Using large language models to analyze political texts through natural language understanding by Kenneth Benoit, Scott De Marchi, Conor Laver, Michael Laver, and Jinshuai Ma is now available in Early View. @kenbenoitajps.org/2026/03/24/using-la…
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🎉 We are delighted to announce the appointment of Larry Kramer as our new President and Vice Chancellor. 🎓
“It is the honour of a lifetime to work with and for the LSE community to further the School’s founding mission” - Larry Kramer
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ALT Larry Kramer is appointed as the new President and Vice Chancellor of the London School of Economics and Political Science.
This is a brilliant new programme supported by @LSEDataScience and partly taught by our staff. It combines data science learning with domain expertise to prepare students for the modern workforce in policy or business.
"Companies are increasingly searching for candidates who display the ability to work across disciplines, politics and data science prepares you extremely well for this."
BSc student Amara shares the importance of studying politics and data science.
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"Companies are increasingly searching for candidates who display the ability to work across disciplines, politics and data science prepares you extremely well for this."
BSc student Amara shares the importance of studying politics and data science.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/studentsatls…
Another amazing @europsa conference! #EPSA2023
Thank you to @kenbenoit, @dalexiad and the rest of the programme committee for a great conference!
See you all for #EPSA2024 4-6 July in Cologne!
Conference co-chairs @dalexiad and @kenbenoit representin' on behalf of our brilliant programme committee at the pre-conference reception as EPSA XIII prepares to start - the biggest EPSA annual conference in history.
No @kenbenoit confirmed that this was true for the thurs pres reception and the Friday after party only and that there may be capacity issues otherwise. The Wed reception is ticketed only. It’s the only way we can manage capacity - but that’s why there are 5 social events this yr
No @kenbenoit confirmed that this was true for the thurs pres reception and the Friday after party only and that there may be capacity issues otherwise. The Wed reception is ticketed only. It’s the only way we can manage capacity - but that’s why there are 5 social events this yr
I kept hearing that tickets are necessary for receptions at the @europsa conference and was getting worried. But @kenbenoit confirmed that this is only true for the Friday night City Chambers reception. You don't need tickets for the others.
How Should We Use AI in Higher Education? 🧑‍🎓
Dr Jonathan Cardoso-Silva will demonstrate how generative AI can be used to create engaging and personalised learning experiences for students.
đź“… 14 June
🎟 bit.ly/3WO5kIZ | @EdenLSE@LSEpublicevents#LSEFestival
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Professor Ken Benoit will chair this hybrid panel event that will explore the importance of health-related data as a resource to transform the world for the better.
đź“… 17 June
🎟 bit.ly/43nf0MX | @JamesFransham#LSEFestival
A timely and well-attended symposium and a great example of the synergies that can result from the complementarity of a partnership between data scientists at STEM and social science institutions.