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 Steve Pischke
s.pischke@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
Sarah Doerfler

ei@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
Dr Leticia Sabsay
l.sabsay@lse.ac.uk

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

Gender Studies

Doctoral programme directors

Professor Claire Mercer (Director of Doctoral Studies)

c.c.mercer@lse.ac.uk

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

Professor Eugenie Dugoua (Environmental Economics)

e.dugoua@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
Zia Simpson

Geog.Phd@lse.ac.uk                                             

Department of Geography and Environment

Doctoral programme director
Dr Omar McDoom

o.s.mcdoom@lse.ac.uk

PhD Programmes Manager 
Emily Crook
Gov.phd@lse.ac.uk

Department of Government

Doctoral programme director 

Dr Clare Wenham

C.Wenham@lse.ac.uk

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

Department of Health Policy

Doctoral programme director
Dr Tine Hanrieder 
t.hanrieder@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

Prof Youngjin Yoo (Information Systems and Innovation)     
Y.Yoo@lse.ac.uk

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

Dr Xiaoran Hu (Organisational Behaviour) 
X.Hu16@lse.ac.uk 

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

Department of Management

Doctoral programme director
Professor Konrad Swanepoel
k.swanepoel@lse.ac.uk

PhD administrative contact

Ms Jasna Begić
J.Begic@lse.ac.uk

Department of Mathematics

Doctoral programme director
Dr Dylan Mulvin
D.Mulvin@lse.ac.uk

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

Department of Media and Communications

Doctoral programme director
Dr Eleanor Power
e.a.power@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
Sabina Allam-Patel
Philosophy.pg@lse.ac.uk 

Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method

Doctoral programme director
Professor Jeremy Ginges

j.ginges@lse.ac.uk

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

Prof Aaron Reeves                                  a.s.reeves@lse.ac.uk

Department Research Manager
Will Kendall and Liudmila Pliner
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