Nicholas Stern
Chair
People: Institute staff
The Grantham Research Institute at LSE has a core staff of around 80 employees which includes researchers from a range of academic disciplines and a team of policy analysts and experts. Administrative and communications support is provided by professional services staff. The strategic and operational running of the Institute is led by the Management Team and the Chair and Vice-Chair.
Chair and Vice-Chair
Judith Rees
Vice-Chair
Management
Harriet Carter
Institute Manager
Declan Conway
Research Director
Bob Ward
Policy and Communications Director
Administration
Kathy Higham
Institute Administrator
Jo Miller
Senior Institute Administrator
Alison Peacock
Senior Institute Administrator
Elisa Piccaro
Research Manager
Jade Zhao
Project Manager
Communications
Liam Collins
Media Relations Manager
Georgina Kyriacou
Senior Publications and Editorial Manager
Natalie Pearson
Editorial and Publications Officer
Merlin Sibley
Senior Digital Communications Manager
Policy
Elena Almeida
Senior Policy Fellow
Ali Amin
Policy Fellow (Transition Pathway Initiative Centre)
Shafaq Ashraf
Data Analyst – Lead (Climate Action 100+ project)
David Barmes
Policy Fellow
Alfie Begley
Analyst (Transition Pathway Initiative Centre)
Anna Beswick
Policy Fellow
Lei (Alice) Bian
Policy Fellow
Beata Bienkowska
Deputy research and project lead for the Transition Pathway Initiative Centre
Alex Bowen
Special Adviser
Cristóbal Budnevich Portales
Policy and Data Analyst (Transition Pathway Initiative Centre)
Josh Burke
Senior Policy Fellow
Tiffanie Chan
Policy Analyst (Climate Change Laws of the World)
Kamya Choudhary
India Policy Fellow
Brendan Curran
Senior Policy Fellow (Sustainable Finance)
Nelson Diaz
Research Officer (Transition Pathway Initiative Centre)
Joseph Feyertag
Policy Fellow (Sustainable Finance)
Nick Godfrey
Senior Adviser
Anika Heckwolf
Policy Analyst
Catherine Higham
Policy Fellow (Climate Change Laws of the World)
Setenay Hizliok
Analyst/Policy Officer (Transition Pathway Initiative Centre)
Candice Howarth
Head of Local Climate Action
Robert Ingham
Analyst (Transition Pathway Initiative Centre)
Valentin Julius Jahn
Lead Research Analyst and CA100+ Project Lead (Transition Pathway Initiative Centre)
Nikolaus Hastreiter
Policy Fellow (Transition Pathway Initiative Centre)
David Lunn
Special Advisor
Leo Mercer
Policy Analyst
Seyed Alireza Modirzadeh
Analyst and Policy Officer (Transition Pathway Initiative Centre)
Carmen Nuzzo
Professor in Practice – Executive Director of the Transition Pathway Initiative Centre
Roberta Pierfederici
Policy Analyst and Research Adviser to Professor Stern
Oleksandra Plyska
Policy Analyst (Sustainable Finance)
Sangeeth Raja Selvaraju
Policy Analyst (Sustainable Finance - India)
Lea Reitmeier
Policy Analyst (Sustainable Finance)
Sophie Scharlin-Pettee
Research and Policy Project Manager (Net-Zero Central Banking)
Antonina Scheer
Policy Fellow – Research Project Lead (Transition Pathway Initiative Centre)
Esin Serin
Policy Fellow
Filipe da Silva
Analyst and Policy Officer (Transition Pathway Initiative Centre)
Eleonore Soubeyran
Policy Analyst and Research Adviser to Professor Stern
Thessa Vasudhevan
Policy Fellow (Nature – Central Banking)
Jodi-Ann Wang
Policy Analyst (Sustainable Finance)
Research
Alina Averchenkova
Distinguished Policy Fellow. Lead, Governance and Legislation
Emily Bradeen
Research Assistant (Climate Change Laws of the World)
Leanne Cass
Research Officer
Ben Crawford
Research Officer
John Cui
Research officer (Energy Economics)
Simon Dietz
Professor of Environmental Policy
Simon Dikau
Distinguished Policy Fellow
Denyse S. Dookie
Research Officer
Marion Dumas
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow
Ben Filewod
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow in Conservation Finance
Kate Gannon
Research Fellow
Elisabeth Gsottbauer
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow
Ian Higham
Research Officer
Will Ingram
Research Officer
Jyotsna Khara
Project Co-ordinator and Researcher (NATURANCE Project)
Arnaud Koehl
Research Assistant - Climate Change Laws of the World
Sara Mehryar
Research Fellow
Katarzyna (Kasia) Mikołajczak
Postdoctoral Research Officer (Conservation and Behaviour)
Nick Robins
Professor in Practice - Sustainable Finance
Misato Sato
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow
Aurélien Saussay
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow
Joana Setzer
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow
Lorenzo Sileci
Research Officer
Gregor Singer
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow
David Stainforth
Professorial Research Fellow
Swenja Surminski
Professor in Practice - Adaptation Research
Frank Venmans
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow
Francisco de Melo Viríssimo
Research Officer
