Professor J. Chris Alden
Professor of International Relations
Director of LSE IDEAS
Room: CBG.9.04
+44 (0)20 7955 7386
j.c.alden@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: Foreign Policy Analysis, China and Africa, South African foreign policy, post-conflict reconstruction
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Professor Tarak Barkawi
Professor of International Relations
Room: CBG.9.03
t.k.barkawi@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: war studies, imperialism, interdisciplinary approaches
On leave Michaelmas Term 2021
Professor Barkawi is not taking on new PhD students for entry in 2022/23.
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Dr Martin Bayly
Assistant Professor, International Relations Theory
Room: CBG.8.07
+44 (0)20 7107 5143
m.j.bayly@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: Historical International Relations, Historical Sociology, Constructivism
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Dr Federica Bicchi
Associate Professor
Room: CBG.9.11
+44 (0)20 7955 7987
f.c.bicchi@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: European foreign policy, European External Action Service, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Euro-Mediterranean relations, The “practice turn” in International Relations
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Dr Emmanuelle Blanc
LSE Fellow
Room: CBG.9.04
e.blanc1@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: EU foreign policy, diplomacy, transatlantic relations, EU-Israel relations, emotions in IR, recognition theory
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Not available to supervise MPhil/PhD students
Professor William Callahan
Professor of International Relations
Room: CBG.9.05
+44 (0)20 7955 6973
w.callahan@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: Global politics of China, Visual international politics, documentary filmmaking, IR theory
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Professor Jeffrey Chwieroth
Professor of International Relations
Programme Director, MSc IPE / IPE Research
Room: CBG.10.12
+44 (0)20 7955 7209
j.m.chwieroth@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: international political economy of money and finance
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Dr Ben Cormier
LSE Fellow
Room: CBG.9.07
+44 (0)20 7107 5066
b.v.cormier@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: IPE, development, finance, debt management, international organizations
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Not available to supervise MPhil/PhD students
Dr Katerina Dalacoura
Associate Professor
Room: CBG.9.14
+44 (0)20 7955 7398
k.dalacoura@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: Islamism, Turkey, Middle East international relations, civilization in IR
On leave 2021/22
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Professor Toby Dodge
Deputy Head of Department (PhD and Research)
also Director of the Kuwait Programme in the Middle East Centre
Room: CBG.9.02
+44 (0)20 7955 6176
b.t.dodge@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: Iraq, Middle East, state formation, international relations, regime change
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Dr Pilar Elizalde
LSE Fellow
Room: CBG.9.08
p.elizalde@lse.ac.uk
Key Expertise: human rights, foreign policy, international institutions, norm contestation
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Not available to supervise MPhil/PhD students
Dr Benjamin Faude
LSE Fellow (50% with Government Department)
Room: CBG.3.08
+44 (0)20 7955 7805
b.faude@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: International Institutions, Global Governance, International Theory
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Not available to supervise MPhil/PhD students
Professor Fawaz A. Gerges
Professor of International Relations
Room: CBG.10.03
+44 (0)20 7955 7393
f.gerges@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: International Relations Middle East, Domestic Politics Middle East States
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Dr Jurgen Haacke
Associate Professor
Room: CBG.9.01
+44 (0)20 7955 7399
j.haacke@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: International politics and security of Southeast Asia including great power relations, ASEAN regionalism and regional order, politics and foreign policy of Burma/Myanmar, foreign policy analysis
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Dr Yuna Han
LSE Fellow
Room: CBG.10.08
+44 (0)20 7955 7185
y.c.han@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: Politics of international law, International Criminal Justice
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Not available to supervise MPhil/PhD students
Dr Jostein Hauge
LSE Fellow
Room: CBG.8.14
+44 (0)20 7107 5189
j.hauge@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: International political economy, economic development, industrialization, globalization, technological change, comparative-historical analysis
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Personal website
Not available to supervise MPhil/PhD students
Mr Mark Hoffman
Professorial Lecturer
Room: OLD.1.09
+44 (0)20 7107 5197
m.hoffman@lse.ac.uk
Research interests: Contemporary international relations theory, conflict analysis, mediation in international and civil conflicts.
