Virtual Graduate Open Events
This online event will enable prospective PhD students to submit their own questions to our panel of current LSE PhD students. The event will take place online via Zoom.
Attendance is free of charge and does not form part of the School’s selection process.
To attend the event, you will need to register in advance by clicking on ‘How can I attend?’. After registering you will receive a confirmation email which will include a Zoom Webinar link. You will be able to access the event on the day via this link.
You may also be interested in attending other Virtual Graduate Open Events.
All event times are UK local time.
Panelists
Emmanuel C. P. Awohouedji
Emmanuel is a final year PhD Candidate in Human Geography and Urban Studies with the Department of Geography and Environment. His current research is an ethnographic-inspired investigation of a major road development project in the Republic of Benin. He is involved with the Civic Academy for Africa’s Future (CiAAF) think tank in the same country. One of his ultimate goals is to inform urban policy with academic inputs.
Vincent Chung
Vincent, a second year PhD student in environmental economics in the Department of Geography and Environment, explores virtual environments and virtual reality applications within stated preference methods to address methodological challenges. His work aims to reduce hypothetical bias and scope insensitivity in environmental valuation. Previously, he served as a Senior Military Intelligence Officer, leading strategic analysis. Vincent holds an MSc from LSE and a BA from Manchester.
Aishwarya Bellam
Aishwarya is a PhD researcher in the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science. She is an organizational psychologist with prior work experience in the space of human resources management for a luxury brand hospitality company. She holds a Master’s Degree in Psychology and is passionate about how behaviour shapes workplace cultures.
Mina Rigby-Thompson
Mina is a second year PhD student in the Department of International History at LSE. She moved to London from Vancouver, where she completed a BA and MA at the University of British Columbia. Her research focuses on American foreign policy efforts in the Eastern Mediterranean during the 1960s and 1970s.
Shivani Rao
Shivani is a first year MPhil/PhD Student in Data, Networks and Society at LSE in the Department of Media and Communications, and holds an MSc in Media and Communications (Research) from the LSE, and a Bachelor of Mass Media (Journalism) from Mumbai University. She has previously contributed to projects on media ownership, internet policy, digital human rights, smart cities, digitisation policy, user-generated content and social media.