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March 1, 2021
Who loses out from Open Access journals? Plus the weirdness of the Magisterium
Maria Faciolince and I have a paper out in a Development and Change special collection on Open Access in academic publishing (full disclosure: Maria did most of the work). One of the concerns about how OA is playing out is that many journals have responded by introducing ‘author processing charges’ (averaging around £2,000 per article). […]
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February 28, 2021
How a Women’s Organization became ‘chief architects’ of the COVID-19 response in Southern India
Guest post by Aysha Shamsuddin We live in times where solidarity has emerged as more critical than anything else. Not even a day goes by without coming across some extraordinary stories of solidarity and leadership. I would like to discuss one such story of a women’s solidarity network- Kudumbashree from Kerala, a small state in […]
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February 26, 2021
February 24, 2021
When throwing evidence and facts is not enough. How Change Happens in the Humanitarian System
Here’s a sentence you don’t often hear. I just read a really interesting conference report. Transforming Change: How Change Really Happens and What we can do about it, by Paul Knox Clarke, summarizes a big 2017 discussion on the drivers of change in the humanitarian system, as well as the blockers. I reported on it […]
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February 23, 2021
Watching the ICC Judgement of LRA commander Dominic Ongwen with Ugandan victims of enforced marriage
This piece by Jackline Atingo is an edited version of a post first published on the Africa at LSE blog The conviction of Lord’s Resistance Army commander Dominic Ongwen at the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity has been met with mixed reactions in northern Uganda, where many survivors live today. […]
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February 22, 2021
How can a Book Change the World? The theory of action behind Kate Raworth and the Doughnut Economics Action Lab
We’re ending the LSE’s ‘Cutting Edge Issues’ lecture series with some real gems. Most recently, it was Kate Raworth, originator of the doughnut, presenting her work in trying to turn a book into global action via the Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL). Do watch her talk (not least if you want lessons from a truly […]
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February 21, 2021
Links I Liked
Vaccines hogging the headlines this week: Huge variations in vaccine hesitancy btw countries and over time. Twitter responses to my request for explanations highlighted legacy of previous public health campaigns / controversies; a function of deference to authority intersected with examples of historical abuse of science by governments; spread of the internet and false information […]
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February 19, 2021
February 17, 2021
What kinds of ‘Agency’ are emerging as grassroots organizations respond to Covid?
Six months in, the ‘Emerging Agency in a time of Covid’ project is coming along nicely, and starting to generate some interesting insights. We recently spent 90 minutes on a call with the ‘cluster convenors’ – people who have offered to host discussions with groups of people around the world on particular issues (faith organizations, […]
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February 16, 2021
How to change policy and practice at city level? A discussion with some influencers.
Spent an enjoyable couple of hours last week chatting to some students doing the LSE MSc in Cities course about their group projects. These were aimed at designing initiatives to promote different aspects of sustainability and emissions reductions in major cities: Montreal (building regulations); Bogotá (transport); Freetown (natural habitat) and Amsterdam (consumption). We covered some […]
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