Winter 2006 Vol 18 Number 2 Magazine

Climate change Small sea changes, big decisions

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Message from Features 10 the editor 4 Headline news 6 Oceans 13 This issue we look at the major topic of climate change, with The world’s oceans are divided into 13 regions a focus on the oceans through the work of Lenny Smith, as by the Global Ocean Observing Systems well as some of the economic implications of Sir Nicholas (GOOS). Lenny Smith explains more about Stern’s review. Climate change will be a huge challenge how CATS and the GOOS are connected for the next generation of chief executives and business managers. The School’s Department of Management is 8 The economics of climate change now established, and looking forward to settling into its new Ralf Martin assesses the Stern Review on home in the New Academic Building, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, in climate change 2008. Saul Estrin outlines his plans for the Department. 10 Management matters How would you manage the UK economy? In 2004 a Saul Estrin introduces the new Department 17 number of former chancellors of the exchequer gave a of Management series of public lectures on their strategies. Their lectures have become a book, The Chancellors’ Tales, which LSE 12 A global perspective Director Howard Davies introduces here. The School’s Executive MBA programme is TRIUM, run in partnership with HEC Paris and NYU Stern 2007 is European Year of Equal Opportunities for All. Alumna School of Business. gives a flavour Khue Pham gives her viewpoint of being ‘forever foreign’ but Matt Mulford of the programme’s individual nature reminds us too that family meals are a universal experience. We also cover research by Bridget Hutter and Clive Jones 13 Forever foreign about the power of the consumer when it comes to food Khue Pham was born in Germany, has family roots hygiene. So, with a small final helping of LSE history from in Vietnam but finds London some kind of home George Kiloh, I hope this whets your appetite for a good read ahead. Best wishes for a happy holiday season and 14 Food, glorious food a stimulating 2007. Do shops and restaurants really take notice of food 14 hygiene laws? Bridget Hutter and Clive Jones talk about the forces that keep our food safe 16 Chancellors’ tales Howard Davies introduces a new book which Judith Higgin originated from a series of LSE public lectures by former UK chancellors of the exchequer 17 A corner of London: the Library quadrilateral

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I Winter 2006 I LSE Magazine I 3 LSE Asia Forum The School held its An LSE chair was announced, named in honour third LSE Asia Forum of Dr Patel and the setting up of an Observatory, in New Delhi, India, on both supported by the Reserve Bank of India and 7 December. This year’s the State Bank of India. event was dedicated to Director and Asia Forum host Howard Davies said: Dr IG Patel (pictured), ‘LSE has long been at the forefront of analysing ninth director of LSE the nature and challenges of globalisation. This between 1984 and 1990, forum focuses on investigating the challenge of and former governor of configuring organisations, public policies and social the Reserve Bank of India. reform processes so as to achieve a sustainable Keynote speakers were balance between the social, political and economic India’s prime minister opportunities offered by globalisation.’ Manmohan Singh and LSE hosted the Forum in association with LSE professors Danny Quah, Fred Halliday and a number of long term institutional partners Razeen Sally. Many distinguished alumni as well including the Reserve Bank of India, Tata Sons as business and political guests were invited to Ltd and the Confederation of Indian Industry. the Forum which had as its theme ‘Challenging More about the LSE Asia Forum at www.lse. Globalisation: reform, governance and society’. ac.uk/india and in LSE Magazine, summer 2007.

New Academic Building The New Academic Building This has been one of the best years yet in terms 4 on Lincoln’s Inn Fields is of fundraising for the Campaign. The School a major priority of LSE’s was delighted with the generosity of alumnus fundraising Campaign. Vincent Cheng (BSc Econ 1993), pictured, It will house the new and the Trustees of the Wolfson Foundation Department of Management who have recently each given leadership gifts (see page 10) and the towards the New Academic Building. There Department of Law, as well as creating a great have been 15 other significant donations to this deal more teaching space for the School when it project too, and the School thanks alumni and opens in autumn 2008. donors for their generosity (see page 24).

Urban Age in Berlin

7 summit brought together leading urban planners as well as an international and interdisciplinary panel of experts. A number of city mayors discussed issues of governance and the city, including Klaus Wowereit, mayor of Berlin, while other speakers such as Sir Ian Blair, commissioner of the UK’s Metropolitan Police, considered securing a city, and public life and urban space. Urban Age director Ricky Burdett said: ‘Despite The sixth Urban Age summit was held in Berlin significant economic difficulties, Berlin is a hive in November, opened by German chancellor of cultural activity, drawing a young and creative 8 Angela Merkel. crowd looking for a more affordable quality of life. Directing Berlin’s growth to take advantages The Urban Age project is a two year conference series organised by LSE and the Alfred of its strengths will be a challenge for the city Herrhausen Society, the International Forum of and its planners.’ Deutsche Bank. Previous conferences have taken place in New The project addressed the future prospects York, Shanghai, London, Mexico City and of the city by considering issues of labour, Johannesburg, and the series will continue for transport, housing and urban space. The the next four years, in India in 2007.

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1 Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma is minister 3 Yosri Fouda is chief investigative spoke on women and AIDS in an event held of foreign affairs of the Republic of South correspondent with the Al-Jazeera channel. under the auspices of the LSEAIDS research Africa, a position she has held since 1999. As Al-Jazeera prepared to celebrate its tenth centre, funded by the UK’s Department for She was previously health minister in the anniversary and the launch of a new English International Development. government of Nelson Mandela. She was language channel, he spoke as part of a POLIS 7 Montek Singh Ahluwalia, deputy a speaker in the lecture series ‘The United ‘The News We Deserve’ lecture series. chairman of the Indian Planning Commission Nations at 60 – relic or relevant?’ Giorgio Napolitano 8 4 , president of Italy, and formerly of the International Monetary 2 John Bellinger, principal adviser on all considered the future for European integration Fund, gave the IG Patel memorial lecture at the domestic and international law matters to the in the ‘Future of Europe’ series, hosted by FT School in November. US Department of State, the Foreign Service, Business and the School’s European Institute. 8 Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu, Romanian and the diplomatic and consular posts abroad, 5 Matti Vanhanen, prime minister of Finland, foreign minister, spoke about the ‘win-win spoke on the legal issues in the war on spoke as Finland held the rotating presidency scenario’ of Romania and the European Union, terrorism, in a series hosted by the School’s of the European Union. also as part of the ‘Future of Europe’ series. International Humanitarian Law Project and 6 Dr Geeta Rao Gupta, president of the For transcripts of many of these public supported by the Law Society Charity. International Centre for Research on Women, lectures, see www.lse.ac.uk/events

I Winter 2006 I LSE Magazine I 5 OCEANS13 small sea changes, big decisions In October 2005 LSE’s Centre for the Analysis of Time Series (CATS) signed a memorandum of agreement with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. This established the LSE/IOC Business Programme for Observing Systems. Professor Lenny Smith, director of CATS, explains more about its work and ambitions.

he salt water World Ocean, made up of the information will be most useful when it comes universally agreed upon within science. That Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern and Arctic to ensuring social and economic well-being. evidence stands independently of our ability oceans, covers almost three quarters of My colleague Dr Mary Altalo, a longstanding to model the planet in detail, but our ability to Tthe Earth’s surface. It has an area of 361 million CATS visiting research fellow and vice chair of the foresee likely key developments over the current square kilometers, a volume of 1,340 million Board of the Intergovernmental Panel of the Global century does depend on getting the details right. cubic kilometers, and nearly half of the world’s Ocean Observing Systems, is the first director of In order to see through our models we must marine waters are over 3,000 meters (9,800 the LSE/IOC programme. Our aim is to speed respect their limitations, especially as those feet) deep. That much we more or less agree on. the transition from research to know-how, with limitations decrease in the coming decades. But like the atmosphere, the Ocean changes the IOC handling the significant responsibility of Infrastructure decisions are made every day, and every day. It changes more slowly than the atmos- ocean observation and aiding the advancement of climate scientists must take care to provide a phere, perhaps, but with an inertia that demands ocean and climate science, while CATS casts the reasonable level of expectation management, respect. Observing, quantifying and interpret- insights gained into impacts that can be exploited particularly when we are asked for detailed projec- ing those changes is a vast and crucial task (or mitigated) and provides the educational link tions that we know we cannot answer with any since, ultimately, people’s lives depend on the to sectors positioned to exploit this information. (decision-relevant) level of certainty: questions oceans now and will continue to do so in If you’ll bear with me on more acronyms, the regarding, for example, likely changes in winds the future. Together, the atmosphere core observations come from the Global Ocean off the coast of Scotland in 2060. This is all the and oceans comprise that portion Observing Systems (GOOS), which provides real- more important if that ‘best available information’ of the Earth’s climate system that time (and near real-time) data from ships and is for sale. impact us most directly, and on buoys around the world. CATS has sharpened its skills in communicat- a daily basis. That’s why we’re ing the strengths and weaknesses of scientific asking: How can industry What are some of the main challenges forecasts for industrial decision support with our and government best we need to determine? Operational Weather Risk day-long seminars for make use of our scien- Firstly, exactly which questions of decision sup- industry. With the support of the Department tific understanding of this port will be addressed. Will it be port access/ for Trade and Industry, the EPSRC, NERC and heavyweight tag team? usage? Long-range shipping? Coastal safety? the Smith Institute, we have widened the scope The LSE/IOC programme Or another key area requiring priority thought. of application of probabilistic weather forecasts, starts some serious ocean Secondly, how will we distill the mass of raw and working with particular industrial partners, impacts modelling. The focus data into usable indicators? including EDF, Scottish Southern Energy, and the is not on pushing the frontiers And thirdly, how can we aid decision makers National Grid, we have developed specific tools of basic ocean science but on to see overlooked opportunities currently below for real-time decision support. teasing out from existing scien- the surface and to train staff to exploit the What of 2007 and beyond? An easy prediction is tific understanding whatever information stream? that climate change research will remain in the news, We have met similar challenges in our past work with the next IPCC report due out in 2007, following with Dr Altalo, adapting the information in modern this year’s Stern Report from the UK Treasury. While ensemble weather forecasts for decision support CATS has contributed to both of these wide-ranging in both the energy sector and the health sector. studies, our core aim here remains the provision of Today’s oceans pose wider challenges. resources that enable decision makers to make better Wider still is the challenge of communicating decisions, including decisions about the extent to the insights and uncertainties of future climate which today’s ‘best available information’ is relevant change. The inconvenient truth reflected by for their specific decisions. This core aim dovetails observed climate change over the last hundred nicely with a growing focus in the wider climate years must be confronted in the face of an community on impacts and decision support. The inconvenient ignorance of what the future will WMO meeting in Espoo, Finland, in summer 2006, for hold. The evidence for global warming is almost instance, issued a statement aimed at empowering ArcticGOOS

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The 13 Global Ocean Observing Systems (GOOS) areas that cover the world’s oceans decision makers in industry, government, and non- There is much basic science here, and many funda- is changing; such times are likely to lie ahead for governmental organisations to help determine the mental open questions regarding how to best use regional climate modelling. The fact that we can future direction of climate research. CATS aims to statistics to relate the diversity we see in our models expect our ‘best available information’ to change help enable them to take up this more active role. to the uncertainty we aim to quantify in our future. In a over time places a special burden on those sell- The fact that climate moves more slowly makes the very real way, the modellers are a special kind of user, ing climate information today; care is needed to problem of decision support both easier and more and feedback from decision makers, which provides maintain the credibility of the science. But how complex. Climate change will impact many sectors; new ways of seeing previously hidden weaknesses can we present today’s ‘best available informa- CATS will build on our domain knowledge and part- of the models, is of great value. tion’ in such a way that decision makers also nerships in the energy sector, and in time hopes to Of course, the basic questions answered by deci- see changes in models and their output due to provide support to other sectors as well. Lloyd’s, for sion makers every year may not deal directly with increased understanding as a good thing? example, has just sponsored an Engineering and climate per se: if the question is what kind of cable Robert Heinlein once wrote ‘Climate is what you Physical Science Research Council CASE student- to put under the streets of London, the answer will expect, weather is what you get.’ Uncertainties of ship which will investigate just how informative climate depend on more than just how hot and dry the earth a changing climate make it harder to know what to models are for questions of interest to the insurance under those streets will be in 2020. Many consider- expect; but the impacts of climate change will be and the re-insurance sectors. ations figure in decision making to avoid having to felt through weather, along with slower changes in This information will also be communicated dig up those streets again decades ahead of plan. the environment, like sea level. Better probabilistic back to the climate modelling community, of which Meteorological uncertainty is but one ingredient that forecasts of the Earth’s atmosphere and ocean, CATS is a part, with the aim of promoting those goes into such decisions, and such decisions are enabling us to see what is likely in the next two model improvements that appear most likely to rarely so simple as to be described by a formula. It weeks or two months, is a win-win investment: make the model useful in the relatively near term. is at least as difficult for scientists to realise that there of tremendous value in the current climate within It is critical to distinguish tactical tasks aimed at is no ‘decision making’ formula to be found, as it is which our economy has developed, and even using today’s best available information for all it is for the decision makers to deal with the scientific more in a changed climate for which the economy worth (but not more), from strategic tasks aimed at formulas scientists use to describe the atmosphere has not been optimised. maximising the utility of the best available informa- and oceans. Taking the view of the decision maker, not that of tion in 2012; there is a tremendous difference in the A research organisation obliged to sell its latest the meteorologist, casts weather and climate infor- allocation of scientific resources. One designs rather wares must find itself in something of an impos- mation in a different light: some huge uncertainties different climate modelling experiments, for example, sible position: doing good science implies leading in the climate may carry rather minor implications when the aim is to extract information now about the with your weaknesses, exposing flaws, faults, for some decisions, while what a meteorologist future, than when the aim is to improve the model. and the extent of your ignorance, while these might count as relatively small uncertainties can Nevertheless, today’s tactical results will ideally feed are rarely the first things broadcast to potential imply impacts where the decision to mitigate is back to the modelling community to aid the achieve- clients when the goal is selling the information in justified by the uncertainty itself. Other decisions ment of tomorrow’s strategic goals. the marketplace. Through the EC Framework 6 would be best informed by climate information ENSEMBLES project, CATS is working with the currently beyond our grasp. Those decisions too Hadley Centre – without doubt leading the world will be taken today, hopefully with an understand- CATS in climate science – along with other research- ing of the relevance of today’s best available infor- ers in European countries and around the world. mation. Communicating what we know we do not The Centre for the Analysis of Time CATS has the good fortune that our computers know can prove just as valuable as communicating Series was established in 2000 and are much too small to produce forecasts, which what we are confident of. n is based within the Department of allows us to play the role of a relatively neutral Statistics at LSE. The School has a long broker, evaluating the relevance of information and and distinguished history in time series its robustness as models improve over the next analysis and as part of its strategic plan decade. Remember, we are talking about projec- has invested heavily in developing a world tions to 2060 and 2100: the models we use today class centre of excellence in this area. will be of only historical interest long before then. For more on the LSE/IOC project, The challenge, then, is to help decision makers Professor Lenny Smith is director of CATS at LSE and a senior see www.lse.ac.uk/collections/cats see today’s science for what it is: science. Not research fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford. or email [email protected] engineering. The most exciting times in science are when we learn something new, when everything

I Winter 2006 I LSE Magazine I 7 THE ECONOMICS of climate change In October Sir Nicholas Stern, head of the UK’s Government Economic Service and former chief economist of the World Bank, published the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change. This was a comprehensive review, commissioned by chancellor of the exchequer Gordon Brown. Ralf Martin assesses the policy suggestions.

ir Nicholas Stern’s message is clear: of polluting activities. The experience of climate equally be required to avoid free riding. This is natural scientists have gathered strong change negotiations so far makes it doubtful that underlined by the current huge variations in public evidence that human-induced climate strong targets can be agreed on and complied energy related R&D spending across industrialised Schange is happening. Looking at the economics, with. The carbon price that will eventually emerge countries which ranges from US$ 27 per person in Stern finds that early and strong action makes is likely to be below optimal levels. This creates Japan over 10 in the US to 1.2 in the UK. sense from a cost benefit perspective. the risk of a final scheme that is simply a revenue Agreeing and committing to R&D spending His suggestions on what to do focus firstly transfer from polluters to the government, or targets might also be easier than agreeing on on market based schemes to internalise the whoever holds the pollution rights, without induc- pollution targets. In the former governments know costs of greenhouse gas pollution. Implicitly, ing significant behavioural changes which would what they are bargaining for. With pollution targets through a carbon trading scheme or explicitly reduce pollution. Among other things, such a the uncertainty over future costs is very high. n through a carbon tax, polluters should price the scheme would be very unpopular. costs of climate change into their decisions to Secondly, while increased spending on conduct polluting activities. While this is standard research and development (R&D) is certainly an environmental economics, there is hope that important avenue, the report leaves open where the high profile of the Stern Review and the the extra spending will be coming from. elaborate discussion on the concrete design At CEP, we have a suggestion which address- of such a scheme provide a much needed es both issues. Why not combine the two policy political boost. elements and design the internalisation scheme Ralf Martin is a fellow at LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance. This The second major policy suggestion concerns a in a way that raises some revenue? analysis is available at http://cep.lse.ac.uk/ dramatic increase in public spending on research In the case of a carbon trading scheme, this into technologies and practices to mitigate pollution. can be achieved by auctioning the permits rather This includes spending on the early deployment than allocating them for free. In the case of a tax, and piloting of new technologies. This recognises revenue accrues naturally. Rather than entering that our eventual adjustment to mitigate climate the general tax revenue this extra revenue should change will involve the development of a series of be earmarked to contribute to the suggested new technologies. While implicit or explicit carbon increase in public R&D spending. Because the taxes might stimulate research to develop these tax levels required to raise a revenue stream that technologies it is likely that this stimulus is insuffi- make a difference in R&D spending are likely to cient because of a number of market failures. This is be much lower than those that induce behavioural a point which was stressed in earlier policy analysis changes, even a much watered down internalisa- by LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance (CEP). tion scheme has the potential to have a significant LSE’s Centre for Economic Importantly, as stressed by Stern, measures have long term impact on climate change. For example, Performance (CEP) has accumulated to be in place ensuring that this extra money is a comparatively low carbon tax in the US on CO2 a unique track record of research spent wisely. This could involve, for example, an emissions from transportation of only five dollars, expertise on firm level productivity arms length approach where money is allocated which would increase the average annual cost of and innovation over recent years. by expert panels to a portfolio of most promising running a vehicle by $40, could raise a budget Researchers from CEP’s productivity research projects. equal to the current world spending on energy group are putting together the Overall, Stern draws an optimistic picture. Strong R&D; that is, the suggested doubling of public R&D biggest ever international database action is needed and it is costly, but not so costly funds could be easily achieved by US car owners on firm-level energy consumption in that it would be a major obstacle to prosperity. The alone at a price which would hardly induce them order to examine variations in firm- report itself will be an important source of reference to stop driving. Earmarking will also strengthen level energy efficiency, understand in the discussion to come. popular support. the relationship between energy It also raises a number of immediate questions, A further issue concerns international varia- efficiency and economic performance however. tions in R&D spending. Stern rightly stresses the and assess policies to improve Firstly, a key requirement for success will be need to coordinate carbon targets internationally. industrial energy efficiency. First strong internationally-agreed reduction targets However, to double R&D spending, international results are expected in March 2007. which lead to significant increases in the price coordination to agree on spending targets might

