New article👉 The Problem with Rapport in Interview-Based Studies🤝 Dr @aliyarao.bsky.social has been published in Qualitative Sociology, that questions the value of rapport in qualitative interviewing💡 Read it here➡️ link.springer.com/article/10.1...

🗣️There's still time to sign up for Agent-Based Modeling with Dr Milena Tsvetkova, our My580 Methods Short Course of 2026💡 ⏰ 10:00am - 3:00pm 📆 28 Jan, in person at the Data Science Institute Sign up to join👉 www.eventbrite.com/e/agent-base...

And we're BACK for Winter Term📚 Welcome back everyone, we can't wait to see what you achieve this term🌎💫

💡Immersive Grenfell walking tour explores an exciting type of knowledge exchange Leading the tour last week, Professor @floracornish.bsky.social said "we were struck again by the kindness of community members and the reassuringness of gardens" Read more👉 www.lse.ac.uk/methodology/...

Oxford Computational Political Science Group welcomes two LSE Methodology Research Associates 💡 Stephan Wenninger and Ryan Rousseau join Projects 3 and 4 of the group. Read more 👉 www.lse.ac.uk/methodology/...

🗣️Join our first My580 Short Course of 2026 Agent-Based Modeling with Dr Milena Tsvetkova💡 ⏰ 10:00am - 3:00pm 📆 28 Jan, in person at the Data Science Institute Sign up to join👉 www.eventbrite.com/e/agent-base...

📣 Vacancy Alert! The ENDOW project (Economic Networks and the Dynamics of Wealth Inequality) is hiring a Research Officer in Research Database Management, to be based at @lsemethodology.bsky.social. Apply now: buff.ly/qFUwfj8 ❗ Deadline: 15 February 2026

Professor Flora Cornish spent yesterday conducting a different type of knowledge exchange... a walking tour based on her research into Grenfell Tower 💚 See more in her thread below⤵️

🚨Job alert! The ENDOW project is hiring a Research Officer in Research Database Management, to be based at @lsemethodology.bsky.social. Oversee & expand our database & contribute to research on social & economic inequality. Deadline 15 February. Share & reach out! jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Our Winter Term Seminar Series schedule is here ⤵️ 👩‍🏫 Keep an eye out for tickets when they go live... Sign up to be the first to hear👉 lse.us19.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

🔭 What’s the future of reflexivity & how do we put it into practice? New article in @natrevmethodsprimers.nature.com I argue for three priorities 1) evaluation criteria 2) studying reflexivity as a socio-cognitive phenomenon 3) adapting it across research traditions OA: rdcu.be/eX79L

New article 💡 Priming for War: Ukraine in Russian Domestic Television News, 2009–2019 Dr Lanabi La Lova has published a new article in the International Journal of Press/Politics. Read it here➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

🗣️ Department of Methodology research mentioned in Parliament This week research from Professor Alasdair Jones, former Deputy Head of Methodology, was mentioned in a parliamentary debate about Free Bus Travel for over-60s 🚌 Read more 👉 www.lse.ac.uk/methodology/...

Not long until Winter Term begins, and we've got tons of events packed in to the next few months!!📆 Watch this space for more information on our Seminar Series, MY580 Short Courses, and more....💡 www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/department...

📍 Research event: How gender diversity shapes company performance Firms across the globe are working hard to improve leadership gender diversity, but links with company performance are still unclear 📆 28 Jan ⌚ 12.30pm – 1.15pm ▶️ Register: www.lse.ac.uk/dsi/events/2... @lsedatascience.bsky.social

📢 Public Event Announcement Join us for Professor Hertog's inaugural lecture: "How oil rents fuel populist foreign policy" on 21 January 2026 at 6.30pm In-person and online tickets available 👇 www.lse.ac.uk/events/21-ja... #LSEEvents @lseevents.bsky.social @shertog.bsky.social

🌍 Upcoming event | Sociology of hope In his new book, sociologist Adrián Scribano presents a theory connecting hope to classical sociological traditions, revolutions, utopia, social change, collective action, and more. 📅 Wed 21 Jan 2026 ⏰ 6.30pm 📍 Online

New Year new you?? 📰❗ Start 2026 off right, and sign up for our new Methodology Newsletter👉 eepurl.com/gbamkr

Happy New Year from the Department of Methodology💡💫 Here's to more globally-leading research in 2026 🫡

Happy Holidays from LSE Methodology to all of our students, alumni, staff, and friends who celebrate 🎄✨ #partofLSE

Our brand new Methodology Newsletter is launching in 2026 📰 ❗Sign up for our latest news and events👉 eepurl.com/gbamkr

Congratulations to all our MSc students graduating yesterday, we're so proud of you 💫🎓 #PartofLSE

2025 has been busy for LSE Methodology✨ Our faculty have been awarded various prizes for their work, European-scale research grants have been won, we've had national radio appearances, seen nearly 80 students graduate, and hosted hundreds of students on our methods courses📚 Bring on 2026👏

🤖"Bots, amplification and system-wide effects" A new article by @mtsvetkova.bsky.social, @lsedatascience.bsky.social Affiliate, has been published in the latest edition of the European Research Council (ERC) Magazine Read it here 👉 erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

We are launching a brand new Methodology Newsletter in 2026 📰 ❗ Sign up now to read the latest news and events from the department 👉 eepurl.com/gbamkr

And we’ve made it to the end of Autumn Term!!! ❄️💫 Happy Holidays everyone, we hope you have a lovely break after all your hard work 🎄

We loved seeing everyone at our End of Autumn Term Party last night 💫🎄 Enjoy a restful winter break everyone✨

Read the latest from @aliyarao.bsky.social for @lseinequalities.bsky.social Blog ⤵️

Dr Seila Panizzolo recently visited the European University Institute to share her research and discuss her developing research agenda👩‍🏫 She said "the EUI was a step forward in developing my academic network, learning from senior scholars and sharing strategies and visions..."

