PhD Students
Welcome to our community of PhD researchers in the Department of Geography and Environment at LSE. Our doctoral candidates undertake cutting-edge research across a diverse range of fields, from economic and environmental geography to urbanisation, planning, and development.
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PhD candidate in Environmental Economics
PhD Candidate in Environmental Economics
PhD candidate in Environmental Policy and Development
Email: n.l.hastreiter@lse.ac.uk
PhD candidate in Environmental Policy and Development
Email: e.khan-siddique@lse.ac.uk
PhD Candidate in Human Geography and Urban Studies
Email: s.p.mapukata@lse.ac.uk
PhD candidate in Environmental Policy and Development
Email: a.d.moskeland@lse.ac.uk
PhD candidate in Human Geography and Urban Studies
Email: t.g.ocampo-garcia@lse.ac.uk
PhD graduates and theses
Theses for previous years' PhD candidates are available via LSE Theses Online.
Our PhD graduates from 2025 are:
- Ignacio Aravena Gonzalez
- Lucrecia Bertelli
- Ina Drouven
- Sarah Elven
- Tea Gamtkitsulashvili
- Fernanda Sousa Gimenes
- Till Meissner
- Gabriele Piazza
- Capucine Riom
- Heini Emilia Saari
- Fizzah Sajjad
- Frida Timan
- Melissa Weihmayer
Placements
Explore the first employment destinations of our MPhil/PhD graduates by selecting a programme from the list below.
| Completion Year | First Employment Post PhD |
| 2019 | Postdoc on MASSIVE (LSE) |
| 2019 | Postdoc at University of Thessaly |
| 2019 | Assistant Professor (University of Reading) |
| 2019 | Assistant Professor , Peking University |
| 2020 | Postdoc Swedish intitute for Social Research |
| 2020 | Postdoc (Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government) |
| 2020 | Research Fellow (LBS) |
| 2020 | Assistant Prof at HEC Lausanne |
| 2021 | Executive Director at 505 Economics |
| 2021 | Labour Market Economist at OECD |
| 2021 | Reading University (Lecturer) |
| 2021 | Fudan University (Assistant Professor) |
| 2021 | Research Fellow (University of Birmingham) |
| 2022 | Post-doc / Assistant Professor at National University of Singapore |
| 2022 | OECD (Junior Economist) |
| 2022 | Sustainable Development Economics Fellow (World bank) |
| 2022 | Economist (Zalando) |
| 2023 | Postdoc at International Inequalities Institute (LSE) |
| 2023 | LSE Fellow (Geography and Environment) |
| 2023 | Assistant Professor (Universidad Catolica del Norte) |
| 2024 | Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission, Sevilla |
| 2024 | Postdoc at LSE International Inequalities Institute |
| 2024 | Postdoc at University of Oxford |
| 2024 | Assistant Professor (University of Reading) |
| 2024 | Economist at NIESR |
| 2024 | Lecturer ( Institut Teknologi Bandung) |
| 2024 | Senior Economist (Bank of England) |
| 2024 | World Bank |
| Completion Year | First Employment Post PhD |
| 2019 | Senior Research Associate (Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge) |
| 2019 | Assistant Prof (Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics, Stockholm School of Economics) |
| 2019 | Assistant Prof (Georgetown) |
| 2019 | Economist (OECD) |
| 2020 | Post Doc (Yale) |
| 2021 | Researcher (Gerrmany) |
| 2022 | Research Officer (GRI) |
| 2022 | Post Doc (Columbia) |
| 2022 | Assistant Prof (Vrije Amsterdam) |
| 2022 | Assistant Prof (Aston) |
| 2022 | Post Doc (GRI) |
| 2023 | LSE Fellow (Economics) |
| 2023 | Researcher (The Inclusion Initiative, LSE) |
| 2023 | Assistant Prof (IE Business School, Madrid) |
| 2024 | Post Doc (Politecnico Di Milano) |
| Completion Year | First Employment Post PhD |
| 2018 | Research Officer (MEC) |
| 2019 | Senior Policy Researcher (Citizens Advice) |
| 2020 | Senior Consultant (World Bank) |
| 2021 | Senior Technical Advisor (GIZ) |
| 2022 | Social Development Specialist (World Bank) Post Doc (Zurich) |
| 2023 | Post Doc (UC Santa Barbara) |
| Completion Year | First Employment Post PhD |
| 2020 | Consultant (Monitor Deloitte) |
| 2020 | Postdoc (Manchester) |
| 2020 | ESRC Fellow (Oxford) |
| 2020 | ESRC Post-Doc (LSE) |
| 2021 | Research Professor (Andong National University) |
| 2023 | University Lecturer (Leiden University) |
| 2024 | Lecturer (Kings College) |
| Completion Year | First employment post PhD |
| 2018 | ESRC Postdoc (LSE) |
| 2018 | Lecturer (UCL) |
| 2018 | Research Officer (LSE) |
| 2019 | Research Fellow (UCL) |
| 2020 | ESRC Postdoc (LSE) |
| 2022 | Advisor for Urban Development (Rwanda Ministry of Infrastructure) |
| 2024 | Lecturer in Urban Studies (University of Hong Kong) |