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Wu, Yue (2024) Shareholder activism: the interactions between firm meetings and asset markets. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Chen, Jane Jingxuan (2023) Essays on communication and trading in financial markets. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Salarkia, Amirabas (2023) Essays in empirical asset pricing. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Tang, Bo (2022) Essays on FinTech and financial markets. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Täger, Matthias (2022) Constructing climate risk: how finance governs its relationship with the planet’s climate. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Yin, Xiang (2022) Essays in empirical corporate finance. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Pelosi, Marco (2022) Essays in financial economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Shi, Ran (2022) Essays in asset pricing. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Huang, Jiantao (2022) Essays in empirical asset pricing. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Chen, Juan (2022) Essays on corporate finance and governance. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Iwadate, Muneaki Bruce (2021) Essays in financial economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Yuan, Yue (2021) Essays on corporate finance under asymmetric information. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Risteska, Simona (2021) Essays on learning and information-processing in financial markets. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Nicolai, Francesco (2021) Essays in financial economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Pellicioli, Alberto (2021) Essays in financial economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Carella, Agnese (2021) Essays in household finance. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Hu, Zhongchen (2021) Essays on household finance, venture capital, and labor. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Todorov, Karamfil (2020) Essays in financial economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Core, Fabrizio (2020) Essays on entrepreneurship. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Wang, Su (2019) Essays in corporate finance. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Guo, Tengyu (James) (2019) Essays in factor-based investing. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ryduchowska, Malgorzata Teresa (2019) Essays in empirical corporate finance. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Han, Yueyang (2019) Essays on information and frictions in financial markets. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Papadimitriou, Dimitris (2019) Essays in financial economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ricca, Bernardo (2019) Essays in financial economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Kremens, Lukas (2019) Essays on foreign exchange risk. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Gorrín, Jesús (2018) Essays in empirical corporate finance. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Bretscher, Lorenzo (2018) Essays in macro finance. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Sabtchevsky, Petar Svilenov (2018) Three papers on asset pricing. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Obizhaeva, Olga A. (2017) Essays in financial economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Savic, Una (2017) Essays in financial intermediation. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Punz, Michael (2017) Essays on delegated portfolio management. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Seyedan, Seyed (2016) Essays in financial economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Zaccaria, Luana (2016) Essays in corporate finance. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Choi, Hoyong (2016) Essays on asset pricing. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Zhang, Cheng (2016) Essays on asset pricing. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Glebkin, Sergey (2016) Three essays in financial economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Shen, Ji (2015) Essays on asset pricing in over-the-counter markets. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Martinovic, Milan (2015) Venture capital investments, exits and post-IPO performance. MPhil thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Yan, Wen (2015) Essays on the term structures of bonds and equities. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Lu, Yiqing (2015) Essays on adaptation, innovation incentives and compensation structure. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Chen, Huaizhi (2015) Essays on empirical asset pricing. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Roulstone, Claire (2015) Inside the social world of a witness care unit: role-conflict and organisational ideology in a service. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

von Drathen, Christian (2014) Essays in empirical finance. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Dobrynskaya, Victoria (2014) Downside risk in stock and currency markets. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Kuong, John (2014) Essays in financial economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Huang, Shiyang (2014) Essays on information asymmetry in financial market. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Zhou, Ping (2014) Essays on credit risk. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Zeng, Jing (2014) Essays on financial intermediation. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Donaldson, Jason (2014) Essays in financial contract theory. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Zer Boudet, Ilknur (2013) Essays on financial economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Valenzuela Bravo, Marcela Andrea (2013) Essays on financial economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Piacentino, Giorgia (2013) Theories of the effects of delegated portfolio managers' incentives. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Costa Neto, Nelson (2012) Essays on information asymmetry and financial institutions. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Deb, Pragyan (2012) Essays on the impact of competition on financial intermediaries. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Yen, Yu-Min (2012) Three essays in financial econometrics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Shang, Qi (2012) Essays in asset pricing and institutional investors. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Maurer, Thomas A. (2012) Is consumption growth only a sideshow in asset pricing?: asset pricing implications of demographic change and shocks to time preferences. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Teo, Terence (2012) Essays on disclosure of holdings by institutional investors. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Parida, Sitikantha (2012) Essays on delegated portfolio management. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Lew, Sean (2012) Essays on market microstructure. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Fardeau, Vincent (2011) Essays in financial economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Venter, György (2011) Essays on asymmetric information and trading constraints. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Wang, Yiyi (2011) Rational bubble, short-dated volatility forecasting and extract more from the volatility surface. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Anton Sancho, Miguel (2011) Three essays on the comovement of financial assets. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Liu, Zijun (2011) Essays in financial intermediation. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Garavito, Fabian (2010) Essays on delegated asset management. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Bena, Jan (2009) Essays on the interaction between financial development and real economy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Lee, KeunJung (2009) Three essays on corporate governance in Korea. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Chen, Runquan (2009) Volatility and correlation in financial markets: Econometric modeling and empirical pricing. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Protopapa, Marco (2009) An essay in corporate finance: Managerial incentives, financial constraints and ownership concentration. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Afonso, Gara Minguez (2008) Liquidity, information and coordination in financial markets. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Reusch, Christian (2008) On the non-linear dynamics of financial market risk and liquidity. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Arcot, Sridhar Rao (2007) Essays in corporate finance. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Below is a listed of recently completed PhD theses at LSE Law School.

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LSE Law School students awarded their PhD in the academic session 2022/23:

Dr Sina Akbari ‘Normative Dimensions of the Practice of Private Law’ Supervisors: Dr Charlie Webb and Dr Emmanuel Voyiakis

Dr Stephanie  Claßmann ‘What we do to each other: criminal law for political realists’ Supervisors:  Professor Nicola Lacey and Professor Peter Ramsay  

Dr Raphael Girard 'Populism, Law and the Courts: Space and Time and in an Age of “Constitutional Impatience' Supervisors:   Dr Jo Murkens  and  Dr Jacco Bomhoff

Dr Rachna Matabudul   'Tax treaty dispute resolution: lessons from the law of the sea'  Supervisors:   Mr Eduardo Baistrocchi and Dr Andrew Summers

Dr Tanmay Misra ‘The Invention of Corruption: India and the License Raj’ Supervisors:  Professor Susan Marks and Professor Stephen Humphreys

Dr Mireia Garcés De Marcilla Musté ‘Designing, Fixing, and Mutilating the Vulva:  Exploring the Meanings of Vulval Cutting’ Supervisors:  Professor Emily Jackson and Professor Nicola Lacey

