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Duncan Green

@duncangreenlse.bsky.social
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LSE Prof in Practice & Director of its 'Activism, Influence & Change programme/blog'. Recovering Exfamer. Current passion teaching/training next & current gen of change makers, both at LSE and beyond. Author How Change Happens, From Poverty to Power

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gquaggiotto.bsky.social @gquaggiotto.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
How African governments responded (or not) to the 2025 aid shock www.cgdev.org/blog/how-afr...
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How African Governments Responded to the 2025 Aid Shock
We examine what African governments actually did or said in response to announcements of aid cuts in 2025; mapping the type, scope, and intensity of government responses, using the previous year as a ...
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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
The 12 most popular posts on LSE Review of Books in 2025. Strikingly left wing readership, with big focus on inequality and evils of capitalism. blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...
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The 12 most popular posts on LSE Review of Books in 2025 - LSE Review of Books
We count down the top 12 most popular posts (ten book reviews, one book extract and one bookshop guide) we published on LSE Review of Books in 2025.
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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Branko's number crunching is always thought provoking
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Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity (AFSEE) @afsee-lse.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
A reminder that applications for the third round of the Atlantic Equity Challenge (AEQ) are now open! The AEQ research grant offers researchers the opportunity to undertake innovative, solutions-oriented, collaborative research on inequalities. 🔗 afsee.atlanticfellows.lse.ac.uk/en-gb/news/a...
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AFSEE announces a third round of the Atlantic Equity Challenge research grant
Dec 03, 2025
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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Abrupt transitions: The Global Humanitarian Overview pushes a dangerous trend: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/202... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
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Abrupt transitions: The Global Humanitarian Overview pushes a dangerous trend
It’s not “hyper-prioritised” crises that should raise red flags, but those at risk of a rushed exit.
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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Syria one year after Assad, deadly hospital strikes in Myanmar and Sudan, and Machado’s Oslo odyssey: The Cheat Sheet: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/12... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
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Syria one year after Assad, deadly hospital strikes in Myanmar and Sudan, and Machado’s Oslo odyssey: The Cheat Sheet
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.
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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
US takes control of Gaza, Trump eyes Sudan deal, and regime change risks in Venezuela: The Cheat Sheet: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/11... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
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US takes control of Gaza, Trump eyes Sudan deal, and regime change risks in Venezuela: The Cheat Sheet
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.
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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Fuelling Sudan’s war, blockading Bamako, and misnomers in Gaza and Lebanon: The Cheat Sheet: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/11... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
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Fuelling Sudan’s war, blockading Bamako, and misnomers in Gaza and Lebanon: The Cheat Sheet
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Pretty extraordinary story here www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
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China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show - BBC News
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Gaza aid trickle, migrant shipwreck deaths, and US-led regime change in Venezuela? The Cheat Sheet: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/10... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
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Gaza aid trickle, migrant shipwreck deaths, and US-led regime change in Venezuela? The Cheat Sheet
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Join us for the launch of the highly anticipated new book by @brankomilan.bsky.social 📖 He reveals the seismic shifts that are shaping our world, with global neoliberalism on its last legs. As the status quo of the past fifty years crumbles, he asks what remains in its wake? 🎟️ buff.ly/ggNJ4pW
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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
The diaspora lifeline that helps keep Somali families afloat: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
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The diaspora lifeline that helps keep Somali families afloat
Somalis abroad send hundreds of millions of dollars home each year, more than official aid flows.
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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Branko Milanovic at his brilliant best, presenting the arguments of his new book, 'The Great Global Transformation: National Market Liberalism in a Multipolar World' Superb. branko2f7.substack.com/p/defeated-b...
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Defeated by the real world
Why did neoliberalism, in its domestic and international components, fail?
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LSE Department of International Development @lseid.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Selen Özen, Amy Lim and Juliana Causin reflect on the first Cutting Edge Guest Lecture with Ha-Joon Chang and Richard Kozul-Wright on" A New New International Economic Order for a New Global Economy" blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
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Cutting Edge Issues in Development with Ha-Joon Chang and Richard Kozul-Wright – A New New International Economic Order for a New Global Economy - LSE International Development
On Friday 3 October, Ha-Joon Chang and Richard Kozul-Wright joined James Putzel for a lecture on “A New New International Economic Order for a New Global Economy,” part of the 2025/26 Cutting Edge Iss...
