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Welcome to LSE!
We've been delighted to welcome so many new faces to the Department in the last few weeks. Welcome Week was a whirlwind of activity for both undergraduates and postgraduates, and we hope that you are starting to find your feet! Needless to say, if you have any questions please don't hesitate to come and ask for help. Staff office hours are available here and our programme administrators can be contacted here.
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Bermondsey Geography walk
Last week a pack of Geographers took part in a fascinating tour of Bermondsey organised by the King's / LSE Geography Alumni Society. There were a number of points of geographical interest along the way including the regeneration of Victorian warehousing & docks, evidence of the industrial heritage of the area, the importance of transport routes in shaping urban geography, Bermondsey's oldest building, and social housing nestling below Europe's tallest skyscraper.
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Why relying on high-stakes exams is a bad idea for students and the economy
Dr Sefi Roth, Assistant Professor of Environmental Economics, has found that students exposed to high pollution during exams experienced “lasting damage to post-secondary educational attainment and earnings later in life”. Read more.
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Reassessing economic development policies for regions and cities
Simona Iammarino, Andrés Rodríguez-Pose and Michael Storper took part in a major conference at LSE in April and have contributed to a report which will inform the next round of EU Cohesion Policy. The conference was jointly organised with the European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy, and brought together academics and policymakers from Europe and North America to assess urban and regional economic development theory, evidence and policy. Read the report.
Simona, Andrés and Michael gave presentations on the report at the European Week of Regions and Cities in Brussels between 10-13 October 2016. Their presentations will be available soon, but in the meantime take a look at some photos from the event.
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LSE research on EU funding may provide lessons for UK as it prepares to BREXIT
‘Top-down’ policies, such as the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), can be a more effective way of channelling resources to the most deprived areas than interventions which rely on the direct action of local people, according to research from the Department. Read more.
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House of Lords Select Committee contribution
Prof Paul Cheshire gave oral evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on Economic Affairs, looking into 'The Economics of the UK Housing Market'. Read his contribution from page 218.
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Strong government institutions more important than geography for economic development in the EU
A new study, co-authored by Prof Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, has found that strong government institutions are more influential for economic growth than geographic conditions. Read more.
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Public lectures and seminars
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The Legacy of Peace
Latin America and Caribbean Centre and LSE IDEAS lecture
Date: Wednesday 2 November 2016
Time: 4-5pm
Venue: LSE campus (ticketed)
Speaker: Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
Chair: Prof Gareth Jones
More info
UPD seminar series
Research seminars in Urbanisation, Planning & Development are a series of expert-led discussions. Unless otherwise noted, the seminars take place at LSE on Tuesdays, 4:30pm-6pm in Clement House, room CLM 3.04. The seminars are open to all. More info.
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A selection of recent books from the Department
Cities, Slums and Gender in the Global South: Towards a Feminised Urban Future
Cathy McIlwaine and Sylvia Chant
More info
International Handbooks on Gender
Three new volumes in the Edward Elgar series, for which Prof Sylvia Chant has served as Series Editor since 2011, have been published on the topics of Gender and Health, Gender in World Politics, and Gender and War. View the series.
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If you have any news items you'd like to share in future newsletters, please send them to Catherine Mitchell.
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Postgraduate welcome reception
Did you come along to our PG Welcome Reception on 6 October? It was a great opportunity for staff and PG students to meet over a glass of wine and nibbles, and Head of Department Prof Simona Iammarino gave a rousing motivational speech. Photos from the evening are currently on our Facebook page.
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Home owners prepared to pay a premium for lower traffic congestion
London homeowners are prepared to pay a premium to live in inner city areas where the congestion zone applies, new research by doctoral candidate Cheng Keat Tang shows. Read more.
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Airline pilots cut their carbon footprint
Thanks to PhD candidate Greer Gosnell, a field experiment with Virgin Atlantic pilots has helped to cut the airline’s carbon footprint by up to 2200 metric tons of carbon dioxide. Read more.
