London’s night workers keep the city running, but their voices are often unheard. New UCL research explores their experiences and calls for fairer conditions as the Employment Rights Bill moves forward. Read more: www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/de... #NightWork #DataAfterDark

Last week, we joined UCL and Islington to celebrate two years of partnership. Over 80 projects delivered, with 340+ staff/students in 35 teams. Proud to contribute to the Impact Report and highlight our interns’ work on key projects improving outcomes for residents. www.ucl.ac.uk/london/news/...

Curious what impact a UCL Social Data Institute intern could make? Hear from partners who’ve hosted our students and seen real results: Redemption Roasters, Save the Children UK, and Dods Political Intelligence. @dodspolintel.bsky.social @savechildrenuk.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

🎉 Congratulations to UCL Social Data Institute Director James Cheshire for making the inaugural GEO100 - highlighting the people driving geospatial innovation across the UK. www.geo100.com/geo100_2025

🌍 Happy GIS Day 2025! Join UCL's Social Data Institute for a spot of Geospatial learning! storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/83da...

Read our November Student Spotlight with Kamile Simenaite. Kamile reflects on her UCL Social Data Institute Internship with Dods Political Intelligence. @dodspolintel.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

Data Storytelling Comes to Oxford! Day 1 of our Oxford workshops is underway! These sessions help researchers turn complex data into compelling stories. Join the next workshop! 👇 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

In this months staff spotlight we meet Igor Tkalec, Assistant Professor in Social Data Science at the UCL Social Data Institute. Read more about Igor's work and how you can collaborate: www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

🗺️ Discover @ucl.ac.uk’s Map Library! Professor James Cheshire reveals stories of empire, climate change, and science in The Library of Lost Maps. History unfolds one drawer at a time. Read more: tinyurl.com/ucl-portico #UCLGeography #Maps #PorticoMagazine

📣 Calling all data-driven organisations! Partner with us through the UCL Social Data Institute internship scheme - host a talented UCL student for a summer data project in 2026. Learn more: www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

Read our October Student spotlight with Ravi Venugopal. Ravi, a 4th year BSc Social Sciences with Data Science student reflecting on his UCL Social Data Institute internship with ImpactEd. @impactedgroup.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

✨ Get to know our brilliant team through our new Staff Spotlight series! Meet Sam, our new Geospatial Engagement Lead, who joined us in August. Read more about Sam’s work and how you can collaborate: www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo... #StaffSpotlight #GeospatialData #Collaboration #MeetTheTeam

🎫Tickets have *SOLD OUT* for the 6-7 November Data Storytelling for Digital Research Infrastructure workshop in Oxford. If you still wish to attend, add your name to our waitlist here: tinyurl.com/ms4v7wn7 🌐 Or book one of our remaining spaces for our December workshop now: tinyurl.com/ype89psd

📢 Register now for the 'Data Storytelling for Digital Research Infrastructure' workshops in Oxford this November and December, addressing themes around skills gaps and exploring how storytelling can transform the way we communicate data insights! For more info, visit tinyurl.com/5bb4z7u2

🔍 Looking for data-savvy interns for 2026? We are inviting new partners to join our internship scheme! Partner with us to host a student for a short summer data project - drawing from our highly-regarded UCL talent pool. To learn more: 🌐 Visit our website: www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

Read our latest Student Spotlight featuring Matilda De Sa, a 3rd year BSc Geography student, as she reflects on her UCL Social Data Institute Internship with the Geographic Data Service (GeoDS) this summer. 🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

Earlier this year, UCL successfully launched a new 10-week educational initiative at HMP Belmarsh, alongside partners DWRM. Directed by Dr Caroline Parker, the aim of the series was to allow those in prison to benefit from UCL’s world-leading education. 🔗 Find out more: www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

Well done to UCL undergraduate student Vivian Lee, who delivered a presentation at the GISRUK 2025 Conference held at the University of Bristol last month 🎉 Vivien Lee is studying a BA Geography with Social Data Science @uclgeography.bsky.social & reflects on her experience 🔗 shorturl.at/sfzzt

🚨 We’re hiring at @ucl.ac.uk Geography! Join us as a Senior Research Fellow (Geospatial Engagement Lead) — working with @uclsocialdata.bsky.social. Based in London | Apply by 15 June 2025: tinyurl.com/ucl-geo #Geospatial #ResearchJobs #UCL #SODA #GIS #AcademicJobs #SpatialData #PublicImpact

