Ahmad, Mahvish (Dr)
On Leave Spring Term 2025
Assistant Professor of Human Rights and Politics and Co-Director of LSE Human Rights
m.ahmad14@lse.ac.uk

Archer, Robin (Dr)
On Sabbatical Leave during the 2024/25 Academic Year
Associate Professor (Reader) of Political Sociology
Room OLD 4.22
r.archer@lse.ac.uk 

Bhatt, Chetan (Professor)
Professor of Sociology
Room OLD M2.03
c.bhatt@lse.ac.uk

Çubukçu, Ayça (Dr)
Associate Professor of Human Rights

Elliott, Rebecca (Dr)
Associate Professor of Sociology
Room OLD M2.07
r.elliott1@lse.ac.uk

Foster, Janet (Dr)
Associate Professor of Sociology
j.a.foster@lse.ac.uk

Friedman, Sam (Professor)
Professor of Sociology
Room OLD M2.08
s.e.friedman@lse.ac.uk

Friese, Carrie (Dr)
Deputy Head of Department for Research
Room OLD 3.02
c.friese@lse.ac.uk

Hall, Suzanne (Professor)
Head of Department
Professor of Sociology
Room OLD 3.11
s.m.hall@lse.ac.uk

Cities Programme

Henz, Ursula (Dr)
Associate Professor of Social Research Methods
Room OLD 3.04
u.henz@lse.ac.uk

Krause, Monika (Professor)
Deputy Head of Department for Teaching
Professor of Sociology
Room OLD 3.01
m.krause@lse.ac.uk

Madden, David (Dr)
Associate Professor of Sociology, Director of the Cities Programme
Room OLD 4.24
d.j.madden@lse.ac.uk

McAvay, Haley (Dr)
Associate Professor of Sociology
Room OLD M2.09
h.e.mcavay@lse.ac.uk

McGovern, Patrick (Dr)
Associate Professor (Reader) of Sociology
Room OLD 4.23
p.mcgovern@lse.ac.uk

Melkumova-Reynolds, Jana (Dr)
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Room OLD M3.09
y.m.reynolds@lse.ac.uk

Moon, Claire (Dr)
Associate Professor of Sociology
c.moon@lse.ac.uk

Pang, Nicholas (Dr)
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Room OLD M2.11
n.pang1@lse.ac.uk

Pinzur, David (Dr)
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Room OLD M2.10
d.pinzur@lse.ac.uk

Rutazibwa, Olivia Umurerwa (Dr)
Assistant Professor in Human Rights and Politics
Room OLD M3.03
o.u.rutazibwa@lse.ac.uk

Reeves, Aaron (Professor)
Professor of Sociology
Room OLD M2.06
a.s.reeves@lse.ac.uk

Salem, Sara (Dr)
Associate Professor of Sociology, Co-Director of LSE Human Rights
Room OLD M3.06
s.salem3@lse.ac.uk

Surak, Kristin (Dr)
Associate Professor of Sociology
Room OLD 4.25
k.surak@lse.ac.uk

Taha, Mai (Dr)
Assistant Professor in Human Rights
Room OLD M3.07
m.taha2@lse.ac.uk

Tonkiss, Fran (Professor)
Martin White Professor of Sociology
Room OLD M3.05
f.tonkiss@lse.ac.uk

Torino, Giulia (Dr)
Assistant Professor of Urban Sociology 
Room OLD 4.21
g.torino@lse.ac.uk 

Hilhorst, Sacha (Dr)
ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow
s.hilhorst@lse.ac.uk

Gurmendi-Dunkelberg, Alonso (Dr)
Fellow in Human Rights
Room OLD 3.15
a.gurmendi-dunkelberg@lse.ac.uk

Rexhepi, Piro (Dr)
Fellow in Human Rights
Room OLD 3.16
p.rexhepi1@lse.ac.uk

Stack, Mike (Dr)
Course Tutor (Gender and Culture)
Room OLD 3.16
m.stack1@lse.ac.uk