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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Palestine recognition, al-Sharaa addresses UNGA, and collective climate failure: The Cheat Sheet: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/09... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
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Palestine recognition, al-Sharaa addresses UNGA, and collective climate failure: The Cheat Sheet
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.
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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
An Israeli attack in Doha, a US assassination, and how to pick the next UN chief: The Cheat Sheet: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/09... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
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An Israeli attack in Doha, a US assassination, and how to pick the next UN chief: The Cheat Sheet
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.
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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Gaza “hell” threat, slow Afghan quake aid, and war fears in South Sudan: The Cheat Sheet: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/09... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
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Gaza “hell” threat, slow Afghan quake aid, and war fears in South Sudan: The Cheat Sheet
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.
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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
"The humanitarian principles from 1965 have worked well enough but perhaps they are from a bygone age." Hugo Slim on the history of #humanitarian #reset: major overhauls of the system often in response to changes in funding or political environment or major failures. @duncangreenlse.bsky.social
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Humanitarian Resets Past and Present – where have we come from and where shall we go? - Activism Influence and Change
Hugo Slim looks at the history of ‘humanitarian resets’ – major overhauls of the system, often in response to changes in funding or political environment, or major system failures. This is my eighth…
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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Hugo Slim's latest post on 'Humanitarian resets' (the current one is his 8th!) is a fantastic read and classroom resource for anyone teaching on the evolution of the aid system. blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...
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Humanitarian Resets Past and Present – where have we come from and where shall we go? - Activism Influence and Change
Hugo Slim looks at the history of ‘humanitarian resets’ – major overhauls of the system, often in response to changes in funding or political environment, or major system failures. This is my eighth H...
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Act Build Change @actbuildchange.com · 26/08/2025
Are you looking for work that makes an impact? We're here for you! Our job board is curated specifically for community organisers and is updated regularly. Here are some of this month's highlights 🧵 #Jobs #Changemaker #Hiring #SocialChange #Activist #SocialImpact #Justice
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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Ukraine’s anti-corruption drama: a (temporary) victory, but the battle is far from over Andrii Biletskyi, a Ukrainian anti-corruption lawyer, discusses a recent outbreak of internal politics in Ukraine. blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf... @lhpiron.bsky.social @thepolicypractice.bsky.social
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Ukraine’s anti-corruption drama: a (temporary) victory, but the battle is far from over - Activism Influence and Change
Andrii Biletskyi, a Ukrainian lawyer specialising in anti-corruption, discusses a recent outbreak of internal political struggle in Ukraine. In the middle of an existential conflict with Russia, Presi...
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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Community Organizing – how does it differ from other forms of Activism? I’m hitting a couple of conceptual roadblocks, so thought I would consult the activist hivemind. Over to you. blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...
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Community Organizing – how does it differ from other forms of Activism? - Activism Influence and Change
I’m researching the field of Community Organizing (CO) for a new lecture in our LSE activism course this autumn, and really enjoying it. But I’m hitting a couple of conceptual roadblocks, so thought I...
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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Essential Reading: A tipping point in Gaza, the tsunami disaster that wasn’t, and a rival government in Sudan: The Cheat Sheet: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/08... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
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A tipping point in Gaza, the tsunami disaster that wasn’t, and a rival government in Sudan: The Cheat Sheet
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.
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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
On 15 August it will be four years since the Taliban reclaimed power in #Afghanistan. Hugo Slim argues #humanitarian agencies are suppressing the truth about the Taliban’s persecution of women and girls and that it's time for them to speak out. @duncangreenlse.bsky.social
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Humanitarians and the Truth in Afghanistan - Activism Influence and Change
On August 15 it will be four years since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan. In this long-form essay, Hugo Slim argues that humanitarian agencies are suppressing the truth about the…
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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Rewriting the Rules of Climate Justice: How a student project ended up in a big victory at the ICJ blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...
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Rewriting the Rules of Climate Justice: How a student project ended up in a big victory at the ICJ - Activism Influence and Change
Duncan Green unpacks last week’s ICJ ruling on climate change obligations, using the ‘how change happens’ methodology he developed at Oxfam to look at how the agency of individuals (including some her...
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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Building community engagement in PNG, part 2 — social change and tackling accusations of sorcery. Really interesting example of work in tackling deeply rooted and negative social norms blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...
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Building community engagement in PNG, part 2 — social change and tackling accusations of sorcery - Activism Influence and Change
This is the second post in a three-part series on the DevPolicy blog on the work of a program seeking to strengthen relations between citizens and the state in Papua New Guinea. In my previous post, I...
