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
Simon Dietz
Research Director and Professor of Environmental Policy
Bob Ward
Policy and Communications Director and Interim Executive Director of the Just Transition Finance Lab
Marta Wasik
Institute Manager
Elizabeth Robinson
Director (currently on research leave)
Misato Sato
Deputy Research Director and Associate Professorial Research Fellow
Vanessa Eyles
Operations Manager
Declan Conway
Professorial Research Fellow and Deputy Director
Frank Venmans
Deputy Research Director and Associate Professorial Research Fellow
Nicholas Stern's team
Erin Bishop
Policy Fellow (Global Impact Group)
Nick Godfrey
Distinguished Policy Fellow (Public Finance and Economics)
Delfina Godfrid
Policy Analyst and Research Advisor to Nicholas Stern
Sangeeth Selvaraju
Policy Fellow (Sustainable Finance - India and ASEAN)
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
Shantanu Singh
Senior Policy Fellow (Global Impact Group)
Eleonore Soubeyran
Policy Fellow
Hipólito Talbot-Wright
Senior Policy Fellow (Public Finance Ministries)
UK policy
Josh Burke
Distinguished Policy Fellow
Leonie Meissner
Research Officer
Leo Mercer
Policy Fellow
Edward de Quay
Policy Analyst (UK Democracy)
Pallavi Sethi
Policy Fellow (Climate Change Misinformation)
Adaptation and resilience
Anna Beswick
Senior Fellow
Laura Clavey
Research Officer (Nature and Adaptation)
Denyse S. Dookie
Research Fellow
Kate Gannon
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow
Rachel Harrington-Abrams
Research Officer (Adaptation Finance)
Franka Huhn
Policy Officer (Re-valuing Blue Nature Capital)
Will Ingram
Research Officer
Lucy Kanya
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow, Global School of Sustainability
Timo Leiter
Distinguished Policy Fellow
Sara Mehryar
Assistant Professorial 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)
Declan Conway
Professorial Research Fellow and Deputy Director
David Stainforth
Professorial Research Fellow
Swenja Surminski
Professor in Practice - Adaptation Research
Environmental economics
Giles Atkinson
Acting Director
Lei (Alice) Bian
Policy Fellow (Sustainable Societies)
Alex Bowen
Special Adviser
Ben Crawford
Research Officer
Simon Dietz
Research Director and Professor of Environmental Policy
Marion Dumas
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow
Jonathan Kershenbaum
Research Assistant (Green Skills Lab)
Elizabeth Robinson
Director (currently on research leave)
Misato Sato
Deputy Research Director and Associate Professorial Research Fellow
Aurélien Saussay
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow
Gregor Singer
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow
Frank Venmans
Deputy Research Director and 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 (Law and Governance)
Catherine Higham
Senior Policy Fellow (Climate Change Laws of the World)
Ian Higham
Research Fellow
Aishwarya Machani
Policy Analyst (Climate Governance and Public Participation)
Jameela Joy Reyes
Policy Officer
Joana Setzer
Associate Professorial Research Fellow
Ashley Thornton
Project Manager
Noah Walker-Crawford
Research Fellow
Carol Yuen
Research Assistant
Just Transition Finance Lab
Arka Chanda
Policy Analyst (Just Transition Finance Lab)
Rowan Conway
Deputy Director (Just Transition Finance Lab)
Motoko Doolan
Project Manager (Just Transition Finance Lab)
Liam Orme
Policy Fellow (Just Transition Finance Lab)
Anisa Indah Pratiwi
Policy Analyst (Just Transition Finance Lab)
Sangeeth Selvaraju
Policy Fellow (Sustainable Finance - India and ASEAN)
Bob Ward
Policy and Communications Director and Interim Executive Director of the Just Transition Finance Lab
Sherillyn Raga
Policy Fellow (Just Transition Finance Lab)
Judith Tyson
Senior Policy Fellow (Just Transition Finance Lab)
Alexander Weston
Policy Analyst (Just Transition Finance Lab)
Earth Capital Nexus
Mark Bernhofen
Research Fellow (Earth Capital Nexus)
Matt Burke
Advisor (Earth Capital Nexus)
Jessica Flack
Project Manager (Earth Capital Nexus)
Matt Foote
Distinguished Policy Fellow (Earth Capital Nexus)
Jacqueline Glaser
Research Assistant (Earth Capital Nexus)
Joel Johannes-Gold
Research Assistant (Earth Capital Nexus)
Mark Jwaideh
Policy Fellow (Earth Capital Nexus)
Emma O'Donnell
Research Officer (Earth Capital Nexus)
Yoselin Oropeza Abregú
Research Officer (Earth Capital Nexus)
Carlo Pasqua
Research Economist (Earth Capital Nexus)
Thea Philip
Senior Policy Fellow (Earth Capital Nexus)
Nicola Ranger
Executive Director of Earth Capital Nexus and Professor in Practice
Juan Sabuco Larrosa
Occasional Policy Fellow (Earth Capital Nexus)
Rhea Soni
Occasional Research Assistant (Earth Capital Nexus)
Roberto Spacey Martín
Policy Fellow (Earth Capital Nexus)
Yasmin Suleman
Executive Assistant to Nicola Ranger (Earth Capital Nexus)
Tom Tayler
Consultant (Earth Capital Nexus)
Alexander Wollenweber
Occasional Research Assistant (Earth Capital Nexus)
Administration
Alex Burrows
Senior Administration Officer
Jo Miller
Senior Institute Administrator
Margherita Peracino
Senior Events Officer
Elisa Piccaro
Research Manager
Daisy Schirmacher
Senior Administration Officer
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
Head of Communications
Chris Raggett
Editorial Manager
Nick Sarson
Editorial Manager
Merlin Sibley
Senior Digital Communications Manager