Dr Mattia Pinto ‘Human Rights as Sources of Penality‘ Supervisors: Professor Peter Ramsay  and  Professor Conor Gearty

Dr Morris Schonberg ‘The Notion of Selective Advantage in EU State Aid Law – An Equality of Opportunity Approach’ Supervisors:   Dr Pablo Ibáñez Colomo and Dr Orla Lynskey

Dr Aleks Stipanovich (Bojovic) 'Environmental Assessment of Trade: Origins and Critiques of Effectiveness' Supervisors:  Professor Veerle Heyvaert  and Professor Andrew Lang

Dr John Taggart 'Examining the role of the intermediary in the criminal justice system' Supervisors:   Dr Meredith Rossner  and  Dr Abenaa Owusu-Bempah

Dr Francesca Uberti 'Vaccine Opposition in the Information Age: A Study on Online Activism and DIY Citizenship' Supervisors:   Professor Emily Jackson and Professor Linda Mulcahy

LSE Law School students awarded their PhD in the academic session 2021/22:

Dr Irene Claeys 'The construction of a Regulatory Risk Device: an Examination of the Historical Emergence and Performative Effects of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s Market Risk Framework' Supervisors :    Professor Andrew Lang  and  Dr Stephen Humphreys

Dr Alex Damianos 'Ratifying the Anthropocene: A study of the Anthropocene Working Group’s ongoing effort to formalize the Anthropocene as a geologic unit of the Geologic Time Scale' Supervisors:  Dr Stephen Humphreys and Professor Alain Pottage

Dr Jonathan Fisher 'Mandatory self-reporting of criminal conduct by a company: corporate rights and engaging the privilege against self-incrimination' Supervisors :  Professor Jeremy Horder  and  Professor David Kershaw

Dr Ilan Gafni ‘Rethinking the Negligence Liability of Public Authorities in English Law’ Supervisors:   Professor Thomas Poole  and  Dr Emmanuel Voyiakis

Dr Benjamin Goh 'The Literary Unconscious: Rereading Authorship and Copyright with Kant’s "On the Wrongfulness of Reprinting" (1785)' Supervisors : Professor Alain Pottage and Dr Stephen Humphreys

Dr Joanne Sonin  'The evolution of the shareholder: legal change, deflection, and constancy'  Supervisors: Professor David Kershaw and Mr Edmund Schuster

LSE Law School students awarded their PhD in the academic session 2020/21:

Dr Fatima Ahdash 'Examining the Recent Interaction Between Family Law and Counter-Terrorism' Supervisors:   Professor Conor Gearty , Professor Emily Jackson and Dr Peter Ramsay

Dr Mackenzie Common 'The implications of social media content moderation for human rights and the rule of law' Supervisors:   Professor Conor Gearty and Professor Andrew Murray

Dr Geetanjali Ganguly 'Towards a transnational law of climate change: transnational litigation at the boundaries of science and law' Supervisors:   Professor Veerle Heyvaert and Dr Stephen Humphreys

Dr Priya Gupta 'Leveraging the city: urban governance in financial capitalism' Supervisors: Dr Tatiana Flessas and Professor Alain Pottage 

Dr Callum Musto 'States’ regulatory powers and the turn to public law in international investment law and arbitration' Supervisors: Dr Jan Kleinheisterkamp and  Professor Andrew Lang

Law Department students awarded their PhD in the academic session 2019/20:

Dr Martin Clark 'The international and domestic in British legal thought from Gentili to Lauterpacht' Supervisors:  Professor Gerry Simpson and Professor Tom Poole    

Dr Sroyon Mukherjee 'Context-driven choices: environmental valuation in the courtroom'   Supervisors: Professor Veerle Heyvaert ,   Dr Margot Salomon and Dr Tatiana Flessas

Dr Wendy Teeder 'Judicial review and the vanishing trial' Supervisors:  Professor Linda Mulcahy and Dr Meredith Rossner

Dr Zlatin Zlatev 'Approaches towards the concept of non-pecuniary losses deriving from breach of contract' Supervisors:  Dr Charlie Webb  and  Dr Solène Rowan

Law Department students awarded their PhD in the academic session 2018/19:

Dr Jacob Bronsther 'Long-term incarceration and the moral limits of punishment' Supervisiors:  Professor Nicola Lacey and Professor Peter Ramsay

Dr Tor Krever 'The ideological origins of piracy in international thought' Supervisors:  Professor Susan Marks  and  Dr Stephen Humphreys

Dr Dagmar Myslinska 'Not quite white: the gap between EU rhetoric and the experience of Poles’ mobility to the UK' Supervisors:  Professor Nicola Lacey and Dr Coretta Phillips

Dr Signe Rehling Larsen 'The European Union as a federation: a constitutional analysis' Supervisors:  Professor Martin Loughlin  and  Dr Michael Wilkinson

Dr Dvora Liberman 'Conductors of the legal system: An oral history study of the everyday lives of the crown court clerks form 1972-2015' Supervisors:  Professor Linda Mulcahy  and Rob Perks (British Library)

Dr Barbara Pick 'Empirical analysis of geographical indications in France and Vietnam: opportunities and constraints' Supervisors:  Professor Alain Pottage and Dr Dev Gangjee

Dr Rafael Lima Sakr 'Law and lawyers in the making of regional trade regimes: the rise and fall of legal doctrines on the international trade law and governance of south-north regionalism' Supervisors:  Dr Jan Kleinheisterkamp  and Professor Andrew Lang 

Dr Ryan Stones 'EU competition law and the rule of law: justification and realisation' Supervisors:  Professor Martin Loughlin  and  Professor Pablo Ibanez Colomo  

Dr Rebecca Sutton 'The international humanitarian actor as ‘Civilian Plus’: The circulation of the idea of distinction in international law' Supervisors:   Professor Gerry Simpson  and  Dr Devika Hovell

Dr Sarah Trotter 'On coming to terms: how European human rights law imagines the human condition' Supervisors:  Professor Damian Chalmers and Dr Kai Möller

Dr Moiz Tundawala 'In the shadow of swaraj: constituent power and the Indian political' Supervisors:  Professor Martin Loughlin  and  Dr Thomas Poole

Dr David Vitale 'Political trust and the enforcement of constitutional social rights' Supervisors:  Dr Jo Murkens  and  Professor Thomas Poole

Dr Sally Ann Way 'Human rights from the Great Depression to the Great Recession: The United States, 'western' liberalism and the shaping of the economic and social rights in international law' Supervisors:  Professor Susan Marks  and  Dr Margot Salomon

