2014
10 December 2014
HIEF 5 Debate and Expert Panel: Accelerating residential development in London - what could 'change the game'? Part of the HEIF 5 project Housing in London: Addressing the Supply Crisis
3 December 2014
HEIF 5 Workshop: Maintaining and increasing the supply of private rented housing in London. Part of the HEIF 5 project Housing in London: Addressing the Supply Crisis
27 November 2014
Presentation: Planning and Housing - why the continuing tensions? A presentation by Christine Whitehead at the Bartlett School of Planning public lecture series
29 October 2014
HEIF 5 Workshop: Accelerating new housing production in London Part of the HEIF 5 project Housing in London: Addressing the Supply Crisis
15 October 2014
Seminar: Progress and priorities for housing in the capital, presentation by Christine Whitehead at Policy Forum for London's Keynote Seminar
13 October 2014
Lecture: A new direction for London's housing, presentation by Christine Whitehead at GVA's London lecture series
25 September 2014
Seminar: LSE London hosts Brazil-EU dialogue seminar on low income housing finance. Part of the Brazil-EU Social Housing Sector Dialogue series
17 September 2014
HEIF 5 Project Launch: Housing in London: Addressing the Supply Crisis
15 September 2014
Roundtable: Christine Whitehead hosts roundtable on Private Finance for Social Housing
1-6 September 2014
Conference: Christine Whitehead and Melissa Fernandez of LSE London travelled to Brasilia and São Paulo. Part of the Brazil-EU Social Housing Sector Dialogue series
August 2014
Conference: Melissa Fernandez travelled to South Asia as part of the Urbanisation Migration Nexus Project, funded by DFID
27 August 2014
Conference: Kath Scanlon and Melissa Fernandez offer two sessions on co-housing at the Royal Geographical Society 2014 conference.
2 July 2014
Conference: 'The Economics of Cohousing' paper presented by Kath Scanlon and Melissa Fernandez
European Network of Housing Researchers (ENHR) 2014 Conference
27 June 2014
HEIF 5 Conference: 'Migration and the Transformation of London: an international perspective'. Final conference of the HIEF 5 project Migration and the Transformation of London
9 June 2014
HEIF 5 Seminar: Migration and Low Pay. Part of the HIEF 5 project Migration and the Transformation of London
30 June - 4 July 2014
Workshop: Tony Travers Co-Leads LSE Executive Summer School, London and Global Cities: Governance, Planning and Design
24 March 2014
HEIF 5 Conference: How is London being transformed by migration? Part of the HIEF 5 project Migration and the Transformation of London
10 February 2014
HEIF Seminar: Locating Urban Migration: from Census to Street by Dr Suzanne Hall. Part of the HIEF 5 project Migration and the Transformation of London
9 February 2014
Roundtable: LSE London organises roundtable to discuss Mayor's draft Housing Strategy. See Blog ; Press Release and Joint Challenge
24 January 2014
HEIF Roundtable: Migration and the transformation of London’s economy- issues and barriers. Part of the HIEF 5 Project Migration and the Transformation of London
January-March 2014
Lent Term Seminars
- John Lett, Greater London Authority (GLA), 'The office and retail market in London: issues for the London Plan
- Paul Cheshire, London School of Economics (LSE), 'Iconic Design’ as Deadweight Loss? Rent acquisition by design in the constrained London office market'
- Ian Gordon, London School of Economics (LSE), 'Residential displacement and densification effects of international migrants 2001-2011'
- Alex Fenton & Amanda Fitzgerald-Arque Leibniz, University Hannover & CASE, (LSE) Research Officer CASE/STICERD, (LSE), 'Growth and the spatial distribution of poverty in London 2001-2011'
- Christine Whitehead & Kath Scanlon, LSE London, Building London’s Private rented sector
- Duncan Bowie, University of Westminster, 'Alternative development options for London's growth'
2013
6 December 2013
HEIF Seminar: New Migration Regimes and Higher Education. Part of the HIEF 5 project Migration and the Transformation of London
9 October 2013
HEIF Seminar: Feasible Approaches to Estimating the UK's Irregular Migrant Population in April 2011. Part of the HIEF 5 project Migration and the Transformation of London
11 April 2013:
Presentation: Kath Scanlon presented The Impact of skilled non-EU migration on the UK housing market at the NORFACE/CREAM Conference: Migration: Global Development, New Frontiers
1 March 2013:
HEIF 5 Seminar: Migration and Higher Education. Part of the HIEF 5 project Migration and the Transformation of London
January-March 2013
Lent Term Seminars
- Tony Travers, LSE London, 'The purpose and work of the London Finance Commission'
