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): 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. Explore our dedicated hub showcasing LSE research and commentary on the state of...

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

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. 🔴...

Contributor(s): | Far from their widespread reputation, social housing estates are home to more resilient communities than reported in the media, and social landlords go far beyond simply providing "bricks and mortar". When the government, under austerity budgets from 2010, cut funding for social landlords and for multiple neighbourhood services, these communities suffered a significant loss of support. Residents face additional social stigma associated with living in social housing. In...

Contributor(s): Nikita Simpson, Professor Laura Bear | As we emerge from it, we beginning to see the legacies of stigma and trauma that have disproportionately impacted certain groups – especially marginalised groups who are underserved by the state. This participatory film animates longer-term ethnographic research conducted over the past 24 months across the UK by LSE’s Covid and Care Research Group, led by Professor Laura Bear. It highlights the story of psychotherapist Suad Duale and the...

Contributor(s): Timo Leiter, Dr Swenja Surminski, Declan Conway | The effects of climate change are already proving devastating for people and for our planet. The new IPCC report, Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, shows us that we must act now to reduce emissions and prepare for current and future climate risks. The Grantham Research Institute produces cutting edge research on climate adaptation, and its researchers are among thousands of experts worldwide to author...

Contributor(s): Dr Tomila Lankina | How did the Imperial Russian bourgeoisie endure such a seismic revolution? And what can this stubborn reproduction of social structures tell us about addressing inequality today? In her new book, Professor Tomila Lankina challenges materialist notions of inequality, instead highlighting the significance of social, cultural, and educational capital in the perpetuation of social hierarchies – even under the most brutal communist dictatorship bent on...

Contributor(s): | Apps such as Uber and Just Eat have radically changed the economic landscape, but how has platform technology impacted workers? Researcher Dalia Gebrial has been exploring what life is like for those who make their living via apps. Her work focuses on race and gender in the platform economy and examines the technologies which make exploitation possible. 🔴 Find out more about this research in...

Contributor(s): | Compare the moody atmosphere of a well-lit heritage district with the bright flood-lighting of a council estate: light codes the city, telling a story of unequal treatment and divided expectations. In Camberwell, south London, LSE’s Configuring Light team have been working on the Brandon Estate to develop a new pilot lighting scheme to demonstrate the potential of lighting on London’s estates.   Configuring Light research group generates collaborations between social...

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Contributor(s): | By examining the history of the application of forensic techniques to humanitarian issues, can we now argue that the dead have human rights? LSE’s Dr Claire Moon has been exploring this history, as well as examining the challenges and innovations in the forensics field in contemporary Mexico. Her research project, Human Rights Human Remains: Forensic Humanitarianism and the Politics of the Grave, promises to confront the human rights paradigm by including the dead in the...

Contributor(s): | What are proxies and how do they influence our lives? This film — inspired by case studies in Dr Dylan Mulvin’s new book from Proxies The Cultural Work of Standing In — explores the power of proxies and how they shape our lives. "Underneath the world we know, there is a hidden landscape of carefully constructed stand-ins, models, prototypes. This ferociously original book maps that region and opens up new ways to explain how our technological infrastructures become what...

Contributor(s): Rachel Ngai | Why have wages for low-skilled workers stagnated even in industries that have experienced years of economic growth? Rachel Ngai has been investigating why these workers have not seen the wage increases that trickle-down economics suggests they should have. 🔴 Find Dr Rachel Ngai’s article on this research in the LSE Research for the World online magazine:...

Contributor(s): Dr Spike Gibbs | How fair was life in medieval England? Was this time beset by power struggles, corruption and lawlessness? If not, how did a system of order prevail? LSE’s Dr Spike Gibbs has been looking at historical records of manorial courts to see how power was distributed in local communities throughout England. Through individual stories of crime and punishment, Dr Gibbs’ research provides an answer.   🔴 Find Dr Spike Gibbs’ article on this research in the LSE Research...