The PhD in Environmental Policy and Development aims to provide students with a rigorous, research-based approach to the social scientific study of environmental change and development. The doctoral programme provides students with advanced and up-to-date teaching in environmental governance and development studies as well as tailored research skills training. Moreover, the doctoral experience at LSE exposes students to an international, vibrant and multidisciplinary research environment.
The programme is run by the Environmental Economics and Policy cluster of the Department of Geography and Environment. The cluster brings together experts in environmental change, geography, political science and economics with an interest in advancing empirical understanding and theory of environmental performance, behaviour and governance across a range of geographic scales. All members have strong expertise in environmental economics and/or policy and are regularly involved in high profile consultancy work for national and international organisations. The cluster has also attracted substantial grants from the European Commission, the ESRC and the Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment. It is closely involved with the research programmes of the ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. In addition, the Environmental Economics & Policy cluster and Grantham Research Institute run the MSc in Environmental Economics and Climate Change.
The PhD in Environmental Policy and Development provides students with the knowledge and skill to be competitive in both private and public sector employment. Previous doctoral students have found employment in academic and research institutions, as well as in international organisations, the environmental consultancy sector, and high-profile positions in governmental institutions.