Rory Dillon on why it pays to zigzag your career

Careers rarely follow a straight line. After joining LSE's MSc Development Management with the goal of changing careers, Rory Dillon took what seemed like a temporary part-time role with an NGO workin...

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Buried Twice: From Earthquake to Financial Siege in Venezuela - LSE International Development

Questions of sovereignty, financial control and disaster recovery have become increasingly intertwined in Venezuela's response to crisis. Nadira Saraswati, MSc International Development and Humanitari...

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Why is Andy Burnham turning his back on the Global South? - LSE International Development

Not enough people are talking about the new Prime Minister's decision to deprioritise the world's poorest and most vulnerable. Esperanza Hughes-Salinas examines Andy Burnham's revised climate finance ...

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How Jude Chisom Erondu pivoted from Development Studies to AI-powered investing

LSE International Development alum Jude Chisom Erondu has built a career spanning sustainable investing, credit analysis, institutional asset management and artificial intelligence.

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Why development is more about layers than new beginnings - LSE International Development

Drawing on themes from her new book, Layered Continuity in Pakistan's Northwest Borderlands: State, Power, and Political Economy (Routledge, 2026), Alia Qaim Bukhari argues that development interventi...

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LSE ID’s Dr Myfanwy James quoted in The New York Times on global epidemic responses

Dr Myfanwy James has been featured in The New York Times exploring the historical and political roots of public mistrust during health crises.

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I disagreed with Ann Widdecombe. But her distrust of charities is something humanitarians cannot ignore - LSE International Development

Following the horrifying death of Ann Widdecombe, the former Conservative minister and Reform UK spokeswoman, Professor Stuart Gordon reflects on his encounters with the formidable politician. He…

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Ethical Development in Practice: A conversation with the Aga Khan Foundation

Laura Rabago, reflects on an event hosted by the LSE Ethical Development Initiative, where Jasmin Jahanshahi of the Aga Khan Foundation shared insights into the ethical considerations and practical re...

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I disagreed with Ann Widdecombe. But her distrust of charities is something humanitarians cannot ignore - LSE International Development

Following the horrifying death of Ann Widdecombe, Professor Stuart Gordon reflects on his encounters with the formidable politician, exploring what her faith and conservative friction with organizatio...

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The ICRC’s Digital Emblem – bringing humanitarian protection into the digital battlespace - LSE International Development

As warfare moves deeper into the digital domain, the protections that have safeguarded hospitals, aid workers and humanitarian infrastructure for over 160 years risk becoming invisible. Professor Stua...

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Financing Human Mobility: The Case for Blended Finance in Migration and Sustainable Development - LSE International Development

Manoj Yadav and Richa Arora argue that migration and development financing must move beyond reliance on shrinking aid budgets by using carefully designed blended finance models that mobilise private i...

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How to live and work in extreme heat - LSE Business Review

With Europe in the grip of an unusually intense heatwave, what can be learned from regions more used to extreme heat?

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Opening markets, one threat at a time: how US pressure shapes global trade

Since the 1980s, the United States has unilaterally pressured many developing countries to open their markets to American exports. Despite such pressure coinciding with trade liberalization around ...

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Mother’s Age at Marriage and Gender Gap in Child Schooling

In a study, guest bloggers Rashid Javed, Sumeet Ashok and Mazhar Mughalask ask whether delaying a mother's marriage narrow the gender gap in children education.

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The Lake and the Battlefield: Solferino, Malawi and the Two Births of Humanitarianism - LSE International Development

Professor Stuart Gordon argues that Lake Malawi, through David Livingstone’s anti-slavery, missionary and commercial interventions, should be seen as a key birthplace of “colonial humanitarianism,” sh...

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Professor Jean-Paul Faguet contributes to Bolivia’s Agenda 50/50 discussions

Professor Jean-Paul Faguet delivered a keynote address to a high-level group of Bolivian policymakers and technical experts as part of national discussions on the government’s proposed “Agenda 50/50”.

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We stopped fighting over crumbs. Here’s what we built instead

When funding shrinks, the sector's instinct is competition. What becomes possible when grassroots organisations decide to stand in the gap together instead?

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The problem with focusing aid ‘where it’s most needed’ - LSE International Development

Donors say they are directing aid “where it’s most needed,” but this shift toward fragile and conflict‑affected states risks weakening the institutions that prevent future crises. As Tariq Ambrose arg...

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A visit to Ambedkar’s home forced me to think about who gets to belong, speak and take up space - LSE International Development

In this reflection, MSc Candidate Praveena Makeshtraces the quiet tensions between privilege, inherited trauma, and belonging during a visit to Dr B. R. Ambedkar's London home. Moving through the room...

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How the UK used ‘tough choices’ language to justify aid cuts that cost lives - LSE International Development

Britain's aid cuts are framed as fiscal responsibility, yet the government spends more managing the consequences of instability than it spent preventing it. MSc Candidate Jack Salmon argues that the c...

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From principled humanitarianism to survival humanitarianism - LSE International Development

For Professor Stuart Gordon, the question is not whether humanitarian aid will continue to exist, but what kind of humanitarianism will endure under mounting pressure. As the legal protections, financ...

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Hunger is a security warning, not a distant tragedy - LSE International Development

Hunger is increasingly a warning signal of political instability rather than a distant humanitarian tragedy. Speaking to LBC News on World Hunger Day, Professor Stuart Gordon examined how food insecur...

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The humanitarian class: Transformation and tension in eastern Congo | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core

The humanitarian class: Transformation and tension in eastern Congo

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Dr Myfanwy James featured in The Continent on Ebola outbreak

Dr Myfanwy James has been interviewed and quoted in a recent edition of The Continent, an African newspaper, on the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

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Dr Myfanwy James featured in The Continent on Ebola outbreak

Dr Myfanwy James has been interviewed and quoted in a recent edition of The Continent, an African newspaper, on the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

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Fragile States at the WTO: Why Accessions Matter for Peace and Development

YouTube video by International Development LSE

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Son Preference and Reproductive Behaviour in Uzbekistan - LSE International Development

Using data from the 2021–2022 Uzbekistan Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, guest bloggers Khilola Dushamova, Rashid Javed, Gayrat Suyunov and Munira Zakirova find strong evidence that son preference ...

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Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Global food systems are under fire due to a lack of political will

Hunger and famine as a result war is a political problem, therefore diplomacy, conflict prevention, and peace-building are central to any lasting solution

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