As AI is making graduate trainee jobs an endangered species, Grace Lordan @lsepbs.bsky.social argues that a youth employment strategy has to be built around the bottom rung of the ladder by rewarding firms for sustaining graduate hiring @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social

AI means fewer graduate jobs – how to make sure they still exist in the future | LSE British Politics

As AI is making graduate trainee jobs an endangered species, a youth employment strategy has to be built around rewarding firms for sustaining graduate hiring.

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🏃‍♀️ Combining exercise and volunteering may improve mental health Christian Krekel & colleagues found that GoodGym participants reported better mental health, higher life satisfaction and lower loneliness. The findings suggest a scalable, cost-effective way to improve wellbeing. @cep-lse.bsky.social

Exercise and volunteering programme linked to better mental health | LSE

New LSE study finds that combining exercise with volunteering through GoodGym is linked to better mental health, life satisfaction and belonging.

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🎉 We've been ranked #1 in the UK for psychology for the 3rd year in a row by the Times & Sunday Times Good University Guide 2027!

PBS is number 1 in the UK for psychology | LSE

LSE's Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science have been ranked number one for psychology for the third year in a row.

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🎤 Professor Alex Gillespie gave a keynote address at the 40th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS). Prof Gillespie discussed his work using AI to analyse patient complaints, highlighting the value of patients' perspectives on safety. 🔗Learn more buff.ly/6JZ4ske

How can being uncivil contribute to high-quality online dialogue?   A new article by Alex Goddard, Hannah Bunt, Alex Gillespie & Maxi Heitmayer draws on interviews with 32 Reddit moderators to propose "norm repair" as an extension to the deliberative dialogue model.

Frontiers | Norm repair as an extension to the deliberative dialogue model

According to research on deliberation, high-quality online dialogue is characterized by participants’ adherence to a set of ideal norms (e.g., civility, rati...

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Experts and politicians on a decade since the Brexit vote. The Brexit Effect @universitypress.cambridge.org, review by @jamesrdennison.bsky.social @mpc-eui.bsky.social for @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social Read it here 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb... @lsepbs.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social

NEW: How do we categorise others through social interaction? Categories in Social Interaction by @lizstokoe.bsky.social @lsepbs.bsky.social, @kevinawhitehead.bsky.social @raymond-sociology.bsky.social (both UCSB) @routledgebooks.bsky.social Review by Yves Laberge 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...

🤳 Do social media platforms make people happier? We're excited to have Prof Cass Sunstein discuss this topic at our first public event of the academic year, chaired by Prof Liam Delaney. 📅 Wednesday 30 September 🕡 6.30pm-8pm 📍 LSE campus and online buff.ly/6Ejgxyg

Do social media platforms make people happier? | Cass R Sunstein

6:30pm Wed 30 Sept 2026 | Cass R Sunstein | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE

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We're delighted to welcome two new colleagues to PBS: Dr Harry Lewis and Dr Fabian Dablander. Harry joins us as Assistant Prof in Social and Environmental Psychology. Fabian is Assistant Prof in Psychological and Behavioural Science of Sustainability, a joint appointment with @gsos-lse.bsky.social

After six years as Head of the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, Professor Liam Delaney is handing over the role to Professor Alex Gillespie. We're grateful to Liam for his leadership and delighted to welcome Alex as our new Head of Department. Learn more 👇️

Professor Alex Gillespie appointed Head of PBS | LSE

Professor Alex Gillespie has been appointed Head of LSE’s Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, succeeding Professor Liam Delaney.

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When prisons become overcrowded, early release of prisoners comes onto the agenda. But what guiding principles should governments use to decide which prisoners should be released? Paul Dolan @lsepbs.bsky.social makes the case for a negative utilitarian approach on @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social

Prioritising early release from prison should minimise overall suffering | LSE British Politics

When it comes to early release from prison, the Government should not decide based on the type of crime committed, but on what will cause the least suffering.

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😈 In a new paper, Alex Gillespie explores how using LLMs as "devil's advocates" can help researchers uncover hidden assumptions, prompt new ways of thinking & deepen qualitative research. 🔗Read the paper: doi.org/10.1037/qup0...

NEW: Can a pluralistic perspective on inequality help us to solve it? Inequality: The View from Manywheres by @seamusapower.bsky.social @lsepbs.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org reviewed by Michael Jindra @bostonu.bsky.social

Can a pluralistic perspective on inequality help us to solve it? - LSE Review of Books

Inequality by Séamus Power explores pluralistic perspectives on inequality, capitalism & social mobility through the lens of anthropology & cultural psychology.

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In his forthcoming book 'Inequality: The View from Manywheres', @seamusapower.bsky.social draws on psychology, anthropology, sociology and philosophy to understand why, despite historically high living standards, many people feel left behind. Learn more in this Research for the World article 👇

Why people feel poor in an age of plenty | LSE Research

Why do people feel poor in increasingly affluent societies? Séamus Power explores how perceptions of inequality, fairness and social status influence politics, protest and the future of capitalism

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From extreme heat to heavy rains, governments need to prepare for the impacts of climate change. Christian Krekel & Sara MacLennan @cep-lse.bsky.social @lsepbs.bsky.social argue that wellbeing economics shows why governments should invest in prevention over mitigation on @lseimpactblog.bsky.social

Prevention loses budget battles – wellbeing economics can change the maths - LSE Impact

Can wellbeing economics can make a compelling case for governments to invest in prevention over mitigation?

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"I’m interested in whether information has become, in some ways, a transient experience: something we consume, react to, and move on from, rather than something we hold onto, build on, or use." Read our Spotlight interview with Dr Yana Litovsky about her research and her first year at LSE.