8 I LSE Magazine I Winter 2006 I THE STERN Review

LSE and the environment

In May 2006 LSE joined Phase 2 of the Carbon Trust’s Higher Education Carbon Management Programme. This sees the School working alongside the Carbon Trust,

IMAGE: SXC actively pursuing policies that will reduce our carbon emissions. The Carbon Trust is an independent company, house gas emissions to avoid the worst impacts To read the full review, see funded by central of climate change can be limited to around one Government, that works www.sternreview.org.uk per cent of global GDP each year. People would with UK businesses and pay a little more for carbon-intensive goods, but The first half of the Re- the public sector to cut our economies could continue to grow strongly. view focuses on the im- carbon emissions and develop commercial If we take no action to control emissions, each pacts and risks arising low carbon technologies. tonne of CO2 that we emit now is causing damage from uncontrolled climate See www.carbontrust.co.uk worth at least $85 – but these costs are not included change, and on the costs when investors and consumers make decisions In addition, a Green Travel Plan is being and opportunities associ- about how to spend their money. Emerging schemes developed and cycling spaces around ated with action to tackle that allow people to trade reductions in CO2 have campus have been increased, with a view to it. The Review emphasises demonstrated that there are many opportunities to encouraging the use of cycling to the site. that economic models over cut emissions for less than $25 a tonne. In other timescales of centuries do School staff, with the support of students, have words, reducing emissions will make us better off. not offer precise forecasts also conducted a Sustainability Audit, and are According to one measure, the benefits over time working on recycling, waste management and – but they are an important way to illustrate the scale of actions to shift the world onto a low-carbon path energy efficiency actions. of effects we might see. could be in the order of $2.5 trillion each year. See The Review finds that all countries will be affected www.lse.ac.uk/collections/environment The shift to a low-carbon economy will also by climate change, but it is the poorest countries bring huge opportunities. Markets for low-carbon that will suffer earliest and most. Unabated climate Alumni technologies will be worth at least $500bn, and change risks raising average temperatures by over • Germana Canzi (MSc Russian and perhaps much more, by 2050 if the world acts on 5°C from pre-industrial levels. Such changes would Post-Soviet Studies 1997) was senior the scale required. transform the physical geography of our planet, as campaigner, energy and climate, for Friends The second half of the Review examines the of the Earth this year. In 2007 she will work well as the human geography – how and where we national and international policy challenges of on European climate policy and economics live our lives. moving to a low-carbon global economy. research for a variety of organisations. The Review calculates that the dangers of unabated Stern (pictured) proposes that three elements of climate change would be equivalent to at least five policy are required for an effective response. • Jeevan Ganesan (BSc Accounting and per cent of GDP each year. The first is carbon pricing, through taxation, Finance 1991) is a co-founder of Eurasia The Review goes on to consider more recent emissions trading or regulation, so that people are Environmental Fund, a Cayman registered scientific evidence (for example, of the risks that faced with the full social costs of their actions. fund administered by RBC Dexia, that greenhouse gases will be released naturally as the The second is technology policy, to drive the invests in listed and unlisted environmental permafrost melts), the economic effects on human development and deployment at scale of a range technologies companies in Europe, USA, life and the environment, and approaches to model- of low-carbon and high-efficiency products. And Japan, India, China and others. ling that ensure the impacts that affect poor people the third is action to remove barriers to energy • The Environmental Initiatives Network (EIN) are weighted appropriately. Taking these together, efficiency, and to inform, educate and persuade is the School’s environmental alumni group, the Review estimates that the dangers could be individuals about what they can do to respond to set up in 1995. equivalent to 20 per cent of GDP or more. climate change. n In contrast, the costs of action to reduce green- I Winter 2006 I LSE Magazine I 9 Management matters

LSE’s governing body approved the establishment of the Department of Management in June 2005 and it became a formal entity in August this year. The Department is federal in nature, bringing together four units within the School – Employment Relations and Organisational Behaviour (formerly Industrial Relations), Information Systems, Managerial Economics and Strategy (formerly the Interdisciplinary Institute of Management), and Operational Research. The Accounting Group will join the Department, subject to successful restructuring within the Accounting and Finance Department. These groups will, for the foreseeable future, continue to operate as distinct, fairly autonomous units. They will continue to run their own specialist degrees and to control their own finances. So why create a federated department? Saul Estrin explains.

s an outsider looking in, you wouldn’t Our degrees will be different – they will draw upon necessarily realise that LSE has a broad offerings not just of Management, but of other ‘management’ strand. Management edu- disciplines around the School, giving our students Acation and research at LSE is wider than was the full ‘LSE experience’. If you look at the TRIUM offered by the old Interdisciplinary Institute of Global EMBA, what makes it different from other Management and, indeed, the change in its EMBAs is the political economy slant to the pro- name to the Managerial Economics and Strategy gramme which is offered by LSE academics and is Group reflects this. widely recognised as making the degree unique. Our offering has been fragmented with courses Finally, as we expand, we hope to recruit some taught across a number of departments. We also of the finest academics in management around recognised that there are areas of study within the world, making the School a vibrant intellectual management that would normally be offered by hothouse in the area of management education. a Management Department or Business School That process has already begun. Alongside me that LSE does not encompass – marketing or in the new Department, my colleagues are an entrepreneurship for example. Creating a federated inspirational group. department will allow the creation of new groups Professor Leslie Willcocks joined the Information and will provide us with the ability to broaden our Systems Group in 2006 from Warwick Business offering. We will, therefore, be able to present a School. He has an international reputation for his work coherent teaching and research profile, in line on outsourcing, information systems, IT strategies, with comparator institutions in the UK and other evaluation and management, and organisational research intensive universities around the globe. change. He believes that ‘joining one of the lead- We will be able to develop consortium degrees ing Information Systems programmes and groups – degrees that draw upon the expertise of two or in the world at a time of the formation of a new more groups – in a coordinated way. In sum, there Department of Management were the two major will be greater coherence in the overall strategy attractions for my move to LSE’. He also notes that of management education. the ‘London site is a wonderfully open house and a We believe that there is an immense oppor- global environment’. tunity for us in creating a department in terms of Professor Paul Willman joined the Industrial research, organisation and academic environment. Relations Group in August this year as Professor Furthermore, a large department will ease problems of Management. He was formerly Ernest Butten of recruitment and retention, and streamline teaching Professor of Management Studies and director of and administration. Executive Education at the Oxford Saïd Business Our aim is to be the premier Department of School. Prior to that he headed the Organisational Management in Europe and one of the top depart- Behaviour group at the London Business School ments in the world. What will make us different? and ran their Sloan Fellowship master’s programme. ‘Our aim is to be the Again, there are a number of answers to this His interests in industrial relations include collec- question. The School has made a decision not tive bargaining, employee relations, unions and risk premier Department to enter the MBA market. Our focus will be on management. Paul will lead the development of the of Management in pre-experience students and research-led teach- HR and Organisational Behaviour activities in the new ing. Our approach will be deductive, rather than Department. He was enticed to the School because Europe and one of inductive – moving from general theories to practi- the ‘best brand name in the social sciences is going the top departments cal application, in line with the School’s intellectual into management’. ethos. We will not, therefore, be a typical Business Professor Luis Garicano from the University of in the world’ or Management School. Chicago (where he is a tenured full professor) will join

10 I LSE Magazine I Winter 2006 I The New Academic Building – home to the Department of Management from autumn 2008

the Department in August 2007. This is another major to offer a number of new programmes. We have As the School plans a period of steady and con- appointment to the Department and the School faced already proposed a joint degree in Management and trolled expansion to 9,000 students, the Department stiff competition to secure him from, among others, Economics and there are plans afoot to develop a of Management hopes that a substantial compo- London Business School and Columbia Business generic two year MSc degree in Management. There nent of that expansion will be in the successful School. Professor Garicano is, with colleagues in is likely to be a new degree in Management and recruitment of students to new programmes the Economics and the Managerial Economics and Organisations. Courses from the degree are being Department will offer. My plan is to leverage LSE’s Strategy Group, already involved in the development trialled this academic year in the hope that the degree strengths without lowering academic or student of a new programme in Management and Economics. can be launched formally in 2007-08. This will be an quality. As a Financial Times journalist noted in Sep- Whilst the Department existed as a ‘shadow’ interdisciplinary degree which has been developed tember 2006: ‘Many business schools in the UK department from June 2005 to August 2006, it certain- by academics from all five of the constituent groups. and Europe will be watching LSE very closely.’ n ly wasn’t dormant. It convened its first departmental We expect to offer a number of other joint degrees. meeting on 1 March 2006. At that meeting, a number We will also devote much attention to developing a PhD programme with a significant taught component. of broad principles were agreed and working parties As well as teaching, we hope to develop cross- were established to ensure that the Department disciplinary research and a major research centre for would function effectively. The Department held its Department-wide research activities. first awayday at the end of June, when Joel Podolny, In 2008, the groups within the Department of dean of Yale School of Management, gave a keynote Management will be co-located in the New Academic address on ‘Addressing the challenges of manage- Building between Kingsway and Lincoln’s Inn Fields. Professor Saul Estrin was appointed from the London Business School in August ment education: the Yale experience’. LSE director They are currently scattered around the LSE campus. Howard Davies joined us at the end of the day and this year to lead the Management initiative as head of the I see our new location as a symbol of the future of Department. He is best known for his work on privatisation, gave resounding support to the Department. And management education at LSE. It will provide us competition and foreign direct investment. He was formerly from November 2006, the LSE division of the TRIUM with the infrastructure necessary to handle changing Adecco Professor of Business and Society at the London alliance was re-housed and began running within technologies and new approaches to management Business School where he was also the research director of the Centre for New and Emerging Markets, which analyses the Department. teaching and learning. The significance of being in private sector development and business opportunities in Our aims for the coming few years are to continue a world class teaching and research environment emerging markets, notably Brazil, China, India, Russia, and to appoint top quality academic researchers and cannot be underestimated. Central and Eastern Europe.

I Winter 2006 I LSE Magazine I 11 A global perspective

The TRIUM Global Executive MBA programme, offered jointly with NYU Stern School of Business and HEC School of Management, Paris, will be the flagship MBA programme of the newly created Department of Management. Matt Mulford explains its global appeal.

ith 58 executives from 30 different It was, in fact, over breakfast at countries, the Class of 2008 represents LSE during Marke’s London TRIUM WTRIUM’s largest and most diverse module that his term project and class to date. latest entrepreneurial venture was These executives have an average age of 40 born. The conversation turned to and just slightly over 15 years of work experience. the challenge for fish farmers today They hold senior level posts at firms. of getting their product to market Women make up almost a third of the Class of faster without resorting to genetic 2008 – the strongest female representation we have engineering. One of the other TRI- had since launch in 2001. Geographically, this year’s UM students at the table was Harish class also shows stronger representation in both Asia Dave, a physician-scientist with a and the Middle East. background in molecular biology, biotechnology, and clinical medicine. This year’s Class includes Jill ‘I have an idea!’ said Harish, and the Bishop. She is an Atlanta- rest, as they say, is history. As their based managing director of TRIUM project, Mark and the team GoodWorks International, but developed GrowthTek Systems, an this year moves to Tanzania agri-food nutrition company special- with the company. Her focus ising in growth stimulant technolo- is on providing international market access, gies designed to get farmed fish to government representation and business advisory market faster, more profitably, and services to governments and public sector entities with minimal environmental impact. throughout Africa. She also delivers consulting GrowthTek is currently in its research and government relations services to leading and development phase, tightening How is TRIUM different? organisations which currently operate in, or wish patents on its primary growth-en- • The programme is divided into six intellectually to gain access to, the African continent. After a hancing food additive and planning rigorous modules held in five international BA in Economics at Rutgers University, Jill chose production facilities in Canada, India business locations over a 16 month period. TRIUM because of its global geo-political nature. and China. • TRIUM was rated fourth in the world in the Marke said that the process of 2006 Financial Times Executive MBA ratings. While they may appear to have developing GrowthTek with his little in common, she follows TRIUM colleagues – in fact, the • TRIUM is the only Executive MBA in the footsteps of recent whole TRIUM experience – had programme to integrate an international graduate Marke Antonsen. A been extremely rewarding. ‘The socio-political, economic dimension into Vancouver native of Norwegian international modules in Sao Paulo and Shanghai its entire MBA curriculum. stock (legend has it that he was were eye opening, and I’m still amazed at the • TRIUM Global MBA graduates are actually born at sea in a fishing boat), Marke has diversity and talent of my TRIUM classmates. I’d awarded a single MBA degree issued jointly held a captain’s license since his teen years and is recommend TRIUM to any executive who wants by all three schools. now the general manager of the Antonsen Family to stay current and learn from the best in a truly • The Class this year come from companies Trust, which controls vast fishing quotas in Alaska international context.’ n including ABN AMRO, American Express, and British Columbia. The Antonsen Trust has a AstraZeneca, AT Kearney, Bain & Company, gross market value of US $65-70 million per year, Booz Allen Hamilton, Bossage, Citigroup, and supplies, among others, Birds Eye, Nordsee, Computer Associates, DaimlerChrysler, Deloitte Burger King, and Wal-Mart. Consulting Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Marke took over management of the trust in the mid- Johnson & Johnson Company, JP Morgan, 1990s, but despite his years of experience in the fishing Kroll Inc, MetLife, Inc, IBM, NOVARTIS, Philips industry and previously earned business degrees, he Semiconductors, PricewaterhouseCoopers, felt he still needed to build up his expertise and self- Remy Cointreau USA, SAP and United confidence, especially in such areas as finance and Nations Capital Development Fund. economics, so he chose the TRIUM EMBA because Matt Mulford of its international nature and the reputations of its is associate dean for the TRIUM programme and www.triumemba.org constituent universities. based at LSE.

12 I LSE Magazine I Winter 2006 I Forever foreign What does it feel like to be a citizen of a global world? Khue Pham offers her experience.

allow me to go out with my German friends, which British love of booze – excessive, that is. Food happened very frequently. Late parties, sleepovers, is omnipresent, always and cheaply available. and short trips were all things I ‘didn’t need to copy.’ At such times I felt the same as everybody else I would feel desperate not only because I couldn’t because sharing the social ritual equalised us. go but also because I couldn’t explain why not to the friends I was so often forced to disappoint. Different After all, how would they ever understand that But of course, we, the Vietkieu (Vietnamese living my parents were raising me within a completely abroad), were not the same. To our relatives, we different cultural system, so alien to theirs that I seemed so tall (I’m 1.65m), so rich, so Western. felt it couldn’t be understood adequately from the Our accents and our clothes acted as signifiers of Western perspective? At those times, I cursed our foreignness and often people would stare at my bi-cultural fate of difference and had a strong us when passing by. Market sellers would quote longing to just be like everybody else. Being like us quadrupled prices. We weren’t as skilled in the Germans seemed extremely desirable to me bargaining or riding mopeds in the mad traffic as when I was younger. the Vietnamese and we had different ideas about But being different from German people never life. On the last evening of our visit, my uncle asked equalled having a lot in common with Vietnamese my sister whether she would consider marrying people. My experience of the country restricts itself a Vietnamese. ‘No’, she replied, ‘I think I’m too to a visit every couple of years, and my Vietnamese different’. Ignoring her answer, he said that he language skills carry me through a simple conversa- could recommend someone suitable, and his wife tion but no further. Having grown up in the liberal West, added: ‘You should think about it. Nowadays, there I have always disliked certain aspects of Vietnamese are some very tall Vietnamese men.’

RAFFAELLA MORINI RAFFAELLA culture, such as the submissive role of women and Being in Vietnam wasn’t always easy, but leav- the shameless celebration of male supremacy. ing Vietnam was hard as well. As the day of our departure came, I felt sad and relieved at the same obody can imagine the horror I felt when I Hospitable learnt of this summer’s family travel plans: time. As much as I regretted leaving my relatives Vietnam. While most people consider this On the other hand, I like the Vietnamese emphasis and the country, I was also happy to go back to Na great holiday destination, and my parents love it on family and solidarity, which I prefer to the self- London and have more personal freedom again. because it is their home country, for me Vietnam centred side of Western individualism. Vietnamese Still, coming back was strange and I felt a bit lonely constitutes first and foremost a geo-cultural night- people are very inclusive, hospitable and helpful: and very cold. I was back dealing with a familiar mare. I cringed at the thought of going there but they like to get friendly with whomever they meet, difference – the German distance from the British due to my sense of family responsibility, I reluctantly friends and strangers alike. norm, my culturally alienating distaste for alcohol, booked my flight from London Heathrow to Ho Chi Going to Vietnam would mean confronting the the dislocated identity in a patriotic nation. At Minh City Tan Son Nhat. contradictions within my own identity and having the same time, I find London to be a great home My parents left Vietnam for Germany over to throw myself into the South East Asian jungle of because this is the place where people from all 30 years ago and raised me and my siblings cultural expectations and behavioural conventions. It kinds of backgrounds come, mingle and leave there. Three years ago, I left Berlin to study in would also mean seeing my relatives again and being again. It is the base of the rootless, the space of London and am therefore somewhat of a double- around people who look like me, eat the same food the hybrid where it’s not unusual that being so n foreigner with Vietnamese blood and a German as I do, and find it normal to hang out with their family. different is normal. passport. My Vietnamese heritage manifests I had ambivalent feelings and found the prospect of itself most strongly in my appearance (people my summer holiday rather disconcerting. like to guess where I’m from and they like to After our arrival in Ho Chi Minh City, it took guess it wrong), the oh-so-nice food we eat at me a few days to get used to the heat, feel at home, and our excessive family life. Now I live ease with constantly having relatives around, and in London but we still go on family holidays and remember how to cross a street (take London will probably continue to do so until I have my traffic, replace all cars with mopeds and add the own family. To other people it may seem strange golden traffic rule of never-ever-stop). I also got Khue Pham (MSc Sociology 2006) but to me it’s just the natural family order of life. used to not being able to speak much, being wrote her dissertation on the Vietnamese second generation in Germany. She set up the website whispers-online last year, I was raised with a strong sense of being non- treated like a child of the family rather than an and invites a range of contributions, on experiences, on art, German, because my parents used to say ‘you’re individual, and not having any private sphere at all. on culture. Find out more at www.whispers-online.net or not German, you’re different’ when they wouldn’t The Vietnamese foible for food compares to the email her at [email protected] I Winter 2006 I LSE Magazine I 13 F od, gl rious food As shops everywhere urge us to pile our baskets high with festive food, Bridget Hutter and Clive Jones remind us that some may suffer from more than indigestion before the holiday season is out. Researcher Keith Stafford asked them if we should be worried.

