AI at LSE
At LSE we seek to understand emerging AI technologies and their societal, economic, and political ramifications through our research, teaching, and outreach, convened by the Data Science Institute (DSI). This includes not only the applications of these technologies to expand social scientific knowledge, but also issues surrounding the responsible, safe, and ethical use of AI.
What's next for quantum computing?
Dr Seeta Peña Gangadharan explores how emerging technology could reshape power, economics, and everyday life.
The AI-generated content that caused real world violence in the UK
Dr Beatriz Lopez Buarque explores how social media and AI-generated content fuelled civil unrest
What are the environmental costs of AI?
Professor Nick Couldry and Dr Eugenie Dugoua explore in this episode of the LSE iQ podcast
AI, technology and society
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Upcoming events about AI
Blogs and articles
The world is your office: how ‘‘work from anywhere’’ is transforming work
27 January 2026 · Professor Prithwiraj Choudhury
The complicated digital world of online travel booking
27 May 2025 · Dr Will Venters, Erika Valderrama, Roser Pujadas
Why AI needs social science
Professor Helen Margetts, Professor Cosmina Dorobantu
Chatbots can influence political views, new study finds
Information-packed arguments were found to be the most convincing but least accurate.
Should you let AI train your dog? The lawless world of AI and animals
Professor Jonathan Birch, Spencer Jury, Isabella Logothetis
LSE to launch Global Forum on AI and the Social Sciences with $2m award from the MacArthur Foundation
The annual Forum will convene dialogue and mobilise expertise, resources, and partnerships to ensure AI serves human and societal needs
Professor Michael Muthukrishna
Professor of Economic Psychology
Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science
Professor Youngjin Yoo
Professor of Information Systems and Innovation, Academic Director of LSE Lifelong Learning Digital & Innovation
Department of Management
Research partnerships, projects and groups
Your Boss is a Machine: Protecting Worker Autonomy in an AI-Driven Economy
This project investigates questions of autonomy, good work, and the future of work in an economy permeated by AI.
GENIAL: GENerative AI tools as a catalyst for learning
Visit the project's github page to read project updates
LSE AI and Education Fellowships
LSE's AI and Education Fellowships provide an exciting opportunity for LSE academics to lead on embedding AI in education at LSE and beyond
LSE Information Systems and Innovation Group
A faculty research group at the Department of Management
LSE Law, Technology and Society
At the LSE Law School
Journalism AI
A global initiative to empower news organisations to use AI responsibly
AI at the Department of Statistics
Through teaching and research, the LSE Department of Statistics explores both the foundations and real-world implications of AI
