LSE Department of Mathematics

Can we fix a broken digital world? 🌐

Join the Department of Mathematics for a public lecture: ‘Grassroots: Shaping the Digital Realm’.

🗓️ Mon 2 March, 6.30pm 📍 Malaysia Auditorium, LSE / Online 🎙️ Prof. Ehud Shapiro

Free & open to all. 🔗https://www.lse.ac.uk/events/digital-realm

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Big news for @LSEMaths 3rd Years & MSc students! 📐✨

We’re launching the Mathematics Ball—a new annual tradition at The Waldorf Hilton.

📅 Tuesday 31 March 2026 📍 Waldorf Hilton, Aldwych 🕗 18:30 till late

Save the date! More info on tickets & dress code coming soon. 🥂💃

Congratulations to Prof June Barrow-Green on being named one of the inaugural 100 Fellows of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences! 🎓✨

This cohort recognises June’s leadership in the history of maths and her work highlighting women in the field.

Read more: bit.ly/4qEkVYZ

#LSEMathematics

Maths students at games at Welcome Back event.

Maths students at games at Welcome Back event.

Maths students at games at Welcome Back event.

Maths students at games at Welcome Back event.

What a night! 🎲 A massive thank you to all the staff and students who joined our departmental games night.

We loved seeing the friendly rivalry (and the snack-sharing!) across all year groups.

See you at the next one! 🍕🙌

#LSEMathematics #StudentSocial #GamesNight #PartofLSE

Read our latest blog post: In Conversation with Professor Ryan Martin > Following his research seminar last November, Dr Raimundo Saona Urmeneta.

Discover the full edited transcript of their discussion on our department blog now.

🔗 Read more here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/maths/2026/0...

#LSEMathematics

Join us for a public lecture with Professor Ehud Shapiro: "Grassroots: shaping the digital realm."

Explore how decentralised architecture can dismantle platform monopolies and restore individual autonomy.

🗓 Mon 2 March, 6:30 pm

Register here: www.lse.ac.uk/events/digit...

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Our annual Festive Brainteaser is LIVE! Put your skills to the test.

Find the puzzle link here: bit.ly/4pJcP1y

Submit answers to maths.info@lse.ac.uk.

Solutions in the New Year. Good luck! 😎🎅

LSE's Tommaso Giovannini won the Google Gemma 3n Impact Challenge!

Inspired by his blind brother, his on-device AI app is highly private, fast, and works offline.

A huge win for accessibility, driven by heart. Read more: bit.ly/48M9pDO

#LSEMathematics

LSE Mathematics students at ice skating social event.

A massive thank you to the Mathematics Social Committee for all their help in putting on a superb ice skating night last Friday ❄️

What a brilliant start to the Christmas season. 🎄☃️

It was fantastic to see such a great turnout enjoying the evening. See you all at the next social 🙌

Event speaker and attendees

Event attendees.

Event speaker and attendees.

Event speakers

Thank you to all attendees who made our recent Alumni Networking event a success 🙏

It was fantastic to see so many connections made and to hear the buzz of conversations throughout the evening. 👏

We look forward to seeing you at the next one 🙌

#lsemathematics #lse #alumni #newtorking

Staff members from the Department of Mathematics

🏆 LSE Department of Mathematics wins an Excellence in Education Award!

This prestigious award celebrates staff dedication and outstanding teaching contribution, recognising excellence in education alongside research.

Well done to the entire team!

#lsemathematics #partoflse #excellence

Join us for an inspiring panel on career triumphs in mathematics and the professional world. Featuring LSE Alumnae Dr Huang (UCL) & Jennifer Cornell, plus PhD student Jasmin Katz. All LSE members welcome!

🗓️ Weds 3 Dec 2025 | ⏰ 12:15 PM 📧 maths.info@lse.ac.uk

#PartofLSE #WomenInSTEM #LSEMathematics

What a fantastic experience for our Financial Mathematics MSc students! 👏

Under the guidance of Johannes Ruf, they visited J.P. Morgan for an exclusive look at the firm’s fixed-income division and the impressive trading floor.

#FinancialMaths #JPMorgan #LSE #CareerDevelopment

Basil James HILEY

📢 Excited to announce that Calum Robson from the LSE Department of Mathematics will be a guest speaker at the Basil James Hiley Memorial Symposium!

Join us at Wolfson College, University of Oxford, to honor the life and contributions of the distinguished physicist, Basil James Hiley (1935–2025).

And here's @lsemaths.bsky.social's Markus Karl presenting 'A Gibbs Sampler for Financial Network Models with multiple CCPs'. Great work Markus!

🖥️ The 2025 LMS Computer Science Colloquium takes place on 9 Dec at De Morgan House and online.

