Contributor(s): Dr Sara Evans-Lacko | A world first study shows that workplace depression is now a global issue, costing countries billions of dollars a year in lost productivity. Dr Sara Evans-Lacko discusses the economic costs of depression in eight different countries and the urgent need for governments and employers to tackle mental health issues.

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Sara Evans-Lacko: Global workplace depression [Video]

Contributor(s): Mona Morgan-Collins | What impact did women have on political parties when they first won the right to vote? Mona Morgan-Collins reveals some surprising findings.

Mona Morgan-Collins: First women at the polls [Video]

Contributor(s): Annette Bauer | Perinatal mental illness affects 20% of young mothers, costing the UK an estimated £6.6 billion a year. Dr Annette Bauer discusses the condition, the UK Government’s recent £292 million investment in perinatal mental health and how this money could be spent most effectively.

Lifetime costs of perinatal depression [Video]

Contributor(s): Professor Martin Knapp | In a new LSE study, Martin Knapp explains why neglecting mental illness among young people is a ‘moral scandal’ with serious economic consequences.

Martin Knapp: Youth Mental Health [Video]

Contributor(s): Winnie M Li | Seven years after being sexually assaulted in a Belfast park, 37-year-old Winnie M Li has embarked on a PhD at LSE to investigate how social media can help rape survivors heal.

Winnie M Li: Social media for rape survivors [Video]

Contributor(s): Tara Lai Quinlan | Doctoral candidate Tara Lai Quinlan compares the different counter terrorism measures in London and New York targeting Muslims.

Tara Lai Quinlan: the politics of counter terrorism [Video]

Contributor(s): Ernestina Coast | Around 30 per cent of maternal deaths in Zambia each year are due to unsafe abortions. Ernestina Coast explains why Zambian women continue to take unnecessary risks to end unwanted pregnancies, despite abortion being legal in their country since 1972.

Ernestina Coast: Unsafe abortions in Zambia [Video]

Contributor(s): Josie Dixon | A major report released by LSE reveals widespread inequities in the UK’s palliative care system, with key groups missing out and large gaps in services, communication and responsibilities.

Josie Dixon: The state of palliative care [Video]

Contributor(s): Carl Cullinane | In the lead-up to a predicted cliffhanger election on 7 May, Carl Cullinane from Democratic Audit discusses the launch of LSE's new voter information website, democraticdashboard.com and how it will help voters decide who should run the country.

Carl Cullinane: New voter information website [Video]

Contributor(s): Kat Kimmorley | LSE Student Entrepreneur of the Year, Kat Kimmorley, has set herself an ambitious goal: to light up the lives of more than one million slum dwellers in India over the next five years.

Kat Kimmorley: LSE Student Entrepreneur of the Year [Video]

Contributor(s): Professor Stuart Corbridge | On the centenary of Arthur Lewis’s birth, LSE Deputy Director and Provost Professor Stuart Corbridge discusses the Nobel laureate’s contribution to development economics at LSE and the world at large.

Professor Stuart Corbridge: Arthur Lewis and development economics [Video]

Contributor(s): Joan Costa-i-Font | Men growing up in a democracy are likely to be taller than their communist counterparts, says Dr Joan Costa-i-Font, who also discusses the link with height, earning potential and political fortunes.

Joan Costa-i-Font: The link between democracy and height [Video]

Contributor(s): Sean Kippin | Sixteen year olds in the UK can’t drink, drive, get a tattoo or watch an R-rated film. Why should we give them voting rights? Sean Kippin, Managing Editor of Democratic Audit at LSE, sums up the different views.

Sean Kippin: Lowering the voting age to 16 [Video]

Contributor(s): Jill Stuart | Forty five years after the Moon landing, outer space still holds a fascination for the world, associated with prestige, political and military power.

Jill Stuart: The politics of outer space [Video]

Contributor(s): Jonathan Ashong-Lamptey | The lack of black, Asian and ethnic minorities in the professions is more likely due to the UK’s entrenched workplace culture rather than overt racism, says Jonathan Ashong-Lamptey.

Jonathan Ashong-Lamptey: Ethnic diversity an issue in UK workplaces [Video]

A collection of videos from the LSE Press and Information Office.