LSE DS202 – Data Science for Social Scientists

2023/24 Winter Term

Author

Dr Jon Cardoso-Silva

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🧑🏻‍🏫 Our Team

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Dr. Ghita Berrada
Assistant Professor of Data Science (Education)
LSE Data Science Institute
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course convenor
lecturer
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Dr. Jon Cardoso-Silva
Assistant Professor of Data Science (Education)
LSE Data Science Institute
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lecturer
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Tabtim Duenger
Data Scientist at The Economist
MSc in Applied Social Data Science (LSE)
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guest teacher
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Andreas Stöffelbauer
Data Scientist at Microsoft
MSc in Data Science (LSE)
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guest teacher
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Dr Stuart Bramwell
Postdoctoral researcher at Royal Holloway
New News Project
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guest teacher

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Kevin Kittoe
Teaching and Learning Administrator
LSE Data Science Institute
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📍 Lecture

  • 📆 Fridays (Weeks 1 to 10)*
  • ⌚ 14:00 - 16:00
  • 📍 MAR.2.04 (🗺️ campus map)
  • Lecturers:
    • 👨🏻‍🏫 Jon (W01-W05)
    • 👩🏻‍🏫 Ghita (W07-W10)

*: except Week 06 - Reading Week and Week 11 (lecture on Thursday due to Good Friday)

  • 📆 Thursday (Week 11)
  • ⌚ 14:00 - 16:00
  • 📍 KSW.G.01 (🗺️ campus map)
  • Lecturers:
    • 👩🏻‍🏫 Ghita (W11)

💻 Class Groups

Group 01

  • 📆 Mondays
  • ⌚ 09:00 - 10:30
  • 📍 FAW.3.01
  • 🧑‍🏫 Andreas

Group 02

  • 📆 Mondays
  • ⌚ 10:30 - 12:00
  • 📍 FAW.3.01
  • 🧑‍🏫 Andreas

Group 03

  • 📆 Mondays
  • ⌚ 13:00 - 14:30
  • 📍 FAW.3.01
  • 🧑‍🏫 Stuart

Group 04

  • 📆 Mondays
  • ⌚ CKK.1.15
  • 📍 15:00 - 16:30
  • 🧑‍🏫 Tabtim

Group 05

  • 📆 Mondays
  • ⌚ CKK.1.15
  • 📍 16:30 - 18:00
  • 🧑‍🏫 Tabtim