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LSE alumni Daron Acemoglu (MSc Economics 1990 and PhD Economics 1992) and James A. Robinson (BSc Economics 1982), now Professors at MIT and the University of Chicago respectively, have today been jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic…

Dr Michael Muthukrishna from the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science and Dr Pavithra Suryanarayan from the Department of Government have been awarded prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prizes 2024 by the Leverhulme Trust. The…

Adolescents from low socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds who also experience mental health issues face significantly reduced earnings compared to peers until the age of 55, according to a new study led by academics at the Care Policy and…

The LSE iQ podcast, produced by a small team in the LSE Communications Division, has won best branded podcast at the Independent Podcast Awards. The monthly podcast where LSE academics, and other experts, answer one pressing question per…

Action is desperately needed to reform the social security system, according to new research that tracked the same individuals over more than a decade of austerity. The paper, supported by a British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant,…

The Care Policy and Evaluation Centre at LSE (CPEC) has announced a partnership with the new Alzheimer’s Society Doctoral Training Centre for Integrated Care, led by Queen Mary University of London, to support and nurture dementia…

LSE is partnering with the Borough of Camden to deliver an entrepreneurial careers training programme direct to schools as part of the Camden STEAM initiative. STEAM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and…

Reversing the trend of more employer power and less worker power in bargaining over wages and working conditions is key to improving living standards, an election briefing from LSE shows. After 15 years of stagnation, living standards…

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) conferred a prestigious Honorary Fellowship to prominent Indian policymaker and economist N.K. Singh at a ceremony in London this week (Wednesday 3 July 2024). The awarding of an…

David Luke, Professor in Practice and Strategic Director at the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa at LSE, has won the Business Council for Africa (BCA) African Business Book of the Year for his book How Africa Trades. The book is published…