Knowledge Beyond Boundaries, LSE's annual interdisciplinary student research conference, will be taking place as part of the LSE Festival on Tuesday 17 June 2025! Knowledge Beyond Boundaries 2025 draws upon the Festival theme of visions for the future: how will AI, new technologies and innovation shape our societies? How will we confront the global challenges of climate change and inequality?
Hosted by LSE100, the School's flagship interdisciplinary course, Knowledge Beyond Boundaries will feature over 100 speakers speaking engaging with the conference theme, all of whom are current LSE students, LSE alumni or students from our partner CIVICA institutions.The conference programme will also proudly feature several panels and a reception hosted in partnership with LSE's Global School of Sustainability.
The conference will be taking place online and in-person on LSE campus on Tuesday 17 June. The conference is free to attend for all, but pre-registration is essential. You can book your free ticket here - just look for "Knowledge Beyond Boundaries"!

Find out more about this year's Knowledge Beyond Boundaries:
This year’s conference draws on the 2025 Festival theme of visions for the future: how will AI, new technologies and innovation shape our societies? How will we confront the global challenges of climate change and inequality?
We welcome student research from across the social sciences which explores the threats and opportunities of the near and distant future, and interrogates what a better world could look like.
The conference is a unique and friendly opportunity for students to showcase their research and share insights into how social sciences research can transcend the boundaries of traditional disciplines.
This conference is the ideal forum for you to interrogate how we approach research questions, create and disseminate knowledge, and break down barriers between disciplines. The conference aims to provide a friendly, inclusive space for sharing student research from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, with an emphasis on projects that cross disciplinary boundaries, challenge existing paradigms, and apply new approaches and methods to re-envision what social science research looks like.
Presenters will share a paper, poster, creative show and tell, or performance, either as an individual or part of a collaboration:
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Creative show and tell: a 10-minute presentation sharing an artefact or item with research significance (e.g., archival material, photograph, object)
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Performance: an original artistic expression of up to 10 minutes which relates to academic research or study of the social sciences (e.g., drama, spoken word, dance, poetry, music)
All presentations will be organised into themed panels with a range of perspectives, approaches, and ideas represented. These panels will also include time for a Q&A between the speakers and audience members.
If you have any questions related to Knowledge Beyond Boundaries, please submit them here.