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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

On 21 October, we are delighted to host a talk with Prof Michael Jordan (University of California, Berkeley) who will present ‘A collectivist, economic perspective on AI’, joined by discussant Prof Maximilian Kasy (University of Oxford). Register here!🔗 www.lse.ac.uk/events/econo... #LSEEvents

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Subscribe to our quarterly LSE Statistics external newsletter and get our updates and developments delivered direct to your inbox. Enter your name + email address here and away you go! mailchi.mp/9410d12b2863/subscribe-t…

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Whether you’re a student, academic, alumnus, or industry partner, our events offer opportunities to connect, learn, & explore the latest developments in statistical science. Explore our programme on our Department webpages here: www.lse.ac.uk/statistics/events

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🧐 Check out our Department research blog, 'The Measure of it' and explore a growing body of original and accessible content. Keep your eyes peeled for new posts each month! 👉 www.lse.ac.uk/statistics/the-measur…

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Read our new blog by Ang Yu (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) & Felix Elwert (University of Wisconsin-Madison) - 'Why group disparities persist: A new way to break down the causes'. 👉 Find their blog here, inc links to the award-winning full paper: tinyurl.com/ynkv6bhh

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Why group disparities persist: A new way to break down the causes

Ang Yu and Felix Elwert introduce award-winning research on a groundbreaking methodological framework that explains why group disparities persist.

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Everyone in the Department extends a very warm welcome to Visiting Research Student, Thomas Borsani, who joins this summer. Thomas is currently a PhD student in Computer Science at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano in Italy. Welcome Thomas! 🇮🇹 🇬🇧

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

📣 Calling all LSE Stats students: professional development opportunity with Red Hat! Red Hat are hosting a week-long student bootcamp re open-source tech, career insights, & how modern IT infrastructure operates in the real world. Interested? Reg here: reg.experiences.redhat.com/flow/redhat/...

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

✈️ 🇺🇲 🍏 Dr Giulia Livieri visited the Big Apple last week to present ‘Testing for endogeneity of irregular sampling schemes’ at the MPSS Conference on Financial Econometrics that took place at Princeton University. Giulia's associated paper 👉 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4307336

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Day 1 of our Research Showcase 2026 is done — a full day on generative AI with speakers from Meta, Barclays, AstraZeneca, GitHub Next, Cambridge, and our own department. Talks, posters, and plenty of conversation. Days 2 and 3 to come. 📊

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

We're excited to partner at #AISummit London! Join us 10 June at Tobacco Dock for AI career insights. 📍 #LondonTechWeek #LSE

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Marcos Barreto will be our closing speaker at next week's Research Showcase industry 'Workshop on Generative AI: Research Advances & Applications' - presenting 'Rethinking core skills in programming education in the age of AI agents' 👉 Info & reg: tinyurl.com/b6nffrsz

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

🎙️ Giulia Livieri presents her research on endogeneity tests in high-frequency finance at Erasmus University Rotterdam, 21 May. Find out more here: www.eur.nl/en/ese/events/testing-en…

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Testing for endogeneity of irregular sampling schemes

Giulia Livieri (LSE)

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

What if your AI model looks fair, but only on average...? New 'The Measure of it' blog out now: 'Beyond average: A new approach to multicalibration brings group fairness to web scale'. Read our introduction to the powerful ML algorithm 'MCGrad' here: tinyurl.com/y3mrppdx

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John Barlow and Daniel Titherington introduce MCGrad (MultiCalibration Gradient Boosting).

John Barlow and Daniel Titherington introduce MCGrad (MultiCalibration Gradient Boosting), a powerful machine learning algorithm developed by researchers at Meta and Professor Milan Vojnovic.

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Join the Department of Statistics as we host Dr Sander Beckers from the Department of Statistical Science, UCL as he looks at Large Language Models as Nondeterministic Causal Models 21 May 2026 2.30pm - 3.30pm LSE, Columbia House Leverhulme Library

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Dr Giulia Livieri received 2nd place in the #LSE Photo Competition! Giulia's photo is titled "Reflected Futures" with 'The Shard rising in a rain puddle beside older houses & bare branches, the photo turns an ordinary pavement into a layered image of London where past, present & future meet.'

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The speakers for our 2026 Research Showcase 'Workshop on Generative AI: Research Advances & Applications' is almost complete - Barclays' Dimitrios Emmanoulopoulos (Head of AI/ML & Quantum Technologies) has joined the lineup. 👉 Free ticket & programme here: tinyurl.com/b6nffrsz

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Last night 200+ clinicians, policy makers, pharma leaders and health tech founders gathered at LSE to hear PharmovoAI's Akber Tahir on using predictive AI to stop medicine shortages before they happen. A brilliant start to our In-Practice lecture series. More to come. 🔬 #HealthcareAI #DataScience

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Our Spring 2026 external newsletter is about to drop... Not yet signed up to our mailing list? Not a problem! Sign-up here today and stay in the loop with events, achievements, student adventures & more. mailchi.mp/9410d12b2863...