Autumn Term is nearly over 💔 we can't believe how quickly the year is going... can you?!

💰 How visible displays of wealth make people support higher taxes Read more from Dr @mtsvetkova.bsky.social 's latest study 👉 theconversation.com/how-visible-... and 👉 www.psypost.org/whom-you-obs...

Only 15 years in the making!

Why do we cooperate with the police & criminal courts?👩‍⚖️ In a new 30-country study, Jon Jackson, Jouni Kuha, @benbradford.bsky.social & Mike Hough find that fair & respectful authority usually beats crime control & fear – but procedural justice power varies by country 👉

💡New & #FREE article 'Vicarious denial: war crimes and online deliberation in #Serbia for and against #Ukraine' by @denisakost.bsky.social ( @lse-ei.bsky.social ) & @lanabi.bsky.social ( @lsemethodology.bsky.social ) 🇷🇸🇺🇦 @adamfagan.bsky.social @lenkabustikova.bsky.social @andreapirro.it

"Are we measuring the right things in the social sciences?" At an LSE Open Research Panel this week @audreyalejandro.bsky.social said "so many of the tools we rely on to assess research quality are really just proxies, yet our methodological standards drop when we evaluate our own profession"

There's still time to catch Professor Sanyu A. Mojola at our final Seminar Series of Autumn Term💡 🌎Death by Design: Producing Racial Health Inequality in the Shadow of the Capitol 🕙2.00pm - 3.00pm 📆 28 Nov Secure your place➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/department...

💡Seeing the rich makes people favour redistribution, but also increases political division - according to Dr @mtsvetkova.bsky.social Read more ➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/news/seeing-...

✍️ Don't forget to sign up for our Autumn Term Special My580 Methods Short Course 💡 🗣️ Integrating Generative AI in the Questionnaire Design Process, with Dr Caroline Roberts and Professor Patrick Sturgis ⏰ 10:00am - 3:00pm 📆 3 Dec Sign up 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/integratin...

We are a multi-disciplinary community of social scientists - developing and applying cutting-edge qualitative, quantitative and computational methods to address the world’s complex social challenges 🌎 Read more about what our researchers are up to ➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/Methodology/...

Sign up for this week's Seminar Series with @adeldaoud.bsky.social 💡 21 Nov, 2 - 3pm 🌎Planetary Causal Inference: combining computer vision and earth observation to analyse disparities in health and living conditions among neighbourhoods in Africa, 1990 to date www.eventbrite.com/e/department...

🗣️ We're hosting a one-off special My580 Short Course for Autumn Term 💡 Integrating Generative AI in the Questionnaire Design Process, with Dr Caroline Roberts and Professor Patrick Sturgis ⏰ 10:00am - 3:00pm 📆 3 Dec, online and in person Sign up to join👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/integratin...

Tomorrow, Dr Chana Teeger is giving a book talk on her ASA Human Rights Section Book Award winner, Distancing the Past: Racism as History in South African Schools👉

💡 Digital policing represents a second wave of depersonalisation… reducing the interpersonal cues that help people feel acknowledged, respected and cared for” – Tyler (CPP, 2025)🚓 New work from Professor Jon Jackson, tests whether this erosion of legitimacy is inevitable ➡️ doi.org/10.1007/s112...

We are thrilled to have Professor Sanyu A. Mojola present our final Autumn Term Seminar Series on 28 November💡 🌎Death by Design: Producing Racial Health Inequality in the Shadow of the Capitol 🕙2.00pm - 3.00pm Secure your place➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/department...

International workshop bridges computational social science and qualitative research to build new methodological community💡 @audreyalejandro.bsky.social @dandekadt.bsky.social Read more ➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/methodology/...

✨ Autumn Term Special: My580 Short Course 💡 🗣️ Integrating Generative AI in the Questionnaire Design Process, with Dr Caroline Roberts and Professor Patrick Sturgis ⏰ 10:00am - 3:00pm 📆 3 Dec, online and in person Sign up to attend 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/integratin...

It's your last chance to register for our Demography and Population at LSE Showcase👭 Hear about PhD journeys, research & funding from Pop@LSE at our showcase 📆 18 Nov @ 6.30 - 8.00pm 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lse-phd-in...

Thrilled to be part of this!

Day Two of our Computational Social Science Meets Qualitative Research workshop has begun and we’re in the iconic Shaw Library 📚⚡️ @lsedatascience.bsky.social

It’s Day One of our Computational Social Science Meets Qualitative Research workshop ✍️ We kicked things off with the first paper from @audreyalejandro.bsky.social @dandekadt.bsky.social 💡