LSE Department of International Development
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LSE International Development promotes interdisciplinary postgraduate teaching and research.
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We are 3rd place in the QS World University Rankings for Development Studies 2025, for a third consecutive year 🎉
We are immensely proud of our Department and its exceptional contributions to research and teaching, as demonstrated by this esteemed ranking!
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We are immensely proud of our Department and its exceptional contributions to research and teaching, as demonstrated by this esteemed ranking!
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New🔥: While world leaders discussed climate action at #COP30 Brazil, LSE ID alum Bremley Lyngdoh showed what planetary healing looks like 🌍
He’s working to plant 1B trees, regenerate 500K hectares & create 1M green jobs.
Full post 👉https://ow.ly/91hN50Xy60m
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He’s working to plant 1B trees, regenerate 500K hectares & create 1M green jobs.
Full post 👉https://ow.ly/91hN50Xy60m
#Sustainability #LSEIDalumni #Greenjobs
November 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
New🔥: While world leaders discussed climate action at #COP30 Brazil, LSE ID alum Bremley Lyngdoh showed what planetary healing looks like 🌍
He’s working to plant 1B trees, regenerate 500K hectares & create 1M green jobs.
Full post 👉https://ow.ly/91hN50Xy60m
#Sustainability #LSEIDalumni #Greenjobs
He’s working to plant 1B trees, regenerate 500K hectares & create 1M green jobs.
Full post 👉https://ow.ly/91hN50Xy60m
#Sustainability #LSEIDalumni #Greenjobs
Period poverty is not a distant issue, it’s a daily reality for millions, including right here in the UK. Veronika Abdian calls on institutions, policymakers, retailers, and communities to act, because menstruation should never be treated as a luxury.
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Periods do not discriminate. Policies Do
Period poverty is not a distant issue, it’s a daily reality for millions, including right here in the UK. Veronika Abdian invites you to imagine having to carry toilet paper everywhere you go because ...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Period poverty is not a distant issue, it’s a daily reality for millions, including right here in the UK. Veronika Abdian calls on institutions, policymakers, retailers, and communities to act, because menstruation should never be treated as a luxury.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
Shinzani Jain argues that while Asia, especially China, is driving global economic growth and reshaping world order, India’s foreign policy under Modi is faltering amid U.S. pressure, regional conflicts, and economic vulnerabilities.
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A Floundering India in a Changing World Order - LSE International Development
PhD candidate in the Department of Geography, Shinzani Jain argues that while Asia, especially China, is driving global economic growth and reshaping world order, India’s foreign policy under Modi is ...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Shinzani Jain argues that while Asia, especially China, is driving global economic growth and reshaping world order, India’s foreign policy under Modi is faltering amid U.S. pressure, regional conflicts, and economic vulnerabilities.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
At Cumberland Lodge, the MSc IDHE cohort stepped out of the classroom and into the urgency of a simulated crisis. Jessica Subbaraman reflects on the experience of navigating a humanitarian response, and the complexities of decision making.
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Reflections on the IDHE Simulation Weekend at Cumberland Lodge
At Cumberland Lodge, the MSc International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies (IDHE) cohort stepped out of the classroom and into the urgency of a simulated crisis. Jessica Subbaraman reflects o...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
At Cumberland Lodge, the MSc IDHE cohort stepped out of the classroom and into the urgency of a simulated crisis. Jessica Subbaraman reflects on the experience of navigating a humanitarian response, and the complexities of decision making.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
New🔥: At #COP30, Brazil spoke of forest wisdom and climate justice. But as Bruno Bioni, Mariana Rielli & Rafael Zanatta argue, tax breaks for data centers, proposed months earlier, must be tied to collective access to environmental info. If servers are coming, transparency must follow.