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New research finds link between air pollution and traffic accidents
Analysis by PhD candidate Lutz Sager found that small increases in the level of nitrogen dioxide in the air are correlated with a measurable rise in the number of traffic accidents in the United Kingdom. Read more.
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LSE Report on Multinationals, Local Firms and Economic Development in the Lazio Region
Riccardo Crescenzi and Andrés Rodríguez-Pose were keynote speakers at the launch of the LSE Report on “Multinationals, Local Firms and Economic Development in the Lazio Region” promoted and organised by Lazio Innova and the Regional Government of Lazio in Italy. Read the report (in Italian).
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First-time buyers priced out by the 'accidental landlord'
First-time buyers have been priced out of the ownership market by richer households who keep their starter homes for renting out when trading up, according to new research by Dr Felipe Carozzi. Read more.
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Excellence in Planning Research Award
Prof Christine Whitehead's contribution to a text on planning obligations has been recognised by this year’s Excellence in Planning Research Award. Read more.
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BIOECON conference
For the fourth year running, Dr Ben Groom (LSE) and Dr Andreas Kontoleon (Cambridge Land Economy) co-hosted the annual BIOECON conference on the economics of biodiversity conservation. It was the 18th BIOECON conference and was held in the majestic buildings of King's College, Cambridge, attended by around 150 delegates from academia, government, NGOs and the policy world at large. Read more.
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David Jones celebrates 50 years
On 21 September 2016 staff were treated to a one-off talk by Prof David Jones, outlining the Department's varied history. We were also celebrating David's 50th year in the Department! See photos from the talk.
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Dr Kelly Kay introduces the BSc in Environment and Development, outlining why the programme is so unique. Watch the video.
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A 21st Century Metropolitan Green Belt - this new report by academics in Geography & Environment explores the purpose of the Metropolitan Green Belt in the context of contemporary housing need and urban development planning in the region.
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A selection of recent articles from the Department
Sylvia Chant: 'Women, Girls and World Poverty: Empowerment, Equality or Essentialism?', International Development Planning Review, Vol.38, No.1, pp.1-24.* IDPR ‘Editor’s Choice’ as influential paper February 2016
Sylvia Chant: 'Female Household Headship as an Asset? Interrogating the Intersections of Urbanisation, Gender and Domestic Transformations', in Caroline Moser (ed.) Gender, Asset Accumulation and Just Cities: Pathways to Transformation (London: Routledge)
Sylvia Chant: 'Galvanising Girls for Development? Critiquing the Shift from ‘Smart’ to ‘Smarter Economics’', Progress in Development Studies, Vol.16, No.4
Sylvia Chant: 'Niñas en el Desarrollo: Desafíos, Logros y Precauciones en la Epoca de la 'Smart Economics' (Girls in Development: Challenges, Celebrations and Cautions in the Era of ‘Smart Economics’)', in Maria Dolors Molas Font and Aroa Santiago (eds) La Infancia en Femenino: Las Niñas – Imágenes y Figuras de la Filiación (Barcelona: Icaria Editorial)
Riccardo Crescenzi, Nancy Holman and Enrico Orrù 'From brain drain to brain circulation: How labour mobility can help less developed European regions', LSE EUROPP blog
Vernon Henderson: 'Has Climate Change Driven Urbanization in Africa?' (with A. Storeygard and U. Deichmann), forthcoming in Journal of Development Economics
Christian Hilber: 'The Housing Market Impacts of Constraining Second Home Investments', SERC Discussion Papers
Claire Mercer: 'Landscapes of extended ruralisation: postcolonial suburbs in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania', Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 2016
Austin Zeiderman, Nikhil Anand, Stephen Daniels, Jennifer Wolch, Erik Swyngedouw & Matthew Gandy 'The Fabric of Space: Water, Modernity and the Urban Imagination' The AAG Review of Books, Volume 4, Issue 3, 2016
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