Job Market Candidates

Welcome to our Job Market Candidates page for the 2025–26 academic year. Here you will find a list of PhD students, postdoctoral researchers and teaching fellows from the Department of Geography and Environment at LSE who are currently seeking academic appointments.

Our candidates represent a diverse range of research interests across human geography, environment, development, urban studies and spatial economics. They bring rigorous training, international research experience and strong teaching portfolios.

If you are interested in learning more about any of our candidates or discussing placement opportunities, please contact:

Prof Henry Overman (Director of Placement): h.g.overman@lse.ac.uk
Prof Claire Mercer (Deputy Director of Placement): c.c.mercer@lse.ac.uk

Meet our candidates

Kevin Adams
PhD in Environmental Policy and Development
Emmanuel C. P. Awohouedji
PhD candidate in Human Geography and Urban Studies
View Emmanuel's CV
Aretousa Bloom
LSE Fellow in Urban Geography
Anna Bridel
ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow in Environment
Álvaro Carbonell Rodríguez
PhD Candidate in Environmental Economics
Anomitro Chatterjee
LSE Fellow in Environmental Economics
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View CV
Muna Dajani
LSE Fellow in Environment
Ana De Menezes
PhD candidate in Environmental Policy and Development
Sarah Elven
PhD candidate in Environmental Economics
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Fernanda Gimenes
PhD candidate in Environmental Policy and Development
Ali Glisson
PhD candidate in Economic Geography
Andrea Herrera Bórquez
PhD candidate in Economic Geography
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View Job Market Paper
Anu Jogesh
PhD candidate in Environmental Policy and Development
Violet Lasdun
PhD candidate in Environmental Economics
Vivian Liu
PhD candidate in Economic Geography
Sam Loni
PhD candidate in Environmental Policy and Development
Yarden Manelzon
PhD candidate in Environmental Policy and Development
Sandiswa Mapukata
PhD candidate in Human Geography and Urban Studies
Till Meissner
PhD candidate in Economic Geography
Annalyse Moskeland
PhD candidate in Environmental Policy and Development
Gabriela Neves De Lima
PhD Candidate in Human Geography and Urban Studies
Morgan Olive-Carmellini
PhD candidate in Human Geography and Urban Studies
Jeff Pagel
Research Fellow
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Shaonlee Patran a b i s
PhD candidate in Economic Geography
Gabriele Piazza
PhD candidate in Economic Geography
Vishnu Prasad
PhD candidate in Regional and Urban Planning Studies
Natalie Pruett
PhD candidate in Economic Geography
Line Relisieux
PhD candidate in Human Geography and Urban Studies
Elena Renzullo
LSE Fellow in Economic Geography
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M. Adil Sait
PhD candidate in Economic Geography
Fizzah Sajjad
PhD candidate in Human Geography and Urban Studies
Sraman Sircar
PhD candidate in Human Geography and Urban Studies
View Sraman's CV
Martina Vittoria Sottini
PhD candidate in Human Geography and Urban Studies
Romano Tarsia
PhD candidate in Environmental Economics
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Melissa Weihmayer
PhD candidate in Regional and Urban Planning Studies
Read Melissa's CV
Ka Chi Yip
PhD candidate in Regional and Urban Planning Studies
Jingyuan Zeng
PhD candidate in Economic Geography

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