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We offer a unique opportunity to study Actuarial Science, Data Science, Financial Statistics, Insurance and Risk and Social Statistics in a university with a world class reputation of academic excellence in the social sciences.

Department staff

Academic faculty

James Abdey 2021

Dr James Abdey
Associate Professor (Education)

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Dr Mona Azadkia
Assistant Professor 

 

M Barreto 2021

Dr Marcos Barreto
Assistant Professor (Education), Department Lead on AI and KEI Strategic Lead

Prof Pauline Barrieu

Professor Pauline Barrieu
Professor and Head of Department
Vice-Chair of Academic Board

Erik Baurdoux-NEW24

Dr Erik Baurdoux
Associate Professor

 

Wicher

Professor Wicher Bergsma
Professor 

On sabbatical until Spring Term 2025 

Dr Umit Cetin

Professor Umut Cetin
Professor

 

Dr Yining Chen

Dr Yining Chen
Associate Professor

Yunxiao

Dr Yunxiao Chen
Associate Professor 

On sabbatical until Winter Term 2025 

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Dr Sara Geneletti
Associate Professor and MSc Health Data Science Programme Director 

David-Itkin

Dr David Itkin
Assistant Professor

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Dr Kostas Kalogeropoulos
Associate Professor and MSc Statistics Programme Director

Professor Kostas Kardaras

Professor Kostas Kardaras
Professor and Deputy Head of Department (Research)

Ieva Kazlauskaite-NEW24

Dr Ieva Kazlauskaitė
Assistant Professor 

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Professor Jouni Kuha
Professor and MSc Social Statistics Programme Director 

Dr Clifford Lam

Professor Clifford Lam
Professor and PhD Programme Director

Pik Liew

Dr Pik Liew
Associate Professor (Education), BSc Actuarial Science Programme Director and Student Experience Strategic Lead

Giulia Livieri-NEW24

Dr Giulia Livieri
Assistant Professor

Joshua Loftus 2022

Dr Joshua Loftus
Assistant Professor

Gelly Mitrodima-NEW24

Dr Gelly Mitrodima
Assistant Professor (Education)

irinimoustaki

Professor Irini Moustaki
Professor and Deputy Head of Department (Teaching)

 

Chengchun Shi

Dr Chengchun Shi
Associate Professor

Andreas Søjmark

Dr Andreas Søjmark
Assistant Professor and MSc Quantitative Methods for Risk Management Programme Director

Zoltán Szabó

Professor Zoltan Szabo
Professor of Data Science and MSc Data Science programme Director

Tengyao Wang 2021

Professor Tengyao Wang
Professor and MSc Statistics (Financial Statistics) Programme Director 

Professor Qiwei Yao

Professor Qiwei Yao
Professor 

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Dr Christine Yuen
Assistant Professor (Education) and BSc Data Science Programme Director

Xiaolin Zhu

Dr Xiaolin Zhu
Assistant Professor (Education) and BSc Mathematics, Statistics and Business Programme Director 

Academic associates - Emeritus Professors, Guest Lecturers, Fellows and Visiting staff

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Professor Anthony Atkinson
Emeritus Professor in Statistics

Phil Chan 2022 2

Dr Phil Chan
Guest Lecturer

Nicholas Cron NEW

Dr Nicholas Cron
Guest Lecturer

Haziq Jamil

Haziq Jamil
Visiting Fellow

Anastasia

Dr Anastasia Kakou
Guest Lecturer and GTA Mentor

Anica kostic 2022

Dr Anica Kostic
LSE Fellow

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Dr Martin Knott
Emeritus Associate Professor in Statistics

 

 

Yirui Liu 2022

Dr Yirui Liu
Visiting Fellow

Milt Mavrakakis 2022

Dr Milt Mavrakakis
Guest Lecturer

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Professor Colm O’Muircheartaigh
Visiting Professor, University of Chicago 

Francesca Panero 2022

Dr Francesca Panero
Visiting Fellow

Alexandros Pavlis (1)

Alexandros Pavlis
LSE Fellow

Karsten Shaw

Karsten Shaw
Guest Lecturer

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Professor Howell Tong
Emeritus Professor in Statistics

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Dr Konstantinos Vamvourellis
Visiting Fellow 

 

Kaifang Zhou

Dr Kaifang Zhou
LSE Fellow

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Dr George Zouros
Guest Teacher

Research staff

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Dr Xuewen Yu
Research Fellow 

Jin Zhu 2023 web

Dr Jin Zhu
Research Officer

Professional services staff

Steve

Steve Ellis
Undergraduate Programmes Manager
s.j.ellis@lse.ac.uk | +44 (0)20 7955 7650 | COL 6.11

Ask me about: BSc Actuarial Science, BSc Data Science and BSc Mathematics, Statistics and Business. 

Iulia Dumitras-NEW24

Iulia Dumitras
Programme Manager 
i.dumitras@lse.ac.uk | COL 6.11

Ask me about: Supporting our departmental strategy, such as alumni and external engagement

Muhammed Iqbal

Muhammed Sabih Iqbal
PhD Programmes and Teaching Manager
m.s.iqbal@lse.ac.uk | +44 20 7955 7355 | COL 6.11

Ask me about: PhD/MPhil queries, class and seminar teaching and Graduate Teaching Assistants. 

Yanli Ji

Yanli Ji
Programmes Administrator
y.ji4@lse.ac.uk | +44 (0)20 7955 7453 | COL 6.11

Ask me about: General programme enquiries, coursework submissions, newsletters and exams administration.   

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Sarah McManus
MSc Programmes Manager
Stats-Msc@lse.ac.uk | COL 6.11

Ask me about: MSc Data Science, MSc Health Data Science (joint programme between Department of Health Policy and Department of Statistics), MSc Statistics (all streams) and MSc QMRM. Sarah will not be able to answer any admissions related queries. Please contact graduate admissions directly.

Penny Montague

Penny Montague
Research and Finance Manager
p.montague@lse.ac.uk | +44 (0)20 7955 7511 | COL 6.12

Ask me about: Research and finance.
(Queries about the MPhil/PhD programme should be sent to Muhammed Iqbal.) 

Charlotte Morgan

Charlotte Morgan
Office Administrator
c.morgan2@lse.ac.uk | +44 (0)20 7107 5172 | COL 6.14

Ask me about: Event and administrative support.

Imelda Noble

Imelda Noble Andolfo
Department Manager
i.noble-andolfo@lse.ac.uk | +44 (0)20 7955 7731 | COL 6.13

Ask me about: Logistics, academic recruitment, teaching strategy, GTAs and planning. 

Franks Reyes

Franks Reyes-Sarria
Department Senior Student Adviser 

Contact details available here.

Ask me about: Getting advice and support.

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Penelope Smith
Communications Officer
p.a.smith@lse.ac.uk | +44 (0)20 7955 7629 | COL 6.14

Ask me about: Social media, student experience, website management, alumni events, student hub and graduation. 

Montana Tracey-NEW24

Montana Tracey
Office Assistant
m.tracey1@lse.ac.uk | +44 (0)20 7955 7644 | COL 6.14

Ask me about: Facilities and administrative support. 

PhD students