Affiliate and Visiting Staff
Affiliate and Visiting staff from academia, policy and industry play a valued role in the Department of Geography and Environment. They contribute through research collaboration, guest teaching and public engagement, enriching our community and expanding our global outlook.
Affiliate Staff
Dr Matteo M Galizzi
m.m.galizzi@lse.ac.ukAssociate Professor of Behavioural Science
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis
v.monastiriotis@lse.ac.ukAssociate Professor of Political Economy
Dr Ganga Shreedhar
G.S.Shreedhar@lse.ac.ukAssistant Professor of Behavioural Science
Visiting Staff
- Alexandra Abello Colak
Visiting Senior Fellow
Alexandra Abello Colak is an expert in Urban Violence, Human Security and Participatory Methodologies. Visit her personal website.
(Visiting until 30 September 2029) - Gabriel Ahlfeldt
Visiting Professor
Gabriel Ahlfeldt is Professor at Humboldt University in Berlin, where he holds the Chair of Econometrics
(Visiting until 1 March 2029) - Miyo Aramata
Visiting Professor
Miyo Aramata is Professor in the Department of History and Geography at the School of Arts and Letters, Meiji University, Japan.
(Visiting until 30 March 2026) - Ana Claudia Arruda Laprovitera
Visiting Fellow
(Visiting until 30 July 2026) - Paroj Banerjee
Visiting Fellow
Paroj Banerjee is an urban ethnographer and Lecturer at UCL.
(Visiting until 7 May 2027) - Filippo Boeri
Visiting Fellow
Filippo Boeri is an Assistant Professor (Lecturer) of Economics at City St George’s, University of London.
(Visiting until 31 August 2028) - Anna Bridel
Visiting Fellow
Anna Bridel is ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow in Environment at LSE.
(Visiting until 2 March 2027) - Davide Contu
Visiting Fellow
Davide Contu is a former researcher at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.
(Visiting until 31 August 2026) - Caroline Cornish
Visiting Senior Fellow
Caroline Cornish is Humanities Research Coordinator at Kew and an honorary research fellow at Royal Holloway, University of London.
(Visiting until 26 November 2026) - Marco Di Cataldo
Visiting Fellow
Marco Di Cataldo is Assistant Professor (RTDb) at the Department of Economics of Ca' Foscari University of Venice.
(Visiting until 31 August 2026) - Ina Drouven
Visiting Fellow
Ina Drouven recently completed a PhD in Environmental Economics at the London School of Economics.
(Visiting until 1 December 2026) - Lucy Earle
Visiting Fellow
Lucy Earle is Director, Human Settlements at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).
(Visiting until 3 September 2026) - Sarah Elven
Visiting Fellow
Sarah Elven is a former PhD student in Environmental Economics at LSE.
(Visiting until 30 June 2026) - Massimo Filippini
Visiting Professor
Massimo Filippini has held a dual professorship in public economics and energy economics at the ETH Zurich and the University of Lugano since October 1999.
(Visiting until 30 June 2026) - Elena Gentili
Visiting Fellow
Elena Gentili is an economist at the Bank of Italy.
(Visiting until 15 July 2026) - Pooya Ghoddousi
Visiting Fellow
(Visiting until 1 December 2026) - Stephen Glaister
Visiting Professor
Stephen Glaister is Emeritus Professor of Transport and Infrastructure in the Centre for Transport Studies at Imperial College London.
(Visiting until 28 February 2026) - Ugo Guarnacci
Visiting Fellow
Ugo Guarnacci is Policy Officer at the European Commission.
(Visiting until 31 August 2027) - Susanne Hofmann
Visiting Fellow
Susanne Hofmann is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at LSE.
(Visiting until 6 October 2026) - Aiko Ikemura Amaral
Visiting Fellow
Aiko Ikemura Amaral is Lecturer in International Development at King's College London.
(Visiting until 30 June 2027) - Carolin Ioramashvili
Visiting Fellow
Carolin Ioramashvili is Assistant Professor in Innovation Policy at the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex.
