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Head of Department
Professor Paul Kelly
gov.hod@lse.ac.uk

Department Manager
Imran Iqbal
i.iqbal2@lse.ac.uk | +44 (0)207 955 7908

Deputy Department Manager
Kate Jessop
k.a.jessop@lse.ac.uk | +44 (0)207 955 7909

Faculty Enquiries
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Undergraduate Enquiries
gov.ug@lse.ac.uk | +44 (0)207 955 6498

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gov.msc@lse.ac.uk | +44 (0)207 955 6300

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Paul Apostolidis (Prof)
Professorial Lecturer and Department Tutor
Room CBG 3.07 | +44 (0)207 955 6295 | p.apostolidis@lse.ac.uk

Tom Bailey (Mr)
LSE Fellow
Room CBG 3.08 | t.j.bailey@lse.ac.uk

Daniel Berliner (Dr)
Associate Professor in Political Science and Public Policy
Room CBG 3.15 | d.berliner@lse.ac.uk

Sevinç Bermek (Dr)
Fellow
Room CBG 3.10 | s.bermek@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Professor Catherine Boone

Catherine Boone (Prof)
Professor of Comparative Politics
Room CON 6.04 | c.boone@lse.ac.uk

Sarah Brierley (Dr)
Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics
Room CBG 4.28 | s.brierley@lse.ac.uk

Michael Bruter (Prof)
Professor of Political Science and European Politics
Room CBG 3.03 | +44 (0)207 955 6547 | m.bruter@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Professor John Chalcraft

John Chalcraft (Prof)
Professor in Middle East History and Politics
Room CBG 4.19 | j.t.chalcraft@lse.ac.uk

Nicholas Devlin (Dr)
LSE Fellow in Government
Room CBG 3.08 | n.devlin@lse.ac.uk

Torun Dewan (Prof)
Professor of Political Science and Deputy Head of Department for Research
Room CBG 4.22 | t.dewan@lse.ac.uk

Vesselin Dimitrov (Dr)
Associate Professorial Lecturer in Eastern European Politics and Deputy Head of Department for Teaching
Room CBG 4.38 | v.t.dimitrov@lse.ac.uk

Mathilde Emeriau (Dr)
Assistant Professor in Empirical Political Economy
Room CBG 4.29 | m.emeriau@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Professor Katrin Flikschuh

Katrin Flikschuh (Prof)
Professor of Modern Political Theory
Room CBG 4.21 | k.a.flikschuh@lse.ac.uk

Florian Foos (Dr)
Associate Professor in Political Behaviour
Room CBG 3.25 | f.foos@lse.ac.uk

David Foster (Dr)
LSE Fellow
Room CBG 3.10 | d.foster@lse.ac.uk

Federico Fuchs (Dr)
LSE Fellow
Room CBG 3.11 | f.fuchs@lse.ac.uk

Steffen Hertog (Dr)
Associate Professor in Comparative Politics
Room CBG 3.27 | s.hertog@lse.ac.uk

Sara Hobolt (Prof)
Sutherland Chair in European Institutions
Room CBG 4.34 | s.b.hobolt@lse.ac.uk

Jonathan Hopkin (Prof)
Professor of Comparative Politics
Room CBG 6.01 | j.r.hopkin@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Dr Rafael Hortala-Vallve

Rafael Hortala-Vallve (Prof)
Professor in Political Science and Public Policy
Room CBG 4.27 | r.hortala-vallve@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Professor James Hughes

James Hughes (Prof)
Professor of Comparative Politics
Room CBG 3.33 | j.hughes@lse.ac.uk

Ryan Jablonski (Dr)
Associate Professor in Political Science
Room CBG 3.32 | r.s.jablonski@lse.ac.uk

Nirvikar Jassal (Dr)
Assistant Professor in Political Science
Room CBG 4.14 | n.jassal@lse.ac.uk

Leigh Jenco (Prof)
Professor in Political Theory
Room CBG 4.25 | l.k.jenco@lse.ac.uk

Paul Kelly (Prof)
Professor of Political Theory and Head of Department
Room CBG 4.18 | p.j.kelly@lse.ac.uk

Bill Kissane (Dr)
Associate Professor (Reader)
Room CBG 3.39 | b.kissane@lse.ac.uk

Mathias Koenig-Archibugi (Dr)
Associate Professor in Global Politics
Room CBG 3.38 | m.koenig-archibugi@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Professor Valentino Larcinese

Valentino Larcinese (Prof)
Professor in Public Policy
Room CBG 3.02 | v.larcinese@lse.ac.uk

Michael Lerner (Dr)
Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Policy
Room CBG 4.21 | m.h.lerner@lse.ac.uk

Chun Lin (Prof)
Professor in Comparative Politics
Room CBG 4.20 | c.lin@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Professor Martin Lodge

