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00:03:44

Disposable Workers in the Platform Economy

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2021/11/18

Contributor(s): | Apps such as Uber and Just Eat have radically changed the economic landscape, but how has platform technology impacted workers? Researcher Dalia Gebrial has been exploring what life is like for those who make their living via apps. Her work focuses on race and gender in the platform economy and examines the technologies which make exploitation possible. 🔴 Find out more about this research in

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00:11:06

Bad lighting is harming London's housing estates -...

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2021/11/12

Contributor(s): | In Camberwell, south London, LSE’s Configuring Light team have been working on the Brandon Estate to develop a new pilot lighting scheme to demonstrate the potential of lighting on London’s estates. Configuring Light research group generates collaborations between social researchers and lighting professionals to help us understand the role lighting plays in our everyday life. Specialising in urban public spaces, our aim is to build better social knowledge and better research

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Bad lighting is harming London's housing estates -...

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2021/11/12

Compare the moody atmosphere of a well-lit heritage district with the bright flood-lighting of a council estate: light codes the city, telling a story of unequal treatment and divided expectations.

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00:31:07

The Lock Asylum (Audio Drama)

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2021/11/08

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The Lock Asylum (Audio Drama)

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2021/11/08

Can we imagine what life was like for the thousands of young women who lived as prostitutes, servants and migrants in eighteenth-century London?

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00:12:43

Do the dead have human rights?

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2021/09/21

Contributor(s): | By examining the history of the application of forensic techniques to humanitarian issues, can we now argue that the dead have human rights? LSE’s Dr Claire Moon has been exploring this history, as well as examining the challenges and innovations in the forensics field in contemporary Mexico. Her research project, Human Rights Human Remains: Forensic Humanitarianism and the Politics of the Grave, promises to confront the human rights paradigm by including the dead in the category

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12:43

Do the dead have human rights?

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2021/09/21

By examining the history of the application of forensic techniques to humanitarian issues, can we now argue that the dead have human rights?

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05:48

Proxies: the hidden stand-ins that shape your life

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2021/09/08

What are proxies and how do they influence our lives? This film — inspired by case studies in Dr Dylan Mulvin’s new book from Proxies The Cultural Work of Standing In — explores the power of proxies and how they shape our lives.

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00:05:48

Proxies: the hidden stand-ins that shape your life

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2021/09/08

Contributor(s): | What are proxies and how do they influence our lives? This film — inspired by case studies in Dr Dylan Mulvin’s new book from Proxies The Cultural Work of Standing In — explores the power of proxies and how they shape our lives. "Underneath the world we know, there is a hidden landscape of carefully constructed stand-ins, models, prototypes. This ferociously original book maps that region and opens up new ways to explain how our technological infrastructures become what they are.”

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Wages have hardly grown since the 1980s I LSE Research

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2021/07/27

Why have wages for low-skilled workers stagnated even in industries that have experienced years of economic growth?

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Wages have hardly grown since the 1980s I LSE Research

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2021/07/27

Contributor(s): Rachel Ngai | Why have wages for low-skilled workers stagnated even in industries that have experienced years of economic growth? Rachel Ngai has been investigating why these workers have not seen the wage increases that trickle-down economics suggests they should have. 🔴 Find Dr Rachel Ngai’s article on this research in the LSE Research for the World online magazine:

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00:03:27

Crime and Punishment: Feudal Law and its impact on...

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2021/07/14

Contributor(s): Dr Spike Gibbs | How fair was life in medieval England? Was this time beset by power struggles, corruption and lawlessness? If not, how did a system of order prevail? LSE’s Dr Spike Gibbs has been looking at historical records of manorial courts to see how power was distributed in local communities throughout England. Through individual stories of crime and punishment, Dr Gibbs’ research provides an answer. 🔴 Find Dr Spike Gibbs’ article on this research in the LSE Research for

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Crime and Punishment: Feudal Law and its impact on...

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2021/07/14

LSE’s Dr Spike Gibbs has been looking at historical records of manorial courts to see how power was distributed in local communities throughout England.

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00:03:15

Why I hate you and everyone like you: election...

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2021/06/04

Contributor(s): Dr Sandra Obradović | Why are we so hostile towards anyone with a different opinion? Dr Sandra Obradović explains why we feel the way we do and what that’s got to do with election hostility. With populism on the rise and political debate polarised, it’s never been more important to understand the psychology of voters. 🔴 Find Dr Sandra Obradović’s article on this research in the LSE Research for the World online magazine:

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Why I hate you and everyone like you: election...

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2021/06/04

Why are we so hostile towards anyone with a different opinion?

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07:51

Inequalities in Urban Planning – a history of Detroit

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2021/05/04

Drawing on her work as a planning and housing specialist and her role with the Detroit land bank, Dekonti Mends Cole talks about the aftermath of the last financial crisis and its uneven geographic and human impacts on the city.

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06:02

How to be Happy

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2021/05/04

Do you feel like  you’re on a treadmill and happiness is always just around the corner? Are you disappointed that the things you buy don’t bring you lasting happiness?

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00:06:02

How to be Happy

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2021/05/04

Contributor(s): | Do you feel like you’re on a treadmill and happiness is always just around the corner? Are you disappointed that the things you buy don’t bring you lasting happiness? Professor Paul Dolan, from LSE’s Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, explains why this happens and what to do to improve the way you feel. This film is based in part, on Paul’s books Happy Ever After: A radical New Approach to Living Well and Happiness by Design: Finding Pleasure and Purpose in

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00:07:51

Inequalities in Urban Planning – a history of Detroit

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2021/05/04

Contributor(s): | The history of planning and housing in the United States and its violence towards communities of colour has played out in so many ways. From red-lining to restrictive covenants and from segregated public housing to deliberately segregated city plans, the Federal Government, financial institutions and planners have all promoted and facilitated a system that has ripped apart cities and communities across America. Drawing on her work as a planning and housing specialist and her

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00:06:18

How to Build the Future You Want | Think Big by Dr...

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2021/03/30

Contributor(s): Dr Grace Lordan | Dr Grace Lordan's new book, Think Big, provides a practical framework to keep you moving in the right direction. Find out more about Think Big: https://www.gracelordan.com/ Praise for Think Big: "This is a rare self-help book that's actually informed by evidence. Drawing on her knowledge of behavioural economics and psychology, Grace Lordan shares a host of perceptive, practical tips for getting out of your own way and making progress toward your career goals." ―

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