What interested you in the food business? to large food retailers. We now have an important you look at the regulations these people have to Food safety and hygiene are really important, piece of work on how companies handle risk, and comply with, it’s a massive list and small companies because mistakes can cause havoc in the industry, on who and what matters to them. have little support. wreck a company and seriously damage people’s health. Right now, techniques to regulate and What did you uncover? Don’t the regulators offer help? manage risk are changing in many industries Well, frankly, a lot of confusion. Clearly there is no They do, and Environmental Health Officers visit and there is little solid research into what worries broad agreement about the state of food safety most businesses each year, but virtually none of managers, and who influences them, as they try to and hygiene in the UK today. Some experts report the small catering businesses we talked to had ensure things don’t go wrong. We knew regulations high standards overall but others think it varies from ever asked them for advice outside those annual were a major constraint but wanted to see what good to very poor. They all suspected the danger checks, even though these are the officials that other influences were in play, such as consumer was higher in small businesses, but you don’t have food company managers worry about most. Some complaints, the media, lawyers and pressure to look far back into history to see large companies managers didn’t even know that Environmental groups. It’s not just red tape that matters. can stumble. Only this summer Cadbury recalled Health staff are employed by local councils. We products as a precautionary measure in the UK and thought this all rather strange because it’s clear the How did you conduct your study? Ireland, worried they might contain minute traces of officers are always ready to help the food industry. First we talked to experts, and then we asked food salmonella. The research also encountered confusion, Small companies seem to see their official visits as business managers what they understood about especially in stores and restaurants. Many of those an important way to learn, but lack the confidence food safety and hygiene risks, what their sources we talked to were at a loss about just what today’s to ask for advice, whereas larger businesses do. of information were and what controls they used rules are and who polices what – Food Standards The good news is that we did find that managers to prevent problems. Between 2002 and 2006 Agency officials, Environmental Health Officers or value training a lot and it really does seem to have we talked to just over 200 managers in about 30 Trading Standards staff? a significant impact. companies across England and Scotland, from really small firms through medium sized caterers So, how vulnerable are we? What role does the consumer play in all this? Recalls cost companies a fortune – both in financial The strength of consumer power was our biggest terms and in damage to their name. Even the best surprise. The experts we talked to first hardly are vulnerable. During our early research we were mentioned customers, so it was a revelation when told not to expect problems at large supermarket we found that managers regard customers as one chains; just one month later, the Food Standards of the strongest watchdogs, of only slightly less Agency warned consumers about contamination concern than the Environmental Health checks. from a dye in food involving hundreds of products Managers think that consumers are far more on the shelves of thousands of UK shops. All sectors interested in food safety than prices or labelling in the food industry are really quite vulnerable. and that they don’t worry nearly as much about genetic modification or organic growing. On the Are food companies complacent? whole, consumers regard UK standards as very No, we don’t think so. What amazed us was the high but still worry a lot about potential food sheer complexity of running a food retail, catering poisoning at restaurants. or hospitality business. It doesn’t look complex to you or me when we buy pizza at a supermarket Who else influences food managers? counter or restaurant, but when you explore from Some stores set their own standards and managers the inside you realise that managers sit in a web of then watch trade organisations, commercial regulation and scrutiny. They have to think about consultants, the insurance industry, lawyers, pressure health and safety compliance, consumers, financial groups, quality assurance schemes and so on. They reports, taxation, staff management and so on. If know laws alone don’t dictate their actions. Many

14 I LSE Magazine I Winter 2006 I policy makers don’t see that. Rule makers might What comes next? think regulations matter most but we found many We want to take this type of research into other other constraints, and policy makers should realise industries and, depending on funding, across Europe, just how strong these other constraints are. the USA and countries such as China to compare and contrast how different people think about food Do media stories have a major influence? safety. We also hope to look at perceptions of danger Although the media is often considered an influential and risk management in occupational health and opinion-former, we found its influence here was safety and the financial markets. Are they different? well below that of consumers and of government Do the same patterns emerge in different types of rules, although all businesses are upset when the business and with different types of employees? food industry or a product comes under the media spotlight. We also found that lawyers, pressure Finally, Clive, I understand you had food groups and insurance companies don’t carry much poisoning twice during this research. How weight, and, although experts think insurance are you now? companies’ power is growing because they Fine thanks. It was very painful, I was in bed for underwrite liability, it really hasn’t become enough three days with one bout. It was ironic to be hit of a factor to overtake the power of legislation. just when I was doing this research. But people have died from food poisoning and I learned the Do you have any advice? hard way that it really is important for everyone n Yes. Managers need to watch those incredibly in the food trade to be vigilant. simple things like making sure people serving food wash their hands. In all businesses today, not just selling food, people are under pressure at work. They cut corners. You see them preparing food, serving it and then taking money to the till. Next they turn to a waiting customer without washing their hands. It’s inevitable. In the food industry you Bridget M Hutter have to be careful day after day. is ESRC Professor of Risk Regulation and director of the ESRC Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation (CARR) at LSE. How will your research help the industry?

We think it will help companies appreciate how to CARR is one of the world’s few cross-dis- do things better and will show policy makers that ciplinary research units looking at how risk things other than rules do matter. There are some management and regulations affect organisa- big messages from this research. Everyone knows tions. It was launched in October 2000 and state regulation and credible enforcement shape this year secured a second funding term from the way companies behave, but companies in the the Economic and Social Research Council. food industry – and probably other companies too Clive J Jones is a research project manager in the Centre. The Michael Peacock Charitable – need to be aware of other major influences that Foundation funded this food safety and demand they manage their activities well so as regulation project. Read the full discussion to avoid any risk to the public. paper Business Risk Management Practices: the influence of state regulatory agencies and non-state sources at www.lse.ac.uk/collections/CARR

I Winter 2006 I LSE Magazine I 15 Denis Healey’s reflections are atmospheric, gossipy and personal. Perhaps, 30 years on, the personali- Chancellors’ tales ties of the time loom larger in the memory than the details of each public expenditure round. But Healey’s contribution also accurately reflects the greater need This autumn saw the publication of The Chancellors’ Tales: managing at that time to achieve policy ends by persuasion. An approach to controlling inflation built on prices the British economy. The book emerged from the Chancellors Reflect and incomes policies stood or fell by the chancellor’s public lecture series held at the School in 2004. Howard Davies, who ability to bring the key trade union leaders along. edited the book, introduces the collection. Trade unions are barely mentioned by the other four, revealing commentary on the declining importance of organised labour during the period. hancellors of the exchequer, like orchestral Geoffrey Howe focuses close attention on conductors, seem to live a long time. In what he still sees as the defining moment of his the case of conductors, their longevity is C chancellorship: confrontation with the massed ranks usually attributed to the aerobic exercise their work of the economics profession after the 1981 Budget, involves. There is no obvious explanation for the whose rigour caused 90 per cent of the profession in durability of chancellors: one might have thought the UK to catch its collective breath. 364 economists that overseeing the British economy in the late wrote to The Times, rejecting his policy. Howe clearly 20th century was a ticket to an early grave. Yet, thinks, two decades later, that he has had the better at the end of 2004, all chancellors back to 1974 of the argument. Others remain to be convinced. were still with us – and all still able to give a Nigel Lawson centres on the Mais Lecture of powerful account of their period in office. 1984 in which he proposed his celebrated redefi- Five of them accepted an initiative to nition of the respective roles of macro and micro explain themselves, to an audience of facul- economic policies. In future, he argued, we would ty, students and others at the School. see macro policy as the tool to control inflation, while Sadly, Jim Callaghan who could have micro policy would be used to promote growth and taken the story back to 1964, was unable to employment. He argues that this revised formulation take part. He declined graciously, citing ill-health. has become the new orthodoxy. (Gordon Brown does Callaghan died early in 2005. John Major also asked not wholly agree – but it is noteworthy that his own to be excused, on the grounds that his occupation of Mais lecture, in 1999, made extensive reference to 11 Downing Street had been brief. Yet his decision Lawson’s 1984 version.) to put sterling into the Exchange Rate Mechanism Norman Lamont took office after John Major’s (ERM) in October 1990 still exerts a decisive influence fateful decision to put sterling into the ERM. He on British attitudes to the Euro. inevitably gives most prominence to the events of Four of the five chancellors who spoke – Denis the summer of 1992, leading to our ignominious Healey, Geoffrey Howe, Nigel Lawson and Norman departure from the Mechanism on 16 September, Lamont – have already published memoirs of their and on the subsequent rapid reconstruction of time in office. No doubt Kenneth Clarke will do so a policy framework, some of whose elements, one day. Those memoirs, particularly Nigel Lawson’s notably the inflation target, survive to this day. impressive tome, which includes considerable detail Kenneth Clarke, who inherited Lamont’s new on the economic policy debates of the time, will framework in 1993, sees his biggest achievement remain essential reading for students of the UK as the reassertion of control over the public finances. economy and politics in the last quarter of the 20th He is not kind to his predecessor’s record on public century. But this collection of lectures, delivered with spending. But he gives full weight, too, to the further the benefit of a longer perspective, and perhaps development of the monetary policy framework without the apologia pro vita sua dimension of the which he pushed forward and, inevitably, gives his political memoir, provides a succinct assessment of own trenchant views on the Euro in particular, and the crucial issues each chancellor faced. It shows Britain’s European engagement in general. how the economic legacy of one became a millstone Together with the transcripts of the Question – or a springboard – for the next. and Answer sessions, which follow the lectures The lectures also give a flavour of just what the and in each case raise important additional issues, Treasury and its people were like at that time. I worked these lectures provide a fascinating insight into in Great George Street under Healey, Howe and economic policy making in Britain from 1974 to Lawson, observed the Treasury closely from the 1997 and beyond. n vantage point of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) when Norman Lamont was chancellor, and was given a front-row seat in the Ken and Eddie show, when Clarke appointed me as deputy governor of ‘The Treasury described the Bank of England. The Treasury described here, here, with all its warts with all its warts and beauty spots on display, is Howard Davies indeed the one I knew. is director of LSE. The Chancellors’ Tales was published by and beauty spots The styles of the five pieces are very different. Polity in November 2006, and costs £12.99 in paperback. on display, is indeed In part, they reflect the different personalities of ISBN 0745638856. A series of lectures by UK foreign the men, but also the nature of the problems secretaries is also being edited, to be published as British the one I knew’ they faced and the approach they took to them. Diplomacy: foreign secretaries reflect by Politicos in January 2007. 16 I LSE Magazine I Winter 2006 I KING’S COLLEGE LONDON ARCHIVES King’s College Hospital, Portugal Street, Lincoln’s Inn, 1860 A CORNER OF LONDON THE LIBRARY QUADRILATERAL

In LSE Magazine, summer 2006, George Kiloh wrote about the history of the Clare Market area before LSE arrived. Here he reveals more about the patch of land now home to the Library and other notable School buildings.

he Library quadrilateral is a historic site. It belonged to the Holles estate, and the rest to is one of the more interesting parts of the Lincoln’s Inn Grange, which stood on the middle TSchool, having included various inns, an and southern part of the site. By the 18th century early workhouse, a burial ground, a school and the Grange had become, or had been rebuilt as, an King’s College Hospital (above). It now contains inn with a large courtyard. Much later, the corner S the Lionel Robbins building, Cowdray House and received the John Watkins Plaza (built in 2003 and Today’s quadrilateral showing Cowdray House (J), the the Lakatos building. named after the eminent philosophy professor) Lakatos Building (T) and the Lionel Robbins Building (R) NEW ACADEMIC LINCOLN’S INN FIELD Portugal Street dates from the late 16th century, which stands over a basement area. BUILDING NAB though its current name came later. Originally the In Portugal Street there was a cemetery. A letter PO M The Times R south side of Lincoln’s Inn Fields was known as to complained about it as early as TSMOUT EET CAREY STREET 1838. Thereafter there were frequent references TUGAL STR Portugal Row because the Portuguese embassy SARDINIA STREET POR H to the nuisance that it constituted. In 1848 it was STRE was there. Carey Street appears to be named ET MAIN LIBRARY after Nicholas Carey, a local landowner of the estimated that more than 5,500 bodies had been Z PS R L first half of the 17th century when the area was interred in the confined space of the Portugal T Lionel Robbins Q J Building T first turned to housing; its first known mention Street graveyard in the preceding 25 years. The Y K JOHN WA PLAZA was in 1708. Whatever its origins, in later years graveyard was closed to fresh burials after the R TKINS amp X FIELD STREET the term Carey Street became synonymous with cholera outbreak of that year and the dead were PH S GRANGE COUR SHEF St Clement’s taken elsewhere. Acts of Parliament in 1849 and Peacock financial difficulty thanks to the presence there of I Theatre CLARE MARKET the Bankruptcy Court. 1852 regulated burials more effectively, giving

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was made only late in 1970 and it was not until the end of 1973 that the School obtained the freehold (for £3.78 million). It leased Strand House back to Smith’s. Smith’s left at the end of March 1974, and the way was then clear to rebuild. The cost of the conversion was estimated at £4.38 million, including all fittings. The University of London contributed £1.98 million on condition that the School found the remainder. It did so by an appeal that brought in enormous support from around the world. The appeal was a major campaign that included, perhaps as its highlight, a concert at the Banqueting House in Whitehall at which Geraint Evans performed under the baton of Philip Ledger, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. It had public support, and that of HM The Queen Mother, who was chancellor of the University of London. It was Lord Robbins (1898-1984) who led the appeal. He had joined LSE in 1925 and become a professor in 1929, a position he held until his early retirement in 1961; he was a life peer from 1959. He was then appointed chairman of the Financial Times, and he chaired the LSE governors from 1968 to 1973. His main national claim to fame was as chair of the enquiry into higher education that published its report in 1963 and provided The Lakatos building and Cowdray House The Church Times had been founded in 1863 by the the justification for the enormous expansion of student numbers that was then just beginning. The Library quadrilateral also includes the Lakatos Palmer family, who ran it largely as a vehicle for the When the new library was opened in 1978 it was building and Cowdray House, which have a very Anglo-Catholic tradition of the Church of England, named the Lionel Robbins Building. different history. Their plot involves St Clement’s then vigorously reasserting itself. The Church Times Inevitably the time came for the ever-growing Lane, this section of which was historically called continued their success on this site. The building Library again to feel the pinch. In 1986 it was reported Gilbert Street, and part of what was then Gilbert’s made room for 20 typesetters, who used molten that storage space would run out in 1988; during the Passage. An option to build was taken by George metal right up to the end of the tenancy in 1989, 1990s it became clear that the Library had outgrown Bell and Sons, publishers, who reserved the south- who were on the upper floors (where the exterior rain the building in the form adopted after Smith’s with- ern, larger portion and called it York House; they collectors still bear the initials CT). The twelve editorial drawal, both in terms of books and users. The deci- moved into it early in 1904. The Church Times and managerial staff were below. (Sir) Edward Heath sion was made to rebuild it on its present site rather took the northern part. (1916-2005) worked as news editor of the Church than attempt the impossible of again finding a new The whole was to the design of Horace Field (1861- Times from January 1948 to September 1949. His one close to Houghton Street. Norman Foster and 1948), a well-known architect of the day whose parliamentary career began in February 1950 and Partners were commissioned to design the present offices were in fashionable Langham Place. Today he was prime minister between 1970 and 1974. building between 1999 and 2001, formally opened is it is a listed building, Grade II. It is probably the The Church Times had a lease, from 1954 from by the University of London chancellor, HM The School’s most elegant building: stylish neo-Georgian the Prudential, that expired in 1989. In November Princess Royal. The results are now enjoyed by the rather than the clunky pastiche that became popular that year they moved out to Islington, and the Palmer current generation of students, and here this part in the 1920s. family surrendered their interest to the Council of of the story ends. The corner of Portugal Street and St Clement’s the Canterbury Press, the publishing arm of Hymns The story of LSE and its place in this corner of Lane has a mildly ceremonial entrance topped with Ancient and Modern London, however, will continue. n a stone shield with the device of a bell and a Greek . The premises were taken over quotation which appears to be part of 1 Corinthians by a multiplicity of small users and renamed Tymes 3.7. The Authorised Version renders the whole rele- Court in honour of its former occupants. In 1993 the vant passage as ‘[5] Who then is Paul, and who is School accepted free use of it from an anonymous Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed ... [6] I donor who insisted that it should be used for the have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science. increase. [7] So then neither is he that planteth any The freehold followed in 1999. In 2001 Tymes Court thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth was renamed after Imre Lakatos (1922-1974), a the increase’, the italicised piece being the translation. Hungarian academic who had shared very fully the George Bell and Sons was a firm of some repute. vicissitudes of his country’s difficulties and who left Founded in Bouverie Street in 1839 as an educational it after the unsuccessful rising of 1956. He joined bookseller, it became a publisher concentrating on the School staff in 1959 and ten years later became serious works and children’s books. Despite its professor of logic. reputation the firm did not survive the post-1945 shakeout of British publishing and, following a resale, The Library and the School finally went out of business in 1989. Negotiations by the School for Strand House Part of the same development by Field, 7 Portugal began as early as 1963, when Smith’s were still George Kiloh Street is now the Lakatos building. It stretches back busy carrying out substantial modifications to the was LSE’s academic registrar from 1996 to 2005. to the break in the roof line opposite the Library door. building, but the agreement to buy from Smith’s

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Board on Acronym Development for Academic Bifurcation Analysis and Departmental Organisation (ABADABADO) which will look What am I bid at all acronyms, identify first use and first claim, set up an international register and, with the income generated by the small charge levied for compulsory inclusion in for the Beaver? the online database, order, monitor, and sort out the current growing confusion. It is already clear that there will be troubles ahead, NASDAQ in surprise bid for LSE! You will have by Life Style Extra, Linux Scalability Effort, as not every organisation will be pleased to learn seen the headlines, and perhaps been fooled and Lucas Software Engineering. The that it was not first in the field, that it will have to for a moment into thinking that the home of the short acronyms are the most vulnerable, yield up its acronym, and in all probability come up Beaver was about to be gobbled up by some and people trying to book tickets at the with a new title for itself in order to avoid Acronym entrepreneurial predator, the library filled with National Theatre risk ending up with the Dissonance (AD). One of the most ancient of loud young men in red braces, and the plaza National Trust or the Northwest Territories. European professional academic documentation guilds has already indicated to the American turned into a parking area for Italian two-seater The problem is particularly severe because of a President that he will have to consider a new gaz-guzzlers and sports utility vehicles. And parallel development in the way we now write and name for his country after the likely registration then you will have realised with relief that LSE speak. The burgeoning length of organisational of title by the Union of Slovenian Archivists. stands for more than one organisation, and that titles, and hence of acronyms, has been crowding in this case the reference was of course not to out mere words from many sentences. Think The position of the School itself is not us at all, but to the London Stock Exchange about what would be involved in saying that guaranteed, since in addition to the London which was being stalked by the Northern the quality assurance audit at the London Stock Exchange, the Loughborough Society Alliance of Scottish Dancing And Quadrilles. School of Economics would be undertaken of Eel-catchers is claiming priority in the But the confusion over the bid for LSE is before the research assessment exercise in competition for the crucial initials. The School part of a wider crisis. Worldwide, academic order to make the best case to the Economic is already actively pursuing alternative titles and organisational warming is leading to an and Science Research Council, the Arts and in order to ensure a unique acronym, and acute shortage of acronyms. AA is claimed Humanities Research Board, and the Higher will shortly announce a competition for the by not only the Automobile Association, Education Funding Council (England) and you best new name. As a guide to entrants, but also by Alcoholics Anonymous, the will understand why this is collapsed into ‘QAA several pilot proposals have been suggested, Architectural Association, the Advertising at LSE will be carried out before RAE in order to though they will not be entered in the final Association, and the Aluminium Association, impress ESRC, AHRB, and HEFCE’. Even the short list. The leading suggestion to date whilst PSA identifies not only the Political definite and indefinite articles are sacrificed in is ‘Buoyant, Entrepreneurial And Visionary Studies Association, but the Protein Sequence order to conserve enough breath to complete Eclectic Research (BEAVER). Suggestions Analysis, the Psychological Society of America, the sentence. But if RAE is as likely to mean on a post card only please (SOAPCOP). n the Professional Squash Association, the Russian Aeronautical Engineers and HEFCE Photographic Society of America, the Plano Hispanic Educational Foundation for Cultural Sports Authority and the Professional Sports Excellence, the confusion is simply compounded. Authenticator. Even LSE is not rivalled by It is to address this crisis of acronyms that the London Stock Exchange alone, but LSE (this LSE) has established the Advisory Rodney Barker