Martin Lodge (Prof)
Professor of Political Science and Public Policy and Deputy Head of Department for Research
Room CBG 3.05 | m.lodge@lse.ac.uk

Omar McDoom (Dr)
Associate Professor in Comparative Politics
Room CBG 3.36 | +44 (0)207 955 7557 | o.s.mcdoom@lse.ac.uk

Paul Mitchell (Dr)
Associate Professor in European Politics and Political Methodology
Room CBG 3.30 | p.l.mitchell@lse.ac.uk

Carl Müller-Crepon (Dr)
Assistant Professor
Room CBG 3.28 | c.a.muller-crepon@lse.ac.uk

George Ofosu (Dr)
Assistant Professor in Comparative Politics
Room CBG 3.29 | g.ofosu@lse.ac.uk

Ed Page (Prof)
Sidney and Beatrice Webb Professor in Public Policy
Room CBG 4.30 | e.c.page@lse.ac.uk

Zeynep Pamuk (Dr)
Assistant Professor of Political Theory
Room CBG 4.13 | z.pamuk@lse.ac.uk

Francisco Panizza (Prof)
Professor of Latin American and Comparative Politics
Room CBG 4.32 | f.e.panizza@lse.ac.uk

Mathias Poertner (Dr)
Assistant Professor of Political Behaviour
Room CBG 3.34 | m.poertner@lse.ac.uk

Stephanie Rickard (Prof)
Professor of Political Science
Room CBG 4.36 | s.rickard@lse.ac.uk

Melissa Sands (Dr)
Assistant Professor of Politics and Data Science
Room CBG 4.37 | m.sands@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey

Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey (Prof)
Professor in Political Science
Room CBG 3.09 | +44 (0)207 955 7187 | c.m.schonhardt-bailey@lse.ac.uk

John Sidel (Prof)
Sir Patrick Gillam Chair in International and Comparative Politics (Joint appointment with LSE International Relations)
Room CBG 3.35 | | j.t.sidel@lse.ac.uk

Kai Spiekermann (Prof)
Professor of Political Philosophy
Room CBG 4.26 | k.spiekermann@lse.ac.uk

Christine Stedtnitz (Dr)
LSE Fellow
Room CBG 3.12 | c.stedtnitz@lse.ac.uk

Pavithra Suryanarayan (Dr)
Assistant Professor
Room CBG 4.31 | p.suryanarayan@lse.ac.uk

Eiko Thielemann (Dr)
Associate Professor in Political Science and Public Policy
Room CBG 7.02 | +44 (0)207 955 6012 | e.thielemann@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Professor Tony Travers

Tony Travers (Prof)
Professor in Practice
Room CBG 5.28 | +44 (0)207 955 7777 | a.travers@lse.ac.uk

Tamara Tubakovic (Dr)
Fellow in Public Policy and Administration
Room CBG 3.11 | t.tubakovic@lse.ac.uk

Joachim Wehner (Dr)
Associate Professor in Public Policy
Room CBG 3.22 | j.h.wehner@lse.ac.uk

Stephane Wolton (Dr)
Associate Professor in Political Science
Room CBG 3.40 | s.wolton@lse.ac.uk

David Woodruff (Dr)
Associate Professor of Comparative Politics
Room CBG 3.31 | d.woodruff@lse.ac.uk

Lea Ypi (Prof)
Professor in Political Theory
Room CBG 4.33 | l.l.ypi@lse.ac.uk

Please note, our student desk is at CBG 3.20 and our opening hours are weekdays, 10.00am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 4.00pm.

Portrait photo of Imran

Imran Iqbal (Mr)
Department Manager
Room CBG 3.01 | +44 (0)207 955 7908 | i.iqbal2@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Department Strategy | The Communications, Research and Resources Team | The Teaching Team

Education Team

Kate Jessop (Ms)
Deputy Department Manager
Room CBG 3.20 | +44 (0)207 955 7909 | k.a.jessop@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: The Teaching Team | Teaching Policy | Teaching Resourcing

Natalie Paris (Ms)
Undergraduate Adviser
Room CBG 3.21 | +44 (0)207 107 5186 | n.paris2@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: UG Student Welfare | Study Skills and Personal Development for UG Students

Mark Bryceland (Mr)
MSc Programmes Manager
Room CBG 3.20 | +44 (0)207 955 6300 | gov.msc@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: MSc Programme Administration | Postgraduate Admissions | Assessments & Exams

Claudia Pikali (Mrs)
MSc Programme Administrator
Room CBG 3.20 | +44 (0)207 955 6060 | gov.msc@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: MSc Programme Administration | Postgraduate Admissions / Assessments & Exams

Emily Metcalf (Ms)
PhD and Teaching Administrator
Room CBG 3.20 | +44 (0)207 955 7929 | gov.phd@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: MRes/PhD Programme | Teaching administration/enquiries

