LIDC’S Lockdown Literature: seven books to get through the third lockdown
Discovering informative, fascinating and provocative reads has become a treasured pastime of mine during lockdown 3.0. We are living through a period of heightened anxiety, but also prevailing boredom and ...
Read More Calling artists in our member colleges
LIDC is launching its very own Artist in Residence programme to communicate our research through the eyes of an emerging artist. The artist will join us for a period of ...
Read More De-colonising Global Health: Vaccine Equity, and why the world’s media looks away from Africa’s success stories
In this episode, we had the pleasure of talking to the accomplished and dynamic Dr. Ifeanyi M. Nsofor, Senior New Voices Fellow at the Aspen Institute and Senior Atlantic Fellow ...
Read More City, University of London, Launches SDG Report
Achieving the SDGs “Universities have a pivotal role in achieving the SDGs. This role ranges from the obvious physical contribution, as large institutions reduce the energy use and carbon ...
Read More Motivated and Ambitious: Recent LIDC Interns Share Their Stories
Through the course of the pandemic, LIDC’s internship program has continued to offer invaluable experience for emerging international development professionals. Since England went into its first lockdown in March last ...
Read More Dr Isaac Olufadewa in conversation about Nigeria’s Slum and Rural Health Initiative
We’re delighted to be launching LIDC’s new podcast series. We’ll be talking to those who are making positive change happen in the global development landscape, with a focus on the ...
Read More Val Curtis: In Memoriam
Professor Val Curtis passed away on Monday 19 October 2020. She was the Director of the Environmental Health Group at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. And so ...
Read More Meet LIDC’s member number 5,000
LIDC is proud to announce that we have now reached 5,000 members. We are delighted that so many have signed up to become a part of our diverse, dynamic and ...
Read More Nairobi’s cool waters: A river of resistance
Nairobi River defines Nairobi City. Its Maasai name, “enkare nairobi”– meaning cool waters – has given Nairobi its name. People who live nearby depend on the river for farming and ...
Read More Calling students of non-LIDC universities: Join us now!
LIDC is excited to announce that its student membership is now being offered to students of non-LIDC member institutions. Students anywhere, including outside of the University of London and the ...
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