Ali, Suki (Professor)
s.c.ali@lse.ac.uk

Badcock, Christopher (Dr)
c.badcock@lse.ac.uk

Barker, Eileen (Professor) OBE, FBA
e.barker@lse.ac.uk

Giddens, Anthony (Professor Lord) 
ax.giddens@lse.ac.uk

Heidensohn, Frances (Professor)
Mannheim Centre for Criminology
f.heidensohn@lse.ac.uk

Husbands, Christopher (Reader) 
c.husbands@lse.ac.uk

Rock, Paul (Professor)
p.rock@lse.ac.uk

Savage, Mike (Professor)
Emeritus Professor of Sociology
m.a.savage@lse.ac.uk

Sklair, Leslie (Professor)
l.sklair@lse.ac.uk

Slater, Don (Dr)
Emeritus Associate Professor (Reader) of Sociology
Room OLD 4.21
d.slater@lse.ac.uk

Thompson, Charis (Professor)
c.m.thompson@lse.ac.uk

Wajcman, Judy (Professor)
j.wajcman@lse.ac.uk

Borowska, Emilia
Department Research Manager (currently on secondment)
e.borowska@lse.ac.uk

Christofferson, Andrew
Finance and Operations Officer
Room OLD 3.19
020 7107 5029
sociology.finance@lse.ac.uk 

Ask me about: Finance | Department Resources | Hourly paid contracts | Health and Safety

Clarke, Evie
Projects Support Manager
Room OLD 3.19
e.clarke4@lse.ac.uk

Giles, Maddie
Communications and Events Manager
Room OLD 3.19
020 7955 7309
sociology.media@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: The Communications and Events Team | Social Media | Public Events | Blogs | Website | LSE Human Rights 

Lawrence, Louisa
Department Manager
Room OLD 3.18
020 7849 4938
l.m.lawrence@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Department Strategy | Department Operations | Department Resources | Department Meetings | EDI Committee | British Journal of Sociology

Lyons, Clara
Education Manager (Teaching Delivery and Quality Assurance)
Room OLD 3.19
020 7106 1426
sociology.teaching@lse.ac.uk 

Ask me about: Teaching Policy | The Department’s Teaching Committee | Teaching Resourcing and Timetabling

Nasr, Sahra
Undergraduate Programme Manager
Room OLD 3.19
020 7955 6593
sociology.ug@lse.ac.uk 

Ask me about: BSc Programme Administration | BSc Course Selection | BSc SSLC | BSc Exam Sub-Boards | BSc Exams and Assessments | BSc student advice | Undergraduate Admissions

Parvez, Adeel
MSc Programme Manager: Economy and Society; Human Rights; Human Rights and Politics; Political Sociology
Room OLD 3.19
020 7955 6076
sociology.msc@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: MSc Programme Administration | MSc Course Selection | MSc Assessments and Exams | MSc student advice | MSc SSLC | MSc Exam Sub-Boards

Pliner, Liudmila
Department Research Manager
Room OLD 3.19
l.pliner@lse.ac.uk

For MPhil/PhD Programme enquires: sociology.phd@lse.ac.uk
For research enquires: sociology.research@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Research | Grant Proposals | PhD Programme Administration | Department’s Research Committee | Academic Visitors

Rahman, Yadna
Communications and Events Officer
Room OLD 3.19
0207 955 6793
sociology.media@lse.ac.uk

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Rose, Alex
MSc Programme Manager: City Design and Social Science; Culture and Society; Inequalities and Social Science; Sociology
Room OLD 3.19
020 7107 5112
sociology.msc@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: MSc Programme Administration | MSc Course Selection | MSc Assessments and Exams | MSc student advice | MSc SSLC | MSc Exam Sub-Boards

Talwar, Niharika
Student Community Facilitator
Room OLD 3.19
n.talwar1@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Student community building initiatives | Student experience within the Department | Student Events

