Academic department PhD contacts

Doctoral programme directors (co-directors)
Dr Tommaso Palermo
t.palermo@lse.ac.uk

Dr Xi Li
xi.li@lse.ac.uk

PhD administrative contact
Rebecca Baker
R.J.Baker@lse.ac.uk

Department of Accounting 

Doctoral programme director 

Dr Nick Long

N.J.Long@lse.ac.uk

PhD administrative contact
Yan Hinrichsen
y.hinrichsen@lse.ac.uk 

Department of Anthropology

Doctoral programme director
Professor Maitreesh Ghatak
m.ghatak@lse.ac.uk

PhD administrative contact
Emma Taverner
e.taverner@lse.ac.uk

Department of Economics

Doctoral programme director

Prof Tirthankar Roy

T.Roy@lse.ac.uk

PhD administrative contact
Tracy Keefe
t.j.keefe@lse.ac.uk

Department of Economic History

Doctoral programme director

Professor Jonathan White

j.p.white@lse.ac.uk

PhD administrative contact
Florence Samuels and Samson Yeung
ei.phd@lse.ac.uk

MPhil/PhD in European Studies

Doctoral programme director
Professor Daniel Paravisini
d.paravisini@lse.ac.uk

PhD administrative contact
Mary Comben 
m.comben@lse.ac.uk

Department of Finance

Doctoral programme director
Professor Clare Hemmings 
C.Hemmings@lse.ac.uk

PhD administrative contact
Annie Robinson
a.k.robinson@lse.ac.uk

Gender Studies

Doctoral programme directors
Professor Claire Mercer (Director of Graduate Studies)
c.c.mercer@lse.ac.uk

Professor Henry Overman (Economic Geography)
h.g.overman@lse.ac.uk

Professor Simon Dietz (Environmental Economics)

s.dietz@lse.ac.uk

Dr Michael Mason (Environmental Policy & Development)
m.mason@lse.ac.uk

Dr Austin Zeiderman (Human Geography & Urban Studies)
A.Zeiderman@lse.ac.uk

Dr Romola Sanyal (Regional Planning)
r.sanyal@lse.ac.uk

PhD administrative contact
Tom Jones

Geog.Phd@lse.ac.uk                                             

Department of Geography and Environment

Doctoral programme director
Dr Omar McDoom                                           o.s.mcdoom@lse.ac.uk

PhD administrative contact
Emily Crook
Gov.phd@lse.ac.uk

Department of Government

Doctoral programme director (co-DPDS)

Dr Mylene Lagarde 

m.lagarde@lse.ac.uk

Dr Justin Parkhurst
j.parkhurst@lse.ac.uk

PhD administrative contact
Muheez Busari
Healthpolicy.phd@lse.ac.uk

Department of Health Policy

Doctoral programme director
Dr Arjan Gjonca
a.gjonca@lse.ac.uk

Deputy Doctoral programme director

Professor Tiziana Leone

t.leone@lse.ac.uk

PhD administrative contact 
Dr Monika Kruesmann   
Id.research@lse.ac.uk

Department of International Development

Doctoral programme director
Professor Joanna Lewis
J.E.Lewis@lse.ac.uk

PhD administrative contact
Dr Edlira Gjonca
Ih.Phdadmin@lse.ac.uk 

Department of International History

Doctoral programme director
Professor Chris Alden
j.c.alden@lse.ac.uk

PhD administrative contact
Amy Brook and Sarah Helias
ir.research@lse.ac.uk

Department of International Relations

Doctoral programme director
Professor Tom Poole
T.M.Poole@lse.ac.uk

PhD administrator
Rebecca Newman 
r.newman1@lse.ac.uk

Department of Law

Doctoral programme directors
Professor Ryan Lamare (Main)
J.R.Lamare@lse.ac.uk

Dr Jordi Blanes i Vidal (Economics and Management) 
J.Blanes-I-Vidal@lse.ac.uk

Dr Jonathan Booth (Employment Relations and Human Resources) 
J.Booth@lse.ac.uk

Dr Edgar Whitley (Information Systems and Innovation)     
E.A.Whitley@lse.ac.uk

Dr Heather Kappes (Marketing)
h.kappes@lse.ac.uk

Dr Shasa Dobrow (Organisational Behaviour) 
s.r.dobrow@lse.ac.uk

PhD Programmes Manager 
Camilla Kennedy Harper 
c.kennedy-harper@lse.ac.uk

Department of Management

Doctoral programme director
Professor Luitgard Veraart
L.Veraart@lse.ac.uk

PhD administrative contact
Annie Li
s.m.li@lse.ac.uk

Department of Mathematics

Doctoral programme director
Professor Ellen Helsper
e.j.helsper@lse.ac.uk

PhD administrative contact
Danielle Blasse
Media.PhD@lse.ac.uk

Department of Media and Communications

Doctoral programme director
Associate Professor Flora Cornish
f.cornish@lse.ac.uk

PhD administrative contact
Camilya Maleh
methodology.research@lse.ac.uk

Department of Methodology

Doctoral programme director 
Prof Campbell Brown 
c.f.brown@lse.ac.uk 

PhD administrative contact
Mar Torro-Lopez (until October 2024)
Philosophy.pg@lse.ac.uk 

Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method

Doctoral programme director
Dr Michael Muthukrishna
m.muthukrishna@lse.ac.uk

PhD administrative contact
Karine Gay
pbs.phd@lse.ac.uk 

Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science

Doctoral programme director 
Dr Tania Burchardt 
t.burchardt@lse.ac.uk

PhD administrative contact
Sevilay Erdogan and Craig Stewart
Socialpolicy.Phd@lse.ac.uk

Department of Social Policy

Doctoral programme director
Dr Carrie Friese
c.friese@lse.ac.uk

Department Research Manager
Emilia Borowksa
sociology.phd@lse.ac.uk

Department of Sociology

Doctoral programme director
Prof Clifford Lam
c.lam2@lse.ac.uk

PhD administrative contact
Muhammed Iqbal  
m.s.iqbal@lse.ac.uk

Department of Statistics