We are dedicated to sharing our knowledge and expertise outside the academic community. Below you will find some examples of where our researchers have brought their work to a broader audience.
Professor Elizabeth Stokoe spoke to Kane Simm on the VUX podcast on the topic "Designing AI assistants with 50 years of conversation analysis". Listen to the episode.
Dr Ganga Shreedhar is part of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) SSC/CEC Behaviour Change Task Force (BCTF), a global network of specialists working towards the integration of behaviour change into conservation action. Dr Shreedhar presented her work on “Public understanding of mass extinction and support for transformative action around the world” in a conference organised by the BCTF and Indianapolis Zoo in March 2024.
Professor Elizabeth Stokoe co-hosted a series of “expert classes” for the Conversation Design Institute. The topics covered were 'Should Conversational User interfaces have a personality?', 'How should conversation design deal with interruption? and 'Should conversational user interfaces make human "errors"?'.
In November 2023, Professor Sandra Jovchelovitch and colleagues attended a seminar with policymakers from the Colombian Ministry of Health, the Secretary of Health of Bogotá, the Presidential Council for National Reconciliation and the Colombian National Agency for Reincorporation of member of non-governmental armed groups. The aim was to discuss the next stage of research into how communities and institutions can come together to build inclusive mental health services in Colombia. This was part of the STARS-C project, which seeks to integrate bottom-up, community level experiences of mental health and mental distress with institutional responses by state level actors.
In June 2023, Dr Edoardo Zulato hosted a one-day workshop on awareness of antimicrobial resistance with academic researchers, the pharmaceutical industry, relevant policymakers and practitioners from human and animal health.
In the same month, Dr Zulato also designed and led a one-day workshop to explore the group dynamics of a management team at IKEA.
In May 2023, PhD students from the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science organised a "Science Slam", where they shared their research with a non-expert audience. Find out more about the Science Slam.
In March 2023, Dr Dario Krpan and Dr Fred Basso organised a public lecture at LSE on “Different perspectives on diversity of thought in social science”. The event was featured in The Lancet in an opinion article written by its Editor-in-Chief, Dr Richard Horton. Read the article.
Our experts frequently write and contribute to book publications, a selection of which can be found on our dedicated page. Some recent popular science publications include The Perfection Trap by Dr Thomas Curran and A Theory of Everyone by Dr Michael Muthukrishna.
Experts from our department are regularly asked to discuss their research on television and radio shows, podcasts and other media platforms. Additionally, Professor Paul Dolan recently released his Get Happier podcast, and Dr Grace Lordan hosts the Work Force podcast.
Our Behavioural Science and the Wider World seminars, which are free and open to all, bring together behavioural science practitioners, researchers, policy leaders, as well as students and alumni, to discuss emerging global themes in behavioural science.
Learn more about events and seminars featuring our experts on our Events page.
We frequently disseminate our research via various blogs, including LSE blogs and the LSE Research for the World online magazine. Some recent articles can be found below.
Impact
We are committed to demonstating the impact of our research in the UK and around the world. Significant projects include: