A new data infrastructure for the social sciences?

A new data infrastructure for the social sciences?

Author: LSE Film and Audio Team June 4, 2025 Duration: 1:26:30
The social sciences rely heavily on legacy data systems conceived to meet challenges of the 20th century (and earlier!). Is this the moment to build a new data system that meets new challenges and exploits new types of technology and data?

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Author: Language: en-gb Episodes: 100

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Podcast Episodes
Reckoning with the past: truth-telling and the British Empire [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:01:12
This event explores the vision for a Peoples' International Truth-Telling Commission on the British Empire - a platform to uncover historical injustices, amplify voices silenced by colonial histories, and challenge endur…
Positive futures [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:00:12
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Big data for public good [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 58:38
Routinely collected UK government data sets contain staggering amounts of information. The potential for the use of these data to understand how government policies are changing people’s lives.
Visions for the future with Lila Ibrahim [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:50
Lila Ibrahim, Chief Operating Officer of Google DeepMind, is shaping the company's strategic operations and partnerships to drive innovation and impact.
Visions for the future with Lila Ibrahim [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:50
Lila Ibrahim, Chief Operating Officer of Google DeepMind, is shaping the company's strategic operations and partnerships to drive innovation and impact.
The future of US-China relations [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:01:18
Navigating the US-China relationship will be one of the great challenges of our time. It will impact everything from geopolitics to global growth to technological innovation.
Visions for the future with Anthony Scaramucci [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:03:48
Anthony Scaramucci, LSE alumnus and American financier and broadcaster, who briefly served as the White House Director of Communications, joins LSE's President Larry Kramer for a conversation about his visions for the fu…
Reimagining the way we work [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:12
As the world of work evolves, so do our expectations, values, and definitions of success. How can we adapt to new ways of working while staying connected to purpose and meaning?