Previous PhD Placements

Myrodias, Konstantinos The Eurozone crisis and the ‘intermediate’ economies: the political economies of Greece and Portugal
Supervisor: Brett, Teddy and Wade, Robert
Blackmore, Kara Symbols of suffering and silence: memorialisation in Uganda and beyond
Supervisor: Allen, Tim
Storer, Elizabeth Lugbara Religion Revisited: A Study of Social Repair in North-West Uganda
Supervisor: Allen, Tim
Currently lecturing in the Department of Geography and Environment at LSE

Gallien, Max Smugglers and States – Illegal Trade in the Political Settlements of North Africa
Supervisor: Meagher, Kate
Currently a Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex

Benson-Hernandez, Allison Financial, Social and Political Capital in Rural Colombia
Supervisor: Faguet, Jean-Paul
Mbate, Michael Essays on Governance and Public Finance

Supervisor: Sequeira, Sandra
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Schulz, Nicolai Power of the Masses: Group Size, Attribution, and the Politics of Export Bans in Africa
Supervisors: Boone, Catherine and Shadlen, Ken

Höhne-Sparborth, Thomas The socio-economic spill-over effects of armed conflict on neighbouring countries
Supervisors: Green, Elliott and Venugopal, Rajesh
Kirk, Thomas Power, politics and programming for social accountability in Pakistan
Supervisor: Kaldor, Mary
Mello, Eduardo
Supervisor: Gruber, LLoyd
Priyadarshi, Praveen Political determinants of municipal capacity: a study of urban reforms in Ahmedabad and Kanpur, India
Supervisor: Putzel, James
Ruiz Guarın, Nelson Alejandro Essays on violence, money in politics, and electoral system in Colombia
Supervisors: Faguet, Jean-Paul and Hangartner, Dominik and Sequeira, Sandra
First job: Lecturer in Comparative Politics at University of Oxford

Radicati, Alessandra Hub city: aspiration and dispossession in 21st century Colombo
Supervisors: Venugopal, Rajesh and Zeiderman, Austin
First job: LSE Postdoctoral Fellow in International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies at the London School of Economics and Political Science
Pendle, Naomi Ruth Laws, landscapes and prophecy: the art of remaking regimes of lethal violence amongst the western Nuer and Dinka (South Sudan)
Supervisor: Allen, Tim
Paek, Christopher This is how we bury our dead: an institutional analysis of microinsurance and financial inclusion in South Africa
Supervisor: Meagher, Kate
Weigand, Florian Waiting for dignity: legitimacy and authority in Afghanistan
Supervisor: Mary Kaldor
First job: ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow in International Development at the London School of Economics and Political Science

Schoemaker, Emrys Digital faith: social media and the enactment of religious identity in Pakistan
Supervisors: Madon, Shirin and Allen, Tim
Enjuto Martinez, Regina Within and against the law: the politics of labour law in China's adaptive authoritarianism
Supervisors: Howell, Jude
Chemouni, Benjamin The politics of state effectiveness in Burundi and Rwanda: ruling elite legitimacy and the imperative of state performance
Supervisors: Putzel, James
Ferrari, Giulia Economic evaluation of gender empowerment programmes with a violence prevention focus: objective empowerment and subjective wellbeing
Supervisors: Barnett, Tony and Iyengar, Radha and Weinhold, Diana
Marchais, Gauthier He who touches the weapon becomes other: a study of participation in armed groups in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Supervisors: Green, Elliott
Roelofs, Portia The Lagos Model and the politics of competing conceptions of good governance in Oyo State, Nigeria 2011-2015
Supervisors: Meagher, Kate and Boone, Cathy
First job: LSE Postdoctoral Fellow in International Development at the London School of Economics and Political Science
Wanjiru Kamunyori, Sheila The politics of space: negotiating tenure security in a Nairobi Slum

