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PhD completions and placements


Find out what our PhD researchers do next

 

2026

2023 Destinations

 NameSupervisorsPosition after graduating 

Julia Costet

Leigh Jenco (Primary Supervisor) and Paul Apostolidis (Secondary Supervisor)

Teaching fellow at Sciences Po, France, followed by Postdoc position at Justitia Frankfurt, Germany

Diego Sazo Munoz

Francisco Panizza (Primary Supervisor) and Bill Kissane (Advisor)

Head of Research in International Relations at AthenaLab, Chile 

Rune Larsen

John Sidel (Primary Supervisor) and Steffen Hertog (Secondary Supervisor)

LSE Fellow in Political Science, Department of Government

Martin Haus

Dan Berliner (Primary Supervisor) and Sarah Brierley (Secondary Supervisor)

4-year Postdoc role for an ERC project at Leibniz University Hannover, Germany

2025

2023 Destinations

 NameSupervisorsPosition after graduating 

Nicholas (Nick) Lewis

Sara Hobolt (Supervisor) and Dan Berliner (Secondary Supervisor)

Working on electoral conduct at Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government (UK)

Luis Bosshart

Stephane Wolton (Supervisor) and Jeremiah Dittmar (Secondary Supervisor)

Postdoc at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, and then Assistant Professor in Political Economy of Development, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago

Stephanie Wanga

Leigh Jenco and Liam Kofi Bright (Co-Supervisors), Catherine Boone (Secondary Supervisor) and Karin Barber (Advisor)

Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Political Science at Wellesley College (MA, USA)

Alexander Yeandle

Ryan Jablonski and George Ofosu

Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow in Politics at Nuffield College, University of Oxford, and then Assistant Professor in Political Science at Aarhus University, Denmark

2024

2023 Destinations

 NameSupervisorsPosition after graduating 

Maximillian Afnan

Mathias Koenig-Archibugi, Kai Spiekermann and Leigh Jenco

LSE 100 Fellow

Vanessa Cheng-Matsuno

Florian Foos (Supervisor) and Rafael Hortala-Vallve (Secondary Supervisor)

Lecturer in Public Policy at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Southampton

Asli Ceren Cinar 

Florian Foos, Sara Hobolt and Michael Bruter 

Assistant Professor in Political Science at Trinity College Dublin

Reuben Finighan

David Soskice (Supervisor) and Ross Garnaut (External Advisor)

Research Lead (Economic Pathways​​​​‌‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍​‍​‍​‍​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍​‌‍​‌‌‍​‌‍‍​‌‍‌​‌‌​​‍‍​​​​​​​​​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‌​​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​​‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‍‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌​​‌​‌​​‍​​‌‌‌‍​​​‍​‌​‌​‌​​‍‌​​​​‌​​​​​‍‌​‌​‌‍​​​​‌​​‍‌‌‍​‍​‍​​​‌‌‍​‍​‍‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‍‌​​‌‌‍‌​‌‍​‍​‌‍​‌​‌‍​‌‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​​‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌​‌‌‍​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍‍​‌‍‌​‍​‍‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‌‍​‍‌‍​‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‍‌‍​​‌‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‍‌‌​​‌​​‌​‍‌‌​​‍‌​‌‍​‍‌‌​​‍‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍​‌‍​‌‌‍​‌‍‍​‌‍‌​‌‌​​‍‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​​​‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌​​‌​‌​​‍​​‌‌‌‍​​​‍​‌​‌​‌​​‍‌​​​​‌​​​​​‍‌​‌​‌‍​​​​‌​​‍‌‌‍​‍​‍​​​‌‌‍​‍​‍‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‍‌​​‌‌‍‌​‌‍​‍​‌‍​‌​‌‍​‌‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​​‍‌‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌​‌‌‍​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍‍​‌‍‌​‍​‍‌‍‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‍‌‍‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​‍‌​‌​​‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‍​‍‌‍​‌‍‍‌‌​‌‍‍​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​​‍​‍‌‌) at The Superpower Institute, Australia

Vincent Harting 

Lea Ypi (Supervisor) and Mike Wilkinson (Law School, Advisor)

