Head of Department

Professor Stephen Jenkins

Room STC 6.01d
s.jenkins@lse.ac.uk

Deputy Head of Department

Dr Leonidas Cheliotis

Room STC 4.12d
l.cheliotis@lse.ac.uk

Department Manager

Damian Roberts

Room STC 4.10
D.P.Roberts@lse.ac.uk

**Please note that Advice and Feedback hours are held during term time only

Dr Fabio Battaglia

LSE Fellow

Room STC 5.05a
f.battaglia@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Information for the 2024/25 academic year will be added here in due course.

Dr Liam Beiser-McGrath

Assistant Professor

Room STC 4.21b
l.f.beiser-mcgrath@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Information for the 2024/25 academic year will be added here in due course.

Dr Thomas Biegert

Assistant Professor

Room STC 4.14
t.biegert@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Information for the 2024/25 academic year will be added here in due course.

Dr Tania Burchardt

Associate Professor

Room 32L 3.30
t.burchardt@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Information for the 2024/25 academic year will be added here in due course.

Dr Shekhar Chandra

LSE Fellow

Room STC 5.05a
c.shekhar@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Information for the 2024/25 academic year will be added here in due course.

Dr Leonidas Cheliotis

Associate Professor

Room STC 4.21d
l.cheliotis@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
On Sabbatical for the Autumn Term of the 2024/25 academic year.

Dr Shuang Chen

Assistant Professor

Room STC 4.21c
s.chen114@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Information for the 2024/25 academic year will be added here in due course.

Dr Sonia Exley

Associate Professor

Room STC 5.06
s.exley@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
On Sabbatical for the 2024/25 academic year.

Professor Timo Fleckenstein

Professor of Social Policy

Room STC 6.01c
t.fleckenstein@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Information for the 2024/25 academic year will be added here in due course.

Dr Fiona Gogescu

LSE Fellow

Room STC 5.05a
f.t.gogescu@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Information for the 2024/25 academic year will be added here in due course.

Dr Timothy Hildebrandt

Associate Professor

Room STC 5.06a
t.r.hildebrandt@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Information for the 2024/25 academic year will be added here in due course.

Dr Mobarak Hossain

Assistant Professor

Room STC 4.09
m.hossain9@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Information for the 2024/25 academic year will be added here in due course.

Professor Armine Ishkanian

Professor of Social Policy

a.ishkanian@lse.ac.uk

On secondment

Professor Stephen Jenkins

Professor of Economic and Social Policy

Room STC 6.01d
s.jenkins@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
On Sabbatical for the 2024/25 academic year.

Dr Johann Koehler

Assistant Professor

Room STC 4.08
j.koehler@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Information for the 2024/25 academic year will be added here in due course.

Dr Sunil Kumar

Lecturer in Social Policy and Development

Room STC 4.18a
s.kumar@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Information for the 2024/25 academic year will be added here in due course.

Dr Youngcho Lee

LSE Fellow

Room STC 5.05a
y.lee28@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Information for the 2024/25 academic year will be added here in due course.

Professor Sir Julian Le Grand

Professor of Social Policy

j.legrand@lse.ac.uk

Dr Zahid Mumtaz

LSE Fellow

Room STC 5.05a
z.mumtaz@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Information for the 2024/25 academic year will be added here in due course.

Professor Tim Newburn

Professor of Criminology and Social Policy

Room STC 4.02
t.newburn@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
On Sabbatical for the 2024/25 academic year.

Professor Adam Oliver

Professor of Behavioural Public Policy

Room STC 5.12
a.j.oliver@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Information for the 2024/25 academic year will be added here in due course.

Professor Berkay Özcan

Professor of Social and Public Policy

Room STC 5.11
b.ozcan@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Information for the 2024/25 academic year will be added here in due course.

Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey

Assistant Professor

Room STC 4.07
r.n.pailey@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Information for the 2024/25 academic year will be added here in due course.

Professor Coretta Phillips

Professor of Criminology and Social Policy

Room STC 6.01e
coretta.phillips@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Information for the 2024/25 academic year will be added here in due course.

Professor Lucinda Platt

Professor of Social Policy and Sociology

Room STC 6.01f
l.platt@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
On Sabbatical for the 2024/25 academic year.

Dr Virgi Sari

LSE Fellow

Room STC 5.05a
v.a.sari@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Information for the 2024/25 academic year will be added here in due course.

Dr Hakan Seckinelgin

Associate Professor (Reader)

Room STC 4.06
m.h.seckinelgin@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Information for the 2024/25 academic year will be added here in due course.