Dr Ellen Holtmaat
LSE Fellow
Room: CBG.8.10
+44 (0)20 7955 6237
e.a.holtmaat@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: Global governance, sustainability standards, environmental politics
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Not available to supervise MPhil/PhD students
Professor Chris Hughes
Professor of International Relations
Room: CBG.8.04
+44 (0)20 7955 6157
c.r.hughes@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: China, Japan, Taiwan, China and the global south, nationalism
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Dr Milli Lake
Associate Professor
Deputy Head of Department (Teaching and Learning)
Room: CBG.8.03
+44 (0)20 7955 7379
m.lake@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: Civil wars, political violence, security, state-building, rule of law
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Dr Ranjit Lall
Assistant Professor
Room: CBG.8.01
+44 (0)20 7107 5264
r.lall@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: International political economy, international institutions, global governance, financial regulation, empirical methods
On leave Michaelmas and Lent Terms 2021/22
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Professor Tomila Lankina
Professor in International Relations
Room: CBG.10.13
+44 (0)20 7107 5239
t.lankina@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: Democratization, Popular Protest, Russia, Eurasia, Eastern Europe
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Currently not available to supervise MPhil/PhD students
Dr Cindy May
LSE Fellow
Room: CBG.10.08
+44 (0)20 7955 6887
c.l.may@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: United States Foreign Policy, Middle East, Terrorism, Security Studies
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Not available to supervise MPhil/PhD students
Dr James Morrison
Assistant Professor
Programme Director, Sciences-Po-LSE Double Degree in Affaires Internationales and IR/IPE
Room: CBG.8.06
+44 (0)20 7955 7171
j.a.morrison@lse.ac.uk
Research interests: International political economy, ideas and intellectuals in foreign policy, international organisation, history of political and economic thought, British economic history, and early American history.
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Dr Natalya Naqvi
Assistant Professor
Room: CBG.8.14
+44 (0)20 7107 5189
n.naqvi@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: Economic development, role of the state, finance, industrial policy, globalisation
On leave 2021/22
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Dr Tristen Naylor
LSE Fellow
Room: CBG.10.07
t.naylor@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: International Summits, Diplomacy, G7, G20, UN
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Not available to supervise MPhil/PhD students
Dr Victoria Paniagua
Assistant Professor
v.paniagua@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: political economy, development, redistribution, inequality, interest group politics, state-building
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Dr Ulrich Sedelmeier
Associate Professor (Reader)
Room: CBG.10.02
+44 (0)20 7955 7166
u.sedelmeier@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: International institutions, European Union, compliance, conditionality
On leave Michaelmas and Lent Terms 2021/22
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Professor John Sidel
Sir Patrick Gillam Professor of International and Comparative Politics jointly in the Government Department
Programme Director, MSc International Relations
Room: CBG.3.35
+44 (0)20 7955 6032
j.t.sidel@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: Southeast Asia, Islam in World Politics, Transnational Social Movements, Political Economy of Transport Infrastructure
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Professor Karen E. Smith
Professor of International Relations, also Head of Department
Room: CBG.10.04
+44 (0)20 7955 6332
k.e.smith@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: EU foreign policy, EU-UN relations, human rights, genocide, Brexit
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Dr Theresa Squatrito
Assistant Professor
Room: CBG.8.08
+44 (0)20 7106 1213
t.j.squatrito@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: International organisations and law, international courts, global governance, civil society and NGOs, human rights
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Dr Luca Tardelli
Assistant Professorial Lecturer and Departmental Tutor
Programme Director, BSc IR
Room: CBG.10.05
+44 (0)20 7107 5706
l.tardelli@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: International security, Military intervention, US foreign policy, Realism
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Dr Peter Wilson
Associate Professor
Programme Director, MSc IRT / IR Research
Room: CBG.10.11
+44 (0)20 7955 7391
p.c.wilson@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: International Relations Theory, History of Ideas in International Relations, Inter-war International Relations
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Not available to supervise MPhil/PhD students
Dr Stephen Woolcock
Associate Professor
Room: CBG.8.09
+44 (0)20 7955 7696
s.b.woolcock@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: International trade and investment; World Trade Organisation
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Jenny Davies
Department Affairs Co-ordinator
Ask me about: Finances, HR and Recruitment, Departmental Policy and Processes, Facilities Management (incl Meeting room bookings)
Room: CBG.10.09
+44 (0)20 7955 6525
j.davies5@lse.ac.uk
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Andrew Sherwood
Department Manager
Ask me about: Strategy and development of the department, planning and management of departmental resources (human, financial and accommodation), inter-departmental communication, the PSS team and its development, quality assurance, compliance, legal issues and critical incidents.
Room: CBG.10.06
+44 (0)20 7852 3769 (ext: 3769)
a.sherwood@lse.ac.uk
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Sarah Bertrand
IRD Fellow
s.bertrand@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: Theory | History, Power and Knowledge | Security | War | Postcolonial Thought
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Not available to supervise MPhil/PhD students
Nicola Degli-Esposti
IRD Fellow
n.degli-esposti1@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: International Politics of the Middle East | Nationalism | Political Economy
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Not available to supervise MPhil/PhD students
Kentaro Fujikawa
IRD Fellow
k.fujikawa@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: self-determination | civil wars | conflict resolution | peacebuilding | referendums | state recognition | international security | politics of international law
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Not available to supervise MPhil/PhD students
Emma Saint
IRD Fellow
e.k.saint@lse.ac.uk
Key expertise: International norms | international treaties | revisionism | deviance | discourse | knowledge (re)production
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Not available to supervise MPhil/PhD students
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