People

Head of Department

Professor Coretta Phillips

coretta.phillips@lse.ac.uk

Room number: OLD 2.24

Deputy Head of Department

Dr Timothy Hildebrandt

t.r.hildebrandt@lse.ac.uk

Room number: OLD 2.26

Department Manager

Damian Roberts

D.P.Roberts@lse.ac.uk

Room number: OLD 2.02

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

Dr Liam Beiser-McGrath
Associate Professor

l.f.beiser-mcgrath@lse.ac.uk
Room number: OLD 2.60

Advice and feedback hours:
Thursdays, 12.00pm-1.00pm and 2.40pm-3.40pm.
Book via the student hub.

Dr Thomas Biegert
Associate Professor

t.biegert@lse.ac.uk
Room number: OLD 2.13

Advice and feedback hours:
Thursdays, 9.00am-11.00am.
Book via the student hub.

Dr Maxime Borg
911吃瓜Fellow

m.borg@lse.ac.uk
Room number: OLD 2.45

Advice and feedback hours:
Autumn Term: Fridays, 3.15pm-5.15pm in room OLD 2.55
Winter Term: Fridays, 1045am-12.45pm in room OLD 2.55
Book via the student hub.

Dr Tania Burchardt
Associate Professor

t.burchardt@lse.ac.uk
Room number: St Clements, S409

Advice and feedback hours:
Autumn Term: Thursdays, 11.00am-12.00pm in OLD 2.29
Fridays, 11.30am-12.30pm in OLD 2.29
Winter Term: Fridays, 3.00pm-4.00pm in OLD 2.29
Spring Terms: Thursdays, 10.00am-12.00pm in OLD 2.29
Book via the student hub.

Professor Leonidas Cheliotis
Professor of Criminology and Social Policy

l.cheliotis@lse.ac.uk
Room number: OLD 2.31

On sabbatical leave for the Autumn Term, 2025/26.

Dr Shuang Chen
Assistant Professor

s.chen114@lse.ac.uk
Room number: OLD 2.58

Advice and feedback hours:
Mondays, 2.00pm-4.00pm
Book via the student hub.

Dr Sonia Exley
Associate Professor

s.exley@lse.ac.uk
Room number: OLD 2.48

Advice and feedback hours:
Tuesdays, 2.00pm-3.00pm
Wednesdays, 11.00am-12.00pm
Book via the student hub.

Dr Federico Filetti
911吃瓜Fellow

f.d.filetti@lse.ac.uk
Room number: OLD 2.35

Advice and feedback hours:
Thursdays, 2.00pm-4.00pm in room OLD 2.57
Book via the student hub.

Professor Timo Fleckenstein
Professor of Social Policy

t.fleckenstein@lse.ac.uk
Room number: OLD 2.33

Advice and feedback hours:
Mondays, 12.30-1.30pm and Tuesdays 9.00am-10.00am
Book via the student hub.

Dr Fiona Gogescu
911吃瓜Fellow

f.t.gogescu@lse.ac.uk
Room number: OLD 2.45

Advice and feedback hours:
Tuesdays, 4.45pm-6.45pm in room OLD 2.55
Book via the student hub.

Dr Timothy Hildebrandt
Associate Professor

t.r.hildebrandt@lse.ac.uk
Room number: OLD 2.26

Advice and feedback hours:
Autumn Term: Tuesdays, 12.00pm-2.00pm
Winter Term: Tuesdays, 2.00pm-4.00pm
Book via the student hub.

Dr Mobarak Hossain
Assistant Professor

m.hossain9@lse.ac.uk
Room number: OLD 2.50

Advice and feedback hours:
Fridays, 3.45pm-5.45pm
Book via the student hub.

Dr Isabelle Huning
911吃瓜Fellow

i.huning@lse.ac.uk
Room number: OLD 2.45

On leave for the 2025/26 academic year.

Professor Armine Ishkanian
Professor of Social Policy

a.ishkanian@lse.ac.uk

On secondment

Professor Stephen Jenkins
Professor of Economic and Social Policy

s.jenkins@lse.ac.uk
Room number: OLD 2.44

On sabbatical leave for the 2025/26 academic year.

Dr Johann Koehler
Assistant Professor

j.koehler@lse.ac.uk
Room number: OLD 2.37

Advice and feedback hours:
Thursdays, 12.00pm-1.00pm and Fridays, 2.00pm-3.00pm.
Book via the student hub.

Dr Carter Koppelman
Assistant Professor

c.koppelman@lse.ac.uk
Room number: OLD 2.62

Advice and feedback hours:
Mondays, 3.00pm-4.30pm
Book via the student hub.

Dr Sunil Kumar
Lecturer in Social Policy and Development

s.kumar@lse.ac.uk
Room number: OLD 2.47

Advice and feedback hours:
Autumn Term- Fridays, 10.00am-12.00pm
Winter Term- Fridays, 11.00am-1.00pm
Book via the student hub.

