Head of Department

Professor Lucinda Platt

Room OLD 2.25
l.platt@lse.ac.uk

Deputy Head of Department

Dr Leonidas Cheliotis

Room OLD 2.51
l.cheliotis@lse.ac.uk

Department Manager

Damian Roberts

Room OLD 2.46
D.P.Roberts@lse.ac.uk

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

Dr Thomas Biegert

Assistant Professor

Room OLD 2.54
t.biegert@lse.ac.uk

Dr Tania Burchardt

Associate Professor

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

Advice and feedback hours:
Tuesdays, 9.00am-10.00am by zoom
Fridays, 2.00pm-3.00pm in person
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Dr Leonidas Cheliotis

Associate Professor

Room OLD 2.51
l.cheliotis@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Thursdays, 11.00am-1.00pm
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Dr Shuang Chen

Assistant Professor

Room OLD 2.55
s.chen114@lse.ac.uk

Dr Divya Deepthi

LSE Fellow

Room OLD 2.50
d.deepthi@lse.ac.uk

Dr Sonia Exley

Associate Professor

Room OLD 2.64
s.exley@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Wednesdays, 12.00pm-1.00pm
Thursdays, 2.30pm-3.30pm
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Dr Timo Fleckenstein

Associate Professor

Room OLD 2.60
t.fleckenstein@lse.ac.uk

Dr Timothy Hildebrandt

Associate Professor

Room OLD 2.56
t.r.hildebrandt@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Mondays, 9.30am-11.30am
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Dr Armine Ishkanian

Associate Professor

a.ishkanian@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
On secondment

Professor Stephen Jenkins

Professor of Economic and Social Policy

Room OLD 2.29
s.jenkins@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Mondays, 4.45pm-5.45pm
Tuesdays, 9.30am-10.30am
Thursdays, 5.45pm-6.45pm
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Dr Johann Koehler

Assistant Professor

Room OLD 2.59
j.koehler@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Fridays, 11.00am-1.00pm
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Dr Sunil Kumar

Lecturer in Social Policy and Development

Room OLD 2.62
s.kumar@lse.ac.uk

Professor Sir Julian Le Grand

Professor of Social Policy

j.legrand@lse.ac.uk

Professor David Lewis

Professor David Lewis has moved to the Department of International Development.

View his profile here.

Dr Christopher Maggio

LSE Fellow

Room OLD 2.38
c.maggio@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Mondays, 1.00pm-2.00pm
Fridays, 12.00pm-1.00pm
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Dr Sam Mohun Himmelweit

LSE Fellow

Room OLD 2.38
s.f.mohun-himmelweit@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Mondays, 11.00am-1.00pm in OLD 2.31
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Professor Tim Newburn

Professor of Criminology and Social Policy

Room OLD 2.40a
t.newburn@lse.ac.uk

Dr Adam Oliver

Associate Professor (Reader)

Room OLD 2.35
a.j.oliver@lse.ac.uk

On sabbatical leave for 2021/22 academic year

Dr Berkay Özcan

Associate Professor

Room OLD 2.32
b.ozcan@lse.ac.uk

On sabbatical leave for Michaelmas Term of the 2021/22 academic year.

Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey

Assistant Professor

Room OLD 2.53
r.n.pailey@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Mondays, 11.30am-1.30pm
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Professor Coretta Phillips

Professor of Criminology and Social Policy

Room OLD 2.28
coretta.phillips@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Tuesdays, 11.00am-12.30pm (by zoom)
Thursdays. 4.45pm-5.45pm
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Professor Lucinda Platt

Professor of Social Policy and Sociology

Room OLD 2.25
l.platt@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Tuesdays, 3.00pm-4.00pm
Thursdays, 9.00am-10.00am
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Dr Hakan Seckinelgin

Associate Professor (Reader)

Room OLD 2.27
m.h.seckinelgin@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Tuesdays, 2.00pm-3.00pm
Wednesdays, 11.30am-12.30pm
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Dr Amanda Sheely

Associate Professor

Room OLD 2.52
a.sheely@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Fridays, 1.30pm-3.30pm
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Dr Michael Shiner

Associate Professor

Room OLD 2.34
m.shiner@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Tuesdays, 3.30pm-5.30pm
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Dr Isabel Shutes

Associate Professor

Room OLD 2.58
i.h.shutes@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Tuesdays, 1.30pm-3.30pm
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Vicente Silva

LSE Fellow

Room OLD 2.38
v.silva@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Wednesdays, 10.00am-12.00pm
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Dr Kitty Stewart

Associate Professor

Room OLD 2.36
k.j.stewart@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Fridays, 2.00pm-3.30pm
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Dr Iva Tasseva

LSE Fellow

Room OLD 2.50
i.tasseva@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Thursdays, 10.00am-12.00pm
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Professor Anne West

Professor of Education Policy

Room OLD 2.30
a.west@lse.ac.uk

On sabbatical leave for 2021/22 academic year

Dr Yifei Yan

LSE Fellow

Room OLD 2.38
y.yan10@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Thursdays, 12.00pm-1.00pm
Fridays. 1.30pm-2.30pm
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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 Programme Support teams and the Programme Support Office

Damian Roberts
Department Manager

D.P.Roberts@lse.ac.uk

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

Abi Black
PhD and Departmental Research Administrator- Currently on secondment

a.a.black@lse.ac.uk

Clare Gorman
Undergraduate Programmes Manager

c.gorman@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Undergraduate study:
student welfare, course choice, timetabling, exams and assessment and programme regulations.

Sophie Gavriel
Undergraduate Administrator

s.h.gavriel@lse.ac.uk

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

Rosie Jones
Student Engagement Officer

r.r.jones@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Alumni Mentoring, Summer Internship Programme, Academic and Professional Skills Development workshops and events.

Chris Kennedy
MSc Administrator and interim PhD Administrator

c.kennedy3@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: MSc study:
Moodle, reading lists, events and SSLC.
All aspects of PhD study in the Department.

Maria Schlegel,
Events and Communications Officer

m.s.schlegel@lse.ac.uk

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

Dr Craig Stewart,
Teaching Operations Manager (Postgraduate)

c.j.stewart@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: MSc and PhD study:
student welfare, course choice, timetabling and programme regulations; Departmental workload planning.