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Fabian window It was a pleasure to read that the Fabian Window has been installed in the Shaw Library. Between 1965 and 1974 I taught at Labour Party summer schools at Beatrice Webb House. The schools and the House were then an important feature of Labour’s social and political life. Trade Gift aid unions awarded Beatrice Webb scholarships. I was delighted to see that student Tom Ketteley those from collecting boxes) would attract Cabinet ministers gave lectures there. Each week (pictured above, LSE Magazine, summer 2006) grants. They might then find it unnecessary to students and lecturers assembled for a group is entering the charitable field. contemplate the employment of ‘chuggers’ at photograph by the croquet lawn. On a related charity topic, the Gift Aid system the expense of donations. The Fabian window, sited discreetly in the in the UK seems to me to be dealt with by the Derek Pearson House’s main hall, was a source of fascination government in an unncessarily bureacratic (and Sussex, UK and pleasure to lecturers and students alike. The expensive) manner. To compel donors to sign gift School is to be congratulated for rescuing it and aid declarations to each charity supported has the [An update: Anne Kroijer (above) is now for placing it in such a suitable place. potential to generate millions of documents, and working for JP Morgan. Tom Ketteley went to considerable administrative costs for charities and work in Kazakhstan as a development adviser. Ann Carlton (BA Sociology 1964) the Inland Revenue. I wonder whether Parliament The School welcomes all Gift Aid donations, as London, UK would object to a proposal that, in future, total a charitable institution itself. ‘Chuggers’ – street audited donations received by a charity should canvassers for charities (the word ‘chugger’ comes I very much enjoyed reading the somewhat attract a percentage grant from the Treasury? from the idea of a charity ‘mugger’) – around epigrammatic article on the Fabian window, Charities would know that all donations (including campus are sometimes LSE students too!] and I am delighted to hear that it has returned home after what must have been a very ‘paneful’ separation from the LSE community after being Thanks for Peru Sociology memoirs stolen from the Beatrice Webb House in 1978. The LSE Magazine allows me to remain in I joined the LSE Sociology Department in Will the LSE be selling high-quality prints of contact with life and activities of LSE, where in 1953 and remained there until 1959 when the Fabian window – perhaps as a way to 1956 I spent a wonderful and fruitful stage of I went to Oxford to put sociology into its generate scholarship funding? I for one would my life. Politics, Philosophy, Economics degree (not like to obtain such a print and share it with without a certain amount of turbulence). I was awarded a research scholarship by my economics students who would, I trust, the British Council to study philosophy My contemporaries and seniors at LSE were enjoy learning about a very interesting stained under the learned and friendly guidance of a very lively lot: Marshall, Ginsburg, Glass, glass window, originally commissioned and the late Professor Oakeshott and others. MacRae, Oakeshott, Popper, Robbins, Gellner, designed by our own George Bernard Shaw. Miliband, Firth, Bottomore, Titmuss, Leach, I was in London between October 1956 Such knowledge will no doubt prove useless at Schapera and others. I have set down my and July 1957. Like many other scholars examination time, but prove invaluable as one recollections of these persons and events, from South America, my journey to Britain reflects upon the role and place of meaningful as seen by a New Yorker in London, in the was on the ship Reina Del Mar from Callao satire in everyday life! first draft of a memoir, which is now in the to Plymouth – a dream trip of 30 days. I LSE Archives. It is my intention to complete John M Carfora can only express my lasting gratitude and a publishable version of it but, since I will be (MSc Econ 1978) admiration to the British Council and to LSE. 80 this year, that remains an intention. I hope Boston, MA, USA Dr Walter Garaycochea others will find the recollections of interest. [There are no plans at present to sell prints of (Research Fee, 1957) Norman Birnbaum the window. It belongs to the Webb Memorial Arequipa, Peru Professor Emeritus, Georgetown University Trust, with the School having it on campus on USA long term loan – Ed]

I Winter 2006 I LSE Magazine I 21 Nat Holtham, events and reunions Reunions and events manager, reports on recent events

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Classes of 1970 and 1971 traced medieval thoroughfares without using any way forward?’ and engendering passionate 35th Anniversary Reunion of the main roads in London today. responses from across the political spectrum. The Classes of 1970 and 1971 had been due to The reunion ended with a splendid gala dinner The reunion was rounded off with a superb meet in 2005, but the reunion was postponed hosted by David Evennett MP (BSc Economics dinner at the House of Commons, hosted by following the London bombings on 7 July. Events 1971, MSc Government 1972) in the Palace Stephen Pound MP (Certificate in Trade Union went ahead this year with over 120 alumni and of Westminster. Before dinner he gave a brief Studies 1980), who peppered his characteristically guests taking part in the Reunion weekend on history of the Members’ Dining Room and the entertaining speech with the latest score from the 23 and 24 July. Palace itself, as well as an anecdote on his first World Cup third place play-off between Germany dining experience there with Mrs Thatcher. The and Portugal coming through on his mobile Alumni toured the School, revisiting old haunts weekend was thoroughly enjoyed by all. phone, much to the delight of the German alumni and becoming acquainted with the new around the room, and the disappointment of the additions, and specifically the New Academic Portuguese table! Building, regarded by all as ‘impressive.’ Much Classes of 1980 and 1981 has changed over the past three decades and 25th Anniversary Reunion comments were made about the campus. The Classes of 1980 and 1981 returned to the Classes of 1966 and 1967 40th Anniversary Reunion The classes were two of the most political ones at School on Friday 7 and Saturday 8 July 2006 to LSE and alumni enjoyed the screening of Student celebrate their 25th anniversary of graduating The Classes of 1966 and 1967 got together Power, a short film made by Danny Schechter from LSE. for their 40th Anniversary Reunion on Friday (MSc Government 1969), focusing on the 1968 The day and a half of events included ample time 15 and Saturday 16 September – and as LSE protests. There was then a lively discussion to catch up with old friends – and indeed to form well as many new faces, it was also good about why that generation wanted to change new friendships, or as one alumnus put it, ‘to to see familiar faces from the Classes’ 35th the world, versus the perceived apathy of current meet those people I missed out on 25 years ago’. Anniversary Reunion in 2001. students. A pleasant afternoon of wine tasting in The Saturday morning debate, chaired by Mark Friday afternoon brought the chance to tour the the Students’ Union and then a London walk with Hoffman, was a particular highlight, asking School, learn about the New Academic Building Professor Derek Diamond followed. The route the question ‘Was Thatcherism the best and LSE’s Legacy Programme, and hear from 22 I LSE Magazine I Winter 2006 I Reunions

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Professor Paul Johnson, deputy director. The Class of 1954 – another reunion MSc Health Policy, Planning Friday evening drinks and buffet supper were On Friday 7 July, 16 of us had coffee in the LSE and Financing conference followed by live music from LSE academic Mark Garrick and then moved to Coopers, in Lincoln’s Late June 2006 saw a conference to celebrate Hoffman and friends, whose band ‘Dads Aloud’ Inn Fields, for a very convivial lunch. The occasion the anniversary of the establishment of the MSc played classics from the 50s and 60s and got a was to meet the Weinbergs from Washington. in Health Policy, Planning and Financing, the good few alumni dancing. Wendy, a governor of the School, had come over degree run jointly with the London School of The Saturday morning debate in the Shaw for a periodic meeting of the governors, whilst Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Alumni, current Library was chaired by Professor Nicholas Barr Bob, a former president of the Students’ Union, students, staff and health professionals came (MSc Econ 1967), asking the question ‘Were could not resist the opportunity to harangue his together to reflect on the impact of 20 years of the 60s the beginning of a golden age or the erstwhile fellow students, and so came with her. A health policy studies and to discuss what the start of a slippery slope?’ – no definitive answer trip down the River to Canary Wharf was the icing future holds in this ever important area of policy. was reached, of course! on the cake for a hardy few. The afternoon activities of wine tasting and a Robert Williams (BSc Econ Government 1954) Reunions in 2007 London walk were thoroughly enjoyed by those 1957 and before: 50+ Reunion who attended, and the reunion was rounded off Alumni Street Party Tuesday 27 March with an excellent dinner on board HMS Belfast, the More than 150 alumni and guests joined us for 1972/1973: 35th Anniversary battle cruiser moored on the Thames. Pre-dinner the 2006 Alumni Street Party in Houghton Street Friday 6 and Saturday 7 July drinks and coffee afterwards were out on the in September. The street was bathed in sunshine, 1992/1993: 15th Anniversary quarter-deck, with fantastic views of the Tower of with barbecue food and Three Tuns drinks Friday 14 and Saturday 15 September London and Tower Bridge. Dinner speeches came complemented by music from The Groove. A from Ashley Mitchell (BSc Econ 1967) and Barry Details of all these reunions will be sent by few alumni even followed in the footsteps of Mick Sheerman MP (MSc Political Sociology 1966). post and email to alumni in the relevant Jagger by dancing in the street! classes. A full list of reunions and events is always available at www.lse.ac.uk/alumni

I Winter 2006 I LSE Magazine I 23 Our campaign surpasses £90 million

Howard Davies writes: Annual donors and scholars reception 2006

The Annual Donors and Scholars Reception was held in the Shaw Library in May 2006. The event was touching, attended by 80 scholars and 50 donors. This year was unusual due to the amount of additional support pledged at the reception. Bill Bottriell (BSc Economics 1978) surprised everyone by making an unexpected ‘match challenge’. He challenged two more donors to step up to the mark and match his funding of two scholarships for this year. It worked! Existing Campaign supporters Andreas Utermann (BSc Economics 1989) and Richard Goeltz (General Course 1963) both committed to supporting ‘Over the last six years we have been engaged in further scholarships. the Campaign for LSE, our unique opportunity to reinvigorate the study and application of the social sciences through charitable partnerships. ‘On behalf of my fellow citizens Thanks to the commitment, energy and back home, thank you, God time of alumni, friends and supporting bless you, and rest assured you organisations we are nearing the goal of will soon be extremely proud of this, our largest ever philanthropic venture. this ambitious scholar and loyal ‘Students and staff are I would like to make special mention of Vincent son of Africa.’ Cheng (pictured left) and the trustees of the Andrew Othieno, MSc Development reaping the benefits Wolfson Foundation who have recently each Studies, ICAP Graduate Scholarship given leadership gifts towards the School’s priority of private philanthropy ‘In the few minutes I have been project – the stunning New Academic Building through a much given to address you, I can’t development on Kingsway. These are the most impress upon you my sense of improved social and recent leadership gifts, to date there have been 15 awe at the system and facilities other significant donations to this project. academic environment’ available here at LSE.’ Howard Davies, The New Academic Building represents the Natasha Kelshall, LLM, Annual Fund supporter and director of LSE priority of a Campaign that has permeated every Bishnudat Persaud Scholarship aspect of the School and its relations with the wider community. The success of the Campaign ‘For me the Campaign for LSE will be evident to the hundreds of you who have is all about my responsibility to played an active role, whether you have been a make a difference to someone regular Annual Fund supporter, the benefactor who, like me, had to struggle to of a Scholar, or have supported an academic make it. To see them achieve programme. Indeed, LSE alumni have played their potential is a thrilling a decisive role in maintaining our excellence as privilege for me. It is important for society’s a world leading social science institution at the future that these people do, and that those cutting edge of exploring, explaining and thinking in a strong position give something back.’ about how the world works. Bill Bottriell (BSc Economics 1978), ‘LSE changed my life, scholarship benefactor It is my belief that this legacy of giving will continue as it has changed so to encourage our global community of students, many others. It is a pleasure to give. This teachers and staff to come together and enact caring community of scholars and students the LSE mission. Thank you, please continue to deserves the strongest support’. support LSE, please begin supporting LSE.’ Vincent Cheng (BSc Econ 1993)

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Top row, left to right: Andrew Othieno, Nargis Esufbekova, Erkinbek Adylov; Jessica Moorghen and Marva Small; Maciej Dziedziniewicz Second row, left to right: Rasvi Ahmed, scholarship donor Stelios Haji-Ioannou, Mahesh Bhadresha, Manuel Stotz, Jan Witajewski; Ingrid Persaud (LLM 1988), Natasha Kelshall and her son Zac; Natalie Skacelova, Maria Gratsova, Cato Stonex (BSc International Relations 1986) and Ross Mitchell

‘We are proud to be part ‘It is a great privilege to stand idea of your support. Freedom to my parents, of the Campaign for LSE. here today as an LSE economics freedom to my family, freedom to me, freedom It is an opportunity to be student and as the Jeremi to relish the opportunities, freedom to fully involved with LSE culture Kroliczewski Educational Trust develop. Freedom to study and travel, freedom and thinking, and to take scholar.’ Maciej Dziedziniewicz, to think and practice, freedom to live the dream. pleasure in the difference BSc Economics It is due to your support that hard work is we can make. Following all our scholarship ‘The Jeremi Kroliczewski Educational Trust was rewarded, that young, passionate people students as they go through their LSE days established in memory of Jeremi Kroliczewski, can improve, change themselves and then has been a real dividend.’ who fought and died in the Warsaw Uprising in proceed to changing the world. Rita Golden (BSc Sociology 1971; PhD 1944 and never had the opportunity to study at One day I would like to return to Poland, to International Relations 1975) and university. It is an honour to be a scholar of the introduce this positive change, to share Jeffrey Golden (International Relations Educational Trust created by his mother. It is an my experiences, to teach my children as a 1971), scholarship donors honour… and it is a responsibility. person who realised his dreams. Your support changes lives. You have Your support allows this, thank you so much.’ The School greatly appreciates the spirit changed the life of a boy who grew up in a and generosity of those who made such a second world country that was under Soviet special difference to this year’s Annual Donors influence for 45 years, who comes from a Alumni and friends have made a and Scholars Reception. Thanks to such middle income family in Poland (who would difference to young minds and lives from commitment, LSE continues to educate top never be able to support my studies here), around the world by establishing nearly students, irrespective of personal circumstance. and who dreamed about studying in the UK, £15 million in scholarships, 58 of these are at LSE. full scholarships and 20 are endowed. To You give me and other scholars freedom, yes make a difference please get in touch with freedom. I think this word best encapsulates the Dr Mary Blair, director, LSE Development Office on +44 (0)20 7955 6048.

I Winter 2006 I LSE Magazine I 25 Legacy Programme’s annual Futures Lunch

The Legacy Programme’s annual Futures Lunch took place in July, hosted by Adrian Hall, secretary and director of administration at LSE and Legacy Circle member. We were delighted to welcome the Rt Hon Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone PC, (MSc Social Policy and Administration 1975), LSE governor and Legacy Circle member. She spoke of her regard for the School and her personal reasons for supporting the Legacy Programme. The School also heard from current student Nicholas White (LLB, graduating 2008) who receives his scholarship through the estate of Peter Bence (BSc Economics 1965). Nick (left), a former Olympian standard rower in his home country, Australia, suffered an injury which abruptly ended his sporting career. Having previously focused entirely on sporting success, Nick applied the same dedication to his new goal of achieving excellence in his academic studies, and working towards a place to study at LSE.

Nick was thrilled to learn of the opportunity Chairman’s Circle Gifts of £5,000 and above provided by Peter Bence who bequeathed an Director’s Circle Gifts between £1,000 and £4,999 endowed scholarship gift to support mature Clement’s Circle students pursuing undergraduate degrees. Gifts between £500 and £999 Without the foresight and generosity of Houghton Street Circle Gifts between £250 and £499 benefactors like Peter Bence, the School would The Beaver’s Club Gifts between £100 and £249 not be as vibrant and diverse as it is today. Guests Keith Pearson (BSc Government 1985) and his wife Cristina have recently expressed Crawford prize Annual Fund tops half their intention to create an endowed legacy Kok Tjun Chan, a a million gift which will support needy students on an BSc Government annual basis, with a preference for students Last year’s Annual Fund appeal was the most and Economics from Wales. successful to date, raising over £500,000 in student from unrestricted funding between 1 August 2005 Their gift is in recognition of the gratitude felt by Malaysia, has been and 31 July 2006 to support areas of need and Keith Pearson, who came to LSE as a mature presented with the projects right across LSE. student, and who would not have been able to first Iain and Louise The School seeks to raise annual, unrestricted do so without a grant. The Pearsons recognise Crawford Memorial funding from alumni, governors, parents, staff the difficulty faced by talented young students Prize for the best and friends of LSE. We ask donors to support today, who may be discouraged from studying performance in the the Annual Fund with gifts of a size that they can in London due to both high tuition fees and the first year Government Department exams. repeat each year. By creating a culture of annual cost of living in London. The prize was inaugurated this year in memory giving, we hope that this pool of individual, regular Becoming a Legacy Circle member of Iain and Louise Crawford. Iain was an LSE gifts will grow into a substantial collective gift from – please contact Rosie Woodward on alumnus, who went on to become head of the LSE community every year. We are in contact +44 (0)20 7955 7376 or at r.c.woodward@lse. public relations for the School. He also worked with over 80,000 of you across the world. ac.uk to learn more about legacies at LSE and closely with Professor Nicholas Barr on higher Individuals who give generously to the Annual how to join. education funding policy. Louise came to LSE Fund during the School’s fiscal year are recognised as a secretary, aged 19, and became head of by membership in a range of gift clubs (see above). LSE’s Conference Office. The couple moved Annual Fund appeals run between 1 August to Scotland but Iain died from cancer in 2004, and 31 July, the School’s financial year. For and later the same year Louise was killed in a more information about the Annual Fund, car crash. including this year’s allocations and Gift Aid, please see www.lse.ac.uk/annualfund

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At the Legacy lunch: Clockwise, from top left, Leslie Dighton (BSc Government 1959), Alma Craft (BSc Sociology 1960) and Maurice Craft (BSc International Relations 1953); Baroness Bottomley (MSc Social Policy and Administration 1975), Pauline Graham (BSc Accounting and Finance 1965) and Elizabeth Broadbridge (BSc Government 1965); Keith Pearson (BSc Government and History 1985), his wife Christina Pearson and student Nicholas White; Robin Ellis (BSc Accounting and Finance 1953), John Crowe (BSc Economics and Statistics 1949) and Basil Henson (BSc Government 1949); Michael Simmons and Kathleen Francis (Diploma Industrial Relations 1953) Above: Campus improvements include engaging sculptures, better access and modern library facilities

Linking LSE and the range of disciplines from law to health policy Dr Mary Blair, director of to econometrics to developmental studies, a development, writes: Middle East much broader range of fields than a restricted ‘Walking through the campus one can’t help but This year LSE became scholarship would offer. The programme lasts for notice the recent positive changes. The affecting the recipient of an five years, reaching a total of 50 young scholars. symbols of the Campaign’s successes are clear; the Lionel Robbins Building (the Library), the extraordinary gift that More than nine members of the Naqvi family pedestrianisation and improved accessibility of the provides MSc Scholarship have attended LSE, including Fayeeza Naqvi, campus, engaging sculptures, and, of course, the Support to students who Arif’s wife (BSc Economics 1982), and Mr Naqvi New Academic Building. come from countries has hired at least 12 alumni to work at Abraaj. in the Middle East. The As well as the campus, the Campaign community gift comes from Abraaj ‘LSE’s unfettered intellectual rigour and has also invested in scholarships, academic Capital, a private equity firm based in Dubai consistent pursuit of sound judgment makes ideas and programmes. A number of influential and led by Arif Naqvi (BSc Economics 1982), it an ideal place for young people to come developments in societal, economic and political policy debate at LSE have been directly funded pictured above. Ten students from any country together to conduct dispassionate and logical through philanthropy, many of them with a global in the Middle East, for the purposes of the study.’ Arif Naqvi (BSc Economics 1982) comparative and interdisciplinary perspective. gift defined as stretching from Morocco to Philanthropy has supported the study of Bangladesh, will be provided with full tuition intensifying globalisation; the changing nature and maintenance to study in any field. The of the nation state; new opportunities for global scholarships are named for PJD Wiles, the business; the transformation of world financial professor of economics who made the markets; the emergence of new ethnic divisions strongest impression on Mr Naqvi. and conflicts; and shifts in geopolitical power. The breadth of this gift is remarkable, particularly As we enter the closing stages of the Campaign because it is not restricted to a discipline. This we believe that the innovative spirit and generosity year the first ten students are studying in a of alumni and friends will continue.’

