Nicholas Stern
Chair
People: Institute staff
The Grantham Research Institute at LSE has a core staff of around 60 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
Website and Digital Communications Manager
Policy
Ali Amin
Policy and Data Analyst (Transition Pathway Initiative)
Shafaq Ashraf
Policy and Data Analyst (Transition Pathway Initiative)
Lei (Alice) Bian
Policy Fellow (Belt and Road Initiative)
Beata Bienkowska
Deputy research and project lead for Transition Pathway Initiative
Alex Bowen
Special Adviser
Cristóbal Budnevich Portales
Policy and Data Analyst (Transition Pathway Initiative)
Josh Burke
Senior Policy Fellow
Kamya Choudhary
India Policy Fellow
Sidonie Commarmond
Policy and Data Analyst (Transition Pathway Initiative)
Brendan Curran
Policy Fellow (Sustainable Finance)
Sophie Dicker
Policy Analyst
Nick Godfrey
Senior Adviser
Anika Heckwolf
Policy Analyst
Catherine Higham
Policy Fellow (Climate Change Laws of the World)
Candice Howarth
Head of Local Climate Action
Valentin Julius Jahn
Lead Research Analyst and Transition Pathway Initiative CA100+ Project Lead
Danae Kyriakopoulou
Distinguished Policy Fellow
Nikolaus Hastreiter
Policy and Data Analyst (Transition Pathway Initiative)
Johannes Honneth
Policy and Data Analyst (Transition Pathway Initiative)
Rob Macquarie
Policy Analyst and Research Adviser to Professor Stern
Leo Mercer
Policy Analyst
Josie Murdoch
Policy Fellow (Sustainable Finance and Central Banking)
Roberta Pierfederici
Policy Analyst and Research Adviser to Professor Stern
Sophie Scharlin-Pettee
Research and Policy Project Manager (Net-Zero Central Banking)
Antonina Scheer
Policy Fellow – Research Project Lead (Transition Pathway Initiative)
Esin Serin
Policy Analyst
Tess Sokol-Sachs
Research Project Lead (TPI)
Eleonore Soubeyran
Policy Analyst and Research Adviser to Professor Stern
Lucie Qian Xia
China Policy Fellow
Chunping Xie
Senior Policy Fellow
Research
Alina Averchenkova
Distinguished Policy Fellow. Lead, Governance and Legislation
Emily Bradeen
Research Assistant (Climate Change Laws of the World)
Leanne Cass
Research Officer
Anomitro Chatterjee
Research Officer
Simon Dietz
Professor of Environmental Policy
Denyse S. Dookie
Research Officer
Simon Dikau
Research Fellow
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
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
Viktor Roezer
Research Fellow
Misato Sato
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow
Aurélien Saussay
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow
Gregor Singer
Research Fellow
Joana Setzer
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow
David Stainforth
Professorial Research Fellow
Adithya Subramoni
Sustainable Finance Intern
Swenja Surminski
Professor in Practice - Adaptation Research
Frank Venmans
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow
Francisco de Melo Viríssimo
Research Officer
