Collaboration Stories and Interviews

Learn about collaborations with non-academic organisations

Read what LSE PhD students and graduates have to say about their experiences of collaborating with non-academic organisations and find out how to create impact through engagement with industry and third sector partners.

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Rebecca Campbell LSE Fellow in the Department of Management - PhD in Management

Rebecca's PhD project explored the socioeconomic implications of free choice in relation to pension. Read how Rebecca navigated the challenes of working with a commercial company as part of her PhD.

 

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Vanessa Ciccone PhD student in the Department of Media and Communications

Vanessa's PhD research explores the negotiation of inclusivity and emotion management at digital media organizations. To collect data, Vanessa reached out to and conducted ethnographic research within a tech company.  Read on to find out how she gained access to the right company and how this collaboration yielded new insights for her research.

 

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Davide Contu Faculty at the Canadian University Dubai - PhD in Environmental Economics 

For his PhD research on preferences towards nuclear energy across different countries, Davide collaborated with the Enel Foundation and YouGov. Read here how Davide's research added value to a commercial organisation and how this work enriched his career perspectives.

 

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Amanda Dahlstrand Rudin PhD student in the Department of Economics

Amanda's PhD project explores the impacts of the digitalisation of healthcare on e.g. the socioeconomic gradient in health, health care utilisation and costs. To access data for her PhD research, Amanda has collaborated with the Swedish digital health care provider Kry. Read here how this collaboration benefitted both Amanda’s research and Kry.

 

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Inna Grinis Senior Data Scientist at RavenPack - PhD in Economics

Inna's research explored the intersection of economics and computation, with a particular focus on skills shortages. She collaborated with Burning Glass Technologies (BGT), a private sector analytics software company based in the UK and the US. Here, Inna shares her experiences of this collaboration and its long-term positive impact on her post-PhD trajectory.

 

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Yohan Iddawela Executive Director at 505 Economics - PhD in Economic Geography

In this interview Yohan talks about his experience during his PhD and running 505 Economics, a company specialised in creating spatial economic datasets. Read the interview here.

 

 

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Maria Kramer ERSC Postdoctoral Fellow, LSE Sociology Department - PhD in Sociology

In this interview Maria provides useful advice about doing a PhD and working outside academia. Read the interview here.

 

 

 

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Cecile McGrath Managing Consultant, ICF - PhD in Government

In this interview Cecile talks about how the skills acquired during her PhD are crucial in her work, and provides advice for PhD researchers interesting in exploring their options ouside of academia. Read the interview here.

 

 

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Bo Tang PhD student in the Department of Finance

Bo's current research interests are in the fields of FinTech, financial intermediation, and corporate finance. He has been collaborating on research projects with the research team at Pantheon Ventures, a leading private equity fund-of-fund (FoF) headquartered in London. Read on to find out how this process has exposed Bo to new ways of doing research and enabled him to expand his network.

 

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Lisa Whitelaw Organisational Development and Innovation Specialist at Thales - PhD in Social Psychology

Lisa has carried out collaborative research with Thales UK, while being a part-time PhD student in the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science. She conducted her research as part of her position at Thales UK Research, Technology and Innovation (RTI). Here Lisa shares her fascination for industry embedded research.