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Gurukul scholars Global Public Policy Network Twelve Gurukul Chevening scholars arrived at The inaugural Beijing. A new Global Public Policy Journal is LSE in September for 11 weeks of intensive conference of the planned, as is a series of regional events. learning and exploration of the challenges of Global Public Policy Professor Patrick Dunleavy, head of the LSE top leadership in a globalising world. Network (GPPN) was Public Policy Group and director of the MPA held in Paris in October. The programme was created nine years ago to Programme, said: ‘For LSE as a global centre mark the 50th anniversary of Indian independence. In 2005 LSE signed of social sciences, it is vitally important that our It is financed by the UK’s Foreign and an agreement to theoretical and applied approaches are relevant Commonwealth Office and aims to encourage establish the GPPN for policy-makers worldwide, and not just in part and stimulate each participant to deepen their with the School of of the world. understanding of the changing global context of International and For example, in the West, public policy theory leadership in all fields, and thereby operate more Public Affairs at Columbia University, New York, has been coping with cutback budgets for 25 effectively in a globally competitive environment. and Sciences Po, in Paris. years. But in China, government revenues grew This year’s scholars come from government, the This summer the GPPN collaborated with 15 per cent last year which means that the size of media, IT, banking and international business. Peking University School of Government on the Chinese state is doubling every six and a half Through a programme of seminars and guided an executive public policy training programme years. The GPPN is about understanding global study visits, they will engage with academics, for senior Chinese government officials, held in and not just local public policy trends.’ practitioners and policy makers, and develop See both individual projects of professional www.lse.ac.uk/collections/GPPN relevance and a personal network of contacts in the UK. During the programme’s final week in December, all the scholars participated in the Honorary QC LSE Asia Forum in Delhi. Professor Paul Davies Professor of the Law of the Enterprise in the One of last year’s participants, Biraj Patnaik, said: (LLM 1969) of LSE’s University) and at the University of Warwick, ‘The Gurukul programme is perhaps the most Law Department has where he began his academic career. perspective-widening experience that I have had been appointed an Professor Hugh Collins, head of the Law during the course of my professional life. We live honorary Queen’s Department, said: ‘This is a fitting tribute in interesting times with both India and Europe at Counsel (QC). to Professor Davies who is the pre-eminent the crossroads, as economic entities as well as Professor Davies has scholar in company law in England today and socio-cultural and political entities. Understanding been Cassel Professor who has also made major contributions to the the profound and fundamental changes of Commercial Law at field of labour law.’ happening across societies has strengthened my the School since 1998. The award of Queen’s Counsel honoris causa own personal understanding of how globalisation He has written widely is made to lawyers who have made a major processes are unfolding. The Gurukul Programme on company law and employment law, and contribution to the law of England and Wales has helped me develop networks with a range Industrial Law Journal is the editor of the . He outside practice in the courts. It is announced of people in academia and civil society with played a major part in the recent Company Law through the government’s Department for shared values who are critically engaged with the Review and other policy working groups. Constitutional Affairs. He joins other full-time processes of globalisation that have overwhelmed He was elected a fellow of the British Academy members of the department who have been their societies.’ in 2000. He has been a visiting professor at appointed as QCs, including Professor Chris Yale, Bordeaux, Bonn, Witwatersrand and Greenwood, Centennial Professor Ross the Rand Afrikaans University. Before joining Cranston and emeritus professors Carol Harlow, LSE, he previously taught at the University of Lord Wedderburn and Michael Zander, as well Oxford (as Fellow in Law at Balliol College and as visiting professors.

Professor Johnson, who became one of the Professor Johnson School’s three deputy directors in July 2004, was convener of the Economic History Department Paul Johnson, LSE’s deputy from 1999 to 2002, and sat on a number of director for planning and School committees. His academic expertise is in resources and professor the economics of retirement and old age; the legal in the Economic History foundations of modern markets, and the economic Department, is to become and social history of Britain since 1850. vice chancellor of La Trobe Gurukul scholars with left to right third row: Arnauld Miguet, chair, Joy Whyte, administrator, University, Melbourne, The School has begun the selection process for a and Howard Machin, director Australia, in 2007. new deputy director to replace Professor Johnson.

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responsibility for academic management and Alumni receive awards ICEF graduates the appointment of teachers. The LSE ICEF project director, Professor Richard Jackman, Congratulations to the following alumni who senior academic adviser Amos Witztum, LSE’s received awards in the Queen’s Birthday academic registrar Simeon Underwood, and honours list this summer: director of external study at LSE Rosemary John Belcher (MPhil 1973) – CBE for Gosling represented the School at this occasion. services for the elderly ICEF teaches a unique ‘double degree’ Graham Facks-Martin (MSc Housing programme preparing students both for 2001) – MBE for services to the community the Russian state degree and also for the in North Cornwall internationally recognised degrees of the Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou (BSc (Econ) University of London external programme. Of Industry and Trade 1987) – Knighthood for the 55 students graduating this year, (pictured) services to entrepreneurship no fewer than 13 were awarded first class degrees by the University of London – an John Hutchings (Dip Social Policy and unprecedented achievement – and 19 of the Administration 1967) – OBE for services to 55 have secured places for graduate study the National Probation Service in universities in the West (13 in the UK and David Kingsley (BSc (Econ) Sociology In September the British ambassador to the 5 at LSE). The College is therefore achieving 1953) – OBE for charitable services Russian Federation, Anthony Brenton, CMG, one of its main objectives of enabling Russian Martin Polden (LLB 1953) – OBE for hosted the sixth graduation ceremony of the students to enter the international mainstream. services to environmental law International College of Economics and Finance Next year the College will mark its 10th Barbara Riddell (BSc Social Policy and (ICEF) in Moscow. ICEF was established in 1997 anniversary with special events both in Moscow Administration 1978) – MBE for services as a joint venture of LSE and the Higher School and London. See www.hse.ru/icef/en to education of Economics in Moscow, with LSE sharing Julia Unwin (MSc Social Policy and Planning) – CBE for services to consumers Biomedical ethics ICESS in Madrid The UK’s largest LSE Director Howard Davies biomedical charity, visited Madrid this autumn Identity Project the Wellcome Trust, to launch the International announced its first Centre for Economics and latest university award in the Social Sciences (ICESS). biomedical ethics Researchers from LSE released their analysis of The ICESS Centre has been this year – to LSE’s the government’s first Section 37 report on the established with long term Dr Ilina Singh. likely costs of the UK Identity Cards Scheme Enterprise LSE collaborators, this autumn. The lectureship the savings bank Caja Madrid, with their project in bioethics partners the insurance company MAPFRE and The government’s report provided and society will enable Dr Singh to continue the local government of Majadahonda, where Parliamentarians with likely set-up costs of groundbreaking research into Attention Deficit/ the new centre will be based. the Scheme for the first time. But LSE Identity Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children and to The launch follows successful LSE Masterclasses Project authors say there remains a lack of explore ethical issues surrounding the impact of in Madrid, Spain, which have seen over 25 LSE openness in many key areas which, they stimulant drugs. faculty teach 600 of Spain’s brightest young believe, does little to increase public confidence professionals and junior academics in Madrid in the Scheme. Building on the results of a pilot study carried out in 2005, Dr Singh will conduct in depth since the first programme in 2000. The authors have responded with 19 interviews with three groups of children: those Enterprise LSE, which has managed the LSE recommendations for any future s37 reports. who are taking stimulant drugs for a diagnosis Masterclasses since their inception, are also These include: of ADHD, those who are ‘at-risk’ for ADHD and independent members of the Board of Trustees • Future s37 reports should provide annual cost unmedicated, and a group of children without of ICESS through ELSE board members estimates and not just ten year totals for both mental health problems. Up to 100 children will Professor Andrés Rodríguez-Pose (pictured), set up and operating costs. be interviewed across two national settings, the chairman Roger Mountford and Howard Davies. • Parliament should be informed as to whether the UK and the US. The launch, including a lecture and reception at roll out of biometric identity cards for UK citizens Professor Nikolas Rose, director of the BIOS the Casino de Madrid, was attended by over 100 will be based, in the first instance, on fingerprint Centre for the Study of Bioscience, Biomedicine, academic, business and political participants. identification only, or whether other biometrics (eg Biotechnology and Society at LSE, said: ‘This is Adam Austerfield, director of projects at Enterprise iris recognition) will be used from the start. excellent news, not only because of the quality LSE and manager of Spanish programmes, said: Dr Edgar A Whitley, from LSE’s Department of of the recipient and the importance of Dr Singh’s ‘This is a very exciting step for us after many years Management, said: ‘We were surprised that research, but also because it marks a significant of working in Spain and collaborating with Caja the government did not take this opportunity to development in the invaluable support that the Madrid in particular. The Centre gives us a long- provide Parliament, industry and the British public Wellcome Trust has given to our research on the term base to engage with the regional, national with more details about this important Scheme.’ social and ethical implications of developments in and international Hispanic communities. See biomedicine.’ See See http://is2.lse.ac.uk/idcard www.lse.ac.uk/bios www.lse.ac.uk/execed

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Best paper award Dr Pauline Barrieu, Department of Statistics, has won an award from the Europlace Institute of Finance for the Best Paper in Mathematical service to the School was clocked up by Finance (published 2005). Her paper, ‘Inf- SCR reunion those who attended. Alan Day, pro-director Convolution of Risk Measures and Optimal from 1979 to 1983, who joined the School Retired members of the Staff Common Room Risk Transfer’, was written with Nicole El Karoui in 1949, was the earliest appointee, with (SCR) met up in September for an informal and published in the journal Finance and economist Roger Alford being the longest reunion together with former colleagues Stochastics. The Europlace Institute of Finance serving member with 47 years to his credit. still at the School. Well over 700 years of is intended mainly for ongoing exchange of views and information among prominent finance professionals, academics and researchers. Double degree with Fudan LSE and Fudan University, Shanghai, have LSE deputy director for external relations and Asia careers launched a new double master’s degree research, Professor Sarah Worthington, said: LSE has produced the first in Global Media and Communications. ‘The launch of this double degree marks a careers guide aimed at This is a two year programme set to commence further step in the developing relationship graduates wanting to work in 2007-08. The first year of the programme between LSE and Fudan University.’ Professor in India, China, Japan and will be based in LSE’s Department of Media Yu Zhen Wei, executive dean and director of the other Asian countries. The and Communications, and the second year programme at Fudan’s School of Journalism, LSE Guide to Careers in Asia at Fudan University’s School of Journalism. said: ‘Fudan University is delighted to partner includes testimonials from Students who successfully complete the with LSE in the delivery of this double master’s LSE alumni now working in programme will graduate with two master’s degree in Global Media and Communications. these countries, as well as information about degrees, one from each university. Students At Fudan we believe this programme is unique, multi-nationals with offices in Asia. The guide on the double degree programme will also offering students the chance to partake in study was conceived at last year’s LSE Asia Forum have the opportunity to study Chinese in in a truly global manner for two degrees.’ in Hong Kong. Fiona Sandford, head of LSE London in their first year. During the second See Careers Service, said: ‘We believe we are the year at Fudan all academic courses will be www.lse.ac.uk/collections/media@lse the first UK university to produce such a guide, taught in English, but there will be further specifically targeting our students who want courses on Chinese language and civilisation. to work in Asia.’ See www.lse.ac.uk/careers

Pimlott prizewinner New residences opened Students arriving Spitalfields is owned and managed for LSE by Rowland Manthorpe, an MSc student in political this year had three the Shaftesbury Housing Association, providing theory at the School, was awarded the Ben additional halls of 361 beds. Alumna Shami Chakrabarti, director of Pimlott Prize for Political Writing 2006. His winning residence to choose Liberty and an LSE governor, officially opened the essay was published in The Guardian Review in from, following building in September. July as part of the prize, which is awarded jointly major developments Finally, Passfield Hall (pictured), owned by the by The Guardian and the Fabian Society. Rowland and refurbishments University of London and leased to LSE since was also presented with a £3,000 prize. which increased 1948, was re-opened. A collection of Grade II the School’s bed The prize was set up in 2005 in memory of Ben listed Georgian houses, it has undergone a £7m Pimlott – political writer, regular contributor to The stock by nearly refurbishment. The hall houses 227 students (up Guardian Review and a major intellectual force 1,000 places – now from 196) in a mixture of single, twin and triple in the Fabian Society. The 2006 competition up to 3,400 in rooms. With the opening of Grosvenor House in took history and British identity as its theme and total. Northumberland House, just off Trafalgar Covent Garden in 2005, LSE now has a total of participants were asked to address the question: Square, was opened by higher education ten halls, spread across five London boroughs. ‘Who Do You Think You Are? Can History Help Us minister Bill Rammell MP. The Grade II listed This means the School can now offer almost half to Define British Identity Today, or Is It Part of the building provides 358 en suite beds in single of all full-time students a place in halls. Problem?’ See www.fabian-society.org.uk and twin rooms. Lilian Knowles House in I Winter 2006 I LSE Magazine I 31 Research news

CEO guide to selecting effective suppliers CEOs in the process of evaluating new outsourcing curse’ – deals that excessively favour the client at as adding value to processes or managing partnerships should look beyond physical the expense of the supplier but do not work to the governance typically remain the responsibility of resources such as people and technologies client’s advantage in the long run. the client company. The original benefits gained and concentrate instead on companies’ ability The white paper identifies 12 capabilities that through lower rates were subsequently eroded to turn those resources into capabilities such as supplier companies should be able to display by the cost of management time required to fix leadership, behaviour management, governance from the outset, including the capability to problems further down the line. This so-called and process improvement. retain and apply professional knowledge, the ‘winner’s curse’ affects as many as one fifth of This is the main finding of a report by Leslie ability to access resources as needed and the all contracts.’ Willcocks, Information Systems, Sara Cullen aptitude to design and implement successful Read more at www.lse.ac.uk/collections/press of Cullen Group and Dr Mary C Lacity of the organisational arrangements. andinformationOffice/researchexcellence.htm University of Missouri, St Louis. The white paper, Professor Willcocks warns CEOs not to choose for IT services company LogicaCMG, also suppliers on cost alone: ‘While the supplier highlights the risks associated with the ‘winner’s might provide lower costs, competencies such

Impact of mobile phones on young Depression report Psychological lives today therapy should be is, three times more than their made available to parents. Over three quarters all people suffering feel that owning a mobile from depression, phone gives them a better chronic anxiety and social life, enabling them to schizophrenia. maintain contact with friends, This is the conclusion of and a quarter of them have a report on depression been invited on a date by text. by the Centre for Economic Performance’s The findings also point to Mental Health Policy Group, led by Professor a powerful need to belong, Lord Layard. The recommendation is what with over 40 per cent of 15 the guidelines from the National Institute for to 17 year old girls saying Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) prescribe, they would ‘feel unwanted if a but they are not currently being implemented whole day went by when my because the therapy services are not there. mobile phone did not ring’. According to the authors of the report, there should be a proper psychological therapy The report also reveals that service in every part of the country by 2013. one in three young people talk Such a service would pay for itself in the © ROYALTY FREE/CORBIS regularly or exchange texts reduced expenditure on incapacity benefits with people they do not want from people being able to go back to work. Fifty one per cent of all ten year olds have their parents to know about and two thirds of a mobile phone, rising to 91 per cent of 12 15 to 17 year olds would not let their parents The report reveals that depression and anxiety year olds, according to the Mobile Life Youth look through their text messages. Opinion is disorders affect up to one in three families and Report, one of the biggest ever social studies to divided over the age at which children should that modern evidence-based psychological examine how mobile phones have changed the have a mobile phone, with more than half therapy is as effective as medication and is way young people live. of parents believing that 11 is acceptable, preferred by the majority of patients. Dr Carsten Sorensen, Information Systems, compared to only a third of adults overall. The report is supported by the Charlie Waller Memorial Trust, who funded the publication. It was adviser for the report, commissioned by To download a copy of the report, see www. has also received the support of The Observer, the Carphone Warehouse and published this mobilelife2006.co.uk autumn. Over 1,250 young people aged 11 to which circulated copies to all its readers, 17 who own mobile phones were surveyed by The Guardian, the Royal College of General polling organisation YouGov. Practitioners and leading mental health charities Mind, Rethink, the Mental Health Foundation The research found a marked preference for and the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health. texting rather than talking, with young people sending or receiving over nine texts a day, that To download a copy of the report, see http://cep.lse.ac.uk

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Poverty twice as likely to persist across generations People who grow up poor suffer continued The authors found that many of the negative poverty into middle age, and the trend is effects of teenage poverty are a consequence worsening. Research by Jo Blanden and Steve of other characteristics of disadvantage, such Gibbons, Centre for Economic Performance, as low parental education, unemployment and examined the experiences of today’s adults poor neighbourhoods, rather than poverty to assess the impact of not tackling itself. The report concludes that ending income childhood poverty. poverty will not address the problem of persistent Their report for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation poverty alone. Jo Blanden said: ‘Our research reveals how the increased likelihood of poverty in shows that there is no quick fix to ending these their early 30s for poor teenagers compared to enduring patterns of poverty across generations. It non-poor teenagers in the 1980s, was twice as highlights the importance of the policy agenda to strong as it was for those from the 1970s. It also reduce child poverty and disadvantage, but also shows how the impact of being poor as teenagers shows that this cannot be done through income continues to affect individuals as they grow into transfers alone.’ To read more and download a middle age. copy of the report, see http:cep.lse.ac.uk