Professor of Social Policy

j.legrand@lse.ac.uk

Professor Tim Newburn
Professor of Criminology and Social Policy

t.newburn@lse.ac.uk
Room number: OLD 2.52

Advice and feedback hours:
Mondays, 1.50pm-3.20pm
Book via the student hub.

Professor Adam Oliver
Professor of Behavioural Public Policy

a.j.oliver@lse.ac.uk
Room number: OLD 2.30

Advice and feedback hours:
Fridays, 10.00am-11.30am.
Book via the student hub.

Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey
Assistant Professor

r.n.pailey@lse.ac.uk
Room number: OLD 2.49

Advice and feedback hours:
Autumn Term: Mondays, 1.00pm-3.00pm
Winter and Spring Terms: Mondays, 3.00pm-5.00pm
Book via the student hub.

Professor Coretta Phillips
Professor of Criminology and Social Policy

coretta.phillips@lse.ac.uk
Room number: OLD 2.24

Advice and feedback hours:
Thursdays, 2.30pm-4.00pm.
Book via the student hub.

Professor Lucinda Platt, OBE
Professor of Social Policy and Sociology

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

Advice and feedback hours:
Thursdays, 2.30pm-4.30pm.
Book via the student hub, or at other times by appointment.

Santiago Quintero
911吃瓜Fellow

s.quintero-suarez1@lse.ac.uk
Room number: OLD 2.63

Advice and feedback hours:
Mondays, 10.00am-12.00pm in room OLD 2.63
Book via the student hub.

Professor Hakan Seckinelgin
Professor of International Social Policy

m.h.seckinelgin@lse.ac.uk
Room number: OLD 2.54

Advice and feedback hours for the 2025/26 academic year will be added here in due course.

Professor Almudena Sevilla, CBE
Professor of Economic and Social Policy

a.sevilla@lse.ac.uk
Room number: OLD 2.12

Advice and feedback hours:
Fridays, 2.45pm-4.05pm
Book via the student hub.

Dr Isabel Shutes
Associate Professor

i.h.shutes@lse.ac.uk
Room number: OLD 2.46

Advice and feedback hours:
Wednesdays 2.00pm-4.00pm
Book via the student hub.

Professor Kitty Stewart
Professor of Social Policy

k.j.stewart@lse.ac.uk
Room number: OLD 2.43

Advice and feedback hours:
Tuesdays, 10.15am-11.45am
Book via the student hub.

Dr Margaux Suteau
911吃瓜Fellow

m.suteau@lse.ac.uk
Room number: OLD 2.45

Advice and feedback hours:
Wednesdays, 9.00am-11.00am in room OLD 2.55
Book via the student hub.

Dr Iva Tasseva
Assistant Professor

i.tasseva@lse.ac.uk
Room number: OLD 2.16

Advice and feedback hours for the 2025/26 academic year will be added here in due course.

Dr Simon Tawfic
911吃瓜Fellow

s.tawfic@lse.ac.uk
Room number: OLD 2.45

Advice and feedback hours:
Tuesdays, 1.30pm-3.30pm in room OLD 2.55
Book via the student hub.

Professor Anne West
Professor of Education Policy

a.west@lse.ac.uk

Room number: OLD 2.56

Advice and feedback hours:
Tuesdays 5.00pm-6.30pm. Email Professor Anne West for an appointment.

Dr Kevin Zapata-Celestino
911吃瓜Fellow

k.zapata-celestino@lse.ac.uk
Room number: OLD 2.45

Advice and feedback hours:
Fridays, 1.00pm-3.00pm in room OLD 2.55
Book via the student hub.

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 Department's Professional Services Staff support 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

Room number: OLD 2.02

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

Pippa Ager
Events and Digital Communications Officer

p.ager@lse.ac.uk

Room number: OLD 2.03

Ask me about: The Department’s events & student communications activities.

Clare Gorman
Student Community and Wellbeing Manager

c.gorman@lse.ac.uk

Room number: OLD 2.10

Ask me about: Student wellbeing support, student community, My Adjustments, settling into 911吃瓜and London.

Sevilay Erdogan
Postgraduate Programme Officer, PhD and Research lead

s.erdogan1@lse.ac.uk

Room number: OLD 2.03

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

Melanie Moyano
Assessment Officer (MSc Programmes)

m.maria-moyano@lse.ac.uk

Room number: OLD 2.03

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

Room number: OLD 2.03

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

Kylie Patterson
Academic and Professional Skills Officer

k.b.patterson@lse.ac.uk

Room number: OLD 2.03

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

Maria Schlegel
Events and Communications Manager

m.s.schlegel@lse.ac.uk

Room number: OLD 2.03

Ask me about: Departmental events (public and research related), internal and external Department communications.

Dr Craig Stewart
Teaching Operations Manager

c.j.stewart@lse.ac.uk

Room number: OLD 2.03

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