Tag: LSE

The BBC, North Korea and the Culture of Impunity

By Robert Dingwall | Published: April 16, 2013

The controversy over BBC journalists’ use of a student tour group linked to the London School of Economics should not be allowed to go away quietly.

Five minutes with Andrew Herbert: former Chairman of Microsoft Research

By LSE Impact | Published: January 30, 2013

“The social scientists we could do business with were those who grounded their ideas through field studies, cultural probes and social data”.

Numerical indigestion: how much data is really good for us?

By LSE Impact | Published: January 13, 2013

We are swimming in ‘big data’ and despite their performances as advocates of data freedom, policymakers don’t seem to bear any responsibility for educating the public on how to read it.

Academic Blogging

By ssseditor | Published: July 31, 2012

Technology has the potential to share knowledge both further and faster. The 2012 THE Knowledge Exchange / Transfer Initiative of the Year was recently won by LSE for a series of academic blogs, and the managing editors share their thoughts with us about the state, impact, and future of academic blogging

Sonia Livingstone on Children and the Internet

By Social Science Bites | Published: July 2, 2012

How are children using the Internet? How is it affecting them? Sonia Livingstone, who has overseen a major study of children’s behaviour online discusses these issues with Nigel Warburton in this episode of the Social Science Bites podcast.

Investigating Academic Impact: a conference at the LSE on 13 June 2011

By Amy Mollett | Published: June 7, 2011

Academics today are increasingly being pressed to provide evidence of the impact of their research on the world outside academia, whilst universities now have to provide evidence of impact as part of the new Research Excellence Framework. For many, there is confusion about the different definitions of impact that exist amongst funding bodies and research [...]

Posted in Impact, News | Also tagged impact, Research Excellence Framework, think tanks | Leave a comment

Where is future growth going to come from?

By SAGE | Published: April 21, 2011

On February 17, 2011, Professor John Van Reenen gave a lecture on the future of economic growth in Britain, continuing the LSE Works series of public lectures sponsored by SAGE. These lectures showcase the works of LSE’s Research Centres and offer an opportunity for discourse on various findings. The Hong Kong Theatre at Clement House [...]

Posted in Audio, Resources, Videos | Also tagged economics, LSE Works | 1 Comment

How did London get away with it? The recession and the north-south divide

By SAGE | Published: January 28, 2011

Henry G Overman, professor of economic geography at LSE and director of the Spatial Economics Research Centre Last week was the first in a new series of SAGE-sponsored events at the LSE. LSE Works is a series of public lectures that will showcase some of the latest research by LSE’s Research Centres. In each session, [...]

Posted in Audio, Presentations, Videos | Also tagged Cities, economics, geography, LSE Works, recession, Trends | Leave a comment

Risk, ethics and public sensitivities: LSE TLSS Series

By SAGE | Published: December 1, 2010

This podcast was recorded by the LSE as part of their series, Thinking like a Social Scientist. Risk, ethics and public sensitivities Speaker: Professor George Gaskell This event was recorded on 28 January 2010 in Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House In this lunchtime series of lectures, a selection of LSE’s academics from across the spectrum of [...]

Posted in Audio, Research Ethics, Resources | Also tagged Ethics, George Gaskell, Public, TLSS | Leave a comment

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