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📌 Join the DSI! We are recruiting for a Project Administrator to support the delivery of a flagship event dedicated to AI and the social sciences. 📆 Role closing date: Sunday 11 January 2026 ▶️ Find out more and apply: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/14…

Next Monday Professor Larry Kramer, President and Vice Chancellor of LSE, will be joined by DSI Professors Cosmina Dorobantu and Helen Margetts, and Dr Marion Dumas, Grantham Research Institute, to discuss how their work can help to ensure AI advancement serves the greater good.

It’s Day One of our Computational Social Science Meets Qualitative Research workshop ✍️ We kicked things off with the first paper from @audreyalejandro and Daniel de Kadt 💡 @LSEDataScience

💡New! Why AI needs social science | British Politics and Policy at LSE, by @HelenMargetts and @CosDorobantu of @LSEDataScience. "If people are central to AI, the social sciences must play a key role in AI advancement." blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpol…

Our final panel of the day starts now at the Revolucion de Cuba - join us and @LSEnews for 'Next-Gen Government: Data & AI in Public Service'. Featuring @CosDorobantu, LSE’s Professor Tony Travers, @ChiOnwurah, @AllisonCGardner, @a_iosad of @InstituteGC and @GavinFreeguard.

🚩@AlphaGeo is partnering with @LSEnews Global School of Sustainability & DSI to power #Sustainability research via AI-driven climate data. AlphaGeo CEO & founder, @LSEalumni @paragkhanna joins DSI as Visiting Senior Fellow to lend expertise & insight 🔗lse.ac.uk/dsi/news/2025/…

📢 Call for Proposals: How is AI reshaping work and the economy? Would you like to present your data-driven research and policy proposals to policymakers at the LSE / Anthropic Economic Futures Symposium this November❓ Find out more🔻 lse.ac.uk/DSI/news/2025/… Deadline: 12 Sept

🚩New article A new @LabourList piece by DSI Senior Advisers Dr @CosDorobantu and Professor @HelenMargetts sets out three major opportunities of AI-driven innovation to the public sector. Read the article: labourlist.org/2025/08/artifi…

9/12 📠 LabourList and @LSEnews’ panel will explore how the government can use AI and data to modernise the state, with insights from LSE’s own Cosmina Dorobantu. Join us as we ask - how can AI reshape government for today’s citizens? Featuring @CosDorobantu, LSE’s Professor Tony Travers, @ChiOnwurah, @AllisonCGardner, @a_iosad, and @GavinFreeguard.

AI = job losses? Or AI = new opportunities? 🤔🤖 In this #LSEResearchForTheWorld piece, Tomislav Karačić from @LSEManagement explores how thoughtful planning of #AI can help upskill workers and create collaborative human-machine workflows. Read more: ow.ly/711E50WsLmy

🚨 Call for proposals 🚨 DSI & @AnthropicAI are hosting a London Economic Futures Symposium this November to explore #AI’s impact on jobs, productivity & growth. Submit your research or policy idea by 12 September to present at the @LSEnews symposium. 🔗lse.ac.uk/dsi/news/2025/…

This academic year was marked by a range of events, achievements & developments: 🎙️ 9 events this term ft. Reid Hoffman & Lila Ibrahim 🎓 338 students took our courses 🏆 Jon Cardoso-Silva awarded AI & Education Fellowship 🌍 @martinanthony gave a keynote at the NOVA IMS Summit

We're thrilled that Jon Cardoso-Silva, Associate Professor (Education) at the DSI, has been awarded one of LSE's 10 inaugural AI & Education Fellowships. Six of the other 10 places were awarded to DSI Affiliates, with fellows piloting AI in teaching across LSE. Congrats to all!

As part of #LondonClimatActionWeek the @tp_initiative is hosting a panel to discuss their pilot: automating data collection to evaluate the net-zero progress of companies, banks & countries. 🗓️ Tuesday 24 June🕔 6.30pm – 8.00pm📍 In person and online 🔽 lse.ac.uk/Events/2025/06…

Join us at the #LSEFestival this weekend for Big Data for Public Good – a panel on transforming government services with better data and analysis. 🗓️ Saturday 21 June 🕔5.00pm – 6.00pm 📍 In person and online 🔽 lse.ac.uk/Events/LSE-Fes…

We’re halfway through the #LSEFestival: Visions for the Future! 🌟 Join @GoogleDeepMind COO Lila Ibrahim and DSI Senior Advisor Cosmina Dorobantu this Friday to explore the transformative potential of #AI. 🗓️Friday 20 June 🕡12:00pm - 1:00pm💻lse.ac.uk/Events/LSE-Fes…

DSI Affiliate Dr Seeta Peña Gangadharan (@MediaLSE) explores hidden surveillance in Amazon warehouses and its impact on worker autonomy and dignity. Her research offers a powerful look at tech, accountability, and the future of work. Watch now: youtube.com/watch?v=x-7E8K…

As #AI drives a fourth industrial revolution, how do we ensure progress is equitable, inclusive and sustainable? Join us and @The_IGC at #LSEFestival for Data for Development. 🗓️Thurs 17 June | 🕐 1–2pm | 📍In-person & online 🔗 Register: lse.ac.uk/Events/LSE-Fes…

Behind the shiny surface of #AI lie vast data centres, human labour, and cheap energy. @MediaLSE's Bingchun Meng explores the hidden infrastructure powering AI – from China’s data centre workers to global tech supply chains. #ResearchForTheWorld Read: lse.ac.uk/research/resea…