Dr Nayat Horozoglu

Dr Nayat Horozoglu is an Assistant Professor (Education) in the Department of Management at LSE. She focuses on analytically rigorous and inclusive management education, with particular emphasis on embedding sustainability and graduate skills, and on the role of AI in shaping learning behaviours and assessment. She supports student development through structured academic mentoring and serves as EDI Lead for the Department of Management.

Nayat’s teaching and curriculum development embed sustainability, graduate skills, and digital capabilities within disciplinary learning and across assessment and course design. This includes contributions to LSE-wide discussions on education for sustainability and collaboration with LSE’s Digital Skills Lab.

In parallel, Nayat is conducting research on the role of AI in management education, grounded in her own courses and student data, in partnership with LSE's Education Evaluation team. This work focuses on how AI is reshaping student thinking and engagement with assessment, informed by her reflective practice as an educator. She is also contributing to the AI in Management Education project.

Nayat plays an active role in the academic and professional development of undergraduate and executive-level postgraduate students through tailored academic mentoring. She supports learners in navigating complex academic transitions and developing analytical and reflective capabilities.

As EDI Lead for the Department of Management, Nayat’s role encompasses advising on inclusive curriculum and assessment design, and contributing to the department's EDI strategy and practice. She represents the department on EDI at School level and has served on the School's Access and Participation Plan Steering Group. She has sustained involvement in widening participation through initiatives such as LSE Explore, engaging large cohorts of prospective students to support access to higher education.

Nayat is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has received multiple institutional and departmental awards recognising her excellence in education and academic contributions. Her work has also been supported through the Eden Centre Development Fund and the Education for Sustainability Fund.

Nayat holds an MSc and a PhD in Management Science (Operational Research) from LSE. Her PhD applied mathematical modelling techniques and game theory to cost allocation problems in wireless networks.

Before returning to LSE in 2019, Nayat worked for more than seven years as a consultant advising trustee and corporate clients on complex pensions, investment, and risk decisions. She qualified as a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries in 2016.

Expertise

Management education; inclusive teaching; widening participation; sustainability and graduate skills in management education; AI and learning; quantitative modelling for managerial decision-making.