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

We're excited to welcome Rodolphe Jenatton, Co-Founder & CTO of Bioptimus, for our Industry Seminar on 19 May, 15:00 at Columbia House, LSE! 📍🗓⏰ #Bioptimus #AI Sign up: forms.office.com/e/yBDvsb6FgX

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

📢It's another speaker announcement for you re the LSE Dep of Stats Research Showcase 2026... GitHub's Principal Researcher, Don Syme, will present 'Agentic Repository Automation with GitHub Agentic Workflows'. Event open to all, register here today!: lse.ac.uk/statistics/e...

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

🎉New blog alert!🎉 Our wonderful MSc Data Science student Amara Jane Otero Salgado shares her recent insights on working as a Research Assistant at LSE. Read her blog here➡️https://www.lse.ac.uk/statistics/the-measure-of-it-blog/on-working-as-an-lse-research-assistant

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

We loved seeing so many of you at our Statistics Undergraduate Offer Holder Day today!☺️☀️ Applicants with an offer for entry in September '26 came to #LSE to hear talks from our amazing BSc Programme Directors and get to know each other. We are excited for you to become #PartofLSE🥳

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

📢We have another speaker announcement for you today re the LSE Dep of Stats Research Showcase 2026: Tatiana Shavrina, Research Scientist Manager at Meta will present 'Advancing Scientific Research with AI Research Agents'. Event open to all. 👉Register here today!: lse.ac.uk/statistics/e...

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

📢We're delighted to announce that Yi Wei (Lead, Deep Learning Team AstraZeneca) will be joining us at our 'Workshop on Generative AI: Research Advances & Applications', on 26 May, part of the 3 day LSE Dep of Stats Research Showcase 2026. 👉Reg: www.lse.ac.uk/statistics/events/research-showcase-2026

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

What a brilliant day at LSE Undergraduate Open Day! Thanks to Pik, Gelly, and all who joined us to explore Statistics. Learn more: www.lse.ac.uk/statistics/prospectiv…

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

📣 New blog published! tinyurl.com/yfh3zat4 'Working with international trade data to establish robust evidence in turbulent times' by Dr Francesca Torti (European Commission). 🧐Read about her work exploring the use of statistical methods to identify customs duty evasion & sanctions circumvention.

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Producing international trade statistics

Dr Francesca Torti outlines her work on producing international trade statistics in our increasingly crises-, protectionism- and sanction- defined era.

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

💥Registration is now open for the LSE Dep of Stats Research Showcase 2026! Join us for 3 days packed with: industry, faculty & PhD student speakers; new & emerging research highlights; drinks reception & in-person networking opportunities. Get your free tickets now👇 lse.ac.uk/statistics/e...

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Welcome back, everyone 👋 A new term begins—whether coursework, exams, or dissertation, we're rooting for you. Take care and reach out for support!

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ESCoE @escoeorg.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

ESCoE will host a World Bank workshop on exploring global poverty and inequality data. This will take place at 14:00 – 16:00 on Thursday 21 May 2026 at @kingsbschool.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. Find out more and register: tinyurl.com/28kerx48

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World Bank workshop: Exploring global poverty and inequality data

King's College London, 21 May 2026

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Join Felix Elwert, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Yu Ang, University of Hong Kong on the 14th of April in the Leverhulme Library for a talk exploring how Four-part causal decomposition explains disparities, with robust estimators and policy insights on education’s role in mobility.

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Uploaded & ready for you to watch! 📹💻 The full recording of 'Trade in Turbulent Times: Tracking Customs Evasion, Sanctions, & Tariff Effects with Trade Data' with Dr Francesca Torti at Europe House on Wednesday 25 March.🇪🇺📊 Watchback here👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqMW...

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How can we track customs evasion, sanctions compliance & the effects of US tariffs using trade data?

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

We were delighted to have Dr Francesca Torti from the European Commission 🇪🇺delivering the talk, with Dr Marta Paczos of the UK Department for Business & Trade 🇬🇧 (currently on secondment to @escoeorg.bsky.social) as our discussant. And a big thank you to our audience for taking part! 🙏

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Thank you to everyone who took part in our public talk 'Trade in Turbulent Times: Tracking Customs Evasion, Sanctions, and Tariff Effects with Trade Data' yesterday evening with the Delegation of the European Union to the United Kingdom at Europe House.

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ESCoE @escoeorg.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

ESCoE Research Associate Marta Paczos is speaking at this @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social event on trade in turbulent times next Wednesday 25 March, 17:30 - 19:00. Sign up for free 👉 tinyurl.com/bde536w7

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Trade in turbulent times: Tracking customs evasion, sanctions and tariff effects with trade data

Wednesday 25 March 2026, 5:30pm-7PM GMT

Europe House, 32 Smith Square, London, SW1P 3EU

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Subscribe to our quarterly LSE Statistics external newsletter and get our updates and developments delivered direct to your inbox. Enter your name + email address here & away you go! mailchi.mp/9410d12b2863/subscribe-t…

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LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

⏰ Tomorrow! Trade in Turbulent Times at Europe House, London. Hear from Dr Francesca Torti (European Commission) and Dr Marta Paczos (DBT / ESCoE) on customs evasion, sanctions, & US tariff effects. Free to attend + drinks reception 🎟 5.30pm 👉 lnkd.in/eqK68G6h

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