38 profiles found

Social Data Scientist, currently a Fellow in Public Policy at the LSE, with experience consulting for UN agencies, NGOs and local government.  

Dr Meg Peterson is a scholar, artist, cultural leader, and activist whose work has taken her around the globe to use art and creativity as a means of connecting people and communities. She is the Founder of 21 Artists, an artist development project and consultancy focused on fostering, documenting, and evaluating art and social change through artist development, social impact, and research. Projects utilise inclusive, democratic and participatory methodologies to develop research and evaluation frameworks with UK-based organisations such as Whitechapel Gallery, Battersea Arts Centre, LIFT, World Heart Beat, People’s Palace Projects and more. Meg’s international experience has taken her to the US, Brazil, Ghana, Greece and Italy as a consultant, educator, curator, and artist, encouraging learning and collaboration through exchange programmes, research projects, courses, workshops, and seminars. Meg is also a Lecturer in the Department for Culture, Media, and Creative Industries at King’s College London where she is the Course Director of the BA Programme, pioneering research and teaching focusing on cultural entrepreneurship, cultural policy, creativity, and creative social change.

Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir is an academic, currently working as a postdoctoral researcher at the Open University, as a visiting researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and as a visiting fellow at the LSE. She completed her PhD in Social Psychology at the LSE, and she has over 10 years of experience in survey research and data analysis, ranging from running small-scale surveys for hard-to-reach samples to running large-scale multi-country surveys for more general, representative samples. Her research expertise and interests involve prosocial behaviour, migration, and meta-science, with a special focus on power dynamics and intergroup relations that influence research, teaching, and learning processes in science and higher education. She has a deep understanding of survey methodology and a strong track record of designing and implementing complex survey projects for a wide range of clients. She has excellent analytical skills, with the ability to turn complex data into actionable insights and recommendations.

Delivers scalable ICT Solutions and cutting-edge analytics by leveraging 10+ years of ICT Smart City Expertise.   Smart City Project Management | Smart Services Implementation | ICT Design | IT Transformation | Big Data Analysis   Smarty City Project Lifecycle  Urban Environment Design Principles Sustainability in ICT IT Vendor & Contract Management Digital Awareness ICT Strategy Consultancy Digital Master Plans Big Data Analytics IoT Impact Management

Dr Will Venters is an Associate Professor in Information Systems and Digital Innovation within the Department of Management at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He speaks regularly at practitioner conferences on various digital business issues, particularly around Digital Ecosystems, Digital Innovation and Cloud Computing; has briefed  European government policy makers and various company executives; and  undertakes wide ranging consultancy in IT strategy and Digital transformation . His research interests include Digital Transformation, Digital Platforms and Ecosystems ,AI, and Agile innovation approaches. He has a first-class degree in computer science and a PhD in information systems. His research work has been published in major refereed journals including MIS Quarterly, Journal of Information Technology, the Journal of Management Studies, and the Information Systems Journal. He co-authored the  Palgrave book   “Moving to the Cloud Corporation” and is the author of a blog on digital technology   www.binaryblurring.com  and is an associate editor of the Journal Information Technology and People.

Dr Michael Lerner is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Policy in the LSE Department of Government. Dr Lerner studies comparative environmental politics with a broad interest in the challenges and strategies related to adopting timely policy responses to environmental change. His research focuses primarily on policy advocacy, including corporate lobbying on climate change, transnational advocacy networks, and the innovation and diffusion of environmental policy. Dr Lerner has published his work in the American Journal of Political Science , the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , and other peer-reviewed journals. 