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Oxfam Policy & Practice @oxfamgbpolicy.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Solidarity is critical to building movements - no one can #MakeChangeHappen alone. Learn more about the power of working with others from #changemakers like Sabah Khan. Register for the course from @oxfaminternational.bsky.social and @openuniversity.bsky.social: bit.ly/OLCMakeChang...
A graphic with a large neon green speech bubble on a white background. Inside the bubble is a bold quote: “Solidarities are critical to any movement. One cannot work alone.” Below the bubble, the quote is attributed to Sabah Khan, Co-founder of Parcham. The Oxfam and The Open University logos appear in the bottom corners.
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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
"We fall, we rebuild, we dance again" – repression and resilience in queer Beirut. If you want to understand the progress of #LGBTQIA+ liberation in #Lebanon’s capital, #nightlife is a great place to start, writes Ghiwa Abi Haidar. @duncangreenlse.bsky.social @oxfaminternational.bsky.social
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‘We fall, we rebuild, we dance again’: repression and resilience in queer Beirut - Activism Influence and Change
If you want to understand the progress of LGBTQIA+ liberation in Lebanon’s capital, our nightlife is a great place to start, says Ghiwa Abi Haidar. In a blog for Pride month, first published by…
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
British politics in all its diversity on display this morning
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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Making change in the health sector: a conversation with 30 activists and influencers from across Southeast Asia. blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...
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Making change in the health sector: a conversation with 30 Asian activists - Activism Influence and Change
Duncan Green reflects on a day spent helping health activists from across South East Asia develop their influencing skills. Are young people getting smarter? That was certainly my impression from a da...
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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
‘We fall, we rebuild, we dance again’: repression and resilience in queer Beirut. By Ghiwa Abi Haidar of @oxfaminternational.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...
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‘We fall, we rebuild, we dance again’: repression and resilience in queer Beirut - Activism Influence and Change
If you want to understand the progress of LGBTQIA+ liberation in Lebanon’s capital, our nightlife is a great place to start, says Ghiwa Abi Haidar. In a blog for Pride month, first published by Oxfam,...
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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
First in a three-part series on the work of the Building Community Engagement in Papua New Guinea (BCEP) program, who I've been working with as a 'critical friend'. Top job, highly recommended. blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...
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Building community engagement in Papua New Guinea, part 1: opening up governance - Activism Influence and Change
This is the first post in a three-part series on the work of the Building Community Engagement in Papua New Guinea (BCEP) program, which seeks to strengthen relations between citizens and the state in...
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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Aid cuts and advocacy: could conflict prevention offer a new direction? Lauren Anderson reflects on the sector’s strategic impasse in the face of aid cuts — and makes the case for a more politically attuned repositioning of conflict prevention efforts. blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...
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Aid cuts and advocacy: could conflict prevention offer a new direction? - Activism Influence and Change
In this post, Lauren Anderson, an advocacy and campaigns professional working in conflict and humanitarian response, reflects on the sector’s strategic impasse in the face of aid cuts — and makes the ...
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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Where are we at on ‘policy space’ and making trade and investment rules work for developing countries? Summary of fascinating week's discussions with development leaders at @soas-dld.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf... @soaseconomics.bsky.social @soasuni.bsky.social
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Where are we at on ‘policy space’ and making trade and investment rules work for developing countries? - Activism Influence and Change
I spent four days discussing ‘policy space’ for trade, industrial and investment policies last week. I haven’t really worked on it since the early 2000s, when I lived and breathed these topics in my a...
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Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
"The Labour party came into being to further the interests of the least well-off. That mission now demands that the burden of taxation moves from income to wealth. " Phillip Collins on why we need a wealth tax www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/econom...
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Hand-me-down economics
The accumulation of great wealth in the hands of a few has broken Britain’s social contract. Will Labour be bold enough to do the right thing?
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Ethical Storytelling can Help Us Fight Back after the Aid Cuts - Activism Influence and Change
As the international development sector faces tremendous pressures, many NGOs are in danger of neglecting ethical communications in pursuit of desperately needed fundraising. But as Jess Crombie argue...
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SOAS Development Leadership Dialogue @soas-dld.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
🚨⚠️ WE ARE HIRING!!! ⚠️🚨 🌍 @soasuni.bsky.social DLD Institute is looking for a Research and Communications Fellow📌 ✨Join our vibrant academic community at SOAS! 🌏 🔗Apply here ⬇️ vacancies.soas.ac.uk/job/729237
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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
How can faith-based advocates ‘faith up’ their influencing? Latest post on a convo with Christian Aid, Islamic Relief and other faith-based advocates blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...
