Professor J. Chris Alden
Professor of International Relations
Deputy Head of Department (PhD and Research)
Director of LSE IDEAS
Room: Floor 9, Pankhurst House (PAN.9)
+44 (0)20 7955 7386
j.c.alden@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: Foreign Policy Analysis, China and Africa, South African foreign policy, post-conflict reconstruction
Profile
Dr Martin Bayly
Assistant Professor, International Relations Theory
Room: CBG.9.13
+44 (0)20 7107 5143
m.j.bayly@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: Historical International Relations, Historical Sociology, Constructivism
Profile
Personal website
On leave Autumn and Winter Term 2024/5
Dr Federica Bicchi
Associate Professor
Room: CBG.9.11
+44 (0)20 7955 7987
f.c.bicchi@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: European foreign policy; Diplomacy; Digital Diplomacy; The “practice turn” in International Relations; European External Action Service; Euro-Mediterranean relations
Profile
Dr Ida Roland Birkvad
LSE Fellow
Room: STC S212
+44 (0) 20 7107 5362
i.birkvad@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: International relations theory; postcolonial theory; history; gender and sexuality studies; South Asia
Profile
Not available to supervise MPhil/PhD students
Dr Tarsis Brito
IRD Fellow
Room: STC S216
t.d.sepulveda-coelho@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: International Relations Theory; Security Studies; Border and Migration Studies; Post- and De-colonial Studies; Race and Empire; International Political Sociology; Gender Studies; Political Geography; Posthumanism
Profile
Not available to supervise MPhil/PhD students
Professor Jeffrey Chwieroth
Professor of International Relations, IPE
Head of Department
Room: CBG.10.12
+44 (0)20 7955 7209
j.m.chwieroth@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: international political economy of money and finance
Profile
Personal website
Dr Katerina Dalacoura
Associate Professor
Room: CBG.9.14
+44 (0)20 7955 7398
k.dalacoura@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: Islamist thought; Turkey; the Middle East and IR theory; the international politics of culture and religion; global IR
On leave academic year 2024/25.
Profile
Dr Shikha Dilawri
LSE Fellow
Room: CBG.10.08
+44 (0)20 7955 7185
s.dilawri@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: Postcolonial theory; South Asia and its Diaspora; Racial Capitalism; International Relations Theory; Global Historical Sociology; Cultural Studies; Infrastructure; Minority Rights
Profile
Not available to supervise MPhil/PhD students
Professor Toby Dodge
Director of the Kuwait Programme in the Middle East Centre
Room: CBG.9.02
+44 (0)20 7955 6176
b.t.dodge@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: Iraq, Middle East, state formation, international relations, regime change
Profile
Dr Alice Engelhard
IRD Fellow
Room: CBG.8.01
a.engelhard@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: empire; violence; modernity; everyday politics; tourism; aesthetics; political ethics; power-knowledge relations; representation; knowledge production
Profile
Not available to supervise MPhil/PhD students
Dr Jasmine Gani
Assistant Professor
Room: CBG.8.10
j.k.gani@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: Anticolonialism, Empire, History, Political Theory, Race, Middle East
Profile
Professor Fawaz A. Gerges
Professor of International Relations
Programme Director, MSc International Relations
Room: CBG.10.03
+44 (0)20 7955 7393
f.gerges@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: International Relations Middle East, Domestic Politics Middle East States
Profile
Personal website
Dr Patrick Gill-Tiney
LSE Fellow
Room: CBG.10.01
+44 (0)20 7106 1954
p.gill-tiney@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: Major Powers, International Order, International Security, United Nations
Profile
Personal website
Not available to supervise MPhil/PhD students
Dr Teona Giuashvili
David Davies of Llandinam Research Fellow (DINAM)
Room: CBG.9.16
t.giuashvili@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: Political and Security developments in Eastern Europe; Russia’s war against Ukraine; EU, US and NATO policies towards the region; Black Sea Security
DINAM Fellowship
Profile
Not available to supervise MPhil/PhD students
Dr Sinja Graf
Assistant Professor
Room: CBG.8.06
+44 (0)20 7107 5067
s.graf@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: International Theory, International Politlcal Thought, International (Criminal) Law and Imperialism, Violence and Global Order
Profile
Dr Jürgen Haacke
Associate Professor
Room: CBG.9.01
+44 (0)20 7955 7399
j.haacke@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: International politics and security of Southeast Asia including great power relations, ASEAN regionalism and regional order, politics and foreign policy of Burma/Myanmar, foreign policy analysis
Profile
Dr Jonny Hall
LSE Fellow
Room: CBG.9.04
+44 (0)20 7106 1966
j.hall5@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: US foreign policy analysis, public opinion, war, international security
Profile
Not available to supervise MPhil/PhD students
Dr Asha Herten-Crabb
IRD Fellow
Room: STC S213
a.k.herten-crabb@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: global health, international trade, international political economy, feminist and anti-imperial policy analysis
Profile
Not available to supervise MPhil/PhD students.