Beth Kreling is a Senior Policy Fellow in the Department of Health Policy at the London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE). She is currently co-PI of the newly established   African Health Observatory Platform on Health Systems and Policies   (AHOP) and Deputy Chair of the LSE’s   Global Health Initiative   (GHI), an interdepartmental research unit. Beth has a background in international development and consultancy, with a regional focus on Africa. She has always worked at the nexus of research and policy, coordinating numerous multi-country research, development and consultancy projects both at LSE and previously. Whilst at LSE she has worked across the Department’s global health portfolio, establishing and managing the GHI and supporting a range of projects including leading a multi-partner, EU funded, public-private initiative   Big Data for Better Outcomes . Beth is currently the operational lead for the LSE team working on the African Health Observatory Platform (AHOP). Hosted by the WHO Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO), AHOP leverages existing national and regional collaborations to form a network of National Centres that currently include leading research institutions in Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda and Senegal. AHOP draws on support from a technical consortium including the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, LSE and national, regional and global partners. Before joining LSE, Beth worked for the Commonwealth Secretariat’s Health and Education Unit, engaging with stakeholders across Commonwealth governments, inter-governmental organisations and NGOs on education policy priorities. She continues to write occasionally on Commonwealth education topics. Prior to this she was Chief Operating Officer of education NGO Link Community Development International, where she oversaw operations and programme development in the UK and across five sub-Saharan African offices. Before moving into a development sphere, Beth spent a number of years as a political and economic risk consultant for strategy consultancy Oxford Analytica. She began her professional career in publishing as Assistant Editor for Pavilion and Collins & Brown.

Katy Footman is a mixed methods researcher with a technical focus on sexual and reproductive health. She has ten years of professional experience conducting research and translating evidence into programmes and policy.  Katy previously worked at MSI Reproductive Choices (formerly Marie Stopes International), the Public Health England Behavioural Science team, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). She consults for clients including the World Health Organization and Itad. Katy is currently completing a PhD in Demography and Population Studies from the London School of Economics (LSE) and she has Masters degrees in Health Policy, Planning and Financing from the LSE and LSHTM, and in Social Research Methods from the LSE.

I am a health economist with experience of both econometric and decision analytic modelling. My research focuses on health inequalities with a particular focus on the UK ad Indian health systems. 

I am researcher based in London, UK, currently undertaking an PhD at the London School of Economics and Political Science, with my current research focusing on the politics of agrarian change and conflict in Myanmar. I am Leverhulme Trust Scholar at the International Inequalities Institute at the LSE. My background is in qualitative research methods, and have worked in complex risk environments for extended periods of time.  I am also a photographer and film-maker, and have conducted ethnographic work and photographic projects in countries including Nepal, Myanmar, Bolivia, South Africa, Canada and the UK. Alongside this I have published in several news outlets including the Diplomat, LSE Review of Books and New Naratif. PhD Research Topic:  My research investigates the politics of agrarian change in Myanmar, in particular the role of state building aspirations among minority ethnic groups, legal land regimes, conservation & resource conflicts. My broader interests lie in environmental politics, animism, development and militarism, and how these intersect with processes of state formation and nationalism. I have worked primarily alongside Karen peoples in highland areas of Southeastern Myanmar which have been home to one of the worlds longest civil wars.

Denise is a political strategist and researcher who is currently completing a PhD at the London School of Economics. She has over a decade of experience on political campaigns in the US, UK, and Europe. Denise's academic research and doctoral thesis focuses on the application of social psychological theories, specifically group orientations like group identification, authoritarianism, and egalitarianism, to investigate perceptions of candidates, vote choice, and election prediction. Denise also researches national nostalgia and its influence on political attitudes and vote choice.

I'm a policy evaluation researcher based in London. I’m passionate about data analysis, technology, and understanding what makes different areas economically and politically converge (or not). I am confident using a vast range of quantitative and mixed methods techniques, yet I believe that economics and politics should be considered social sciences and not exact sciences. I previously worked on understanding the rise of populism in Europe with FATIGUE , and now I’m a researcher at NatCen .

Swati Dhingra is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science, researching globalisation and industrial policy. She is co-author of the recent “ Life after Brexit ” report published by LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), which looked at the UK’s options outside of the EU. She is also associate editor of the  Journal of International Economics . Swati was awarded the FIW Young Economist Award and the Chair Jacquemin Award by the European Trade Study Group for her work on firms and globalisation. Swati's work has informed bodies such as the Parliamentary International Trade Committee, CBI, Treasury, Social Enterprise UK, Credit Suisse and Sunderland City Council, and has featured in the media, including outlets such as the BBC, Foreign Affairs, Financial Times, The Economist, The Times and Business Standard. Expertise:  industrial policy; globalisation; international economics; trade policy; industrial organisation

Versatile freelance consultant, senior researcher and project lead.  Based on my experience across a range of fields I have set up Innovation Office to work on impactful projects serving private and public clients. Areas of expertise: • Education & Skills • Environment & Energy • Democracy & Governance • Public Policy/EU Policies • International Development • Urban & Regional Development • Trade & Investment • Psychological & Behavioural Science • Media, Communications and Culture • Organisations and management •  Entrepreneurship & Innovation Please get in touch with any collaboration opportunities, happy to provide further information on my experience related to the above areas.

