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Academic Leadership

The Academic Leadership team are responsible for planning and implementing the School's range of research and engagement initiatives, as well as developing prospective projects and external links.

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Professor Andrés Velasco

Dean of the School of Public Policy

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Professor Tony Travers

Associate Dean of the School of Public Policy

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Professor Vanessa Rubio-Márquez

Associate Dean for Extended Education

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Dr Joana Naritomi

Academic Director

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Dr Lloyd Gruber

MPA Programme Director

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Professor Alexander Evans

MPA in Data Science for Public Policy Programme Director

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Dr Simon Bastow

MPP Programme Director

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Professor Sir Charles Bean

EMPA/EMPP Programme Co-Director

 

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Professor Dan Berliner

EMPA/EMPP Programme Co-Director

Faculty

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Professor Nava Ashraf

Professor of Economics

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Professor Nicholas Barr

Professor of Public Economics

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Dr Simon Bastow

Associate Professorial (Education)

Programme Director, Master of Public Policy (MPP)

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Professor Sir Tim Besley

School Professor of Economics and Political Science

Gwyn Bevan

Professor Gwyn Bevan

Emeritus Professor of Policy Analysis

Gharad Bryan

Dr Gharad Bryan

Associate Professor of Economics

Robin Burgess

Professor Robin Burgess

Professor of Economics

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Professor Stephan Chambers

Professor in Practice

Director, Marshall Institute for Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship

Alexandra-Cirone

Dr Alexandra Cirone

Assistant Professor

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Professor Richard Davies

Professor in Practice

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Dr Jeremiah Dittmar

Associate Professor of Economics

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Marion Dumas

Assistant Professorial Research Fellow

 

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Professor Alexander Evans

Professor in Practice

Programme Director, MPA in Data Science for Public Policy

Tasha Fairfield

Dr Tasha Fairfield

Associate Professor of Development Studies

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Professor Luis Garicano

Professor of Public Policy

Professor Sir Julian Le Grand

Professor Sir Julian Le Grand 

Professor of Social Policy

 

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Dr Lloyd Gruber

Assistant Professor of Political Economy of Development

Programme Director, Master of Public Administration 

Rafael Hortala-Vallve

Professor Rafael Hortala-Vallve

Professor of Political Science and Public Policy

Ethan Ilzetzki

Dr Ethan Ilzetzki

Associate Professor of Economics

Stephen Jenkins

Professor Stephen Jenkins

Professor of Economic and Social Policy

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Dr Casey Kearney

Assistant Professor (Education)

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Professor Adnan Khan

Professor in Practice

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Professor Valentino Larcinese

Professor of Public Policy

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Professor Richard Layard

Professor of Economics

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Professor Martin Lodge

Professor of Political Science and Public Policy

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Mr Frank Muci

Policy Fellow

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Dr Joana Naritomi

Associate Professor

 

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Professor Berkay Ozcan

Professor of Social and Public Policy

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Professor John Van Reenen

Ronald Coase Chair in Economics and School Professor

Jonathan Roberts

Professor Jonathan Roberts

Professor (Education) in Civil Society and Public Policy

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Dr Philipp Rode

Associate Professor (Education) 

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Dr Lewis Ross

Assistant Professor

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Professor Vanessa Rubio-Márquez

Professor in Practice

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Aurélien Saussay

Assistant Professorial Research Fellow

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Dr Sandra Sequeira

Associate Professor of Development Economics

Mark Schankerman

Professor Mark Schankerman

Professor of Economics

Johannes Spinnewijn

Professor Johannes Spinnewijn

Professor of Economics

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Professor Daniel Sturm

Professor of Economics

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Professor Andrés Velasco

Professor of Public Policy 

Dean

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Dr Savvas Verdis

Senior Lecturer in Practice

Joachim Wehner

Dr Joachim Wehner

Associate Professor of Public Policy

Fellows, Teaching Fellows and Guest Teachers

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Camila Arroyo-Form

Graduate Teaching Assistant
Course: PP413 Growth Diagnostics in Development: Theory and Practice