Faculty Affairs Team

Karen Dickenson (Mrs)
Finance Officer
Room CBG 3.20 | +44 (0)207 955 7748 | gov.research@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Finance

Maddie Giles (Ms)
Communications and Events Manager
Room CBG 3.20 | +44 (0)207 955 7553 | gov.comms@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Events | Communications | Blog | Social Media

Clair Harrison (Ms)
Faculty Affairs Manager
Room CBG 3.20 | +44 (0)207 849 4970 | gov.faculty@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Faculty Affairs

James Robins (Mr)
Web and Digital Media Manager
Room CBG 3.20 | +44 (0)203 486 2617 | gov.website@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Website | Video & Multimedia Production | Blog | Social Media

Kevin Shields (Mr)
Faculty Affairs Administrator
Room CBG 3.20 | +44 (0)20 7106 1199 | gov.faculty@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Faculty Affairs

Shelly Wilkley (Mrs)
Research Manager
Room CBG 3.20 | gov.research@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Research

Adrian Arellano (Dr)
Research Officer
Room CBG 3.27 | a.arellano2@lse.ac.uk

Zachary Dickson (Mr)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
z.dickson@lse.ac.uk

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Francisco Garcia-Gibson (Dr)
Research Fellow
Room CBG 4.32 | a.arellano2@lse.ac.uk

Sarah Harrison (Dr)
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow (Electoral Psychology Observatory)
Room CBG 3.24 | s.l.harrison@lse.ac.uk

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Maximillian Afnan
Thesis: 'Globalisation, Diversity and Public Deliberation’
m.a.afnan@lse.ac.uk

Meshal Alkhowaiter
Thesis: 'How targeted economic policies shape government approval in non-democratic and rentier countries'
m.alkhowaiter@lse.ac.uk

Laurence Antao
l.a.antao@lse.ac.uk

Tom Bailey
t.j.bailey@lse.ac.uk

Luis Bosshart
Thesis: 'Essays in coming to terms with the past: Transitional justice and memory in postwar Germany'
l.s.bosshart@lse.ac.uk

Elisa Cencig
Thesis: 'Lobbying across venues in EU financial regulation'
e.cencig@lse.ac.uk

Morris Chan (MRes Student)
m.s.chan1@lse.ac.uk

Vanessa Cheng-Matsuno
Thesis: 'Political Instability: Does it Disrupt the Bureaucracy?'
v.cheng-matsuno@lse.ac.uk

Joel Chong (MRes Student)
Thesis: 'Disenchanting the Divine'
j.z.chong@lse.ac.uk

Asli Ceren Cinar
Thesis: 'The impact of physical characteristics on candidate evaluation'
a.cinar@lse.ac.uk

Cristina Conesa Pla (MRes Student)
c.conesa-pla@lse.ac.uk

Julia Costet
j.costet@lse.ac.uk

Thoraya El-Rayyes
Thesis: 'Mass politics and public opinion in MENA: Evidence from Egypt and Jordan'
t.el-rayyes@lse.ac.uk

Reuben Finighan
r.finighan@lse.ac.uk

Hilke Gudel
h.gudel@lse.ac.uk

Vincent Harting
Thesis: 'Material Constitutionalism and the Politics of Anti-Oligarchy'
v.a.harting@lse.ac.uk

Martin Haus
Thesis: 'Three Essays on Bureaucracy and Public Schools in Rural India'
m.haus@lse.ac.uk

Angga Indraswara
Thesis: 'Beyond Numbers: A Comparative Analysis of Christian Minority Groups in Indonesia'
a.indraswara@lse.ac.uk

Gaetano Inglese (MRes Student)
g.inglese@lse.ac.uk

Sarah Jewett
s.jewett1@lse.ac.uk

Yusuf Imaad Khan (MRes Student)
y.i.khan@lse.ac.uk

Max Kiefel
Thesis: '‘For the Many, Not the Few’: the re-organisation of Social Democratic parties'
m.kiefel@lse.ac.uk

Rune Wriedt Larsen
Thesis: 'Civil War, Statebuilding, and Types of Armed Organisations in Southeast Asia'
r.w.larsen@lse.ac.uk

Tiffany Lau
Thesis: 'Trolling in the Deep: The US 2016 Elections, the Russian Internet Research Agency, and Affective Polarisation on Reddit'
t.t.lau@lse.ac.uk

Katharina Lawall
Thesis: 'The causes and consequences of negative partisanship in multi-party systems'
k.lawall@lse.ac.uk

Julia Leschke
Thesis: 'Populism in Parties, Politicians and Public Opinion'
j.leschke@lse.ac.uk

Nick Lewis
Thesis: 'Do social media create bias in democratic deliberation?'
n.lewis3@lse.ac.uk