Dr Aaron Wu 'Sustaining International Law: history, nature, and the politics of global ordering'  Supervisors:  Professor Susan Marks  and  Dr Stephen Humphreys  

Law Department students awarded their PhD in the academic session 2017/18:

Dr Michael Akpomiemie 'The social context of business and the tax system'     Supervisors:   Eduardo Baistrocchi  and  Ian Roxan

Dr Bernard Keenan 'Interception: Law, Media, and Techniques' Supervisors :  Alain Pottage  and  Professor Conor Gearty

Dr Kate Leader 'Fifteen stories: litigants in person in the civil justice system' Supervisors:  Professor Nicola Lacey   and  Professor Linda Mulcahy

Dr Sally Zhu 'Law embodied: re-imagining a material legal normativity'      Supervisors:  Dr Emmanuel Melissaris and  Dr Michael Wilkinson

Dr Velimir Zivkovic 'International investment protection and the national rule of law: A normative framework for a new approach' Supervisors:  Dr Jan Kleinheisterkamp and  Dr Chris Thomas

Law Department students awarded their PhD in the academic session 2016/17:

Dr Samuel Tschorne Venegas 'The theoretical turn in British public law scholarship' Supervisors :  Professor Martin Loughlin  and Professor Damian Chalmers

Dr Simon Witney 'The Corporate governance of private equity-backed companies' Supervisors :  Professor David Kershaw  and Dr Carsten Gerner-Beuerle

Dr Henrietta Zeffert 'Home and international law' Supervisors:  Professor Susan Marks  and  Professor Linda Mulcahy

Law Department students awarded their PhD in the academic session 2015/16:

Dr Jarleth Burke 'A market and government failure critique of services of general economic interest: testing the centrality and strictness of Article 106(2) TFEU' Supervisors:  Dr Pablo Ibanez Colomo  and  Dr Andrew Scott

Dr Marie Burton 'Calling for Justice: Comparing telephone and face-to-face advice in social welfare legal aid' Supervisors:   Professor Linda Mulcahy  and  Dr Jo Braithwaite

Dr Anna Chadwick 'Financial speculation, hunger and the global food crisis: whither regulation' Supervisors:   Professor Susan Marks  and Professor Andrew Lang

Dr Ailbhe O’Loughlin 'Balancing rights? Personality disordered offenders, the public and the promise of rehabilitation' Supervisors:   Professor Jill Peay  and  Dr Peter Ramsay

Dr Anne Saab 'Towards a new food regime? Legal inquiries into climate-ready seeds and hunger' Supervisors:   Professor Susan Marks  and  Dr Stephen Humphreys

Dr Orly Stern 'The principle of distinction and women in African conflict' Supervisors:   Professor Christine Chinkin  and  Dr Chaloka Beyani

Dr Chieh Wang 'Sexuality, gender, justice and law: rethinking normative heterosexuality and sexual justice from the perspectives of queer humanist men and masculinities studies' S upervisors:  Professor Hugh Collins and  Dr Manolis Melissaris

Dr Susannah Willcox 'Climate change inundation and Atoll Island states: implications for human rights, self-determination and statehood' Supervisors:  Dr Margot Salomon  and Professor Leif Wenar

Dr Elena Zaccaria 'Proprietary rights in indirectly held securities: legal risks and future challenges' Supervisors:  Professor Michael Bridge and  Dr Eva Micheler

Law Department students awarded their PhD in the academic session 2014/15:

Dr Sinead Agnew 'What we talk about when we talk about conscience: the meaning and function of conscience in commercial law doctrince' Supervisors:  Dr Charlie Webb  and Professor Sarah Worthington

Dr Saskia King 'Agreements that restrict competition by object under Article 101(1) TFEU: past, present and future' Supervisors:  Professor Giorgio Monti and  Dr Andrew Scott

Dr Dean Knight 'Vigilance and restraint in the common law of judicial review: scope, grounds, intensity, context' Supervisors :  Professor Martin Loughlin  and  Dr Thomas Poole

Dr Robert Knox 'A critical examination of the concept of imperialism in Marxist and third world approaches to international law' Supervisor:  Professor Susan Marks

Dr Ewan McGaughey 'Participation in Corporate Governance' Supervisor:  Professor David Kershaw

Dr Mark Searl 'A Normative Theory of International Law Based on New Natural Law Theory' Supervisors:   Dr. Emmanuel Melissaris  and  Dr Stephen Humphreys

Dr Yin Xiao 'Analysing the Enforcement Dimension of Regulatory Competition: A Cultural Institutionalist Approach' Supervisors:  Professor Julia Black  and Professor Francis Snyder

Dr Keina Yoshida 'The cinematic jurisprudence of gender crimes: the ICTY and film' Supervisors:   Professor Linda Mulcahy  and  Professor Christine Chinkin

Dr Zhanwei Zang

'Law, state and society in the PRC: a case study of family planning regulation implementation at grassroots level in rural China' Supervisors:  Professor Tim Murphy  and Dr Helen Reece

Law Department students awarded their PhD in the academic session 2013/14:

Dr Helen Coverdale 'Punishing with care: treating offenders as equal persons in criminal punishment' Supervisors:  Professor Nicola Lacey  and  Dr Peter Ramsay  and Professor Anne Phillips

Dr Johanna Jacques 'From Nomus to Hegung: war captivity and international order' Supervisors:  Professor Tim Murphy  and  Mr Alain Pottage

Dr Nicolas Lamp 'Lawmaking in the Multilateral Trading System' Supervisors:  Dr Andrew Lang and  Mr Alain Pottage

Dr Charles Majinge 'The United Nations, The African Union and the rule of law in Southern Sudan' Supervisors:  Dr Chaloka Beyani  and  Professor Christine Chinkin

Dr Vladimir Meerovitch 'Investor Protection and equity markets: an evaluation of private enforcement of related party transactions in Russia' Supervisor:  Professor David Kershaw

Dr Karla O'Regan 'Beyond Illusion: A juridical genealogy of consent in criminal and medical law' Supervisor:  Professor Susan Marks

Dr Megan Pearson 'Religious exemptions to equality laws: reconciling religious freedom with gay rights' Supervisors:  Professor Conor Gearty  and  Dr Kai Moller

Dr Nicolas Perrone 'The International Investment Regime and Foreign Investors' Rights: Another View of a Popular Story' Supervisors:  Dr Andrew Lang and Dr Ken Shadlen

Dr Yaniv Roznai 'Unconstitutional constitutional amendments: a study of the nature and limits of constitutional amendment powers' Supervisors :  Professor Martin Loughlin  and  Dr Thomas Poole