Professor Mark Hoffman
Professor (Education)
Associate Vice President and Pro-Vice Chancellor for Education
Room: OLD.1.09
+44 (0)20 7107 5197
m.hoffman@lse.ac.uk
Research interests: Critical international relations theory; critical peace studies; role of third parties in peace process.
Mr Hoffman is not taking on new PhD students for entry in 2024/25.
Dr Kira Huju
LSE Fellow
Room: CBG.9.08
+44 (0)20 7955 6807
k.huju@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: India, global order, liberal internationalism, Europe in the world
Profile
Personal website
Not available to supervise MPhil/PhD students
Dr David K Johnson
LSE Fellow in IPE
Room: CBG.9.08
+44 (0)20 7955 7705
d.k.johnson@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: IR theory; global political economy; historical IR; empire and global order; US foreign policy; history of capitalism; qualitative and interpretivist methodologies
Profile
Not available to supervise MPhil/PhD students
Dr Lucy Kneebone
LSE Fellow
+44 (0)20 7955 7409
Room: STC S216
l.kneebone@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: migration studies, border studies, critical theory, postcolonial theory
Profile
Not available to supervise MPhil/PhD students
Dr Dillon Laaker
LSE Fellow in IPE
Room: CBG.9.08
d.laaker@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: International political economy, international institutions, trade, immigration, firm behavior, and public opinion
Profile
Personal website
Not available to supervise MPhil/PhD students
Dr Milli Lake
Associate Professor
Room: CBG.8.03
+44 (0)20 7955 7379
m.lake@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: Civil wars, political violence, security, state-building, rule of law, governance, Sub-Saharan Africa
Profile
Personal website
On leave Autumn Term 2024
Professor Tomila Lankina
Professor in International Relations
Room: CBG.10.13
+44 (0)20 7107 5239
t.lankina@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: Democratization, Popular Protest, Russia, Eastern Europe
Profile
Personal website
Julie Lespinasse
IRD Fellow
Room: STC S213
j.l.lespinasse@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: International Organisations; Democratisation; Public Policy; Development; the Politics of Inequality
Profile
Not available to supervise MPhil/PhD students
Dr Oksana Levkovych
LSE Fellow in IPE
Room: STC S212
o.levkovych@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: International political economy (IPE), power transitions (UK-US, US-China), trade
Profile
Not available to supervise MPhil/PhD students
Professor Jens Meierhenrich
Professor of International Relations
Room: CBG.10.04
+44 (0)20 7955 7394
j.meierhenrich@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: Rule of law, transitional justice, international criminal law, authoritarianism, genocide
Profile
Personal website
Jack Mellish
IRD Fellow
Room: STC S213
j.r.mellish@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: International Relations Theory; English School Theory; Cold War History; The Non-Aligned Movement; South-South Cooperation; The Emergence of Post-Colonial States; Just War Theory; Ethics
Profile
Not available to supervise MPhil/PhD students
Dr John Minnich
Assistant Professor, IPE
Room: CBG.9.05
j.minnich@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: Rise of China, industrial and technology policy, US-China relations
Profile
Dr Irene Morlino
LSE Fellow
Room: CGB.10.07
+44 (0)20 7955 7062
i.morlino@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: EU humanitarian aid, EU-UN relations, EU security and defence; International Organisations (IOs)
Profile
Not available to supervise MPhil/PhD students
Dr James Morrison
Associate Professor, IPE
Deputy Head of Department (Teaching and Learning)
Room: CBG.9.12
+44 (0)20 7955 7171
j.a.morrison@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: International political economy, ideas and intellectuals in foreign policy, international organisation, history of political and economic thought, British economic history, and early American history.
Profile
Personal website
Dr Natalya Naqvi
Assistant Professor, IPE
Room: CBG.8.01
+44 (0)20 7107 5189
n.naqvi@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: Economic development, role of the state, finance, industrial policy, globalisation
Profile
Personal website
Dr Victoria Paniagua
Assistant Professor, IPE
Room: CBG.8.14
+44 (0)20 7106 1965
v.paniagua@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: political economy, development, redistribution, inequality, interest group politics, state-building
Profile
Dr Maria Sol Parrales
LSE Fellow in IPE
Room: CBG.10.07
m.s.parrales-lopez@lse.ac.uk
Profile coming soon
Not available to supervise MPhil/PhD students
Dr McKenzie Ratner
LSE Fellow in IPE
Room: CBG.9.04
+44 (0) 7955 7167
m.m.ratner@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: International Institutions, International Political Economy, Compliance and Conditionality, Global Governance, Quantitative Methods
Profile
Not available to supervise MPhil/PhD students
Dr Howie Rechavia-Taylor
LSE Fellow
Room: CBG.10.08
+44 (0)20 7955 6887
h.rechavia-taylor@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: Race and Empire; Jewish diasporic politics; Historical Anthropology/Sociology; Gender and Sexuality; Global Fascism; Postcolonial Europe
Profile
Not available to supervise MPhil/PhD students
Ryan Rousseau
Research Officer
r.rousseau@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: Computational methods, network analysis, machine learning, public opinion
Profile
Not available to supervise MPhil/PhD students.
