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Amplifying UCL’s advanced research and teaching in social data and methods. www.ucl.ac.uk/social-data

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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"There's all sorts of choices and decisions that cartographers are making that gently steer us in one direction or another. And that's what makes them so powerful." Check out James Cheshire's (SODA Director and Professor in @uclgeography.bsky.social) on BBC Radio Stoke 👇 #maps #cartography #bbc
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Of the UCL students that we've taken on board, they are very passionate and they have an excellent work ethic, which we love and is a really, really positive impact on our company." Find out more about the scheme and how to get involved: tinyurl.com/pk7tyjf6 #Internships #politics #Dods #data
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"If you’re trying to show things that relate to the population of the planet, Mercator’s not the way to go, because, actually, it expands the areas where no one lives, largely.” James Cheshire, SODA Director and Professor of Cartography (@uclgeography.bsky.social), on BBC Radio 4. #BBC #Maps
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"There's no perfect solution to this problem, but I do think the push for more variation in the kinds of maps that we commonly look at is a welcome suggestion." James Cheshire, SODA Director and Professor of Geographic Information and Cartography in @uclgeography.bsky.social on BBC News 👇 #map #UN
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
“I got to upskill people who are way more experienced than me.” Fem Alonge, now a Data Analyst at @octopus.energy, completed her UCL Social Data Science internship at the #BBC. Her experience is a great example of how #internships aren’t just a one-way street. Find out more: tinyurl.com/pk7tyjf6
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We are delighted to announce that Michał Iliev, PhD student in the @uclgeography.bsky.social, received the Jack Dangermond Award by Esri UK! Michał won the prize for his Data After Dark StoryMap: Locating London's night-time food deserts. 🧵
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Not one, not two, but three Senior Promotions💜 Congratulations to Julia Du Pont De Romémont (@uclspp.bsky.social), Caroline Parker (UCL Anthropology), and Igor Tkalec (@uclgeography.bsky.social) on their promotions. Full list: tinyurl.com/35tj2ah8 #Promotions #UCL #SocialData #Celebrate
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
In this paper James Cheshire (@uclgeography.bsky.social) and Rob Davidson draw on 20 semi-structured interviews with people who communicate research on geographic health inequalities to explore the challenges of using data visualisation in practice 🔗 tinyurl.com/5d4y763u #Data #Health @ucl.ac.uk
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Check out the journal article by our Deputy Director, Caroline Parker, and Community Health and Translation Project Officer Daniela Larrain (UCL Anthropology)👇 🔗 tinyurl.com/4vnasza3 #Prisons #UCL #LatinAmerica #Health #Anthropology
Graphic promoting the paper Beyond Prison Walls: A Scoping Review of Incarceration's Public Health Impacts in Latin America. A purple-tinted image of prison bars and their shadows forms the background, with the title in large white text and the UCL logo in the bottom right.
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
NEW PUBLICATION: Check out the journal article by our Deputy Director, Caroline Parker, Amaya Perez-Brumer, Mariangela Castro Arteaga, Aarti Doshi, Karla Solari Perez, Julien Brisson, Alixe Sánchez, Carmen H. Logie, Alfonso Silva Santisteban P. 👇 tinyurl.com/2rwxe3dw #Peru #Lima #Venezuela
A photograph of Lima's historic Plaza Mayor shows a black ornamental fountain in the foreground, framed by palm trees and bright yellow colonial buildings under a pale blue sky. The title appears in large purple text at the top: "We live at the crossroads". Below it reads: "Testimonios of Venezuelan transgender women navigating migration, intersectional violence, and resettlement in Lima, Peru." The UCL logo appears in the bottom right corner.