Steve Woolcock has taught international political economy, trade and economic diplomacy at the LSE since 1999. Before joining the LSE he worked on trade and EU policy at Chatham House and for the private sector. In 1999 he established the International Trade Policy Unit at the LSE to bridge the gap between academic and policy work. His ongoing research has been on the regulation of integrating markets, especially in the context of preferential and multilateral trade and investment agreements.  His previous posts included Senior Research Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) (1988-94) and Deputy Director for international affairs and the Confederation of British Industry (1985-1988). He has worked as consultant and advisor to a number of international organisations including the EU and national governments. His research interests include: international trade and investment policy: the World Trade Organization; regulatory issues in international trade; European trade policy; regional integration/trade agreements; the coverage of international rules/regimes governing trade and investment. Expertise:  EU trade and investment policies; European trade; international investment policy; international trade; preferential trade and investment agreements; trade negotiations; trade policy; World Trade Organization LSE Consulting projects: Trade policy expertise to European Parliament European Parliament, Research Network to provide foreign policy expertise – Lot 7 Trade Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and Japan European Commission – DG for Trade, April 2016

Dr Bert Provan is a Senior Policy Fellow and Knowledge Broker in the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) at the London School of Economics. His research interests lie in housing, neighbourhood renewal and the social impact of regeneration, the impact of welfare reforms, social return on investment, and comparative French housing policies. Selected publications include   Extending the "move-on" period for newly granted refugees: Analysis of impacts and costs  (2020;) Never Just a Number: Evaluating the impact of a holistic approach to UK poverty  with Laura Lane, Ellie Benton and Anne Power (2018); The Impact  of Welfare Reforms on Social Housing Tenants  with Anne Power and Eileen Alexander (2015),  Moving on without moving out: the impacts of regeneration on the Rayners Lane Estate  with Anne Power and Alice Belotti (2016),  No place like an accessible home: Quality of life and opportunity for disabled people with accessible housing needs,  with Tania Burchardt and Ellie Suh (2016). Expertise:  French and European housing policies; housing and rough sleeping; neighbourhood renewal; social impact of regeneration; social return on investment LSE projects: City of Walbrzych: Technical Assistance for Mitigating the Social and Economic Challenges of The City   European Investment Bank, July 2020 Low Cost Home Ownership Schemes Social Mobility Commission, July 2017 No Place Like an Accessible Home Papworth Trust, July 2016 EuropaCity: Social Impact Assessment Study EuropaCity (Auchan), February 2014

Sarah Harrison is an Assistant Professorial Research Fellow in the Department of Government at LSE and Deputy Director of the Electoral Psychology Observatory. She is a leading scholar in the fields of political psychology, extreme right politics, and youth political behaviour. Harrison's recent publications include  Youth Participation in Democratic Life  (2016, with Cammaerts, Bruter, Banaji, and Anstead) and articles in  Comparative Political Studies, American Behavioural Scientist  and  Parliamentary Affairs . She is editor of a forthcoming special issue of  Societies  on “Electoral Psychology” and of a forthcoming book entitled ‘Inside the Mind of a Voter’ (Princeton University Press with  Michael Bruter ). Her research has been recognised by prestigious awards and honourable mentions from the Economic and Social Research Council, the Michael Young Award, and the political psychology section of the American Political Science Association. She has also advised multiple Electoral Commissions worldwide and worked as an expert or authored reports for multiple prestigious international organisations including the European Commission, Council of Europe, the Committee of the Regions, the European Youth Forum, and All Parties Parliamentary Group on the Vote at 16 in the British Parliament. Expertise:  electoral psychology, elections, electoral behaviour, electoral ergonomics, political participation, youth, democratic frustration, quantitative & qualitative methodologies LSE Consulting projects: The Conference on the Future of Europe: Putting Local and Regional Authorities at the Heart of European Democratic Renewal European Committee of the Regions, October 2021 The Big Conversation - Climate Change British Council, May 2021 The Big Conversation Research Pilot British Council, April 2021 Reflecting on the future of the European Union: The view from local and regional authorities European Committee of the Regions, January 2018 Youth Participation in Democratic Life Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, February 2013

