Nicholas Stern
Chair
People: Institute staff
The Grantham Research Institute at LSE has a core staff of around 100 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
Giles Atkinson
Acting Director
Elizabeth Robinson
Director (currently on research leave)
Harriet Carter
Institute Manager
Declan Conway
Professorial Research Fellow and Deputy Director
Simon Dietz
Research Director and Professor of Environmental Policy
Vanessa Eyles
Operations Manager
Bob Ward
Policy and Communications Director and Interim Executive Director of the Just Transition Finance Lab
Nicholas Stern's team
Kamya Choudhary
India Policy Fellow
Nick Godfrey
Distinguished Policy Fellow (Public Finance and Economics)
Delfina Godfrid
Policy Analyst and Research Advisor to Nicholas Stern
Anika Heckwolf
Policy Fellow
Mathias Larsen
Senior Policy Fellow (China)
Hannah Maier-Peveling
Policy Analyst (Finance and Economics)
Minette Nago
Africa Policy Fellow
Roberta Pierfederici
Policy Fellow and Research Adviser to Professor Stern
Maria João Pimenta
Policy Analyst and Research Adviser to Professor Nicholas Stern
Sangeeth Raja Selvaraju
Policy Fellow (Sustainable Finance - India and ASEAN)
Eleonore Soubeyran
Policy Fellow
Hipólito Talbot-Wright
Senior Policy Fellow (Public Finance Ministries)
UK policy
Josh Burke
Distinguished Policy Fellow
Leo Mercer
Policy Fellow (currently on secondment)
Edward de Quay
Policy Analyst (UK Democracy)
Esin Serin
Policy Fellow
Pallavi Sethi
Policy Fellow (Climate Change Misinformation)
Adaptation and resilience
Anna Beswick
Policy Fellow
Laura Clavey
Research Officer
Lucy Kanya
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow, Global School of Sustainability
Denyse S. Dookie
Research Fellow
Kate Gannon
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow
Rachel Harrington-Abrams
Research Officer (Adaptation Finance)
Will Ingram
Research Officer
Timo Leiter
Distinguished Policy Fellow
Declan Conway
Professorial Research Fellow and Deputy Director
Sara Mehryar
Research Fellow
Katarzyna (Kasia) Mikołajczak
Postdoctoral Research Officer (Conservation and Behaviour)
Martina Podesta
Policy Officer (Adaptation Policy and Governance)
Jonathan Rosser
Research Officer (Climate uncertainties and tipping point economics)
David Stainforth
Professorial Research Fellow
Swenja Surminski
Professor in Practice - Adaptation Research
Environmental economics
Lei (Alice) Bian
Policy Fellow (Sustainable Societies)
Alex Bowen
Special Adviser
Ben Crawford
Research Officer
Marion Dumas
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow
Misato Sato
Associate Professorial Research Fellow
Aurélien Saussay
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow
Gregor Singer
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow
Frank Venmans
Associate Professorial Research Fellow
Law and governance
Alina Averchenkova
Distinguished Policy Fellow. Lead, Governance and Legislation
Emily Bradeen
Policy Analyst (Climate Change Laws of the World)
Tiffanie Chan
Policy Analyst (Climate Change Laws of the World)
Catherine Higham
Senior Policy Fellow (Climate Change Laws of the World)
Ian Higham
Research Fellow
Aishwarya Machani
Policy Analyst (Climate Governance and Public Participation)
Joy Reyes
Policy Officer
Joana Setzer
Associate Professorial Research Fellow
Ashley Thornton
Project Manager
Noah Walker-Crawford
Research Fellow
Centre for Economic Transition Expertise (CETEx)
Elena Almeida
Senior Policy Fellow
Trishaa Bansal
Policy Analyst
David Barmes
Policy Fellow
Simon Dikau
Distinguished Policy Fellow
Joseph Feyertag
Senior Policy Fellow (Sustainable Finance)
Laudine Goumet
Policy Analyst (Nature and Central Banking)
Wallis Greenslade
Policy Fellow
Daisy Jameson
Policy Fellow
Isabel Lara Miranda
Policy Fellow
Jessica Landas
Project Manager (CETEx)