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COP30: Why local communities must have access to environmental information in data centre development - LSE International Development
At COP30, Brazil speaks of reforestation and indigenous wisdom. But Bruno Bioni, Mariana Rielli, and Rafael Zanatta argue that the country’s generous tax incentives for data centers must be tied to th...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Dr Sohini Kar's latest paper on financial activism (Cultural Anthropology - open access) looks at how shareholding becomes a site of political contestation, and the ways in which non-financial actors and activists engage financial markets as a way of enacting social change: lnkd.in/erzc3-M6
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November 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Dr Sohini Kar's latest paper on financial activism (Cultural Anthropology - open access) looks at how shareholding becomes a site of political contestation, and the ways in which non-financial actors and activists engage financial markets as a way of enacting social change: lnkd.in/erzc3-M6
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Join us tomorrow (Wed 19 Nov, 1pm) for our 45 min AI In Education Showcase! With fascinating practice tips from @dianaweinhold.bsky.social (@lseid.bsky.social) + Stephane Wolton (@lsegovernment.bsky.social). Sign up via our page (+ watch videos of the last Showcase!): info.lse.ac.uk/staff/divisi...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Join us tomorrow (Wed 19 Nov, 1pm) for our 45 min AI In Education Showcase! With fascinating practice tips from @dianaweinhold.bsky.social (@lseid.bsky.social) + Stephane Wolton (@lsegovernment.bsky.social). Sign up via our page (+ watch videos of the last Showcase!): info.lse.ac.uk/staff/divisi...
Latest from Professor @hochstet.bsky.social on COP30 in Brazil:
Mongabay: Brazil hosts COP30 with high ambitions and scaling environmental ambiguities news.mongabay.com/2025/11/braz...
Bloomberg: China and Brazil aim to be climate leaders and keep polluting too www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Mongabay: Brazil hosts COP30 with high ambitions and scaling environmental ambiguities news.mongabay.com/2025/11/braz...
Bloomberg: China and Brazil aim to be climate leaders and keep polluting too www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Latest from Professor @hochstet.bsky.social on COP30 in Brazil:
Mongabay: Brazil hosts COP30 with high ambitions and scaling environmental ambiguities news.mongabay.com/2025/11/braz...
Bloomberg: China and Brazil aim to be climate leaders and keep polluting too www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Mongabay: Brazil hosts COP30 with high ambitions and scaling environmental ambiguities news.mongabay.com/2025/11/braz...
Bloomberg: China and Brazil aim to be climate leaders and keep polluting too www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Chanettee Keerativitayanant explores how Madagascar’s vanilla industry, shaped by its past, continues to marginalize farmers today. Her blog highlights the hidden cost behind vanilla’s luxury and asks: who truly benefits?
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The Luxe of Vanilla, the Bitter Truth of Life
Behind vanilla’s sweet aroma lies a story of inequality and colonial legacy. Chanettee Keerativitayanant explores how Madagascar’s vanilla industry, shaped by its past, continues to marginalize farmer...
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November 18, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Chanettee Keerativitayanant explores how Madagascar’s vanilla industry, shaped by its past, continues to marginalize farmers today. Her blog highlights the hidden cost behind vanilla’s luxury and asks: who truly benefits?
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
🎉Join us for an alumni panel to celebrate 35 years of LSE ID and to explore the future of international development from climate justice & shifting power dynamics to innovation, activism and locally led solutions
📆9 Dec | 6.30–8pm | Sheikh Zayed Theatre
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📆9 Dec | 6.30–8pm | Sheikh Zayed Theatre
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November 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
🎉Join us for an alumni panel to celebrate 35 years of LSE ID and to explore the future of international development from climate justice & shifting power dynamics to innovation, activism and locally led solutions
📆9 Dec | 6.30–8pm | Sheikh Zayed Theatre
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
📆9 Dec | 6.30–8pm | Sheikh Zayed Theatre
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On the Activism, Influence and Change blog, Hadija Bonaya shares how she helped end Female Genital Mutilation in her community in Northern Kenya.
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Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya: The Day My Community Chose a New Story - Activism Influence and Change
Last week, we had a blog writing workshop for LSE students, and asked them to submit their posts for publication. First up, this outstanding and very moving piece from Hadija Bonaya My name is Hadija,...
