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As the world focuses its attention on COP-27 the question of what role science and researchers should play in driving the response to the Climate Crisis is central. As researchers…
Duncan Green looks ahead to a possible future with drastically less aid spending.
Gave a ‘Sussex Development Lecture’ last week. The title (with apologies to John Lennon): ‘…
Andi Hoxhaj argues that Putin’s influence in the Balkans shouldn’t be ignored.
Putin is the world leader that Serbs admire the most and 95% of Serbs see Russia as a true ally…
Nigel Topping, the UN’s High-level Champion for Climate Change for COP26, shares his views on where climate action is succeeding with the World Economic Forum.
According to…
Climate changes to the water cycle are threatening global water security.
We must find solutions to restore water quality and build freshwater resilience.
Innovative and…
In this blog, Damien de Walque and Eeshani Kandpal from the World Bank talk to Xiaoran Xu about their latest policy research report, “Improving Effective Coverage in Health: Do…
Dieter Grimm unpicks the delicate balance needed to realise recent calls to strengthen the EU’s political sovereignty.
While in academic debates it is questioned whether the…
David Blake argues that we need to incentivise bankers not to game the system if we're to avoid future financial crises but this requires global coordination.
Most financial…
Hall, N. (2022) Transnational Advocacy in the Digital Era: Think Global, Act Local. OUP. ISBN: 9780198858744
Spoke on a panel last week in UCL’s Policy and Practice lecture series…
The increasingly complex nature of society and the non-linear nature of policymaking – under rapid digitisation and a tightly interconnected global economy – significantly limit…
Branko Milanovic praises a new book offering a historical analysis of HDI figures whilst warning against the inclusion of democracy within the index.
After two and a half years…
Zhanna Malekos Smith reports on the states racing to stake their claim on, or perhaps in, the metaverse.
Imagine the metaverse as an immersive…
Mobility, Mobilization, and Counter/Insurgency: The Routes of Terror in an African Context by Daniel E. Agbiboa. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2022. 248pp., $70.00…
Post-disaster civil unrest has been historically rare and difficult to quantify, but new research shows that context plays an influential role in determining it.
Degrees of…
Dante showed us the pathway out of the Ukraine war. Dante anticipated both federalism and democracy. And Dante showed us how someday humanity might abolish war.
It’s difficult to…