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Can the wisdom of the crowds predict #football results?🔮⚽ New research from Jens Koed Madsen LSE Psychological & Behavioural Science finds that asking a group of people to guess the outcomes of football matches can produce surprisingly accurate #predictions. LSE EUROPP blog blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/202…

#LSEFestival takes place from 16-21 June, exploring the threats and opportunities of the near and distant future, and what a better world could look like. Explore the full programme and book your free tickets here 👁🎫👉 lse.ac.uk/festival

How can ordinary people counter the influence of #BigTech firms and make #AI fair, accountable, and working for our benefit? Taming Silicone Valley by Gary Marcus The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social on the struggle to #regulate AI, reviewed by M. Kerem Coban for LSE Review of Books 👇 blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofboo…

Can disruptive protests shift political preferences? Markus Ostarek & Sam Nadel Social Change Lab show that disruptive #ClimateProtests in Europe by organisations like #JustStopOil do measurably shift political preferences towards pro-climate parties duncangreenlse.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-influ…

The erosion of civil liberties and undermining of institutions in #HongKong are a warning for the #US. Jim Rice for LSE USAPP blog LSE Phelan US Centre blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2025…

As attitudes towards #ageing evolve, some brands are beginning to feature older models in their marketing campaigns. But this #greywashing belies a lack of real age diversity in hiring practices. Daniel Jolles & Claudiα Vaccarone MSc. The Inclusion Initiative (TII) for LSE Business Review blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview…

Karol Nawrocki will be #Poland’s next president after winning the presidential #election on Sunday 1 June. Bartłomiej Kot writes on LSE EUROPP blog that Nawrocki is likely to promote closer alignment with #DonaldTrump & a tougher stance on Ukraine & the EU. blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/202…

"In an era marked by escalating Great Power competition, Darshana M. Baruah’s Contest for the Indian Ocean and the Making of a New World Order offers a timely, compelling exploration of the 21st-century geopolitics of the Indian Ocean Region." LSE Review of Books blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofboo…

Infrastructure is a collective responsibility – lessons from scholarly #publishing and #metadata Adam Buttrick, Juan Pablo Alperin, Clare Dean and Dione Mentis UC3 - University of California Curation Center for LSE Impact Blog ·blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocial…

Evidence suggests long #prison sentences aren't effective at reducing #crime. Lewis Ross LSE Philosophy looks at the #UK Government’s new Sentencing Review which aims to move away from high sentences & towards punishment in the community LSE British Politics and Policy blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpol…

"Different parenting styles, cultural beliefs, migration backgrounds & family relationships all strongly influence how children use & experience digital media." Digital Media Use in Early Childhood Sonia Livingstone LSE Media & Communications et al #reviewed Rana Abhyendra Singh blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofboo…

#Trump has signed several executive orders to end diversity, equity & inclusion (#DEI) policies in the US government since taking office. A new study finds that a plurality (about 45 percent) of Americans oppose ending federal DEI policies LSE USAPP blog blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2025…

Does collaboration outside academia lead to greater scientific #impact? Carolin Nast Oscar Llopis Dima Yankova & Pablo D’Este draw on survey data to show that joint #research projects are associated with higher citation impact Policies for Smart Specialisation LSE Impact Blog 👇 blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocial…

#LSEFestival takes place from 16-21 June, exploring the threats and opportunities of the near and distant future, and what a better world could look like. Explore the full events programme and book your free tickets 👇 lse.ac.uk/festival

How do personal behaviours impact #cybersecurity? #Hackers find ways into systems through outdated software & systems or #phishing attacks, using fake emails claiming to be from credible sources, & these are facilitated by careless people LSE Business Review blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview…

Professor Stuart Gordon explores how, despite major funding cuts in the humanitarian sector, core life-saving areas like food, health, and shelter remain relatively protected due to their urgency and visibility blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationald…

As the #Trump v. #Musk battle rages, read Nikhil Kalyanpur LSE Intl Relations and Abraham Newman Georgetown University's argument that the Russian oligarchs who fell out with #Putin offer a lesson on how vast wealth may be no protection against a weaponised state LSE USAPP blog blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2025…

The #UK government is U-turning on its campaign promise to raise #ForeignAid to 0.7%t of GNI and will instead cut it to 0.3%. Is this rebranding of aid as charity an attempt to dodge international responsibility? Gloria Novović @glorianovovic.bsky.social for LSE British Politics and Policy 👇 blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpol…

#Science maps are guides to the changing world of scientific production, helping policymakers & scholars understand where a field is headed. But creating these maps isn't straightforward & gaps or biases can be problematic – Yi Bu Peking University LSE Impact Blog blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocial…