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Dame Tessa Jowell, Professor in Practice

13 May 2018

It is with great sadness that we learnt of Tessa Jowell’s death. Tessa was Professor in Practice at LSE Cities and the Department of Government and contributed with energy and passion to our programmes. She was most recently at the School in December 2017, reflecting with master’s students on the importance of leadership. Apart from her commitment to public life, Tessa recognised how critical it is to work with young people to improve their life chances, everywhere from young women in India to school-kids in deprived areas of south London. We will miss her enthusiasm, commitment and belief in public service.

Professor Ricky Burdett, Director of LSE Cities

London lectures by Ricky Burdett at Harvard GSD

20 February 2014

LSE Cities’ Ricky Burdett is giving four lectures about London at the Department of Urban Planning and Design at Harvard Graduate School of Design on 18, 20, 25 and 27 February.

The lectures are offered through the course Cities by Design. Each semester the course focuses on a number of cities as case studies, exploring the parameters affecting the formation of contemporary urban environments. Each case is presented over a series of lectures by a distinguished scholar who has a deep familiarity with the examined city. For full details, visit the Harvard website.

Prof. Burdett’s London lectures will focus on the following topics:

February 20 – Towards Organic Urbanism: Transformation of London’s cultural, economic, and physical profile through piecemeal interventions since 2000, fostered by a pro-development planning regime and strong entrepreneurial tradition

February 25 – The 2012 Olympics: The urban design and planning parameters of the massive yet short-lived event, which sought to establish a long-term legacy that would bring homes, jobs, and opportunities to one of London’s less affluent but well-connected communities

February 27 – The Great Leap Eastwards: New development initiatives in East London, anticipated to accommodate most of London’s jobs and population growth over the next 20 years.

Cities by Design – London Lectures
Ricky Burdett, London School of Economics
18, 20, 25 and 27 February 2014, 10:00-11:30am
Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall
48 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA 02138

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New Climate Economy: Call for Evidence

7 February 2014

The Global Commission on the Economy and Climate is a major new international initiative to analyse and communicate the economic benefits and costs of acting on climate change. Chaired by former President of Mexico Felipe Calderón, the Commission comprises former heads of government and finance ministers and leaders in the fields of economics and business.

The New Climate Economy (NCE) is the Commission’s flagship project. The project is being undertaken by a global partnership of research institutes and a core team led by Programme Director Jeremy Oppenheim. An Advisory Panel of world-leading economists, chaired by Lord Nicholas Stern will carry out an expert review of the work.  It aims to provide independent and authoritative evidence on the relationship between actions which can strengthen economic performance and those which reduce the risk of dangerous climate change, and to influence global debate about the future of economic growth and climate action. It will report in September 2014 in advance of the United Nations Climate Summit.

Cities workstream

LSE Cities is leading the NCE research programme on cities. Other key institutions involved in the cities programme include the World Resources Institute (US), the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (India), Stockholm Environment Institute (Sweden) and Tsinghua University (China). The cities research programme for NCE is being led by Graham Floater and supported by Philipp Rode.

The cities workstream aims to assemble the evidence base on the economic opportunities, risks and barriers to cities in taking climate action. This will be used to shape the findings and recommendations of the Global Commission.

The research programme is designed to be grounded in the priorities of economic decision makers. It therefore focuses on how cities can achieve core economic objectives in the context of increased climate risk.

The project’s starting point is therefore to engage directly with the goals and perspectives of key decision-makers: finance and economic ministries at the national level, city mayors and those who take major investment decisions in and around cities. The research will seek to take a rigorously objective and evidence-based approach, independently assessing the evidence from all sides of the debate.

Read a detailed introduction to the cities workstream.

Call for Evidence

To support the development of the Commission’s findings and recommendations, the project is launching a Call for Evidence process. We are inviting contributions from cities, research institutes, think tanks, business organisations, consultancies, academics and civil society organisations. For further details, see the New Climate Economy website.

Read the full call for evidence.

The deadline for submissions is 4 April 2014.

London Policy Conference

11 December 2011

LSE Cities is an affiliate partner of the London Policy Conference, which explores a wide range of policy issues under three key themes: London as a world-class global city; London’s diversity, sustainability and inclusivity for all its citizens; The future of London as a smarter, cleaner, greener city. For detailed programme and information, see the conference website.

Living in the Endless City: reviewed on archidose.com

27 September 2011

LSE Cities new publication Living in the Endless City is reviewed on archidose.com, where it is noted that in the book, “Saskia Sassen … shatters some well-regarded beliefs on the economies of cities today” and “Justin McGuirk’s essay “Understanding the Numbers” is an extremely helpful addition for doing what the title says, while also inserting a dose of skepticism about what data actually tells us.” Read the full review.