Professor Almudena Sevilla

Professor of Economic and Social Policy

Room STC 4.21a
a.sevilla@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Information for the 2024/25 academic year will be added here in due course.

Dr Michael Shiner

Associate Professor

m.shiner@lse.ac.uk

On Research Leave

Dr Isabel Shutes

Associate Professor

Room STC 4.16
i.h.shutes@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Information for the 2024/25 academic year will be added here in due course.

Dr Kitty Stewart

Associate Professor

Room STC 4.13
k.j.stewart@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Information for the 2024/25 academic year will be added here in due course.

Dr Margaux Suteau

LSE Fellow

Room STC 5.05a
m.suteau@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Information for the 2024/25 academic year will be added here in due course.

Dr Iva Tasseva

Assistant Professor

Room STC 4.20
i.tasseva@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Information for the 2024/25 academic year will be added here in due course.

Professor Anne West

Professor of Education Policy

Room STC 5.06b
a.west@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
On research leave 2024/25. Available to meet at a mutually convenient time. Please email a.west@lse.ac.uk

Professor Francisco H. G. Ferreira

Amartya Sen Professor of Inequality Studies and Director (designate) of LSE International Inequalities Institute

F.D.Ferreira@lse.ac.uk

Francisco H. G. Ferreira is the Amartya Sen Professor of Inequality Studies and Director (designate) of the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics. He is also affiliated with the Department of Social Policy at LSE.
Read more here.

The Professional Services team supports students and faculty to deliver the School's teaching, research, and engagement initiatives.

More information about the Social Policy Programmes Support team and the Programme Support Office.

Damian Roberts
Department Manager

Room STC.4.10
D.P.Roberts@lse.ac.uk

Responsible for: The Professional Services Team;
Human, Financial and Physical Resource Management;
Strategic Planning.

Clare Gorman
Student Community and Wellbeing Manager

Room STC.4.11
c.gorman@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Student wellbeing support, student community, My Adjustments, settling into LSE and London.

Sevilay Erdogan
Postgraduate Programme Officer, PhD and Research lead

Room STC.4.17a
s.erdogan1@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Postgraduate study, MPhil/PhD study and support, PhD welfare, Departmental Research support, Departmental spaces, GTA support.

Adrian Knight
Academic and Professional Skills Officer

Room STC.4.18b
a.knight1@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Academic and Professional Skills programme, Alumni relations

Nathaniel Ocquaye
Postgraduate Programme Officer, Student Experience

Room STC.4.17a
n.ocquaye@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Postgraduate study, student opportunities and representation, course choice, student welfare and engagement, Moodle and reading lists, events.

Maria Schlegel
Events and Communications Manager

Room STC.4.18b
m.s.schlegel@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Departmental events and seminars, internal and external Department communications.

Dr Craig Stewart
Teaching Operations Manager

Room STC.4.17a
c.j.stewart@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Undergraduate study, Postgraduate study, teaching and learning support, course selection, timetabling, programme regulations.

Jake Watkins
Undergraduate Programme Officer, Student Experience

Room STC.4.17a
j.watkins3@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Undergraduate study:
Moodle, reading lists, events, SSLC, the student experience.

Dr Hao Wu
Assessment Officer (BSc Programmes)

Room STC.4.17a
h.wu42@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Assessments & assessment feedback, coursework extensions, deferrals, exceptional circumstances, exam boards.

Current research students

Research Staff

Raegan Booth

Research Assistant

r.m.booth@lse.ac.uk

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Pilar Cuevas-Ruiz

Research Officer

p.cuevas-ruiz@lse.ac.uk

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Research Clusters

CASE

Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion

More information here.

Education Research and Policy Hub (EduHub)

Research on a broad range of educational issues.

More information here

Global Sexual & Gender Identities Policy Lab

The Global Sexual & Gender Identities Policy Lab (GSGIPL) seeks to understand the impact of social and public policies on sexual and gender minorities, and explore how policies can improve the well-being of people around the world, irrespective of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

More information here

International Inequalities Institute

Inter-disciplinary analysis of inequalities

More information here

Mannheim Centre for Criminology

Provides a multidisciplinrary forum for criminology

More information here

Women in Social and Public Policy Research Hub

The Women in Social and Public Policy research Hub (WISPPRH) informs social and public policies that improve women’s outcomes and reduce inequalities.

More information here.

Guest teachers for the 2024/25 acacemic year will be added here in due course.