People

Who we are

The DSI involves academic researchers and instructors from departments across the School. It also involves affiliated staff through its Affiliate scheme, and external and visiting researchers through the LSE Visiting Appointments Scheme.

The DSI unites researchers across the LSE's range of social science disciplines through data science.

Academic Staff

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Professor Martin Anthony

Interim Director, Data Science Institute 

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Professor Johannes Ruf

Deputy Director, Data Science Institute 

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Dr Jonathan Cardoso-Silva

Assistant Professor (Education)

Research Interests: Complex Network Analysis; Machine Learning; Data Science Management

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Dr Ghita Berrada

Assistant Professor (Education)

Research Interests: Graph mining; Anomaly detection; Ethical ML/AI; Explainability; Rule mining/FCA; Machine Learning; Provenance; Databases; Decision Support Systems; Time series analysis

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Sara Luxmoore

Sara Luxmoore

Research Officer 

 


Jinshuai Ma

Jinshuai Ma

Research Officer in Data Science

Research Interests: Text analysis; Natural language processing; Human-centered software design; Physiological signal analysis

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Zoltán Szabó

Professor Zoltán Szabó

Turing University Network Liaison (Academic)

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Professional Services Staff

Jill Beattie

Jill Beattie

Institute Manager
Email: DSI.Manager@lse.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7955 7759


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Emily Cruz

Communications and Events Manager (maternity cover)
Email: DSI.Comms@lse.ac.uk
Turing University Network Liaison (Administrative)
Email: DSI.Turing.Admin@lse.ac.uk


Ali Eggleton

Ali Eggleton

Institute Administrator
Email: DSI.Admin@lse.ac.uk


Ellie Finlay

Ellie Finlay

Events Officer
Email: DSI.Events@lse.ac.uk


Lou Flandrin

Lou Flandrin

Business Development Manager
Email: L.Flandrin@lse.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7955 6116


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 Kevin Kittoe

Teaching and Assessment Administrator
Email: DSI.Ug@lse.ac.uk 


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Johanna Tate 

Communications and Events Manager (maternity leave)
Email: DSI.Comms@lse.ac.uk


Guest Teachers


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Dr Stuart Bramwell 
Email: Bramwell@lse.ac.uk 


Tabtim Duenger

Tabtim Duenger 
Senior Data Scientist, The Economist 
Email: T.M.Duenger@lse.ac.uk


Riya Chhikara

Riya Chhikara 
Data Scientist, The Economist 
Email: R.Chhikara@lse.ac.uk


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Yassine Lahna
Y.Lahna@lse.ac.uk

 

 


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Barry Ledeatte
Email: B.Ledeatte@lse.ac.uk


Alexander Soldatkin

Alexander Soldatkin 
DPhil Candidate, University of Oxford, Director of Studies, circle.institute
Email: A.Soldatkin1@lse.ac.uk


Andreas Stoffelbauer

Andreas Stöffelbauer
Data Scientist, Microsoft  

Email: A.Stoffelbauer1@lse.ac.uk



The LSE Data Science Institute (DSI) provides an innovative teaching and learning environment, placing value on an interdisciplinary focus and high levels of student satisfaction.

Due to ever-increasing student interest in DSI courses, GTAs and Guest Teachers with a passion for teaching, providing excellent academic and pastoral support, and delivering academic activities to enhance the student experience are required.

Our posts are designed to offer outstanding teachers the chance to develop their skills and educational practice within supportive surroundings.

Would you like to join our teaching team? Please express an interest in joining us below. We will be in touch during the next selection window.

 You are eligible if you have a Masters or are a PhD student in data science or related fields (such as, programming, data wrangling and machine learning)

Please complete this form to express your interest

DSI GTAs and Guest Teachers

PhD Students

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Vincent Chung
PhD Candidate in Geography
LSE Data Science PhD Studentship
Email: v.j.chung@lse.ac.uk

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Wanting Wang

Wendy Wang
PhD Candidate in Social Research Methods
Email: w.wang75@lse.ac.uk

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DSI Affiliates

DSI Affiliates are members of staff from across the LSE who are engaged with data science in their research and teaching. Affiliates participate in the activities of the institute and have special access to its resources.

Find out more about the DSI Affiliate Scheme. Please note that only LSE staff are eligible to apply for DSI Affiliate status. If you have any questions please email DSI.Admin@lse.ac.uk.