Dr Amarjit Singh 'Compliance requirements under International Law: the illustration of human rights compliance in international projects' Supervisor:  Professor Christine Chinkin

Law Department students awarded their PhD in the academic session 2012/13:

Dr Perveen Ali 'States in crisis: sovereignty, humanitarianism and refugee protection in the aftermath of the 2003 Iraq war' Supervisors:  Dr Chaloka Beyani  and  Dr Margot Salomon

Dr Kirsten Campbell 'The justice of humans: humanitarian crimes and the laws of war' Supervisors:   Dr Stephen Humphreys  and  Professor Nicola Lacey

Dr Zelia Gallo 'The penalty of politics: punishment in contemporary Italy 1970-2000' Supervisors:  Professor Nicola Lacey  and  Dr Peter Ramsay

Dr Ugljesa Grusic 'The international employment contract; ideal, reality and regulatory function of European private international law of employment  Supervisor:  Professor Hugh Collins and  Dr Jan Kleinheisterkamp

Dr Chi Hsing Ho ' Socio-legal perspectives on biobanking: the case of Taiwan' Supervisors :  Professor Tim Murphy

Dr Mary Catherine Lucey 'The interface between competition law and the restraint of trade doctrine for professionals: understanding its evolution and proposing its solution' Supervisor:  Professor Hugh Collins

Dr Sabina Manea Instrumentalising Property: An Analysis of Rights in the EU Emissions Trading System Supervisors:  Professor Julia Black  and  Dr Veerle Heyvaert

Dr Udoka Nwosu 'Head of state immunity in international law' Supervisor:  Dr Chaloka Beyani

Dr Daniel Wang 'Can litigation promote fairness in Healthcare? The judicial review of rationing decisions in Brazil and England.' Supervisors:  Professor Conor Gearty  and  Dr Thomas Poole

Law Department students awarded their PhD in the academic session 2011/12:

Dr Luis Barroso 'The Problems and the Controls of the New Administrative State of the EU' Supervisors:  Professor Julia Black  and Professor Damian Chalmers

Dr Paul Benral 'Do deficiencies in data privacy threaten ourautonomy and if so, can informational privacy rights meet this threat?' Supervisors:  Professor Conor Gearty  and  Professor Andrew Murray

Dr Paraskevi Boukli 'Imaginary penalities: reconsidering anti-trafficking discourses and technologies' Supervisors:  Professor Christine Chinkin  and  Professor Susan Marks

Dr Isabel Calich 'The impact of globalisation on the position of developing countries in the international tax system' Supervisor:  Ian Roxan

Dr Benjamin Dille Ill fares the land: the legal consequences of land confiscations by the Sandinista Government of Nicaragua,1979-1990 Supervisor:  Professor Simon Roberts

Dr Seema Farazi 'Nuclear Threats and Military Responses' Supervisors:  Professor Christine Chinkin  and  Professor Susan Marks

Dr Eyal Geva 'Corporate and Corporate Insolvency Restructuring: Employee Voice in an Anglo-American Perspective' Supervisor:  Professor Vanessa Finch

Dr David Hood 'What model for regulating employee discipline and grievances most effectively supports the policy objective of partnership at work?' Supervisors:  Professor Hugh Collins and  Professor David Kershaw

Dr Matthew John 'Rethinking the Secular State: Perspective on Constitutional Law in Post-Colonial India' Supervisors :  Professor Martin Loughlin  and  Professor Tim Murphy

Dr Andreas Kotsakis 'The Biological Diversity Complex: A History of Environmental Government' Supervisors:   Dr Veerle Heyvaert  and  Professor Martin Loughlin

Dr Emily Laidlaw  'Internet Gatekeepers, Human Rights and Corporate Social Responsibilities'  Supervisors :  Professor Conor Gearty  and  Professor Andrew Murray

Dr Jeffrey Benjamin Meyers 'Toward a Negri-inspired theory of c/Constitution: A Canadian case study' Supervisors:  Professor Tim Murphy  and  Dr Igor Stramignoni

Dr Abhijit Pandya  'Coherence and Interpretations of the Fair and Equitable Treatment Standard in Investment Treaty Arbitration' Supervisors:  Dr Andrew Lang and  Dr Jan Kleinheisterkamp

Dr Lorenzo Sasso 'Capital structure and corporate governance: the role of hybrid financial instruments' Supervisors:  Professor Paul Davies and  Dr Eva Micheler

Dr Chenwei Zhu   'Authoring Collaborative Projects: A Study of Intellectual Property and Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Licensing Schemes from a Relational Contract Perspective' Supervisors :  Anne Barron  and  Professor Linda Mulcahy

Law Department students awarded their PhD in the academic session 2010/11:

Dr Miguel Correia 'The Taxation of Corporate Groups Under a Corporation Income Tax: An Interdisciplinary and Comparative Tax Law Analysis.' Supervisor:  Ian Roxan

Dr Christine Evans 'The Right to Reparations in International Law for Victims of Armed Conflict: Convergence of Law and Practice?' Supervisors:   Dr Margot Salomon  and  Professor Gerry Simpson

Dr Emily Haslam 'Between Consent and Contestation: Civil Society, Justice and International Criminal Law' Supervisors:   Dr Margot Salomon  and  Professor Gerry Simpson

Dr Guoming Li 'The Constitutional relationship between China and Hong Kong: a study of the status of Hong Kong in China's system of government under the principle of "one country, two systems"'  Supervisors:   Professor Martin Loughlin  and  Professor Tim Murphy

Dr Jiabo Liu 'Copyright Expansion and Industrial Growth : A Case Study of the UK Book Publishing Industry'  Supervisor:   Professor Andrew Murray

Dr David Mangan Thesis Title: 'Challenges of Change: Teachers, Government and Reform' Supervisors:  Professor David Kershaw , Dr Julian Fulbrook and Dr Bob Simpson.

