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Angela Robinson and Paul Piff explore how inequality causes an empathy gap.
For many, wealth may seem like an unmitigated good – the more of it you have, the better. After all,…
Building a culture of philanthropy in the global South is a herculean task, but small grants can still make big changes. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on funding…
Dani Quah argues that we ought to consider multiple pathways to economic success.
Some reckon there is just one way to run the world.
That singular path is the set of ideals…
Roland Benedikter and Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski explore the ambiguous future of Germany’s refugee crisis.
The refugee and migrant crisis has been one of the most important and…
Is there a way to stabilize or even reverse climate change and thus avert a potentially catastrophic scenario that could threaten human civilization as we know it? In the…
Duncan Green explores the potential for collaborations between academics and NGOs.
I attended the annual awayday of the LSE’s International Development Department last week (I’m…
Efforts should be made to up-skill workers and build them affordable homes near the new jobs, writes Avinash Persau.
Britons voted to leave the EU by 52% to 48%. The EU is a…
David Ritter explores the World’s confusion over Australia’s lack of action over the deteriorating state of the Great Barrier Reef.
There are aspects of every liberal democracy…
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Human rights scholarship and advocacy claim to be grounded in universality, yet both are anything but in their privileging the Western role in building an international human…
How can we foster inter-disciplinary understandings of complex global issues?
To foster a more comprehensive and holistic understanding of complex issues interdisciplinary…
Peter Vanham explores what we, as individuals, may have to do to live in an aging world.
Here’s a shocking insight: we’ll all live 100 years, and we’re not at all prepared for it.…
Global Democratic Theory: A Critical Introduction by Daniel Bray and Steven Slaughter. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2015. 272 pp, £55 hardcover 978-0-7456-8087-3, £16.99 paperback 978…
In this interview, Bue Rübner Hansen and Cameron Thibos explore how cities and activists across Europe are fighting their national governments to better welcome refugees.
Cameron…
For decades, the US has used sanctions against countries and regimes where they seek to encourage change. But what determines whether or not the US imposes sanctions in the first…