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Sometimes, having a bit of extra capacity makes all the difference ☕ Find out more about what our internship programme can do for your organisation: tinyurl.com/pk7tyjf6 @ucl.ac.uk #interns #internships #coffee #RedemptionRaosters
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Meet James Cheshire, Director of the UCL Social Data Institute (SODA) As well as his role in SODA, James is Professor of Geographic Information and Cartography at @uclgeography.bsky.social and Deputy Director of Smart Data Research UK's Geographic Data Service. 🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/4yktptd2
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
🥳 Thank you to everyone who made it to our event celebrating 10 years of our Social Data Internship programme! If you would like to find out more about how hosting a social data intern could help you, head to tinyurl.com/pk7tyjf6 or email us at UCL.SODA@ucl.ac.uk #SocialData #Internships #Intern
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
☀️ Boost your CV with data skills this summer! Join us for our three-day (15-hour) course, equipping health scientists and practitioners with essential tools to gather human-centred insights and turn them into actionable strategies. 🔗 tinyurl.com/HealthCPD #Health #Shortcourses #SocialData #Data
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
🩺 What drives behaviours and programme outcomes in public health? Advance your data skills with our three-day (15-hour) course, equipping health scientists and practitioners with essential tools to gather human-centred insights and turn them into actionable strategies. 🔗 tinyurl.com/HealthCPD
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
☀️Learn new programming skills this summer! Boost your CV by signing up for our Introduction to Bayesian Inference and Modelling four-day (eighteen hours) short course. Find out more and book your spot: tinyurl.com/BayesianInfe... #ShortCourses #Bayesian #SocialData #Programming #CV @ucl.ac.uk
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
This week⏰ 🔗https://tinyurl.com/soda10y Join us to celebrate of 10 years of connecting organisations with world-class talent and find out more about how our internship programme can help you! Booking is essential: tinyurl.com/soda10y #Interns #events #UCL @ucl.ac.uk
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
⌛There's still time to book your spot on our Quantitative Text Analysis short course! As advances in artificial intelligence continue to accelerate, the ability to analyse text at scale has become a powerful skill across disciplines. Find out more and book your spot: tinyurl.com/bdcrbrea #AI #CV
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
🩺 What drives behaviours and programme outcomes in public health? Advance your data skills with our three-day (15-hour) course, equipping health scientists and practitioners with essential tools to gather human-centred insights and turn them into actionable strategies. 🔗 tinyurl.com/HealthCPD
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
For a decade, SODA's Internship Programme has partnered with organisations across sectors to deliver real-world impact. Join us to celebrate this milestone and discover how you can collaborate with top-tier talent from one of the world’s leading universities: tinyurl.com/soda10y #Interns #Data
An image of young people smiling and looking at each other during an apparent exchange with a London cityscape skyline in the background. Text overlayed in the top-right corner reads: BOOKING ESSENTIAL. Text sits on the bottom half of the graphic, reading: Host an intern from a world top-ten university. Celebrate 10 years of UCL’s Social Data Science Internship Programme with us and find out more about how hosting an intern can help you. The UCL 200 logo is in the bottom-right corner.
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
☀️Learn new programming skills this summer! Boost your CV by signing up for our Introduction to Bayesian Inference and Modelling four-day (eighteen hours) short course. Find out more and book your spot: tinyurl.com/BayesianInfe... #ShortCourses #Bayesian #SocialData #Programming #CV @ucl.ac.uk
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Celebrate a decade of connecting organisations with world-class talent with us!🎉 🔗 tinyurl.com/stcsdi Meet us and discover how hosting an intern from the UCL Social Data Institute help move your projects off of the backburner: tinyurl.com/stcsdi @ucl.ac.uk #UCL200 #Internships #Partnerships
In a quotation box reads: “As a small social business, it has been invaluable to have an additional resource for six weeks during the summer; a project that would otherwise have been 'on the backburner' has moved forward much quicker than it would have done otherwise.” Redemption Roasters. A UCL200 logo sits in the bottom-left corner.
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Celebrating 10 years of connecting organisations like Dods Political Intelligence with world-class talent 🎉 Discover how hosting an intern from the UCL Social Data Institute can strengthen your team when it counts at our event: tinyurl.com/stcsdi @ucl.ac.uk #UCL200 #Internships #Partnerships
In a quotation box reads: “Our interns joined us during an exceptionally busy period for our team (during the July 2024 UK general election), and having the extra capacity was incredibly helpful and made a significant difference in our ability to conduct research into political candidates and manage requests from clients.” DoDs Political Intelligence. A UCL200 logo sits in the bottom-left corner.
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Celebrating 10 years of connecting organisations like Save the Children UK with world-class talent 🎉 Join the UCL Social Data Institute to celebrate this milestone and see how collaboration with interns can benefit your organisation: tinyurl.com/stcsdi @savechildrenuk.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk
In a quotation box reads the text: “[Our UCL Social Data Institute intern] has done an incredible job in analysing data on health insurance and child outcomes, using advanced research and analytical skills, providing valuable insights for us...Thank you very much for the opportunity to be a part of this programme!”  Save the Children UK. In the bottom-right corner is the UCL200 logo.
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Wishing everyone celebrating a happy and fun-filled Vaisakhi!
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Have a Happy Passover!
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
For a decade, our Internship Programme has partnered with organisations across sectors to deliver real-world impact. Join us to celebrate this milestone and discover how you can collaborate with top-tier talent from one of the world’s leading universities. 🔗 Book your spot: tinyurl.com/soda10y
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Eid-e Nowrooz Mobarak!
