LSE Department of International Development

Dr Stuart Gordon provides an overview of the MSc International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies (IDHE) programme offered by the Department of International Development at LSE. To find out more and apply, visit

The global population is ageing and many experts predict this may have some negative consequences for society. But new research from LSE suggests global demographic transition can also have important positive consequences, including the promotion and development of democracy. For more information:

This film is part of the research project: "Debating Brexit impacts at local level: a mixed methods comparative study". Conflict and Civil Society Research Unit, LSE. For more information visit us on:

In 2007, an innovative project which combined asset transfers, with livelihoods training and intensive mentoring, was piloted in West Bengal with 300 women who belonged to some of its poorest families. The project was intended to help them to move out of extreme poverty onto more sustainable livelihood trajectories. This film spoke to six of these women in 2007 when they were just joining the project. It returned in 2018, a decade later, to find out to what extent the project had fulfilled its promise.

The MSc Development Management programme offered by the Department of International Development at LSE provides students with the understanding of how to create self-sustaining institutions that liberate societies from low-level deprivation traps by increasing productivity, freedom, and cooperative interdependence. To find out more and apply, visit: #Masters

A brief history of the Department of International Development at LSE and its achievements in the last 30 years, featuring voices from past and current faculty, as well as notable alumni.

The MSc Economic Policy for International Development programme offered by the Department of International Development at LSE provides a stepping-stone into the professional worlds of development economics (e.g. World Bank, LDC ministries of finance), fiscal and social policy making (LDC treasuries and health and education ministries, NGOs), and international business consulting. To find out more and apply to the programme:

The MSc in Development Studies deploys an interdisciplinary approach to understand the problems and possibilities facing societies and states in the developing world and examines the forces shaping structural inequalities and varied development trajectories. The programme fosters critical thinking and engagement with perspectives of Southern as well as Northern scholars, generating grounded and innovative policy thinking. 🔴 Find out more and apply to the programme: