‘’ is the Centre’s flagship academic blog, publishing cutting-edge academic ideas to foster informed debate and discussion. Since 2021, it has consistently ranked among the top 10 (out of 40+) academic blogs at LSE, with nearly half a million readers every year.
We are the only Centre in a Higher Education institution anywhere in the world to have published a series of 12 special blogposts to mark the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s birth and independence (January-December 2021), covering a variety of topics written by academics and thought leaders at LSE and across the globe. These have been widely read and greatly appreciated. All the special blogs are listed below in reverse order.
December 2021: Daniel Payne, ‘’
November 2021: Chowdhury Dilruba Shoma, ‘’
October 2021: Mathilde Maitrot & Joe Devine, ‘’
September 2021: Sharmin Akter, Nargis Begum, Hafiza Akter Rani & Juli Qermezi Huang, ‘’
August 2021: Seán Carey, ‘’
July 2021: Arpana Awwal, ‘’
June 2021: Meghna Guhathakurta, ‘’
May 2021: Ahmed Mushtaque Raza Chowdhury, ‘’
April 2021: Katy Gardner, ‘’
March 2021: Julian Francis, ‘’
February 2021: Sashanka S Banerjee, ‘’
January 2021: Kamal Hossain, ‘’
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