LSE Department of Media and Communications

Thanks to all who attended the ‘Mindfulness and connection in a time of climate, migration and technology challenges’ with Dr Seeta Peña Gangadharan, Greta Byrum and Innah Gaspar today as part of the wonderful lineup this week - make sure to check out all of the fantastic events going on for the rest of the week!

“This book will help us understand how high the stakes are and how we can fight back.” — Sir Elton John & David Furnish

From Parliament and the UN to the White House and Silicon Valley, Baroness Beeban Kidron has beared witness to Big Tech avoiding rules, regulations and duty of care.

Users, her latest book, details key moments that big tech has avoided accountability. Kidron presents a powerful call to action - laying out what we must do to drive change.

On the 25th June, the Digital Future for Children centre will host the launch of Users, welcoming Beeban Kidron with Sonia Livingstone and Peter Wanless. Together they will discuss exactly what’s at stake and what we can do to change our current trajectory.

🗓️ Thursday 25 June 4–5pm (BST)
📍 Online (Zoom)
🔗 Register for tickets: https://www.digital-futures-for-children.net/events/book-launch-kidron-users

🎟️ Tickets are now live for 2026: How to save the planet! 🌎 (15–20 June)

Join us to explore solutions to global challenges, featuring key contributions from our department:

🧘 Mindfulness & Connection (with Dr Seeta Peña Gangadharan)
📅 Thursday 18 June, 11.30am–1.30pm | Marshall Building

🌱 What's it going to take us to save the planet? (Panel featuring Professor Nick Couldry)
📅 Saturday 20 June, 6.30–7.30pm | Great Hall, Marshall Building

🎟️ Book your free tickets:

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🗣️ Professor Shakuntala Banaji is speaking today from 2.15–3.30pm at Portland Hall, London for the "Who controls our stories in South Asia?" forum.

Panel: “AI and Emerging Technologies: Challenges and Promises in the Newsroom”.

Join here:

Who controls our stories in South Asia? Journalism in an age of big tech and authoritarianism.

1 week to go!

How did Shenzhen become a global tech powerhouse, and what can the world learn from it? 🌐

Join us online for the launch of Dragon Innovation: Shenzhen by Dr Grace Yuehan Wang, exploring its unique model of digital growth and public-private innovation.

🗓️ Monday 15 June 2026 1-2.30pm (UK time)

🎙️ Dr Grace Yuehan Wang will be joined by Prof Bingchun Meng, chaired by Dr Wendy Willems, to discuss Shenzhen's transformation into a world-class technology hub and its lessons for the West and the Global South.

🎟️ Register: https://lse.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xEkgz-_-SfytD-sC-TA4Tg #/registration

🎭 What is comedian Nish Kumar's take on how to save the planet?

Find out as he discusses his solutions alongside LSE Department of Media and Communications Professor Nick Couldry, and Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science visiting fellow Dr Denise Baron.

📍In-person and online public event (Great Hall, Marshall Building)
🗓️ Saturday 20 June, 6.30 - 7.30pm
🎟️ Tickets are now live: https://ow.ly/VP0J50Z7Wqu

You’re invited! Join us for our Alumni Summer Reception this June.
We’re hosting a relaxed evening for you to connect with fellow alumni, faculty, and current students.
📍Senior Dining Room, 5th Floor, Old Building
🗓️Thursday 18 June 2026
🕕6.00-8.30pm
Sign up to join us via the link in our bio!
See you there!

🎟️ Tickets are available for the upcoming LSE Festival: How to save the planet, taking place 15-20 June.

🎪 The festival aims to explore the impact of global challenges and how individuals, communities, organisations, corporations, and those with political power should tackle them.

⬇️ Department contributions include:

🌬️ Mindfulness and connection in a time of climate, migration and technology challenges
(A mindfulness session co-facilitated by Dr Seeta Peña Gangadharan)
Thursday 18 June 2026 11.30am-1.30pm
Marshall Building

🌍 What's it going to take us to save the planet
(Panel discussion featuring Professor Nick Couldry)
Saturday 20 June 2026 6.30-7.30pm
Great Hall, Marshall Building

⬇️ Find out more:

LSE Festival 2026: How to save the planet What can we be doing to save the Earth, its people and environment? A programme of free events from Monday 15 to Saturday 20 June. Tickets released on 18 May.

How did Shenzhen become a global tech powerhouse, and what can the world learn from it? 🌐

Join us online for the launch of Dragon Innovation: Shenzhen by Dr Grace Yuehan Wang, exploring its unique model of digital growth and public-private innovation.

🗓️ Monday 15 June 2026 1-2.30pm (UK time)

🎙️ Dr Grace Yuehan Wang will be joined by Prof Bingchun Meng, chaired by Dr Wendy Willems, to discuss Shenzhen's transformation into a world-class technology hub and its lessons for the West and the Global South.

🎟️ Register: https://lse.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xEkgz-_-SfytD-sC-TA4Tg #/registration

🎉LSE has been ranked as the top university in London for the fifteenth year in a row by the Complete University Guide 2027!

Our School was also ranked third overall among UK universities, maintaining its place among the country's leading higher education institutions.

Find out more: https://ow.ly/BuVf50Z6zfH