Events in ID

Welcome to the Department of International Development at LSE events podcast. Tune in for recordings from a range of events in the Department, including lectures and panel discussions on vital subjects in the world of development.The podcasts include the Great Development Dialogue from 2020, an event on development in Asia with Deepak Nayyar and a coversation around Islamic Extremism in West Africa.

Events in ID is a news podcast hosted by LSE Department of International Development, with 10 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

LSE Department of International Development hosts Events in ID, a news show with 10 episodes published.

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  Episode #10

  The looming global financial crisis: time to re-think development and democracy 2.0

  Apr 8, 20251h 27mS0

  <p><b>The looming global financial crisis: time to re-think development and democracy 2.0</b></p><p>This event took place on Tuesday 01 April 2025, 7.00pm to 8.30pm at LSE<br><br>In 2006 Professor Bienefeld gave a public lecture at LSE by the very same title, anticipating the global financial crisis of 2007. In that lecture he argued that this crisis would (should?) finally persuade people and policy makers that the neoliberal mantras of "free trade" and of the single-minded empowerment of global market actors, was not a recipe for "development," if only because it eroded the capacity of governments to manage their...

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  Episode #9

  Growth, innovation and singularities: are we sustainable?

  Apr 8, 20251h 25mS0

  <p>Growth, innovation and singularities: are we sustainable?<br>Tuesday 18 March 2025 7pm to 8.30pm, Hong Kong Theatre. </p><p>Speaker: Professor Geoffrey West, Distinguished Professor and former President of the Santa Fe Institute<br>Chair: Professor Jean-Paul Faguet, Professor Political Economy of Development, LSE</p><p>Why do people and companies stop growing, age and then die, whereas cities keep growing with the pace of life continuing to accelerate? And how about the planet? Can the super-exponential growth of the anthroposphere be sustained or are we on the edge of some major transition? Is "the end of the world nigh”? An...

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  Episode #8

  Is Development an Art or a Science?

  Nov 9, 20221h 33mS0

  <p>International development is a field in which expert knowledge, drawn primarily from the social and natural sciences, has long been dominant. We know that complex global problems require multidisciplinary approaches and solutions, but how and where do the arts and humanities fit in?</p><p>In their new open access book New Mediums, Better Messages: How Innovations in Translation, Engagement & Advocacy are Changing International Development (OUP), co-editors David Lewis, Dennis Rodgers and Michael Woolcock present twelve wide ranging contributions that suggest that we need to further broaden our ideas about what constitutes valid development knowledge. Themes include alternative media...

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  Episode #7

  Self in the World: connecting life's extremes

  May 10, 20221h 39mS0

  <p>Eminent anthropologist Keith Hart draws on the humanities, popular culture and his own experiences to help us explore our own place in history.</p><p>We each embark on two life journeys – one out into the world, the other inward to the self. With these journeys in mind, anthropologist, amateur economist and globetrotter Keith Hart reflects on a life of learning, sharing and remembering to offer readers the means of connecting life’s extremes – individual and society, local and global, personal and impersonal dimensions of existence and explores what it is that makes us fully human. </p>

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  Episode #6

  Humanitarian implications of the Ukraine war

  Mar 30, 202259 minS0

  <p>The crisis in Ukraine is a rapidly growing humanitarian emergency. How is the humanitarian community responding to this crisis, and what are the implications for humanitarian studies more broadly? Gathering together a range of researchers and practitioners with experience across the breadth of humanitarian assistance, this panel seeks to explore the implications of the Ukraine crisis on the principles, policies, and practices of humanitarianism. </p><p>Please note that this is a recording of a live event, so the sound quality may be slightly compromised. </p><p>Speakers: <br>Sir Mark Lowcock, Professor in Practice, LSE ID, Previously Under-Secretary-General...

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