Dr Giulia Sciorati
LSE Fellow
Room: CBG.10.01
+44 (0)20 7107 5694
g.sciorati@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: Narrative power; Visual international politics; Political instrumentalisation of historical memory; Cultural and heritage diplomacy; International Politics of China; China-Central Asia relations
Profile
Not available to supervise MPhil/PhD students
Dr Ulrich Sedelmeier
Associate Professor (Reader)
Programme Director, Sciences-Po-LSE Double Degree in Affaires Internationales and IR/IPE
Room: CBG.10.02
+44 (0)20 7955 7166
u.sedelmeier@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: International institutions, European Union, compliance, conditionality
Profile
Professor Karen E. Smith
Professor of International Relations
Room: CBG.10.14
+44 (0)20 7955 6332
k.e.smith@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: EU foreign policy, EU-UN relations, human rights, genocide, Brexit
Profile
Personal website
Dr Theresa Squatrito
Associate Professor
Room: CBG.8.08
+44 (0)20 7106 1213
t.j.squatrito@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: International organisations and law, international courts, global governance, civil society and NGOs, human rights
Profile
Dr Lauren Sukin
Assistant Professor
Room: CBG.9.06
+44 (0)20 7955 7171
l.sukin@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: International Security, Nuclear Weapons, Alliance Politics, Cybersecurity
Profile
Personal website
On leave academic year 2024/5
Dr Luca Tardelli
Associate Professor (Education) and Departmental Tutor
Programme Director, BSc IR
Room: CBG.10.05
+44 (0)20 7107 5706
l.tardelli@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: International security, Military intervention, US foreign policy, Realism
Profile
Personal website
Dr Peter Wilson
Associate Professor
Room: CBG.10.11
+44 (0)20 7955 7391
p.c.wilson@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: International relations theory, especially the English school; the theory and practice of international relations during the interwar period.
Profile
Dr Wilson is not taking on new PhD students for entry in 2024/25.
Dr Noah Zucker
Assistant Professor, IPE
Room: CBG.9.03
+44 (0)20 7106 1964
n.zucker@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: Political economy of climate change and decarbonization; politics of gender, ethnicity, and race; international organizations and global governance.
Profile
Romy Mokogwu
Department Affairs Co-ordinator
Ask me about: Finances, HR and Recruitment, Departmental Policy and Processes, Facilities Management (incl Meeting room bookings)
Room: CBG.10.09
+44 (0)20 7852 3768
r.mokogwu@lse.ac.uk
More information about Romy
Andrew Sherwood
Department Manager
Ask me about: Strategy and development of the department, planning and management of departmental resources (human, financial and accommodation), liaision with central services, leadership of the PSS team and its development, quality assurance, governance and compliance, legal issues and critical incidents.
Room: CBG.10.06
+44 (0)20 7852 3769 (ext: 3769)
a.sherwood@lse.ac.uk
More information about Andrew
Olukayode Bakare
Visiting Fellow
o.bakare1@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: Sub-Saharan African politics and international relations; foreign policy; international organizations; democracy; development; peace and security
Profile
Not available to supervise PhD students
Hassan Damluji
Visiting Senior Fellow
h.m.damluji@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: Global Health, philanthropy, development finance, diplomacy, public attitudes
Profile
Not available to supervise PhD students
Professor Carolina Garriga
Visiting Professor
a.garriga@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: International Political Economy; Comparative Political Economy; International Organisations; Political economy of money and finance; Central banks; Foreign direct investment
Profile
Not available to supervise PhD students
Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu
Visiting Senior Fellow
g.ibadoghlu@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: The political effects of natural resources in Caspian Sea Basin regions and the correlation between corruption and authoritarianism, rentier's state, and challenges for the transition into democracy.
Profile
Not available to supervise PhD students
Dr Paul Kirby
Visiting Senior Fellow
p.c.kirby@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: Sexual violence, Gender, Women Peace and Security agenda, War Studies
Profile
Not available to supervise PhD students
Dr Robert Kissack
Visiting Senior Fellow
r.e.kissack@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: European Union foreign policy across the UN system, including new forms of informal and complex global governance models
Profile
Not available to supervise PhD students
Wan-Ping Lin
Visiting Fellow
w.lin18@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: Chinese International Relations Theories, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, East Asian international relations
Profile
Not available to supervise PhD students
Dr Anahita Motazed Rad
Visiting Senior Fellow
a.motazed-rad@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: Iran, Middle East Political Affairs, Development of Trans-Regional Powers Relations in the Middle East
Profile
Not available to supervise PhD students
Prospective applicants and students should contact Undergraduate Admissions and Graduate Admissions for any queries relating to the application process. Please also visit our FAQ section which will answer many questions.