Research Events

Marketing welcomes:

Dr Vivek Choudhary, Nanyang Technological University of Singapore

Title: Mitigating Delays in the Criminal Investigations: A Field Experiment in India
Time and Date: Monday 19 October, 12.00 - 1.30pm
Location: MAR 4.12

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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OB welcomes:

Dr Lisa Tang, National University of Singapore

Title: Career Similarity and the Reconfiguration of Acquired Human Capital
Time and Date: Tuesday 20 October, 12.30 - 2.00pm
Location: MAR 4.12

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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ISI welcomes:

Professor Brian Pentland, Michigan State Univeristy

Title: Path Nets: Weaving the Fabric of Digital Innovation
Time and Date: Tuesday 20 October, 3.00 - 5.00pm
Location: MAR 2.05

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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MES welcomes:

Professor Anna Sanktjohanser, Toulouse School of Economics

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Thursday 22 October, 1.00 - 3.00pm
Location: MAR 6.33

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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Marketing welcomes:

Professor Sanjog Misra, Chicago Booth

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Monday 26 October, 12.00 - 1.30pm
Location: MAR 4.12

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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ERHR welcomes:

Dr April Bailey, University of Edinburgh

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Tuesday 27 October, 12.30 - 2.00pm
Location: MAR 4.12

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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ISI welcomes:

Professor Jens Förderer, Univeristy of Mannheim

Title: When Everyone Gets the Same Spark: How AI Inspiration Shapes Creative Diversity in the Creator Economy
Time and Date: Tuesday 27 October, 3.00 - 5.00pm
Location: MAR 2.05

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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MES welcomes:

Dr Alejandro Sabal, University of Chicago

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Thursday 22 October, 1.00 - 3.00pm
Location: MAR 6.33

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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Marketing welcomes:

Professor Liad Weiss, Warwick Business School

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Monday 9 November, 12.00 - 1.30pm
Location: MAR 4.12

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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OB welcomes:

Dr Felix Danbold, University College London

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Tuesday 10 November, 12.30 - 2.00pm
Location: MAR 4.12

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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MES welcomes:

Professor Jonas Hjort, University College London

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Thursday 12 November, 1.00 - 3.00pm
Location: MAR 6.33

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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ISI welcomes:

Professor Annabelle Gawer, Univeristy of Surrey

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Tuesday 17 November, 3.00 - 5.00pm
Location: MAR 2.05

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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ERHR welcomes:

Professor Ekaterina Zhuravskaya, Paris School of Economics

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Wednesday 18 November, 12.30 - 2.00pm
Location: MAR 4.12

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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MES welcomes:

Professor Antoinette Schoar, MIT Sloan

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Thursday 19 November, 1.00 - 3.00pm
Location: MAR 6.33

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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Marketing welcomes:

Dr Fan Yang, UCL

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Monday 23 November, 12.00 - 1.30pm
Location: MAR 4.12

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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OB welcomes:

Dr Yanbo Wang, University of Hong Kong

Title: Together We Stand: US Trade Sanctions and Chinese Firms’ Efforts of Innovation Ecosystem Construction
Time and Date: Tuesday 24 November, 12.30 - 2.00pm
Location: MAR 4.12

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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ISI welcomes:

Professor Paul Leonardi, UC Santa Barbara

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Tuesday 24 November, 3.00 - 5.00pm
Location: MAR 2.05

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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Marketing welcomes:

Professor Ana Valenzuela, ESADE

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Monday 30 November, 12.00 - 1.30pm
Location: MAR 4.12

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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OB welcomes:

Professor Marco Berti, Nova School of Business and Economics

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Tuesday 1 December, 12.30 - 2.00pm
Location: MAR 4.12

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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ISI welcomes:

Professor Chrisanthi Avgerou, LSE

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Tuesday 1 December, 3.00 - 5.00pm
Location: MAR 2.05

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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MES welcomes:

Dr Eduard Talamas, IESE Business School

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Thursday 3 December, 1.00 - 3.00pm
Location: MAR 6.33

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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Marketing welcomes:

Wenjie Han, Cornell

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Monday 7 December, 12.00 - 1.30pm
Location: MAR 4.12

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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OB welcomes:

Professor William Kahn, Boston University

Title: The Loving Organization: A Grounded Theory
Time and Date: Tuesday 8 December, 12.30 - 2.00pm
Location: MAR 4.12

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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ERHR welcomes:

Dr Aline Gatignon, HEC Paris

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Wednesday 9 December, 12.30 - 2.00pm
Location: MAR 4.12

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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MES welcomes:

