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Contributor(s): Dr Sara Evans-Lacko | A world first study shows that workplace depression is now a global issue, costing countries billions of dollars a year in lost productivity. Dr Sara Evans-Lacko discusses the economic costs of depression in eight different countries and the urgent need for governments and employers to tackle mental health issues.
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Contributor(s): Mona Morgan-Collins | What impact did women have on political parties when they first won the right to vote? Mona Morgan-Collins reveals some surprising findings.
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Contributor(s): Annette Bauer | Perinatal mental illness affects 20% of young mothers, costing the UK an estimated £6.6 billion a year. Dr Annette Bauer discusses the condition, the UK Government’s recent £292 million investment in perinatal mental health and how this money could be spent most effectively.
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Contributor(s): Professor Martin Knapp | In a new LSE study, Martin Knapp explains why neglecting mental illness among young people is a ‘moral scandal’ with serious economic consequences.
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Contributor(s): Winnie M Li | Seven years after being sexually assaulted in a Belfast park, 37-year-old Winnie M Li has embarked on a PhD at LSE to investigate how social media can help rape survivors heal.
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Contributor(s): Tara Lai Quinlan | Doctoral candidate Tara Lai Quinlan compares the different counter terrorism measures in London and New York targeting Muslims.
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Contributor(s): Ernestina Coast | Around 30 per cent of maternal deaths in Zambia each year are due to unsafe abortions. Ernestina Coast explains why Zambian women continue to take unnecessary risks to end unwanted pregnancies, despite abortion being legal in their country since 1972.
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Contributor(s): Josie Dixon | A major report released by LSE reveals widespread inequities in the UK’s palliative care system, with key groups missing out and large gaps in services, communication and responsibilities.
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Contributor(s): Carl Cullinane | In the lead-up to a predicted cliffhanger election on 7 May, Carl Cullinane from Democratic Audit discusses the launch of LSE's new voter information website, democraticdashboard.com and how it will help voters decide who should run the country.
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Contributor(s): Kat Kimmorley | LSE Student Entrepreneur of the Year, Kat Kimmorley, has set herself an ambitious goal: to light up the lives of more than one million slum dwellers in India over the next five years.
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Contributor(s): Professor Stuart Corbridge | On the centenary of Arthur Lewis’s birth, LSE Deputy Director and Provost Professor Stuart Corbridge discusses the Nobel laureate’s contribution to development economics at LSE and the world at large.
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Contributor(s): Joan Costa-i-Font | Men growing up in a democracy are likely to be taller than their communist counterparts, says Dr Joan Costa-i-Font, who also discusses the link with height, earning potential and political fortunes.
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Contributor(s): Sean Kippin | Sixteen year olds in the UK can’t drink, drive, get a tattoo or watch an R-rated film. Why should we give them voting rights? Sean Kippin, Managing Editor of Democratic Audit at LSE, sums up the different views.
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Contributor(s): Jill Stuart | Forty five years after the Moon landing, outer space still holds a fascination for the world, associated with prestige, political and military power.
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Contributor(s): Jonathan Ashong-Lamptey | The lack of black, Asian and ethnic minorities in the professions is more likely due to the UK’s entrenched workplace culture rather than overt racism, says Jonathan Ashong-Lamptey.
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Contributor(s): Dr Aleksi Aaltonen | Moves app co-developer Dr Aleksi Aaltonen provides some salient advice for budding LSE entrepreneurs.
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Contributor(s): Adam Greenfield | Does the smart city concept put technology ahead of people, ignoring the very things that make us human? Adam Greenfield, Senior Urban Fellow in LSE Cities, discusses the growing public scepticism around claims that intelligent operating systems and data analytics are the key to our future.
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Contributor(s): Claire Milne | Nuisance calls are on the increase in the UK, exposing the elderly and vulnerable to financial scams. Legislation is proving inadequate so the onus is falling back on individuals and telephone companies to take action, says Claire Milne from LSE’s Department of Media and Communications.
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Contributor(s): Jens Meierhenrich | Does social media wield the power we think it does? Not when it comes to mobilising the masses to action, according to Jens Meierhenrich from LSE's International Relations Department.
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Contributor(s): Jeremy Horder | Hospital patients who have been subjected to gross mistreatment and appalling standards of healthcare will be protected by a new criminal offence of ‘wilful neglect’ under plans sanctioned by the UK Government.
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