POSTPONED 

In view of the general election on 4 July 2024 we regretfully have to postpone The SPERI Annual Lecture schedule for 13 June.  We hope that we will be able to reorganise the event in due course.

Kind regards.

Professor Colin Hay & Professor Andrew Hindmoor

Co-Directors, SPERI

The Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI) is delighted to invite you to our Annual Lecture.

We will be joined by Lisa Nandy, MP for Wigan and Shadow Cabinet Minister for International Development, for a discussion on Labour’s plans for government, Britain’s role in the world, and how the politics of place, localism and ‘levelling up’ can transform the way we think about international development.

About the speaker

Lisa Nandy MP is the British Labour Member of Parliament for the northern constituency of Wigan. Elected in 2010, she currently serves as the opposition’s Shadow Cabinet Minister for International Development. 

Before entering Parliament, Lisa worked for Labour MP Neil Gerrard and as a researcher for the youth homelessness charity, Centrepoint. She went on to work as senior policy adviser for The Children’s Society and served as a Labour councillor in Hammersmith. 

During her time in Parliament, Lisa has served on the front bench in a number of roles. She first served as Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, under Keir Starmer’s leadership, then Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. Lisa has also served as Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and Shadow Minister for Children. She was the Chair of Labour Friends of Palestine & the Middle East; and co-founder of the think tank Centre for Towns, which was set up to ensure equal attention be given to the viability and prosperity of Britain’s towns.