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Graduations
On 14 July our third year undergraduates celebrated the end of their studies and were awarded their degrees. We wish them huge amounts of luck in their future careers and encourage them to stay in touch with us!
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Research funding success
Hilary Malson (MSc Urbanisation and Development) has successfully secured financial support from The Smithsonian Institution, the largest research and museum institution in the US, for her dissertation research. The Smithsonian Institution supports a few graduate students each year in conducting independent research through a highly-competitive, funded fellowship ($6,000). Hilary says, “the opportunity is also one of great personal interest, as I am committed to producing publicly-accessible scholarship and will be able to do so through the Smithsonian”.
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RUPS film competition winners announced
The first edition of the Plannerman, the MSc Regional and Urban Planning Studies (RUPS) film competition, was held on 31 May 2016 and revealed real talent amongst our students. Read more.
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Simona Iammarino
Prof Simona Iammarino has become the first woman to be invited to the Lezione di Economia, a public lecture at the Facoltà di Economia “Giorgio Fuà” in Ancona. The lecture received extensive press coverage. Watch Simona on Rai.TV, starting at minute 05:15.
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Hyun Bang Shin
Hyun's been busy in the last few months. He taught doctoral students at Gran Sasso Science Institute in L’Aquila, Italy, running master classes on Cities, Spectacles and Mega-events, 18-21 April. He participated in a workshop on China and India hosted by EHESS Paris, 11-12 May, speaking on 'Urban Accumulation and the ‘Culture of Property’: Questioning the Authoritarian Nature of the State in China'. He participated in a roundtable workshop, 'From Chicago to Shenzhen', at City University of Hong Kong, 6-7 June. He spoke about 'Reconceptualising the Urban: China’s Urbanisation and its Implications for Global Urban Studies on Gentrification'. He gave a plenary talk at an AHRC-ICHR funded conference titled 'Utopian Urban Futures: Histories, imaginations, possibilities' in Leeds from 27-28 June.
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Michael Storper
Prof Michael Storper has been honoured by the Royal Geographical Society. He was awarded this year’s Founder’s Medal for scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography. Read more.
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Michael Storper receiving his medal
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Also in the news...
Geography and Environment is ranked 4th in the Guardian university league tables 2017! This follows success in the QS World University rankings, which put the Department 4th internationally. We were also ranked 4th in the Complete University Guide 2017 subject tables.
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Austin Zeiderman
As part of our new series putting the spotlight on individuals within the Department, Austin talks to us about what he's working on over the summer and why the Department is his home from home. Read more.
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A selection of recent articles from the Department
Bosquet, C and Overman, H (2016) 'Why does birthplace matter so much? sorting, learning and geography' SERC discussion papers, Spatial Economics Research Centre
Crescenzi, R, Luca, D and Milio, S (2016) 'Austerity and the slow recovery of European city-regions' OUPblog
Zeiderman, A (2016) 'Adaptive Publics: Building Climate Constituencies in Bogotá' Public Culture
Lee, N and Rodríguez-Pose, A (2016) 'Is there trickle-down from tech? Poverty, employment and the high-technology multiplier in US cities' Annals of the Association of American Geographers
Carlson, A and Palmer, C (2016) 'A qualitative meta-synthesis of the benefits of eco-labeling in developing countries' Ecological Economics
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Success at 2016 Hult Prize Regionals
Selected from over 25,000 entries to compete for a US$1million pot of seed-funding, two of our Regional and Urban Planning Studies students – Luc Griaud and Alyssa Campbell – and two of our Local Economic Development students – Alice Mougin and Maxime Noell – have been awarded an Honorary Commendation for their innovative social enterprise initiative, The Boocycle. Read more.
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Luc Griaud, Alyssa Campbell, Alice Mougin and Maxime Noell
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RUPS students volunteer for Greece refugee crisis
Thanks and congratulations have been coming in for six of our MSc Regional and Urban Planning Studies students who volunteered their time and energy to help with the refugee crisis in Greece. Read more.
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Davide Luca awarded the 2016 G. Leonardi Doctoral Prize
Davide Luca has been awarded the 2016 G. Leonardi Doctoral Prize (equal first) for his PhD thesis ‘Essays on the political economy of development: Elections, public investment and regional economic growth in post-2002 Turkey’. Read more.
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Eric Neumayer
Prof Eric Neumayer has been appointed as LSE’s first Pro-Director for Faculty Development. This new position replaces the previous one of Provost and has primary responsibility for both faculty careers and departmental administration.
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Sylvia Chant
Prof Sylvia Chant has received her award as Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. The Academy, which exists to promote social science in the UK for the public benefit, described Professor Chant as ‘a world-leading figure in international social science, helping to stake out the field of gender and development’. Read more.
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Nancy Holman
Dr Nancy Holman has been awarded an IGNITE! Grant from LSE LTI to support a project on 'Developing professional skills – engagement, consultation and research in urban geography and planning'. Read more.
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Success at LSE Teaching Awards
Many of our Geography & Environment colleagues won prizes at the LSE Teaching Awards 2016. Well done to: Austin Zeiderman, Neil Lee, Sefi Roth, Riccardo Crescenzi, Christian Hilber, Joel Gill, John Wilkie, Julius Andersson, Emanuele Campiglio and Alex Jaax! Read more.
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Austin Zeiderman receiving his award
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Fanny Blanc talks about her experience studying MSc RUPS click here
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Mfundo Mlilo talks about his experience studying MSc RUPS click here
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Kiana Otsuka talks about her experience studying MSc RUPS click here
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Watch our updated MSc REEF video
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Public lectures and seminars
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On 7 June 2016 the Department hosted a book launch to celebrate the publication of Endanged City by Dr Austin Zeiderman. On the panel were Prof Matthew Gandy (University of Cambridge), Prof Gareth A Jones (LSE) and Dr Kate Maclean (Birkbeck, University of London). Watch the video / listen to the podcast.
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