Any faculty member of the LSE Department of Government is welcome to join the PSPE group. Faculty members of other LSE Departments and Institutes are also welcome to join the group, by invitation of the Director.
Any PhD student from the LSE Department of Government can join the PSPE group if he or she is nominated a faculty member of the group. PhD students in other LSE Departments and Institutions can also join the group at the discretion of the Director.
PSPE Roles
Simon Hix|, Professor of European and Comparative Politics
PSPE Director
Torun Dewan|, Professor in Political Science
PSPE Research Seminar
Rafael Hortala-Vallve|, Lecturer in Political Science and Public Policy
PSPE Doctoral Workshop/Work-in-Progress Semainar
Stephanie Rickard|, Lecturer in Global Politics
PSPE Working Paper Series
Valentino Larcinese|, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Public Choice
Co-Convenor of MSc in Political Science and Political Economy
Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey|, Reader in Political Science
Co-Convenor of MSc in Political Science and Political Economy
Other Faculty Members
Department of Government
Michael Bruter|, Senior Lecturer in European Politics
Leandro Carrera|, Research Officer, LSE Public Policy Group
Thomas Däubler, LSE Fellow in European Politics
Patrick Dunleavy|, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy
Andy Eggers|, Lecturer in Political Science
Nikitas Konstantinidis|, LSE Fellow in Political Science and Public Policy
Christian List|, Professor of Political Science and Philosophy (joint Philosophy Dept)
Omar McDoom|, Lecturer in Comparative Politics
Paul Mitchell|, Senior Lecturer in European Politics and Political Methodology
Hande Mutlu-Eren|, LSE Fellow in Political Science and Public Policy
Kai Spiekermann|, Lecturer in Political Philosophy
Eiko Thielemann|, Senior Lecturer in European Politics (joint with European Institute)
Joachim Wehner|, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy
Department of Economics
Tim Besley|, Professor of Economics and Political Science
Francesco Caselli|, Professor of Economics
Gilat Levy|, Professor of Economics
Gerard Padro i Miquel|, Lecturer in Economics
Andrea Prat|, Professor of Economics
Ronny Razin|, Professor of Economics
Daniel Sturm|, Reader in Economics
European Institute
Joan Costa i Font|, Senior Lecturer in Political Economy (joint with Social Policy Dept)
Sara Hagemann|, Lecturer in EU Politics
Sara Hobolt|, Sutherland Chair in European Institutes
Mareike Kleine|, Lecturer in EU Politics
Hartmut Lenz|, LSE Fellow in EU Politics
Marco Simoni|, Lecturer in European Political Economy
Department of International Development
Mayling Birney|, Lecturer in Political Economy of Development
Jean-Paul Faguet|, Reader in Political Economy of Development
Elliot Green|, Lecturer in Development Studies
Lloyd Gruber|, Lecturer in Political Economy of Development
Ken Shadlen|, Reader in Development Studies
Department of International Relations
Jeffrey Chwieroth|, Reader in International Political Economy
Mark Manger|, Lecturer in International Political Economy
Lauren Phillips|, Lecturer in International Relations
Thomas Sattler, Lecturer in International Political Economy
Methodology Institute
Ken Benoit|, Professor of Political Science Research Methodology and Head of the Methodology Institute
Benjamin Lauderdale|, Lecturer in Research Methodology
Dominik Hangartner|, Lecturer in Research Methodology
Department of Geography and Environment
Eric Neumayer|, Professor of Environment and Development
Andres Rodriguez-Pose|, Professor of Economic Geography
Department of Management
Jordi Blanes-i-Vidal|, Lecturer in Management
PhD Student Members
Farimah Daftary|, Department of Government
Research interests: autonomy arrangements, ethnic conflict regulation, EU accession and minority protection, effective participation of minorities, nation-building, state-building and language politics
Ignazio De Ferrari, Department of Government
Research Interests: electoral accountability, economic voting, presidentialism, electoral systems, Latin American politics
Mona Ezechiasova, Department of Government
Research interests: political economy, formal and quantitative analysis, electoral systems and political careers
Jens Flanding, Department of Government
Research interests: European social models, European regulation and delegation, comparative labour market policy and politics, economic and political integration, applied best and appropriate practice public policy
Sean Fox|, Department of International Development
Research interests: urbanization, urban governance, economic development, political economy, economic history, institutions, African development, industrialisation, developmental states.
Maximilian Freier|, European Institute
Research interests: the political economy of structural reform, European Union governance and integration
Julio A. Gonzalez|, Department of Government
Research interests: Informal sector, labour economics, development economics, Latin American politics, infrastructure, logistics, benchmarking of public services
Ting Luo|, Department of Government
Research interests: China's village elections, quantitative methodology, public choice
David Marshall, Department of Government
Research interests: political economy, European Union, legislative politics, European politics
Micheal O'Keeffe, Department of Government
Research interests: European political economy, EU governance, financial market regulation, capital market integration
Julia Pomares, Department of Government
Research interests: electronic voting, institutional design of electoral administration bodies, policy change
Brenda Van Coppenolle, Methodology Institute
Research interests: research methods, political economy, electoral systems, voting, political selection and political careers
Derek William Vallès|, Department of Government
Research interests: democratic theory; constitutional design; deliberation; legislative politics; health policy and economics; regulatory reform (health, financial, public utilities); spatial analysis; content analysis