In a quotation box reads: “Our interns joined us during an exceptionally busy period for our team (during the July 2024 UK general election), and having the extra capacity was incredibly helpful and made a significant difference in our ability to conduct research into political candidates and manage requests from clients.” DoDs Political Intelligence. A UCL200 logo sits in the bottom-left corner.

Celebrating 10 years of connecting organisations like Dods Political Intelligence with world-class talent 🎉

Discover how hosting an intern from the UCL Social Data Institute can strengthen your team when it counts at our event: tinyurl.com/stcsdi

@ucl.ac.uk #UCL200 #Internships #Partnerships

In a quotation box reads the text: “[Our UCL Social Data Institute intern] has done an incredible job in analysing data on health insurance and child outcomes, using advanced research and analytical skills, providing valuable insights for us...Thank you very much for the opportunity to be a part of this programme!” Save the Children UK. In the bottom-right corner is the UCL200 logo.

Celebrating 10 years of connecting organisations like Save the Children UK with world-class talent 🎉

Join the UCL Social Data Institute to celebrate this milestone and see how collaboration with interns can benefit your organisation: tinyurl.com/stcsdi

@savechildrenuk.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk

Wishing everyone celebrating a happy and fun-filled Vaisakhi!

📣 There's still time to book your spot on our Ethnographic Methods for Public Health: From Data to Meaningful Intervention short course

Boost your CV and build on your data skills by taking this three-day course this summer: tinyurl.com/HealthCPD

#CV #Data #ProfessionalDevelopment @ucl.ac.uk

Have a Happy Passover!

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For a decade, our Internship Programme has partnered with organisations across sectors to deliver real-world impact.

Join us to celebrate this milestone and discover how you can collaborate with top-tier talent from one of the world’s leading universities.

🔗 Book your spot: tinyurl.com/soda10y

Getting Lost with Lost Maps w/ James Cheshire

🗺️ Are maps culturally relevant?

Hear from James Cheshire, our Director and Professor of Geographic Information and Cartography the UCL Department of Geography, on The Deep Dive Podcast with Philip McKenzie.

🔗 www.thedeepdivepod.com/250

#Maps #LostMaps #Geography#DeepDive @ucl.ac.uk

Eid-e Nowrooz Mobarak!

Undone Computer Science 2026 2nd conference on Undone Science in Computer Science

💻 The Politics of Computer Science: margins and centres
Luxembourg, 23 March 2026, 16:50-18:20 (CET)

Tone Walford, our Deputy Director, will be chairing this roundtable as part of the Undone Computer Science conference.

🔗Find out more: www.undonecs.org/2026/index.h...

#ComputerScience #Politics

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Looking to acquire data skills this summer?

Learn how to understand survey sampling and weighting, evaluate and design questions, extract meaningful data, and more!

Sign up for UCL Social Data Institute’s Survey Methods and Analysis Course: tinyurl.com/SurveyMethodsAnalysis

#SurveyMethods #Data

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Looking to boost your CV with data skills?

We are offering several hands-on, interactive courses.

You don’t need to be an expert. Our courses are designed for those who are interested in or working with data and are looking to upskill.

🔗 Find out more: tinyurl.com/ShortSODA

@ucl.ac.uk #Data

🎙️ The Library of Lost Maps

Listen to James Cheshire, Britain’s only Professor of Cartography and Director of UCL Social Data Institute, talk about the role of maps in our histories and why they still matter.

🔗 tinyurl.com/iwejtwe

@ucl.ac.uk #maps #podcasts #libraries

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💫 Meet Moira Hague, our Institute Manager!

"I’m most proud of building and facilitating data internships for our SHS students. Developing these partnerships from scratch and seeing them evolve has been hugely fulfilling."

🔗Find out more about Moira's work: tinyurl.com/MoiraHS

@ucl.ac.uk #Data

God tricks, open knowledge and environmental data justice In this talk, Tone Walford will present some work they are conducting with Emilie Glazer around the promises and perils of open data, when it comes to data justice.

📣 Hear from Tone Walford, Deputy Director of UCL Social Data Institute and Associate Professor in UCL Anthropology, in their seminar talk, 'God tricks, open knowledge and environmental data justice'

🔗 Book your place tinyurl.com/GodTricks

@ucl.ac.uk @uclknowledgelab.bsky.social

#DataJustice

Looking to boost your data skills in less than one week?
🔗 tinyurl.com/SODASC

We are offering several hands-on, interactive courses perfect for professionals who are keen to grow their data expertise.

