Urbanisation, Planning and Development
A new publication by Professor Sylvia Chant is featured in the January issue of Sight and Life Magazine, ‘Addressing World Poverty Through Women and Girls: A Feminised Solution?’ A free and downloadable version of the article is available directly through Sight and Life.
Event Description: UPD Seminar by Prof Mercedes González de la Rocha (CIESAS del Occidente, Mexico), 8 November 2016 Contributed by Ulises Moreno Prof Mercedes González de la Rocha was introduced warmly by her long-time colleague and friend, Prof Sylvia Chant. Prof González de la Rocha has been a professor of social anthropology at CIESAS del…
Event description: LSE LACC Superclase with Prof Mercedes Gonzalez de la Rocha, CIESAS Occidente, 10 Nov 2016 Contributed by Pablo Navarrete and Mara Nogueira In a specially arranged masterclass with PhD students working on Latin America, Professor Gonzalez de la Rocha (CIESAS Occidente) presented her most recent work offering critical empirical, conceptual and methodological insights…
Janetta Deppa (MSc UD, 2016-17) and Programme Director, Professor Sylvia Chant both had photographs exhibited at LSE’s 2016 Research Festival. Sylvia Chant’s photograph ‘Most Treasured Posessions’ was Highly Commended. Janetta’s photo, entitled ‘Sehitler Ölümsüzdür’ (translated: The Immortal Martyrs) of our Generation: Migrants Living on the Margin, was taken while conducting field work in Istanbul, in…
Event Description: Alumni Careers Evening for LSE Urbanisation and Development, 4 November 2016 Contributed by Gabriel Torres, MSc Urbanisation and Development student, 2016-17 Under light rain and plenty of smiles, the second annual LSE Urbanisation and Development Alumni Careers Evening brought together the current cohort of MSc Urbanisation and Development students, past alumni from the…
Professor Sylvia Chant’s new article ‘Galvanizing girls for development? Critiquing the shift from “smart” to “smarter economics”‘ published in the 10 August edition of Progress in Development Studies and is now available online through SAGE Journals. Abstract: This article traces the mounting interest in, and visibility of, girls and young women in development (WID) policy,…
UPD Cluster members strive to produce high quality teaching. Towards the end of the 2015-16 academic year, several cluster members were nominated for the 2016 LSE Student Union Teaching Excellence competition. The competition is based on student nominations, and the Student Union administer the selection process. Big congratulations to Dr Austin Zeiderman who won the Award for…
Three new volumes in Elgar International Handbooks on Gender for which Professor Sylvia Chant has served as Series Editor since 2011 have been published in close succession this summer on the topics of Gender and Health, Gender in World Politics, and Gender and War. These are benchmark reference works showcasing original and cutting-edge research on…
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