An overview of #landmines and spatial development London Business School London Business School_Alumni Think Magazine. Some ideas on the clearance prioritization for Ukraine. Lessons from the important work of The HALO Trust, Humanity & Inclusion U.S., GICHD, UNMAS , @UN, in #Mozambique

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Mark Mazower Financial Times on the week that shook my alma mater Columbia University
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What do the stories of Africa's past teach about society in the present and future?

Zeinab Badawi will join us at London Business School on 14th May for the the launch of her new book “An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence”: bit.ly/4aVGsEJ

Everyone must be really scared of the specter of authoritarian populism that haunts the world, as more than 30,000 have watched our discussion with Steve Davis at Hoover Institution podcast on our collection of research with Sergei Guriev for JEL (@AEAjournals)

hoover.org/research/polit…

congratulations Zeinab Badawi. We look forward to hosting you London Business School Wheeler Institute for Business and Development on Tuesday, May 14, at 5.30PM. You can register and join us in person (central London) or via zoom.⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Spanish drought pits tourists against locals in contest for water via Financial Times
Συντομα Κοντά Σας on.ft.com/4cYEeX9

maybe relevant for Greece. maybe.....

The Wheeler Institute is delighted to welcome Zeinab Badawi, award-winning broadcaster, journalist, and President of SOAS University of London, to London Business School on Tuesday 14th May 2024: bit.ly/4aVGsEJ

Response to an exam question when you have not bothered opening the book....

Thank to Steven Davis (Stanford University & Hoover Institution) for the hospitality, discussing research on #populism , drawing on our AEA Journals JEL review with Sergei Guriev (@ScPoEcon and soon London Business School)

Congratulations Giovanni Ricco 🇪🇺🇺🇦 and Silvia Miranda-Agrippino. Top-notch research

We need to redesign our society to maximize the advantages of increased longevity for all. #Longevity #FutureWellbeing #longevityimperative

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Dina D. Pomeranz 🟣 Econ RA Listings Ingar Haaland Rudi Bachmann Thanks for sharing this PreDoc call (also personally if know someone)
Ruben Durante Elias Papaioannou Joachim Voth Sascha O. Becker Axel Dreher Dominic Rohner Florian Ederer Peter Hull Christoph Trebesch Prof. Monika Köppl Turyna Lorenz Kueng Economics at Zurich Lisandra Flach Ludger Woessmann Erik Hornung

Today is International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. In 2019, Giorgio Chiovelli, Elias Papaioannou, et al. urged the international community to step up its efforts to clear minefields in former conflict zones. bit.ly/43JpJ5o

Today marks International Day for Landmine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, sadly more relevant given Ukraine. Project Syndicate summary of our work with Stelios (@BrownUniversity) and Giorgio Chiovelli. Big benefits from clearance, especially via transportation
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‘London Business School’s Andrew J Scott spoke at a recent Wheeler Institute for Business and Development event, talking to The New York Times’ Patti Cohen about his new book, #TheLongevityImperative “[Longevity] is absolutely a key individual and collective priority,” said Scott.
london.edu/news/professor…

For the final part of our International Women’s Day campaign, we interviewed Chinemelu Okafor, PhD candidate at Harvard University, and research collaborator with the Wheeler Institute: International Women’s Day Spotlight: bit.ly/4aIXMNr

#IWD #WomeninBusiness #Research

Life (kind of) more fascinating than fiction (succession)?
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