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 2025/26

George and Hilda Ormsby Prize for Best Overall Performance in:

BA Geography – Honor Bridgman
BSc Geography with Economics – Rachel Pearlman
BSc Environment and Sustainable Development / BSc Environment and Sustainable Development with Economics – Jeannie Law

George and Hilda Ormsby Prize for Best Dissertation

Meenakshi Farma

Geography and Environment Student of the Year Awards

First Year – Rohan Chakkarwar
Second Year – Matilde Martini
Third Year – Mia Currie

Award for Innovative Undergraduate Research in Geography and Environment

Honor Bridgman

LSE100 Raymond Huang Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement 2025/26

Nela Dafydd
Sum Ho
Sophie Parker
Rika Suzuki Cheung
Yifan Zhao

Postgraduate Prizes 2024/25

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

LSE Impact Prizes (2025)

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 (2026)

Winners: Vincent Chung, Ali Glisson and Oliver Harman
Highly Commended: Juan Alvarez Vilanova, Ivana Beilacqua, Aretousa Bloom, Jacob Bolton, Caterina Hopkins, Joan Lopez and Annalyse Moskeland

LSE Excellence in Education Awards (2025)

Winners: Laura Antona, Ignacio Aravena-Gonzalez, Jodie Bispham, Aretousa Bloom, Sam Colegate, Zachary Collins, Amy Cox, Pooya Ghoddousi, Thomas Jones, Maya King, Neil Lee, Tanya Matthan, Henry Overman, Elena Renzullo, Erica Pani, Richard Perkins, Thomas Smith, Ana Varela Varela

LSE Values in Practice Awards (2026)

Outstanding Collegiality - Winner: Ruby Bennett
Inspirational Leadership - Highly Commended: Sam Colegate