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Jobs were moved – but not power: the failings of ‘decolonisation’

July 16, 2025
If the development sector is serious about decolonisation, it must stop confusing optics with real, transformational change, argues Awssan Kamal.
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Imposter syndrome: do you have it? And is it always a bad thing?

April 3, 2025
‘One male former government minister said he felt like an imposter a lot of the time… a government minister!’ Duncan Green reflects on how a recent conversation with LSE leadership students revealed widespread feelings of imposter syndrome.
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Development Studies is fun, but is there a job at the end of it?

February 8, 2018
Studying development is fascinating, but will there be jobs for students once they graduate? I chaired a careers panel for LSE students recently, where a variety of alums, now rising up the greasy poles of the aid industry, came back to share their thoughts. One recurring theme of the evening was the kind of skills and knowledge that will be
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