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Geography & Environment

LSE
Houghton Street
London WC2A 2AE

 

Undergraduate enquiries
Lee Mager
a.l.mager@lse.ac.uk|
+44 (0)20 7955 7903

 

Graduate enquiries
Tom Ireland
t.ireland@lse.ac.uk|
+44 (0)20 7955 7496
(MSc Human Geography & Urban Studies Research; MSc Local Economic Development; MSc Real Estate Economics & Finance; MSc Urbanisation & Development)

 

Sam Colegate
s.colegate@lse.ac.uk|
+44 (0)20 7955 6089
(MSc Environment & Development; MSc Environmental Economics & Climate Change; MSc Environmental Policy & Regulation; MSc Regional & Urban Planning Studies; PhD programmes)

 

Department Manager
Elaine Gascoyne
e.gascoyne@lse.ac.uk|

 

Fax: +44 (0)20 7955 7412

 

A centre of international academic excellence in economic, urban and development geography, environmental social science and climate change.

LSE Graduate

LSE Geography & Environment up to 2nd overall in the Complete University Guide 2013|

The department has climbed above Oxford in the latest subject tables, with an impressive score of 99.2 out of 100.
We also retain by far the best graduate prospects rating in the country, proving our students are in high demand with potential employers.

LSE as a whole climbed into 2nd place in the university rankings|, reflecting a strong showing across the School.

 
Giles Atkinson

Dr. Giles Atkinson has been appointed as a member of the Natural Capital Committee|, designed to help the UK government to support and improve the UK’s natural assets. Reporting to the Economic Affairs Committee and the Chancellor, the Natural Capital Committee| has the opportunity to truly influence the economic policy of the UK for the good of the natural environment.

Giles Atkinson| is Reader in Environmental Policy at LSE.

 
PhotoPrize2012

Congratulations to Professor Sylvia Chant| and Dr. Hyun Bang Shin|, for their success in the LSE Photo Prize 2012. Sylvia's picture was awarded 3rd prize overall, while Hyun's image was one of 42 finalists.

You can view their photographs here|.

This year's theme was Overcoming Hurdles.

 
Gensler

The MSc Regional and Urban Planning Studies| is excited to announce the foundation of a new student prize in conjunction with Gensler|.

The winner of the Gensler Best Student Award |will receive a prize of £500 plus the opportunity of an interview with Gensler.

 
Cross Cutting Themes

LSE Geography students win RICS London student awards

Congratulations to Katarzyna Mijakowska  (MSc REEF|)
Andrew Ehrich (MSc RUPS|) for their success in the RICS London student awards this year.

See all of this year's prize winning students in the department.|

 
AkhilGupta

NEXT EVENT: Red Tape: Bureaucracy, Structural Violence, and Poverty in India|

Sixty years after liberation from colonial rule, why has the Indian state been unable to eradicate extreme poverty? Akhil Gupta explores the policies that have resulted in dramatic increases in Indian productivity, but also generated spectacular new forms of inequality.

Akhil Gupta is professor of anthropology and director of the Center for India and South Asia at UCLA.

11th June, 6:30pm, Old Theatre, LSE

 
Diane Coyle

COMING SOON: "Enough": policies for a sustainable economy|

The world's leading economies must explore key policy changes if they are to emerge from current crises with an economy for tomorrow as well as today.

Diane Coyle runs Enlightenment Economics|, is vice chair of the BBC Trust, and a visiting professor at the University of Manchester.

14th June, 6:30pm, New Theatre, LSE

 
David Harvey

Video: David Harvey|

Rebel Cities: The Urbanization of Class Struggle|

Exploring the city as a key arena within which class forces clash.

David Harvey is Distinguished Professor and Director of the Center for Place, Culture and Politics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His books include A Companion to Marx's Capital and Rebel Cities|.

 
Scott Barrett

Audio podcast: Scott Barrett

Climate Treaties and Approaching Catastrophes

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The Lenfest-Earth Institute Professor of Natural Resource Economics, explores whether the prospect of approaching climate catastrophes makes international cooperation on climate change any easier.

 
Francis Salway

Video: Francis Salway|

Why the role of the developer matters |

The CE of property giant Land Securities discusses the importance of developers in strained financial times.

 
LSE

LSE Geography & Environment up to 2nd overall in the Complete University Guide 2013

|The department has climbed above Oxford in the latest subject tables, with an impressive score of 99.2 out of 100.

We also retain by far the best graduate prospects rating in the country, proving our students are in high demand with potential employers.

LSE as a whole climbed into 2nd place in the university rankings|, reflecting a strong showing across the School

 
Study here|: if you are passionate about human geography, environmental science or cliamte change, and want to learn from international experts, you should explore our full range of courses|.
Cross Cutting Themes

LSE Geography student wins national dissertation prize

Congratulations are due to James Mak, recent graduate of BA Geography |at the LSE, who has won the national RGS-IBG Developing Areas Research Group |2011 prize for his undergraduate dissertation entitled, "Spaces in the reconstruction of post conflict Cambodia".

 
LSE Study

LSE student scoops Royal Geographical Society-Economic Geography Research Group's Master's Thesis Award|

Congratulations to Luisa Gagliardi for winning the 2011 award for her thesis 'On the Engine of Innovation: Labour Mobility and Knowledge Spillovers'.  With Etienne LeBlanc's win last year that's two in a row for LSE Geography & Environment.

 
Giles Atkinson

Dr. Giles Atkinson has been appointed as a member of the Natural Capital Committee|, designed to help the UK government to support and improve the UK’s natural assets. Reporting to the Economic Affairs Committee and the Chancellor, the Natural Capital Committee| has the opportunity to truly influence the economic policy of the UK for the good of the natural environment.

Giles Atkinson| is Reader in Environmental Policy at LSE.

 
Claire Mercer

Claire Mercer's NGOs, civil society and democratization: a critical review of the literature is the most cited article this month in the journal Progress in Development Studies.|

Dr Claire Mercer| is Lecturer in Human Geography at LSE.

 
Hyun Shin

Award-winning seminar series|

Dr Hyun Shin and colleagues won the Urban Studies seminar series competition with 'Towards an emerging geography of gentrification in the Global South'. The London seminars took place on 23rd and 24th March at LSE and King's College. See the full programme here.|

 
Innovation and Regional Growth in the EU|
Book publication:|

Innovation and Regional Growth in the European Union|
(Springer|, 2011)

Dr. Riccardo Crescenzi |and Professor Andrés Rodríguez-Pose| investigate the EU's regional growth dynamics and the reasons why peripheral and disadvantaged areas have failed to catch up with the rest of the Union.

 
 

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