Dr Kyle Greenberg, West Point

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Thursday 10 December, 1.00 - 3.00pm
Location: MAR 6.33

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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ISI welcomes:

Professor Ryan Lamare, LSE

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Tuesday 12 January, 3.00 - 5.00pm
Location: MAR 1.09

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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ERHR welcomes:

Dr Yanhua Bird, Boston University

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Wednesday 13 January, 12.30 - 2.00pm
Location: MAR 6.33

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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OB welcomes:

Professor Sankalp Chaturvedi, Imperial College London

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Tuesday 19 January, 12.30 - 2.00pm
Location: MAR 4.12

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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ERHR welcomes:

Professor Emilio Castilla, MIT Sloan

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Wednesday 27 January, 12.30 - 2.00pm
Location: MAR 6.33

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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ERHR welcomes:

Dr Kiera Dempsey-Brench, Trinity College Dublin

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Wednesday 10 February, 12.30 - 2.00pm
Location: MAR 6.33

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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MES welcomes:

Dr Agostina Brinatti, University of Chicago

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Thursday 11 February, 1.00 - 3.00pm
Location: MAR 6.33

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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ISI welcomes:

Professor Jungpil Hahn, National University of Singapore

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Tuesday 23 February, 3.00 - 5.00pm
Location: MAR 1.09

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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ERHR welcomes:

Dr Dorian Boncoeur, Mendoza College of Bunsiness

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Wednesday 24 February, 12.30 - 2.00pm
Location: MAR 6.33

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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MES welcomes:

Dr Lindsey Raymond, MIT

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Thursday 25 February, 1.00 - 3.00pm
Location: MAR 6.33

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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OB welcomes:

Dr Henning Piezunka, University of Pennsylvania

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Thursday 4 March, 12.30 - 2.00pm
Location: MAR 5.21

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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ISI welcomes:

Professor Ola Henfridsson, University of Miami

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Tuesday 9 March, 3.00 - 5.00pm
Location: MAR 1.09

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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ERHR welcomes:

Professor Lorenzo Frangi, University of Quebec

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Wednesday 10 March, 12.30 - 2.00pm
Location: MAR 6.33

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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MES welcomes:

Dr Kirill Borusyak, UC Berkeley

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Thursday 11 March, 1.00 - 3.00pm
Location: MAR 6.33

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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OB welcomes:

Professor Isabell Welpe, Technical University of Munich

Title: AI@Strategy – Empirical Research
Time and Date: Tuesday 16 March, 12.30 - 2.00pm
Location: MAR 4.12

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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MES welcomes:

Professor Marcella Alsan, Stanford

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Thursday 18 March, 1.00 - 3.00pm
Location: MAR 6.33

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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ISI welcomes:

Professor Jan Recker, University of Hamburg

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Tuesday 23 March, 3.00 - 5.00pm
Location: MAR 1.09

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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MES welcomes:

Dr Diana Van Patten, Stanford

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Thursday 25 March, 1.00 - 3.00pm
Location: MAR 6.33

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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OB welcomes:

Professor Stine Grodal, Northeastern Univesity

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Tuesday 27 April, 12.30 - 2.00pm
Location: MAR 4.12

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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ISI welcomes:

Professor Lior Zalmanson, Tel Aviv University

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Tuesday 27 April, 3.00 - 5.00pm
Location: MAR 1.09

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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ISI welcomes:

Professor Maytal Saar-Tsechansky, McCombs School of Business

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Tuesday 4 May, 3.00 - 5.00pm
Location: MAR 1.09

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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OB welcomes:

Professor Michael Pratt, Boston College

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Tuesday 11 May, 12.30 - 2.00pm
Location: MAR 4.12

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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OB welcomes:

Professor Michael Parke, Wharton School

Title: To be announced
Time and Date: Tuesday 18 May, 12.30 - 2.00pm
Location: MAR 4.12

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

ERHR welcomes:

Aaron Aujla, LSE

Title: Hitting the Pitch Running: Migration, Human Capital, and Job Performance in New Organizations
Time and Date: Wednesday 14 October, 12.30 - 2.00pm
Location: MAR 6.33

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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ISI welcomes:

Professor Alok Gupta, Carlson School of Management

Title: HumansX “The Mirror and the Mentor”: Using LLMs to Explain Human Decision-Making at Work
Time and Date: Tuesday 13 October, 3.00 - 5.00pm
Location: MAR 2.05

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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OB welcomes:

Professor Jasjit Singh, INSEAD

Title: Impact of Referral Ties on Worker Earnings in the Gig Economy: Evidence from an On-Demand Delivery Platform in India
Time and Date: Tuesday 13 October, 12.30 - 2.00pm
Location: MAR 4.12

