Tom Kirk

Tom is GP's Online Editor and researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science. 

Post Archive

22 February 2024
Sander van der Linden, Lee McIntyre and Stephan Lewandowsky argue that people can be inoculated against the effects of disinformation.  With over half the world’s…
21 February 2024
Ubuntu is based on a simple yet radical premise, that there are no primary differences between people. If we take that message into our politics and legal systems we can address…
20 February 2024
Jess Crombie explores data from new research into the humanitarian and development sector's enduring problem. The term Poverty Porn (coined in 1985); the widely criticised (though…
14 February 2024
Kristian Alexander draws inspiration from youth activists around the world for those looking to advocate in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). MENA youth part of global…
13 February 2024
One of the best things about the course I give on ‘Influencing for Senior Leaders: Analysis, Strategy, and Practice’, with Global Policy's Tom Kirk, is the anecdotes…
12 February 2024
Shafiq Ahmad Kamboh and Muhammad Ittefaq discuss climate activism in the Global South, highlighting the need for advocating eco-friendly agri-livestock practices and cleaner…
07 February 2024
Farida T. Bena explores steps towards a UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation. A few months ago, I interviewed Abdul Muheet Chowdhary (below…
06 February 2024
We must transition to a brain-positive economy, a global goal to stop and reverse the loss of brain capital, which puts a premium on brain health and brain skills in accomplishing…
05 February 2024
Daniel Clausen engages three AI "research assistants" to help him look into his profession's new normal. Where does the machine end and the researcher begin? I say this as I…
01 February 2024
A selection of the latest Early View Articles from the journal.         RESEARCH ARTICLES Perceptions of social credit systems in Southeast Asia: An …
01 February 2024
In Quest of a Shared Planet: Negotiating Climate from the Global South by Naveeda Khan. New York: Fordham University Press, 2023. 227 pp., $90 hardcover 9781531502775, $24.95…
29 January 2024
Vali Stan, Lukas Linsi and Daniel Mügge use research on the US-China trade relationship to argue that states' newfound enthusiasm for protectionist policies will have to face the…
23 January 2024
Adam William Chalmers and Robyn Klingler-Vidra introduce new research charting the decline of Corporate America's wokeism since 2020. Many corporations have been keen to identify…