Events
The Department of Media and Communications hosts a range of events, from large public lectures to smaller seminars, in person, online and hybrid, across a broad spectrum of topics relating to media and communications. Unless otherwise stated, our events are free and open to all.
Members of the Department are frequently invited to give talks and participate in events outside of LSE. These events often take place abroad. These events are also listed below.
The views expressed by LSE public event speakers are their personal views and do not represent the views of the Department or School.
Empowerment, safety and equity: children's visions of rights-respecting digital futures | LSE Festival
Saturday 21 June 2025 2.00pm to 3.00pm
In-person and online public event
Marshall Building
This event will showcase a project led by the Digital Futures for Children centre and co-designed with 5Rights Global Youth Ambassadors (ages 13–17) from 11 countries worldwide.
In this event, we bring together children's voices from around the world to identify possible futures where children’s rights are upheld and technology serves humanity sustainably, identifying pathways and recommendations toward equitable and rights-respecting digital futures designed with children.
Hosted by LSE Festival: Visions for the Future.
The future of truth | LSE Festival
Saturday 21 June 2025 3.30pm to 4.30pm
In a world of mass information, and misinformation, truth seems both easier and harder to find than ever before. As trust in traditional media erodes and social media blurs the line between fact and fiction, with authoritarian regimes weaponising disinformation and post-truth world leaders taking centre stage, how do we defend and promote knowledge, evidence and informed debate?
Our panel will explore the relationship between truth, the media, politics and society in the digital age.
Speakers: Professor Jason McKenzie Alexander, Professor Charlie Beckett, Hardeep Matharu and Abi Whistance.
Chair: Dr Paola Romero.
Hosted by LSE Festival: Visions for the Future.
AI and the far-right riots in the UK
Thursday 26 June 2025 6.00pm to 7.30pm
Online event - open to all
In this webinar, Dr Beatriz Lopes Buarque will share key insights from her interdisciplinary project on AI and the far-right riots in the UK. Funded by the LSE Urgency Grant Scheme, Dr Lopes Buarque and her research assistant examined how X’s algorithms fuelled the riots by amplifying visual representations of racist conspiracy theories. Following this there will be a workshop bringing together leading experts on the far right, alt-tech, racism, algorithmic culture, alt-tech, societal security, digital culture, and misogyny.
On 15-16 June 2023, we celebrate our 20th anniversary with a conference tackling questions about media's present and future, engaging in critique and considering imaginative pathways for the future. Find out more .
On 16 June 2013, the Department of Media and Communications at LSE celebrated its 10th Anniversary, bringing together LSE scholars with leading international figures in the field.
Over 100 alumni, students and colleagues attended the seminar in the Shaw Library and the festive dinner at the Senior Common Room. The event did not only celebrate the MSc with USC, but also the double programme with Fudan University in Shanghai founded in 2008 and the new programme with the University of Cape Town, founded 2017.
Thanks to our fantastic LA hosts, LSE alumni Michael and Haley Miller, who hosted the gala celebration for the 10th anniversary of our MSc Global Media & Communications, with USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism.