Head of Department

Professor Tim Newburn

Room OLD 2.40a
t.newburn@lse.ac.uk

Deputy Head of Department

Dr Leonidas Cheliotis

Room OLD 2.51
l.cheliotis@lse.ac.uk

Department Manager

Damian Roberts

Room OLD 2.46
D.P.Roberts@lse.ac.uk

**Please note that Advice and Feedback hours are held during term time only

Dr Fabio Battaglia

LSE Fellow

Room OLD 2.38
f.battaglia@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Autumn Term: Fridays 11.00am-1.00pm in room OLD 2.31
Book via the Student Hub

Dr Liam Beiser-McGrath

Assistant Professor

Room OLD 2.50
l.f.beiser-mcgrath@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Autumn Term: Thursdays 11.00am-1.00pm
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Dr Thomas Biegert

Assistant Professor

Room OLD 2.54
t.biegert@lse.ac.uk

On leave for the Autumn Term

Dr Tania Burchardt

Associate Professor

Room 32L 3.30
t.burchardt@lse.ac.uk

On Sabbatical leave for the Autumn Term and Winter Term

Dr Shekhar Chandra

LSE Fellow

Room OLD 2.38
c.shekhar@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Autumn Term: Mondays 10.00am-12.00pm in room OLD 2.31
Book via the Student Hub

Dr Leonidas Cheliotis

Associate Professor

Room OLD 2.51
l.cheliotis@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Autumn Term: Thursdays 11.30am-1.00pm
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Dr Shuang Chen

Assistant Professor

Room OLD 2.55
s.chen114@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Autumn Term: Wednesdays or Thursdays 10.00am-12.00pm
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Dr Sonia Exley

Associate Professor

Room OLD 2.64
s.exley@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Autumn Term: Wednesdays 3.00pm-5.00pm
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Professor Timo Fleckenstein

Professor of Social Policy

Room OLD 2.60
t.fleckenstein@lse.ac.uk

On Sabbatical leave for the 2023/24 academic year

Fiona Gogescu

LSE Fellow

Room OLD 2.34
f.t.gogescu@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Autumn Term: Tuesdays 4.00pm-6.00pm in room OLD 2.31
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Dr Timothy Hildebrandt

Associate Professor

Room OLD 2.56
t.r.hildebrandt@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Autumn Term: Wednesdays 3.00pm-5.00pm
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Professor Armine Ishkanian

Professor of Social Policy

a.ishkanian@lse.ac.uk

On secondment

Professor Stephen Jenkins

Professor of Economic and Social Policy

Room OLD 2.29
s.jenkins@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:

Autumn Term:
Mondays, 3:30pm-4:40pm
Thursdays, 5:45pm-6:45pm
Book via the Student Hub
Other times possible via email request

Winter Term:
Thursdays, 5:45pm-6:45pm
Book via the Student Hub
Other times possible via email request

Dr Johann Koehler

Assistant Professor

Room OLD 2.59
j.koehler@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Autumn Term: Mondays 12.00pm-1.00pm
Fridays 10.30am-11.30am
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Dr Sunil Kumar

Lecturer in Social Policy and Development

Room OLD 2.62
s.kumar@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Autumn Term: Mondays 3.45pm-4.45pm
Fridays 12.00pm-1.00pm
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Dr Youngcho Lee

LSE Fellow

Room OLD 2.38
y.lee28@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Autumn Term: Mondays 1.00pm-3.00pm in room OLD 2.60
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Professor Sir Julian Le Grand

Professor of Social Policy

j.legrand@lse.ac.uk

Dr Zahid Mumtaz

LSE Fellow

Room OLD 2.38
z.mumtaz@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Autumn Term: Thursdays 10.00am-12.00pm in room OLD 2.31
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Professor Tim Newburn

Professor of Criminology and Social Policy

Room OLD 2.40a
t.newburn@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Autumn Term: Thursdays 11.00am-12.30pm
Book via the Student Hub, and at other times appointments are bookable via email.

Professor Adam Oliver

Professor of Behavioural Public Policy

Room OLD 2.33
a.j.oliver@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Autumn Term: Fridays 10.00am-12.00pm
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Professor Berkay Özcan

Professor of Social and Public Policy

Room OLD 2.32
b.ozcan@lse.ac.uk

On Sabbatical leave for the Autumn Term.

Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey

Assistant Professor

Room OLD 2.53
r.n.pailey@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Autumn Term: Mondays 1.15pm-3.15pm
Book via the Student Hub

Professor Coretta Phillips

Professor of Criminology and Social Policy

Room OLD 2.28
coretta.phillips@lse.ac.uk

On Sabbatical leave for the 2023/24 academic year

Professor Lucinda Platt

Professor of Social Policy and Sociology

Room OLD 2.25
l.platt@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Autumn Term: Thursdays 12.00pm-1.00pm
Fridays 2.00pm-3.00pm
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Dr Virgi Sari

LSE Fellow

Room OLD 2.38
v.a.sari@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Autumn Term: Fridays 3.00pm-5.00pm in room OLD 2.31
Book via the Student Hub

Dr Hakan Seckinelgin

Associate Professor (Reader)

Room OLD 2.27
m.h.seckinelgin@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Advice and Feedback hours for the Autumn Term will be added here in due course.

Professor Almudena Sevilla

Professor of Economic and Social Policy

Room OLD 2.40
a.sevilla@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Autumn Term: Tuesdays 5.45pm-6.45pm
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Dr Michael Shiner

Associate Professor

Room OLD 2.34
m.shiner@lse.ac.uk

On Research Leave

Dr Isabel Shutes

Associate Professor

Room OLD 2.58
i.h.shutes@lse.ac.uk

On research leave for the 2023/24 academic year

Dr Kitty Stewart

Associate Professor

Room OLD 2.36
k.j.stewart@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Autumn Term: Tuesdays 2.30pm-4.00pm
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Margaux Suteau

LSE Fellow

Room OLD 2.34
m.suteau@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Autumn Term: Wednesdays 9.00am-11.00am in room OLD 2.31
Book via the Student Hub

Dr Iva Tasseva

Assistant Professor

Room OLD 2.35
i.tasseva@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
Autumn Term: Thursdays 10.15am-12.15pm
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Professor Anne West

Professor of Education Policy

Room OLD 2.30
a.west@lse.ac.uk

Advice and feedback hours:
On research leave 2023/24. Available to meet at a mutually convenient time. Please email a.west@lse.ac.uk

Professor Francisco H. G. Ferreira

Amartya Sen Professor of Inequality Studies and Director (designate) of LSE International Inequalities Institute

F.D.Ferreira@lse.ac.uk

Francisco H. G. Ferreira is the Amartya Sen Professor of Inequality Studies and Director (designate) of the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics. He is also affiliated with the Department of Social Policy at LSE.
Read more here.

The Professional Services team supports students and faculty to deliver the School's teaching, research, and engagement initiatives.

More information about the Social Policy Programmes Support team and the Programme Support Office.

Damian Roberts
Department Manager

D.P.Roberts@lse.ac.uk

Responsible for: The Professional Services Team;
Human, Financial and Physical Resource Management;
Strategic Planning.

Clare Gorman
Student Community and Wellbeing Manager

c.gorman@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Student wellbeing support, student community, My Adjustments, settling into LSE and London.

Sevilay Erdogan
Postgraduate Programme Officer, PhD and Research lead

s.erdogan1@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Postgraduate study, MPhil/PhD study and support, PhD welfare, Departmental Research support, Departmental spaces, GTA support.

Adrian Knight
Academic and Professional Skills Officer

a.knight1@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Academic and Professional Skills programme, Alumni relations

Dr Joe Macdonald
Assessment Officer (MSc Programmes)

j.macdonald1@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Assessments & assessment feedback, coursework extensions, deferrals, exceptional circumstances, exam boards.

Nathaniel Ocquaye
Postgraduate Programme Officer, Student Experience

n.ocquaye@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Postgraduate study, student opportunities and representation, course choice, student welfare and engagement, Moodle and reading lists, events.

Maria Schlegel
Events and Communications Officer

m.s.schlegel@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Departmental events and seminars, internal and external Department communications.

Dr Craig Stewart
Teaching Operations Manager

c.j.stewart@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Undergraduate study, Postgraduate study, teaching and learning support, course selection, timetabling, programme regulations.