Prize winners

Congratulations to our outstanding staff and students

Each year, the Department of Geography and Environment at LSE celebrates staff and students who have demonstrated exceptional performance and impact in their work. We are proud to recognise the achievements of our prize winners.

Undergraduate Prizes 2024

George and Hilda Ormsby Prize for Best Overall Performance in:

BA Geography – Amelie Roach
BSc Geography with Economics – Manon Toulemonde
BSc Environment and Development / BSc Environmental Policy with Economics – Gabriel Hong Hee Tan

George and Hilda Ormsby Prize for Best Dissertation

Frederick Byers

Geography and Environment Student of the Year Awards

First Year – Lok Law
Second Year – Meiqi Li
Third Year – Gabriel Hong Hee Tan

Postgraduate Prizes 2024

MSc Environment and Development

Best Overall Performance: Sophie Russell
Best Dissertation: Elena Konstanty

MSc Environmental Economics and Climate Change

Best Overall Performance: Alexander Frankl
Best Dissertation: Thais Nuvoli

MSc Environmental Policy and Regulation

Best Overall Performance: Rajvansh Sandeep Rungta
Best Dissertation: Charles Hull

MSc Geographic Data Science

Best Overall Performance: Minwei Kong
Best Dissertation: Javier Alfaro Garcia

MSc Human Geography and Urban Studies

Best Overall Performance: Tianzi Li
Best Dissertation: Tianzi Li

MSc Local Economic Development

Best Overall Performance: Erin Sofianek
Best Dissertation: Liza Setya Eka Hasul

MSc Real Estate Economics and Finance

Best Overall Performance: Rasmus Sorensen
Best Dissertation: Ming Tang

MSc Regional and Urban Planning Studies

Best Overall Performance: Stephanie Pan
Best Dissertation: Matthew Lee

MSc Urbanisation and Development

Best Overall Performance: Anastasiia Bobrova
Best Dissertation: Anastasiia Bobrova

Additional Dissertation Prizes

HSBC Global Asset Management Best Dissertation Prize – Ida Urosevic
The Baringa Dissertation Prize – Ming Tang

Staff Prizes 2024/25

LSE Impact Prizes

Vernon Henderson and his team, including former G&E students Martina Manara and Tanner Regan, won the award for Outstanding Impact Culture for their work "Enhancing Greenfield Development in African cities".
PhD alum Timo Leiter was the winner of Outstanding Individual Impact for "Global targets and indicators under the Paris Agreement drive action and provide accountability on adaptation to climate change".
PhD candidate Vishnu Prasad was named runner-up in the Outstanding PhD Researcher Impact category for "Exile and Repatriation: Remembering the 1978–79 Rohingya mass displacement".

LSE Class Teacher Awards

Winners: William Mitchell, Vincent Chung, Anu Jogesh and Ali Glisson
Highly Commended: Till Meissner, Shaonlee Patranabis, Merrill Hopper, Line Relisieux, Caterina Hopkins, Ivana Bevilacqua and Jake Smaje

LSESU Teaching Awards

LSESU Award for Inspirational PhD Supervisor: Professor Riccardo Crescenzi

LSE Excellence in Education Awards

Winners: Laura Antona, Jodie Bispham, Sam Colegate, Amy Cox, Eugenie Dugoua, Nancy Holman, Gareth Jones, Maya King, Alan Mace, Erica Pani, Kasia Paprocki and Richard Perkins

LSE Values in Practice Awards

Research Support Advocate - Highly Commended: Tom Jones