Media development Innovation in Children and in crisis states An independent and free media may undermine government the internet rather than support the rebuilding of states in crisis Professor Sonia Livingstone and post-war situations, warn Dr James Putzel organisations of LSE’s Media and and Joost van der Zwan, Crisis States Research The first independent report into operational Communication Department Centre. Their research explored the development innovation in central government has found has been awarded 498,000 of media in developing countries affected by that, although a deep rooted culture of risk euros for a new thematic crises and war. See www.crisisstates.com aversion is being tackled and improvements in network, EU Kids Online, quality and efficiency of service are being made, which has been funded Competitive advantage of government bodies could still secure greater by the EC Safer Internet sanctioning institutions benefits and efficiencies with more innovative plus programme. EU Kids Online will examine People should be encouraged to express European research on cultural, contextual and risk and progressive approaches. disapproval of the behaviour of others if this issues in children’s safe use of the internet and behaviour is not in the common interest, say The study for the National Audit Office was new media and will be carried out in 18 member researchers Bernd Irlenbusch, Managerial carried out by the Public Policy Group, led states. See www.eukidsonline.net Economics and Strategy Group, and Özgür by Professor Patrick Dunleavy. The research Gürerk and Bettina Rockenbach, University of team examined 125 innovative developments, Is education policy improving Erfurt, Germany. In an experiment, researchers nominated by 85 government bodies, to Britain’s skills base? found that volunteers preferred to be in a group improve their administrative and organisational The returns of a university degree in Britain which was able to sanction others and create a practices. A diverse range of innovations was are still high by international standards, some co-operative culture, rather than stay in a sanction- submitted, with most involving improvements of the new vocational qualifications have very free group with ‘free-loaders’. See to performance management, new IT or web www.lse. low or minimal economic value, and basic ac.uk/collections/pressAndInformationOffice/ services or other technological changes. Some skills continue to have very high value in the researchExcellence.htm of the innovations have taken years to deliver labour market. These are some of the findings and cost millions of pounds, although the of a survey of the latest evidence on the Securing good care for average cost was under £1 million and the effectiveness of education reforms by Dr Anna older people timeframe was 28 months, relatively slow by Vignoles, Centre for Economic Performance. The final report of the Wanless Social Care private sector standards. See www.lse.ac.uk/collections/pressAnd Review team, led by Sir Derek Wanless, found Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit InformationOffice/researchExcellence.htm very serious shortcomings in social care provision Office, acknowledged the work that has Bucking the trend and funding arrangements. The Wanless Review already been done to drive forward operational was undertaken by a project team of economists Children who are poor but have parents who innovations within the civil service, but said: and social care specialists at the King’s Fund take an interest in their schooling and read to ‘Strong barriers to innovation remain. Senior and LSE’s Personal Social Services Research them when they are young are more likely to pull managers are providing leadership to change, Unit. See www.kingsfund.org.uk/health_topics/ themselves out of poverty, according to Dr Jo but implementing structural changes will not be wanless_social.html Blanden, Centre for Economic Performance and achieved by dropping initiatives from on high, Department of Economics, University of Surrey. but rather by creating a supportive environment Her research was carried out on behalf of the where all staff are encouraged to make Department for Work and Pensions. See www.lse. suggestions for change.’ ac.uk/collections/pressAndInformationOffice/ Read more at www.lse.ac.uk/PPG researchExcellence.htm I Winter 2006 I LSE Magazine I 33

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by LSE and the University LSE people of the Arts/London College of Communications (LCC). , professor of economics and Timothy Besley Charlie Beckett (left) said: political science and director of STICERD at LSE, ‘POLIS is already proving became a member of the Bank of England’s a place where the debate Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) in September. about news and the media Professor Besley is also a research fellow of the and society can go a whole Institute for Fiscal Studies and last year won the lot further.’ The centre will be offering postgraduate Yrjo Jahnsson award for European economics. He joins the group of former LSE economics teaching and short term courses based at LCC, professors Mervyn King, Charles Bean, Charles including a jointly taught master’s programme Goodhart and Steve Nickell who have also geared towards mid-career UK and international Shamar signing autographs for local fans at the journalists. As well as events and seminars, World Cup of Softball in Oklahoma served on the MPC. Charlie has a weblog as an online forum on John Van Reenen, director of the Centre for the media, and news agendas. See www. Economic Performance, said: ‘Tim is one of the charliebeckett.org Softball champ most brilliant economists living and working in Shamar Ennis, a second year LSE law student, the UK with a unique set of skills ranging across Dr Patrick McGovern, Sociology, has won a recently completed a series of international theory, applied analysis and policy advice.’ Study Abroad fellowship from the Leverhulme games on the Great Britain Softball team Foundation to work on labour market Charlie Beckett, formerly programme editor that is aiming to make it to the 2008 Summer inequality and comparative immigration at the for Channel 4 News at ITN in London, was Olympics in Beijing, China. Department of Sociology, Princeton University, appointed director of POLIS this summer. POLIS Shamar, who is from the Cayman Islands, a British is the new research, teaching and discussion forum USA. Dr McGovern will be on sabbatical Overseas Territory, played a number of successful about journalism and society launched this year leave at Princeton until September 2007. games along with the GB team earlier this year, including a historic victory in Sardinia, Italy, which ended with a final score of 4-0, giving the GB their first ever victory over Italy. The GB team went Duke ranked first Best dissertation on to win the London Cup before heading off to Duke University’s Duke Corporate Education Dr Andrew Charlwood (PhD Industrial the World Cup of Softball in Oklahoma City, USA, unit (Duke CE) has been ranked the world’s Relations) was a co-winner of the Labor and which featured five of the best teams in the world number one provider of custom executive Employment Relations Association (LERA) – USA, Japan, China, Canada and Australia – with education, according to the Financial Times. best dissertation prize for 2005-06. His the US the final winners. In January 2007 Shamar This is the fourth year in a row that Duke CE dissertation was on ‘The Anatomy of Union joins the GB team for training in Florida. has been ranked first in these ratings. Membership Decline in Great Britain 1980- LSE has operated a successful joint venture with 1998’. Dr Charlwood, who now lectures at Duke CE since 2003. Blair Sheppard, Duke CE’s Leeds University Business School, receives GAM awards CEO, said: ‘We are delighted to share this honour half of the $1,000 cash prize, to be presented with the London School of Economics, our partner at the LERA 59th annual meeting in January Postgraduates Valentina Bruno and Sridhar in Europe and the world’s leading social sciences 2007 in Chicago. Dr Brenda Sun (PhD 2005) Arcot, Accounting and Finance, have won the won an honorary mention for her dissertation. school.’ See www.lse.ac.uk/execed 2006 GAM Gilbert de Botton Award in Finance Research for their paper ‘One Size Does Not Fit All, After All: evidence from corporate sadly Professor Baxter died in June, aged 99. governance’. Valentina Bruno and Sridhar Arcot Baxter symposium Around 100 former students, colleagues, and will share the joint winner’s prize of £10,000. members of Will’s family spent the day listening The award ceremony, which combined a lecture to presentations by academics and practitioners by alumna Rachel Lomax, deputy governor of who focused upon his significant contributions to the Bank of England, took place in November. accounting theory. The symposium was chaired See http://fmg.lse.ac.uk/news by LSE Professors Michael Bromwich and Richard Macve, with many distinguished international speakers, including Professor Shyam Sunder, Yale University, and current president of the American New programmes Accounting Association. Seven new master’s programmes will start in A highlight of the day was a presentation to autumn 2007. Students are now able to apply Mrs Leena Baxter by LSE emeritus professor online, or via postal application forms, to study Left to right: Professor Michael Bromwich with Leena Basil Yamey of a leather-bound book of warm a range of graduate programmes, including Baxter and Professor Basil Yamey reminiscences, contributed by his students, an MSc in European Studies: ideas and colleagues and friends. The symposium was A symposium was held at LSE in July to celebrate identies; an MA in Global Studies: a European jointly sponsored by LSE, the British Accounting the work of Professor Will Baxter, Emeritus perspective; an MSc in Information Systems Association, the Institute of Chartered Accountants Professor of Accounting in the Department of and Organisations (research); an LSE-PKU in England and Wales, and the Institute of Accounting and Finance, and the first full-time Double Degree in International Affairs; an MPA Chartered Accountants of Scotland. A few copies Professor of Accounting in the UK when he in Public Policy Management; an LSE-Sciences of the reminiscences book are available. Please joined LSE in 1947. The symposium had been Po Double Degree in Urban Policy; and an email [email protected] MPhil/PhD in Social Research Methods. arranged as a 100th birthday celebration, but

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ALUMNI GROUPS FROM THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION CHAIR Environmental Initiatives Network The EIN recently held a very productive AGM, Dear fellow alumni welcoming some new committee members with and alumnae ideas for fresh initiatives. The new team is in the ‘Reciprocity: What can process of improving links and communications the School do for you, with other internal/external organisations to and what can you do help achieve the EIN’s desired outcomes for its for the School?’ members, building on the existing links with the LSE wants alumni to Students’ Union, Environmental Law Foundation feel that they are more and Imperial College. In addition, EIN and its closely involved with the School. What would members are periodically asked to contribute to An Argentinian alumni event at the British embassy in Buenos Aires: left to right: Damiana Fernandez work for you? Send your ideas to me via email government consultations in advance of white Criado, Pablo Trevisan, Joaquín Ibañez, British at [email protected]. The most papers, giving an excellent opportunity ambassador Dr John Hughes, Professor Charles interesting ideas will be shown to the Director and Goodhart and Eduardo Boccardo to participate in the formulation of policy. appear in my next letter. For details about joining and all EIN events Meanwhile, there are many things you can do for planned for 2007 please visit www.lse.ac.uk/ the School. To start, if you are not a member of an alumni or call +44 (0)20 7955 7050. As well LSE alumni group in your locality, please have a as events, members receive the annual EIN look at the alumni website (www.lse.ac.uk/alumni), Journal, for which contributions from members where you will find the contact details you want. are always welcome. Membership will provide you with numerous (BSc Econ 1961) networking opportunities to meet old friends, make Henry Thoresby new friends, attend lectures and social events, Lawyers’ Alumni Group linking you back into the School. The Lawyers’ Alumni Group had another very If there is not an LSE alumni group in your locality successful year, rounded off with an excellent and you would like there to be one, please contact debate on whether lawyers are the enemy the Alumni Relations Team via email at alumni@lse. of human rights. Speakers were Professor ac.uk. This could be the first stage of a dialogue Conor Gearty, Rausing director of the Centre that would result in an expansion of the visibility for the Study of Human Rights at LSE, and and standing of the School in your locality, which is Andrew Puddephatt, a visiting fellow at the beneficial both for the School and for you! Centre and former general secretary of Liberty. If you are an individual alumnus/a, and prefer to The Group’s annual dinner will take place on stay that way, you can still join in a whole range Thursday 8 February 2007. The principal guest of activities that are freely available to all alumni, will be Peter Sutherland, the current chairman such as: participating in our Alumni Professional of BP, who will take over from Lord Grabiner Mentoring Scheme helping graduates with their as chairman of LSE’s Court of Governors in career development, linking with one of the 2008. A former barrister and attorney general special interest groups based in London (Media, of Ireland, he has also served as a European Law, Environment, Business, etc), attending a commissioner, director-general of the World reunion event of your ‘class’, using the School’s Trade Organisation and is currently UN special Library, coming to lectures at the School when representative for migration. visiting London, and many other ways to be The dinner will be held in the Senior Common connected with the School. Visit the LSE alumni Room at 7.30pm, immediately following Mr website for updates. Sutherland’s public lecture in the Old Theatre Remember: the Alumni Association is your voice – as there will be a heavy demand for seats for to the governing bodies of the School. the lecture, priority will be accorded to those purchasing places for the annual dinner. Places David Kingsley OBE, chair LSEAA may be reserved at a price of £45 for members and £50 for guests by contacting Nat Holtham Want to join a UK or international group? A challenge: how many words can you make at [email protected] or +44 (0)20 7955 6756. Please see www.lse.ac.uk/alumni and out of the word ‘reciprocity’? Membership of the Group is open to all LSE click on groups or email alumni@lse. The winner with the highest number of words alumni, and is free for the first three years after ac.uk, or write to the Alumni Relations sent to the email address above receives a copy graduation, then £25 per year or £60 for three team, Office of Development and Alumni of my book How World War II Was Won on the years. New members are always welcome – to Relations, LSE, Houghton Street, London Playing Fields of LSE! sign up, please go to www.lse.ac.uk/alumni WC2A 2AE. David Goldstone (LLB 1952), chair

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Above, top: Brazilian alumni at the launch event LSE Business Alumni Network (LBAN) journalism think-tank). In 2006-07, the Group São Paulo LBAN extends a warm welcome to all alumni will be looking at different facets of the media Above, right: The German alumni group in Frankfurt with an interest in business. Our members around the theme and implications of old world Above: A reunion of Thai friends of LSE network with fellow professionals, expand their versus new generation. It meets five times a circle of friends and meet people who share year to debate current media issues. It is set up the unique LSE experience. LBAN also holds for and run by LSE alumni. For information on a series of seasonal and other events including joining, please see the groups section at www. seminars, dinners and cultural visits. For more lse.ac.uk/alumni or call +44 (0)20 7955 7050. information and details of how to join (membership Alice Huang (MSc Industrial Relations is free) please see www.lban.org and Personnel Management), chair

London Activities Committee West Midlands Friends of LSE In 1989, I was appointed chair of the newly- The year began with our AGM in Hereford, and The London Activities Committee: Standing left to formed London Activities Commitee (LAC) a most interesting talk by our speaker, Judge right: Sandra Lovell, Jenny Law, Elizabeth Worth, together with a number of enthusiastic David Miller (LLB 1959), a local alumnus. In Don Adlington. Seated: Bella Isaacs, John Selier committee members. The LAC thus replaced May we visited Wolverhampton University Law Below: At the dinner table from left to right: Shalva the LSE Society. As a result, many hundreds Hessel, Yoram Hessel (BSc Economics 1973, MSc School, where we were royally entertained by of alumni were brought back into the School’s International Relations 1974), Professor Fischer (BSc the dean of the School, Dr Brian Mitchell. Economics 1965, MSc History of Economic Thought orbit. Eminent speakers from all walks of life 1966), and Dr Dani Korn (PhD Government 1989), shared their experiences with us, and visits Our regular visit to LSE was on a very hot day president of the LSE Alumni Association in Israel and seminars covered a wide and stimulating in July, when we were lucky enough to have range of subjects. As the School has begun Professor Julian Le Grand talk to us. We had a to play a fuller role in its alumni interests, the splendid lunch in the Staff Dining Room, and a Office of Development and Alumni Relations tour of the many wonderful new buildings at the with the aid of the new Alumni Association, now School. A group of us then enjoyed cream teas at successfully handles all alumni activities. the Waldorf Hotel. This was a great day out! The LAC as such no longer exists, but its legacy Our final meeting of 2006 took place in Cardiff to all LSE alumni will continue into the future. It has in October, at the new Millennium Centre, where been agreed that the LAC funds will be held as a our guest speaker was Jenny Willott (MSc fund to subsidise academic visits to support and Development Studies 1997), Liberal Democrat MP encourage alumni groups throughout the world. and one of the youngest MPs at Westminster. Bella Isaacs (BSc Sociology 1985) Our AGM for 2007 is planned for Saturday 24 February and we are hoping to have a political LSE Media Group speaker. We would welcome new members from We are delighted to announce that, for the all parts of the Midlands and Welsh borders. If first time, the LSE Media Group is now free you are interested in joining us, please contact for all alumni, and members can attend all Margaret Griffiths on 01886 853543. events for free. Group members are invited to (BSc Geography events organised and produced by the Group Margaret Griffiths 1965), secretary and to other media related events hosted by the School, the Media and Communications Department or by POLIS (the newly founded

I Winter 2006 I LSE Magazine I 37 GERMANY About 80 German alumni met in the German banking centre of Frankfurt in May for a big one-day LSE alumni event. The day began with a visit to the gallery Pirschke for an exhibition of modern Eastern European art and a poetry reading by the Ukrainian poet Marjana Gaponenko. The gallery is owned by Ruprecht von Heusinger (MSc Economics 1994), a former member of the board of the German Friends of LSE. Then the group had a VIP tour of the top of the Commerzbank (Coba) building, the highest building in Frankfurt and not normally open to the public. The tour was organised by Ruediger Trost (General Course 1991), strategy and controlling department, Commerzbank. It was followed by a skyline tour of downtown Frankfurt. Afterwards, alumni met for a reception at the international law firm Breiten, Burkhard and Partners. Thomas Kessler (LLM 1994), partner, gave a presentation on the firm’s East European and international outreach and Dr Marcel Fratzscher, International Policy Analysis Division, European Central Bank, discussed the world economic perspective. The event finished late at the Italian restaurant Garibaldi in the city centre of Frankfurt. What is remarkable is that the activities were all organised and given by alumni, demonstrating the success of German Friends alumni in reaching important leadership and networking positions. Margitta Wülker-Mirbach (BSc Economics 1984), chairwoman of the German Friends of the LSE Top: The Egyptian alumni group reunion, with Howard Davies GREECE Above: The Greek gala event: left to right: Mårten Grunditz, Swedish ambassador in Greece, Stelios Haji-Ioannou (BSc Econ Industry and Trade 1987), Dimitris Paraskevas (LLB 1987), chair of the LSE Hellenic Alumni Association, The Hellenic LSE Alumni Association gala event and Nikos Garganas (MSc Econ 1963), governor of the Bank of Greece in Athens on 12 October was a fantastic success all round, with over 1,200 alumni and guests ARGENTINA EGYPT attending. The first part of the evening was an incisive academic debate chaired by Howard Professor Charles Goodhart, programme In June, LSE director Howard Davies joined Davies, asking the question ‘Can Europe provide director, Regulation and Financial Stability and Egyptian alumni for a reunion lunch at the a multilateral alternative to the American definition LSE Professor Emeritus of Banking and Finance residence of the British ambassador in Cairo. of global order’. Panellists were Professor Conor visited the Argentina Friends of LSE. In his Although an Oxonian, Sir Derek Plumly was very Gearty, Professor Lord Wallace, Professor Loukas honour, the group organised a reception at the happy to host the event for LSE alumni! Tsoukalis and Tom Countryman, deputy chief of British ambassador’s residence in Buenos Aires The event was a great opportunity to meet friends mission at the US Embassy in Athens. which was a roaring success. and talk to the Director about the developments The attendees were welcomed by Dimitris within the School. Howard also spoke about the BRAZIL Paraskevas (LLM 1987), chairman of the LSE possibility of developing a Middle East nexus at Hellenic Alumni Association, and also heard The launch of the Brazilian Alumni Association LSE that would bring together various disciplines from Greek foreign minister Dora Bakoyiannis, took place at the British Council in both São Paulo in a new format. and Dimitris Paxinos, chair of the Athens Bar and Rio de Janeiro with many alumni attending. This was the first LSE alumni event in Egypt Association. The drinks, dinner, music and laser CANADA attended by an LSE director. Among those show that followed in the fantastic central atrium present were Sherif Kamel (PhD Information of the Zappeion building were a wonderfully fitting On 11 July, over 100 alumni and friends in the Systems 1994), professor of information celebration for the naming of the Hellenic Floor Toronto area gathered for a reception in honour systems at the American University in Cairo, in LSE’s New Academic Building in honour of of Howard Davies at the TSX Gallery. The Dr Hania Sholkami, senior research fellow at Mr Paraskevas’s father, Elias Paraskevas. event was sponsored by Richard Nesbitt (MSc the Social Research Centre and Sadek Wahba, Accounting 1986), CEO of the TSX Group. ISRAEL managing director at Morgan Stanley, who was During the event, which was co-hosted visiting Cairo at the time. About 100 people participated in the LSE Alumni by the Toronto chapter of the Canadian Association in Israel gala dinner which took place Friends of LSE, Sir Howard updated the in Tel-Aviv in July. The keynote address was given group on the latest news from the School. by Professor Stanley Fischer (BSc Economics

