Watch the recording of ‘Climate Resilience in Urban Planning: A Path to Sustainable Cities’
OnlineOn 8 August, we had the opportunity to hear from experts who helped us learn more about the challenges at hand and how to meet them. You can watch a recording of the event here: Climate change and the challenges it poses to urban environments are increasingly relevant to all our lives. The issues it…
Watch the recording of LIDC’s Careers in Global Development event
OnlinePlease note: this was a closed session for LIDC student members only. Not a member yet? Join LIDC here This event has now finished. Watch the recording: https://youtu.be/ADVLXIBTbss Are you planning a career in Global Development but not sure what your next move should be? Join us at 3.30pm on 2 August for the…
Envisioning a Foods Systems Transformation: a Joint event from LIDC and Nature Food
Foundling Museum, 40 Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AZ, and Online via Zoom (link TBC) London International Development Centre (LIDC) and Nature Food are proud to announce our upcoming event Envisioning a Foods Systems Transformation. On 18 May 2023, we will bring together key policy makers, researchers, and change-makers who are making a difference in the field of global health and nutrition. At this event, key individuals will present…
Women, Resistance and Governance: An Event for International Women’s Day
OnlineThis event has now concluded. You can watch the recording below. International Women's Day, 8 March, 1-2.15pm with Shuhra Koofi , Dr Tahirih Danesh and Dr Althea-Maria Rivas Infection-control measures such as lockdowns following the 2020 declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected women and girls, particularly those in LMICs. Around the world, millions of…
De-colonising Digital Education: Bridging the Great Divide
OnlineAn online event from the London International Development Centre (LIDC) with the University of London Centre for Online and Distance Education (CODE) and the Bloomsbury Learning Exchange (BLE) This event has now concluded. You can watch a recording of the event here COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns have disproportionately affected those in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).…
Women’s Work: Is Age a Development Issue?
Hybrid: please use appropriate links in the listing LIDC, 20 Bloomsbury Square, London, United KingdomWatch a recording of the event here. Does ambition stop as you age? Do you need fewer social and employment rights as you grow older? Less pay? Fewer days off? Is it reasonable to expect older women (in particular) to provide free labour such as childcare? According to a report by Age International, 40% of…
Is ‘One Health’ the last chance to save our planet and our health?
About this event: ‘One Health’ is a sustainable way of managing all aspects of planetary health challenges. It links humans, animals and the environment, meaning it is agile, adaptable and able to address the full spectrum of disease control - from prevention to detection, from preparedness to response, from management to innovation. The emergence and…
Starting your career in international development
OnlinePhoto by Jaromír Kavan on Unsplash Are you interested in a career in international development, but not sure where to start? On 3 November, we're hosting an event for students who are contemplating a career within this competitive sector. Our guest speakers will give first-hand accounts from their own experiences in searching for internships,…
LIDC at UCL-IOE’s Fresher’s Fair
UCL Institute of Education 20 Bedford Way, LondonAre you an incoming student at UCL-IOE? Come meet us on the LIDC stand on 4 October to find out more about LIDC and our work in international development.
LIDC at LSHTM’s Welcome Week Marketplace
LSHTMAre you embarking on a post-graduate degree with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine? Did you know that you are entitled to free membership of the LIDC? Come and talk to us at the LSHTM Marketplace on 28 September (in person) and at the Distance Learning sessions (via Zoom) on 13 October. We…