Dr Charlotte Peevers 'Justifying Force: From the Suez Crisis to the Iraq War' Supervisors:  Dr Andrew Lang and Ms Anthea Roberts

Dr Stephanie Roberts 'The Decision Making Process of Appeals Against Conviction in the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)' Supervisor:   Professor Andrew Murray

Dr Edite Ronnen 'Mediation in a Conflict Society. An Ethnographic View on Mediation Processes in Israel.' Supervisor: Professor Simon Roberts

Dr Matteo Solinas 'Legal evolution and hybridization: The law shares transfer in England' Supervisors:  Dr Eva Micheler  and  Professor David Kershaw

Dr Kraijakr Thiratayakinant 'Multilateral supervision of regional trade agreements: developing countries' perspectives' Supervisors: Professor Francis Snyder and Dr Andrew Lang

Dr Qianlan Wu 'Competition Laws, Globalization and Legal Pluralism: China's Experience' Supervisors:  Dr Andrew Lang and Professor Francis Snyder

Law Department students awarded their PhD in the academic session 2009/10:

Dr Ely Aharonson The Role of'Pro-Black' Criminalization Policy in Enabling and Contraining the Mobilization of Eqalitarian Racial Reform, US 1669-2008 Supervisors:   Professor Robert Reiner  and  Professor Nicola Lacey

Dr Matthias Boizard 'The Sell-Out Right as an Agency Control Mechanism' Supervisor : Professor Paul Davies

Dr Alan Brady 'A Structural, Institutionally Sensitive Model of Proportionality and Deference Under the Human Rights Act 1998' Supervisor:   Professor Conor Gearty  and  Dr Manolis Melissaris

Dr Reza Djojosugito 'The Role of Project Financing in Promoting Transfer of Technology (for the Microelectronic Industry in Indonesia)' Supervisor :  Sir Ross Cranston FBA

Dr Martin Dumas 'On Limitations to the Transformative Power of Consumocratic Law: The Paradigmatic Case of Rugmark.' Supervisors:  Professor Tim Murphy  and  Professor Julia Black

Dr Elizabeth Franey 'Immunity, Individuals and International Law. Which Individuals are Immune from the Jurisdiction of National Courts under International Law? ' Supervisor : Professor Christopher Greenwood and  Dr Chaloka Beyani

Dr Debbie De Girolamo 'The Fugitive Identity of Mediation: Negotiations, Shift Changes and Allusionary Action.' Supervisors:  Professor Simon Roberts and Professor Mike Redmayne

Dr Panagiotis Kapotas 'Positive action as a means to achieve full and effective equality in Europe. ' Supervisor : Professor Hugh Collins and  Dr Thomas Poole

Dr Demetra Pappas 'The Politics of Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: A Comparative Case Study of Emerging Criminal Law and the Criminal Trials of Jack "Dr.Death" Kevorkian.' Supervisors:   Professor Robert Reiner  and Professor Paul Rock

Dr Heba Shahein 'The Development of Competition Law and Policy in Egypt: National and International Factors ' Supervisor : Mr Giorgio Monti and  Dr Andrew Scott

Law Department students awarded their PhD in the academic session 2008/09:

Dr Aseel Al-Ramahi

'Competing Rationalities: The Evolution of Arbitration in Commercial Disputes in Modern Jordan ' Supervisor : Professor Simon Roberts

Dr Natalia Andreicheva 'The Role of Legal Capital Rules in Creditors Protection: Contrasting the Demands of Western Market Economies with Ukraine's Transitional Economy' Supervisor : Professor Sarah Worthington

Dr Marina Brilman 'Georges Canguilhem: Norms and Knowledge in the Life Sciences' Supervisor :  Mr Alain Pottage  and  Dr Emmanuel Melissaris

Dr Alejandro Chehtman 'The Morality of Extraterritorial Punishment' Supervisor :  Professor Gerry Simpson  and Professor Mike Redmayne and Professor Cecile Fabre 

Dr Heather Harrison-Dinniss 'The status and use of computer network attacks in international humanitarian law'  Supervisor : Professor Christopher Greenwood

Dr Kati Kulovesi 'The WTO Dispute Settlement System and the challenge of environment and legitimacy' Supervisor:   Dr Veerle Heyvaert

Dr Indianna Minto 'The role of incumbent firms in telecommunications reform: the case of Jamaica and Ireland' Supervisors:   Professor Robert Baldwin  and Professor Damian Chalmers

Dr Michael Reynolds 'Caseflow Management: A Rudimentary Referee Process, 1919-70' Supervisor : Professor Simon Roberts

Dr Jaejin Shim 'The right to equality of workers' Supervisor : Professor Hugh Collins

Dr John Upton 'The Constitutional Thought of Joseph de Maistre' Supervisor :  Professor Martin Loughlin  and Dr Tim Hochstrasse

Dr Marisa Vallely 'Mediation and Conciliation in disputes about special educational needs: Proportionate dispute resolution or justice on the cheap?' Supervisor:   Professor Jill Peay

Dr Ting Xu 'Property rights, governance and socio-economic transformation: the revival of private property and its limits in Post-Mao China' Supervisors:   Professor Tim Murphy  and  Dr Tatiana Flessas

Dr Benjamin Yu Min Yong 'Becoming national: contextualising the construction of the New Zealand Nation-State' Supervisor:   Professor Martin Loughlin

Law Department students awarded their PhD in the academic session 2007/08:

Dr George Chifor 'Cutting Down the Law to Seize the Devil: Exploring the Relationship between Legality and Legitimacy in the Context of Humanitarian Intervention'  Supervisor :  Professor Gerry Simpson

Dr Sung Soo Hong 'The Regulatory Dilemma in Human Rights: The Status and Role of the National Human Rights Institution' Supervisors:   Professor Tim Murphy  and  Professor Martin Loughlin

Dr Manuel Iturralde 'Punishment and Authoritarian Liberalism: the Politics of Emergency Criminal Justice in Colombia (1984-2006)' Supervisors:   Professor Nicola Lacey  and  Professor Tim Murphy

Dr Michail Kritikos 'Institutions and Science in the Authorization of GMO Releases in the European Union (1990-2007): The False Promise of Proceduralism' Supervisor:  Professor Damian Chalmers and  Dr Veerle Heyvaert

Dr Arlie Loughnan 'Mental Incapacity Defences in Criminal Law' Supervisors:   Professor Nicola Lacey  and  Professor Jill Peay

Dr Duncan Matthews 'Characterising EC Regulation: Emulation, Innovation, Re-regulation' Supervisor:   Professor Robert Baldwin

Dr Guenael Mettraux 'Command responsibility in international law - the boundaries of criminal liability for military commanders and civilian leaders' Supervisor : Professor Christopher Greenwood

Dr Daryl Mundis 'The Law of Naval Exclusion Zones' Supervisor :  Professor Christopher Greenwood

Dr Chidi Odinkalu   'Regional integration and Human Rights in Africa' Supervisor :  Dr Chaloka Beyani

Dr Anestis Papadopoulos  'The Role of the Competition Law and Policy of the EU in the Formation of International Agreements on Competition' Supervisor: Giorgio Monti

