UCL Social Data Institute

Well done to UCL undergraduate student Vivian Lee, who delivered a presentation at the GISRUK 2025 Conference held at the University of Bristol last month 🎉

Vivien Lee is studying a BA Geography with Social Data Science @uclgeography.bsky.social & reflects on her experience 🔗 shorturl.at/sfzzt

UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

🚨 We’re hiring at @ucl.ac.uk Geography!

Join us as a Senior Research Fellow (Geospatial Engagement Lead) — working with @uclsocialdata.bsky.social.

Based in London | Apply by 15 June 2025: tinyurl.com/ucl-geo

#Geospatial #ResearchJobs #UCL #SODA #GIS #AcademicJobs #SpatialData #PublicImpact

UCL data scientists & geographers unite!

Sarah Lim, who is a 3rd year undergraduate student at UCL studying Geography (International) with Social Data Science, went to the American Association of Geographers conference and reflects on her fantastic experience attending 🎉!

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On 26 February James Cheshire delivered a talk on The Power of Maps to a group of A Level students at the Royal Geographic Society.

Professor Cheshire demonstrated how geography is at the heart of many of the world’s challenges – & also offers a solution to them🌍

Read in full🔗 lnkd.in/ehMVpfn2

Recent Advances in the use of Stable Isotopes in Environmental Science Professor Melanie Leng presents the Battarbee Lecture 2025 on advances in stable isotopes and their applications in environmental science.

🔬 Exciting news! Join us on 8 May for the Battarbee Lecture 2025, featuring @meljleng.bsky.social on the power of stable isotopes in environmental science.

🔗 Register now!

#UCLGeography #ScienceTalks

📢 What’s it like working as a woman in data science?

On 26 February the Social Data Institute hosted an event with inspirational 🎉 female speakers from the field of data science 📈

📖 Read about the career path of our speakers and what sparked their interest in data science!

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📣 Katie Edwards shares her UCL Social Data Institute internship experience at Dods Political Intelligence in our latest student spotlight!

Interested in finding out about the typical responsibilities, projects & highlights of Katie’s internship?

Read more!👇
🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-data/...

📈 On 27 & 28 February we held the first of our Data Storytelling workshops at UCL! 🎉

The workshop explored how data, narratives & visuals intersect to create compelling & actionable insights.

📢 Missed this session? There will be multiple iterations throughout 2025/26

Stay tuned!👇
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To celebrate World Book Day 2025📖 here are the top 3 reading recommendations from the UCL Social Data Institute!

1️⃣The Sage Handbook of Data & Society bit.ly/3XuqoWs

2️⃣Carceral Citizens: Labor & Confinement in Puerto Rico bit.ly/3XuGYoV

3️⃣Atlas of the Invisible bit.ly/3Xv2x9b

Happy reading!📚

Are you looking to enhance your statistical modelling skills?

Join UCL Social Data Institute’s Introduction to Bayesian Inference and Modelling Course...

📅 9–13 June 2025
📍 UCL Bloomsbury Campus
💻 Lectures + computer seminars

🔗 Find out more and secure your place! bit.ly/3DvogXs

💰Money makes the world go round, but where did it come from?

UCL Social Data Institute Director James Cheshire explains how he used data from every part of the world to visualize the development of finance over 5,000 years.

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🚀 Looking to build your data skills?

This summer @uclsocialdata.bsky.social is offering 2 interactive courses designed for professionals eager to enhance their data expertise

💻Survey Methods & Analysis
📊Introduction to Bayesian Inference & Modelling

Find out more👇
www.ucl.ac.uk/social-data/...

📢Apply for the role of Data Journalist to work with James Cheshire & the Smart Data Research UK Geographic Data Service!

The role will innovate how data & research findings are communicated in order to appeal to the broadest audiences possible.

Find out more and apply by 9 March
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What knowledge & skills can you gain from an internship with the Social Data Institute?

Victorian Belle Tan, who is studying a BA in Geography with Social Data Science @uclgeography.bsky.social, shares her internship experience with us as part of our spotlight series🔽

www.ucl.ac.uk/social-data/...

📣Mikaella Mavrogeni & James Cheshire from uclsocialdata.bsky.social presented data on night working in London at a GLA event on 10 Dec

The Data After Dark project combines a variety of datasets to create a more comprehensive picture of the geography of night working in London
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📣Announcing a new publication on 'Carceral Citizens: Labor and Confinement in Puerto Rico' by Caroline Parker @uclsocialdata.bsky.social!

Caroline explores how the expansion of the carceral state is reshaping labor, citizenship, and social life in Puerto Rico ➡️ buff.ly/4g1uL1H

The UCL Social Data Institute is officially on Bluesky!

Please follow us for the latest news, research and teaching in social data and methods ▶️ @uclsocialdata.bsky.social

New Year new Social Data Institute Deputy Directors!

Meet Caroline Parker, Tone Walford and Julia de Romémont, who have all been appointed as Deputy Directors of the UCL Social Data Institute.

Find out more about the new Deputy Directors and the work they plan to do ▶️ buff.ly/3WebMK5

In the latest @uclsocialdata.bsky.social student spotlight in our series Lucile Escoffier provides an insight into the rewarding experience of working for Save the Children during her social data institute internship ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/social-data/...