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Search through our list of LSE experts whose research relates to London priorities. Their work can support our city in topics from government to housing, local communities, urban space and more.

Tony Travers, London expert at LSE

Professor Tony Travers

Expertise

London, city government, local government, public finance, schools' finance.

LSE affiliation

Department of Government
LSE London

christine whitehead, London expert at LSE

Professor Christine Whitehead

Expertise

Housing finance, housing policy, privatisation, urban land markets, urban policy.

LSE affiliation

Department of Economics
LSE London

Anne Power, London expert at LSE

Professor Emeritus Anne Power

Keeping Communities Together: how smaller social landlords and community-led housing can provide affordable, secure, low cost accommodation for communities in need

Expertise

Cities, communities, disadvantaged and run-down neighbourhoods, energy efficiency, family interventions, international and UK housing, marginal groups, social change, social housing, sustainable communities, urban regeneration.

LSE affiliation

Department of Social Policy
LSE Housing & Communities
CASE
STICERD

Nancy Holman, London expert at LSE

Dr Nancy Holman

Delivering higher density suburban development

Expertise

Built environment, local government, sustainable development, urban heritage, urban policy.

LSE affiliation

Department of Geography and Environment

Riccardo Crescenzi, London expert at LSE

Professor Riccardo Crescenzi

Expertise

European Union economic growth and regional policy, economic geography, economic growth, innovation, knowledge economy, local economic development, regional development, regional disparities.

LSE affiliation

Department of Geography and Environment

Ricky Burdett

Professor Ricky Burdett

Expertise

Cities, urban development, architecture and public space, contemporary architectural culture, density and transport, design quality, regeneration and planning, relationship between urban environment and urban society, social cohesion, sustainable design and communities, urban culture, urban governance.

LSE affiliation

Department of Sociology
LSE Cities

Kath Scanlon

Kathleen Scanlon

Local London renting under COVID

Expertise

Housing finance; housing policy; urban policy.

LSE affiliation

LSE London

Grace Lordan

Dr Grace Lordan

Automation and the changing nature of work

Expertise

Decision making; experimental leadership; career success; inclusion; unconscious bias; behavioural science; gender equality; future of work; labour economics.

LSE affiliation

Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science
The Inclusion Initiative

Julia King

Dr Julia King

Seen and Heard with Brent Youth Parliament

Expertise

Architecture; sanitation; rapid urbanisation; urban planning.

LSE affiliation

LSE Cities

Flora Cornish

Dr Flora Cornish

Grenfell changes everything? Activism beyond hope and despair

Expertise

Community resilience; health activism; participation; knowledge exchange.

LSE affiliation

Department of Methodology

 

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