Dr Wei Shen 'Beyond the New York Convention' Supervisor : Professor Simon Roberts

Dr Charlie Webb 'Property, Unjust Enrichment and Restitution' Supervisor:  Professor Sarah Worthington

Law Department students awarded their PhD in the academic session 2006/07:

Dr Tola Amodu   'The transformation of planning agreements as regulatory instruments in land-use planning in the twentieth century.' Supervisor   Professor Martin Loughlin

Dr Louise Arimatsu 'Defences in International Criminal Law' Supervisor :  Professor Gerry Simpson

Dr Ruke Dukes 'Workplace worker representation in Germany and the UK: from industrial democracy to partnership' Supervisor : Paul Davies

Dr Christian HjiPanayi   'Double Taxation, Tax Treaties, Treaty Shopping and the European Community' Supervisor :  Dr Ian Roxan

Dr Chieh Huang  State-Trading Countries in the World Trade Organisation - A Case study of Trading Rights Reform in China   Supervisor:  Professor Francis Snyder

Dr Bisher Khasawneh   'An appraisal of the right of return and compensation of Jordanian nationals of Palestinian origin and Jordan's right under international law, to bring claims relating thereto, on their behalf to and against Israel and to seek compensation as a host state in light of the conclusion of the Jordan-Israel peace treaty of 1994.' Supervisor:   Professor Christopher Greenwood

Dr Despina Kyprianou 'The role of the Cyprus Attorney General's Office in Prosecutions: Rhetoric, Ideology and Practice.' Supervisor:   Professor Jill Peay

Dr Virginia Mantouvalou 'Labour Rights under the European Convention on Human Rights' Supervisor : Professor Hugh Collins

Dr Kris Panijpan   'Market dynamics in corporate governance: Lessons from recent developments in English Law' Supervisor:   Professor Tim Murphy

Dr Jungwon Park Minority rights constraints on a State's power to regulate citizenship under international law. Supervisor :  Dr Chaloka Beyani

Law Department students awarded their PhD in the academic session 2005/06:

Dr Shane Bryans 'Prison Governance: An exploration of the changing role and duties of the prison governor in HM Prison Service.' Supervisor :  Professor Robert Reiner

Dr Philip Chang 'Sociological economic analysis of law: A theoretical framework for understanding the correlative aspects of law and economics' Supervisor : Professor Hugh Collins Dr Caitriona Drew 'Population Transfer: The Untold Story of the International Law of Self-Determination' Supervisor :  Professor Christine Chinkin

Dr Jesse Elvin 'Political Correctness, Feminism and Law Reform in England' Supervisor :  Professor Christine Chinkin

Dr Zeina Ghandour   'Indirect rule in Mandate Palestine' Supervisor : Professor Simon Roberts

Dr Gus Van Harten 'The emerging system of international investment arbitration' Supervisor :  Professor Martin Loughlin

Dr Kirsten Lampe 'Human rights in the context of EU foreign policy and enlargement' Supervisor :  Dr Chaloka Beyani

Dr Shay Menuchin 'The Dilemma of International Tax Arbitrage: A comparative analysis using the cases of hybrid financial instruments and cross border leasing.' Supervisor :  Dr Ian Roxan

Dr Everard Phillips 'Recognising the language of calypso as "Symbolic Action" in Resolving Conflict in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago' Supervisor : Professor Simon Roberts

Dr Rod Rastan 'Closing the Enforcement Gap: The International Criminal Court and National Authorities .' Supervisor :  Professor Christopher Greenwood

Dr Tamara Relis 'Parallel worlds of disputes and mediation' Supervisor : Professor Simon Roberts

Dr Iyiola Solanke 'The evolution of anti-racial discrimination law in England, Germany and the European Union' Supervisor :  Professor Nicola Lacey

Dr Charlotte Steinorth 'Democratic Governance and International Law: Ideas and Realities' Supervisor :  Dr Chaloka Beyani

Dr Stephen Tully 'Corporations and International Lawmaking'

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MPhil/PhD Sociology

• Graduate research
• Department of Sociology
• Application code L3ZS
• Starting 2024
• Home full-time: Closed
• Overseas full-time: Closed
• Location: Houghton Street, London

The MPhil/PhD Sociology programme offers you the chance to undertake a substantial piece of research that is worthy of publication and which makes an original contribution to sociology. You will begin on the MPhil, and will need to meet certain requirements to be upgraded to PhD status.

The Department of Sociology was the first to be created in Britain and has played a key role in establishing and developing the discipline nationally and internationally. Recent UK research evaluations (through the Research Evaluation Framework) have confirmed our position as one of the leading Departments in the UK. We are committed to empirically rich, conceptually sophisticated, research and scholarship addressing topics of social and political urgency. While building upon the traditions of the discipline we play a key role in developing new intellectual areas, and addressing the social problems and ethical dilemmas that face a globalised society.

LSE Sociology embraces a theoretically and methodologically diverse range of approaches. There are five research areas which constitute our strategic priorities and reflect overall a balance between "traditional" sociology and "innovation": economic sociology; politics and human rights; social inequalities; social studies of knowledge, culture and technology; and urban sociology. Our teaching is informed by our commitments and by our active research in these areas. LSE Sociology will provide a learning environment in which you are encouraged to think critically and independently.

Programme details

For more information about tuition fees and entry requirements, see the fees and funding and assessing your application sections.

Entry requirements

Minimum entry requirements for mphil/phd sociology.

Merit (65+) in a taught master's degree (or equivalent) in a related discipline and a 2:1 degree or equivalent in sociology or another social science.

Competition for places at the School is high. This means that even if you meet our minimum entry requirement, this does not guarantee you an offer of admission. 

Due to the large volume of applications, only applicants who select Sociology as their first choice will be considered. Regrettably, we cannot consider applications that list it as a second choice.

If you have studied or are studying outside of the UK then have a look at our  Information for International Students  to find out the entry requirements that apply to you.

Assessing your application

We welcome applications for research programmes that complement the academic interests of members of staff at the School, and we recommend that you investigate  staff research interests  before applying. You may wish to discuss your suitability with a potential supervisor in the Department before applying – though this is not required.

We carefully consider each application on an individual basis, taking into account all the information presented on your application form, including your:

- academic achievement (including existing and pending qualifications) - statement of academic purpose - references - CV - research proposal - sample of written work. See further information on supporting documents

You may also have to provide evidence of your English proficiency. You do not need to provide this at the time of your application to LSE, but we recommend that you do.  See our English language requirements .