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How can faith-based advocates ‘faith up’ their influencing? - Activism Influence and Change
Duncan Green reflects on a recent workshop with Islamic Relief and Christian Aid, aimed at helping their advocacy work become more deeply rooted in faith-based values and narratives. The training/faci...
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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Analysing the Fall of al-Bashir: Unpacking Sudan’s 2019 Revolution. Check out the Hans Rosling style moving blobs on the stakeholder maps! blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...
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Analysing the Fall of al-Bashir: Unpacking Sudan’s 2019 Revolution - Activism Influence and Change
This post from Love-Lis Liljeström, Hattie Macleod, Becky Oswalt and Javier Mijares-Cisneros explores Sudan’s 2019 Revolution using frameworks and analysis tools from our DV455: Advocacy, Campaigning ...
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Naomi Hossain @naomihossain.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
I wrote about the challenge of research impact for contemporary development studies on @duncangreenlse.bsky.social new Activism Influence and Change blog blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...
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Research impact is for life, not just for REF funding - Activism Influence and Change
SOAS Professor Naomi Hossain reflects on the deep personal meaning of ‘research impact’ and the dissonance that arises from conventional efforts to measure it. She argues that real world events have m...
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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Naomi Hossain of SOAS with a moving and personal reflection on the gulf between the conventional approach to research impact and what it means to her, as an academic, who has devoted a lifetime to helping change Bangladesh. blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...
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Research impact is for life, not just for REF funding - Activism Influence and Change
SOAS Professor Naomi Hossain reflects on the deep personal meaning of ‘research impact’ and the dissonance that arises from conventional efforts to measure it. She argues that real world events have m...
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
‘The argument with the public [about international aid] was not lost in the past few years, it was lost somewhere around 2012-2013.’ Great blog from @duncangreenlse.bsky.social with clear ideas on building the idea of development as solidarity blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...
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What does the UK public really think about aid? From someone who knows. - Activism Influence and Change
David Hudson, an academic with years of research on public opinion on aid, responds to a UK Government Minister’s recent comments about public support (or in the minister's view, the lack of it). I co...
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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Road sign in Peckham Rye, south London. Must be the heat.
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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
How mothers are using creativity and authenticity to bring about change. Maya Mailer unpacks the theory of change of Mothers Rise Up, an innovative climate change group. blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...
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How mothers are using creativity and authenticity to bring about change - Activism Influence and Change
Maya Mailer unpacks the theory of change of an innovative climate change group, which uses ‘artivism’, narratives of hope and the social status of mothers to talk to parts of the private sector that o...
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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
'we are continually struck by how people within aid (including ourselves) are reluctant to weigh their agency and power within it.' Smart insights from @markmoran.co.uk and @lisadenny.bsky.social devpolicy.org/the-four-pol...
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The four political economy fields of development programming - Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre
Political economy analysis should encompass the aid allocation and distribution process, not just partner-country dynamics, say Mark Moran and Lisa Denney.
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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Closed Gaza aid sites, deadly Nigeria floods, and Trump’s travel ban 2.0: The Cheat Sheet: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/06... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
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Closed Gaza aid sites, deadly Nigeria floods, and Trump’s travel ban 2.0: The Cheat Sheet
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.
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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Great idea and a lovely post from @lewisd100.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
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Towards a development humanities - LSE International Development
Professor David Lewis makes a case for a new field of Development Humanities (DH): the idea of widening the scope of development studies beyond just economics and the other social sciences to engage m...
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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
What Stops Students from Volunteering – and How That Could Change. The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) International Development student Ben Andrews presents his personal project for our Masters module on activism. blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...
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What Stops Students from Volunteering – and How That Could Change - Activism Influence and Change
LSE student Ben Andrews presents his campaign proposal for our Masters module in Advocacy, Campaigns and Grassroots Activism. He aims to cultivate culture shift to create more space for volunteering a...
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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
As global humanitarian funding is slashed, here are six ways to back local leadership views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/05/huma...
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As global humanitarian funding is slashed, here are six ways to back local leadership - Views & Voices
Where can and should governments fill the gap? How can we improve peer support? How can we scale up good practice? Amy Croome on key takeaways from a gathering last month in Nairobi of civil society l...
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