far from over Andrii Biletskyi, a Ukrainian anti-corruption lawyer, discusses a recent outbreak of internal politics in Ukraine. blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf... @lhpiron.bsky.social @thepolicypractice.bsky.social
Ukraine’s anti-corruption drama: a (temporary) victory, but the battle is far from over - Activism Influence and Change
Andrii Biletskyi, a Ukrainian lawyer specialising in anti-corruption, discusses a recent outbreak of internal political struggle in Ukraine. In the middle of an existential conflict with Russia, Presi...
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Community Organizing – how does it differ from other forms of Activism? I’m hitting a couple of conceptual roadblocks, so thought I would consult the activist hivemind. Over to you. blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...
Community Organizing – how does it differ from other forms of Activism? - Activism Influence and Change
I’m researching the field of Community Organizing (CO) for a new lecture in our LSE activism course this autumn, and really enjoying it. But I’m hitting a couple of conceptual roadblocks, so thought I...
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Essential Reading: A tipping point in Gaza, the tsunami disaster that wasn’t, and a rival government in Sudan: The Cheat Sheet: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/08... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
A tipping point in Gaza, the tsunami disaster that wasn’t, and a rival government in Sudan: The Cheat Sheet
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.
thenewhumanitarian.org
On 15 August it will be four years since the Taliban reclaimed power in #Afghanistan. Hugo Slim argues #humanitarian agencies are suppressing the truth about the Taliban’s persecution of women and girls and that it's time for them to speak out. @duncangreenlse.bsky.social
Humanitarians and the Truth in Afghanistan - Activism Influence and Change
On August 15 it will be four years since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan. In this long-form essay, Hugo Slim argues that humanitarian agencies are suppressing the truth about the…
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Rewriting the Rules of Climate Justice: How a student project ended up in a big victory at the ICJ blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...
Rewriting the Rules of Climate Justice: How a student project ended up in a big victory at the ICJ - Activism Influence and Change
Duncan Green unpacks last week’s ICJ ruling on climate change obligations, using the ‘how change happens’ methodology he developed at Oxfam to look at how the agency of individuals (including some her...
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Building community engagement in PNG, part 2 — social change and tackling accusations of sorcery. Really interesting example of work in tackling deeply rooted and negative social norms blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...
Building community engagement in PNG, part 2 — social change and tackling accusations of sorcery - Activism Influence and Change
This is the second post in a three-part series on the DevPolicy blog on the work of a program seeking to strengthen relations between citizens and the state in Papua New Guinea. In my previous post, I...
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Solidarity is critical to building movements - no one can #MakeChangeHappen alone. Learn more about the power of working with others from #changemakers like Sabah Khan. Register for the course from @oxfaminternational.bsky.social and @openuniversity.bsky.social: bit.ly/OLCMakeChang...
"We fall, we rebuild, we dance again" – repression and resilience in queer Beirut. If you want to understand the progress of #LGBTQIA+ liberation in #Lebanon’s capital, #nightlife is a great place to start, writes Ghiwa Abi Haidar. @duncangreenlse.bsky.social @oxfaminternational.bsky.social
‘We fall, we rebuild, we dance again’: repression and resilience in queer Beirut - Activism Influence and Change
If you want to understand the progress of LGBTQIA+ liberation in Lebanon’s capital, our nightlife is a great place to start, says Ghiwa Abi Haidar. In a blog for Pride month, first published by…
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British politics in all its diversity on display this morning
