Highlighting current research at LSE.
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Ethics and the importance of dialogue|
In Plato’s time, dialogues were one of the most popular forms of philosophical enquiry and writing. Alex Voorhoeve explains why he has chosen to construct his new book, Conversations on Ethics, in the same way.
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Colonising Knowledge in the Kingdom of Kandy|
Dr Sujit Sivasundaram shows how local knowledge in Sri Lanka was used as a means of resistance against the British in the 1800s, and subsequently absorbed and adopted by the colonists as their own.
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The Politics of Personal Identity|
Too much information? Dr Edgar Whitley questions whether the government’s plan to protect us from identity fraud through its proposed ID card scheme could backfire.
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Bioweapons: risk and response|
Could stoking the fear of a biological weapons attack make it more likely to happen? Dr Filippa Lentzos explains.
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Psychotic savants|
Dr Christopher Badcock presents a radical revision to the current classification of mental disorders
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Panic on the Streets of London|
Research economist Mirko Draca explains how the July 2005 terrorist attacks became a "natural experiment"on the effect numbers of police have on crime.
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Dysfunctional markets|
The huge expansion of the global financial system in recent decades has now culminated in a devastating downfall according to Dr Paul Woolley.
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