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Journalism educators need to have new conversations with students that address their experiences, their worries and their understanding of what journalism is and what they want it to be.
Arun Advani, University of Warwick; Andrew Lonsdale, London School of Economics and Political Science, and Andy Summers, London School of Economics and Political Science
New research shows only 3% of the population paid any capital gains tax in the last decade.
When evaluating the costs and benefits of the employment programme, and similar ones such as social grants, ‘extra’ economic benefits need to be part of the calculation.
Meski ekonomi gig tengah pesat berkembang, Indonesia belum memiliki basis data yang menggambarkan besaran dan sebaran pekerjanya. Sebuah riset berusaha memberikan ilustrasi dan menjembatani kekosongan ini.
David Luke, London School of Economics and Political Science
The strong trade relationship with the EU means policy changes like the border tax may have disproportionately significant effects on African economies.
Beyond the ethical questions raised by an ad suggesting the prime minister doesn’t believe in sending sex offenders to prison is the matter of whether such negative campaigning even works.
The war’s one-year anniversary is eerily close to that of an EU report on the prevention of mass atrocities. Ten years later, its authors reflect on what the bloc could have done differently.
Matilda Gibbons, Queen Mary University of London; Andrew Crump, London School of Economics and Political Science, and Lars Chittka, Queen Mary University of London
In one of the largest studies of its kind we looked at the evidence from over 300 published reports.