Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the world of work. What does this mean for Social Sciences graduates specifically, and for the universities that train them? This Open Conversation brings together voices across three spheres - students, academics, and employers - to explore this question.
We will examine how AI tools are already changing the professional landscape that politics, policy, and international relations graduates enter; how their growing use throughout students’ academic journeys may be quietly reshaping cognitive habits and analytical skills; and how unequal access to the most powerful AI platforms risks deepening existing inequalities between students and, ultimately, between future professionals.
With students, academics, and practitioners sitting at the table, the event is designed to be an interdisciplinary and forward-looking discussion which puts student experiences at the heart of a discussion on some of the most pressing questions facing higher education today. Participants will be able to engage directly with the panellists through Q&A questions.
Panelists
- Dan Banik, Professor of Political Science at the University of Oslo & Circle U. Democracy Hub Academic Director
- Giuseppe Fersini, Head of Intelligence at Elliptic
- Francis Jones, AI consultant and developer & SSPP graduate
- Lina Kramer, PhD student in the KCL Department of Political Economy
- Amanda Vargas Aguirre, 3rd year PPE student in the KCL Department of Political Economy
Chairs
- Alex Clarkson, Senior Lecturer in European Politics & History in the KCL European & International Studies department & Democracy Hub Academic Chair
- Margherita de Candia, Lecturer in Comparative Politics in the KCL Department of Political Economy & Democracy Hub Academic Chair
Contact
Dr Alex Clarkson (alexander.p.clarkson@kcl.ac.uk) or Dr Margherita de Candia (margherita.decandia@kcl.ac.uk)