- Richard Brown, London Legacy Development Corporation, 'The Olympic Legacy'
- Alexander Jan, ARUP, 'Road pricing in England: has its time finally come'
- Gerhard Weiss, London Cycling Campaign, 'London’s superhighways and the ‘Going Dutch’ Campaign'
- Matthew Oakley, Head of Economics & Social Policy Exchange, 'Local pay and growth: the London perspective'
- Jo Attwool, Policy Adviser Universities UK, 'London and UK trends in Higher Education'
- Alan Evans, University of Reading, 'Planning and Fuel Use: A Highly Critical Survey'
- Baljit Bains, GLA Economics, 'Update on the demography of London'
- Chris Brown, Igloo Regeneration, 'Community-Led Physical Regeneration: Tottenham and beyond'
- Michael Ward, Smith Institute, 'Localism in London'
2012
31 October 2012
Presentation: Tony Travers spoke on 'Devo max for London? Urban government and fiscal autonomy' as part of the British Government @ LSE public research seminar
5 October 2012:
HEIF Roundtable: Migration and the transformation of London' Roundtable Project Launch
Wednesday 27th June 2012
Debate: Ending the Housing Crisis: Should we ever build on the Green Belt? Part of the British Government @ LSE public research seminar
18 June 2012:
Roundtable: Kath Scanlon formed part of The Guardian's housing network expert panel discussion on 'How Should the Private Rented Sector be Regulated? London in the New Economic & Political environment & The Revival of the Private Rented Sector
January-March 2012
Lent Term Seminars
- Philip Clifford, London Councils, 'The benefit cap in London - headaches on the horizon?'
- Briget Rosewell, Volterra, 'Finance, the Future and London'
- Henry Overman, LSE, 'What should urban policy do? Lessons for London'
- Greg Clark, Global Advisor on City Development, 'London World City: 20 Years On'
- Tony Travers, LSE, 'The Local Government Resource Review – Incentivising Growth'
- Mark Bolstock, LSE 'London and the high speed rail debate: how do we get the Right Line?'
- Tim Newborn, LSE, 'Reading the riots'
- Max Nathan, LSE, SERC, 'Is cultural diversity good for London’s economy?'
- Charles Roxburgh, LSE, 'The Economic Power of Cities: London in a Global Context'
2011
7 December 2011
Presentations: New Briefing Paper Series, Autumn Edition launched
9 November 2011
David Kynaston Public Lecture: The City of London, chaired by Tony Travers
17 October 2011
LSE London submits response to DCLG'sDraft National Planning Policy Framework
Press Release: Academics find common ground on planning reform
11 October 2011
Presentation: A More Secure World – from neighbourhood to globe
5 October 2011
Seminar & Book Launch: Towards a Sustainable Private Rented Sector in the UK
28 September 2011
Roundtable: Draft National Planning Policy Framework
13 July 2011
Report Launch: Realising the benefits of planning-led investigation in the historic environment: a framework for delivery
11 & 12 July 2011
HEIF 4 Conference and Workshop: Bringing together ideas from across and beyond Europe
30 June 2011
HEIF 4 Seminar: The big (suburban) society - community, identity and amenity in outer London Co-hosted with Centre for London
27 June 2011
HEIF 4 Report Launch: Investing in London's Affordable Housing
2 June 2011
HEIF 4 Workshops: The Revival of Private Renting in the UK: Lessons from abroad
2011 Lent Term Seminar Series
Annual series held from January - April
22 March 2011
HEIF 4 Seminar: Immigration and the London Economy
16 March 2011
HEIF Seminar: Poverty and Inequality in London: What Difference will the Coalition's Social Policies Make?
9 February 2011
LSE London responds to DCLG's Planning Framework
Press Release: Academics find common ground on planning reform
28 January 2011
HEIF 4 Seminar: Cooperative Manchester- Complex London? Evolving City Governance
20 January 2011
Lecture: How did London Get Away With It? The recession and the North-South Divide. Co-hosted by LSE Works: Spatial Economics Research Centre
January-March 2011
Lent Term Seminar
- Ian Gordon, LSE, 'Who makes it up the London Escalator? Ambition, migration and advancement in a big city labour market'
- Alex Fenton, University of Cambridge, 'The spatial implications of Housing Benefit reform in London'
- Mark Kleinman, GLA, 'London’s Diverse Economy'
- David Lunts, Homes & Communities Agency, 'Will we ever build again? Making sense of London's housing market after the crash'
- Alex Plant, Cambridgeshire Horizons, 'Delivering growth in a world of austerity and localism'
- Jeremy Skinner, GLA, 'Projects for economic growth: tax increments and other devolved sources of finance'
- Alan Mace, LSE, 'Outer London: politics, policy & people'
- Ros Dunn, Thames Gateway London Partnership, 'The Thames Gateway: still needed, but still a government priority?'
