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 Fabio Battaglia

LSE Fellow

Room OLD 2.38
f.battaglia@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Thursdays 11.00am-1.00pm in room OLD 2.31
Book via the Student Hub

Dr Liam Beiser-McGrath

Assistant Professor

Room OLD 2.50
l.f.beiser-mcgrath@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Thursdays 9.00am-10.00am and 3.15pm-4.15pm
Book via the Student Hub

Dr Thomas Biegert

Assistant Professor

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

Advice and feedback hours:
Tuesdays 11.00am-1.00pm
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Dr Tania Burchardt

Associate Professor

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

Advice and feedback hours:
Tuesdays 9.30am-10.30am
Fridays 12.30pm-2.30pm
Book via the Student Hub

Dr Shekhar Chandra

LSE Fellow

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

Advice and feedback hours:
Mondays 10.00am-12.00pm in room OLD 2.31
Book via the Student Hub

Dr Leonidas Cheliotis

Associate Professor

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

Dr Shuang Chen

Assistant Professor

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

Advice and feedback hours:
Mondays 3.00pm-5.00pm
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Dr Divya Deepthi

LSE Fellow

Room OLD 2.38
d.deepthi@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Mondays 3.00pm-5.00pm in room OLD 2.31
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Dr Sonia Exley

Associate Professor

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

Advice and feedback hours:
Tuesdays 1.30pm-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:
Wednesdays 3.00pm-5.00pm
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Dr Armine Ishkanian

Associate Professor

a.ishkanian@lse.ac.uk

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 4.00pm-5.30pm
Thursdays 5.45pm-6.45pm
Book via the Student Hub

(and other times by mutual agreement; email me)

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

Advice and feedback hours:
Tuesdays 3.00pm-5.00pm
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Professor Sir Julian Le Grand

Professor of Social Policy

j.legrand@lse.ac.uk

Dr Sam Mohun Himmelweit

LSE Fellow

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

Advice and feedback hours:
Fridays 9.45am-11.45am in room OLD 2.31
Book via the Student Hub

Professor Tim Newburn

Professor of Criminology and Social Policy

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

Advice and feedback hours:
Thursdays 2.30pm-4.30pm
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Dr Adam Oliver

Associate Professor (Reader)

Room OLD 2.33
a.j.oliver@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Wednesdays 10.00am-1.00pm
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Dr Berkay Özcan

Associate Professor

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

Advice and feedback hours:
Tuesdays 5.00pm-6.40pm
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Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey

Assistant Professor

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

Advice and feedback hours:
Thursdays 2.30pm-4.30pm
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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:
Wednesdays 4.00pm-5.30pm
Thursdays 2.30pm-4.00pm
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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 12.00pm-1.00pm
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Dr Hakan Seckinelgin

Associate Professor (Reader)

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

On sabbatical for 2022-23 academic year

Professor Almudena Sevilla

Professor of Economic and Social Policy

Room OLD 2.40
a.sevilla@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Tuesdays 1.30pm-3.30pm
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Dr Amanda Sheely

Associate Professor

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

On sabbatical for the Michaelmas & Lent Term of the 2022-23 academic year

Dr Michael Shiner

Associate Professor

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

On Research Leave

Dr Isabel Shutes

Associate Professor

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

Advice and feedback hours:
Wednesdays 4.00pm-5.30pm
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Dr Vicente Silva

LSE Fellow

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

Advice and feedback hours:
Thursdays 3.00pm-5.00pm in room OLD 2.31
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Dr Kitty Stewart

Associate Professor

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

On sabbatical for 2022-23 academic year

Dr Iva Tasseva

Assistant Professor

Room OLD 2.35
i.tasseva@lse.ac.uk

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

Professor of Education Policy

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

Advice and feedback hours:
Tuesdays 4.30pm-5.30pm
Thursdays 5.30pm-6.30pm
Available at other times by mutual agreement.
Book via email.

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.

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.

Sevilay Erdogan
Postgraduate Administrator, PhD and Research lead

s.erdogan1@lse.ac.uk

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

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.

Nathaniel Ocquaye
Postgraduate Administrator, Student Experience

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.

Kylie Patterson
Academic and Professional Skills Officer

k.b.patterson@lse.ac.uk

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

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: Postgraduate study, teaching support, PG student welfare, course choice, timetabling, programme regulations; Departmental workload planning.