👏 Congratulations to Vishnu Prasad on completing his PhD in Regional and Urban Planning! 😊 Vishnu's thesis is titled “Hope is home”: Land, property and displacement in Rakhine State, Myanmar.

📢 Deadline approaching! We're looking for a highly committed and motivated administrator to join our team and support a range of taught degree programmes. Learn more and apply 👉 zurl.co/7jVvS

NEW: Is publication, not truth, now the driving pursuit of science? The Credibility Crisis in Science: Tweakers, Fraudsters, & the Manipulation of Empirical Results. Thomas Plümper @wuvienna.bsky.social & Eric Neumayer @lsegeography.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social Review by L. Magaldi Sardella

Is publication, not truth, now the driving pursuit of science? - LSE Review of Books

The Credibility Crisis in Science by Thomas Plümper and Eric Neumayer explores how researcher incentives and publication bias distort scientific knowledge

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New episode of Displacement Urbanism 🎙️ Romola Sanyal is joined by Fahad Zuberi - columnist, political commentator and PhD researcher in Architecture at MIT - to explore how cities have been, and continue to be, created through destruction, with a particular focus on bulldozer politics in India.

Bulldozer Politics: Law, Destruction, Displacement and the making of cities | Fahad Zuberi

Listen to this episode from Displacement Urbanism on Spotify. Romola and Fahad Zuberi talk about how cities have been and continue to be created through destruction. In particular they look at bulldozer politics in India.Fahad Zuberi is a columnist and political commentator and is currently pursuing his PhD in Architecture at the MIT.

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Michael Storper and Andrés Rodríguez-Pose will take part in the Phelan US Centre's conference Taming Polarization: Reforming the American Federal Republic on 16-17 October. Find out more and register 👇

Taming polarization: Reforming the American federal republic conference - 16-17 October 2026

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👏 Congratulations to Gabriela Neves De Lima for completing the PhD in Human Geography and Urban Studies! 😊 Gabriela was supervised by Romola Sanyal and David Madden.

📢 Don't miss this opportunity! We're looking for a highly committed and motivated administrator to join our team and support a range of taught degree programmes. Learn more and apply 👉 zurl.co/uVnh9

📢 We're hiring! Join our team! We're looking for a highly committed and motivated administrator to support a range of taught degree programmes. More info 👉 zurl.co/uVnh9

It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Professor David K.C. Jones, Emeritus Professor of Geography and Environment. Our thoughts are with David's family, friends, colleagues and former students at this difficult time. He will be deeply missed. zurl.co/GadvY

364 trees planted! 🌳 Thanks to everyone who completed the Undergraduate Survey, National Student Survey (NSS) and Postgraduate Survey, we've funded the planting of 364 trees worldwide. Thank you for taking part! 💚

🎂 On its 60th anniversary, Progamme Director Nancy Holman shares the story of the MSc Regional Planning and Urban Studies at LSE, since its foundation in 1966. zurl.co/dksVf

MSc Regional and Urban Planning Studies at 60 - LSE History

The MSc in Regional and Urban Planning Studies at LSE began in 1966 as a bold experiment in planning education.

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We're delighted to launch a new LinkedIn newsletter from the Department of Geography and Environment at LSE. Whether you're an alum, student, academic, policymaker or simply interested in the issues shaping our world, we'd love you to join us. 👉 Subscribe on LinkedIn zurl.co/tRBjg

"Burnham says he wants to raise economic output and living standards everywhere… He needs to be targeted, or he won't achieve anything." Henry Overman is quoted in The Guardian on the challenges of delivering a new generation of council housing and why targeted devolution will be key to success. 🏠

A council housebuilding boom is central to Burnham’s vision. Can it be done?

In the third of a series on nationalisation, we look at the huge challenge as 1.5m families wait for social housing

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Europe’s green transition won’t be driven by domestic firms and public subsidies alone. New research by Juan Alvarez-Vilanova, Riccardo Crescenzi & Lee Mager shows FDI is financing much of the EU’s industrial decarbonisation. The answer isn’t less openness, but smarter investment. 🌱 zurl.co/9zyJI

Green foreign investment must be integrated into Europe’s clean industrial policy

Foreign investment funds a large share of EU decarbonisation, underlining that the green transition cannot be built with domestic firms and subsidies alone.

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New research co-authored by Gareth Jones explores how communities in Brazil's urban peripheries rely on care networks and collective action to overcome unequal access to food. The study introduces the idea of "food as infrastructure". zurl.co/SgkeF

📢 We're hiring! Join us and work with ‪@neillee.bsky.social on a funded project exploring how public green lending shapes private investment and local growth. A great opportunity for aspiring PhD students interested in green finance, data and applied research. 🍃 zurl.co/70mkq

Congratulations to Prof Michael Storper on being selected to deliver the 2026 Urban Studies Journal Annual Lecture at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference in London. 📅 2 September 2026 📍 Royal Geographical Society, London Learn more about the conference: zurl.co/POcHR

Annual International Conference | RGS

Learn more about our Annual International Conference, which regularly attracts over 2,000 geographers from around the world. 

