News and Events

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2012

29 May 2012 - ISP Staff and PhD Student Seminar, Professor Oriana Bandiera,  Culture, Individuals and the Response to Incentives:  Evidence from a Cross-Country Field Experiment (joint with Greg Fischer) 4pm to 5.30pm in S314.

30th May
2012 - London PUS Seminar, The BBC's impartiality review of their science coverage. Title: Off balance? The impartiality review of the BBC’s science coverage. 16.15-18:00, St Clement's, S314, LSE

15th May 2012 - Dr Alex Gillespie hosted a talk, title: The laboratory as a site for political experimentation: Kurt Lewin's 'atmospheres' by Dr Javier Lezaun. More details|

22-23 March 2012 -  Papers on Social Representations was held an international conference to debate the future directions of Social Representations Research. videos will be uploaded shortly.

15th March 2012 - End of Term Party

14th March 2012 - Public Lecture – Professor Steve Reicher| on the Riots

This lecture critically addressed Hannah Arendt's hypothesis on the banality of evil arguing that those who commit extreme acts are not aware of the consequences of their actions: rather, they celebrate these consequences as moral.

28th February 2012 - Making sense of protest in 2012: A film presentation and discussion, hosted by Flora Cornish (LSE) &  James Sevitt (Occupy LSX).

08 February 2012 -  Dr. Lubek did a talk on: "Data may be transitory, but solidarity is forever: Lessons learned in Cambodia about data-driven health interventions and a beer-sellers" strike against Carlsberg.  Read invite|

7th February 2012 - ISP Staff and Student Seminar, Serge Michels. present the results of the Euroclaim survey. Read more|

7th February 2012 - ISP Careers Evening for Current MSc Students

24th January 2012- Alumni Reception

Other events

Graduation ceremony for 2010 - 2011 ISP students'. View images| [password log in required]

Cumberland Lodge for 2011-2012 students'. View images| [password log in required]

24-26 April 2012 -3 Day training Event - The purpose of this training was to bring into dialogue the designers of SAPO and SMM and the Turkish team involved in the development of the ‘science in the media monitoring’ software system.Read more|

Dr Steve Garner
University of the West of England

"All the exchanges I have participated in at the ISP have been thoroughly stimulating, challenging and thought-provoking. I always leave looking forward to the next one."

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