Welcome to the Department of Health Policy
About us
Joan Costa-i-Font
Head, Department of Health PolicyOur mission is to generate, share and sustain knowledge through teaching, research and scholarship of the highest international standards — serving both the specialised health policy community and society at large.
As a department, we are flourishing. And we believe the work we do has never mattered more. The defining challenges of our time — from climate change and widening inequality to ageing populations and global health crises — all have health at their core. Meeting these challenges demands exactly the kind of rigorous, policy-relevant social science that LSE was built to produce, and that our department is proud to lead.
We bring LSE's tradition of analytical rigour to bear on pressing national and global questions in health and social care, shaping the advice given to governments, international agencies and policymakers worldwide. This work is anchored in our two affiliated research centres: LSE Health and CPEC, the Care Policy and Evaluation Centre — both globally recognised for the quality and reach of their impact.
Alongside our research, we offer rich, multi-disciplinary teaching that draws directly from the frontiers of health policy, health economics, and the broader social sciences. Students can pursue their studies through a range of postgraduate pathways, including full-time and Executive Master's programmes, or undertake original research through our PhD programme.