Tom Kirk

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

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Cameron Boyle discusses the myriad challenges facing global health and the steps the UK Government must take to achieve health equity. We are living in an era of polycrisis.…
This blog reflects on the academic writing experiences of early career researchers in East Africa, building on discussions and writing diaries developed in the context of a…
Pouring billions into emergency projects without sufficient citizen input undermines effectiveness. The bad news remains relentless these days – from the devastating war in…
Amal Chandra argues that India is no longer content with being a passive observer. Instead, it is now actively shaping the global order. As the Russia-Ukraine conflict…
Veronika Bertram introduces the findings of a paper exploring the complexities of international insurance premium support for improving societies’ financial resilience…
The Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the Fund will be held in Washington DC the week of October 21 – 26, 2024. The BRICS+ summit will be held in Kazan, Russia, October 22 –…
Global Policy's Tom Kirk in discussion with students, colleagues and practitioners on combining academic learning with practical work in the development sector.  As we…
In this podcast - the first in a new series for Global Policy - Tom Kirk hosts Jutta Bakonyi and Peter Chonka, authors of Precarious Urbanism: Displacement, belonging and the…
Alan Alexandroff talks to the Emerging Global Governance (EGG) project's Gregory T Chin about the BRICS+. It is with pleasure that I was able to invite my colleague…
Glauco Ortolano argues that Freedom of Expression is still the X of a rather complex democratic equation. George Orwell’s classic literary piece, 1984, seems to have found yet a…
How India can respond to the global health challenges of climate change. The COVID-19 pandemic brought global health security issues back to mainstream geopolitical engagement,…
Stefan Wolff argues that Europe's problems are deeper than who wins or loses in Ukraine. As Russia keeps pounding Ukrainian cities with airstrikes and advances along the frontline…