Thursday 28 May 2026 6.30pm - 8pmSpeakerSimon RogersChairDr Anuschka SchmittEver wondered what goes through other people’s minds – their silly questions, their inner anxieties, their hopes and dreams?In his new book, What we ask Google, Simon Rogers draws on two decades of aggregated Google search data. He examines what traditional search has revealed about humanity’s private fears, hopes and instincts, and asks what happens as we move from typing keywords into a search bar to asking Chat GPT fully formed questions.Join us to hear Simon Rogers, in conversation with Anuschka Schmitt, as he shares insights from what is now the world’s largest dataset and learn that it offers a surprisingly hopeful picture of humankind.Meet our speaker and chairSimon Rogers is Google’s Data Editor, leading a team of data journalists, analysts, and visualisers to tell stories with Google’s data. Previously, he was Twitter’s first ever Data Editor, and he is also the author of Facts Are Sacred (2013, Faber & Faber), based on the Guardian’s Datablog which he helped launch. A lecturer in Data Journalism at Medill-Northwestern University in San Francisco, he has received the Royal Statistical Society’s award for statistical excellence in journalism and been named Best UK Internet Journalist by the Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford.Dr Anuschka Schmitt is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems in the Department of Management at LSE. Her research examines how AI-based systems augment human work, as well as individual decision-making and learning, placing special emphasis on conversational AI. Her work uses laboratory and field experiments, as well as digital trace data analysis methods. Anuschka’s research has been published in outlets such as the Journal of the Association of Information Systems.Any questions?If you have a query please email dsi.events@lse.ac.uk or take a look at the information below.LSE Blogs Many speakers at LSE events also write for LSE Blogs, which present research and critical commentary accessibly for a public audience. Follow LSE British Politics, the Business Review, LSE Impact, LSE European Politics and the LSE Review of Books to learn more about the debates our events series present.Photography and filming Photographs are regularly taken at LSE events both by LSE staff and members of the media and events are routinely filmed. Photographs from events taken by LSE staff are often used on LSE's social media accounts. If you have any concerns about this please contact the event organiser in advance of the event.Media queries Please contact the Press Office if you would like to request a press seat or have a media query about this event, email dsi.comms@lse.ac.uk. Please note that press seats are usually allocated at least 24 hours before each event.Social Media Event updates and other information about what’s happening at the Data Science Institute can be found on our LinkedIn.Livestreams and archive videos of past events are shared on our YouTube channel.Accessibility The Data Science Institute at LSE aims to ensure that people have equal access to these public events, but please contact dsi.events@lse.ac.uk as far as possible in advance if you have any access requirements so that arrangements, where possible, can be made.  Access Guides to all our venues can be viewed online.WIFI Access LSE has now introduced wireless for guests and visitors in association with 'The Cloud', also in use at many other locations across the UK. If you are on campus visiting for the day or attending a conference or event, you can connect your device to wireless. See more information and create an account at Join the Cloud.Visitors from other participating institutions are encouraged to use eduroam. If you are having trouble connecting to eduroam, please contact your home institution for assistance.The Cloud is only intended for guest and visitor access to wifi. Existing LSE staff and students are encouraged to use eduroam instead.From time to time there are changes to event details so we strongly recommend that if you plan to attend this event you check back on this listing on the day of the event.Whilst we are hosting this listing, LSE Events does not take responsibility for the running and administration of this event. While we take responsible measures to ensure that accurate information is given here this event is ultimately the responsibility of the organisation presenting the event.LSE holds a wide range of events, covering many of the most controversial issues of the day, and speakers at our events may express views that cause offence. The views expressed by speakers at LSE events do not reflect the position or views of the London School of Economics and Political Science.