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.
- Update frequency
- every 72 days
- Average duration
- 87 minutes
- Episodes
- 10
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
The looming global financial crisis: time to re-think development and democracy 2.0
The looming global financial crisis: time to re-think development and democracy 2.0
This event took place on Tuesday 01 April 2025, 7.00pm to 8.30pm at LSE
In 2006 Professor Bienefeld gave a public lec…
Growth, innovation and singularities: are we sustainable?
Growth, innovation and singularities: are we sustainable?
Tuesday 18 March 2025 7pm to 8.30pm, Hong Kong Theatre.
Speaker: Professor Geoffrey West, Distinguished Professor and former President of the …
Is Development an Art or a Science?
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 multidiscipl…
Self in the World: connecting life's extremes
Eminent anthropologist Keith Hart draws on the humanities, popular culture and his own experiences to help us explore our own place in history.
We each embark on two life journeys – one out into the w…
Humanitarian implications of the Ukraine war
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? Ga…
More Than Money? How Anthropology Can Offer Richer Analysis For Economists
A recording of the event, 'More Than Money? How Anthropology Can Offer Richer Analysis For Economists' at LSE, Thursday 07 October 2021.
Anthropology has often been seen as an academic version of Ind…
Decolonizing Development Studies
This podcast is a recording from a panel discussion on Tuesday 27 July hosted by the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa and the Department of International Development on 'Decolonising development stud…
Overcoming Boko Haram: A Book and a Conversation on Islamic Extremism in West Africa
This event celebrated the launch of Overcoming Boko Haram: Faith, Society & Islamic Radicalization in Northern Nigeria. The book looks beyond the details of the insurgency to examine the wider social…
Deepak Nayyar on development in Asia over the last 50 years
The lecture analyzes the phenomenal transformation of Asia, which would have been difficult to imagine, let alone predict, fifty years ago. In doing so, it provides an analytical narrative of this re…
The Great Development Dialogue 24 Jan 2020
Speakers: Maitreesh Ghatak, Dr Gharad Bryan, Deoborah James, David Graeber and Kathryn Hochstetler * Chair: Professor Jean-Paul Faguet The Great Development Dialogue is a yearly event sponsored by th…