MPhil/PhD Computational Social Science

London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London

You'll learn to rigorously and creatively apply computational methods to social science research problems. You'll develop advanced skills in computational methods, research design, social scientific thinking and research communication.You'll have the opportunity to take taught courses in research design, computational methods, and others, to update your skills. Your research will benefit from attentive supervision from a supervisory team. Throughout your studies you may draw on our interdisciplinary expertise in areas including political science, statistics, sociology, social psychology, anthropology and criminology.You'll begin your study on the MPhil and move on to the PhD (subject to certain requirements).Applicants should have some background in both a social science and quantitative/computational methods. Your proposed project should use computational methods in a social science context, to make a contribution that is methodologically innovative, substantively important, or both.