Highlights From our Centres
Africa Centre
Coming up in October, the Firoz Lalji Centre for Africa will be hosting a discussion on Zimbabwe’s new citizen activism with Pastor Evan Mawarire who initiated the #ThisFlag movement in the southern African Country. Professor Chandran Kukathas will chair a discussion about the role of human smugglers in contemporary mixed migration. Follow our events here.
LAC
The Latin America and Caribbean Centre are working with a range of partners, including Universidad de los Andes, to deliver a workshop in Bogota on the peace process. The project and workshop in December is led by Professor Francesco Panizza and its objectives are to map the main political, social and developmental challenges facing the peace process and to set up a comprehensive research agenda.
LSE IDEAS
LSE IDEAS & German Development Agency launch pilot ‘Innovation Lab’ on Drug Policy The GIZ Global Partnership on Drug Policies and Development (GPDPD) and the LSE IDEAS International Drug Policy Project (IDPP) are pleased to announce a pilot for a new 'Innovation Lab on Drug Policies and Human Development'.
South Asia Centre
As we approach 2017 and the Indian subcontinent marks 70 years of its independence from Britain, the South Asia Centre will be running a series of lectures that aim to reposition the presence of colonial India in Britain’s historical understanding of itself.
Southeast Asia Centre
As part of the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre’s aim to support and promote high-quality scholarly work on social science issues relevant to Southeast Asia, seven grants from the LSE SEAC Research Fund were awarded in February 2016 to LSE academics in order to facilitate their research in the region. Summaries of the funded research projects are available here.
US Centre
In March, the US Centre launched its media centre, The Ballpark which includes podcasts and explainer videos. Now with nearly 20,000 downloads, in each podcast episode we take a closer look at American politics, economics, policy, and news and feature and dissect the research of academics from the LSE and around the world. Topics so far for our explainer videos have included the two party system, the nomination process and voter eligibility. You can follow The Ballpark here.
Women, Peace & Security
The Centre for Women, Peace and Security launched a new resource site, Tackling Violence Against Women, which explains how international and regional human rights systems can be used to combat violence against women and girls.
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