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I'm seeking a postdoc to work with me in the recently established Institute for Inclusive Economies and Sustainable Livelihoods at University of Toronto Scarborough.

📅 Starting date: Sept/Oct 2024 (1 year term, with potential extension to 2 years)
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As UK general election looms, questions of trust (in media, in politics, in democracy) are front of mind. How important is it? How can it be restored?
Join Charlie Beckett Ros Taylor Rafael Behr Laura Gilbert at #LSEFestival 15/6
FREE tickets: lse.ac.uk/Events/LSE-Fes…

I live on a v private school street and we had Conservative canvassers yesterday - this was all they wanted to talk about

Promised I'd write it, so here it is. I think Dominic Cummings is deluding himself if he thinks he was a decentraliser in government. He should get out of SW1 and launch his new start-up party in the natural place for government start-ups: local government. tomforth.co.uk/becomingansw1n…

Observation: option to shutter the UKSPF in favour of national service is an interesting glimpse into the party's thinking as to whether its core vote (and with it the 2019 coalition) is motivated by cultural or economic concerns.

James Anderson's final Test will take place after the UK General Election. If that election results in a new Prime Minister, he will set a new England record as the first to play Tests during the tenures of eight PMs.

Labour's economic agenda has a focus on pragmatism, not ideology, says Neil Lee introducing an essay collection produced by the Social Market Foundation

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At the WIL Seminar, Luis Bauluz showed that spatial #inequality has doubled since the 1980s due to rising top wages in large cities, particularly in the US, UK, Germany, and Canada, with a lesser extent in France.
This rise is partly driven by structural changes.

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Thanks Rowaida Moshrif and World Inequality Lab | WID.world for organizing the seminar. It was great to get your feedback!

A sad loss to parliament - a cerebral, diligent, and dignified MP, often in difficult circumstances

Has been at the heart of the most interesting agendas of the last 14 years, as Minister for Cities, on industrial policy, and the S&T select committee

Labour responses to Conservative announcements are being released within minutes of their being published and are, shall we say, punchy.

Staggering chart of age distributions by Economics Observatory data team for forthcoming new piece with LSE School of Public Policy.

This chart (21 most populous countries) is around three-quarters of the people on earth.

Saturday 15 June is #LSEFestival Family Day! 👨‍👩‍👦

Bring your kids to our Centre Building Square to get creative with campaign poster-making, or to build a dream neighbourhood with Lego! 🧱

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LSE Social Policy seeks LSE Fellow (temporary lecturer) to contribute mainly to general SP course teaching, 2 year post, £1500 p.a. personal research fund, top department and colleagues. Excellent early career opportunity. lse.ac.uk/social-policy/… Please RT

Labour manifesto just dropped