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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 21h

👉"The compounding effect: how neighbourhood dynamics shape police deployment and use of force"

Amal Ali, Jasmine Oware, @jacksojp.bsky.social, @benbradford.bsky.social show that calls for service are concentrated in disadvantaged neighbourhoods- where they're more likely to experience police force🚓

The compounding effect: how neighbourhood dynamics shape police deployment and use of force - Crime Science

Background Calls for service are a major driver of police activity, yet their role in shaping the neighbourhood distribution of police use of force remains under-explored. Understanding where and why…

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LSE Sociology @lsesociology.bsky.social · 2d

📣 Submit your paper to the @bjsociology.bsky.social 2026 Conference!

The BJS conference will showcase cutting-edge research across Sociology, providing a platform to discuss the most exciting developments in the field.

Submit your abstract by Monday 20 October 2025.

www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...

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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 1d

📣 Not long left to sign up for our seminar with Dr Douglas de Toledo Piza

📚 "Overseas Chinese Engagement in Brazil and Paraguay: Migrants’ Associations, Diaspora Agencies, and Extraterritorial Policies"

📆 Friday 10 Oct, 2 - 3pm

Get your ticket👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/department...

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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 5d

It's your final chance to be a student content creator!📲

You'll gain valuable communication and presentation skills, and expertise in creating inspiring and informative content that reaches thousands of students

➡️Apply before 5 October at 11.45pm (UK time)

www.lse.ac.uk/student-life...

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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 7d

Welcome Week is over and we're straight into the first week of term 📚

Best of luck to our new MSc and PhD students as you start your new chapter ✨

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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 7d

130 years ago, LSE was founded on a bold idea: that knowledge, shared widely, could help build a better society.

Discover our 130-year story of learning, innovation, research, and the incredible people who make our LSE community what it is today.

www.lse.ac.uk/about-lse/ls... #LSE130

Celebrating 130 years of LSE's impact | LSE 130th anniversary

Since 1895, the London School of Economics has shaped society and driven global change. Join us as we celebrate 130 years of LSE’s impact and enduring legacy.

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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 8d

📣 Dr Douglas de Toledo Piza, Lafayette College, is joining us for this year's first Seminar Series

📚 "Overseas Chinese Engagement in Brazil and Paraguay: Migrants’ Associations, Diaspora Agencies, and Extraterritorial Policies"
📆 Friday 10 Oct, 2 - 3pm

Sign up➡️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/department...

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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 11d

In case you haven't seen.... we're hiring an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science ❗

📚 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Apply before 26 October and join an internationally outstanding group of social science methodologists 🌎

we're hiring assistant professor in computational social science, applications close 26/10/2025

LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 12d

Welcome Class of 2025/26 ✨📚

It's been a busy week on campus as our new MSc and PhD cohorts arrive.

We can't wait to see what you achieve this year 👏💡

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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 13d

Student Content Creators - apply now!📲

As a content creator, you'll be involved in creating vlogs and social media campaigns that give insight into life at LSE 📚☕

➡️ Complete the application form and submit a sample of your work before 5 October at 11.45pm (UK time)

www.lse.ac.uk/student-life...

LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 14d

🌎 Russia’s war has pushed Ukrainians to rethink security not only as the state’s responsibility, but as something citizens do together.

Yet, is Ukrainian civil society fighting for more than territory?

✍️ @bohdanakurylo.bsky.social for @lseblogs.bsky.social EUROPP

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Ukrainian civil society has redefined security in wartime

Ukrainian civil society has been key to the defence against Russia, offering a powerful example of how wartime democratic resilience can emerge from below.

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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 16d

An #LLM like #ChatGPT doesn’t think like a human, so why does it speak like one?

It may try to imitate human intelligence, but George Gaskell @lsemethodology.bsky.social highlights the limits of ChatGPT’s conversational ethics, common sense and cultural sensitivity on @lseimpactblog.bsky.social.