Professor Joan Costa-Font works at LSE as a Professor of  Health Economics, and team leader of the ageing and health incentives unit (AHIL) in the Department of Health Policy where he is  Co-director of the MSc International Health Policy. Joan has been Harkness Fellow at Harvard University and currently, he is a CESifo and IZA network research fellow, and has been Harkness Fellow at Harvard University and visiting fellow at UCL, Boston College, Oxford University (IA) and the University of Munich (CES). Professor Costa-Font earned three undergraduate and research degrees, in economics, law and political science a master's degree in economic analysis from Universitat Pompeu Fabra, and an MSc (Econ) in international health policy (specialising in health economics and public economics). After completing a PhD in economics, in 2001 he earned a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship based at LSE and taught microeconomics and health economics as a tenured associate professor at the University of Barcelona before joining LSE in 2007, initially as a lecturer, and later as senior lecturer (2010) and then reader (2012). He has been a consultant to the WHO,  the World Bank, the Latin-American Development Bank, OECD, European Commission and private originations.  Expertise:  behavioural incentives; ageing, long-term care, health disadvantage; healthy lifestyles; preventative health care, health behaviours (smoking, obesity, sleep, food, exercise). LSE Consulting projects: Children's Wellbeing and Development Outcomes for Ages 5, 7 and 11, and their Predictors Public Health England, March 2016 - April 2018 Social Policy Reforms in the EU: A Cross-national Comparison BertelsmannStiftung, October 2015 A Common Disease with Uncommon Treatment: European Guideline Variations and access to innovative therapies for Rheumatoid Arthritis Policy Analysis Centre, July 2012 Measures to Promote the Situation of Roma EU Citizens in the European Union European Parliament - DG for Internal Policies, January 2011 Pharmaceutical Reimbursement Policy in Turkey New Hope in Health Foundation (SUVAK), September 2005 The Economic Impact of Pharmaceutical Parallel Trade in European Union Member States: A Stakeholder Analysis Johnson & Johnson, January 2004

