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Matías Deneken @matdknu.bsky.social · 4h
It’s been a few weeks now since I started my PhD at the @lsemethodology.bsky.social 💪
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thinking about volunteering this year? Come to the LSE Volunteer Fair on Tue 13 Oct, 5:30-7:30pm at LSE LIFE, Ground Floor, LSE Library. Meet charities and community organisations and find a role that suits you. Inclusive early entry 5:00-5:30pm. 👉 careers.lse.ac.uk/leap/event.h...
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
How reliable is AI-generated synthetic data?📈 New research by Dr Tom Robinson argues that such shared-completion batching can distort relationships among variables in the resulting synthetic data, using controlled tests on synthetic survey respondents Read👉️ arxiv.org/pdf/2609.32546
Figure showing that manipulating earlier answers or access to history changes later response relationships
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🥂 LSE Methodology Student and Alumni Mixer There’s still time for you to join us to catch up with fellow alumni, connect with the wider department, and help us welcome the latest students 📅 7 Oct ⏰ 6.00 to 8.00pm 🏫 Alumni Centre, LSE Campus 👉 events.blackthorn.io/J9RvXv6/5a3i...
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🚨 Get your tickets for our next MY580 workshop with Dr Zach Dickson 👉️ Design-based causal inference in observational and experimental settings ⏰ 10:00am - 3:00pm 📆 26 Oct ➡️ In-person at CON.1.01 and online via Zoom ‼️ www.eventbrite.com/e/design-bas...
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European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Watch a recording of our latest methods #webinar on implementing generative artificial intelligence into #survey processes. Patrick Sturgis (@lsemethodology.bsky.social 🇬🇧) presented the results from two studies on the use of #AI for questionnaire pretesting and occupational coding. buff.ly/T1pMTsf
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Generative AI and the future of survey measurement
Patrick Sturgis (London School of Economics) presented a survey methods webinar about using generative AI in surveys on 15 September 2026. Large language models have the potential to transform many…
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Living with long COVID when nobody believes you are ill 😷 Professor Flora Cornish and Brenda Sabaine Rodrigues will be speaking at the LSE Research Showcase series on their research on long COVID in Brazil 📆 Thursday 19 Nov ⏰️ 3pm - 3.30pm 📍 Shaw Library Sign up👉 www.lse.ac.uk/research/lse...
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Living with long COVID when nobody believes you are ill
How can people make sense of confusing bodily symptoms and access appropriate healthcare when nobody seems to understand? Although the prevalence of long COVID symptoms is consistent across…
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Join us our for next Seminar Series with Dr Korhan Koçak 📆 16 October ⏰️ 2-3pm 📍 Connaught House, CON.1.01 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/department...
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🗣️Calling all undergraduate students interested in exploring how AI shapes freedom, judgement, and our capacity to live a self-authored life Join a new close-knit reading group exploring these themes, meeting every Monday during Autumn Term👈️ Express your interest➡️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Launching our Autumn Term Seminar Series Schedule 🍂✅️ Find out more👉 www.lse.ac.uk/methodology/... And sign up to our mailing list to secure tickets first 👉 lse.us19.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Our Seminar Series is back for 2026/27‼️ 💡 Sign up to hear Dr Elisa Wirsching speak on "embedding Regression without Focal Words: Interpreting Document-Level Effects with Sparse Autoencoders" 🗓️ Friday 2 October ⏰️ 2-3pm Sign up ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/department...
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What happens to procedural justice theory when police are experienced as a source of threat as well as protection?👮‍♀️ Monica Gerber, Matías Deneken, Jonathan Jackson & colleagues examine fear of the police, procedural justice and legitimacy in Chile & Brazil 👉️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Path diagram linking observed and perceived coercive policing to fear of the police, which lowers perceived procedural justice and effectiveness; those appraisals then predict legitimacy outcomes—normative alignment and duty to obey—with standardized path coefficients shown.
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🗓️ Calling Methodology alumni Come along to our Methodology Student and Alumni Mixer! Connect with fellow alumni, catch up with the department, and welcome our 2026/27 students 📅 7 Oct ⏰ 6.00 to 8.00pm 🏫 Alumni Centre Sign up👉️ events.blackthorn.io/J9RvXv6/5a3i...
Alumni networking reception in a modern common area, small groups chatting over drinks and snacks beneath hanging globe lights, with a projector slide reading "Welcome back — LSE Methodology Alumni."
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European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Patrick Sturgis (@lsemethodology.bsky.social 🇬🇧) delivered a #survey methods #webinar on the use of generative AI last week. A recording of the event, which focused on using large language models (LLMs) for questionnaire pretesting and occupational coding tasks, is now available. buff.ly/iSHJRh3
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Generative AI and the future of survey measurement
Patrick Sturgis (London School of Economics) presented a survey methods webinar about using generative AI in surveys on 15 September 2026.
