Comment & Opinion - Columnists Archives

12 March 2019
Mishal Khan, Fatim Lakha and Helena Legido-Quigley report on a mixed methods analysis of gender and ethnicity-related differences in career progression at top-ranked academic…
11 March 2019
Gabriele Furia argues that the war on drugs is being used to reintroduce militarism into democracies and a new approach is needed. A 40 year-long prohibitionist strategy did not…
08 March 2019
For International Women’s Day, Krista Kartson introduces us to Seyi Akiwowo, Newham’s youngest Councillor and the founder of Glitch, a non-profit startup aimed at ending cyber…
07 March 2019
Anjana Agarwal, a Senior Associate at the Mission Investors Exchange and a GGF 2030 Fellow, explores the growing impact of tech services on cities and the future of “private…
06 March 2019
For the International Development Department’s Cutting Edge Issues in Development lecture series last Friday, Kevin Watkins of Save the Children gave a compelling talk…
05 March 2019
Marie Curie, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Brenda Milner, Martha Salcudean, Julie Payette, Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson. What do these names bring to mind? They are women whose pioneering…
05 March 2019
Ask a group of scientists “What is Earth?” and you may be in for a surprise. “Earth is a sinusoidal signal in velocity with a period of a year, and an amplitude of 10 cm/s," an…
01 March 2019
The embrace of "remote warfare" to manage conflict seeds disaster. A week containing escalation of India-Pakistan crisis over Kashmir and the hollow spectacle of a second Donald…
28 February 2019
Ambre Eyoum, a Multilateral and Corporate Affairs manager at Total and a Global Governance Futures 2030 fellow, explores the ways oil and gas industry can adjust to face some of…
26 February 2019
As part of LSE Festival: New World (Dis)Orders, running between 25 February and 2 March 2019, author Sam Byers is participating on a panel discussing…