Supervisors: Meagher, Kate

Pearson, Georgina Global health, local realities: neglected diseases in northwestern Uganda
Supervisors: Allen, Tim and Parker, Melissa
Muth, Karl Three frameworks for commodity-producer decision-making under uncertainty
Supervisors: Wade, Robert and Gertner, Robert
First job: Lecturer in Economics, Public Policy, and Statistics at Northwestern University
Tartir, Alaa Criminalising resistance, entrenching neoliberalism: the Fayyadist Paradigm in the occupied Palestinian West Bank
Supervisors: Kaldor, Mary and Kostovicova, Denisa
First job: Researcher for The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), Geneva, Switzerland
Vale, Petterson Land use intensification in the Amazon: revisiting theories of cattle, deforestation and development in frontier settlements
Supervisors: Weinhold, Diana and Hall, Anthony
First Job: Post-doctoral researcher at University of São Paulo
Fan, Yi Essays on inequality and intergenerational mobility in China
Supervisors: Burgess, Robin and Michaels, Guy and Weinhold, Diana
Channa, Anila Four essays on eduction, caste and collective action in rural Pakistan
Supervisors: Faguet, Jean-Paul and West, Anne
Munro, Laura Risk sharing, networks and investment choices in rural India
Supervisors: Faguet, Jean-Paul and Bryan, Gharad
Parikh, Anokhi The private city: planning, property, and protest in the making of Lavasa New Town, India
Supervisors: Corbridge, Stuart and Jones, Gareth
Jones, Ivor Open or Closed? The politics of software licensing in Argentina and Brazil
Supervisors: Shadlen, Ken and Avgerou, Chrisanthi
Pöschl, Caroline Local government taxation and accountability in Mexico
Supervisors: Faguet, Jean-Paul
Kienzler, Vincent Performance-based management and accountability systems: the case of the community-based monitoring and evaluation system in Iganga District, Uganda
Supervisors: Lewis, David and Allen, Tim

Waldinger, Maria Historical events and their effects on long-term economic and social development
Supervisor: Weinhold, Diana
Bauchowitz, Stefan A race to the middle: governance in the extractive industries and the rise of China
Supervisor: Kaldor, Mary
First Job: Planning Officer at Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Smith, Alyson Post-conflict reconstruction in Rwanda: uncovering hidden factors in the gender policy context
Supervisors: Meagher, Kate
Rigterink, Anouk Essays on violent conflict in developing countries: causes and consequences
Supervisor: Weinhold, Diana
Fraser, Arabella Rethinking urban risk and adaptation: the politics of vulnerability in informal urban settlements
Supervisor: Forsyth, Tim
First job: Research Associate at King's College London

Hassan, Fadi Essays in international and development macroeconomics
Supervisors: Guimaraes, Bernardo and Ngai, Liwa Rachel and Wade, Robert Hunter
Fox, Sean The political economy of urbanisation and development in sub-Saharan Africa
Supervisors: Beall, Jo and Dyson, Tim
Ramos, Charmaine The power and the peril: producers associations seeking rents in the Philippines and Colombia in the Twentieth Century
Supervisor: Putzel, James
Postigo, Antonio Production networks and regionalism in East Asia: firms and states in the bilateral free trade agreements of Thailand and Malaysia
Supervisor: Shadlen, Kenneth
Das, Ritanjan History, ideology and negotiation: the politics of policy transition in West Bengal, India
Supervisor: Corbridge, Stuart
Porter, Holly After rape: justice and social harmony in northern Uganda
Supervisor: Allen, Tim and Atkinson, Ron
Giovagnoli, Paula Ines From preschool provision to college performances: empirical evidences from a developing country
Supervisor: Faguet, Jean Paul
Workman, Anna Success versus failure in local public goods provision: council and chiefly governance in post-war Makeni, Sierra Leone
Supervisor: Howell, Jude and Meagher, Kate