Spotlight interview with Dr Yana Litovsky | LSE

Read our Spotlight interview with Dr Yana Litovsky on curiosity, information-seeking, misinformation and how we value knowledge.

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🐙 Ecological factors, not social behaviour, explain brain size in cephalopods. New research by @michael.muthukrishna.com & co-authors challenges the 'social brain hypothesis', which suggests that intelligence evolved primarily to support complex social interactions.

Research News | Octopuses, squid and cuttlefish | Evolution

The findings challenge one of the most influential explanations for the evolution of intelligence: the ‘social brain hypothesis’, which argues that larger brains evolved primarily to manage complex so...

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New research by Dr Christian Krekel (@lsepbs.bsky.social) and Sara MacLennan (@cep-lse.bsky.social) for the NEMA NZ estimates that targeted investment in early warning capability could avert around NZ$4.4 billion in flood-related damages over 50 years. 📌 Full report: www.lse.ac.uk/business/con...

2️⃣0️⃣ "Disagreement is not only about ideas. It’s about identities." – Paul Dolan @lsepbs.bsky.social discusses "beliefism" (judging someone as good or bad based on a single belief, & discriminating in their favour or against them accordingly) in the context of Brexit on @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social

How disagreement over Brexit turned into beliefism | LSE British Politics

Brexit became an identity-forming issue, a means of dismissing the other side as not just wrong, but as morally corrupt. But this beliefism can be avoided.

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⏩ Perfectionism among young people isn’t just increasing, it’s accelerating. This is one of the key findings from a new paper by @thomascurran.bsky.social, Andrew Hill and Pia Marie Pose, published in Psychological Bulletin. Find out more 👇

Honoured to share our new paper in @nature.com today. Across 12 countries in eastern and southern Africa and Southeast Asia, 1 in 6 internet-using children had experienced technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation and abuse. A thread 🧵

Nature@nature.com · 4mo ago

Nature research paper: Technology mediation in child sexual exploitation and abuse in Africa and Asia go.nature.com/4fbTNyk

🪧 How can we encourage more people to take part in climate action? @gangashreedhar.bsky.social & colleagues explored this question through a large-scale social media experiment. She discusses the study findings and implications in the latest issue of LSE's Research for the World magazine 👇️

Tell, don’t ask: mobilising climate action on social media | LSE Research

How can social media move people from passive concern to collective climate action? LSE research analysing Extinction Rebellion posts shows why direct calls outperform softer messaging.

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"Uncertainty is inherent to scientific knowledge; it is not a defect to be eliminated but a feature to work with." We needn't lament that only 50% of social science papers are reproducible. There are other benchmarks of credibility – Ilka Gleibs @lsepbs.bsky.social for @lseimpactblog.bsky.social

Is it really bad that only 50% of social science papers are reproducible? - LSE Impact

Three papers in Nature find that around half of social science studies hold up under replication, reproducibility, and robustness tests. Is this a bad thing

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💥New | Is it really bad that only 50% of social science papers are reproducible? ✍️ Ilka Gleibs (@lsepbs.bsky.social) #SocialScience #AcademicSky #OpenResearch

Is it really bad that only 50% of social science papers are reproducible? - LSE Impact

Three papers in Nature find that around half of social science studies hold up under replication, reproducibility, and robustness tests. Is this a bad thing

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A timely investigation into how people use AI to engage with politics by Sayeh Yousefi, @benmtappin.bsky.social and @jenskoedmadsen.bsky.social ⬇️

LSE British Politics and Policy@lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Despite a growing focus on the impact of AI on elections, we know surprisingly little about how voters use AI to engage with politics. A new survey shows AI use for political information is widespread and may already be shaping UK elections. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

New blog by Ana Barjašić and @krpd.bsky.social 👇

LSE Business Review@lsebr.bsky.social · 5mo ago

In venture capital, evaluators’ bias means that companies run by women are overlooked and underfunded compared with those presented by men. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

The spread of false information online distorts how people see the world & relate to others, posing an urgent threat to our democracies. CCDH & @lsepbs.bsky.social gathered leading experts to discuss how to navigate this problem & make society more resilient. Thanks to all who joined the event 🙌

📸 Meet the team behind PBS. Our faculty, researchers and professional services staff recently came together for a group photo, reflecting the collaborative community that shapes psychological and behavioural science at LSE. #PartofLSE

👩‍⚕️ "Machine says go, doctor says no." Alyssa Pandolfo & colleagues explored what happens when ICU doctors are given rapid test results to guide antibiotic prescribing and found that clinicians often err on the side of caution, overriding negative results and prescribing antibiotics.

Machine says go, doctor says no: an ecological momentary assessment analysis examining clinicians’ perceptions of, and their antibiotic prescribing behaviour when using rapid molecular diagnostic tests in intensive care - Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control

Background Rapid molecular diagnostics such as the BioFire FilmArray Pneumonia Panel (the Pneumonia Panel) can improve antibiotic stewardship by supporting doctors to make more targeted antibiotic…

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⏳️ Applications are still open for the September intake of the Executive MSc Behavioural Science at LSE. Join the next online information session to learn more about the curriculum, admissions process & what to expect from the programme. 📅 Mon 27 April 🕐️ 1-2pm BST 📍 Zoom ✍️ Sign up: buff.ly/J21CKFV

Explore LSE's Executive MSc Behavioural Science

Taught by world-leading behavioural science experts, our Executive MSc Behavioural Science combines rigorous academic training with practical insights.

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