Academic staff
Prof Steve Gibbons
s.gibbons@lse.ac.uk
Professor of Economic Geography
Programme Director for MSc Geographic Data Science (from January 2025)
Undergraduate Exam Board Chair (from January 2025)
Dr Nancy Holman
n.e.holman@lse.ac.uk
Associate Professor of Urban Planning
Programme Director for MSc Regional and Urban Planning Studies
Programme Director for MSc Double Degree in Urban Policy
Dr Stephen Jarvis
s.jarvis@lse.ac.uk
Assistant Professor of Environmental Resource Economics
Deputy Director for MSc Environmental Economics and Climate Change
Programme Director for Double MSc Environmental Policy, Technology and Health
Dr Alan Mace
a.mace@lse.ac.uk
Associate Professor of Urban Planning Studies
Deputy Director for MSc Regional and Urban Planning Studies
Undergraduate Exam Board Chair (until December 2024)
Dr Erica Pani
e.m.pani@lse.ac.uk
Associate Professor (Education) of Local Economic Development and Planning
Programme Director for MSc Local Economic Development
Prof Olmo Silva
o.silva@lse.ac.uk
Professor of Real Estate Economics and Finance
Deputy Director of Doctoral Studies
Programme Director for MSc Geographic Data Science
Dr Thomas Smith
T.E.L.Smith@lse.ac.uk
Associate Professor (Education) of Environmental Geography
Programme Director for BSc Environment and Sustainable Development and BSc Environment and Sustainable Development with Economics
Teaching staff
Anicée Defrance
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Oliver Harman
Guest Teacher
Marie Holzer
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Caterina Hopkins
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Pooja Kini
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Morgan Olive-Carmellini
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Vishnu Prasad
Graduate Teaching Assistant
PhD students
Professional Services Staff
Ivanilza Da Mata
Office Co-ordinator
Room: CKK 3.27
Tel: +44 (0)20 7852 3636
Email: I.Da-Mata@lse.ac.uk
Andrea Sze
Departmental Senior Student Adviser
Email: ssc.dssa@lse.ac.uk
The Student Adviser is available to support you throughout your time at LSE, helping you to navigate the advice and support services available to you (alongside your Academic Mentor and other departmental staff), and to assist with your personal, welfare or wellbeing needs. They will also be the best person to ask for support if at any point your engagement or assessments have been impacted - they can discuss the options available to you and ensure you receive appropriate support.
You can book a 30min appointment with your Student Adviser (in-person or online) or attend an online drop-in session for quick queries - please refer to the Departmental Senior Student Advice Team webpage for your department booking form and drop-in information.
Ruby Bennett
Graduate Programmes Coordinator for:
MSc Environment and Development
MSc Environmental Economics and Climate Change
MSc Environmental Policy and Regulation
For programme enquiries: geog.env@lse.ac.uk
Hanna Wolodzko
Graduate Programmes Coordinator for:
MSc Geographic Data Science
MSc Real Estate Economics and Finance
MSc Regional and Urban Planning Studies
For MSc GDS enquiries: geog.gds@lse.ac.uk
For MSc REEF enquiries: geog.reef@lse.ac.uk
For MSc RUPS enquiries: geog.rups@lse.ac.uk
Affiliate staff
Visiting staff
- Alexandra Abello Colak
Alexandra Abello Colak is an expert in Urban Violence, Human Security and Participatory Methodologies. Visit her personal website.
- Abu Mohammad Shapan Adnan
- Gabriel Ahlfeldt
Gabriel Ahlfeldt is Professor at Humboldt University in Berlin, where he holds the Chair of Econometrics.
- Miyo Aramata
Miyo Aramata is Professor in the Department of History and Geography at the School of Arts and Letters, Meiji University, Japan.
- Ana Claudia Arruda Laprovitera
- Antonio Avila-Uribe
Antonio Avila-Uribe is an environmental and policy economist working at the JRC.
- Paroj Banerjee
Paroj Banerjee is an urban ethnographer and Lecturer at UCL.
- Anna Bridel
Anna Bridel is ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow in Environment at LSE.
- Davide Contu
Davide Contu is a former researcher at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.
- Caroline Cornish
Caroline Cornish is Humanities Research Coordinator at Kew and an honorary research fellow at Royal Holloway, University of London.
- Marco Di Cataldo
Marco Di Cataldo is Assistant Professor (RTDb) at the Department of Economics of Ca' Foscari University of Venice.
- Lucy Earle
Lucy Earle is Director, Human Settlements at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).