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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ERHR welcomes:

Professor Herman Tse, Monash University

Title: Strategic Response to Upward Leader–Member Exchange Comparison: A Trait Activation Perspective on Status Threat and Machiavellianism
Time and Date: Monday 12 October, 12.30 - 2.00pm
Location: MAR 6.33

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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Marketing welcomes:

Professor Lui Cathy Yang, HEC Paris

Title: The Price of Explainability: Visual AI Explanations and the Diagnostic Efficiency Frontier
Time and Date: Monday 12 October, 12.00 - 1.30pm
Location: MAR 4.12

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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MES welcomes:

Dr Ryan Hill, Northwestern University

Title: How Artificial Intelligence Shapes Science: Evidence from AlphaFold
Time and Date: Thursday 8 October, 1.00 - 3.00pm
Location: MAR 6.33

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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ERHR welcomes:

Tanya Alaaldin, LSE

Title: When Different Minds Meet: Co-Creating Support across Concealable Differences
Time and Date: Wednesday 7 October, 12.30 - 2.00pm
Location: MAR 6.33

Please contact Dom.Events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

Please check back soon!

Consent Ed - MRES PhD Students (new)

Time and Date: 9.30 - 11.00am, Wednesday 24 September

Location: The Saw Swee Hock Building, Hall-Carpenter Room, SAW 3.02

Description:

Our Consent Ed programme gives students the tools to become an active bystander and make positive decisions about your relationships.

Audience: All new MRES students (compulsory)

If you have any questions, please contact Camilla Kennedy Harper, at C.Kennedy-Harper@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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PhD Academy Welcome Round Table Discussion

Time and Date: 2.00 - 3.00pm, Wednesday 24 September

Location: The Cheng Kin Ku Building, Sheikh Zayed Theatre

Description:

Welcome discussion with the PhD Academy.

Audience: All MRES, MPhil and PhD students

If you have any questions, please contact the PhD Academy, at Phdacademy@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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PhD Academy Welcome Reception and Fair

Time and Date: 3.30 - 5.00pm, Wednesday 24 September

Location: The Lionel Robbins Building, 4th floor, The PhD Academy

Description:

PhD Academy informal reception and information fair.

Audience: All MRES, MPhil and PhD students

If you have any questions, please contact the PhD Academy, at Phdacademy@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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Department of Management Welcome and Induction Presentations (new and returning students)

Time and Date: Thursday 25 September, All day

Location: The Marshall Building, MAR 1.07

Description:

Sessions throughtout the day for updates and briefing on the year ahead, by invitation only. 

Audience: All MRES, MPhil and PhD students

If you have any questions, please contact Martha Langan, at m.langan@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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Department of Management Welcome Social: Pub and Pizza

Time and Date: 5.00 - 7.00pm, Thursday 25 September

Location: George IV Pub

Description:

Informal welcome back event for continuing research students, new reserach students and Doctoral Programme Leads.

Audience: All MRES, MPhil and PhD students

If you have any questions, please contact Martha Langan, at m.langan@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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Introduction to Open Research Workshop

Time and Date: 2.00 - 3.00pm, Thursday 25 September

Location: The Marshall Building, MAR 1.07

Description:

A short introductory session to Open Research at the LSE, given by Dr Tom Graves from LSE Library, giving you the essential information and overview of best practices in Open Research. 

Audience: All DoM PhD students, Fellows and Early Career Researchers are encouraged to attend

If you have any questions, please contact Martha Langan, at m.langan@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

 Please check back soon!

European Economic Theory Conference 

Date and Time: Friday 18 - Saturday 19 September  

Location: LSE Campus 

Description:

The European Economic Theory Conference is a collaborative initiative launched by several prominent European economics departments. As a rotating event, it takes place each year at a different institution, providing a dynamic setting for academic exchange and fostering the European Economic Theory community.

The second edition of the conference will take place in London on Friday 18 and Saturday 19 September 2026, hosted by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and the University College London (UCL).

The conference will feature single-track presentations with no parallel sessions. Presentations will take place at the LSE.

Audience: Scholars in Economic Theory and related fields

To view the full programme for this event, please click here. 

If you have any questions, please contact dom.events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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Social Study of Information Technology (SSIT) Workshop 

Date and Time: Thursday 11 – Friday 12 June  

Location: The Marshall Building, MAR.2.04 

Description: 

The Information Systems and Innovation (ISI) faculty group at LSE's Department of Management is pleased to announce its annual SSIT research workshop on 11-12 June. This year's theme is Computational IS Research, exploring the expanding role of computational methods — from traditional machine learning and natural language processing to the latest agentic generative AIs — in advancing information systems scholarship. We will explore how computational approaches can be effectively used along with traditional qualitative and quantitative methods. 
 