El Shinnawy, Azza Understanding the impact of protection on manufacturing efficiency levels and relative pharmaceutical prices evidence from Egypt’s generics pharmaceutical industry (1993-2008)
Supervisor: Weinhold, Diana
Humphrey, Chris The business of development: borrowers, shareholders, and the reshaping of multilateral development lending
Supervisor: Shadlen, Kenneth
Díaz-Cassou, Javier The causes and consequences of IMF interventions in the Southern Cone
Supervisors: Shadlen, Kenneth and Phillips, Lauren
First job: Senior Economist at Inter-American Development Bank
Sharma, Prashant The right to information act in India: the turbid world of transparency reforms
Supervisor: Corbridge, Stuart
Schomerus, Mareike Even eating you can bite your tongue: dynamics and challenges of the Juba peace talks with the Lord’s Resistance Army
Supervisors: Allen, Tim and Vlassenroot, Koen
Balthasar, Dominik State-making in Somalia and Somaliland: understanding war, nationalism and state trajectories as processes of institutional and socio-cognitive standardization
Supervisor: Putzel, James
Polzer Ngwato, Tara Negotiating belonging: the integration of Mozambican refugees in South Africa
Supervisors: Allen, Tim and Beall, Jo
Priyam, Manisha Aligning opportunities and interests: the politics of educational reform in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Bihar
Supervisor: Tim, Dyson
Goodfellow, Tom State effectiveness and the politics of urban development in East Africa: a puzzle of two cities, 2000-2010
Supervisor: Putzel, James
Sulaiman, Munshi Social protection and human capital accumulation in developing countries
Supervisor: Bandiera, Oriana
Pragasam, Nirad Tigers on the mind: an interrogation of conflict diasporas and long distance nationalism. A study of the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora in London
Supervisor: Keen, David

Mukim, Megha Essays in trade and economic geography
Supervisor: Weinhold, Diana
First job: Young Professional at World Bank Group
Di Gregorio, Monica Social movement networks, policy processes, and forest tenure activism in Indonesia
Supervisor: Forsyth, Tim
First job: Lecturer in Environmental Politics and Policy at University of Leeds
Elgert, Laureen The politics of evidence: towards critical deliberative governance in sustainable development
Supervisor: Forsyth, Tim
Nilotpal, Kumar Egoism, anomie and masculinity: suicide in rural South India (Andhra Pradesh)
Supervisors: Harriss, John and Corbridge, Stuart

Wigell, Mikael Governing the poor: the transformation of social governance in Argentina and Chile
Shami, Mahvish The road to development: market access and varieties of clientelism in rural Punjab, Pakistan
Supervisor: Faguet, Jean-Paul
Ayers, Jessica Understanding the adaptation paradox: can global climate change adaptation policy be locally inclusive?
Supervisor: Forsyth, Tim
First job: Policy Advisor to the Ministry of Environment, Nepal at United Nations Development Programme
Vargas, Gonzalo Explaining violence against civilians: insurgency, counterinsurgency and crime in the Middle Magdalena Valley, Colombia (1996-2004)
Supervisor: Faguet, Jean-Paul and Harris, John
First job: Assistant Professor at Universidad de los Andes
Lindemann, Stefan Elite bargains and the politics of war and peace in Uganda and Zambia
Supervisor: Putzel, James
Wietzke, Frank-Borge Groups, location and wellbeing: Social and spatial determinants of inequality in Madagascar
Supervisor: Faguet, Jean_Paul
Staschen, Stefan Regulatory impact assessment in microfinance: a theoretical framework and its application to Uganda
Supervisor: Leape, Jonathan
Leiteritz, Ralf J. Sustaining open capital accounts: international norms and domestic institutions: a comparison between Peru and Colombia
Supervisor: Wade, Robert H. and Shadlen, Kenneth
First job: Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá

Ellis, Jas Culture, fertility, and son preference
Supervisor: Weinhold, Diana
First job: Associate, Economics at PricewaterhouseCoopers, London
Desmond, Chris The value of other people's health: individual models and motives for helping
Supervisor: Barnett, Tony and Ester, Erik

Ngo, Thi Minh-Phuong How to grow quickly: land distribution, agricultural growth and poverty reduction in Vietnam (1992-1998)
Supervisor: Goldstein, Markus and Lipton, Michael
Jones, Benjamin Local-level politics in Uganda: institutional landscapes at the margins of the state
Supervisor: Francis, Liz
Dolan, Christopher Gerald Understanding war and its continuation: the case of Northern Uganda
Supervisors: Allen, Tim and Keen, David
Green, Elliott The Politics of Ethnonationalism in Contemporary Uganda: the Case of Buganda
Supervisors: Allen, Tim and Brett, Teddy
First job: Assistant Professor in International Development at the London School of Economics and Political Science

Faguet , Jean-Paul Decentralizing the provision of public services in Bolivia: institutions, political competition and the effectiveness of local government
Supervisor: Besley, Tim and Brett, Teddy
First job: Research Officer at the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics and Political Science

Previous PhD Placements

The Department of International Development runs a vibrant research programme with students employing a variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary methods for research projects across Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.

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