UCL data scientists & geographers unite! Sarah Lim, who is a 3rd year undergraduate student at UCL studying Geography (International) with Social Data Science, went to the American Association of Geographers conference and reflects on her fantastic experience attending 🎉! 🔗 shorturl.at/ZDYRB

On 26 February James Cheshire delivered a talk on The Power of Maps to a group of A Level students at the Royal Geographic Society. Professor Cheshire demonstrated how geography is at the heart of many of the world’s challenges – & also offers a solution to them🌍 Read in full🔗 lnkd.in/ehMVpfn2

🔬 Exciting news! Join us on 8 May for the Battarbee Lecture 2025, featuring @meljleng.bsky.social on the power of stable isotopes in environmental science. 🔗 Register now! #UCLGeography #ScienceTalks

📢 What’s it like working as a woman in data science? On 26 February the Social Data Institute hosted an event with inspirational 🎉 female speakers from the field of data science 📈 📖 Read about the career path of our speakers and what sparked their interest in data science! 🔗 shorturl.at/fWJYs

📣 Katie Edwards shares her UCL Social Data Institute internship experience at Dods Political Intelligence in our latest student spotlight! Interested in finding out about the typical responsibilities, projects & highlights of Katie’s internship? Read more!👇 🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-data/...

📈 On 27 & 28 February we held the first of our Data Storytelling workshops at UCL! 🎉 The workshop explored how data, narratives & visuals intersect to create compelling & actionable insights. 📢 Missed this session? There will be multiple iterations throughout 2025/26 Stay tuned!👇 bit.ly/3FlMofQ

To celebrate World Book Day 2025📖 here are the top 3 reading recommendations from the UCL Social Data Institute! 1️⃣The Sage Handbook of Data & Society bit.ly/3XuqoWs 2️⃣Carceral Citizens: Labor & Confinement in Puerto Rico bit.ly/3XuGYoV 3️⃣Atlas of the Invisible bit.ly/3Xv2x9b Happy reading!📚

Are you looking to enhance your statistical modelling skills? Join UCL Social Data Institute’s Introduction to Bayesian Inference and Modelling Course... 📅 9–13 June 2025 📍 UCL Bloomsbury Campus 💻 Lectures + computer seminars 🔗 Find out more and secure your place! bit.ly/3DvogXs

💰Money makes the world go round, but where did it come from? UCL Social Data Institute Director James Cheshire explains how he used data from every part of the world to visualize the development of finance over 5,000 years. 👇 www.mckinsey.com/featured-ins...

🚀 Looking to build your data skills? This summer @uclsocialdata.bsky.social is offering 2 interactive courses designed for professionals eager to enhance their data expertise 💻Survey Methods & Analysis 📊Introduction to Bayesian Inference & Modelling Find out more👇 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-data/...

📢Apply for the role of Data Journalist to work with James Cheshire & the Smart Data Research UK Geographic Data Service! The role will innovate how data & research findings are communicated in order to appeal to the broadest audiences possible. Find out more and apply by 9 March shorturl.at/NrOa3

What knowledge & skills can you gain from an internship with the Social Data Institute? Victorian Belle Tan, who is studying a BA in Geography with Social Data Science @uclgeography.bsky.social, shares her internship experience with us as part of our spotlight series🔽 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-data/...

📣Mikaella Mavrogeni & James Cheshire from uclsocialdata.bsky.social presented data on night working in London at a GLA event on 10 Dec The Data After Dark project combines a variety of datasets to create a more comprehensive picture of the geography of night working in London 🔽 shorturl.at/ddpHx

📣Announcing a new publication on 'Carceral Citizens: Labor and Confinement in Puerto Rico' by Caroline Parker @uclsocialdata.bsky.social! Caroline explores how the expansion of the carceral state is reshaping labor, citizenship, and social life in Puerto Rico ➡️ buff.ly/4g1uL1H

The UCL Social Data Institute is officially on Bluesky! Please follow us for the latest news, research and teaching in social data and methods ▶️ @uclsocialdata.bsky.social

New Year new Social Data Institute Deputy Directors! Meet Caroline Parker, Tone Walford and Julia de Romémont, who have all been appointed as Deputy Directors of the UCL Social Data Institute. Find out more about the new Deputy Directors and the work they plan to do ▶️ buff.ly/3WebMK5

In the latest @uclsocialdata.bsky.social student spotlight in our series Lucile Escoffier provides an insight into the rewarding experience of working for Save the Children during her social data institute internship ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/social-data/...