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1965, MSc History of Economic Thought 1966), Economics and the Social Sciences (see Top, left: Houston alumni left to right: John Mgbere, HM consul general Judith Slater and John Charman governor of the Bank of Israel. page 29). Top right, left to right: John Mgbere (PhD 1994), Patrick Kennedy (MSc 1994), Billy Buchsbaum (LLM 1998), Among the participants were prominent people THAILAND who have served in the Israeli Parliament and Lucy Mends (LLM 2004), Larry Oxford (LLM 2004), Greg Deurdulian (MSc 2001) and John Charman (BSc 1959) the trade union movement, professors and The newly re-invigorated Thai Friends of Above: Richard Nesbitt (MSc Accounting 1986), doctors from all academic institutions, lawyers, LSE recently met at the Orangery in Siam Howard Davies and Gregory Sullivan (LLM 2004) and business people. There were alumni Paragon. Over 50 alumni from 1968 through at the Toronto reception who graduated from LSE in the late 1940s to 2005 met for a convivial dinner. and early 1950s and people who studied at USA LSE just a year or two ago. The number of participants was rather impressive given that The Alumni and Friends of the LSE in the the dinner took place in the midst of the conflict United States continues to develop its website between Israel and the Hezbollah in Lebanon. and to increase membership benefits, which can be seen at www.aflse.org. In addition, ITALY a proposal by Leon Desbrow, AFLSE Thanks to the kind hospitality of the UK president, to give some financial support to ambassador, Italian alumni met again in Rome chapters promoting events and recruiting new in May, at Villa Wolkonsky, Sir Ivor Roberts’s members, was approved by the board at its residence. Special guest was LSE’s Professor April meeting. Following the meeting, board Lord Wallace, International Relations, who members and alumni mingled at a reception, spoke on ‘Alternatives to American Hegemony: organised by Patricia Stockton, held in the what can European governments do?’. The elegant surroundings of the Cosmos Club in interesting lecture prompted a large number Washington, DC. of questions from an enthusiastic audience Since then, chapters across the country have of alumni who appreciated Lord Wallace’s arranged a busy programme of events. Notable clear and direct presentation, and who had among them are the Annual Bon Voyage parties the chance to chat with him during the drinks for new students en route to study at LSE, held reception that followed. in ten different major cities. Adding to the chapter programmes were events organised by the LSE SPAIN Foundation, and publicised with the AFLSE. Madrid alumni were invited to a get together on 5 October, sponsored by Caja Madrid, to Atlanta welcome Adam Austerfield as the new acting Sheila Tefft (MSc Economic History 1997), chair until a chair is formally appointed. Howard chapter leader and director of the Journalism Davies attended the event on what was his first Program at Emory University, is planning a official LSE visit to Madrid. After the reunion, the seminar on the role of the press in shaping Director launched the International Centre for

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national and international political issues. She Many incoming students are participants in the event, which included a festive reception, at organised two alumni mixers at the 5 Seasons the joint global media master’s degree with the office of Crowell & Moring. Brewing Company, one on 4 June and another the University of Southern California, and the Another highlight of the summer was the Bon on 20 August to which new students were reception was attended by Professor Patti Riley, Voyage party for new students and alumni, which invited. Many thanks to those who braved a faculty head of the programme, who was invited attracted more than 70 people. Many thanks to major storm to attend. to give an overview. After a warm introduction Joy Dunkerley, who once again hosted the event by the consul-general, chapter leader Andy Boston at her home, and to Olga Chistyakova and Robin Kane provided an update of AFLSE activities Hiestand, chapter leaders, as well as Edward On 26 April, Howard Davies was guest of honour and conducted a spirited question and answer Chow and others who assisted with the event. at a reception, organised by the LSE Foundation, session between students and alumni on what Those who braved a hot and humid Washington at the charming home of Philippe Bibi and his to expect when in London – including pubs and afternoon included 40 students, 20 alumni and wife. The Director updated the assembled alumni discotheques as well as at LSE! Thanks also to several parents. on new academic programmes, major research Emily Burg, new chapter co-chair, for assisting findings and plans for changes and improvements with the event held on a balmy evening under VIETNAM in the LSE campus. the swaying palms. A new group of alumni and students assembled Carla Santiago, new chapter co-leader, organised New York City in Hanoi in August to meet the Director and his a student Bon Voyage party on 24 July, in the family, who were there (supposedly) on holiday. During the summer months, John Casey, and Crimson Pub, Downtown Harvard Club of Boston, Dzung Nguyen organised an evening of ten-pin co-chairs Scott Pedowitz, Normand Morneau, situated on the 35th floor with splendid views of bowling for 25 LSE folk. The Director bowled Gary Klein and new co-chair Connor Galvin, have Boston Harbor. Carla welcomed a group of some quite badly. 35 alumni, students and friends. The evening was organised a full range of activities for New York a great success and much appreciated by the 13 alumni. In addition to the 7 O’clock Club (a happy new students who came to network and draw on hour held on the first Monday of every month), the the experience of the alumni. Annual Wine Tasting was held on 28 April, the Pub Quiz with Oxford alumni took place on 28 June, Chicago and the Evening in Central Park with the New The Chicago student party, held at the Fadó York Philharmonic on 18 July. The New York Bon Irish Pub on 3 August, was scheduled to end Voyage party was once again a great success, at 7.30, but nearly half of those who attended attracting nearly 60 students and 25 alumni to the were still partying by 9pm. Many thanks to mid-town Croton Reservoir Tavern in Manhattan Kristin Lingren, chapter chair, who reports on 10 August, with chapter leaders on hand to that everyone was enthusiastic and found the greet and advise the enthusiastic students who event both helpful and great fun. LSE gifts were appreciated the opportunity to network with each handed out to the ten new students who were other as well as learning from the experiences of those who have already studied at the School. invited to give a brief introduction and describe Colleen Graffy (OCC Law 1989), and Professors their plans for studying and living in London. Sarah Worthington and Christopher Greenwood at Philadelphia the Washington event Denver Rich Stein, long-time chapter leader, ably assisted Below: The Washington DC Bon Voyage Party Many thanks to Mary McBride and Jerry Kashinski by Jennifer Hinkel, organised a very successful for hosting an afternoon party at their home, and new student send-off at the Black Sheep Pub, to chapter co-chair Jennifer Hopkins for organising attended by 12 alumni and students. the event. San Francisco Houston Patricia Franklin (International Relations 1985) Chapter leader John Mgbere, ably assisted by continues to host monthly happy hours for local John Charman, has organised a full programme alumni – first Monday of the month at the Royal of events in 2006. On 26 April, HM consul Exchange. Many thanks also to Doug Mandell general Judith Slater and her husband Philip de (1989), who hosted the Bon Voyage event Waal hosted the chapter for a reception at her for the second year in a row at the offices of residence. On 26 June, a well-attended mixer the Mandell Law Group, a beautiful 25th floor was held for a group of enthusiastic alumni location overlooking San Francisco Bay. at the Black Labrador Pub. Alumni were then Washington, DC invited to a picnic and outdoor performance of The Tempest at the Miller Theater on Over 60 alumni gathered in Washington, DC on 27 July, and on 22 August, new students were 15 June to hear Christopher Greenwood, LSE hosted by alumni at the Black Labrador Pub. professor of law, and Colleen Graffy (OCC Law 1989), US deputy assistant secretary of state Los Angeles for European and Eurasian affairs and public On 16 August, Bob Peirce, HM consul general diplomacy, discuss a range of legal issues in Los Angeles, hosted a reception at his relating to counterterrorism. LSE deputy director residence, and gave a warm welcome to Professor Sarah Worthington moderated the more than 60 guests – a mix of alumni, new discussion. Barry Cohen (LLM 1974) sponsored students heading to LSE, parents, and friends.

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The School is sad to report the deaths of the following alumni, staff and honorary fellows. There is now a dedicated alumni tributes page which can be found at: www.lse.ac.uk/alumni/Tributes.htm

Barkai, Haim (PhD Economics 1958). Pinhas Thought edited by Professor Irvine Lapsley London in 1945, she became Secretary of Sapir Professor Emeritus of Economics at the (Edinburgh: ICAS, 1996). He was honoured with the Graduate School and was effectively in Hebrew University (HU) of Jerusalem. At the the Lifetime Achievement Award of the BAA and charge from 1950, when LG Robinson had HU, he served successively as chair of the induction into the American Accounting Hall of a severe stroke. After his death in 1957, Economics Department and dean of the Faculty Fame. He died in June, aged 99, just prior to an there was no search for a successor. She of the Social Sciences, as well as chairman of LSE symposium to celebrate his 100th birthday. retired formally in 1977, when ‘her’ Graduate the programme committee for the rebuilding of School had 1,500 graduate students. the university’s Mt Scopus campus. In the early Betteridge, Freddie (BSc Economics 1948). Anne always had ample time for those 1980s he was also chairman of the Advisory Awarded a Leverhulme scholarship to LSE, with real problems, to advise, intervene, Committee and the Advisory Board of the Bank but first served in the RAF during the war. After of Israel. After his retirement, he established encourage and help them, if necessary with demobbing, he took up his studies and was candid criticism. and headed the Economics and Business also a keen athlete and rugby player, being Anne did not really retire in 1977. The Administration faculty at the Academic College awarded the Wilson Potter Cup in 1947 and then director, Professor Sir Ralf, now of Rishon-le-Zion, and had just handed in a becoming president of the LSE Athletics Union. Lord, Dahrendorf, appointed her ‘roving monographic essay on the economic history In 1949 he married fellow student, Nesta ambassador’ for LSE worldwide in 1978, of the pre-state Zionist enterprise and Israel, Griffiths (BSc Economics 1947). He took up a recognising both her persuasiveness, charm which he wrote for the new edition of the successful business career with British Glues and prodigious memory and energy, and Encyclopedia Judaica. He died in May, aged 80. & Chemicals, later Croda, and travelled the also the high esteem in which she was world, making many friends in the process. held by alumni spread across the globe. He was president of Saracens rugby club Until 1985, she travelled frequently and from 1973-75. He died in March, survived by extensively on behalf of the School. Her Nesta and their two sons Charles and James. wide circle of American friends included alumni such as Pat Moynihan, Paul Volcker, John Tower and William Baumol. She became an honorary fellow of the School in 1988, and was awarded an OBE in 1991. There is an Anne Bohm Room and also an Baxter, William. Emeritus Professor of Anne Bohm Scholarship, financed in large Accounting and Finance. Joining the School just measure by contributions from alumni. In 2002, after the end of World War II, following periods Anne was awarded the prestigious Brazilian spent in the USA (at the University of Pennsylvania Order of Rio Branco. On her 90th birthday, and Harvard) and as a professor at Cape Town, an American flag was flown over the Senate Will Baxter sought to develop accounting as an Bohm OBE, Anne. LSE honorary fellow, building in Washington in her honour. She died on 15 October, aged 96. For more tributes to academic discipline, introducing an economic 1988. Secretary of the Graduate School her, see www.lse.ac.uk/alumni perspective, in keeping with well established for more than 30 years. An influential By Professor Emeritus Basil Yamey LSE academic traditions. His research set the administrator who will be remembered standard for challenging pre-conceived notions of by colleagues and by thousands A celebration of the life of Anne Bohm will accounting as purely an exercise in book-keeping. of LSE postgraduate students. be held at LSE on 23 February 2007. To He made seminal contributions in accounting attend, email [email protected] Born in 1910 in Breslau (now Wroclaw), valuation, and on the utility of accounting standards, as well as in management accounting she studied at the universities of Berlin and accounting history. In teaching, Will Baxter and Tübingen, in 1935 gained a PhD from Bridgeman, Roger. Controls engineer, sought to instill in his students an appreciation Berlin, and in 1938 arrived in Britain. A Estates Division, LSE. He joined the School of academic enquiry. He was a co-founder of relative noted an LSE advertisement in in 1989 as an electrician, becoming controls what is now the British Accounting Association a Cambridge newspaper for a research engineer in 2002. He was a very quiet, likeable (BAA). Although he retired after 26 years at LSE assistant who spoke some German and man with a good sense of humour who was in 1973, he continued to teach at the School for could type. She joined the School in 1941 well respected by his colleagues. a number of years afterwards. His work has twice as principal assistant to the dean of the been celebrated in a festschrift from colleagues Graduate School, LG Robinson. Then Cobham CBE, Sir Michael (BSc Economics and pupils. The first was Debits, Credits, Finance the Graduate School had around 200 1944). Businessman, whose air-to-air refuelling and Profits, edited by Professors Harold Edey students. When the School returned to company Cobham plc became a leader in and Basil Yamey (London: Sweet & Maxwell, the industry. 1974) and the second was Essays in Accounting

I Winter 2006 I LSE Magazine I 41 Cornwall-Jones, Priscilla (Diploma 1958). friends at the School. He died in April, aged 67.’ Jones, Emrys. Reader, then Professor of Labour councillor and activist with a strong John Sutton, Economics Department Geography, 1958-1983. May justly be regarded social conscience and concern for people in as the founder of social geography. His study need. After studying at LSE, she worked as a Ilchman, Alice Stone (PhD Economics of the problems of Belfast established his child welfare officer before becoming founder 1965). Governor, LSE. Former president of international reputation. In 1965 he conceived member, driving force and first manager behind Sarah Lawrence College and an assistant US the bold idea for an Atlas of London and the the formation of Battersea Churches Housing secretary of state for education and cultural first maps of this major work were published Trust, which she initially ran from her home. She affairs during the Carter administration. in 1968. He published widely and his books was also involved with the Battersea Project, She was the longest serving president in included Human Geography, Towns and Cities, working with young teenagers in Clapham Sarah Lawrence College’s history, a position Man and his Habitat, Introduction to Social Junction, and the local Citizens Advice Bureau. she held from 1981 to 1998. As assistant Geography (with J Eyles), and Megalopolis. She served on the General Synod of the Church secretary of state from 1979 to 1980, she His interest in interdisciplinary studies led him of England and was appointed as the chair of was responsible for managing a number into work for the Greater London Group and of exchange programmes, including the the Moral Welfare Committee. to the chairmanship of the Regional Studies Fulbright programme. She was also dean Association (1967-69). He also worked with Diamond QC, Professor Aubrey (LLB 1950; and professor of economics at Wellesley members of the Bartlett School of Architecture LLM 1956) College, a faculty member and administrator at University College and became involved in at University of California, Berkeley, and a many urban planning studies including Caracas, Peace Corps trainer for volunteers in India. She Holton, Michael (BSc Geography 1954). Civil Milton Keynes, Swindon and Washington served on the boards of many organisations, servant and secretary of the Carnegie United (County Durham). As a Welshman, he always foundations and institutions including the Kingdom Trust. While working for the Ministry maintained a strong interest in Welsh language Committee on Economic Development (CED), of Food, he became an evening student at and history. In 1989 he was made president of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, LSE where he was made president of the the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Save the Mountaineering Club. Seconded to the Air received the Society’s rarely awarded medal. Children USA and the Rockefeller Foundation. Ministry, he assisted the infant RAF Mountain In 2005 he was received into the Gorsedd of Most recently, she was director of the Rescue Service with its search system and Bards at the Eisteddford. His many honours Jeannette K Watson Fellowships programme wrote a mountain rescue handbook. He was included honorary degrees from the Open of the Thomas J Watson Foundation which a founder member of the RAF Mountaineering provides internships, mentoring, and enriched University and Queen’s University, Belfast and Association. Having left the civil service in 1968 educational opportunities to promising New an honorary fellowship of the University of to become the first secretary of the newly York City undergraduates. She received many Wales, Aberystwyth. The Royal Geographical formed Countryside Commission for Scotland, awards for education and international service, Society awarded him its prestigious Victoria and then secretary of the Carnegie United including the Fulbright Award for International Medal in 1977 and he was elected to a Kingdom Trust in 1971, he later returned to the Understanding in 1996. senior fellowship of the British Academy in Ministry of Defence. 2003. A much loved teacher and friend. Johnson, Wayne M (General Course 1967). Director, Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Kelly, Michael F (BSc Econ 1951). He field office, Maine. After losing his right leg at founded and ran a civil engineering equipment 18 to a rare form of cancer, he attended the business, Proteus Equipment Ltd, in Bury St University of Maine, where he won an internship Edmunds, and married his wife Barbara while at to the office of Congressman Tupper and LSE. He kept in touch with LSE classmates and wrote the first major aid to education bills. A his brother Kevin J Kelly (BSc Econ 1952), now Rotary Club Fellowship allowed him to study based in New Jersey, USA, is also an alumnus. at LSE. He received a JD degree from George Horsley, Anthony. Lecturer, Washington University Law School and was Lonsdale, Anthony (BSc Economics Economics Department. selected by the US Department of Housing and 1958). Dean of Faculty, Lincoln College of ‘A greatly valued colleague and an old friend Urban Development to become the youngest Technology. He arrived at LSE as a mature to those of us who joined the Department, director of an FHA field office in the country. student with a wife and young family, and Soon after, he became the highest ranking as he did, at the end of the 1970s. Tony was with the encouragement and financial support federal official in Maine to testify before the US unusually distinguished in holding PhDs both in of his wife, various summer jobs and frugal Civil Rights Commission on behalf of civil rights physics and in economics. His area of interest living, he graduated in 1958. His particular skill for Native Americans. lay in the more technical parts of mathematical and mission was to help those from a similar economics, but he followed through these background to his own to attain the highest Jonas, George (LLB 1951). Solicitor. He interests to practical issues in electricity pricing, levels of personal and career fulfilment. His time entered the UK as a refugee just before the an area in which he was very active over many at LSE was special to him, as were the enduring second world war, was fostered in Cheshire and friendships of his LSE contemporaries: Ken years. In more recent years, he took over our began his first job by the age of 15. He finished Colmer, John Copeland, John Monaghan, and graduate recruitment process, an area which his schooling through a correspondence course Leslie Wolf-Phillips. he and Kathy Watts managed with great skill and came to LSE while articled with firms in and judgement. His post-retirement plans were West Kensington and Chancery Lane. He Mackay, Alexander (PhD Government 1976) cut short by health problems, from which he went on to become a leading criminal defence appeared to be recovering well, and so it was solicitor in Birmingham. He was a drafter of the Maizels, Alfred (BSc Economics 1937; PhD with great surprise that we learned of his sad Bill abolishing the death sentence in Britain. Economics 1962). Distinguished economist death. He will be greatly missed by all of his and international civil servant. He made major contributions to the international literature on

