People
The School of Public Policy convenes academic expertise from across LSE and beyond, blending academic rigour with real-world relevance to deliver education and research that underpins evidence-based policymaking.
Learn more about our leadership, faculty, teachers, visitors and support staff via the sections below.
The Academic Leadership team are responsible for planning and implementing the School's range of research and engagement initiatives, as well as developing prospective projects and external links.
Dean of the School of Public Policy
Associate Dean of the School of Public Policy
Professor Vanessa Rubio-Márquez
Associate Dean for Extended Education
Programme Director for Double Degrees
Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs
MPA Programme Director
Associate Dean for Strategic Development
MPA in Data Science for Public Policy Programme Director
MPP Programme Director
EMPA/EMPP Programme Co-Director
EMPA/EMPP Programme Co-Director
Professor of Economics
Professor of Public Economics
School Professor of Economics and Political Science
Emeritus Professor of Policy Analysis
Professor of Philosophy & Director of the Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience
Associate Professor of Economics
Professor in Practice
Director, Marshall Institute for Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship
Assistant Professor
Professor in Practice
Associate Professor of Economics
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow
Professor in Practice
Programme Director, MPA in Data Science for Public Policy
Professor of Public Policy
Professor of Social Policy
Associate Professor of Economics
Professor of Economic and Social Policy
Assistant Professor (Education)
Professor in Practice
Professor of Public Policy
Professor of Economics
Professor of Political Science and Public Policy
Professor in Practice
Policy Fellow
Associate Professor
Professor of Social and Public Policy
Associate Professor
Ronald Coase Chair in Economics and School Professor
Professor (Education) in Civil Society and Public Policy
Associate Professor (Education)
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow
Professor of Development Economics
Professor of Economics
Professor of Economics
Professor of Economics
Senior Lecturer in Practice
Associate Professor of Public Policy
Ralph Miliband Professor of Politics and Philosophy
Aisha Ali
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Course: PP403 Public Management
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Course: PP413 Growth Diagnostics in Development: Theory and Practice
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Course: PP402 Quantitative Methods for Public Policy
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Course: PP454 Development Economics
LSE Fellow
Course: PP406 Philosophy for Public Policy
Guest Teacher
Course: PP406 Philosophy for Public Policy
Guest Teacher
Course: PP442 The Politics of Tech, Social Media, and the Press
LSE Fellow in Data Science for Public Policy
Course: PP433 Topics in Model Based Quantitative Analysis for Public Policy
Guest Teacher
Course: PP431 Reimagining Capitalism
LSE Fellow in Political Science and Public Policy
Course: PP478 Political Science for Public Policy
Rebeca Cruz
Guest Teacher
Course: PP448 International Political Economy and Development
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Course: PP410 Public Economics for Public Policy
Sheyla Enciso-Valdivia
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Course: PP413 Growth Diagnostics in Development: Theory and Practice
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Course: PP452 Applying Behavioural Economics for Social Impact: Design, Delivery, Evaluation and Policy
LSE Fellow
Course: PP406 Philosophy for Public Policy
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Courses: PP454E Development Economics, PP455 Quantitative Approaches and Policy Analysis & PP445 Public Economics and Development
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Course: PP455 Quantitative Approaches and Policy Analysis
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Course: PP402 Quantitative Methods for Public Policy
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Course: PP440 Micro and Macro Economics
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Course: PP444 Brave New World - Macroeconomics at Times of Crises
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Course: PP440 Micro and Macro Economics (for Public Policy)
Chingis Matayev
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Course: PP440 Micro and Macro Economics (for Public Policy)
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Course: PP418 Globalisation and Public Policy
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Course: PP455 Quantitative Approaches and Policy Analysis
LSE Fellow in Public Policy
Course: PP405 Public Policy Applications
Charlie Nourse
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Course: PP440E Economic Policy Analysis
Guest Teacher
Course: PP424 Happiness and Public Policy
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Course: PP404 Economics for Public PolicyDavid Rayman Silva
Guest Teacher
Course: PP411W Political Economy Applications for Public Policy
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Course: PP414 Policy Making - Process, Challenges and Outcomes
LSE Fellow in Political Science and Public Policy
Course: PP478 Political Science for Public Policy
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Course: PP404 Economics for Public Policy
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Courses: PP421E Global Market Economics & PP455E Empirical Methods for Public Policy
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Course: PP419 Advanced Empirical Methods for Policy Analysis
Teaching Fellow
Courses: PP403 Public Management, PP405 Public Policy Applications
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Course: PP455 Quantitative Approaches and Policy Analysis
Teaching Fellow
Course: PP440 Micro and Macro Economics
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Course: PP441 Geoeconomics
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Course: PP440 Micro and Macro Economics
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Course: PP455 Quantitative Approaches and Policy Analysis
LSE Fellow
Course: PP478 Political Science for Public Policy
Visiting Professor in Practice
Visiting Professor in Practice
Visiting Senior Fellow
Visiting Fellow