Dr Panos Kanavos is Associate Professor in International Health Policy in the Department of Health Policy at London School of Economics and Political Science, Deputy Director at LSE Health and Programme Director of the Medical Technology Research Group (MTRG). Dr Kanavos has previously been Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy in the Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and has held visiting professor appointments at the University of Basel, the University of Delaware and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He is an economist by training, and teaches health economics, pharmaceutical economics and policy, health care financing, health care negotiations, and principles of health technology assessment. He has acted as an advisor to a number of international governmental and non-governmental organizations, including the European Commission, the European Parliament, the World Bank, the World Health Organization, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the American Association for Retired Persons, and Ministries of Health of over 28 transition, emerging and developing countries. Current research Panos' research interests include comparative health policy and healthcare reform, pharmaceutical economics and policy from a developed and developing country perspective, quality and access in healthcare, and socio-economic determinants of health. He leads the activities of MTRG, which is a research group comprising of 13 researchers and concentrates on interdisciplinary and comparative policy research on medical technologies. The group conducts research on a number of research streams. As part of its activities, MTRG is currently co-ordinating the activities of the IMPACT HTA consortium, an EU H2020 grant, and has previously coordinated the activities of key research grants on Health Technology Assessment (Advance HTA project), on  Chronic Disease  and a component of  Best Practices in Rare Diseases . It has conducted research under the auspices of and participated in the European Medicines Information Network (EMI-net) and the  network for the study of rare diseases . It also coordinates the activities of The Patient Academy, an initiative between academia, health care regulatory agencies and patient groups. Expertise:  health economics; health technology assessment; economics of medical technologies; pharmaceuticals; disease management; quality of care LSE Consulting projects: Access to medicines in Europe: Delays and challenges for timely patient access MSD, November 2021 The Role of Virtual Health Care and the Pharmaceutical Sector in Improving Population Health Sanofi, June 2021 Severe Asthma Healthcare Policy Audits AstraZeneca, May 2021 Predictive Analytic Tools and Value-based Health Care Takeda, February 2021 Access to Personalised Oncology in Europe European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), November 2020 Latin America Healthcare System Overview: A comparative analysis of fiscal space in healthcare F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, August 2019 Pharmaceutical Policy in China Gilead Sciences, May 2019 Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement in the Middle East and North Africa Region: A Mapping of the Current Landscape and Options for the Future Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), November 2018 Changing paradigms in the management of Multiple Sclerosis F. Hoffmann - La Roche, November 2018 Accelerated Approval and Access Schemes: A mapping of policies across the globe and the impact of accelerated approval on the HTA of new oncology medicines AstraZeneca, May 2017 – July 2018   European survey on the use of Real World Evidence F. Hoffmann - La Roche, January 2017 - May 2018 The use of Real World Evidence – Opportunities for Europe F. Hoffmann - La Roche, November 2016 - January 2018 External Reference Pricing within and across countries Pfizer, January 2016 - November 2017 Improving Outcomes for People with Multiple Sclerosis (MS): Review of the International MultiPlE Sclerosis Study (IMPrESS) findings F. Hoffmann - La Roche, October 2017 Understanding the Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) Patient Landscape: Results of the first global survey of people living with HCC Sirtex Medical, January 2017 – November 2017 Study on impact analysis of Policy Options for strengthened EU cooperation on Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Sogeti, August 2017 Controlling Pharmaceutical Expenditure and Improving Efficiency within the Spanish Pharmaceutical Market: Macro- and micro-level policy approaches Gilead Sciences, June 2017 Tender Loving Care? Purchasing Medicines for Continuing Therapeutic Improvement and Better Health Outcomes Baxalta (part of Shire), November 2016 Towards better outcomes in multiple sclerosis by addressing policy change: The International MultiPlE Sclerosis Study (IMPrESS) F. Hoffmann-La Roche, March 2016 The Value of Early Diagnosis and Treatment in Parkinson’s disease European Brain Council, March 2016 Cost and Impact of Non-Treating Severe Mental Illnesses (SMIs): The Case Study of Schizophrenia European Brain Council, January 2015 The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: International Trade Law, Health Systems, and Public Health European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), January 2015 Diabetes Expenditure, Burden of Disease and Management in 5 EU Countries Novo Nordisk, January 2012 The Role of Funding and Policies on Innovation in Cancer Drug Development Novartis Pharma AG, September 2009 Pharmaceutical Reimbursement Policy in Turkey New Hope in Health Foundation (SUVAK), September 2005 The Economic Impact of Pharmaceutical Parallel Trade in European Union Member States: A Stakeholder Analysis Johnson & Johnson, January 2004

Bob Hancké is an Associate Professor in Political Economy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Previous appointments were at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, and as a PhD candidate at the J.F. Kennedy School and Center for European Studies at Harvard University, and at MIT. He published  Large Firms and Institutional Change  (Oxford University Press 2002),  Beyond Varieties of Capitalism: Conflict, Contradiction and Complementarities in the European Economy  (co-edited with Martin Rhodes and Mark Thatcher (Oxford University Press 2007),  Intelligent Research Design  (Oxford University Press 2009),  Debating Varieties of Capitalism  (Oxford University Press 2009),  Unions, Central Banks and EMU  (Oxford University Press 2013)   and participated in the project that led to  Varieties of Capitalism , edited by Peter Hall and David Soskice (Oxford University Press 2001). His research interests are: the political economy of advanced capitalist societies; the political economy of transition economies; institutions and macro-economic policy; and labour relations. Expertise:  advanced capitalist societies; institutions and macro-economic policy; labour relations; political economy; transition economies