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
Jo Miller
Institute Administrator (Governance)
Alison Peacock
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
Elena Almeida
Policy Analyst
Lei (Alice) Bian
Policy Fellow (Belt and Road Initiative)
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
Nick Godfrey
Senior Adviser
Anika Heckwolf
Policy Analyst
Catherine Higham
Climate Change Laws of the World Coordinator
Candice Howarth
Head of Local Climate Action
Valentin Julius Jahn
Lead Research Analyst and Transition Pathway Initiative CA100+ Project Lead
Danae Kyriakopoulou
Senior Policy Fellow
Rob Macquarie
Policy Analyst and Research Adviser to Professor Stern
Leo Mercer
Policy Analyst
Sabrina Muller
Policy Analyst - Sustainable Finance
Roberta Pierfederici
Policy Analyst and Research Adviser to Professor Stern
Sophie Scharlin-Pettee
Research and Policy Project Manager (Net-Zero Central Banking)
Esin Serin
Policy Analyst
Eleonore Soubeyran
Policy Analyst and Research Adviser to Professor Stern
Lucie Qian Xia
China Policy Fellow
Chunping Xie
Policy Fellow
Research
Ali Amin
Researcher - Transition Pathway Initiative
Shafaq Ashraf
Research Assistant - Transition Pathway Initiative, Climate Action 100+ project
Yana Atkinson
Researcher (Transition Pathway Initiative)
Alina Averchenkova
Distinguished Policy Fellow. Lead, Governance and Legislation
Emily Bradeen
Research Assistant (Climate Change Laws of the World)
Anomitro Chatterjee
Research Officer
Sidonie Commarmond
Research Assistant - Transition Pathway Initiative
Simon Dietz
Professor of Environmental Policy
Simon Dikau
Research Officer
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
Nikolaus Hastreiter
Research Assistant - Transition Pathway Initiative
Johannes Honneth
Research Assistant - Transition Pathway Initiative
Arnaud Koehl
Research Assistant - Climate Change Laws of the World
Sara Mehryar
Research Officer (post-doc)
Katarzyna (Kasia) Mikołajczak
Postdoctoral Research Officer (Conservation and Behaviour)
Jeffrey Pagel
Research Officer (Sustainability Economics)
Nick Robins
Professor in Practice - Sustainable Finance
Viktor Roezer
Research Fellow
Misato Sato
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow
Aurélien Saussay
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow
Antonina Scheer
Research Assistant - Transition Pathway Initiative
Joana Setzer
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow
Gregor Singer
Research Officer
Tess Sokol-Sachs
Research Project Lead (TPI)
David Stainforth
Professorial Research Fellow
Adithya Subramoni
Sustainable Finance Intern
Swenja Surminski
Head of Adaptation Research
Luca Taschini
Associate Professorial Research Fellow
Frank Venmans
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow
Francisco de Melo Viríssimo
Research Officer
Sneha Yadav
Research Assistant - Transition Pathway Initiative