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November 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
On the Activism, Influence and Change blog, Hadija Bonaya shares how she helped end Female Genital Mutilation in her community in Northern Kenya.
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Shruti Nimbargi explores why calls for India to become a “Hindu nation” are growing louder today, questioning whether this trend stems from cultural pride or insecurity.
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Why is the idea of a Hindu Nation Growing Louder Today?
Shruti Nimbargi explores why calls for India to become a Hindu nation are growing louder today, questioning whether this trend stems from cultural pride or insecurity.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Shruti Nimbargi explores why calls for India to become a “Hindu nation” are growing louder today, questioning whether this trend stems from cultural pride or insecurity.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
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✨ New @lseid.bsky.social editorial reframes ICT4D as “digital development,” arguing that digital tech and development are now inseparable. It calls for uniting ICT4D and information systems research to tackle global challenges through shared theories and methods.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:19 AM
✨ New @lseid.bsky.social editorial reframes ICT4D as “digital development,” arguing that digital tech and development are now inseparable. It calls for uniting ICT4D and information systems research to tackle global challenges through shared theories and methods.
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🎉We’re live🎉
Introducing #IDeaSphere, a new platform amplifying LSE ID alumni shaping international development 🌍
🎙️ Ep1: Meet Sara Gill, journalist (CNN, @aljazeera.com & DW) & founder of On Her Record, spotlighting women’s stories of war & resilience, from Sudan to Gaza.
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Introducing #IDeaSphere, a new platform amplifying LSE ID alumni shaping international development 🌍
🎙️ Ep1: Meet Sara Gill, journalist (CNN, @aljazeera.com & DW) & founder of On Her Record, spotlighting women’s stories of war & resilience, from Sudan to Gaza.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
🎉We’re live🎉
Introducing #IDeaSphere, a new platform amplifying LSE ID alumni shaping international development 🌍
🎙️ Ep1: Meet Sara Gill, journalist (CNN, @aljazeera.com & DW) & founder of On Her Record, spotlighting women’s stories of war & resilience, from Sudan to Gaza.
🔗 ow.ly/1QEP50XqZ4u
Introducing #IDeaSphere, a new platform amplifying LSE ID alumni shaping international development 🌍
🎙️ Ep1: Meet Sara Gill, journalist (CNN, @aljazeera.com & DW) & founder of On Her Record, spotlighting women’s stories of war & resilience, from Sudan to Gaza.
🔗 ow.ly/1QEP50XqZ4u
New🔥: Patriarchy starts young in Pakistan – so must equality
As #Pakistan continues to rank near the bottom of global gender equality indices, the urgency to address deep-rooted disparities has never been greater. LSE ID alum Mehrin Shah says the classroom may be our most overlooked tool for change
As #Pakistan continues to rank near the bottom of global gender equality indices, the urgency to address deep-rooted disparities has never been greater. LSE ID alum Mehrin Shah says the classroom may be our most overlooked tool for change
Patriarchy starts young in Pakistan – so must equality - LSE International Development
As Pakistan continues to rank near the bottom of global gender equality indices, the urgency to address deep-rooted disparities has never been greater. Drawing on her experience in the country’s devel...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
New🔥: Patriarchy starts young in Pakistan – so must equality
As #Pakistan continues to rank near the bottom of global gender equality indices, the urgency to address deep-rooted disparities has never been greater. LSE ID alum Mehrin Shah says the classroom may be our most overlooked tool for change
As #Pakistan continues to rank near the bottom of global gender equality indices, the urgency to address deep-rooted disparities has never been greater. LSE ID alum Mehrin Shah says the classroom may be our most overlooked tool for change
New 🔥: On 31 Oct, Tin El-Kadi and Kenddrick Chan joined James Putzel for the Cutting-Edge Issues series on China’s digital rise in the Global South.