This year's theme is 'Combinatorics and Computing' and features speakers on the cutting edge of mathematics and computer science.

➡️ www.lms.ac.uk/events/lms-c...

MSc FM students attending the Quants Strats Conference in London.

Huge thanks to Jonathan Bentinck, Lauren Mickelsen, Juan Peironcely, and Jiajun Sun (all FM MSc students) for representing us at the Quant Strats Conference in London! They enjoyed a day of cutting-edge learning and networking.

#QuantStrats #Finance #MSc #London #PartofLSE #LSEMathematics

LSE Mathematics is hiring an Assistant Professor in Optimisation and Algorithms! 📢

Join our group, contribute to research & teaching. PhD in a related field required by Sept 1, 2026. Continuous optimisation and/or machine learning expertise is a plus!

Apply by Dec 3, 2025: jobs.lse.ac.uk

Photo of Dr Sahar Jahani

Congrats to Dr Sahar Jahani on the award of her PhD! 🎉

Huge thanks to her supervisors, Prof Bernhard von Stengel and Dr Katerina Papadaki, for their support. Wishing her all the best! 👏

#PhDSuccess
#GameTheoryResearch
#LSEMathematics
#PartofLSE

What a fantastic Welcome Week for our new students! 🎉

The LSE Department of Mathematics is thrilled to have welcomed this inspiring new cohort. We're so glad to see those important peer networks forming already!

Welcome—you are now officially #PartOfLSE!

Phenomenal success at our Macmillan Coffee Morning! Huge thanks for the generosity—we welcomed new staff, crowned a bake-off champ, and made a significant contribution to a great charity. What a way to start the year! 🙏

#MacmillanCoffeeMorning #FundraisingBakes #lsemathematics #partoflse

🎓 To all our BSc, MSc, and PhD graduates and prize winners – what an outstanding achievement! We couldn't be prouder of every one of you. 🎉🙌

#PartofLSE #graduation #LSE #lsemathematics

🖥️ The 2025 LMS Computer Science Colloquium takes place on 9 Dec at De Morgan House and online.

This year's theme is 'Combinatorics and Computing' and features speakers on the cutting edge of mathematics and computer science.

➡️ www.lms.ac.uk/events/lms-c...

Picture of the award winner, Sacha J. Brochen

Huge congrats to Sacha J. Brochen from @LSEMathematics! 🥳 Sacha just won both the Huang Khong Chui Lin Prize for Exceptional Academic Performance AND a Raymond Huang Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement on LSE100!

bit.ly/4kOxH40

#LSEmathematics #LSE100 #StudentSuccess #AcademicExcellence

An LSE graduate poses with her friends and family at a photo booth in the LSE Alumni Centre

Graduating this week?

Pass by the Alumni Centre to:

Pick up your Alumni tote bag 🛍️
Grab a graduation biscuit 🍪
Take fun photos on our photo booth 📸

Find out about how we support you through our Alumni community 👋

bit.ly/4nUZ1Ax

#partofLSE #graduation #lsemathematics

LMS/BSHM Hirst Prize and Lectureship Winner 2025 | London Mathematical Society It is our pleasure to announce that Professor June Barrow-Green of the Open University is awarded the Hirst Prize and Lectureship in recognition of her outstanding research and leadership in the…

Huge congratulations to Professor June Barrow-Green, who has been awarded the 2025 Hirst Prize and Lectureship. This prize is given jointly by the British Society for the History of Mathematics and the LMS. www.lms.ac.uk/news/hirst-p...

LMS Prize Winners 2025 | London Mathematical Society The 2025 LMS prize winners were announced at the Society Meeting on Friday 4 July 2025. The LMS congratulates all prize winners for their continued contributions to mathematics.

Many congratulations to all 12 mathematicians who have been awarded London Mathematical Society Prizes in 2025! 🎉 Your contributions are truly inspiring. www.lms.ac.uk/news/lms-pri...

Photograph of four bars of chocolate piled on top of each other.

Happy #WorldChocolateDay! Those chocolate bars that split in to equal little squares are perfect for learning fractions with your kids 🍫 Can they divide the bars into halves, thirds or quarters? (or you could just eat the chocolate - we won't judge you😉) #UKMathsChat #MathsToday #tmwyk

📢 Secure your spot for the Africa Rising Symposium!

We are partnering with EMY Africa again for the second Africa Rising Symposium, this year under the theme, "Beyond Potential: Africa’s Age of Performance".

🎟️ Early Bird tickets close on July 9!

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Just under a week until the onllne 2025 Maths Communication Workshop taking place on 24 June and open to all.

In this interactive session, @steckl.es + @sparksmaths.bsky.social cover the skills and techniques required to communicate maths effectively

➡️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/london-mathe...