News summaries

Major 2.7 million euro research project launched at LSE| (18 March 2010)

The impact of increasing inequalities in income, wealth and education across Europe will be examined in a three year research project launched at LSE.

Politics experts predict hung parliament at next UK election| (15 March 2010)

A hung parliament at the next UK election is predicted by four experts in the new LSE Election Experts Blog.

Europe's 'Phoenix' cities show how to survive a new age of urban limits |(11 March 2010) Europe's hard-pressed cities can show the rest of the world's urban giants how to survive the coming financial, environmental and social crisis predict the authors of a new study.

New report puts electoral system under the microscope|(10 March 2010)

A new analysis of the pros and cons of different voting systems dispels the myths about their effects on government.

The rise of the new man and his handyman| (5 March 2010)

Companies could make their employees more productive by having them work with hardworking friends according to new research

Working with friends can make you more productive says research| (26 February 2010)

Companies could make their employees more productive by having them work with hardworking friends according to new research

LSE academic says UK faces looming ‘oil crunch’| (12 February 2010)

An LSE academic has joined leading business figures to call on the Government to take action to minimise the damage caused by a future 'oil crunch'.

New LSE study on online child safety is first of its kind| (9 February 2010)

The London School of Economics and Political Science has launched the first ever EU-wide survey which asks young people directly about their experiences of internet safety.

Research proves that prevention is cheaper than cure| (1 February 2010)

Preventive social care services more than pays for itself in savings to the NHS, new research shows. 

Global Policy launches with insight and analysis on overseas aid, Afghanistan and how to prepare for the next world crisis| (1 February 2010)

UK Development Secretary Douglas Alexander suggests action on three fronts to help poorer countries during 2010, in an article for the first edition of the new LSE journal Global Policy.

LSE signs up for universities' global green charter| (29 January 2010)

The LSE has joined other leading universities at the World Economic Forum in Davos to sign a Sustainable Campus Charter, which commits it to adopting sustainable policies for its operations, research, and teaching.

Afghanistan civil society meeting at LSE leads to criticism of conference| (28 January 2010)

Afghan community leaders attending a meeting held at the London School of Economics and Political Science have criticised the conference on the future of their country which opens in London today.

Policy interventions needed 'from cradle to grave' to counter entrenched inequalities| (27 January 2010)

The independent National Equality Panel, chaired by LSE's Professor John Hills, argues that policy interventions are needed at each life cycle stage to counter the way economic inequalities are reinforced over people's lives and often on to the next generation.

Incoherent legal reform risks 'death of libel' warn researchers| (27 January 2010)

The adoption of the many current proposals to reform the laws of defamation would leave the media free to publish false allegations with little fear of being put to redress according to a report from a lawyer at LSE. 

Students get a grounding in the big issues as LSE's innovative new course launches| (18 January 2010)

A pioneering academic course that asks every undergraduate to grapple with the some of the world's most important problems has been launched at The London School of Economics and Political Science.

NHS performance better in England than other UK countries finds major new report| (21 January2010)

A new study into the NHS has found England is spending less but performing better than Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Gwyn Bevan, Professor of Management Science at LSE's Department of Management, is one of the authors of the report .

Unmarried fathers are granted parental responsibility to make them 'feel good' writes LSE academic| (12 January 2010)

Unmarried fathers are being granted legal parental responsibility based on whether it makes them 'feel good' rather than the role they play in their child's life, Helen Reece from the London School of Economics and Political Science has found.

Intimate portrait of contemporary Britain and economic migration revealed in new exhibit at LSE (6 January 2010)
|A major new commission by Birmingham-based photographer Andrew Jackson exploring contemporary Britain and economic migration will be exhibited at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) from Monday 11 January.

The online show-offs who threaten our common privacy are on the agenda at conference of media experts|(6 January 2010)
Online 'exhibitionists' who bare their personal lives to the world on the internet may be not just embarrassing themselves but undermining our right to a private life, a conference will hear this week.

Fruit flies and lab mice make the case for re-thinking social science case studies suggests award-winning professor| (15 December 2009)

Just as biologists study fruit flies and laboratory mice so social scientists have good reasons for putting case studies at the heart of their research, argues Professor Mary Morgan who has won a British Academy award to develop her analysis.

Copenhagen agreement could give us a '50-50 chance' of avoiding global warming of more than 2˚C says Nicholas Stern| (2 December 2009)

The world could have a '50-50 chance' of avoiding global warming of more than 2˚C if a strong political agreement can be reached at the United Nations conference in Copenhagen this month, and then implemented, says Lord Stern.

Parents are not welcome as Facebook friends finds LSE study| (1 December 2009)

Young people don't want to be friends with their parents on Facebook, preferring to keep their social and family lives separate, research by academics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) has found. 

Western aid used to fight War on Terror not poverty| (30 November 2009)

Western aid in Afghanistan is being used primarily to support the fight against Al-Qaeda and Taliban insurgency rather than focus on relieving poverty and suffering, according to a new report from the London School of Economics and Political Science.