AI and Collective Intelligence Master of Arts and Science

The MASc in AI & Collective Intelligence at The London Interdisciplinary School (LIS) is for people who want to understand, design and lead systems where humans and machines think and act together, whether in tech, policy, governance, or organisational strategy. It asks: how do groups and AI systems make decisions, and how can we build better ones?

The curriculum for this programme reflects how intelligence actually operates in the real world, across people, machines, institutions, and systems. Rather than treating AI as a purely technical problem or collective behaviour as a purely social one, the programme brings them together through core modules in AI and collective intelligence, shared interdisciplinary methods, and applied learning.

You’ll build the technical literacy, critical judgement, and ethical grounding needed to interpret complex information and work across systems.

On this programme, you will:

* Learn how AI systems work, how groups think and fail, and how intelligence emerges in hybrid human–machine systems.

* Build a toolkit for interpreting data, language, media, and uncertainty to help reduce blindspots.

* Apply what you’ve learned to a real challenge from your workplace or a cause you care about.