Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice

'Bringing Cyberspace Down to Earth in China: From smart-cities to village digital projects'

Speaker: Hong Yu, Mayling Birney Scholar from Zhejiang University
Discussant: David Soskice, LSE
Chair: Laura Mann, LSE

'Slavery and British Development'.

Speakers: 

• Bronwen Everill, Cambridge University 
• Jennifer Adam, Bank of England. 

Chair: Laura Mann, LSE

'Guest lecture on Palestine'.

Speaker: Rafeef Ziadah, King's College London 

Discussant: Mai Taha, LSE
Chair: James Putzel, LSE

'Development or Dependence?: China's Investment and development finance in Africa'.

Speakers: 

• Keyu Jin, LSE
• Yunnan Chen, Overseas Development Institute
• Weiwei Chen, Open University

Chair: Tin Hinane El Kadi, LSE

The Latin American Left: Opportunities, challenges, and setbacks

Speakers: 

• Ana Karine Pereira, Universidade de Brasília
• Geoff Goodwin, Leeds University
• Melany Cruz, Leicester University

Chair: James Putzel, LSE

Gender and Work in Global Value Chains: Capturing the gains?

Speaker: Stephanie Barrientos, Manchester University

Discussant: Kate Meagher, LSE
Chair: Laura Mann, LSE

Making Anti-Corruption Real: A strategy for feasible reform in adverse contexts.

Speakers: Mushtaq Khan and Pallavi Roy, SOAS
Discussant: Jonathan Di John, SOAS
Chair: James Putzel, LSE

The Russia-Ukraine War: Consequences for global security and development.

Panel: 

• Mark Lowcock, UN, UK
• Yuliya Yurchenko, Greenwich University
• Anna Matveeva, King's College London
• David Luke, LSE

Chair: James Putzel, LSE

In search of repair: The necessity of community development to mental health improvements in contexts of adversity.

Speaker: Rochelle Burgess, University College London
Discussant: Philipa Mladovsky, LSE
Chair: Laura Mann, LSE

Professor Ha-Joon Chang and Professor James Putzel discuss the state of the world economy.

Speaker: Ha-Joon Chang, SOAS
Chair: James Putzel, LSE