Guest Teacher in the Philosophy Department, LSE

2023

2023 Destinations

 NameSupervisorsPosition after graduating 

Tom Bailey

Katrin Flikschuh (Supervisor) and Kai Spiekermann (Advisor)

LSE Fellow in Political Philosophy, LSE Department of Government

Thoraya El-Rayyes

Steffen Hertog (Supervisor) and John Sidel (Advisor) 

Senior Economist, Technopolis Group

Julia Leschke

Sara Hobolt (Supervisor) and Ken Benoit (Secondary Supervisor)

Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence

Frieder Mitsch

David Soskice and Neil Lee

Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Cambridge

Alberto Parmigiani

Valentino Larcinese (Supervisor), Mathilde Emeriau (Secondary Supervisor) and David Soskice (Advisor)

Postdoctoral researcher at the Free University of Bolzano, with Federico Boffa and Steven Stillman as mentors 

2022

2022-PhD-Completions
Name SupervisorsPosition after graduating

Elisa Cencig

Ken Benoit and Mark Thatcher (external)

Financial Stability Board Adviser at the Financial Conduct Authority

Max Kiefel

Joanthan Hopkin (Supervisor) and David Soskice (Advisor)

Democracy Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University

Katherina Lawall

Sara Hobolt and Florian Foos

Consultant at the European Commission and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for the Politics of Feelings

Andrew McNeil

David Soskice and Bob Hancke

Research Fellow in the Political Science Department at UCL

Cain Shelley

Lea Ypi (Supervisor) and Paul Apostolidis (Advisor)

Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Philosophy at the Justitia Center for Advanced Studies, Goethe University Frankfurt

2021

PhD-Completions-2021
NameSupervisorsPosition after graduating

Iman dawood

John Chalcraft (Supervisor) and John Sidel (Advisor)

Post-doctoral research associate at the Centre of Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge

Maurice Dunaiski

Rafael Hortala-Vallve and Valentino Larcinese

Working in the research department of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, based in Vienna

Omar Hammoud-Gallego

Eiko Thielemann, Covadonga Meseguer and Mathilde Emeriau 

Fellow at the LSE School of Public Policy

Astrid Hampe-Nathaniel

Katrin Flikschuh

Junior Consultant, ICF International Inc.

Henry Musa Kpaka

Stephane Wolton and Joachim Wehner 

Chief Technical Adviser in the Office of the President, Government of Sierra Leone. Minister of Agriculture and Food Security of Sierra Leone

Temi Ogunye

Kai Spiekermann and Laura Valentini (external)

Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow in Politics at Nuffield College, Oxford

Arduino Tomasi Adams

Torun Dewan and Stephane Wolton

Postdoctoral Researcher (Instructor) at the Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago

2020

PhD-Completions-2020
Name SupervisorsPosition after graduating

Johan Ahlback

Paul Mitchell

LSE Fellow, Department of International Development

Selina Hofstetter

Torun Dewan and Stephane Wolton

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Stanford

McDonald Lewanika 

Catherine Boone and Omar McDoom

Chief of Party & Country Director, The Accountability Lab, Zimbabwe

Guilio Lisi

Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey

The Economist Program, International Monetary Fund

Ivana Popovic

Kai Spiekermann and Stephen Woolcock

Research Assistant, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge

Paola Romero

Katrin Flikschuh and Lea Ypi

Guest Teacher at the London School of Economics, Department of Philosophy

Marta Wojciechowska

Christian List and Laura Valentini

LSE 100 Fellow

2019

PhD-Completions-2019
Name Supervisors Position after graduating

Sarah Correia

John Hutchinson and Denisa Kostovicova

LSE 100 teacher

Jared Finnigan

Kai Spiekermann and David Soskice

Postdoctoral Fellow at the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance at Princeton University

Fergus Green

Kai Spiekermann

Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies / Ethics Institute at Utrecht University, working on the ERC-funded "Fair Limits" project

Federica Izzo

Torun Dewan and Stephane Wolton

Assistant Professor of Political Science at University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

Takuya Onoda

Mark Thatcher

Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow, European University Institute

Robert Schutze

Katrin Flikschuh

Professor of European and Global Law in the Durham Law School

Greg Chih-Hsib Sheen

Torun Dewan and Stephane Wolton

Postdoctoral Research Associate, NYU Abu Dhabi