Nicholas Stern
Chair
People: Institute staff
The Grantham Research Institute at LSE has a core staff of around 50 employees which includes researchers from a range of academic disciplines and a team of policy analysts. 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.
Please note that due to COVID-19 restrictions our offices at LSE remain closed until further notice. You are therefore advised to use email when trying to contact a specific member of staff.
Chair and Vice-Chair
Judith Rees
Vice-Chair
Management
Harriet Carter
Institute Manager
Robert Falkner
Research Director
Bob Ward
Policy and Communications Director
Administration
Jo Miller
Institute Administrator (Governance)
Alison Peacock
Institute Administrator
Tad Thorburn
Institute Administrator
Liz Torrance
Research Funding Manager
Communications
Anna Ford
Media Relations Manager
Georgina Kyriacou
Publications and Editorial Manager
Stevie Shephard
Editorial and Production Officer
Merlin Sibley
Website and Digital Communications Manager
Policy
Beata Bienkowska
Deputy research and project lead for Transition Pathway Initiative
Alex Bowen
Special Adviser
Josh Burke
Senior Policy Fellow
Kamya Choudhary
India Policy Fellow
Brendan Curran
Policy Fellow (Sustainable Finance)
Sophie Dicker
Policy Analyst
Anika Heckwolf
Policy Analyst
Catherine Higham
Climate Change Laws of the World Coordinator
Danae Kyriakopoulou
Senior Policy Fellow
Rob Macquarie
Policy Analyst and Research Advisor to Professor Stern
Candice Howarth
Senior Policy Fellow - Place-based Climate Action Network (PCAN)
Sabrina Muller
Policy Analyst - Sustainable Finance
Roberta Pierfederici
Policy Analyst and Research Advisor to Professor Stern
Valentin Julius Jahn
Lead Research Analyst and TPI CA100+ Project Lead
Esin Serin
Policy Analyst
Eleonore Soubeyran
Policy Analyst and Research Advisor to Professor Stern
Charlotte Taylor
Policy Analyst and Research Advisor to Professor Stern
Lucie Qian Xia
China Policy Fellow
Chunping Xie
Policy Fellow
Research
Alina Averchenkova
Distinguished Policy Fellow. Lead, Governance and Legislation
Anomitro Chatterjee
Research Officer
Declan Conway
Professorial Research Fellow
Simon Dietz
Professor of Environmental Policy
Simon Dikau
Research Officer
Ida Djenontin
Research officer (Conversation and Development)
Denyse S. Dookie
Research Officer
Marion Dumas
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow
Ben Filewod
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow in Conservation Finance
Roger Fouquet
Associate Professorial Research Fellow
Kate Elizabeth Gannon
Research Officer
Nikolaus Hastreiter
Research Assistant - Transition Pathway Initiative
Arnaud Koehl
Research Assistant - Climate Change Laws of the World
Vitaliy Komar
Research Assistant - Transition Pathway Initiative
Daire McCoy
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow
Sara Mehryar
Research Officer (post-doc)
Katarzyna (Kasia) Mikołajczak
Postdoctoral Research Officer (Conservation and Beahviour)
Nick Robins
Professor in Practice - Sustainable Finance
Viktor Roezer
Research Officer
Misato Sato
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow
Aurélien Saussay
Research Fellow
Antonina Scheer
Research Assistant - Transition Pathway Initiative
Joana Setzer
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow
Gregor Singer
Research Officer
David Stainforth
Professorial Research Fellow
Swenja Surminski
Head of Adaptation Research
Luca Taschini
Associate Professorial Research Fellow
Frank Venmans
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow
