Professor Sandra Sequeira joins the School of Public Policy

The School of Public Policy is delighted to announce the appointment of Sandra Sequeira as Professor of Development Economics.

Sandra brings a wealth of experience in development economics, political economy, and behavioural research. Her work has been published in the American Economic Review, Review of Economic Studies, and the Review of Economics and Statistics. She is a Fellow of CEPR, STICERD, the Royal Economic Society, and the International Growth Centre, where she has also been serving as Lead Academic for Mozambique since 2010, and serves as Director of the CEPR Research Policy Network on the Political Economy of Migration.

Sandra’s research has had real-world impact, including helping to shape anti-corruption reforms in ports and improving the efficiency of primary health care delivery in Mozambique. She has also received numerous accolades, including the prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize in Economics (2022), an ESRC-Knowledge Transfer Partnership with the private sector, an ERC Starting Grant, and a British Academy Fellowship. She has also produced a short documentary on the challenges of refugee integration that won nine awards at international festivals.

Commenting on her appointment, Sandra said:

“I am thrilled to be joining the SPP at a time when better policy is urgently needed to tackle numerous global challenges. I look forward to working with exceptional colleagues and students to both push the frontier on policy-relevant research and train the next generation of policy leaders.”

Sandra holds a PhD from Harvard University, an MA from the Fletcher School, and a BA from Universidade Nova in Lisbon.

Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy, welcomed Sandra to the department:

"We at the SPP are delighted that Sandra Sequeira is joining our School community. Sandra is one of the world’s leading development economists, who in addition is deeply engaged with policy and some of the world’s most pressing issues. Sandra and her work embody the LSE motto: 'to know the causes of things for the benefit of society.' Welcome, Sandra!"

You can learn more about Sandra's work on her faculty profile and personal website.