The main workshop will take place on Thursday 11 June and feature keynote presentations by Ahmed Abbasi (Giovanini Endowed Chair Professor, University of Notre Dame), whose work on human-centered AI, text analytics, and predictive modeling has been recognized with the IEEE Technical Achievement Award and the INFORMS Design Science Award, and Dokyun (DK) Lee (Kelli Questrom Chair Associate Professor, Boston University), a leading researcher on the development, deployment, and economic impact of AI and generative models, and recipient of the ISR Best Paper Award and the Management Science Best Paper Award. The event will include additional research presentations, as well as a panel featuring Professor Milena Tsvetkova (LSE), Dr Audrey Alejandro (LSE) and Professor Jan Recker (University of Hamburg). 
 
The workshop will continue on Friday 12 June with an event for research students in information systems. Participants will have an opportunity to present their current research and receive feedback from senior faculty. 

Audience: Information Systems and Innovation faculty members, PhD students, scholars and industry professionals. 

To view the full programme and register for this event, please click here. 

If you have any questions, please contact dom.events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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Theorizing Data and AI Workshop

Date and Time: Tuesday 26 – Thursday 28 May 

Location: LSE Campus

Description:

This year's fourth edition of Theorizing Data and AI will once again bring together great minds and fresh ideas around the latest discussions on data and AI at this innovative annual meet-up, bringing together early-stage researchers and established scholars.

On Tuesday 26 May, the conference hosts a focused day for early-stage projects, a space to test ideas and get practical feedback through short presentations, roundtables, pitches, and poster sessions. The main conference days follow on Wednesday 27 May and Thursday 28 May, featuring keynote talks by leading scholars, panel discussions, and paper sessions that showcase thoughtful, cumulative research on emerging developments in data and AI.

This year's edition will feature keynotes from Professor Jonathan Wareham (ESADE), Professor Helen Margetts (Oxford) and Professor Eric Monteiro (NTNU), as well as a special panel dedicated to comparative ethnography, moderated by Tomislav Karačić and Anne-Sophie Mayer. The workshop will showcase work on the economics and political economy of data and AI, as well as work and organizing, and social practice. General subthemes include the design, implementation, and use of AI, human-AI interaction, ethics of AI, data and AI governance, management of data and AI, and data work in the age of AI.

Audience: Academics and PhD students whose primary research focus is data and AI

If you have any questions, please contact dom.events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

For further information, please visit https://theorizingdai.com/.

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Festival of Management

Date: Tuesday 12 May

Location: The Marshall Building

Description: 

The Festival of Management is a special one-day showcase that celebrates the excellent work and impact of staff within the Department of Management.

Audience: Department of Management staff and PhDs 

To view more details, please click here. 

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Industrial Relations Workshop 

Date and Time: Thursday 7 May, 9.15am - 4.15pm  

Location: The Marshall Building, MAR.2.05 

Description: 

The Computational and Quantitative Methods Research Group (Queen Mary University of London, School of Business and Management) and the Employment Relations and Human Resources Group (London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Management) are co-organising a one-day Industrial Relations workshop at the London School of Economics and Political Science, with support from the Hans Böckler Foundation. 
 
The event will bring together scholars whose research focuses on trade unions, offering an opportunity to engage with emerging debates and new empirical and theoretical work on unions and related issues in the field.  

Audience: Scholars in Industrial Relations and related fields whose primary research focus is on trade unions 

To view the full programme and register for this event, please click here. 

If you have any questions, please contact dom.events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.

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20th Anniversary Conference of the iSChannel Journal

Date and Time: Wednesday 25 March, 2:30pm - 5:30pm 

Location: The Marshall Building, MAR 2.10

Description:

The iSChannel is an annual journal on the social study of information systems which is produced, edited and double-blind reviewed by the students of the Information Systems and Innovation programmes, with advice from faculty.

This conference brings together current students, faculty members, industry professionals and past contributors to the iSChannel, to celebrate the journal’s 20-year history and ongoing contributions to the social study of information systems. 

The agenda brings together a rich mix of academic and practitioner perspectives. Join us to explore current thinking and debates in the field of information systems as we celebrate two decades of the journal’s impact and the community that has shaped it.

Audience: Information Systems and Innovation faculty members, current PhD and MSc students, alumni and industry professionals.

To register for this event, please click here.

If you have any questions, please contact dom.events@lse.ac.uk, for more information.