Thomas, Tess
Departmental Senior Student Adviser 
Room OLD 3.19 – Thursdays only
ssc.dssa@lse.ac.uk
Appointments and drop-ins: available here

Ask me about: Getting advice and support during your studies

Tomlinson, Claire
Education Manager (Programme Delivery and Student Experience)
Room OLD 3.19
sociology.teaching@lse.ac.uk 

Ask me about: The Programmes Team | BSc and MSc Taught Programmes | Exams and Assessments | Student Support and Experience | Student Policies | GTA Recruitment

Ajai-Thomas, Christiana 
Anti-Blackness as Internationalism: Theorising anti-Blackness through Black diasporic movements 
c.ajai-thomas@lse.ac.uk

Aksakal, Özgün
Meanings and Legitimation of Violence in Situations of Political Contestation: The Case of the Turkish-Right
o.aksakal@lse.ac.uk

Amitay, Nitzan
Utopian Spaces, Affect and Political Potential
n.amitay@lse.ac.uk

Arenas Osorio, Nicolás
Mediating the Non-Rational: Branding Consultants and the Role of Emotions in Marketing
n.a.arenas-osorio@lse.ac.uk

Bhattacherjee, Rajesh
Understanding the Changing Formations of Race and Racism in Contemporary Britain through the Prism of Anti-Racist Organising
r.bhattacherjee@lse.ac.uk

Bhobe, Amani
The Social Value Act: A Sociological Perspective on its Origins, Application, and Effects 
a.bhobe@lse.ac.uk

Brown, Dan
The Contested Role of Human Rights in Anti-Systemic Resistance: A Case-Study of Human Rights Discourse and Practice in UK Kurdish Solidarity Networks
d.brown7@lse.ac.uk

Brundu-Gonzalez, Benjamin
Mixing and mingling in French liberal art colleges 
b.brundu-gonzalez@lse.ac.uk

Butt, Asif
Social mobility into elite occupations and micro-class reproduction in Germany
 a.i.butt@lse.ac.uk

Carmichael, Donna
Challenges and Opportunities in the British Private Equity Industry
d.carmichael@lse.ac.uk

Cirdan, Iulia-Clara
i.c.cirdan@lse.ac.uk

Círigo-Jiminez, Rodrigo
Governing victimhood in contemporary Mexico: the genealogy and the social life of a category of politics 
r.a.cirigo-jimenez@lse.ac.uk

Corry, Sigrid
Islands of Empire: On rightlessness and return in the Indian Ocean 
s.s.corry@lse.ac.uk

Cutts, Danielle
d.cutts1@lse.ac.uk

Dere, Doğukan
Self-managed recovered factories as grassroots working-class politics: Cases from Turkey, Greece, and Argentina
d.dere@lse.ac.uk

Dyer, Shanae
The domestic timescape: a practical approach to making sense of personal space in shared housing 
s.n.dyer@lse.ac.uk

Garbett, Lucy
Palestinian life, land and property in Jerusalem 
l.garbett@lse.ac.uk

Gilles, Jan
The Social Life of Carbon Dioxide Removal 
j.b.gilles@lse.ac.uk

Gray, Selena
Understanding girl’s perspectives on child sexual exploitation
s.gray1@lse.ac.uk

Greenfield, Adam
Beyond Hope: Collective Power and Mutual Care in the Long Emergency 
a.greenfield1@lse.ac.uk

Gronwald, Victoria
Boundary work in international tax governance
v.gronwald@lse.ac.uk

Hollenhorst, Johannes
Hydrogen for Future
j.hollenhorst@lse.ac.uk

Ilkiw, David
Hazy Atmospheres: Forest Fire Smoke, Air Sensing, and Everyday Life within Climate Change
d.ilkiw@lse.ac.uk

Jayaram, Pratap
Envisioning community safety through tenant organizing
p.jayaram@lse.ac.uk

Kendall, Will
Life-histories of Labour in the Agri-Industrial Lincolnshire Fens: Entangled worlds of value, temporariness, and reproduction 
w.kendall@lse.ac.uk

