London School of Economics

This course considers the economic potential of Big Data and AI. It begins by describing the rise of Big Data and the burgeoning field of AI, and proceeds to consider the implications of these new technologies for managers and for society as a whole. With this foundation, students examine managerial decision-making using data analytics. The course provides students with an understanding of the foundational elements of data analysis and the use of statistical thinking in the context of managerial decision-making in today’s age of big data. It is important to note that the course is primarily conceptual and analytical, rather than technical, and does not cover programming techniques. The tools developed in the course are the interpretation and evaluation of data analytics, and managerial decision-making based on such analytics.

This course seeks to introduce microeconomic analysis as a way of understanding the world. Students are exposed to important topics like consumer choice theory, the theory of production and costs, the economics of time, and the impact of market failure and government intervention. Students are exposed to standard microeconomic theory to develop their economic intuition, while also gaining economic tools that support this intuition along the way.

This course provides an introduction to the quantitative analysis of data, blending classical statistical methods with recent advances in computational, and machine learning. Students cover key topics such as the challenges of analyzing big data using statistical methods, and how machine learning and data science can aid in knowledge generation and improve decision-making. Students also explore quantitative methods of text analysis, including mining social media and other online resources.

The course teaches risk management practices for students aiming to advance their careers in the competitive world of global finance, in fields such as asset management, hedge funds, investment analysis, or risk management.

This course is suitable for professionals and activists working in journalism or media-related fields as well as students from all backgrounds. It is a unique opportunity to benefit from the LSE’s outstanding research into modern journalism combined with talks by pioneering media professionals. Daily lectures and guest talks give students insights into contemporary cutting edge news media. Seminars encourage students to think and act like journalists facing all the dramatic ethical and technological challenges of reporting the complex and dangerous world we live in. Participants in this course emerge with a better understanding of the shifts taking place in the practices, forms, and processes within the news media and their consequences for the role of journalism in contemporary society.

The course introduces students to the role of property concepts in legal and social thought. Particular attention is paid to the context, development, and function of property forms in contemporary legal systems. The course encompasses a broad range of established and emergent property forms, ranging from questions of copyright and share ownership to aspects of real property. Extensive use is made of historical and other general commentaries on the question of property.