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New on LSE Review of Books: 'The Political Economy of Megaprojects in Asia', edited by Hyun Bang Shin and Dong-Wan Gimm, shows that megaprojects are not simply solutions to urban challenges – but deeply political processes that transform governance, land use and social relations. zurl.co/8zxgy

Urbanisation, megaprojects and dispossession in Asia - LSE Review of Books

The Political Economy of Megaprojects in Asia ed. Hyun Bang Shin & Dong-Wan Gimm critiques the megaproject as the dominant model of urban development in Asia.

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🎙️ New episode of the Displacement Urbanism podcast: Romola Sanyal speaks with Laura Antona about the lived realities of migrant workers in Singapore, whose labour is central to building cities, yet whose lives are marked by precarity and displacement. 👉 Listen to the episode: zurl.co/V4acT

Building Cities but Forced to Move: Labour Migration and Displacement | Laura Antona

Listen to this episode from Displacement Urbanism on Spotify. In this episode Romola Sanyal talks to Laura Antona about migrant workers particularly in Singapore - how they help build cities and urban life through their labour but belong nowhere and live lives of extended displacement. Laura Antona is Assistant Professor of Human Geography, Department of Geography and Environment, LSE. 

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The Political Economy of Megaprojects in Asia ed. @hyunshin.bsky.social @lsegeography.bsky.social & @dwgimm.bsky.socia reveals how unequally states, private capital & other actors reshape urban landscapes, benefitting some & dispossessing others. Review by Sara Bardhan @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social

Urbanisation, megaprojects and dispossession in Asia - LSE Review of Books

The Political Economy of Megaprojects in Asia ed. Hyun Bang Shin & Dong-Wan Gimm critiques the megaproject as the dominant model of urban development in Asia.

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I'm recruiting for a pre-doc to work on Green Investment Banks - details here, please share: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

What role should governments play in building a greener economy? 🌍 That was the focus of our #LSEFestival event on Green Industrial Policy, a really engaging session exploring how policy can support sustainable growth and long-term change. 📹 Watch the event now on YouTube: zurl.co/ruKH2

Green industrial policy: balancing national goals and global integration | LSE Festival

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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New research co-authored by PhD student Catherine Morneau assesses the integration of health into climate adaptation policies worldwide. 🔴 zurl.co/UOmbk

👏 Congratulations to Shaonlee Patranabis for completing the PhD in Economic Geography! 😊 Shaonlee was supervised by Christian Hilber and Olmo Silva. 🔴 See Shaonlee's LinkedIn: zurl.co/X0tRR 🔴 Check out Shaonlee's GitHub: zurl.co/2sMCR

Missed our event with renowned astrophysicist Dr France Anne Córdova? 🌍🔬 Watch the full discussion featuring Riccardo Crescenzi, Maria Cristina Russo and Mark Thomson, chaired by Larry Kramer. zurl.co/haSXz

From curiosity to prosperity: sharing the gains of science | LSE Event

Why should governments back “Big Science” when discoveries are uncertain and the benefits may seem distant from taxpayers’ daily lives? In this public lectur...

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On 18 June, staff and PhD students came together to celebrate the end of another academic year in the department. Wishing our community a wonderful summer break! ☀️

NEW: Urbanisation, megaprojects and dispossession in Asia The Political Economy of Megaprojects in Asia edited by @hyunshin.bsky.social @lsegeography.bsky.social & @dwgimm.bsky.social reveals how unequally states, private capital and various actors reshape urban landscapes. Review by Sara Bardhan.

Urbanisation, megaprojects and dispossession in Asia - LSE Review of Books

The Political Economy of Megaprojects in Asia ed. Hyun Bang Shin & Dong-Wan Gimm critiques the megaproject as the dominant model of urban development in Asia.

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How can cities adapt to rising temperatures without deepening inequality? 🌡️🏙️ Watch Prof Amita Baviskar's talk on urban heat and everyday life, chaired by Prof Hyun Bang Shin. zurl.co/86ZLP

Cooling a warming India: ecology and equity in our time | LSE Event

Climate change has made episodes of extreme heat more frequent and intense. As north Indian cities prepare to tackle this crisis, they must contend with syst...

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📢 New optional course for MSc Urbanisation & Development students! 'Global Urban Natures' explores urban transformation in the Global South through water, electricity, waste, air and concrete, and how these shape social and political change in a rapidly urbanising world. 🔴 zurl.co/svwVp

3️⃣ Made in Britain, or designed in Britain? @oliverjharman.bsky.social & Riccardo Crescenzi @lsegeography.bsky.social analyse what Port Talbot steel teaches us about the green economy on @lsebr.bsky.social

Made in Britain, or designed in Britain? What Port Talbot teaches us about the green economy - LSE Business Review

“Made in Britain” is only one task within the global value chain. Designed, researched and branded in Britain are where the lasting value capture lives.

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