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LSE PEOPLE Two LSE staff members were recognised in the New Year Honours list 2011. Jane Pugh, (pictured) governance officer in LSE’s Planning and Corporate Policy Division, received an MBE for services to higher education. Professor Helen Wallace, centennial professor in the European Institute, was made a Dame for services to social science. Professor Luc Bovens (pictured), Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, and Professor Christian List, Department of Government, have been elected fellows of the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in Uppsala. Professor Charles Goodhart (pictured) and Professor Oliver
Linton, Financial Markets Group, have joined the lead expert group for the Government Office for Science’s Foresight project to explore the future of computer generated trading in financial markets.
Dr Ramachandra Guha, a historian and biographer who is regularly named one of India’s, and the world’s, most influential intellectuals, will succeed Professor Niall Ferguson as holder of the Philippe Roman Chair in history and international affairs at LSE in 2011-12.
Dr Matteo Barigozzi, Department of Statistics, was jointly awarded the Carlo Giannini Prize for the best paper in macro-econometrics or financial econometrics, written by young scientists.
Professor John Hills, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, has been appointed by energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne to lead an independent review of the fuel poverty target and definition.
Professor Sarah Franklin, BIOS, was awarded the 2011 Smith College Medal for extraordinary professional achievements and outstanding service to the community.
The LSE-PKU Summer School in Beijing is a two-week programme offering intensive university level courses, each with a focus on China and/or Asia. The programme attracts students and professionals from around the world and is taught in English by outstanding faculty from Peking University and the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Professor Julian Le Grand, Richard Titmuss Professor of Social Policy, will lead a new Mutuals Taskforce to drive reform at the centre of government, with the prime minister’s backing.
Professor Elias Mossialos, LSE Health, has been awarded the 2010 Andrija Stampar Medal for distinguished services to public health. He has also been appointed to lead a task force to reform the Greek health system. Professor Renata Salecl, BIOS, has been named Slovenian Woman Scientist of the Year for her book, Choice. Professor Lord Nicholas Stern, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, was joint winner of the 2011 Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought. He was also awarded the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Climate Change category.
Courses offered will include study in: International Development; Economics; Management; International Relations; Government; Media; Law; Finance For more information about the LSE-PKU Summer School and full details of the courses available please see www.lse.ac.uk/LSEPKUSummerSchool or email lse-pku.programme@lse.ac.uk
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