When to apply

The application deadline for this programme is 15 January 2024 , which is also the funding deadline. Please ensure that your application, along with all supporting documents and references, is submitted by this date. See the fees and funding section for more details.

Fees and funding

Every research student is charged a fee in line with the fee structure for their programme. The fee covers registration and examination fees payable to the School, lectures, classes and individual supervision, lectures given at other colleges under intercollegiate arrangements and, under current arrangements, membership of the Students' Union. It does not cover living costs or travel or fieldwork.

Tuition fees 2024/25 for MPhil/PhD Sociology

Home students: £4,829 for the first year (provisional) Overseas students: £22,632 for the first year

The fee is likely to rise over subsequent years of the programme. The School charges home research students in line with the level of fee that the Research Councils recommend. The fees for overseas students are likely to rise in line with the assumed percentage increase in pay costs (ie, 4 per cent per annum).

The Table of Fees shows the latest tuition amounts for all programmes offered by the School.

Fee status​

The amount of tuition fees you will need to pay, and any financial support you are eligible for, will depend on whether you are classified as a home or overseas student, otherwise known as your fee status. LSE assesses your fee status based on guidelines provided by the Department of Education.

Further information about fee status classification.

Scholarships, studentships and other funding

The School recognises that the  cost of living in London  may be higher than in your home town or country, and we provide generous scholarships each year to home and overseas students.

This programme is eligible for  LSE PhD Studentships , and  Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funding . Selection for the PhD Studentships and ESRC funding is based on receipt of an application for a place – including all ancillary documents, before the funding deadline.

Funding deadline for LSE PhD Studentships and ESRC funding: 15 January 2024

All applicants who are offered places are automatically considered for funding and are nominated by the Department for School-administered studentships. Competition for funding is very intense and we cannot provide funding to all offer-holders. Accordingly, all applicants are required to explore all potential sources of funding at all stages in their application, including before and during LSE’s funding consideration process.

If you have already secured funding from an external body, or if you secure external funding after your application is submitted, please notify [email protected] as soon as possible.

In addition to our needs-based awards, LSE also makes available scholarships for students from specific regions of the world and awards for students studying specific subject areas.  Find out more about financial support.

External funding 

There may be other funding opportunities available through other organisations or governments and we recommend you investigate these options as well.

Further information

Fees and funding opportunities

Information for international students

LSE is an international community, with over 140 nationalities represented amongst its student body, and we take this international profile seriously in our work.

If you are applying to LSE from outside of the UK then take a look at our Information for International students . 

1) Take a note of the UK qualifications we require for your programme of interest (found in the ‘Entry requirements’ section of this page). 

2) Go to the International Students section of our website. 

3) Select your country. 

4) Select ‘Graduate entry requirements’ and scroll until you arrive at the information about your local/national qualification. Compare the stated UK entry requirements listed on this page with the local/national entry requirement listed on your country specific page.

Programme structure and courses

In your first year, you can choose to study a range of methods and specialist courses from a variety of institutes and departments at LSE. You must attend the first year research class for MPhil students SO 500 Aims and Methods. You may also be required or advised by your supervisor to take methods courses and specialist taught courses relevant to your topic. 

After the first year, you will spend more time on independent study under the guidance of your supervisors. This will involve the collection, organisation, analysis and writing up of data and ideas. You will also attend regular workshops and seminars related to your interests including a research class for MPhil and PhD students. You will be expected to make an active contribution to these by presenting papers and/or taking part in general discussions.

In addition to progressing with your research, you will be expected to take the listed training and transferable skills courses. 

Compulsory (examined)

Aims and Methods Research Class Aims to provide students with a conceptual and practical framework within which to think through planning their research. You may also be required or advised by your supervisor to take methods courses and specialist taught courses relevant to your topic. For the most up-to-date list of optional courses please visit the relevant  School Calendar page .

Second year

Compulsory (not examined)

Data Analysis Workshop Provides a forum for MPhil/PhD students to gain data analytics skills by sharing their own PhD data with other students. Each student will present their data and have it analysed by the group. Students will gain confidence in analysing their own data by also analysing other students’ data in a group setting.

Third and Fourth years

Optional (not examined)

Becoming a Professional Sociologist  This course provides a workshop environment to discuss key aspects of developing a career as a sociologist. Students will gain a practical understanding of how to pursue the different elements of a sociological career in order to be in a good position in the job market.  

For the most up-to-date list of optional courses please visit the relevant School Calendar page .   

You must note, however, that while care has been taken to ensure that this information is up to date and correct, a change of circumstances since publication may cause the School to change, suspend or withdraw a course or programme of study, or change the fees that apply to it. The School will always notify the affected parties as early as practicably possible and propose any viable and relevant alternative options. Note that the School will neither be liable for information that after publication becomes inaccurate or irrelevant, nor for changing, suspending or withdrawing a course or programme of study due to events outside of its control, which includes but is not limited to a lack of demand for a course or programme of study, industrial action, fire, flood or other environmental or physical damage to premises.  

You must also note that places are limited on some courses and/or subject to specific entry requirements. The School cannot therefore guarantee you a place. Please note that changes to programmes and courses can sometimes occur after you have accepted your offer of a place. These changes are normally made in light of developments in the discipline or path-breaking research, or on the basis of student feedback. Changes can take the form of altered course content, teaching formats or assessment modes. Any such changes are intended to enhance the student learning experience. You should visit the School’s  Calendar ,  or contact the relevant academic department, for information on the availability and/or content of courses and programmes of study. Certain substantive changes will be listed on the  updated graduate course and programme information  page.

Supervision, progression, and assessment

Supervision.

You will be assigned a lead supervisor and a second supervisor/adviser or two co-supervisors who are specialist in your chosen research field, though not necessarily in your topic. Supervisors guide you through your studies.

Progression and assessment

The time taken to complete any research degree depends on your progress and individual needs and you must remain registered with the School until your thesis has been submitted.

You will register for the MPhil in the first instance. In week 6 of Autumn Term in your second year, you will submit a 10,000-word research proposal for assessment, outlining the aims and methods of your thesis and providing preliminary data collection and analysis. The paper will be read by two members of the Sociology Department, who will conduct the viva voce. Successful completion of this assessment means that you upgrade from MPhil registration to registration as a PhD candidate.

By week 6 of Winter Term in your third year, you will submit two draft chapters, a chapter outline for the thesis, and a schedule for completing the thesis. The submission will be read by two members of the Sociology Department, who will conduct the viva voce. Successful completion of this assessment means that you will be re-registered onto the programme into the fourth and final year.

Your final award will be determined by the completion of an original research thesis and a viva oral examination.