Xufan (Nadia) Ma
x.ma19@lse.ac.uk

Andrew McNeil
Thesis: 'Intergenerational social mobility and anti-system voting – The journey matters'
a.mcneil@lse.ac.uk

Frieder Mitsch
f.mitsch@lse.ac.uk

Miran Norderland
m.a.norderland@lse.ac.uk

Oscar Nowlan
o.w.nowlan@lse.ac.uk

Emma Obermair (MRes Student)
e.obermair@lse.ac.uk

Alberto Parmigiani
Thesis: 'Essays on Economic and Political Inequalities'
a.parmigiani@lse.ac.uk

Michal Pasovsky
Thesis: (TBD) 'Multitudes of Denial in a Settler-Colonial State'
m.pasovsky@lse.ac.uk

Ariel Perkins
a.a.perkins@lse.ac.uk

Diego Sazo
Thesis: 'Furious Democracies: Dismissive Governments and the Rise of Violent Dissent in South America, 2018-2020'
d.n.sazo-munoz@lse.ac.uk

Greta Schenke (MRes Student)
Thesis: 'The Democratic Turnaround: Patterns and Origins of Reverted Autocratization'
g.p.schenke@lse.ac.uk

Asfa Shakeel (MRes Student)
a.shakeel2@lse.ac.uk

Cain Shelley
Thesis: 'Class Consciousness and the Struggle for Economic Justice'
c.b.shelley@lse.ac.uk

Andreas-Johann Sorger
Thesis: 'An Exploration of Philosophical Racism'
a.j.sorger@lse.ac.uk

Carol Thanki
c.thanki2@lse.ac.uk

Lorenzo Vicari
l.vicari@lse.ac.uk

Stephanie Wanga
Thesis: 'Freedom Propaganda: A Critical Engagement with Statehood in East Africa'
s.s.wanga@lse.ac.uk

Jan Wasserziehr (MRes Student)
j.h.wasserziehr@lse.ac.uk

Felix Westerén
Thesis: 'Preserving value in the face of climate change: a pluralist account'
f.j.westeren@lse.ac.uk

Peter Wyckoff (MRes Student)
p.s.wyckoff@lse.ac.uk

Alex Yeandle
Thesis: 'Information and Electoral Accountability in Sub-Saharan Africa'
a.r.yeandle@lse.ac.uk

Antoine Zerbini
Thesis: 'Essays in Informational Political Economy'
a.r.zerbini@lse.ac.uk

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Emeritus and Retired academic staff

Sebastian Balfour (Prof) - Emeritus Professor in Contemporary Spanish Studies
John Barnes (Mr)
Rodney Barker (Prof) - Emeritus Professor of Government
John Breuilly (Prof) - Emeritus Professor in Nationalism and Ethnicity
John Charvet (Prof) - Emeritus Professor in Political Science
Janet Coleman (Prof) - Emeritus Professor of Ancient and Medieval Political Thought
Patrick Dunleavy (Prof) - Emeritus Professor of Political Science and Public Policy
John Gray (Prof) - Emeritus Professor of European Thought
John Madeley (Mr)
Anne Phillips (Prof) - Emeritus Professor of Political Science
David Soskice (Prof) - Emeritus Professor of Political Science and Economics
Ernest Thorp (Mr)

Affiliated academic staff

Michael Barzelay (Prof) - Professor of Public Management
Charlie Beckett (Prof) - Director of Polis
Kenneth Benoit (Prof) - Head of the Methodology Institute
Jean-Paul Faguet (Prof) - Professor of the Political Economy of Development, Department of International Development
Tasha Fairfeld (Dr) - Assistant Professor, Department of International Development
Kevin Featherstone (Prof) - Director, Hellenic Observatory
Benjamin Lauderdale (Dr) - Methodology Institute
Javier Ortega (Prof) - Professor of Economics (Kingston University London)
James Putzel (Prof) - Professor of Development Studies
Ken Shadlen (Prof) - Senior Lecturer in Development Studies
Jonathan White (Prof) - Associate Professor (Reader) of European Politics, European Institute

Visiting academic staff

Iman Dawood (Dr) - Visiting Fellow (until December 2022)
Daniel de Kadt (Dr) - Visiting Senior Fellow (until February 2025)
Dominik Hangartner (Dr) - Visiting Professor (until November 2024)
Yolanda Meyenberg Leycegui (Dr) - Visiting Professor (until September 2023)
Geoffrey Meyers (Prof) - Visiting Professor in Practice (until August 2023)
Temi Ogunye (Dr) - Visiting Fellow (until May 2023)
Elena Pupaza (Dr) - Visiting Fellow (until January 2023)
Jill Stuart (Dr) - Visiting Fellow (until January 2023) and Dissertation Support Supervisor

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