LSE Geography & Environment

22/10/2026

🔜 On Thursday 29 October we welcome Ayesha Siddiqi (University of Cambridge) to the Human Geography and Planning Seminars Seminar Series.

If you wish to attend the seminar, please email [email protected]

🔴 https://zurl.co/8ZU1m

21/10/2026

🔜 On Thursday 29 October we welcome Dr Frank Neffke (Complexity Science Hub) to the Economic Geography and Spatial Economics Seminar Series.

If you wish to attend the seminar, please email [email protected]

🔴 https://zurl.co/xiZLi

20/10/2026

What can London teach us about local economic development? 🏙️

Last week, our MSc Local Economic Development students took their learning out into the city, with a walking tour from Butler’s Wharf to Borough Market.

Led by Programme Director Hannah Hasenberger, the group explored industrial change, social conflict and economic development, using London itself as a setting for discussing how these processes shape places and communities.

19/10/2026

🌍 Can global value chains go green?

As countries pursue net zero alongside economic growth, what role can global trade and investment play in supporting a greener, more sustainable future?

Join us at LSE for a discussion exploring the opportunities and challenges of making global value chains work for sustainable development.

With speakers Erik Berglöf (Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank), Riccardo Crescenzi (LSE), Oliver Harman (LSE), Ralph de Haas (EBRD), Daria Taglioni (World Bank Group).

Chaired by Jonathan Pershing (LSE) and co-hosted with the Global School of Sustainability and International Growth Centre.

📅 Wednesday 18 November
🕡 6.30–8pm
📍 LSE and online

Registration is now open: Find out more and book your place https://zurl.co/oKVhD

12/10/2026

🔜 On Thursday 22 October we welcome Felix S. K. Agyemang (University of Manchester) to the Economic Geography and Spatial Economics Seminar Series.

If you wish to attend the seminar, please email [email protected]

🔴 https://zurl.co/3gNne

09/10/2026

Gabriele Piazza, LSE Fellow in Economic Geography, shares his expertise in a BBC feature exploring Glasgow's position as Europe's leading small satellite hub and the challenges posed by growing international competition.

https://zurl.co/Em7J3

The city's space boom raises questions about the role of the state in backing important industries.

09/10/2026

🔜 On 15 October we welcome Malini Sur (Western Sydney University) to the Human Geography and Planning Seminar Series.

If you wish to attend the seminar, please email [email protected].

🔴 https://zurl.co/jt2WQ

08/10/2026

👏 Congratulations to Christian Hilber on securing funding for two new research projects supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation.

The first project will explore the links between land use regulation, new housing supply, housing affordability and social conflict. Comparing the institutional settings of the UK and Switzerland, it brings together researchers from both countries to address some of the most pressing challenges facing cities today: https://zurl.co/QwInC

The second project focuses on the Swiss housing market and examines how institutional landlords, compared with private landlords, affect renter wellbeing: https://zurl.co/mbXzq

07/10/2026

“There’s a certain element of randomness with fire that no model will ever be able to recreate.” 🔥

Tom Smith speaks to The Guardian about the challenges of predicting wildfire spread and how modelling thousands of possible fires could help identify the UK communities most at risk.

https://zurl.co/fGo28

Scientists are racing to understand how fires behave to predict and prevent them as hotter summers create tinderboxes

05/10/2026

Cities across the United States are spending millions clearing homeless camps. In this Q&A, Jessie Speer discusses her new book, which argues that bulldozers are not solving homelessness but are simply displacing it.

https://zurl.co/KSLrn