Visiting Senior Fellow
Visiting Professor
Visiting Senior Fellow
Visiting Professor in Practice
Visiting Senior Fellow
Visiting Professor in Practice
Visiting Senior Fellow
Visiting Fellow
Visiting Professor in Practice
Visiting Professor in Practice
Visiting Professor
Visiting Professor in Practice
Visiting Senior Fellow
Visiting Senior Fellow
Visiting Senior Fellow
Visiting Professor in Practice
Visiting Professor in Practice
Director of LSE Cities; Professor of Urban Studies
Executive Director of LSE Cities; Associate Professorial Lecturer
Emeritus Professor and Distinguished Research Fellow
For a full list of LSE Cities staff, please visit lse.ac.uk/cities/people
Director
Deputy Director
Policy Officer
Josh Hellings
Data Scientist
Finn McEvoy
Data Scientist
Hannah Cantekin
Data Scientist
Beveridge 2.0 Programme Co-ordinator and Managing Editor of the LSE Public Policy Review
Ask me about: Beveridge 2.0 Redefining the Social Contract, Beveridge Symposia, Research on Multidimensional Inequality and Multidimensional Poverty
Policy Fellow
Ask me about: London Policy, Housing, Spatial Research
Head of Professional Services
School Manager
Ask me about:Leadership of the PSS Team, Strategic Planning, Budgeting, Governance, Liaison with Central Services
Operations
Head of Projects and Operations
Ask me about:Visiting Appointments, Departmental Scholarships, Department Research Units, Research Hourly-Paid Contracts, Space Management, SPP Department Management Committee
Dean's Office
Executive Assistant to Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy
Working days: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays
Ask me about:Management of the Dean’s Schedule and Commitments, Logistical Support to the Dean
Programmes Team
Head of Programme Delivery
Working days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday
Ask me about:Programme Delivery, Teaching Allocation, Teaching Contracts, Departmental Teaching Committee
Michelle Batten
MPA Programme Manager
For Master of Public Administration (MPA) enquiries, please contact mpa@lse.ac.uk
Ask me about:MPA Programme Administration, Student Support, Student Regulations & Policies, Course Selection, Exams
Teresa Chung
MPA Programme Administrator
For Master of Public Administration (MPA) enquiries, please contact mpa@lse.ac.uk
Ask me about:MPA Programme Administration, Student Support, Student Regulations & Policies, Moodle, Assessments
Sophie Gavriel
Programme Manager (MPA Double Degrees and MPA in Data Science for Public Policy) (Maternity Cover)
For Master of Public Administration Double Degrees (MPA Double Degrees) enquiries, please contact spp.doubledegrees@lse.ac.uk
For Master of Public Administration in Data Science for Public Policy (MPA-DSPP) enquiries, please contact spp.datascience@lse.ac.uk
Ask me about: MPA Double Degrees/MPA- DSPP Programme Administration, Student Support, Student Regulations & Policies, Course Selection, Exams
Victoria Bryant
Programme Administrator (MPA Double Degrees and MPA in Data Science for Public Policy)
For Master of Public Administration Double Degree (MPA Double Degrees) enquiries, please contact spp.doubledegrees@lse.ac.uk
For Master of Public Administration in Data Science for Public Policy (MPA-DSPP) enquiries, please contact spp.datascience@lse.ac.uk
Ask me about:MPA Double Degrees/MPA- DSPP Programme Administration, Student Support, Student Regulations & Policies, Moodle, Assessments
Programme Manager (MPP and Student Partnerships)
For Master of Public Policy (MPP) enquiries, please contact mpp@lse.ac.uk
Working days: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday
Ask me about:MPP Programme Administration, Student Support, Student Regulations & Policies, Course Selection, Exams, SPP Student Partnerships, Professional Skills Accelerator
Andrew Park
MPP Programme Administrator
For Master of Public Policy (MPP) enquiries, please contact mpp@lse.ac.uk
Ask me about:MPP Programme Administration, Student Support, Student Regulations & Policies, Moodle, Assessments
Heather Gorrie
Executive Programmes Manager
For Executive Master of Public Administration (EMPA) and Executive Master of Public Policy (EMPP) enquiries, please contact execmpa@lse.ac.uk
Working days: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday
Ask me about:EMPA/EMPP Programme Delivery and Development, EMPA/EMPP Teaching, Executive Student Support
Zuzana Navratilova
Executive Programmes Administrator (On secondment)
For Executive Master of Public Administration (EMPA) and Executive Master of Public Policy (EMPP) enquiries, please contact execmpa@lse.ac.uk
Ask me about:EMPA/EMPP Programme Delivery, Assessments, Moodle, Executive Student Experience, Executive Student Support
Verity Wilkes
Programme Manager (MPA Double Degrees and MPA in Data Science for Public Policy) (On Maternity Leave)
For Master of Public Administration Double Degrees (MPA Double Degrees) enquiries, please contact spp.doubledegrees@lse.ac.uk
For Master of Public Administration in Data Science for Public Policy (MPA-DSPP) enquiries, please contact spp.datascience@lse.ac.uk
Working days: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday & every other Wednesday
Ask me about:MPA Double Degrees/MPA- DSPP Programme Administration, Student Support, Student Regulations & Policies, Course Selection, Exams
Careers
SPP Careers Consultant
Ask me about:Job search strategies, Labour Market Knowledge, Employers, Alumni, LinkedIn, Career Change/Pivot, CV & Cover Letter Writing, Interview Preparation, Networking
Marketing, Communications and Events
Events and Communications Manager
Ask me about:Public Events, Conferences, Event Communications
Sarah Massey
Student Engagement Officer
Ask me about: Student Experience, Student Events, Professional Skills Accelerator, Policy in Practice Seminars, SPP EDI Committee
Alumni Engagement Officer
Ask me about: Alumni Events, Alumni Engagement Programme, Alumni mentoring scheme
Georgina Whitham
Head of Marketing, Student recruitment and Communications
Ask me about: Student Recruitment, Marketing Strategy & Campaigns, Salesforce, Analytics, Communications Strategy, Social Media
Joe Woodward
Digitial Communictions Officer
Spp.comms@lse.ac.uk
Ask me about: Social media, news stories, website updates
Development and Marketing
Head of Extended Education Development
a.brennen@lse.ac.uk
spp.exec.admissions@lse.ac.ukAsk me about: Applications to SPP Executive Programmes, Executive Master of Public Policy (UK civil service), SPP Business Development Opportunities – Internal & External