MSc reflections by Natalia Colombo & Disha Ghosh explore its uneven benefits, trade-offs & calls for local agency.
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MSc reflections by Natalia Colombo & Disha Ghosh explore its uneven benefits, trade-offs & calls for local agency.
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Cutting-Edge Issues in Development with Tin El-Kadi and Kenddrick Chan on China’s digital presence in the Global South – student reflections - LSE International Development
On 31 October, Tin El-Kadi and Kenddrick Chan joined James Putzel on the Cutting-Edge Issues in Development series to discuss the developmental impact of China's digital presence in the Global South. ...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:58 AM
New 🔥: On 31 Oct, Tin El-Kadi and Kenddrick Chan joined James Putzel for the Cutting-Edge Issues series on China’s digital rise in the Global South.
MSc reflections by Natalia Colombo & Disha Ghosh explore its uneven benefits, trade-offs & calls for local agency.
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MSc reflections by Natalia Colombo & Disha Ghosh explore its uneven benefits, trade-offs & calls for local agency.
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Pakistan has recently launched the HPV vaccination campaign to protect adolescent girls from cervical cancer. Zahra Valika and Anzal Abbas Jaffari share their reflections on why women’s health initiatives need dialogue, trust and community engagement.
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Why Women’s Health Conversations Still Need Trust, Not Just Treatment
Pakistan has recently launched the HPV vaccination campaign to protect adolescent girls aged 9–14 years from cervical cancer. However, the campaign has faced significant resistance due to distrust and...
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November 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Pakistan has recently launched the HPV vaccination campaign to protect adolescent girls from cervical cancer. Zahra Valika and Anzal Abbas Jaffari share their reflections on why women’s health initiatives need dialogue, trust and community engagement.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
MSc International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies alumna Fatima Binte Umar reflects on her transformative Autumn term at LSE and her experience settling into life in London.
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#Studentexperience
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Journey from Heathrow to LSE Houghton Street Exploring Readings, Retreats and Resilience
ID alumna Fatima Binte Umar reflects on her transformative Autumn term at LSE and her experience settling into life in London. Covering readings, retreats and resilience.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:17 AM
MSc International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies alumna Fatima Binte Umar reflects on her transformative Autumn term at LSE and her experience settling into life in London.
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#Studentexperience
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🚀 Cutting edge issues in development thinking and practice from @lseid.bsky.social 💫
Catch up on Ha-Joon Chang and Richard Kozul-Wright discussing a New New International Economic Order for a New Global Economy.
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Catch up on Ha-Joon Chang and Richard Kozul-Wright discussing a New New International Economic Order for a New Global Economy.
All LSE news: buff.ly/vECJiQh
November 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
🚀 Cutting edge issues in development thinking and practice from @lseid.bsky.social 💫
Catch up on Ha-Joon Chang and Richard Kozul-Wright discussing a New New International Economic Order for a New Global Economy.
All LSE news: buff.ly/vECJiQh
Catch up on Ha-Joon Chang and Richard Kozul-Wright discussing a New New International Economic Order for a New Global Economy.
All LSE news: buff.ly/vECJiQh
New🔥: Why Development?
After years of studying and practicing law, Eberechukwu Ezike made what many might see as a bold pivot, from corporate law to international development.
But as she shares in this reflection, the journey was less a detour and more a continuation.
#LSEID #AfCFTA #Africa
After years of studying and practicing law, Eberechukwu Ezike made what many might see as a bold pivot, from corporate law to international development.
But as she shares in this reflection, the journey was less a detour and more a continuation.
#LSEID #AfCFTA #Africa
How the promise of African trade inspired my journey into Development - LSE International Development
Eberechukwu Ezike, MSc Development Studies candidate at LSE, reflects on her journey from law to development, exploring how engaging with Africa’s free trade area has shaped her understanding of the c...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Latest open source paper from Dr Tine Hanrieder on “Contesting neoliberalism with human rights? Liberal exhaustion and exploitation in Colombia’s health system.” Journal of European Public Policy, www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Contesting neoliberalism with human rights? Liberal exhaustion and exploitation in Colombia’s health system
The neoliberal reorganisation of social policy has provoked counterreactions worldwide. One genuinely liberal contestation of neoliberal restructuring is based on human rights mobilisation, and, in...