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trade and development and was a formative obtained a degree in Sociology at Birmingham switched academic tracks in 1976 when he influence on the United Nations Conference on Polytechnic before coming to LSE. He was a moved to Brunel University. There, he played a key Trade and Development (Unctad). He graduated sociology lecturer at the University of Botswana role in developing the study of communications from LSE with first class honours, carrying off in 1981-83, then joined the Unified Local before becoming the first professor of media the Farr medal and prize in Statistics. Government Service where he was promoted to studies at Sussex University in 1991. senior planning officer in 1987. To view tributes to Roger Silverstone, or to add Masters, Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey your own comments, see www.lse.ac.uk/ Moscholios, Katherine (Occasional Student (Bachelor of Commerce 1937). Artillery officer. collections/media@lse/whosWho/Tributes_To_ 1964). A member of the Greek Civil Service and Roger_Silverstone.htm McKnight, David. Professor emeritus, first private secretary to the minister of finance Anthropology, LSE. in 1955, she came to LSE to study sociology Sherman, Sir Alfred (BSc Economic History while her husband read his PhD in law. She ‘David arrived in Britain from Canada in the early 1950; MSc Economics 1952). Political adviser, later became secretary to the director of the 1960s, taking degrees in anthropology at UCL writer and thinker who preached Thatcherism BBC Greek Department. She served the Greek and then doctoral research at LSE. He went to before the term was invented. He was born people for 50 years through the Red Cross as Australia in 1966, beginning a lifetime of work in east London, to an impoverished Jewish a volunteer nurse, an officer for the volunteers, with the Aboriginal people of Mornington Island. family of immigrants from Russia. He joined a blood donor and AIDS teacher. She received David maintained regular contact with Mornington the Communist party as a teenager and in several honorary awards for her social work. Islanders for over 35 years, spending over six 1937, aged 17, volunteered to fight on the years in this region during 20 fieldtrips. In 1971, Republican side in the Spanish civil war. He David joined LSE’s Anthropology Department, served in the Middle East with the British army where students would remember his charismatic during the World War II; then became a student style and enigmatic lectures about the Australian at LSE (where he was president of the student Aboriginal peoples. As well as contributing to our branch of the CP in 1948). After working briefly understanding of kinship and marriage systems in as a teacher he wrote newspaper articles Australia, David was an early pioneer in connecting and became a local government reporter for understandings of kinship, marriage and social the Daily Telegraph. Disillusioned by visits to structure with various symbolic systems. His Yugoslavia and experience of East European style was always distinctive. Careful ethnographic Silverstone, Roger (PhD 1980). Professor of communism after 1945, he became a free explanations of Aboriginal social life, systems Media and Communications and departmental market supporter and drafted speeches for of classification, symbolism and mythological convenor, LSE. In 1998, he became the first Sir Keith Joseph promoting the free market, realms offering possibilities to us of different Professor of Media and Communications at ways to think about the current grand narratives LSE. With the support of the director, Anthony attacking social engineering, subsidies, trade of anthropology. A prolific author of papers and Giddens, he gathered together media specialists union power and high taxation, and spelling articles, he took early retirement in the late 1990s from different departments to create a new out the case for monetarism. As director of the to live in Rome and write up his research, and Department of Media and Communications. This Centre for Policy Studies, a think tank founded was still writing up to his death. David wrote four has since become a leading centre of research in 1974, he gave strategic advice to Margaret books during his retirement: People, Countries, into media, attracting postgraduate students Thatcher in the early years of her premiership. and the Rainbow Serpent: systems of classification from all around the world. As the author or He was knighted in 1983. among the Lardil of Mornington Island (1999), editor of 12 books, he played a prominent role in Sprecher, Drexel A From Hunting to Drinking: the devastating effects the intellectual development of a new academic (General Course 1936). of alcohol on an Australian Aboriginal community subject in Britain, just as he did in its institutional Lawyer who was a prosecutor at the Nuremberg (2002), Going the Whiteman’s Way: kinship and development. In a number of distinguished war crimes trials of Nazi war criminals. He edited marriage among Australian Aborigines (2004) and publications, Silverstone explored the changing the official 15 volume report of the trials and Of Marriage and Sorcery: the quest for power in nature of communications technology and the wrote his own two volume work on the topic. He Northern Queensland (2005). He left behind an varied uses to which it is put. At the heart of his received a law degree from Harvard University important contribution to anthropology and for best work was a constant concern with the way in 1938. the indigenous people with whom he worked. in which the media represent the world, connect Sykora, Ken (BSc Geography 1948; Research David will be deeply missed by his large family and people and ideas within it and forge ties of fee student 1957). Poetic guitarist, jazz generations of students to whom he dedicated so imagination, trust, and memory. Television and composer and radio presenter. While at LSE, he much of his life.’ Everyday Life (1994) was translated into four was captain of the London University football Dr Richard Chenhall, Menzies School of Health languages and Why Study the Media? (1999) team and president of the Union. Research, Charles Darwin University, Austraiia into ten languages.

Mngaza, Yalezo Desmond Baphethuxolo After graduating with a First in Geography in Talamona, Professor Mario (Research fee (MSc Social Policy and Administration 1980). 1966, he worked for Routledge and Kegan Paul, econ 1957). Distinguished Italian economist. Senior planning officer. After primary education before going into broadcasting, working as a He was a professor of political economy and in his home town of Peuleni, South Africa, he researcher and director at London Weekend also chairman of some Italian banks. He served found himself abruptly torn from his country of Television and the BBC. His PhD thesis at LSE, from 2001 until his death as town councillor for birth, solely in charge of his siblings and a young published as The Message of Television (1981), budget and privatisation matters at the Milan uncle, on a trip bound to Sierra Leone, to join drew upon literary and anthropological theory to City Council. parents banished for political reasons. These analyse the medium’s storytelling power. events shaped his political consciousness. He was an exceptionally productive academic. Tropp, Lyn (née Eluned) (MA Geography 1951) Having sought medical expertise in the UK Beginning as a sociologist at LSE, and Woodrow, Dave for a congenital heart condition, he pursued subsequently at Bedford College, London, he . He joined LSE in 1997 as an his secondary education in Birmingham and editorial assistant in the Academic Registrar’s

I Winter 2006 I LSE Magazine I 43 1963 death penalty case without charging any legal fees. The passion with which he speaks about Where are aiding individuals and communities moves and inspires. At lunch, he also recalled his experiences they now? meeting new people in the Three Tuns!’ Wherever possible, we list the details of an individual’s degree(s) followed by the 1980 subject and the year of graduation: eg Masimba Chibgwe (Diploma Social Policy John Smith (BSc Economic History 1980). Chief Justice of Barbados, Sir David and Administration) took over a company that House style is to list simply BSc/MSc Simmons (LLB 1963, LLM 1965) has been manufactures steel and fibreglass shop fixtures without the additional Econ. elected as an honorary bencher of the Honourable for the retail sector. The business has grown Society of Lincoln’s Inn, the highest rank of Where we have no record of the subject, through acquisitions and now consists of four membership. Sir David was awarded the honorary we list the known department, and if we manufacturing and one advisory company degree LLD (Doctor of Laws) by LSE in 2003. do not have this information, we list what employing a total of 100 people. The short term we have, eg BSc Econ. Alumni in this plans are to set up a manufacturing plant in 1969 Johannesburg and develop into other countries in section are listed under the year in which the region. they first left LSE, with additional degrees Dr Sandra Fox (BSc International Relations included in their entry. 1969, MPhil Government 1978) taught at secondary and university level and also ran her 1982 own travel company, before retiring. She is helping to organise a Carnival Ball at the Savoy Hotel, London, in February 2007 on behalf of the charity In Service of Society. See www.carnivalball.co.uk

1971 Polly Rockberger (BSc Economics) is a 1948 successful artist. www.pollyrockberger.com Costas Constantinou (BSc Accounting and Shmuel Eisenstadt (Research Fee), Rose Finance) is a chartered certified accountant. Issacs Professor Emeritus of Sociology of the 1973 After spending eight years in private practice Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has been and 13 in the international commodity trade, Rebecca J Scott (MPhil Economic History), elected as a Corresponding Fellow of the British he has been appointed finance director of the Charles Gibson Distinguished University Academy. This year he was also awarded the Walterton & Elgin Community Homes, a Professor of History and professor of law at Norwegian Holberg International Memorial Prize resident-controlled housing association in the University of Michigan, this year won the London, which in 2000 was rated by the World for 2006 for outstanding work in the social Frederick Douglass Book Prize, awarded for Health Organisation as being among the top sciences and being ‘an important contributor the best book on slavery or abolition, for her three most successful projects in the world, for to sociological theory for more than 50 years’. book, Degrees of Freedom: Louisiana and empowering people and improving their health. Cuba after slavery (Harvard University Press). 1951 The prize is awarded by Yale University’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, 1984 Resistance and Abolition, sponsored by the Kurt Barling (MSc Government 1984, PhD Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. International Relations 1989, IR lecturer 1988-89) is BBC London’s special correspondent and recently 1976 won a record fifth RIMA for his television reporting on diversity issues in the UK. The judges described his work as ‘highly original, beautifully filmed and Martin Polden (LLB) was appointed cleverly crafted.’ Kurt and his wife Kim Barling OBE in the Birthday Honours 2006 ‘for (MSc Industrial Relations 1984) live in London with their three children. services to environmental law’. He is the co-founder of the charity Environmental Law Maria Pelengaris (BSc Maths and Foundation (ELF) and is now its president. Business) has published The Veils of Illusion He has had a successful and varied career Thomas Mesereau (MSc International this year. She has worked in the City and and regularly appears on TV and radio. Relations) is the lawyer who in 2005 successfully as a senior charge nurse, and worked as a defended musician Michael Jackson. Current trained Reiki healer as well as an author. 1962 student Jami Nizar Makan (BSc Philosophy and Economics) met him this summer. Jami, Emeritus Professor Laki Jayasuriya pictured above right with Mesereau, writes: ‘I 1988 (PhD Social Psychology) has been awarded spent my summer working for California-based Patrick J Hitchcock (MSc Government) is a an honorary doctorate of letters (HonD Litt) by criminal defence attorney Jennifer L Keller. She founding partner of the Hitchcock/Rosenfield the University of Western Australia. He has a counts Thomas Mesereau among her friends Investment Group (HRIG) of Wachovia Securities long and distinguished record of research and and kindly arranged for us to meet. During our in San Francisco, California. HRIG is one of active public engagement in Australian social meeting, Mesereau encouraged every lawyer the largest investment management teams at policy, leading the way in charting directions to endeavour to help the poor and needy, since Wachovia Securities. Patrick is also a member for Australian multiculturalism and citizenship. society’s ultimate judges are its lowest members. of Wachovia Securities’ Premier Advisors Group, Once a year, he travels to Alabama to defend a and Private Investment Management team. 44 I LSE Magazine I Winter 2006 I Where are they now?

1992 Dr Arnd Schneider (PhD Anthropology) has been appointed associate professor of résumé social anthropology at the University of Oslo. Dr Rapid Schneider is also reader in anthropology at the University of East London (on leave), and honorary senior research fellow at the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Hamburg.

1997 Kyoko Shinozaki (MSc Gender) returned to Japan and proceeded with her PhD in Gender Studies and Sociology at Ochanomizu University in Tokyo. After having briefly worked as a collaborator and fundraiser at the University of Frankfurt am Main in Germany, she began work as assistant professor at the Centre for Gender and Diversity, Maastricht University in 2005.

2000 Attreyee Roy Chowdhury (MSc Gender) worked as an intern at UNESCO in Paris after graduation. She is now in charge of publications at the Centre de Sciences Humaines (CSH), French Embassy, New Delhi. The CSH is part of the network of research centres of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Aroon Purie (BSc Econ 1965) is chairman What have been the highlights of your and CEO of the India Today Group of career so far? 2002 newspapers. As founding editor and editor I have managed to build a group of companies in chief of India Today and chairman of Chew Shee Ghee who are leaders in the field of TV news, magazine (BSc Accounting and TV Today Network Limited, he sets the Finance) has won first place in the world for a publishing and commercial printing. We are the journalistic style for the largest and most taxation paper. Chew won the prestigious Little only multi-media group in India and perhaps the respected publishing group in India and for Prize, named after Arthur G Little, for having the most respected for its reach and credibility. the 24-hour news and current affairs Hindi highest marks in the world, outshining more than news channel, Aaj Tak. Is there an ambition you would still like 1,300 students in the recent ICAEW December to achieve? 2005 examination. In 2001 he received the national award, the Padma Bhushan, a civilian award I would like to be a leading player in the 2003 conferred by the government for his newspaper industry and to make all our content contribution to Indian journalism. He has available on all the new media platforms. After leaving LSE, Cecilia Roccato (MSc also been honoured with the BD Goenka Gender) started an internship with the World Award for Excellence in Journalism in What should LSE master’s students in Food Programme (WFP). Now based in Quito, 1988, the Journalist of the Year award global media watch out for in India in Ecuador, she is mainly responsible for a literacy for 1990 from the Indian Federation of the next five years? project carried out by local government and Small and Medium Newspapers, the GK In the next five years, the Indian media supported by WFP through food rations given Reddy Memorial award for outstanding is expected to grow in every sector by a to women to ensure their participation. She contribution to journalism 1993-94, compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of is also giving training on gender and food and the Hall of Fame award from the 19 per cent. There will be a proliferation of health and safety and gender and HIV/AIDS. Advertising Club of Calcutta in 2002. niche satellite cable channels as the distribution system gets digitised. In the print media, there 2004 What led you to study at LSE? will be growth in special interest magazines and a rapid growth in regional language I decided to do the BSc in Economics from LSE newspapers. The usage of internet and mobile because it also had a specialisation in chartered phones is expected to grow exponentially and accountancy. It meant the exemption from the will lead to new opportunities for media to intermediate exam for chartered accountancy, provide their content for these platforms. plus it is the best institution in which to learn economics, and that was what interested me. What advice would you give to LSE Ieva Gruzina (MSc Russian and Post- students today? What do you remember most about your Soviet Studies) is executive director of time at the School? Besides paying attention to your studies, the British Chamber of Commerce in spend time with your colleagues and build Latvia. She looks forward to helping other How bright and hardworking everyone around relationships which will last. LSE alumni with business opportunities me was. in Latvia! Contact her via www.bbcI.Iv I Winter 2006 I LSE Magazine I 45 LSE authors Recent books by LSE academics. See www.lse.ac.uk for more new books

Principled Agents? continued extra-constitutional rule, Myanmar of Britain’s free trade empire. Using a wide The Political Economy has faced mounting diplomatic pressure from variety of methodological tools to measure of Good Government the international community. This Adelphi Paper both qualitative and quantitative data, she (Lindahl lectures) examines Myanmar’s foreign policy, which is concludes that economic interests provided the Timothy Besley predicated on state-building and development. momentum behind repeal of the Corn Laws. But this alone did not explain why reform Oxford University Press rather than revolution emerged in mid-19th 278pp £25 h/b Knowledge in Context century Britain. Sandra Jovchelovitch What is good government and why do some governments fail? How do you implement political Routledge: Taylor & Francis Riots, Pogroms, Jihad: accountability in practice and what incentives do 224pp £39.95 h/b religious violence in you need to put in place to ensure that politicians Indonesia and public servants act in the public interest and John T Sidel not their own? This book recognises the potential This book explores the relationship between Cornell University Press for government to act for the public good but also knowledge and context. The author argues that 296pp £31.50 h/b £11.95 p/b accepts the fact that things often go wrong. representation, a social psychological construct relating self, other and object-world, is at the basis Drawing on a wide range of documentary, of all knowledge. 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Inspection, Inspection, Au Revoir, Madame: Redundancy and the Inspection! Marthe Richard, the Swedish Model in an Anastasia de Waal woman who banned International Context (BSc Sociology 2001, French brothels in 1946 Gabriella Sebardt (MSc MSc Sociology 2004) Natacha Henry (MA Industrial Relations and Civitas, 2006 International History 1991) Personnel Management 1995) 154pp £10 p/b Punctum éditions, 2006 Aspen Publishers, 2006 256pp 671pp $147 h/b How the relationship between OfSTED and the government is crippling schools. Biography of the resistance activist – herself a This book examines the Swedish model of madame during the Nazi occupation. labour relations and compares it to the Japanese Employment Stabilisation Fund system and British Quantitative redundancy payment legislation. Management of Positive Therapy Bond Portfolios Stephen Joseph (MSc Social Anthony S Gould (BSc Psychology 1987) with PA Linley Hungry for Peace Accounting and Finance Taylor and Francis, 2006 Professor Hazel Smith 1986) with Lev Dynkin, Jay 209pp £19.99 p/b (Diploma in International and Hyman, Vadim Konstantinovsky, Comparative Politics 1987, PhD Bruce Phelps An exploration of the relevance of positive International Relations 1992) US Princeton University Press, 2006 psychology to therapy, emphasising the Institute of Peace Press, 2005 832pp £55 h/b influence of our views on human nature. 368pp $19.95 p/b A revealing and challenging study of the impact Practical solutions for a more disciplined, of famine on North Korea. quantitative approach to asset management. Green Cities: urban growth and the environment Safeguarding A Little Chit of a Fellow: Matthew E Khan Children and Young a biography of the Right (General Course 1987) Hon Leslie Hore-Belisha People: a guide to Brookings Institution, 2006 integrated practice Ian R Grimwood (Certificate 160pp £11.99 p/b Steven Walker in Trade Union Studies 1976, (MSc Social Work and Social Policy MSc Industrial Relations 1979) Written in a lively, accessible style, this book 1985) with Chris Thurston Book Guild Ltd, 2006 looks at the extensive economic literature on the Russell House Publishing, 2006 256pp £16.99 h/b environmental consequences of urban growth. 180pp £21.95 Biography of the Jewish Liberal MP who was A contemporary guide to the legal, organisational UK minister for transport (1934) and secretary Crisis and Change: and practice context. of State for War (1937). South Korea in a post-1997 new era Jasper Kim (MSc Rationality and Reality: Tom Paine: the life Economic History 1996) of a revolutionary conversations with Alan Ewha Press, 2005 Musgrave Harry Harmer (PhD 304pp 13,000 won p/b (Studies in History and Economic History 1987) Philosophy of Science) An interdisciplinary and comparative analysis Haus Publishing, 2006 Editors: John Worrall of South Korea’s process to create a new and 224pp £18 h/b (Philosophy Department) more modern republic. with Colin Cheyne Biography of Tom Paine, an agitational journalist during the American Revolution. Kluwer, 2006 Excess Baggage: 347pp £96 h/b leveling the load and In Search of Belonging: changing the workplace Contributors: Alan Musgrave (BA Philosophy reflections by transracially Ellen Rosskam (BSc and Economics 1961; PhD Philosophy 1969), adopted people Sociology 1981) Gregory Currie (BSc Philosophy 1972; PhD Editor: Perlita Harris (MSc in Philosophy 1977), (former Baywood Publishing, 2006 Michael Redhead Social Policy and Social Work staff), andGraham Oddie (PhD Philosophy 1980) Studies 1993) 278pp $59 h/b LSE alumnus Alan Musgrave has consistently BAAF, 2006 Based on research on airport check-in workers defended critical realism and critical rationalism. 394pp £17.95 p/b in two countries, the author reveals how This book examines topics of current interest in An anthology of poetry, art, memoir, auto- changes in work organisation have de-skilled philosophy, with essays followed by responses biography, photographs and oral testimony. and disempowered workers. from Alan Musgrave.

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