Whether you’re a student, academic, alumnus, or industry partner, our events offer opportunities to connect, learn, & explore the latest developments in statistical science.
Explore our programme on our Department webpages here:
https://www.lse.ac.uk/statistics/events
📣 New blog published! tinyurl.com/yfh3zat4
'Working with international trade data to establish robust evidence in turbulent times' by Dr Francesca Torti (European Commission).
🧐Read about her work exploring the use of statistical methods to identify customs duty evasion & sanctions circumvention.
🧐 Check out our Department research blog, 'The Measure of it' and explore a growing body of original and accessible content.
Keep your eyes peeled for new posts each month!
👉 https://www.lse.ac.uk/statistics/the-measure-of-it-blog
💥Registration is now open for the LSE Dep of Stats Research Showcase 2026!
Join us for 3 days packed with: industry, faculty & PhD student speakers; new & emerging research highlights; drinks reception & in-person networking opportunities.
Get your free tickets now👇
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Welcome back, everyone 👋 A new term begins—whether coursework, exams, or dissertation, we're rooting for you. Take care and reach out for support!
Graphic says: World Bank workshop: Exploring global poverty and inequality data King's College London, 21 May 2026
ESCoE will host a World Bank workshop on exploring global poverty and inequality data.
This will take place at 14:00 – 16:00 on Thursday 21 May 2026 at @kingsbschool.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social.
Find out more and register: tinyurl.com/28kerx48
Join Felix Elwert, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Yu Ang, University of Hong Kong on the 14th of April in the Leverhulme Library for a talk exploring how Four-part causal decomposition explains disparities, with robust estimators and policy insights on education’s role in mobility.
Uploaded & ready for you to watch! 📹💻
The full recording of 'Trade in Turbulent Times: Tracking Customs Evasion, Sanctions, & Tariff Effects with Trade Data' with Dr Francesca Torti at Europe House on Wednesday 25 March.🇪🇺📊
Watchback here👇
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We were delighted to have Dr Francesca Torti from the European Commission 🇪🇺delivering the talk, with Dr Marta Paczos of the UK Department for Business & Trade 🇬🇧 (currently on secondment to @escoeorg.bsky.social) as our discussant.
And a big thank you to our audience for taking part! 🙏
Thank you to everyone who took part in our public talk 'Trade in Turbulent Times: Tracking Customs Evasion, Sanctions, and Tariff Effects with Trade Data' yesterday evening with the Delegation of the European Union to the United Kingdom at Europe House.
Graphic says: Trade in turbulent times: Tracking customs evasion, sanctions and tariff effects with trade data Wednesday 25 March 2026, 5:30pm-7PM GMT Europe House, 32 Smith Square, London, SW1P 3EU
ESCoE Research Associate Marta Paczos is speaking at this @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social event on trade in turbulent times next Wednesday 25 March, 17:30 - 19:00.
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⏰ Tomorrow! Trade in Turbulent Times at Europe House, London. Hear from Dr Francesca Torti (European Commission) and Dr Marta Paczos (DBT / ESCoE) on customs evasion, sanctions, & US tariff effects. Free to attend + drinks reception 🎟 5.30pm 👉 lnkd.in/eqK68G6h
🎉 New Student Award! 🎉 Head of Department's Commendation honors UG & MSc students excelling in academics, leadership, service, integrity. 💷 Prize: £500 #LSEStatistics #LSE #StudentAchievements #Leadership #AcademicExcellence
🌍🍷 Upcoming talk & drinks reception at Europe House | Trade in turbulent times: Tracking customs evasion, sanctions, and tariff effects with trade data 📅 25 March 2026 🕠 5:30 pm - 7 pm 📍 Europe House, Smith Square, London, SW1P 3EU 🇪🇺 Sign up here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eqK68G6h
📊 Department of Statistics seminar — 20 March, 2–3pm
Join Dr Balabdaoui as she explains how can we run linear regression without matched data? Discover a new deconvolution approach (DLSE) and its key results.
LSE COL 1.06
2pm - 3pm
🧐 Check out our Department research blog, 'The Measure of it' and explore a growing body of original and accessible content.
Keep your eyes peeled for new posts each month!
👉 https://www.lse.ac.uk/statistics/the-measure-of-it-blog
What an evening! Last week's Statistics Alumni Mixer brought together 21 alumni and our brilliant students for a night of networking, stories, and great conversation. Huge thanks to everyone who joined us. The Department of Statistics community never fails to impress. 🎉
🎉 Amara Otero Salgado, MSc Data Science student and Women's Officer @LSE, secured campus-wide free period products approval! #LSE #StudentImpact
🚨 DSQC Conference + Datathon on 14 March 2026! Join industry talks, student projects & Datathon finals. Sign up now 👉 https://forms.gle/2H5fZFg3oA2sz3oz7
Are you wondering how to forecast inflation? Join us for a fascinating talk with Michael Wolf as he explores the hedged random forest and its implications for analysing inflation.
LSE COL 1.06
2pm - 3pm
We hosted actuarial expert Graeme Charters for our final Statistics Insight Series session, sharing key insights on modelling in risk environments.
In our Distributed Computing course, Dr Marcos Ennes Barreto welcomed Vinay Kathard, MSc Health Data Science grad, sharing real-world health data insights.
Reminder: How do customs declarations and trade data shape EU policy? Join Dr Francesca Torti at Leverhulme Library, 1-2pm, to explore JRC's trade insights. 🎓 Open to all LSE staff and students.
Great session with Dr Francesca Torti on how customs data shapes EU trade policy and strategic insights.
Thank you to all who came
Actuarial expert Graeme Charters explores how models shape real-world decisions — and where their limits lie.
Mar 2.8 Marshall Building
3pm - 5pm
🚀 New Technical Report "Kernel Integrated R²: A Measure of Dependence" on arXiv, a novel kernel-based dependence measure in stats and ML by Zoltán Szabó, Pouya Roudaki, Shakeel Gavioli-Akilagun, Florian Kalinke & Mona Azadkia
Join us for a seminar on likelihood-free “repro samples” + Fisher inversion: a new framework for rigorous inference with mixed discrete/continuous, irregular data in modern data science.
LSE COL 1.06
2-3pm
Whether you’re a student, academic, alumnus, or industry partner, our events offer opportunities to connect, learn, & explore the latest developments in statistical science.
Explore our programme on our Department webpages here:
https://www.lse.ac.uk/statistics/events
📘 New book by Alexander Krauss at LSE: The Engine of Scientific Discovery explores innovation via Nobel Prize stats. 🔗 Learn more: https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197829790.001.0001 #LSE #Statistics #ScientificDiscovery #Research #DataScience