Apply to become a DSI Affiliate


 


Miqdad Asa

Dr Miqdad Asaria
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Policy

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Dr Galit Ashkenazi-Golan
Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics

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Mona Azadkia

Dr Mona Azadkia
Assistant Professor
Department of Statistics

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Dr Marcos Barreto
Assistant Professor (Education) and KEI Strategic Lead Assistant Professorial Lecturer 
Department of Statistics

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Professor Pauline Barrieu
Professor, Head of Department and Vice-Chair of Academic Board
Department of Statistics

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Dr Tuğkan Batu
Assistant Professor 
Department of Mathematics

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Liam Beiser-McGrath

Dr Liam Beiser-McGrath
Assistant Professor
Department of Social Policy

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Professor Tim Besley
School Professor of Economics and Political Science 

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Dr Chris Blunt
Assistant Professorial Lecturer and Co-Director of LSE100

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Professor Umut Cetin
Professor of Statistics
Department of Statistics

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Yining Chen

Dr Yining Chen
Associate Professor
Department of Statistics

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Dr Yunxiao Chen
Assistant Professor 
Department of Statistics

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NCummins

Dr Neil Cummins
Professor 
Department of Economic History

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Dr Daniel De Kadt
Assistant Professor
Department of Methodology

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Zachary Dickson

Zachary Dickson
Postdoctoral Research Fellow 
Department of Government

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Alexander Evans

Professor Alexander Evans
Programme Director, MPA in Data Science for Public Policy
School of Public Policy


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Giulia Ferrari

Dr Giulia Ferrari
Research Fellow 
Centre for Women, Peace and Security

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florian-foos

Dr Florian Foos
Associate Professor in Political Behaviour 
Department of Government

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Michael Ganslmeier

Dr Michael Ganslmeier
Assistant Professor 
Department of Methodology

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Dr Alexandra Gomes
Research Fellow 
LSE Cities

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Dr Anushri Gupta
Research Officer
Department of Management

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Mr Yuanmo He
LSE Fellow
Department of Methodology

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K Kalogeropoulos

Dr Kostas Kalogeropoulos
Associate Professor and MSc Statistics Programme Director
Department of Statistics

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Dr Tomislav Karačić
Assistant Professor 
Department of Management 

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Casey Kearney

Dr Casey Kearney
Assistant Professor (Education)
School of Public Policy

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Professor Astrid Krenz
Miguel Dols Fellow
Department of Geography and Environment 

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Dr Marion Lieutaud
Leverhulme Early-Career Researcher 
Department of Methodology

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Joshua-Loftus

Dr Joshua Loftus
Professor 
Department of Statistics

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Jens Madsen

Dr Jens Koed Madsen
Assistant Professor 
Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science

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Blake Miller

Dr Blake Miller
Assistant Professor 
Department of Methodology

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Andrew Moles
Learning Developer - Data Science Tools
Digital Skills Lab

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Dr Carl Müller-Crepon
Assistant Professor
Department of Government

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Michael Muthukrishna

Dr Michael Muthukrishna
Associate Professor of Economic Psychology
Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science

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Dr Neil Olver

Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics

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Marie Oldfield

Dr Marie Oldfield
Senior Lecturer in Practice
Department of Mathematics

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Katerina Papadaki

Dr Katerina Papadaki
Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics

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Jean_C_Plantin

Dr Jean-Christophe Plantin
Associate Professor
Department of Media and Communications

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M_Poertner

Dr Mathias Poertner
Assistant Professor in Political Science
Department of Government

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A Powell

Dr Alison Powell
Associate Professor
Department of Media and Communications

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Elly Power

Dr Eleanor Power
Assistant Professor 
Department of Methodology

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Dr Xinghao Qiao
Associate Professor 
Department of Statistics

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Tom Robinson

Dr Thomas Robinson
Assistant Professor 
Department of Methodology

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Dorottya Sallai

Dr Dorottya Sallai
Associate Professor (Education) of Management
Department of Management

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Melissa Sands

Dr Melissa Sands
Assistant Professor of Politics and Data Science 
Department of Government

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Dr Aurelien Saussay
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow
Grantham Research Institute

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Dr Anuschka Schmitt
Assistant Professor 
Department of Management

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Chengchun Shi

Dr Chengchun Shi
Associate Professor 
Department of Statistics

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Dr Rachel Spicer
Postdoctoral Fellow 
Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science

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Professor Patrick Sturgis
Professor of Quantitative Social Science
Department of Methodology

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Divya-Srivastava

Dr Divya Srivastrava
Guest Teacher
Department of Health Policy

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Professor Zoltán Szabó
Professor of Data Science 
Department of Statistics

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Dr Milena Tsvetkova
Associate Professor of Computational Social Science 
Department of Methodology

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Professor Dimitri Vayanos 
Professor of Finance
Department of Finance

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Dr Ana Varela Varela
Assistant Professor in Georgaphic Data Science 
Department of Geography and Environment 

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Professor László Végh
Professor
Department of Mathematics

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Will Venters

Dr Will Venters
Associate Professor of Information Systems
Department of Management

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K Vredenburgh

Dr Kate Vredenburgh
Assistant Professor 
Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method

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Tengyao Wang

Dr Tengyao Wang
Professor and MSc Statistics (Financial Statistics) Programme Director
Department of Statistics

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Yan Wang

Dr Yan Wang
Research Fellow
School of Public Policy

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Henry-Wynn

Professor Henry Wynn
Emeritus Professor of Statistics 
Department of Statistics

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Visiting Appointments

The Visiting Appointments scheme allows staff from other institutions to benefit from the level of involvement similar to that enjoyed by DSI Affiliates.


Nicole Baerg

Dr Nicole Baerg 
Senior Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of Essex
Visiting Senior Fellow

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John Burn-Murdoch
Chief Data Reporter, the Financial Times
Visiting Senior Fellow

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Gokhan Ciflikli

Dr Gökhan Çiflikli
Director of Data & AI, Superside
Visiting Senior Fellow

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James Hamp

Dr James Hamp
Director and Head of FX Data Strategy and Analytics, Citi
Visiting Fellow

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Dr Ajay Kumar 
Associate Professor of Business Analytics, Emlyon Business School
Visiting Senior Fellow

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Tom Pas

Dr Tom Paskhalis
Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Visiting Fellow

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Professor Ehud Shapiro
Professor, Weizmann Institute of Science
Visiting Professor

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Dr Miriam Sorace
Associate Professor of Business Analytics, University of Reading
Visiting Senior Fellow

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Dr Erica Thompson

Dr Erica Thompson
Associate Professor of Modelling for Decision Making, Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy, UCL 
Visiting Senior Fellow

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Josh Townsley

Dr Joshua Townsley 
Senior UX Researcher, WhatsApp
Visiting Fellow

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Visiting Research Students

Anastasiia Menshikova

Anastasiia Menshikova (WT 2024)
PhD Candidate from the Institute for Analytical Sociology, Linköping University, Sweden


Nader Hotait

Nader Hotait (AT 2023)
PhD Candidate in Sociology, University of Mannheim, Germany

 


Paride Carrara

Paride Carrara (WT and ST 2023)
PhD Candidate in Political and Social Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy


Riccardo Ricciardi

Riccardo Ricciardi (AT 2022)
PhD Candidate in Statistics and Data Science at the Department of Economics and Management, University of Brescia, Italy


Clint Claessen

 Clint Claessen (WT 2022)
PhD Candidate at the Department of Social Sciences, University of Basel


Fintan Oeri

Fintan Oeri (AT 2021)
PhD Candidate at the Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Basel


Phillip Darius

Philipp Darius (AT 2021)
PhD Candidate in Governance at the Centre for Digital Governance, Hertie School

 

 

Advisers to the DSI

DSI Management Committee

The DSI Management Committee exists to ensure the coordination of DSI activities with research, teaching, and outreach in data science across the various units of the school.

The Committee also provides input that shapes the goals of the DSI and its strategy for meeting those goals. 

Membership:

Professor Michael Laver
Visiting Professor, Department of Methodology

Professor Susana Mourato 
(ex-officio) Vice President and Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research

Dr Alison Powell
Associate Professor, Department of Media and Communications

Professor Olmo Silva 
Professor of Real Estate Economic and Finance and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Geography and Environment

Professor Bernhard Von Stengel 
Professor, Department of Mathematics

Professor Patrick Sturgis 
Professor of Quantative Social Science, Department of Methodology

Professor Zoltán Szabó 
Professor of Data Science, Department of Statistics

Data Science Education Forum

The Data Science Education Forum exists to ensure the quality and coordination of data science teaching and learning across the School. 

The responsibilities of the DSI Education Forum include facilitating effective communication with stakeholders across the School, collaborating on the provision and design of data science components offered by the Digital Skills Lab (DSL), and overseeing content development of DSI-led modules.

Membership:

Professor Peter Allen 
Professor, Department of Mathematics 

Jeni Brown
Head of LSE Digital Skills Lab

Professor Emma McCoy 
(ex-officio) Vice President and Pro-Vice Chancellor for Education

Professor Irini Moustaki
Professor and Deputy Head of Department, Department of Statistics

Dr Melissa Sands 
Assistant Professor of Politics and Data Science, Department of Government

Dr Thomas Smith
Associate Professor in Environmental Geography, Department of Geography and Environment

Dr Milena Tsvetkova 
Assistant Professor of Computational Social Science, Department of Methodology 

Dr Yang Yang
Senior Academic Developer, LSE Eden Centre for Education Enhancement