- Sarah Elven
Sarah Elven was a PhD student in Environmental Economics at LSE.
- Deborah Fromm
Deborah Fromm is an urban ethnographer and Urban Studies Foundation International Fellow.
- Elena Gentili
Elena Gentili is an economist at the Bank of Italy.
- Stephen Glaister
Stephen Glaister is Emeritus Professor of Transport and Infrastructure in the Centre for Transport Studies at Imperial College London.
- Ugo Guarnacci
Ugo Guarnacci is Policy Officer at the European Commission.
- Michael Harloe
Michael Harloe was Vice Chancellor of the University of Salford from 1997 to 2009. He was formerly Professor of Sociology, Dean of Social Sciences and Pro-Vice-Chancellor Research at the University of Essex. He has served on the Council of the UK Academy of Social Sciences.
- Susanne Hofmann
Susanne Hofmann is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at LSE.
- Simona Iammarino
Simona Iammarino is Professor of Applied Economics at the Department of Economics and Business of the University of Cagliari, Italy.
- Yohan Iddawela
Yohan Iddawela is an economist and geospatial data scientist at the Asian Development Bank.
- Aiko Ikemura Amaral
Aiko Ikemura Amaral is Lecturer in International Development at King's College London.
- Carolin Ioramashvili
Carolin Ioramashvili is Assistant Professor in Innovation Policy at the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex.
- Ghazala Jamil
Ghazala Jamil is Assistant Professor at the Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
- Shareen Joshi
Shareen Joshi is Associate Professor at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
- Mohsen Khezri
Mohsen Khezri has held academic appointments as an Assistant Professor at Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran, and the University of Kurdistan Hewlêr (UKH), Erbil, Iraq.
- Hans Koster
Hans Koster is Professor of Urban Economics and Real Estate at the Department of Spatial Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
- Loretta Lees
Loretta Lees is a university professor, urbanist, author, and scholar-activist. She is the Director of the Initiative on Cities and Professor of Sociology at Boston University.
- Chandra Morrison Ariyo
Chandra Morrison Ariyo is an urban ethnographer who specializes in public art practices, visual culture, and urbanism in Latin America.
- Guy Morrell
Guy Morrell is a Teaching Associate in the Department of Land Economy at the University of Cambridge. He was formerly Head of the Real Estate Investment team within HSBC Asset Management.
- Lorenzo Neri
Lorenzo Neri is Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics and Finance of the University of Rome "Tor Vergata", and a Research Affiliate at IZA and CESifo.
- Mark Nesbitt
Mark Nesbitt is Honorary Associate Professor at UCL Institute of Archaeology, Visiting Professor at Royal Holloway, University of London and Senior Research Leader at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Mara Nogueira
Mara Nogueira is Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences at Birkbeck, University of London.
- Elisabetta Pietrostefani
Elisabetta Pietrostefani is Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Geographic Data Science at the Geographic Data Science Lab at the University of Liverpool.
- Sandro Provenzano
Sandro Provenzano is Senior Applied Scientist - Economics & Causal Inference at Zalando.
- Matthew Richmond
Matthew Richmond is Lecturer in Political Geography at Newcastle University.
- Rosa Sanchis Guarner
Rosa Sanchis Guarner is Serra Hunter Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Barcelona School of Economics and Business.
- Monika Streule
Monika Streule is Professor of Social Anthropology in the Department of Social and Political Sciences at Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City.
- Rory Sullivan
Rory Sullivan is CEO and Co-Founder of Chronos Sustainability and is an internationally recognised expert on climate change, human rights and sustainable finance.
- Frida Timan
Frida Timan is Research Lead (Qualitative) - Health Determinants Research Collaboration at Surrey County Council.
- Tuomo Virkola
Tuomo Virkola is Academy Research Fellow at VATT Institute for Economic Research and an affiliate at the Helsinki Graduate School of Economics and Finnish Centre of Excellence in Tax Systems Research.
- Han Wang
Han Wang is Lecturer in Economic Geography at the University of Southampton.
- Melissa Frances Weihmayer
Melissa Weihmayer is Visiting Fellow at LSE and a Specialist on Displacement and Migration Research.
- Jason Wong
Jason Wong is an applied microeconomist interested in the impact of technology and infrastructure in regional socioeconomic outcomes and environmental decision making.
- Michele Zampa
Michele Zampa is an applied economist with a focus on causal inference, spatial analysis, and data science.
Job opportunities
Assistant Professor (Education) in Economic Development and Urban Planning - apply by 11 January 2026 (23.59 UK time)