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🗣️Calling all undergraduate students interested in exploring how AI shapes freedom, judgement, and our capacity to live a self-authored life Join a new close-knit reading group exploring these themes, meeting every Monday during Autumn Term👈️ Express your interest➡️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Now you're here, let's get started 💡 #LSEMethodology 👉 youtu.be/AHUfGLfb1ZI?...
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Ben Ginsburg Hix @benghix.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Very excited to announce a new Political Methodology Seminar Series co-hosted by the @lsegovernment.bsky.social, @lsemethodology.bsky.social and European Institute. This bi-weekly series is designed to support ECRs applying state-of-the-art methodological tools to political science research.
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Yesterday we welcomed our five new PhD students to the department! 📚️ We're so excited for you all to embark on this journey⚡️
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Welcome Week is well underway, and we've loved meeting all our new MSc and PhD students🎉 Bring on 2026/27💥
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Our Seminar Series are back for 2026/27‼️ 💡 First up, Dr Elisa Wirsching on "embedding Regression without Focal Words: Interpreting Document-Level Effects with Sparse Autoencoders" 🗓️ Friday 2 October ⏰️ 2-3pm Sign up ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/department...
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Albert Arcarons Feixas @aarcarons.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🤩 Very grateful to all the professors, classmates and staff at @lsemethodology.bsky.social for making my time there such a rewarding experience.
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🗣️"I chose to study at LSE because I’d heard it was one of the best places in the world to study social sciences" We're sharing our alumni stories every month, and next up is @aarcarons.bsky.social, Senior Researcher at the Centre for Sociological Research Read more👉 www.lse.ac.uk/methodology/...
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Less than a month to go! ⏰️ Could you be our next Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science?🫵 Apply now 👉 www.lse.ac.uk/methodology/...
LSE Department of Methodology hiring an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science; applications close 11 October 2026 — details and how to apply at www.jobs.lse.ac.uk.
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Audrey Alejandro @audreyalejandro.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
How state-centric is conflict studies? In this new article in International Studies Perspectives 🎉, I systematically examine how 12 major conflict event datasets embed state-centrism through their inclusion criteria, classifications, and documentation. academic.oup.com/isp/advance-...
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Dr Bohdana Kurylo @bohdanakurylo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Not every call for #peace challenges the politics of violence; some reinforce it. Our new article starts here: ‘Colonial and Anti-Colonial Discourses of Peace in the Russo-Ukrainian War’, by me, @kseniyaoksamytna.bsky.social & @yuliaioffe.bsky.social in International Affairs (@iajournal.bsky.social)
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European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Watch a recording of our latest methods #webinar on integrating generative artificial intelligence into #survey processes. Patrick Sturgis (@lsemethodology.bsky.social 🇬🇧) presented the results from two studies on the use of #AI for questionnaire pretesting and occupational coding. buff.ly/iSHJRh3
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Generative AI and the future of survey measurement
Patrick Sturgis (London School of Economics) presented a survey methods webinar about using generative AI in surveys on 15 September 2026.
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Read the latest from Dr @audreyalejandro.bsky.social ⤵️
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European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Register to attend our methods #webinar on incorporating generative AI in #surveys from 12-1pm (BST) next Tuesday (15 September). Patrick Sturgis (@lsemethodology.bsky.social 🇬🇧) will present #research on the use of generative #AI in questionnaire pretesting and occupational coding. buff.ly/vPXvR3K
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Generative AI and the future of survey measurement | City St George's, University of London
This seminar will present findings from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)-funded Survey Futures project ‘Integrating Generative AI in Question Design Evaluation and Testing’.
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🏡 Make the most of your alumni home away from home! Visit the LSE Alumni Centre to co-work, socialise or host meetings. Collect your Alumni Campus Card and speak to the team about what LSE is currently offering you as alumni 💳️ Find out more ➡️ www.alumni.lse.ac.uk/s/1623/inter...
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Have you seen? We're hiring for an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science, with expertise in quantitative methods‼️ Learn more and apply at www.jobs.lse.ac.uk 👉 www.lse.ac.uk/methodology/...
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Ever wondered what we do in the Department of Methodology? 📈 We are one of the few departments in the world with a focus on quantitative, qualitative, and computational methods 📚 Watch more👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHUf...
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
🗣️"Studying at the Department of Methodology fundamentally shaped my professional career" We're sharing alumni stories every month.. first up, Elizabeth Germana-Cier, who graduated from her MSc Social Research Methods in 2009📚 Read her story👉 preview-lse.cloud.contensis.com/methodology/...
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European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Our methods series returns with a session on the integration of generative #AI in #surveys from 12-1pm (BST) on Tuesday 15 September, Patrick Sturgis (@lsemethodology.bsky.social 🇬🇧 ) will present applications of generative AI to #questionnaire pretesting and occupational coding. buff.ly/vPXvR3K
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Generative AI and the future of survey measurement | City St George's, University of London
This seminar will present findings from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)-funded Survey Futures project ‘Integrating Generative AI in Question Design Evaluation and Testing’.
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Something exciting is coming to our BlueSky and website next week 👀⏰️ Keep an eye out for more🤝
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
💡 We're hiring for an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science Read more and apply before 11 October 👉️ www.lse.ac.uk/methodology/...
LSE Department of Methodology hiring — Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science; applications close 11 October 2026; apply at www.jobs.lse.ac.uk and follow @lsemethodology.
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
🌍 Do you have a question one of our 240,000+ alumni could answer? Are you interested in making connections from around the world? 💭 Whatever your question, someone in our community has the answer – ask away ➡️ ask-an-alum.lse.ac.uk
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Congratulations to everyone beginning their studies at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in September! Did you know that undergraduate students from across the School can study data science courses alongside their degree programme? ⏩ www.lse.ac.uk/dsi/news/202...
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
💡 We're hiring for an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science Read more and apply before 11 October 👉️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
LSE Department of Methodology hiring — Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science; applications close 11 October 2026; apply at www.jobs.lse.ac.uk and follow @lsemethodology.
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
🌍 Did you know the LSE Alumni community spans far beyond London? Stay connected with fellow LSE alumni around the world. Our local groups span 110+ different countries and regions, and are the perfect way to find support and community near you. Find out more➡️ www.alumni.lse.ac.uk/s/1623/inter...
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LSE British Politics and Policy @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Andy Burnham should make the case for good work 🖊️ Krisztián Pósch of @lsemethodology.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
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Andy Burnham should make the case for good work | LSE British Politics
The Employment Rights Act ushered in by the Starmer government was a promising first step. Andy Burnham’s Government should continue building on it.
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
We ❤️ LSE Methodology and can't wait to see some new faces in September #lsemethodology
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Sometimes, ending Participatory Research projects can pose particular challenges, and scholars can feel guilt and disappointment at unfinished endings 👩‍🏫 Read the latest from Professor Flora Cornish, Dr Kate Summers, and colleagues here👉️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
"SOCbot": New survey approach uses Large Language Models (LLMs) to measure and classify respondents' occupations in real-time ⌨️ 🗣️Read the latest from @patricksturg.bsky.social, Dr Thomas Robinson, Dr Laura Fung, and Dr Caroline Roberts ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
Flowchart showing the SOCbot pipeline that maps a survey respondent's job title to a SOC code using an embeddings database and an LLM: retrieve k most likely occupation codes, apply LLM instructions, optionally ask a follow-up question, then return the final SOC code via a custom API.
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
LSESU are hiring postgrad students to join LSE and LSESU's Consent.Ed team!💫 As a facilitator, you’ll guide workshops that spark important conversations about consent, boundaries, and respectful relationships. Apply before 13 July➡️ www.lsesu.com/union/jobs/v...
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Ukraine’s resilient railway system, Ukrzaliznytsia, has functioned as a source of ontological security following Russia’s full-scale invasion, new research from @bohdanakurylo.bsky.social finds Read more➡️ www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 📸 Felicity Spector
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Global migration per year has nearly tripled since 2000, new study finds📍 Featured on the front cover of Nature Magazine, Dr Thomas Gaskin uses deep learning to estimate annual international migration flows between all countries ⤵️ www.lse.ac.uk/news/latest-... 👉 www.socsc.hku.hk/rhps/global-...
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
What brings you to LSE's Department of Methodology? 🎯 Every year, our MSc and PhD students are special. We're starting to think ahead to September when we'll welcome our newest cohort 💫 Learn more about us➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/methodology
Diverse incoming students in a crowded university welcome event, chatting and laughing; white text labels annotate reactions — eagerness to meet people, new friendships, academic ambition (LSE Methodology, world‑leading academics), dissertation worries, and first-time travel by tube.Crowded student networking mixer in a modern lobby with people chatting and holding drinks; white overlaid labels identify attendee traits like "Did their undergrad at LSE," "Will become a department content creator," "Has already signed up for MY580 workshops," and "Wants to learn more about AI."Diverse students seated in a lecture hall, with overlaid labels expressing first‑year feelings and plans: 'Has never lived in a new city before', 'Is nervous for exams', 'Has planned which Seminar Series she wants to attend', 'Can't wait to be an LSE Alum'.
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
🔊 @mtsvetkova.bsky.social has been selected for the prestigious 2026-27 Fellowship at Stanford's Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences Read more➡️ casbs.stanford.edu/news/casbs-a...
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CASBS Announces 2026-27 Fellows
The class is comprised of 36 scholars representing 19 U.S. institutions and 11 international institutions and programs.
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
On 17 June, Dr Kate Summers was invited to a Thought Leadership Session at 10 Downing Street. Senior civil servants, academic experts, and civil society discussed how participation and lived experience can be more systematically embedded in government work. Read more➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/methodology/...
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