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. 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.
The Data Science Institute at LSE is the hub for data science and AI, working with academics across the School to place social science expertise at the heart of the design, development, and deployment of AI.
AI research highlights
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
A research project exploring how university students use popular GenAI tools in their learning and assessments.
Why AI needs social science
29 September 2025. Professor Helen Margetts, Professor Cosmina Dorobantu.
AI research news and event highlights
Dr Tomislav Karačić to investigate faith and digital futures with LSE grant
Dr Tomislav Karačić has been awarded LSE Research and Innovation funding for his project, “Faith and AI: Articulating Digital Futures Through Interfaith Dialogue.”
Dr Will Venters to investigate agentic AI as Amazon Scholar
Dr Will Venters has been appointed as an Amazon Scholar to better understand the implications of agentic AI on large organisations.
LSE academic appointed to United Nations Panel on AI
Professor Sonia Livingstone has been appointed to the UN’s Independent International Scientific Panel on AI
LSE to launch Global Forum for 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
Chatbots can influence political views, new study finds
Information-packed arguments were found to be the most convincing but least accurate.
Upcoming events about AI
Professor Michael Muthukrishna
Professor of Economic Psychology
Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science
Professor Anna Valero
Professor in Practice
Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), The Global School of Sustainability at LSE
Professor Youngjin Yoo
Professor of Information Systems and Innovation, Academic Director of LSE Lifelong Learning Digital & Innovation
Department of Management
Research groups across LSE
AI and Digital Unit
The AI and Digital Unit at LSE Health conducts applied, interdisciplinary research at the intersection of artificial intelligence, digital health, and health systems.
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
AI, Technology, and Society video series
These research videos were created in 2025 as part of the AI, Technology and Society series that showcased LSE researchers whose work seeks to understand AI technologies and their societal, economic, and political ramifications.
AI, technology and society
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What are the environmental costs of AI?
Professor Nick Couldry and Dr Eugenie Dugoua explore in this episode of the LSE iQ podcast
