LSE Newsroom: Recent Episodes
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Contributor(s): Dr Sara Evans-Lacko | A world first study shows that workplace depression is now a global issue, costing countries billions of dollars a year in lost productivity. Dr Sara Evans-Lacko discusses the economic costs of depression in eight different countries and the urgent need for governments and employers to tackle mental health issues.
Contributor(s): Mona Morgan-Collins | What impact did women have on political parties when they first won the right to vote? Mona Morgan-Collins reveals some surprising findings.
Contributor(s): Annette Bauer | Perinatal mental illness affects 20% of young mothers, costing the UK an estimated £6.6 billion a year. Dr Annette Bauer discusses the condition, the UK Government’s recent £292 million investment in perinatal mental health and how this money could be spent most effectively.
Contributor(s): Professor Martin Knapp | In a new LSE study, Martin Knapp explains why neglecting mental illness among young people is a ‘moral scandal’ with serious economic consequences.
Contributor(s): Winnie M Li | Seven years after being sexually assaulted in a Belfast park, 37-year-old Winnie M Li has embarked on a PhD at LSE to investigate how social media can help rape survivors heal.
Contributor(s): Tara Lai Quinlan | Doctoral candidate Tara Lai Quinlan compares the different counter terrorism measures in London and New York targeting Muslims.
Contributor(s): Ernestina Coast | Around 30 per cent of maternal deaths in Zambia each year are due to unsafe abortions. Ernestina Coast explains why Zambian women continue to take unnecessary risks to end unwanted pregnancies, despite abortion being legal in their country since 1972.
Contributor(s): Josie Dixon | A major report released by LSE reveals widespread inequities in the UK’s palliative care system, with key groups missing out and large gaps in services, communication and responsibilities.
Contributor(s): Carl Cullinane | In the lead-up to a predicted cliffhanger election on 7 May, Carl Cullinane from Democratic Audit discusses the launch of LSE's new voter information website, democraticdashboard.com and how it will help voters decide who should run the country.
Contributor(s): Kat Kimmorley | LSE Student Entrepreneur of the Year, Kat Kimmorley, has set herself an ambitious goal: to light up the lives of more than one million slum dwellers in India over the next five years.
Contributor(s): Professor Stuart Corbridge | On the centenary of Arthur Lewis’s birth, LSE Deputy Director and Provost Professor Stuart Corbridge discusses the Nobel laureate’s contribution to development economics at LSE and the world at large.
Contributor(s): Joan Costa-i-Font | Men growing up in a democracy are likely to be taller than their communist counterparts, says Dr Joan Costa-i-Font, who also discusses the link with height, earning potential and political fortunes.
Contributor(s): Sean Kippin | Sixteen year olds in the UK can’t drink, drive, get a tattoo or watch an R-rated film. Why should we give them voting rights? Sean Kippin, Managing Editor of Democratic Audit at LSE, sums up the different views.
Contributor(s): Jill Stuart | Forty five years after the Moon landing, outer space still holds a fascination for the world, associated with prestige, political and military power.
Contributor(s): Jonathan Ashong-Lamptey | The lack of black, Asian and ethnic minorities in the professions is more likely due to the UK’s entrenched workplace culture rather than overt racism, says Jonathan Ashong-Lamptey.
Contributor(s): Dr Aleksi Aaltonen | Moves app co-developer Dr Aleksi Aaltonen provides some salient advice for budding LSE entrepreneurs.
Contributor(s): Claire Milne | Nuisance calls are on the increase in the UK, exposing the elderly and vulnerable to financial scams. Legislation is proving inadequate so the onus is falling back on individuals and telephone companies to take action, says Claire Milne from LSE’s Department of Media and Communications.
Contributor(s): Adam Greenfield | Does the smart city concept put technology ahead of people, ignoring the very things that make us human? Adam Greenfield, Senior Urban Fellow in LSE Cities, discusses the growing public scepticism around claims that intelligent operating systems and data analytics are the key to our future.
Contributor(s): Jens Meierhenrich | Does social media wield the power we think it does? Not when it comes to mobilising the masses to action, according to Jens Meierhenrich from LSE's International Relations Department.
Contributor(s): Jeremy Horder | Hospital patients who have been subjected to gross mistreatment and appalling standards of healthcare will be protected by a new criminal offence of ‘wilful neglect’ under plans sanctioned by the UK Government.
Contributor(s): Leyla Mahirah Nor | Getting the best value from an LSE degree is not just about securing an academic qualification. Actuarial Sciences student Leyla Nor explains why LSE’s numerous volunteering opportunities have given her the best student experience possible.
Contributor(s): Dr Ben Voyer | Major global brands are at risk of failing to win new customers from Eastern countries because they don’t take into account key cultural differences when marketing their products, according to Dr Ben Voyer, a Visiting Fellow in LSE’s Department of Psychology.
Contributor(s): Professor Martin Knapp | More funding directed towards counselling and psychotherapy services in the UK could help curb escalating costs in public and mental health and ensure the country’s future wellbeing. This is the consensus of a new, independent report authored by Professor Martin Knapp, Director of the Personal Social Services Research Unit and Professor of Social Policy at LSE.
Contributor(s): Dr Daniel Knight | Solar energy could lower both crippling domestic energy costs in Greece and also provide the debt-ridden country with a valuable export commodity, according to Dr Daniel Knight, a postdoctoral research fellow from LSE’s European Institute.
Contributor(s): Alan Fenwick | Professor Alan Fenwick of Imperial College London directs the Schistosomiasis Control Program to assist countries in sub Saharan Africa control schistosomiasis, intestinal helminths and other neglected tropical diseases. Along with colleagues from Africa and Europe, he is appealing for anthropologists and drug companies to work more collaboratively and find middle ground.
Contributor(s): Johannes Sommerfield | Social scientists, biological experts and governments need to work more collaboratively in Africa to control neglected tropical diseases, according to World Health Organization (WHO) tropical diseases expert Dr Johannes Sommerfeld. Dr Sommerfeld discusses the importance of work by anthropologists in this field, including LSE’s Head of International Development, Professor Tim Allen.
Contributor(s): Mutamid Amin | Controlling one of the most chronic parasitic diseases in Sudan – schistosomiasis – requires more than medical intervention from international drug agencies, according to Professor Mutamid Amin from the Afhad University for Women in Omdurman, Sudan. Education, behavioural change and community support of the drug treatment programmes are all part of the solution.
Contributor(s): John Gyapong | In spite of the great successes achieved in eliminating lymphatic filiaris (elephantiasis) in sub-Saharan Africa, there are still major challenges that need to be addressed, says Professor John Gyapong from the University of Ghana. Professor Gyapong was one of 20 experts who attended a workshop co-hosted by LSE recently, calling for more effective monitoring of mass drug administration programmes.