Kherfi, Yasmine
y.kherfi@lse.ac.uk

Xingzhi Ma
Classed and internationalised space: exploring how Chinese transnational elite students negotiate class identities at British elite universities 
x.ma42@lse.ac.uk

Mackreath, Helen
Landscapes of dispossession: Policing, Property and Labour in Istanbul
h.m.mackreath@lse.ac.uk

Mahmoudzadeh, Mina
The role of wealth and inheritance in social mobility
n.mahmoudzadeh@lse.ac.uk

Martinez Carrillo, Hobeth
Landed elites perceptions and representations on land inequalities in Colombia in the midst of redistributive pressures
h.i.martinez-carrillo@lse.ac.uk

May, Babette
Living and labouring reproductive (in)justice: lifestories, histories, & fictions of epistemic disobedience
b.may1@lse.ac.uk

McGinn, Jack
Decentralised anti-hierarchical organising in the Syrian and Palestinian uprisings
j.mcginn@lse.ac.uk

Nahikian, Anaïde
a.l.najikian@lse.ac.uk

Nasser, Noura
Racialized Subjectivities and Migratory Food Routes: Food Cultures and Urban Sensemaking in Beirut, Lebanon 
n.nasser1@lse.ac.uk 

Nichols, Georgia
g.nichols@lse.ac.uk

Persu, Maria
Re-Entangling Postsocialism with Postcolonialism and the Posthuman through a Diffractive Ethnography of Museum Sites in Bucharest 
m.persu@lse.ac.uk

Pagnini, Marta 
m.pagnini@lse.ac.uk

Pérez Aguilar, Daniela
Wage inequality in the Chilean labour market: Beyond human capital in a neoliberal economy
d.c.perez-aguilar@lse.ac.uk

Reynolds, Matt
High-end domestic services in 21st century Britain
m.f.reynolds@lse.ac.uk

Rivera Blanco, Carla
The Right to Stay: A Natural Politics of Space
c.rivera-blanco@lse.ac.uk

Salama, Zaina
Social Class and Gender: A study of bodily practices and everyday consumption in Egypt
z.h.salama@lse.ac.uk

Twahirwa, Rémy-Paulin
On Ghostly Lives: Life Inside Immigration Detention Centre in the UK and Canada
r.twahirwa@lse.ac.uk

Wilson, Hannah
A Bar of all and for all? Examining the financial and professional impacts of upward social mobility at the independent Bar
h.wilson3@lse.ac.uk

Jack Winterton
A critical analysis of the tools and practices of the impact investing industry
j.winterton@lse.ac.uk

Akdag, Muhammed
Social Determinants of International Competitive Advantage: The Case of Turkish Contractors
m.akdag1@lse.ac.uk 

Al Sudairy, Jawaher
Urban and social regeneration: The case of Makkah’s Redevelopment
j.al-sudairy@lse.ac.uk

Born, Anthony Miro
Placing meritocracy: urban marginality and the ideal of social mobility
a.m.born@lse.ac.uk 

Davids, Sherelle
‘Race’ & Ethnicity in Widening Participation policy and policy enactment in England
s.davids@lse.ac.uk

Harris, Gabrielle (Gaby)
Negotiating complex senses of self: a study of girlhood and privilege through the lens of fashion
g.j.harris@lse.ac.uk

 Hilhorst, Sacha
Afterlives of legitimacy: A political ethnography of two post-industrial towns in England
s.hilhorst@lse.ac.uk

Kampmann, David
Imagined futures of Artificial Intelligence 
d.kampmann@lse.ac.uk

Lally, Amraj
A study of SA MSM in HIV Prevention
a.lally@lse.ac.uk

 Warner, Neil
The road to no alternative: the failure of projects for the socialisation of investment in Western Europe, 1970-1991
n.warner@lse.ac.uk

White, Tim
Living in the flexible city: understanding the socioeconomic implications of corporate co-living 
t.white2@lse.ac.uk