Find out more and book your place: tinyurl.com/SODASC

#Upskill #Data #ShortCourses @ucl.ac.uk

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🩺 What drives behaviours and programme outcomes in public health?

Advance your data skills with our three-day (15-hour) course, equipping health scientists and practitioners with essential tools to gather human-centred insights and turn them into actionable strategies.

🔗 tinyurl.com/HealthCPD

Sarah Lim is pictured at the coast, with the sea and a blue sky behind them. Sarah is smiling whilst looking at the camera. Next to this photo is quoted text, which reads: "The highlight of my internship was researching, producing graphics for and co-writing a piece on homeless refugees. I was involved in the creative process of the piece from pitching to publication. Not only did I learn about the intersection between two complex governmental systems, but I also gained exposure to the workflow of journalism at the FT."

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: Sarah Lim, BA Geography with Social Data Science

In our February Student spotlight, Sarah reflects on her UCL Social Data Institute internship with the @financialtimes.com, discussing responsibilities and opportunities.

Read the full post: tinyurl.com/SpotlightSarah

@ucl.ac.uk

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Ramadan Mubarak to everyone celebrating.

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Wishing everyone who is celebrating a Happy Year of the Horse🏮

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📢 CALL FOR PROJECTS

The Geospatial Engagement Initiative (GEI) has launched its first open call for projects, which is open to research funded by UCL Grand Challenges.

Express your interest by 3rd March by going to: tinyurl.com/GeospatialEI

#Geospatial #CallForProjects #DataScience

@ucl.ac.uk

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How can we use AI to analyse text?

Sign up for UCL Social Data Institute’s three-day (fifteen hours) Quantitative Text Analysis Course to find out.

Read more and register: tinyurl.com/Quantitative...

#ShortCourses #ArtificialIntelligence #TextAnalysis @ucl.ac.uk

🎉 Fantastic to see UCL Social Data Institute alumna receiving this accolade.

Well done Maia Watson-Hearne!

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Looking to build on your data skills but don’t know how?

The UCL Social Data Institute’s Introduction to Bayesian Inference and Modelling four-day (18 hours) course is a great place to start!

Find out more: tinyurl.com/BayesianInfe...

#DataScience #ProfessionalDevelopment @ucl.ac.uk

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How does systematic racism affect health outcomes?

Caroline Parker, our Deputy Director, has recently published ‘Racism and racial health inequity: four theories for public health’ in collaboration with the London Association of Directors of Public Health: tinyurl.com/yc23e7j5

@ucl.ac.uk

Looking to acquire data skills this summer?

Learn how to understand survey sampling and weighting, evaluate and design questions, extract meaningful data, and more!

Sign up for UCL Social Data Institute’s Survey Methods and Analysis Course: tinyurl.com/SurveyMethod...

@ucl.ac.uk

The cold war maps that can help us rethink today’s Arctic conflict Donald Trump grew up in cold war America. Maps of the time had an overtly political purpose.

What can Cold War maps teach us about today’s Arctic tensions?

In this piece for @uk.theconversation.com, Prof. James Cheshire, (@uclsocialdata.bsky.social) shows how US maps from the 1940s–50s shaped public understanding of global threats - and why perspective still matters in geopolitics today.

Looking to boost your data skills in less than one week?

The UCL Social Data Institute is offering several hands-on, interactive courses perfect for professionals who are keen to grow their data expertise.

Find out more and register: www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

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Meet Vaishnavi Gondane, our Project Coordinator!

"I was drawn to UCL because of its strong research culture and its commitment to interdisciplinary work across departments."

Read more: www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

Workshops: Data Storytelling for Digital Research Infrastructure Led by Dr Igor Tkalec, this project tackles UKRI DRI’s strategic priority to close skills gaps through data storytelling for digital research infrastructure.

📢 Bookings open! Data Storytelling for Digital Research Infrastructure workshops in London.
Two-part series on turning data into compelling stories, led by Dr Igor Tkalec.
🗓 Feb & Mar 2026 | 📍 London
🔗 Register: www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

🗺️ Mapping Night Work in London - As part of #DataAfterDark, we released a report on the geography of night work in London. Using employment stats & mobile data, we created the London Night Worker Classification, revealing where they work, travel, and rely on services. dataafterdark.org/reports.html