(Visiting until 4 September 2026) - Ghazala Jamil
Visiting Senior Fellow
Ghazala Jamil is Assistant Professor at the Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
(Visiting until 1 September 2026) - Shareen Joshi
Visiting Senior Fellow
Shareen Joshi is Associate Professor at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
(Visiting until 1 September 2026) - Hans Koster
Visiting Professor
Hans Koster is Professor of Urban Economics and Real Estate at the Department of Spatial Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
(Visiting until 31 August 2027) - Loretta Lees
Visiting Professor
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.
(Visiting until 31 May 2026) - Chandra Morrison Ariyo
Visiting Fellow
Chandra Morrison Ariyo is an urban ethnographer who specializes in public art practices, visual culture, and urbanism in Latin America.
(Visiting until 27 November 2026) - Guy Morrell
Visiting Senior Fellow
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.
(Visiting until 21 September 2028) - Lorenzo Neri
Visiting Fellow
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.
(Visiting until 3 March 2026) - Mark Nesbitt
Visiting Professor in Practice
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.
(Visiting until 26 November 2026) - Mara Nogueira
Visiting Fellow
Mara Nogueira is Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences at Birkbeck, University of London.
(Visiting until 31 May 2027) - Joon Park
Visiting Senior Fellow
(Visiting until 30 August 2026) - Elisabetta Pietrostefani
Visiting Fellow
Elisabetta Pietrostefani is Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Geographic Data Science at the Geographic Data Science Lab at the University of Liverpool.
(Visiting until 4 September 2026) - Sandro Provenzano
Visiting Fellow
Sandro Provenzano is Senior Applied Scientist - Economics & Causal Inference at Zalando.
(Visiting until 14 July 2026) - Matthew Richmond
Visiting Fellow
Matthew Richmond is Lecturer in Political Geography at Newcastle University.
(Visiting until 27 November 2026) - Davide Rigo
Visiting Fellow
Davide Rigo is an Assistant Professor in Business Economics at Birmingham Business School.
(Visiting until 31 August 2028) - Capucine Riom
Visiting Fellow
Capucine Riom is a Research Economist at the What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth.
(Visiting until 10 December 2026) - Rosa Sanchis Guarner
Visiting Fellow
Rosa Sanchis Guarner is Serra Hunter Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Barcelona School of Economics and Business.
(Visiting until 14 November 2026) - Abu Mohammad Shapan Adnan
Visiting Professor
(Visiting until 1 May 2026) - Deen Sharp
Visiting Fellow
Deen Sharp currently works as a consultant with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on water responsive urbanism in Africa.
(Visiting until 1 December 2026) - Monika Streule
Visiting Fellow
Monika Streule is Professor of Social Anthropology in the Department of Social and Political Sciences at Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City.
(Visiting until 4 October 2026) - Rory Sullivan
Visiting Professor in Practice
Rory Sullivan is CEO and Co-Founder of Chronos Sustainability and is an internationally recognised expert on climate change, human rights and sustainable finance.
(Visiting until 27 October 2026) - Frida Timan
Visiting Fellow
Frida Timan is Research Lead (Qualitative) - Health Determinants Research Collaboration at Surrey County Council.
(Visiting until 10 March 2026) - Carlos Umaña Trujillo
Visiting Professor in Practice
Carlos Umaña Trujillo is Partner of Brigard Urrutia since 1990.
(Visiting until 1 January 2027) - Han Wang
Visiting Fellow
Han Wang is Lecturer in Economic Geography at the University of Southampton.
(Visiting until 27 November 2026) - Melissa Frances Weihmayer
Visiting Fellow
Melissa Weihmayer is Visiting Fellow at LSE and a Specialist on Displacement and Migration Research.
(Visiting until 17 March 2026) - Jason Wong
Visiting Fellow
Jason Wong is an applied microeconomist interested in the impact of technology and infrastructure in regional socioeconomic outcomes and environmental decision making.
(Visiting until 30 August 2028) - Michele Zampa
Visiting Fellow
Michele Zampa is an applied economist with a focus on causal inference, spatial analysis, and data science.
(Visiting until 1 February 2027)