- Kavita Datta, QMUL, 'The Thames Gateway: still needed, but still a government priority?'
- Michele Dix, Transfer for London, 'The Need for New Airport Capacity for the South East'
2010
November 2010
HEIF 4 Book Launch and Debate: Coping with Austerity: London after October 20th. Part of the HEIF 4 Project Development Workshops: London and the Financial Crisis
October 2010
HEIF 4 Seminar: London's Future: A Scenario Approach. Part of the HEIF 4 Project Development Workshops: London and the Financial Crisis
11 October 2010
New York - London Roundtable: Business Improvement Districts Dialogue
6 October 2010
New York - London Roundtable: Discussion with New York City Comptroller John Liu
2 July 2010
HEIF 4 Seminar: A Mayor and Assembly for London. Part of the HEIF 4 Project Development Workshops: London and the Financial Crisis
March 2010
HEIF 4 Seminar: Transforming London's Public Services with the Government Office for London. Part of the HEIF 4 Project Development Workshops: London and the Financial Crisis
February 2010
HEIF 4 Seminar: The Future of Social Housing in London. Part of the HEIF 4 Project Development Workshops: London and the Financial Crisis
January-March 2010
Lent Term Seminar
- Bridget Rosewell, GLA, Volterra, 'Is London Broke and does it need fixing?'
- Dick Sorabji, London Councils, 'Total Place- London's Public Spending'
- Stephen Glaister, Imperial College, RAC, 'London and national transport policy in a low-carbon, lean public expenditure future'
- Mark Boleat, City of London Policy and Resources Committee, 'The threat to the city from regulatory changes'
- Ian Gordon, LSE, 'The puzzle of worklessness in London'
- Andrew Barry-Purssell, GLA, 'Where are we on the London Plan?'
- Roger Taylor, Host Boroughs Unit, 'Can the 'Olympic Legacy' really change communities?'
- Peter Bishop, LDA Design for London, 'Using urban design strategies for regeneration in London'
- Michele Dix, Transport for London, 'Dealing with London's Growth from a Transport Perspective'
2002-09
9 December 2009
HEIF 4 Seminar: The Draft Replacement London Plan. Part of the HEIF 4 Project Development Workshops: London and the Financial Crisis
January-March 2009
Lent Term Seminars
- Stephen Glaister, Imperial College, 'Roads as Utilities? The need for institutional reform'
- Michael Edwards, The Bartlett School (UCL), 'London planning and the coming crisis'
- Andrew Barry-Purssell, Head of London Plan (GLA), 'Current developments in the London Plan'
- Jon Rouse, Croydon Council, 'Living on the edge: the changing face of the outer London boroughs'
- Douglas McWilliams and Richard Snook, Centre for Economic and Business Research, 'The prospect for the London economy'
- Mark Kleinman, London Councils, 'A City Charter for London'
- Stephen Oakes, Director, London Region, Homes and Communities Agency, 'Affordable housing provision in the recession: the HCA's role'
4 December 2008
Book Launch Seminar: Social Housing Futures: European Experience and Lessons for the UK
January-March 2008
Lent Term Seminars
- Andy Deacon, GLA, 'Climate Change, Energy and Planning in London'
- Mario Abela, London Skills and Employment Board, 'The Skills and Employment Challenge in London: What the Evidence Tells Us'
- Saxon Brettell, City of London Corporation, 'Comparing convergent responses to growth and slump of US and EU metropolitan areas and assessing the implications of the new US slowdown'
- Ricky Burdett, LSE, 'Can the Olympics deliver integration in East London'
- Steve Wilcox, University of York, 'Buy to let and the reconfiguration of London's housing market'
- Stephen Glaister, Imperial College, 'Can we fund Crossrail?'