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October 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Latest open source paper from Dr Tine Hanrieder on “Contesting neoliberalism with human rights? Liberal exhaustion and exploitation in Colombia’s health system.” Journal of European Public Policy, www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Humanitarian agencies have been urged to ‘localise’, shifting power to local actors and addressing North/South imbalances. But what does local really mean? Dr Myfanwy James explores this question for the LSE ID Blog
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The politics of local humanitarian recruitment in DRC - LSE International Development
There have been growing calls over the last decade for humanitarian agencies to ‘localise’— to address unjust and unequal power relations in the contemporary system by transferring power to local pers...
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October 28, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Humanitarian agencies have been urged to ‘localise’, shifting power to local actors and addressing North/South imbalances. But what does local really mean? Dr Myfanwy James explores this question for the LSE ID Blog
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
On 17 Oct, our Cutting-Edge Issues lecture brought together Clare Short, Kevin Watkins, & Deborah Doane to explore the future of #development aid.
Student reflections now published offer insights into crisis, empathy, resilience & intergenerational solidarity
#Aid #LSE #CuttingEdgeIssues #Reform
Student reflections now published offer insights into crisis, empathy, resilience & intergenerational solidarity
#Aid #LSE #CuttingEdgeIssues #Reform
Cutting-Edge Issues in Development with Clare Short, Kevin Watkins, and Deborah Doane on the Future of Development Aid – Student Reflections - LSE International Development
On 17 October, Clare Short, Kevin Watkins, and Deborah Doane joined James Putzel on a Cutting-Edge Issues in Development lecture to discuss “Rethinking the Future of Development Aid.” The panel examin...
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October 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
On 17 Oct, our Cutting-Edge Issues lecture brought together Clare Short, Kevin Watkins, & Deborah Doane to explore the future of #development aid.
Student reflections now published offer insights into crisis, empathy, resilience & intergenerational solidarity
#Aid #LSE #CuttingEdgeIssues #Reform
Student reflections now published offer insights into crisis, empathy, resilience & intergenerational solidarity
#Aid #LSE #CuttingEdgeIssues #Reform
What if “good institutions” weren’t so good after all? Kate Meagher revisits Thandika Mkandawire’s powerful critique of settler colonialism and its lasting inequalities
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Thandika Mkandawire and the Decolonization of Settler Colonial Thinking - LSE International Development
Professor Kate Meagher highlights how Thandika Mkandawire’s work challenges the idea that settler colonialism produced “good institutions,” revealing instead how it entrenched racial hierarchies, disp...
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October 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
What if “good institutions” weren’t so good after all? Kate Meagher revisits Thandika Mkandawire’s powerful critique of settler colonialism and its lasting inequalities
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
In this reflective piece, Patrice M. de Guzman (MSc Environment & Development) shares insights from the LSE International Development retreat at Cumberland Lodge, where deep discussions met laughter and music.
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#LSE #CumberlandLodge #Development #InternationalDevelopment
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#LSE #CumberlandLodge #Development #InternationalDevelopment
Health, Politics, and “the Dancing Queen?” – Reflections from Cumberland Lodge - LSE International Development
What happens when global health, royal history, and ABBA’s “Dancing Queen” collide? Patrice M. de Guzman (MSc Environment & Development) joins fellow students from LSE’s Department of International De...
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October 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
In this reflective piece, Patrice M. de Guzman (MSc Environment & Development) shares insights from the LSE International Development retreat at Cumberland Lodge, where deep discussions met laughter and music.
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#LSE #CumberlandLodge #Development #InternationalDevelopment
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#LSE #CumberlandLodge #Development #InternationalDevelopment