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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 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 YearFirst Employment Post PhD
2019Postdoc on MASSIVE (LSE)
2019Postdoc at University of Thessaly
2019Assistant Professor (University of Reading)
2019Assistant Professor , Peking University
2020Postdoc Swedish intitute for Social Research
2020Postdoc (Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government)
2020Research Fellow (LBS)
2020Assistant Prof at HEC Lausanne
2021Executive Director at 505 Economics
2021Labour Market Economist at OECD
2021Reading University (Lecturer)
2021Fudan University (Assistant Professor)
2021Research Fellow (University of Birmingham)
2022Post-doc / Assistant Professor at National University of Singapore
2022OECD (Junior Economist)
2022Sustainable Development Economics Fellow (World bank)
2022Economist (Zalando)
2023Postdoc at International Inequalities Institute (LSE)
2023LSE Fellow (Geography and Environment)
2023Assistant Professor (Universidad Catolica del Norte)
2024Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission, Sevilla
2024Postdoc at LSE International Inequalities Institute
2024Postdoc at University of Oxford
2024Assistant Professor (University of Reading)
2024Economist at NIESR
2024Lecturer ( Institut Teknologi Bandung)
2024Senior Economist (Bank of England)
2024World Bank

Completion YearFirst Employment Post PhD
2019Senior Research Associate (Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge)
2019Assistant Prof (Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics, Stockholm School of Economics)
2019Assistant Prof (Georgetown)
2019Economist (OECD)
2020Post Doc (Yale)
2021Researcher (Gerrmany)
2022Research Officer (GRI)
2022Post Doc (Columbia)
2022Assistant Prof (Vrije Amsterdam)
2022Assistant Prof (Aston)
2022Post Doc (GRI)
2023LSE Fellow (Economics)
2023Researcher (The Inclusion Initiative, LSE)
2023Assistant Prof (IE Business School, Madrid)
2024Post Doc (Politecnico Di Milano)

Completion YearFirst Employment Post PhD
2018Research Officer (MEC)
2019Senior Policy Researcher (Citizens Advice)
2020Senior Consultant (World Bank)
2021Senior Technical Advisor (GIZ)
2022Social Development Specialist (World Bank) Post Doc (Zurich)
2023Post Doc (UC Santa Barbara)

Completion YearFirst Employment Post PhD
2020Consultant (Monitor Deloitte)
2020Postdoc (Manchester)
2020ESRC Fellow (Oxford)
2020ESRC Post-Doc (LSE)
2021Research Professor (Andong National University)
2023University Lecturer (Leiden University)
2024Lecturer (Kings College)

Completion YearFirst employment post PhD
2018ESRC Postdoc (LSE)
2018Lecturer (UCL)
2018Research Officer (LSE)
2019Research Fellow (UCL)
2020ESRC Postdoc (LSE)
2022Advisor for Urban Development (Rwanda Ministry of Infrastructure)
2024Lecturer in Urban Studies (University of Hong Kong)