The Data Science Institute (DSI) is proud to form the institutional cornerstone of data science activity at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Periodically the DSI showcases the success of an individual or group from our data science community. Previous spotlights have showcased students and alums, researchers, teachers, and more.
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Previous spotlights
Dr Mathias Poertner
Assistant Professor of Political Science, LSE Department of Government.
Read the spotlight here.
Vanessa Cheng-Matsuno and Dr Tom Paskhalis
Representatives of the DSI at the CIVICA Data Science Days conference.
Read the spotlight here.
Len Metson
BSc Politics student, LSE Department of Government.
Read the spotlight here.
Dr Milena Tsvetkova
On IWD 2022 we celebrated the achievements of one of the leading women in our community.
Read the spotlight here.
Clint Claessen
Visiting Student from the Department of Social Sciences, University of Basel.
Read the spotlight here.
Dr Melissa Sands
Assistant Professor of Politics and Data Science
Read the spotlight here.
Dr Joshua Loftus
Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics
Read the spotlight here.
Dr Julio Amador Diaz Lopez
Assistant Professorial Lecturer, LSE Data Science Institute
Read the spotlight here.
Dr Siân Brooke
LSE Fellow in Computational Social Science
Read the spotlight here.
Weiguan Wang
Recent PhD graduate in the Department of Mathematics
Read the spotlight here.
Ramshankar Yadhunath
The 2020/21 Co-Head of Education at the LSESU Data Science Society
Read the spotlight here.