PhD Alumni
Our research students have gone on to a range of academic and research positions after completing their PhD in the Department of Methodology
Are you a Methodology PhD graduate? Get in touch to submit your profile, Methodology.Research@lse.ac.uk.
Yuanmo He - MPhil/PhD Social Research Methods 2024/25
Supervisors: Milena Tsvetkova and Kenneth Benoit
Thesis title: Socioeconomic inequality in daily behaviour and social interactions: evidence from digital trace data
Nancy Breton - MPhil/PhD Social Research Methods 2024/25
Supervisors: Dr Flora Cornish, Dr Audrey Alejandro, and Dr Jen Tarr
Christian Mueller - MPhil/PhD Social Research Methods 2023/24
Supervisors: Ken Benoit and Ben Lauderdale
Thesis title: Vying for votes: a comparison of off- and online election campaign strategies
Oriol Bosch Jover - MPhil/PhD Social Research Methods 2023/24
Supervisors: Professor Patrick Sturgis and Professor Jouni Kuha
Thesis title: Challenging the gold standard: a methodological study of the quality and errors of web tracking data
Current post: Postdoctoral Researcher at the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science at the University of Oxford
Noam Titelman - MPhil/PhD Social Research Methods 2022/23
Supervisors: Professor Ben Lauderdale and Professor Jouni Kuha
Thesis title: How British citizens think about the relationship between social identity, party identity, and vote
Current post: Postdoctoral researcher Sciences Po
Imre Bard - MPhil/PhD Social Research Methods 2022/23
Supervisors: Emeritus Professor George Gaskell, Professor Patrick Stugis and Dr. Flora Cornish
Thesis title: Why (not) boost the brain? - A mixed methods study of the acceptability and desirability of neuroenhancement
Current post: Post Doctoral Research at Radboud Univeristy, Netherlands
Denise Baron - MPhil/PhD Social Research Methods 2022/23
Supervisors: Professor Benjamin Lauderdale and Dr. Jennifer Sheeshy - Skeffington
Current post: Fellow at Centre for the Politics of Feelings, University of London and Visiting Fellow at The Department of Psychological and Behavioral Science, LSE
Thiago R. Oliveira - MPhil/PhD Social Research Methods 2021/22
Supervisors: Professor Jonathan Jackson and Professor Jouni Kuha
Thesis title: It’s a matter of (change over) time: The role of police conduct on the dynamics of attitudes towards legal authority
Current post: Lecturer in Criminology, Department of Sociology, University of Surrey
Tom Paskhalis - MPhil/PhD Social Research Methods 2020/21
Supervisors: Professor Ken Benoit, Professor Benjamin Lauderdale, and Professor Jouni Kuha
Thesis title: Essays in political text: new actors, new data, new challenges
Current post: Assistant Professor in Political Science and Data Science at Trinity College Dublin, Department of Political Science.
Nimesh Dhungana - MPhil/PhD Social Research Methods 2018/19
Supervisors: DRFlora Cornish and Dr Alasdair Jones
Thesis: The politics of citizen-centric governance in post-earthquake Nepal
Current post: Lecturer in Disasters and Global Health at University of Manchester, Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute
Cristian Montenegro - MPhil/PhD Social Research Methods 2018/19
Supervisors: Dr Flora Cornish and Professor Hakan Seckinelgin
Current post: Research Fellow at University of Exeter, Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology
Krisztián Posch - MPhil/PhD Social Research Methods 2018/19
Supervisors: Professor Jonathan Jackson and Professor Jouni Kuha
Thesis:Procedural justice theory and the black box of causality
Current post: Lecturer in Crime Science, Department of Security at UCL - Visiting Fellow, Department of Methodology at LSE
Cohen Simpson - MPhil/PhD Social Research Methods 2016/17
Supervisors: Professor Benjamin Lauderdale and Professor Jouni Kuha
Thesis: Networks, uncertainty reduction and strategic decision-making in social movement fields
Current post: LSE Fellow, Department of Methodology, LSE
Ioanna Gouseti - MPhil/PhD Social Research Methods 2016/17
Supervisor: Professor Jonathan Jackson
Current post:Leverhulme Early Career Fellow and Course Tutor, Department of Sociology, LSE
Glenn O’Neil - MPhil/PhD Social Research Methods 2015/16
Supervisors: Professor Martin Bauer and Professor Jonathan Jackson
Thesis: Communication evaluation in international organisations: Methodology, influence and use
Current post: Founder of Owl Research & Evaluation, Switzerland
Michael Blackwell - MPhil/PhD Social Research Methods 2013/14
Supervisors: Professor Jouni Kuha and Professor Linda Mulcahy
Thesis:Diversity and its impact: an empirical study of the English courts and legal professions
Current post:Associate Professor of Law at LSE
Brenda Van Coppenolle - MPhil/PhD Social Research Methods 2013/14
Supervisors: Professor Ken Benoit and Professor Torun Dewan
Thesis:Political dynasties and elections
Current post:Lecturer, Department of Government, University of Essex
Monica Gerber - MPhil/PhD Social Research Methods 2011/12
Supervisor: Professor Jonathan Jackson
Current post:Associate Professor, Faculty of Sociology at Universidad Diego Portales
Carolyn Côté-Lussier - MPhil/PhD Social Research Methods 2011/12
Supervisor: Professor Jonathan Jackson
Current post:Researcher Professor at INRS, Montreal - Adjunct Professor, Department of Criminology at University of Ottawa, Ontario
Claudia Lopes - MPhil/PhD Social Research Methods 2011/12
Supervisors: Professor George Gaskell and Professor Jonathan Jackson
Thesis: From description to explanation in cross-national research: The case of economic morality
Current post: Research Fellow for Capacity Development at United Nations University - International Institute for Global Health
Katrin Hohl - MPhil/PhD Social Research Methods 2011/12
Supervisors: Professor George Gaskell and Professor Jouni Kuha
Current post:Senior Lecturer in Criminology at City University, London
Ben Bradford - MPhil/PhD Social Research Methods 2009/10
Supervisor: Professor Jonathan Jackson
Current post:Professor of Global City Policing at UCL, London