ChatGPT doesn’t think like a human, so why does it speak like one? - Impact of Social Sciences

Large language models like ChatGPT adopt aspects of human speech to give the impression of human intelligence. George Gaskell highlights the limits of ChatGPT’s conversational ethics, common sense…

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Eleanor Power @eapower.bsky.social · 19d

📣 Job alert! *Assistant Prof in Computational Social Science*. We're a friendly department, with sharp students, at a great institution, in a lovely city. We have real strengths in computational social science & are looking for a colleague to build this further. Share and reach out with quesions!

LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 19d

We're hiring an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science ❗

📚 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Apply before 26 October to join an internationally outstanding group of social science methodologists 🌎

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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 18d

Read the latest from Professor George Gaskell in @lseimpactblog.bsky.social ⤵️

LSE Impact Blog @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · 19d

💥New: ChatGPT doesn’t think like a human, so why does it speak like one?

✍️George Gaskell (@lsemethodology.bsky.social)

#ChatGPT #Ethics #ConversationAnalysis

ChatGPT doesn’t think like a human, so why does it speak like one? - Impact of Social Sciences

Large language models like ChatGPT adopt aspects of human speech to give the impression of human intelligence. George Gaskell highlights the limits of ChatGPT’s conversational ethics, common sense and...

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 19d

We're hiring an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science ❗

📚 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Apply before 26 October to join an internationally outstanding group of social science methodologists 🌎

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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 20d

LSE Environment Week 2025 is taking place from 22-25 September 🌎

🌱Working with partners across LSE and the world, this week will encourage economists from all fields to work on environmental issues and connect to policy change

Register online now ➡️ www.lse-environment-week.com/environment-...

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LSE Sociology @lsesociology.bsky.social · 27d

📣Upcoming event!
🎬A special screening of From Where We Stand — a film on race, belonging & post-Brexit Northern England.

Followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Lucy Kaye, Professor Adrian Favell, and Professor Mike Savage.

📅 Thurs 2 Oct, 5pm
📍LSE

More info➡️ buff.ly/f7Ycglm

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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 22d

We're getting ready to welcome everyone back for 2025/26🌎💡

See you soon in our newly refurbished Department of Methodology 👀👏

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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 26d

We're hiring an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science ❗

📚 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Apply before 26 October and join an internationally outstanding group of social science methodologists 🌎

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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 28d

In August, Dr Aliya Rao presented her ongoing redundancies in journalism project at the annual American Sociological Association Conference💼

The session discussed "Hiring, Firing, Discrimination, and Wrongdoing: Investigating Understudied Organizational Mechanisms"

www.asanet.org/annual-meeti...

Annual Meeting | American Sociological Association

The Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association provides the opportunity for professionals involved in the scientific study of society to share knowledge and new directions in research and...

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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 28d

You haven't aged a day to us @oliveiratr.bsky.social ! Congratulations again 🙏

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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 28d

Professor @jacksojp.bsky.social was back in Santiago, Chile on August 28 - visiting Universidad Católica with former PhD student Ben Bradford

They joined Professor @monicagerber.bsky.social for a seminar on "Why We Follow and Invoke the Law: Legitimacy and Public Engagement with the Police"

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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 29d

"This ground-breaking work exemplifies the world-class research emerging from LSE Methodology"

Well deserved recognition for an outstanding researcher! 👏

Read the research 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Aggressive policing and undermined legitimacy: assessing the impact of police stops at gunpoint on perceptions of police in São Paulo, Brazil - Journal of Experimental Criminology

Objectives Test the effects of a recent police stop and a recent police stop at gunpoint on changes in attitudes towards the police among residents of Brazil’s biggest city. Methods A three-wave longi...

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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 29d

🥳Congrats to @oliveiratr.bsky.social, winner of the prestigious 2025 ESC Policing WG Early Career Researcher prize!

@jacksojp.bsky.social said "this research on aggressive policing in São Paulo provides crucial insights into how confrontational police tactics undermine public trust and legitimacy"

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Audrey Alejandro @audreyalejandro.bsky.social · Sep 8

📭 Just published: The Case for Asking “What Is This a Case Of?”
My students pushed me to write this — maybe yours will find it useful too.
Curious what you think!
#caseselection #methodology #researchdesign #researchmethods
www.audreyalejandro.com/the-methodol...
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