Contributor(s): | Jeremy Hunt announced an Autumn Statement to tackle inflation, we talked to LSE academic Andy Summers about the tax plan.

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Contributor(s): Dr Kitty Stewart, Dr Tania Burchardt | LSE are partners for Evidence Week in Parliament 2022, along with the Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology (POST), which is organised by Sense about Science.

Contributor(s): Nazanin Shahrokni | The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Jîna Amini at the hands of the morality police sparked nationwide protests in Iran. The protests have created a space for sisterhood, crossing class and ethnic boundaries in Iran. They also highlight the urgency of forging feminist solidarities across national borders.

Contributor(s): | Making Space for Girls is a research project around how girls and young women have been left out when thinking about public spaces. Led by Dr. Julia King and Olivia Theocharides-Feldman the researchers spoke to girls and young women around the UK about how they thought public spaces could be developed to suit everyone.

Contributor(s): Jason Lennard | With a potential recession looming in the near future we talk to Jason Lennard about the history of recessions and the shape of them.

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Contributor(s): | Rising energy bills drive up the cost of living. LSE's Anna Valero explains what led to the current energy crisis and how the transition to net zero emissions will help. 

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Contributor(s): | With interest rates going up, and energy bills increasing we talk to LSE Director Minouche Shafik about what happens next with inflation.

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Contributor(s): Dr Seeta Peña Gangadharan | Who owns, controls and benefits from these systems? What might advances in AI and computing mean for marginalised communities who already face discrimination in both the material and virtual worlds?

Big computing is the new big term that you need to know.

Seeta Peña Gangadharan explores the impact of Big Computing ambitions on freedom and control.

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Contributor(s): Dr Rishita Nandagiri | The US Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v Wade — which ended federal protection for the right to an abortion — is expected to embolden conservative populist movements elsewhere.

At the same time, the decision has reenergised efforts to safeguard existing abortion rights around the world.

Dr Rishita Nandagiri's research focuses on gender, abortion and reproduction in the Global South.

Contributor(s): Kate Summers | LSE's Dr Kate Summers explains why low- and middle-income households have much less wiggle room to navigate the effects of inflation. This is the third video in our inflation explainer series featuring insight from LSE researchers.

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