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Ignacio Banares-Sanchez 

Teaching Fellow
Course: PP454 Development Economics  

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Dr Alessandra Basso

LSE Fellow
Course: PP406 Philosophy for Public Policy

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Jasper Bechtold

Teaching Fellow 
Course: PP402 Quantitative Methods for Public Policy

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Bryan Cheang

Guest Teacher
Course: PP431 Reimagining Capitalism

Benjamin-Dahmen

Ben Dahmen

Teaching Fellow
Course: PP410 Public Economics for Public Policy  

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Sheyla Enciso-Valdivia

Graduate Teaching Assistant
Course: PP413 Growth Diagnostics in Development: Theory and Practice

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Miguel Fajardo-Steinhauser  

Teaching Fellow
Course: PP452 Applying Behavioural Economics for Social Impact: Design, Delivery, Evaluation and Policy 

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Dr Vincent Harting

Guest Teacher
Course: PP406 Philosophy for Public Policy

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Nilmini Herath

Teaching Fellow
Course: PP455 Quantitative Approaches and Policy Analysis

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Aidan Hughes 

Teaching Fellow
Course: PP411A Political Entrepreneurship  

Felix-iglhaut

Felix Iglhaut

Teaching Fellow
Course: PP402 Quantitative Methods for Public Policy

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Amen Jalal

Teaching Fellow
Course: PP440 Micro and Macro Economics

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Kirstine La Cour 

LSE Fellow
Course: PP406 Philosophy for Public Policy  

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Runpu Li

Teaching Fellow
Course: PP440 Micro and Macro Economics

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Johannes Matt

Teaching Fellow
Course: PP418 Globalisation and Public Policy 

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Thomas Monk

Course: PP455 Quantitative Approaches and Policy Analysis 

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Marta Morando

Teaching Fellow

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Dr Zhamilya Mukasheva 

LSE Fellow in Public Policy 
Course: PP405 Public Policy Applications  

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Charlie Nourse

Teaching Fellow
Course: PP433 Topics in Model-based Quantitative Analysis for Public Policy

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Ekaterina Oparina

Guest Teacher
Course: PP424 Happiness and Public Policy 

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Lisa Pacheco 

Teaching Fellow
Course: PP404 Economics for Public Policy

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Dr Raja Panjwani

Guest Teacher
Course: PP406 Philosophy for Public Policy

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Alberto Parmigiani

LSE Fellow in Political Science and Public Policy
Course: PP478 Political Science for Public Policy 

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Dylan Potts

LSE Fellow in Political Science and Public Policy
Courses: PP401 Political Science for Public Policy, PP478 Political Science for Public Policy 

Santiago-Quintero

Santiago Quintero-Suarez

Guest Teacher
Course: PP403 Public Management

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Line Relisieux

Graduate Teaching Assistant
Course: PP414 Policy Making: Process, Challenges and Outcomes

Beatriz-Ribeiro

Beatriz Ribeiro

Teaching Fellow
Course: PP404 Economics for Public Policy

Emiliano-Rinaldi

Emiliano Rinaldi

Teaching Fellow
Course: PP454 Development Economics 

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Pol Simpson 

Teaching Fellow
Course: PP419 Advanced Empirical Methods for Policy Analysis 

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Thomas Stephens 

Teaching Fellow
Courses: PP403 Public Management, PP405 Public Policy Applications  

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Hamza Syed

Teaching Fellow
Course: PP455 Quantitative Approaches and Policy Analysis  

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Xavier Tierney

Teaching Fellow
Course: PP440 Micro and Macro Economics

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Linchuan Xu 

Teaching Fellow
Course: PP440 Micro and Macro Economics

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Yuanhang (Leo) Yu

Teaching Fellow
Course: PP455 Quantitative Approaches and Policy Analysis 

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Dr Tamar Zeilberger

LSE Fellow
Course: PP478 Political Science for Public Policy 

Visiting Appointments

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Rt Hon Sir Vince Cable

Visiting Professor in Practice

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Hugh Cole

Visiting Senior Fellow

 

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Philip Collins

Visiting Senior Fellow

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Dimitri Demekas

Visiting Senior Fellow

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Professor Niall Ferguson

Visiting Professor

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Gene Frieda

Visiting Senior Fellow

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Dr Laura Gilbert

Visiting Professor in Practice

 

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Valeria Gontareva

Visiting Senior Fellow

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Professor Ricardo Hausmann

Visiting Professor in Practice

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Dr Tim Leunig

Visiting Professor in Practice

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Dr Ousmène Jacques Mandeng

Visiting Fellow

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Geoffrey Myers

Visiting Professor in Practice

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Dr Dzhamilya Nigmatulina

Visiting Fellow

 

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Dr Charles Okehalam

Visiting Professor in Practice 

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Professor Lant Pritchett

Visiting Professor

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Michael Reid

Visiting Professor in Practice

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Mr Valerio Riavez

Visiting Senior Fellow

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Dr Christopher Sabatini

Visiting Senior Fellow

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Christopher Schildt 

Visiting Senior Fellow 

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Dr Előd Takáts

Visiting Professor in Practice

LSE Cities Executive Group

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Professor Ricky Burdett

Director of LSE Cities; Professor of Urban Studies

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Dr Philipp Rode

Executive Director of LSE Cities; Associate Professorial Lecturer

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Professor Jo Beall

Emeritus Professor and Distinguished Research Fellow 


For a full list of LSE Cities Staff please visit https://www.lse.ac.uk/Cities/people

Growth Co-Lab at LSE

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Richard Davies

Director

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Rahat Siddique

Policy Manager

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Andrea Correa 

Research Officer

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Camila Arroyo From

Policy Officer

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Josh Hellings

Data Scientist

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Finn McEvoy

Data Scientist

Professional Services Staff

The Professional Services team supports students and faculty to deliver the School's teaching, research, and engagement initiatives. 


Head of Professional Services

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James Deeley

School Manager

j.a.deeley@lse.ac.uk 

Ask me about: Leadership of the PSS Team, Strategic Planning, Budgeting, Governance, Liaison with Central Services 


Operations

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Jim Osborne

Head of Projects and Operations 

j.osborne2@lse.ac.uk 

Ask me about: Visiting Appointments, Departmental Scholarships, Department Research Units, Research Hourly-Paid Contracts, Space Management, SPP Department Management Committee 


Dean's Office

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Pilar Frogley

Executive Assistant to Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy

Spp.Deansoffice@lse.ac.uk 

Working days: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays

Ask me about: Management of the Dean’s Schedule and Commitments, Logistical Support to the Dean 


 Programmes Team 

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Caroline Boswell

Head of Programme Delivery

c.boswell@lse.ac.uk 

Working days:  Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 

Ask me about: Programme Delivery, Teaching Allocation, Teaching Contracts, Departmental Teaching Committee 


 

Michelle Batten

Michelle Batten

MPA Programme Manager

For Master of Public Administration (MPA) enquiries, please contact mpa@lse.ac.uk 

Ask me about: MPA Programme Administration, Student Support, Student Regulations & Policies, Course Selection, Exams  


 

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Victoria Bryant

Programme Administrator (MPA Double Degrees and MPA in Data Science for Public Policy)

For Master of Public Administration Double Degree (MPA Double Degrees) enquiries, please contact  spp.doubledegrees@lse.ac.uk 

For Master of Public Administration in Data Science for Public Policy (MPA-DSPP) enquiries, please contact  spp.datascience@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: MPA Double Degrees/MPA- DSPP Programme Administration, Student Support, Student Regulations & Policies, Moodle, Assessments 


 

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Teresa Chung

MPA Programme Administrator

For Master of Public Administration (MPA) enquiries, please contact mpa@lse.ac.uk 

Ask me about: MPA Programme Administration, Student Support, Student Regulations & Policies, Moodle, Assessments


 

