📣 There's still time to book your spot on our Ethnographic Methods for Public Health: From Data to Meaningful Intervention short course Boost your CV and build on your data skills by taking this three-day course this summer: tinyurl.com/HealthCPD #CV #Data #ProfessionalDevelopment @ucl.ac.uk

Have a Happy Passover!

For a decade, our Internship Programme has partnered with organisations across sectors to deliver real-world impact. Join us to celebrate this milestone and discover how you can collaborate with top-tier talent from one of the world’s leading universities. 🔗 Book your spot: tinyurl.com/soda10y

🗺️ Are maps culturally relevant? Hear from James Cheshire, our Director and Professor of Geographic Information and Cartography the UCL Department of Geography, on The Deep Dive Podcast with Philip McKenzie. 🔗 www.thedeepdivepod.com/250 #Maps #LostMaps #Geography#DeepDive @ucl.ac.uk

Eid-e Nowrooz Mobarak!

💻 The Politics of Computer Science: margins and centres Luxembourg, 23 March 2026, 16:50-18:20 (CET) Tone Walford, our Deputy Director, will be chairing this roundtable as part of the Undone Computer Science conference. 🔗Find out more: www.undonecs.org/2026/index.h... #ComputerScience #Politics

Looking to acquire data skills this summer? Learn how to understand survey sampling and weighting, evaluate and design questions, extract meaningful data, and more! Sign up for UCL Social Data Institute’s Survey Methods and Analysis Course: tinyurl.com/SurveyMethodsAnalysis #SurveyMethods #Data

Looking to boost your CV with data skills? We are offering several hands-on, interactive courses. You don’t need to be an expert. Our courses are designed for those who are interested in or working with data and are looking to upskill. 🔗 Find out more: tinyurl.com/ShortSODA @ucl.ac.uk #Data

🎙️ The Library of Lost Maps Listen to James Cheshire, Britain’s only Professor of Cartography and Director of UCL Social Data Institute, talk about the role of maps in our histories and why they still matter. 🔗 tinyurl.com/iwejtwe @ucl.ac.uk #maps #podcasts #libraries

💫 Meet Moira Hague, our Institute Manager! "I’m most proud of building and facilitating data internships for our SHS students. Developing these partnerships from scratch and seeing them evolve has been hugely fulfilling." 🔗Find out more about Moira's work: tinyurl.com/MoiraHS @ucl.ac.uk #Data

📣 Hear from Tone Walford, Deputy Director of UCL Social Data Institute and Associate Professor in UCL Anthropology, in their seminar talk, 'God tricks, open knowledge and environmental data justice' 🔗 Book your place tinyurl.com/GodTricks @ucl.ac.uk @uclknowledgelab.bsky.social #DataJustice

Looking to boost your data skills in less than one week? 🔗 tinyurl.com/SODASC We are offering several hands-on, interactive courses perfect for professionals who are keen to grow their data expertise. Find out more and book your place: tinyurl.com/SODASC #Upskill #Data #ShortCourses @ucl.ac.uk

🩺 What drives behaviours and programme outcomes in public health? Advance your data skills with our three-day (15-hour) course, equipping health scientists and practitioners with essential tools to gather human-centred insights and turn them into actionable strategies. 🔗 tinyurl.com/HealthCPD

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: Sarah Lim, BA Geography with Social Data Science In our February Student spotlight, Sarah reflects on her UCL Social Data Institute internship with the @financialtimes.com, discussing responsibilities and opportunities. Read the full post: tinyurl.com/SpotlightSarah @ucl.ac.uk

Ramadan Mubarak to everyone celebrating.

Wishing everyone who is celebrating a Happy Year of the Horse🏮

📢 CALL FOR PROJECTS The Geospatial Engagement Initiative (GEI) has launched its first open call for projects, which is open to research funded by UCL Grand Challenges. Express your interest by 3rd March by going to: tinyurl.com/GeospatialEI #Geospatial #CallForProjects #DataScience @ucl.ac.uk

How can we use AI to analyse text? Sign up for UCL Social Data Institute’s three-day (fifteen hours) Quantitative Text Analysis Course to find out. Read more and register: tinyurl.com/Quantitative... #ShortCourses #ArtificialIntelligence #TextAnalysis @ucl.ac.uk

🎉 Fantastic to see UCL Social Data Institute alumna receiving this accolade. Well done Maia Watson-Hearne!

Looking to build on your data skills but don’t know how? The UCL Social Data Institute’s Introduction to Bayesian Inference and Modelling four-day (18 hours) course is a great place to start! Find out more: tinyurl.com/BayesianInfe... #DataScience #ProfessionalDevelopment @ucl.ac.uk

How does systematic racism affect health outcomes? Caroline Parker, our Deputy Director, has recently published ‘Racism and racial health inequity: four theories for public health’ in collaboration with the London Association of Directors of Public Health: tinyurl.com/yc23e7j5 @ucl.ac.uk

Looking to acquire data skills this summer? Learn how to understand survey sampling and weighting, evaluate and design questions, extract meaningful data, and more! Sign up for UCL Social Data Institute’s Survey Methods and Analysis Course: tinyurl.com/SurveyMethod... @ucl.ac.uk

What can Cold War maps teach us about today’s Arctic tensions? In this piece for @uk.theconversation.com, Prof. James Cheshire, (@uclsocialdata.bsky.social) shows how US maps from the 1940s–50s shaped public understanding of global threats - and why perspective still matters in geopolitics today.

Looking to boost your data skills in less than one week? The UCL Social Data Institute is offering several hands-on, interactive courses perfect for professionals who are keen to grow their data expertise. Find out more and register: www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

Meet Vaishnavi Gondane, our Project Coordinator! "I was drawn to UCL because of its strong research culture and its commitment to interdisciplinary work across departments." Read more: www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

📢 Bookings open! Data Storytelling for Digital Research Infrastructure workshops in London. Two-part series on turning data into compelling stories, led by Dr Igor Tkalec. 🗓 Feb & Mar 2026 | 📍 London 🔗 Register: www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

🗺️ Mapping Night Work in London - As part of #DataAfterDark, we released a report on the geography of night work in London. Using employment stats & mobile data, we created the London Night Worker Classification, revealing where they work, travel, and rely on services. dataafterdark.org/reports.html

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