Each week the college hosts a community dinner called Ration Club. It's open to anyone who'd like to find out more about the college and its work. To find out more or if you'd like to attend, please register.

​​​​​Campaign Lab is a community of politically-minded progressive data scientists, researchers and activists who are working together to build new election tools and change the way we analyse and understand political election campaigning.

Join us for our bi-weekly Campaign Lab Hack Night - a regular session to work on your tech side projects to help the progressive left campaign more effectively. You can either bring your own project or help out on one of our ongoing ones.

​​​​​Snacks and drinks are provided, all you need is to bring yourself and a laptop. You can also participate remotely via zoom link.

​​​​​All technologists, activists, organisers and campaigners are welcome. We also welcome any new people who are interested in politics, technology and evidence based campaign innovation on the left.

​Join us in celebrating the launch of Bad Services, the new book by bestselling author, educator and service activist Lou Downe.

​Lou will be joined by a host of other amazing voices from the design community - including School of Good Services co-founder Sarah Drummond and others.

​Doors open at 6pm for drinks and mingling. Talks & panel starts at at 6:30pm.

A Democracy Champion is someone who helps the people around them to take part in democracy. Whether that’s having a conversation, supporting someone to register to vote, or delivering a session. Every Democracy Champion will make a difference in their own way.

My Vote My Voice is on a mission to encourage people with learning disabilities and autistic people to vote. They often look to trusted staff - such as support workers, social care staff, volunteers and peer facilitators, teachers and learning support staff, community organisers, and project workers - for guidance, but many lack the confidence or knowledge to start these conversations. We want to work with you to change that. Find out more: myvotemyvoice.org.uk/supporting-voters/become-our-next-democracy-champion

This work is made possible thanks to funding from The Electoral Commission, the independent body which oversees elections and regulates political finance in the UK. We’re very proud to have their support.

​Bring your instrument, your voice, or just come to listen and vibe with us. If you haven’t had much chance to play in a while this jam is for you - dust off your instrument and rediscover the joy of making music together in a friendly, no-pressure environment.

​​​​​Campaign Lab is a community of politically-minded progressive data scientists, researchers and activists who are working together to build new election tools and change the way we analyse and understand political election campaigning.

Join us for our bi-weekly Campaign Lab Hack Night - a regular session to work on your tech side projects to help the progressive left campaign more effectively. You can either bring your own project or help out on one of our ongoing ones.

​​​​​Snacks and drinks are provided, all you need is to bring yourself and a laptop. You can also participate remotely via zoom link.

​​​​​All technologists, activists, organisers and campaigners are welcome. We also welcome any new people who are interested in politics, technology and evidence based campaign innovation on the left.

​A one-day conference convening the people building, deploying and funding the most interesting applications of AI in campaigning today.

​Persuasion bots are being tested on real voters. Synthetic focus groups are shaping campaign strategy. Caseworker bots are clearing MPs’ inboxes overnight. Social listening tools are seeing patterns the public can’t. Agents are quietly running parts of campaigns. The pace of change is real, but the people doing the work are scattered across campaigns, unions, agencies, academia and tech, and most of them have never been in the same room.

​This conference puts them there for a day, with the tools, in front of an audience that can actually use what they’re building. The day is concrete by design: working demos you can try yourself, candid panels under Chatham House where it matters, and time for discussions over drinks that the agenda doesn’t cover.

​We’re structuring the day around the questions the field is actively wrestling with:

• ​Can AI mimic voters well enough to replace asking them?
• ​Does AI persuasion work in the wild and would you use it?
• ​What are social listening tools seeing that the public isn’t?
• ​Can AI predict elections, or just fit the last one?
• ​Which campaign and constituency workflows are ready to hand to a bot, and which absolutely aren’t?
• ​Where in the content pipeline does human judgment still have to sit?
• ​Agents: working tools or demo-ware?

​For progressive campaigners, technologists, funders and academics working in or near the field.

​Spaces are limited and this event is invite only so sign up to request a place.

A special series of events to open different conversations about AI, tech, and their impact on our lives.

We’ll use the typical THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS IN PUBS (TEiP) method of getting into great conversations: small group discussions, tiny imaginary stories, lots of questions, and many opportunities to shuffle groups.

19:00 - Arrive, organise into small groups (3-4), have a look at the thought experiments (announced on the day of the event)
19:15 - Introduction to the event
19:20 - First rotation begins: talk about the first thought experiment, but feel free to veer off topic and pursue new avenues of conversation
19:45 - Optional reshuffle: swap groups, move on to the second thought experiment
20:15 - Optional reshuffle: swap groups, move on to the third thought experiment
20:45 - Wrap up, votes to discern general views of the room; info about upcoming events; feedback/requests for future meetups
21:00 - Meetup ‘ends’, but feel free to carry on conversations.
22:00 - Close

​We’re putting on a summer BBQ for the Campaign Lab community at Newspeak House and it would be great to see you there.

​Whether you’ve been involved with Campaign Lab for years, came to a recent hack night, or just want to meet interesting people working in campaigning, tech and politics, come along for a relaxed evening of food, drinks and conversation.

​We’ll have BBQ food, drinks, and hopefully decent weather!

​Feel free to bring a friend, especially if they’re curious about Campaign Lab or want to get involved in future projects and events.

​What is Campaign Lab?

​Campaign Lab is a community of progressive campaigners, technologists, researchers and organisers building tools and experimenting with new ways to support political campaigning and civic engagement.

​​​​​Campaign Lab is a community of politically-minded progressive data scientists, researchers and activists who are working together to build new election tools and change the way we analyse and understand political election campaigning.

Join us for our bi-weekly Campaign Lab Hack Night - a regular session to work on your tech side projects to help the progressive left campaign more effectively. You can either bring your own project or help out on one of our ongoing ones.

​​​​​Snacks and drinks are provided, all you need is to bring yourself and a laptop. You can also participate remotely via zoom link.

​​​​​All technologists, activists, organisers and campaigners are welcome. We also welcome any new people who are interested in politics, technology and evidence based campaign innovation on the left.

​​​​​Campaign Lab is a community of politically-minded progressive data scientists, researchers and activists who are working together to build new election tools and change the way we analyse and understand political election campaigning.

Join us for our bi-weekly Campaign Lab Hack Night - a regular session to work on your tech side projects to help the progressive left campaign more effectively. You can either bring your own project or help out on one of our ongoing ones.

​​​​​Snacks and drinks are provided, all you need is to bring yourself and a laptop. You can also participate remotely via zoom link.

​​​​​All technologists, activists, organisers and campaigners are welcome. We also welcome any new people who are interested in politics, technology and evidence based campaign innovation on the left.