DSI PhD Affiliate Lightning Talks

Each term Members of the Data Science Institute’s PhD Affiliate Network share their research through Lightning Talks events. Each session includes around seven short-form talks (max 5 minutes) which aim to spark new collaborations between disciplines within the PhD research community across LSE.

DSI PhD Affiliate Lightning Talks | Winter Term 2025
DSI Data Viz Studio, 1.06 Columbia House, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

Tuesday 18 February, 2.00pm to 3.30pm

Haoran Shi
Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science
Uncovering Novel Predictors of Change in Partisan Strength Over Time Using Machine Learning

Hannah Bunt
Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science
Using large language models to generate actionable insights from complaints

Aristeidis Grivokostopoulos
Economic History
Parliamentary speeches as evidence of polarization on fiscal policy: how LLMs change our approach to quantitative text analysis

Edward Plumb
Department of Mathematics
Learning in Games 

Gaetano Inglese
Department of Government
From Aspiration to Disillusion: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Fields of Education Employability

Thursday 6 March, 2.00pm to 3.30pm

Chuyao Wang
Department of Methodology
Assessing the Scope of Algorithm Aversion in AI Labelling in Online News: A Survey Experiment 

Roop Bhadury
Department of Management (Information Systems and Innovation Group)
Artificial Intelligence – A multi-identity view 

Zarja Hude
LSE Law School
Computational Legal Reasoning (tbc) 

Shivani Rao
Department of Media and Communications
The Epistemic Origins, Means and Ends of the Smartness Regime of India

Sia Sha
Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science
Reinforcement Learning for cognitive rewriting 

Vincent Chung
Department of Geography and Environment
Virtual reality in Stated Preference Methods 

Roberto Rafael Maura Rivero
Department of Economics
Jackpot! AI Alignment is a Lottery

If you would like to join us for one or both sessions please register here to attend.

If you are a doctoral researcher, from any department across LSE, with an interest in data science and artificial intelligence please join our DSI PhD Affiliate Network; whether you are interested in applications for your research, are studying the social scientific implications of AI and data or are working on fundamental methodologies. Find out more about the DSI PhD Affiliate Network and apply to join.