Impact

Discover how LSE research is shaping the world, with examples of real-world impact on policy and more.
AI and the stock market: are algorithmic trades creating new risks?
Tuesday 23 September 2025 · Maximilian Goehmann

Seeing animals differently: the science and ethics of sentience
Tuesday 23 September 2025 · Professor Jonathan Birch

Using AI to improve public safety at public events
Tuesday 27 May 2025 · Tom Kirchmaier

Empowering people who are homeless to rebuild their lives and thrive in society
Tuesday 23 July 2024 · Dr Michela Tinelli

Placing wellbeing at the centre of government decision-making
Tuesday 21 May 2024 · Dr Christian Krekel, Professor Lord Richard Layard, David Frayman, Sara MacLennan

Using people’s feelings of happiness to make better policy decisions
Tuesday 21 November 2023 · Dr Christian Krekel

Protecting the high seas
Tuesday 23 May 2023 · Dr Siva Thambisetty

Music on trial: challenging the use of rap as evidence in criminal courts
Tuesday 15 November 2022 · Dr Abenaa Owusu-Bempah

Are girls being designed out of public spaces?
Tuesday 15 November 2022 · Dr Julia King, Olivia Theocharides-Feldman

Tackling reckless lending and indebtedness in South Africa
Wednesday 21 September 2022 · Professor Deborah James FBA

Safeguarding play: children’s rights and the internet
Tuesday 12 July 2022 · Professor Sonia Livingstone, Dr Kruakae Pothong

Do tobacco warnings change behaviour?
Tuesday 12 July 2022 · Professor Amitav Chakravarti