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Looking to acquire data skills this summer? Learn how to understand survey sampling and weighting, evaluate and design questions, extract meaningful data, and more! Sign up for UCL Social Data Institute’s Survey Methods and Analysis Course: tinyurl.com/SurveyMethodsAnalysis #SurveyMethods #Data
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Looking to boost your CV with data skills? We are offering several hands-on, interactive courses. You don’t need to be an expert. Our courses are designed for those who are interested in or working with data and are looking to upskill. 🔗 Find out more: tinyurl.com/ShortSODA @ucl.ac.uk #Data
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
💫 Meet Moira Hague, our Institute Manager! "I’m most proud of building and facilitating data internships for our SHS students. Developing these partnerships from scratch and seeing them evolve has been hugely fulfilling." 🔗Find out more about Moira's work: tinyurl.com/MoiraHS @ucl.ac.uk #Data
On the left is a black and white portrait of Moira, smiling. On the right, text reads: "Staff Spotlight: Moira Hague, Institute Manager, Social Data Institute"
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Looking to boost your data skills in less than one week? 🔗 tinyurl.com/SODASC We are offering several hands-on, interactive courses perfect for professionals who are keen to grow their data expertise. Find out more and book your place: tinyurl.com/SODASC #Upskill #Data #ShortCourses @ucl.ac.uk
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
🩺 What drives behaviours and programme outcomes in public health? Advance your data skills with our three-day (15-hour) course, equipping health scientists and practitioners with essential tools to gather human-centred insights and turn them into actionable strategies. 🔗 tinyurl.com/HealthCPD
Caroline Parker is on the left, smiling and looking at the camera. On the right, quoted text reads: “Quantitative data shows you what is happening in public health, but it cannot tell you why. This course teaches you to use ethnography to uncover the social and structural drivers behind health behaviours—and translate those insights into actionable strategy.” The quote is attributed to Caroline Parker, Lecturer of Anthropology of Professional Practice & Deputy Director, UCL Social Data Institute.
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: Sarah Lim, BA Geography with Social Data Science In our February Student spotlight, Sarah reflects on her UCL Social Data Institute internship with the @financialtimes.com, discussing responsibilities and opportunities. Read the full post: tinyurl.com/SpotlightSarah @ucl.ac.uk
Sarah Lim is pictured at the coast, with the sea and a blue sky behind them. Sarah is smiling whilst looking at the camera. Next to this photo is quoted text, which reads: "The highlight of my internship was researching, producing graphics for and co-writing a piece on homeless refugees. I was involved in the creative process of the piece from pitching to publication. Not only did I learn about the intersection between two complex governmental systems, but I also gained exposure to the workflow of journalism at the FT."
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Ramadan Mubarak to everyone celebrating.
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Wishing everyone who is celebrating a Happy Year of the Horse🏮
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
📢 CALL FOR PROJECTS The Geospatial Engagement Initiative (GEI) has launched its first open call for projects, which is open to research funded by UCL Grand Challenges. Express your interest by 3rd March by going to: tinyurl.com/GeospatialEI #Geospatial #CallForProjects #DataScience @ucl.ac.uk
A photo of Sam Harrison-Curran, Geospatial Engagement Lead, smiling. The photo is positioned next to a quote which reads: “A key driver of the Geospatial Engagement Initiative is communicating ‘geospatial’ in an accessible way, whether this means explaining the very basic underpinning concepts or providing that extra bit of guidance to help people get the most from skills they already have.”
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
How can we use AI to analyse text? Sign up for UCL Social Data Institute’s three-day (fifteen hours) Quantitative Text Analysis Course to find out. Read more and register: tinyurl.com/Quantitative... #ShortCourses #ArtificialIntelligence #TextAnalysis @ucl.ac.uk
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Looking to build on your data skills but don’t know how? The UCL Social Data Institute’s Introduction to Bayesian Inference and Modelling four-day (18 hours) course is a great place to start! Find out more: tinyurl.com/BayesianInfe... #DataScience #ProfessionalDevelopment @ucl.ac.uk
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
How does systematic racism affect health outcomes? Caroline Parker, our Deputy Director, has recently published ‘Racism and racial health inequity: four theories for public health’ in collaboration with the London Association of Directors of Public Health: tinyurl.com/yc23e7j5 @ucl.ac.uk
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Looking to acquire data skills this summer? Learn how to understand survey sampling and weighting, evaluate and design questions, extract meaningful data, and more! Sign up for UCL Social Data Institute’s Survey Methods and Analysis Course: tinyurl.com/SurveyMethod... @ucl.ac.uk
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Looking to boost your data skills in less than one week? The UCL Social Data Institute is offering several hands-on, interactive courses perfect for professionals who are keen to grow their data expertise. Find out more and register: www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Meet Vaishnavi Gondane, our Project Coordinator! "I was drawn to UCL because of its strong research culture and its commitment to interdisciplinary work across departments." Read more: www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
🗺️ Mapping Night Work in London - As part of #DataAfterDark, we released a report on the geography of night work in London. Using employment stats & mobile data, we created the London Night Worker Classification, revealing where they work, travel, and rely on services. dataafterdark.org/reports.html
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UCL Social Data Institute @uclsocialdata.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
London’s night workers keep the city running, but their voices are often unheard. New UCL research explores their experiences and calls for fairer conditions as the Employment Rights Bill moves forward. Read more: www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/de... #NightWork #DataAfterDark
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