Tom Kirk

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

Post Archive

30 August 2018
Underestimating one’s opponent and denying the possibility of the worst is not a sound political strategy. Distinguishing between what one hopes will happen and what is likely to…
29 August 2018
Matt Flynn explores the social and economic benefits of aging populations.  People are generally living longer than previous generations across most parts of the world. Rising…
28 August 2018
Firms need to listen to and understand the needs of the women they wish to attract and retain, write Dulini Fernando, Laurie Cohen and Joanne Duberley. While women have made…
28 August 2018
It's time to let nature back into our water management systems. New York City faced a challenge in the 1990s: the city needed a new water filtration system to serve its nearly 8…
24 August 2018
The 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes a provision by U.S. Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) to establish a Cyberspace Solarium Commission. According to Sen. Sasse,…
23 August 2018
Alison Gillwald explores why the socially and economically marginalized remain unable to harness the internet to enhance their well-being. Much has been made of the digital…
23 August 2018
Morgan D. Bazilian and Saleem H. Ali explore the possibilities of using pipelines, or other energy infrastructure, as a basis for peace. The compelling possibilities of using…
22 August 2018
1968 was a revolution that shaped our age, but it’s 1968’s counter-revolution that is killing us today. This year’s fiftieth-anniversary media celebration of 1968’s ‘year from…
21 August 2018
Francesca Rhodes, Oxfam’s Gender Policy Adviser on campaigns, policy and influencing. The aid sector’s sexual exploitation and abuse crisis  put into stark spotlight the unequal…
20 August 2018
Crime and Global Justice: The Dynamics of International Punishment by Daniele Archibugi and Alice Pease. Polity Press. 2018. In Crime and Global Justice: The Dynamics of…
20 August 2018
Research on the causes and affects of inequality has risen in recent years, with many seeing it as a threat to global governance and cooperation to tackle pressing challenges.…
17 August 2018
Since the resignation of Boris Johnson and David Davis, ostensibly in response to Theresa May’s Chequers plan for the next phase of Brexit negotiations, many have quite…
16 August 2018
Marie Curie Research Fellow, Alexander Krauss, explains why despite social and medical sciences depending on randomised control trials, they face more biases than…
15 August 2018
Odette Chalaby introduces a new award for advocates on gender equality. Some advocates for gender equality — think Justin Trudeau, Malala Yousafzai and Julia Gillard, former…