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Heather Gorrie

Executive Programmes Manager

For Executive Master of Public Administration (EMPA) and Executive Master of Public Policy (EMPP) enquiries, please contact execmpa@lse.ac.uk 

Working days: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 

Ask me about: EMPA/EMPP Programme Delivery and Development, EMPA/EMPP Teaching, Executive Student Support 


 

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Zuzana Navratilova

Executive Programmes Administrator

For Executive Master of Public Administration (EMPA) and Executive Master of Public Policy (EMPP) enquiries, please contact execmpa@lse.ac.uk 

Working days:  Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 

Ask me about: EMPA/EMPP Programme Delivery, Assessments, Moodle, Executive Student Experience, Executive Student Support 


 

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Andrew Park

MPP Programme Administrator

For Master of Public Policy (MPP) enquiries, please contact  mpp@lse.ac.uk 

Ask me about: MPP Programme Administration, Student Support, Student Regulations & Policies, Moodle, Assessments


 

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Jemima Swallow

Programme Manager (MPP and Student Partnerships)

For Master of Public Policy (MPP) enquiries, please contact mpp@lse.ac.uk  

Working days: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday

Ask me about: MPP Programme Administration, Student Support, Student Regulations & Policies, Course Selection, Exams, SPP Student Partnerships, Professional Skills Accelerator 


 

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Verity Wilkes

Programme Manager (MPA Double Degrees and MPA in Data Science for Public Policy)

For Master of Public Administration Double Degrees (MPA Double Degrees) enquiries, please contact  spp.doubledegrees@lse.ac.uk

For Master of Public Administration in Data Science for Public Policy (MPA-DSPP) enquiries, please contact spp.datascience@lse.ac.uk

Working days:  Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday & every other Wednesday 

Ask me about: MPA Double Degrees/MPA- DSPP Programme Administration, Student Support, Student Regulations & Policies, Course Selection, Exams


Careers

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Barnaby Mollett

SPP Careers Consultant

b.mollett@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Job search strategies, Labour Market Knowledge, Employers, Alumni, LinkedIn, Career Change/Pivot, CV & Cover Letter Writing, Interview Preparation, Networking 


 


Events, Communications and Alumni Engagement Team

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Polly Liouta

Head of Engagement and Research Communications

k.liouta@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Events Management & Strategy, Event and Research Communications and Social Media, Alumni Engagement, SPP Annual Report


 

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Laura Malouf

Events and Communications Officer

spp.events@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Public Events, Event Promotion 


 

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Delphine Polidori

Digital Communications Officer

d.m.polidori@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Web Pages, Research & News Social Media, Video Production, SPP Annual Report 


 

Hannah-Shearer

Hannah Shearer

Alumni Engagement Officer

spp.alumni@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Alumni Relations, Alumni Events, Alumni Engagement Programme  


 

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Carolina Stern

Events and Communications Manager

spp.events@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Public Events, Conferences, Event Communications 


Development and Marketing

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Andrew Brennen

Head of Extended Education Development

a.brennen@lse.ac.uk
spp.exec.admissions@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Applications to SPP Executive Programmes, Executive Master of Public Policy (UK civil service), SPP Business Development Opportunities – Internal & External


 

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Georgina Whitham

Head of Marketing, Analytics and Student Recruitment

g.whitham@lse.ac.uk

Working Days: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday & every other Wednesday 

Ask me about: Student Recruitment, Marketing Strategy & Campaigns, Salesforce, Analytics, Marketing Communications & Social Media


 

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Sarah Massey

Marketing and Student Experience Administrator 

s.l.massey@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Student Recruitment, Student Experience, Student Events, Student Recruitment Digital Content, Social Media

 


 Research

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Dr Irene Bucelli

Beveridge 2.0 Programme Co-ordinator and Managing Editor of the LSE Public Policy Review 

i.bucelli@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Beveridge 2.0 Redefining the Social Contract, Beveridge Symposia, Research on Multidimensional Inequality and Multidimensional Poverty 


 

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Jenevieve Treadwell 

Policy Fellow

j.treadwell@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: London Policy, Housing, Spatial Research