We’re pleased to launch a new report on our activities from July 2012 to September 2014.

The report includes extracts from selected publications and research outputs, an overview of all the public lectures and seminars hosted by the department as well as information on our projects, staff, advisers, governing board members and students.

Click here to read the report.

The workshops introduce a varied group of London Sixth Formers to some of the methodological challenges opened up by LSE Cities research project European Metromonitor. The project investigates the way in which European cities have responded to the 2008 recession. The workshops are structured around a number of computer-based exercises that explore the difficulties encountered in finding a comparable definition of a city for the 30 countries in the project sample, the various ways in which the performance of a city in an economic recession can be measured and the ways in which visualisations (both static and web-based) can be used to shed light on dynamics and allow for an interactive learning experience.

For more information please visit the European Metromonitor microsite here.

Watch Philipp Rode interviewed by The Economist on the challenges facing urban transport: http://bit.ly/1DaP1K5 

Nikolas Thomopoulos to publish report on the Regional Studies Association workshop, ‘Theory and practice of using ICT to facilitate smart and green regional development’,  held in Thessaloniki, Greece on 5-6 June 2014.  The report will be published in Regions Magazine. For more information click here.

David Hill writes in the Guardian on Tessa Jowell’s lecture at LSE Cities. Jowell’s speech at the London School of Economics on Monday night was her inaugural lecture as Professor of Practice with LSE Cities and the Department of Government. Jowell addressed public disenchantment with politics and how devolving power might put that right.

You can read the full article here.

Ricky Burdett contributes essay to Uneven Growth: Tactical Urbanisms for Expanding Megacities, published by the Museum of Modern Art, New York. For further details click here.