Contributor(s): Dr Siva Thambisetty | The ocean is under threat. Overfishing, pollution and man-made climate change are endangering vital life, where the majority of the ocean's biodiversity has remained ungoverned. The United Nations has been working to form a legal framework for the protection of marine biodiversity and the fair sharing of its resources. Dr Siva Thambisetty explains the importance of "The High Seas Treaty" in protecting our oceans and planet.

Contributor(s): | Growth and productivity are often talked about in UK politics but how are they linked and what affect do they have on the economy? LSE’s John Van Reenen explains. Explore our dedicated hub showcasing LSE research and commentary on the state of the UK economy and its future.

Contributor(s): | Martin Bayly discusses the key points from his research, applying approaches offered by global intellectual history to the works of late colonial Indian international thinkers, exploring the mixed registers of equality and hierarchy, internationalism and imperialism present in their writings. 

Contributor(s): | What happens to a country’s economy when half its population dies within a few years? The Black Death did exactly this to England in 1348-50, and historians have been puzzling over how standards of living and patterns of work changed in the Middle Ages for more than a century. To answer this, Dr Jordan Claridge is developing a new dataset of wages earned by men, women and children, working both on annual contracts and more casually, in order to understand wages in medieval...

Contributor(s): Swati Dhingra, Ekaterina Oparina, Maria Ventura, Anna Valero | Economics is the study of how people, firms, and governments make choices. Economic methods can be used to understand and find solutions to problems ranging from the gender pay gap to climate change. But who chooses to work in economics, and what do they study? In this short video to mark International Women’s Day 2023, economists from the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) talk about why they chose to work in...

Contributor(s): | With low interest rates in the past 20 years the UK government has borrowed a lot more increasing public debt, we talk to Ricardo Reis about what affect this has had. Explore our dedicated hub showcasing LSE research and commentary on the state of the UK economy and its future.  

Contributor(s): | With interest rates going up, and cost of living increasing, we talk to Cornelia Agyenim-Boateng about how the housing market has been affected. Explore our dedicated hub showcasing LSE research and commentary on the state of the UK economy and its future.

Contributor(s): | Trade is central to development in Africa, this film explores the recent history of African trade and what needs to change.

Contributor(s): | Jeremy Hunt announced an Autumn Statement to tackle inflation, we talked to LSE academic Andy Summers about the tax plan. Explore our dedicated hub showcasing LSE research and commentary on the state of the UK economy and its future.  

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. Explore our dedicated hub showcasing LSE research and commentary on the state of the UK economy and its future.  

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.  Explore our dedicated hub showcasing LSE research and commentary on the state of the UK economy and its future.

Contributor(s): | With interest rates going up, and energy bills increasing we talk to LSE Director Minouche Shafik about what happens next with inflation. Explore our dedicated hub showcasing LSE research and commentary on the state of the UK economy and its future.  

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. 🔴 Find out more about this research in #LSEResearchForTheWorld:...

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. Explore our dedicated hub showcasing LSE research and commentary on the state of the UK economy and its future.

Contributor(s): Dr Ethan Ilzetzki | Expect central banks to continue to raise interest rates in order to reduce pressures on the economy’s limited supply. With prices continuing to soar in the UK and beyond, LSE’s Dr Ethan Ilzetzki explains how central banks will act on their mandates to keep inflation low. This is the second video in our inflation explainer series featuring insight from LSE researchers.

Contributor(s): Professor Nicholas Barr | Demand is going up, supply is going down, and costs are rising. Everything that causes inflation is operating together. In this short video, LSE’s Professor Nick Barr explains what's happening to cause prices to rise so drastically in 2022 — not just in the UK, but around the world. Catch up with more from this series, where LSE academics explore the inflation situation.

Contributor(s): | Professor Myria Georgiou compares the warm welcome given to Ukrainian refugees to the suspicion extended towards people who come from other parts of the world.  Read more about Professor Georgiou's research: https://www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-communications/people/academic-staff/myria-georgiou

Contributor(s): | LSE Professor Emily Jackson’s research into egg freezing has led to a change in UK law, giving women more freedom over when to start a family and taking away the pressure that their eggs may have to be destroyed. Find out more about this research in #LSEResearchForTheWorld: https://www.lse.ac.uk/research/resear...

Contributor(s): Dr Juanita Gonzalez-Uribe | Entrepreneurs can have a tough time having their business idea heard. There are just so many businesses trying to get investment from Venture Capitalists that many great business ideas aren't seen. Alongside this; race, gender and education unfairly come into the equation when Venture Capitalists are thinking about talking to entrepreneurs. LSE research looks into one Venture Capitalist Fund who are taking a more scientific approach to shortlisting...

Contributor(s): | The Liberian dollar is the nation’s official currency. So, why do so many Liberians use US dollars for everyday transactions? A dual currency system has existed in Liberia since the late 1800s. Professor Leigh Gardner from the Department of Economic History at LSE has examined the government’s struggle to re-assert the Liberian dollar over time. Her research was the subject of a physical display in the Value of Money exhibition at the National Museum of American History. 🔴...