Department of Economics Alumni

Economics Alumni Network

The aim of the Network is to create opportunities for MSc alumni to meet, hear interesting speakers and stay in touch with the Department and the School. The Network is part of a broader Economics Department Initiative geared to raising funds for PhD scholarships and salaries at a level that will allow LSE to contend for academic talent with the top US departments.

Once a year the Department hosts an ‘Internship and Networking Evening' for our current MSc Students to meet prospective intern employees, and for our alumni to gather and network. This is an informal opportunity to meet others in similar fields with similar interests and is always a great success.

Economics MSc alumni are invited to take part in this newly established Economics Alumni Network, which has over 250 members already.

If you would like to participate in the activities of the network, please make sure your details are updated with Alumni Relations at the following link: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/alumniRelations/updatingYourDetails.htm. We are always interested to keep in touch with our alumni, so please do keep your details up to date.

Further information on Alumni Relations can be found at Alumni Relations.

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Economics Department Initiative

As a flagship department of the LSE, the Department of Economics is the top ranked economics department in Europe and among the top 15 departments worldwide. The foundation of a world-renowned department rests upon a combination of outstanding faculty and top-flight PhD students who wish to work with and learn from leading scholars in their fields. This Economics initiative is aimed at helping us to compete with leading US departments in order to secure our place on the world stage.

The recruitment and retention of top quality economists is essential to diminishing the gap between LSE and the leading US departments. We are grateful to those who have already contributed to the Economics Initiative. In particular, we want to thank Elisabeth Scitovsky, Adam Broadbent, David T Beers, Emily Goustis, Johannes Huth, Martin J Newson, Graham Shore, and Phoebus Theologites. We hope that these welcome developments will be the first of many.

To find out more about the Economics Department Initiative and the Campaign for LSE, please go to Supporting LSE.

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Launch of the Economics Alumni Network & Economics Department Initiative

Professor Partha Dasgupta, BP Visiting Professor, launched this new development in May 2004 with a lecture for Economics MSc alumni on Economic Performance and the Idea of Social Capital.

The Economics Alumni Network will enhance the relationship between the Department and former students. This will provide an opportunity for alumni to keep in touch through networking events, dedicated seminars and lectures geared toward keeping abreast of current research.

Professor John Sutton, convenor of Economics and chair of this first lecture, said: 'The Initiative is essential to sustaining the competitiveness of the Department of Economics. Our teaching programmes are tremendously important to us, and we are pleased that our first project will bring together current and past MSc students. We are grateful for the support of our alumni, and to the many others who have already contributed to the Initiative.'

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Events

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Past Events

Special Lecture by Visiting BP Professor Luca Anderlini

BP Visiting Professor Luca Anderlini ‘On the Economics of Legal Systems and Courts’

held on

Tuesday, 25 April 2006, 6.30pm

Old Theatre, Main Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE

Legal systems and courts have a potentially enormous impact on the functioning of an economy. This lecture will focus on the economic rationale for judicial intervention in contractual disputes, and on the role of the legal system within which courts operate. Luca Anderlini is Professor of Economics at Georgetown University and BP Visiting Professor at the LSE for 2005-06. Before moving to the US he has held permanent positions at Cambridge and Southampton universities in the UK. He has also taught at Harvard, Yale and the University of Pennsylvania.

Lecture for Alumni and Reception

The Department of Economics was very pleased to welcome our alumni to a lecture and reception for The Economics Initiative, as part of the Campaign for LSE.

Visiting Professor Paul Krugman
'Will We Dismantle the Welfare State?'

held on

Wednesday, 15 June 2005, 6.30 pm

Old Theatre, Main Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

Reception followed in the Atrium

By invitation only for BSc and MSc alumni of Economics and in recognition of alumni who have supported the Department

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Department of Economics Events

Details of the MSc End of Year parties can be found at MSc Events.

Last updated: 30/11/2009