Christina Laskaridis
Visiting Senior Fellow
Juan Pablo Martínez
Policy Analyst
Sini Matikainen
Distinguished Policy Fellow
Pau Morandi
Policy Fellow
Robert D. Patalano
Executive Director and Professor in Practice, CETEx
Ira Poensgen
Policy Fellow
Mengwei Sha
Policy Analyst
Arunima Sharan
Policy Analyst
Chris Skidmore
Chair of CETEx
Agnieszka Smoleńska
Senior Policy Fellow
Matthias Täger
Research Officer
Herlina Utamawati
Policy Fellow
Maria Waaifoort
Policy Analyst (Nature and Central Banking)
Alia Yusuf
Policy Analyst
Just Transition Finance Lab
Arka Chanda
Policy Analyst
Rowan Conway
Deputy Director - Just Transition Finance Lab
Motoko Doolan
Project Manager (Just Transition Finance Lab)
Anisa Indah Pratiwi
Policy Analyst
Nick Robins
Chair - Just Transition Finance Lab and Professor in Practice (Sustainable Finance)
Sangeeth Raja Selvaraju
Policy Fellow (Sustainable Finance - India and ASEAN)
Judith Tyson
Senior Policy Fellow
Jodi-Ann Wang
Policy Fellow (Sustainable Finance)
Bob Ward
Policy and Communications Director and Interim Executive Director of the Just Transition Finance Lab
Alexander Weston
Policy Analyst
Transition Pathway Initiative Centre
Ali Amin
Policy Fellow (Transition Pathway Initiative Centre)
Shafaq Ashraf
Policy Fellow (Project Manager, Climate Action 100+ project)
Alfie Begley
Analyst (Transition Pathway Initiative Centre)
Beata Bienkowska
Strategic Advisor (Transition Pathway Initiative Centre)
Algirdas Brochard
Policy Officer (Transition Pathway Initiative Centre)
Cristóbal Budnevich Portales
Policy and Data Analyst (Transition Pathway Initiative Centre)
Hayeon Cho
Policy Analyst (Transition Pathway Initiative Centre)
Edward Clinton
Research Assistant (Transition Pathway Initiative Centre)
Ella Davies
Research Assistant (Transition Pathway Initiative Centre)
Camila Cristancho-Duarte
Policy Officer (Transition Pathway Initiative Centre)
Nelson Diaz
Research Officer (Transition Pathway Initiative Centre)
Robin Goon
Research Assistant (Transition Pathway Initiative Centre)
Ákos Hajagos-Tóth
Policy Officer (Transition Pathway Initiative Centre)
Setenay Hizliok
Analyst/Policy Officer (Transition Pathway Initiative Centre)
Valentin Julius Jahn
Senior Policy Fellow and Deputy Director, Research and Operations (Transition Pathway Initiative Centre)
Nikolaus Hastreiter
Policy Fellow (Transition Pathway Initiative Centre)
Sylvan Lutz
Analyst/Policy Officer (Transition Pathway Initiative Centre)
Seyed Alireza Modirzadeh
Analyst and Policy Officer (Transition Pathway Initiative Centre)
Giorgia Monsignori
Analyst (Transition Pathway Initiative Centre)
Jess Moo Young
Data Analyst (Transition Pathway Initiative Centre)
Carmen Nuzzo
Professor in Practice and Executive Director – Transition Pathway Initiative Centre
Kay (KyoungHye) Cheong Patalano
Strategic Outreach Manager (Transition Pathway Initiative Centre)
Antonina Scheer
Policy Fellow and Research Project Manager – Transition Pathway Initiative Centre
Filipe da Silva
Analyst and Policy Officer (Transition Pathway Initiative Centre)
Alisha Tauro
Project Manager (Transition Pathway Initiative Centre)
Jon Ward
Analyst (Transition Pathway Initiative Centre)
Earth Capital Nexus
Nicola Ranger
Executive Director of Earth Capital Nexus and Professor in Practice
Administration
Shirinnaz Amirova
Events Co-ordinator
Alex Burrows
Institute Administrator
Jo Miller
Senior Institute Administrator
Alison Peacock
Senior Institute Administrator
Elisa Piccaro
Research Manager
Daisy Schirmacher
Institute Administrator
Jade Zhao
Project Manager
Communications
Joseph Adjei
Design Manager
Liam Collins
Media Relations Manager
Sabrina Francis
Social Media Manager
Sarah King
Editorial Manager
Georgina Kyriacou
Senior Publications and Editorial Manager
Merlin Sibley
Senior Digital Communications Manager