- Tony Travers, LSE, 'Governing London: the 2008 election and the Mayor's changing powers'
- Jane Wills, Queen Mary, 'London's migrant division of labour'
- Bridget Rosewell, GLA, 'Crossrail - Jobs, Housing and Funding'
January-March 2007
Lent Term Seminars
- Alan Benson, GLA, 'Housing in London - the Mayor's new role'
- John Lett, GLA, 'The London Plan'
- Tracy Kornblatt, IPPR, 'Seminar 2: London's Olympic Legacy'
- Rebecca Tunstall, LSE, 'Twenty-five years on - eleven estates in London'
- Alan Evans, University of Reading, 'The Best Laid Plans or Another Fine Mess?'
- Michael Ward, KTDB, 'Prospects for the Thames Gateway'
- Paul Cheshire, LSE, 'Office Space Supply Restrictions'
- Henry Overman, LSE, The Barker, 'Eddington and Sub-National Reviews'
- Ian Gordon and Christine Whitehead, LSE, 'Some Impacts of Recent Immigration on the London Economy'
January-March 2006
Lent Term Seminars
- Yvonne Rydin, 'Sustainable Construction'
- Ken Jones, 'Regeneration in Barking and Dagenham, ensuring existing communities share the benefits'
- Jim Bennett, 'Gateway People'
- Ian Brown, 'Increasing London's Rail Capacity'
- Nicholas Falk, 'Tomorrow's Suburbs, making London Suburbs more sustainable'
- Mike Coombes, 'English cities and regions: the importance of migration in patterns of growth or decline'
- Peter Hall, LSE, 'The land fetish, a suitable case for Dr Freud?'
January-March 2005
Lent Term Seminars
- Martin Simmons, 'Effective Cross-Border Regional Planning? London and the Rest of the South East'
- Liz Richardson and Christine Whitehead, 'Thames Gateway: Big numbers or big mistake?'
- Duncan Melville, 'London and the UK Economy'
- Stephen Glaister, 'Congestion Charging: Where next?'
January-March 2004
Lent Term Seminars
- Alan Freeman, 'Why are cities not states?'
- Greg Clark, 'What do practitioners do with urban research?'
January-March 2003
Lent Term Seminars
- Robin Thompson, GLA, 'An Overview of Challenges to the London Plan'
- Tony Travers, LSE, 'The Plan's Investment Implications and their Realism'
- Bridget Rosewell, GLA, 'The Plan's Employment Growth Assumptions and their Realism/Certainty'
- Duncan Bowie, GLA, 'The Housing Challenge'
- Robert Upton, RTPI, 'The Plan as an Example of Strategic Planning'
- Robin Murray, Ecologika, LSE, 'Sustainable in the Plan'
- John Hollis, GLA, 'The Plan's Population/Household Forecasts in the Light of the Census'
- Peter Hall, Institute of Community Studies, 'Are the Transport and Spatial Development Plans Consistent and/or Realistic?'
- Martin Simmons, Association of London Government, 'How will the Boroughs Respond? Michael Edwards, UCL, 'The Property Market and the Plan'
January-March 2002
Lent Term Seminars
- Ian Gordon, LSE, 'London - Working Capital: Economic Competiveness and Social Cohesion'
- Kath Scanlon & Karen West, LSE London, 'Strategy, Co-ordination, and the Spatial Development Strategy: The First Nine Months of the GLA'
- Marian Fitzgerald, Mannheim Institute, 'Area, Deprivation, Crime and the Policing of Diverse Communities'
- Christine Whitehead, LSE, 'Key Issues for Key Workers: Affordable Housing in London'
- Mark Kleinman, University of Bristol, 'Steering, Rowing, Waving or Drowning: The New Governance of London'
- Tony Travers, LSE, 'Getting Major Projects Done: The Case of Crossrail'
- Janet Foster, LSE, 'Conciliation and Conflict: A Case Study of Urban Regeneration on the Isle of Dogs in London's Docklands'
- Paul Cheshire, LSE, 'The Economics of Land Use Planning'
- Anne West, LSE, 'Education Policy and London Schools'
February 2002
GEMACA II Seminar
- Ian Gordon, LSE, 'Introduction: What is Regional Competitiveness'
- Paul Cheshire, LSE, 'The Functional Urban Regions: What and why?'
- Dominique Lecomte, 'Economic Position of the Functional Urban Regions'
- Jeremy Kelly, 'The Economic Performance of the Major European Metro Regions Improving their Competitiveness -Commercial Real Estate Development and the "City Offer"'
- Vincent Gollain, 'Science and Technology in Europe'
- Brendan William and Vincent Gollain, 'Economic performance of major European metropolises: The role of Clusters'
- Wolfgang Knapp, 'Urban regional Guidance and Management Structures: a precondition for the competitiveness of metropolitan regions'