More about programme requirements

Student support and resources

We’re here to help and support you throughout your time at LSE, whether you need help with your academic studies, support with your welfare and wellbeing or simply to develop on a personal and professional level.

Whatever your query, big or small, there are a range of people you can speak to who will be happy to help.  

Department librarians   – they will be able to help you navigate the library and maximise its resources during your studies. 

Accommodation service  – they can offer advice on living in halls and offer guidance on private accommodation related queries.

Class teachers and seminar leaders  – they will be able to assist with queries relating to specific courses. 

Disability and Wellbeing Service  – they are experts in long-term health conditions, sensory impairments, mental health and specific learning difficulties. They offer confidential and free services such as  student counselling,  a  peer support scheme  and arranging  exam adjustments.  They run groups and workshops.  

IT help  – support is available 24 hours a day to assist with all your technology queries.   

LSE Faith Centre  – this is home to LSE's diverse religious activities and transformational interfaith leadership programmes, as well as a space for worship, prayer and quiet reflection. It includes Islamic prayer rooms and a main space for worship. It is also a space for wellbeing classes on campus and is open to all students and staff from all faiths and none.   

Language Centre  – the Centre specialises in offering language courses targeted to the needs of students and practitioners in the social sciences. We offer pre-course English for Academic Purposes programmes; English language support during your studies; modern language courses in nine languages; proofreading, translation and document authentication; and language learning community activities.

LSE Careers  ­ – with the help of LSE Careers, you can make the most of the opportunities that London has to offer. Whatever your career plans, LSE Careers will work with you, connecting you to opportunities and experiences from internships and volunteering to networking events and employer and alumni insights. 

LSE Library   –   founded in 1896, the British Library of Political and Economic Science is the major international library of the social sciences. It stays open late, has lots of excellent resources and is a great place to study. As an LSE student, you’ll have access to a number of other academic libraries in Greater London and nationwide. 

LSE LIFE  – this is where you should go to develop skills you’ll use as a student and beyond. The centre runs talks and workshops on skills you’ll find useful in the classroom; offers one-to-one sessions with study advisers who can help you with reading, making notes, writing, research and exam revision; and provides drop-in sessions for academic and personal support. (See ‘Teaching and assessment’). 

LSE Students’ Union (LSESU)  – they offer academic, personal and financial advice and funding.  

PhD Academy   – this is available for PhD students, wherever they are, to take part in interdisciplinary events and other professional development activities and access all the services related to their registration. 

Sardinia House Dental Practice   – this   offers discounted private dental services to LSE students.  

St Philips Medical Centre  – based in Pethwick-Lawrence House, the Centre provides NHS Primary Care services to registered patients.

Student Services Centre  – our staff here can answer general queries and can point you in the direction of other LSE services.  

Student advisers   – we have a  Deputy Head of Student Services (Advice and Policy)  and an  Adviser to Women Students  who can help with academic and pastoral matters.

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As a student at LSE you’ll be based at our central London campus. Find out what our campus and London have to offer you on academic, social and career perspective. 

Student societies and activities

Your time at LSE is not just about studying, there are plenty of ways to get involved in  extracurricular activities . From joining one of over 200 societies, or starting your own society, to volunteering for a local charity, or attending a public lecture by a world-leading figure, there is a lot to choose from. 

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Life in London 

London is an exciting, vibrant and colourful city. It's also an academic city, with more than 400,000 university students. Whatever your interests or appetite you will find something to suit your palate and pocket in this truly international capital. Make the most of career opportunities and social activities, theatre, museums, music and more. 

Want to find out more? Read why we think  London is a fantastic student city , find out about  key sights, places and experiences for new Londoners . Don't fear, London doesn't have to be super expensive: hear about  London on a budget . 

Student stories

Kristina j. kolbe.

MPhil/PhD Sociology The Netherlands

Completing my PhD at LSE Sociology has been a truly inspiring and engaging experience. The PhD not only allowed me to dive into and develop my sociological interests and political passions, but it also opened up the possibility for me to think about 'higher education' as a profession. From learning how to actually conduct research to shaping my own teaching pedagogy, I have benefitted a lot from the course offer at the department and at the LSE more widely. I learnt so much from the faculty at the department, the students I had the pleasure of teaching and my fellow PhDs who, in many occasions, have not only become wonderful colleagues but dear friends. While certainly also being a very challenging process, the overall PhD trajectory at LSE Sociology helped me develop my sociological practice and made it thinkable and feasible for me to pursue an academic career.

Javier Trevino-Rangel

MPhil/PhD Sociology Durango, Mexico

I chose the programme at LSE because its Department of Sociology has played a key role in pioneering, establishing and developing the study of social deviance and social control. Having the opportunity to carry out research with the support of Professors Stanley Cohen, Nikolas Rose or Claire Moon has been invaluable due to their experience in dealing with the sociology of deviance, and the study of political or moral discourses to police them.

As I progress, I am really looking forward to developing my skills and understanding in sociology, and to eventually acquiring professional capacities to efficiently pursue a career in this realm. I intend to use the experience of studying at LSE to expand my research and work so it can influence policies, increase public awareness, and make original contributions to knowledge in different subjects within these fields.

Emma Taylor

I could not have asked for a better department within which to undertake my PhD. I received unwavering support from my supervisor, Professor Mike Savage, throughout the process and was made to feel very much a part of the department despite interrupting my studies twice due to maternity leave.

The doctoral training programme offered is broad and wide-ranging whilst at the same time tailored to the specific needs of students. There are also plenty of opportunities to acquire valuable teaching experience on one or more of the innovative course offered at undergraduate as well as masters level. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to be a part of LSE Sociology and I hope to stay in touch with the department as I move on with my academic career.

Preliminary reading

P Dunleavy  Authoring a PhD: how to plan, draft, write and finish a doctoral dissertation or thesis  (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003)

We recommend you read around your topic and articles in leading sociology journals such as British Journal of Sociology, American Journal of Sociology, Theory and Society, Sociological Review , and Sociology.

Quick Careers Facts for the Department of Sociology

Median salary of our PG students 15 months after graduating: £28,000          

Top 5 sectors our students work in:

• Government, Public Sector and Policy   
• Education, Teaching and Research            
• Health and Social Care  
• NGOs and Charities        
• Real Estate, Environment and Energy

The data was collected as part of the Graduate Outcomes survey, which is administered by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). Graduates from 2020-21 were the fourth group to be asked to respond to Graduate Outcomes. Median salaries are calculated for respondents who are paid in UK pounds sterling and who were working in full-time employment.

Students who successfully complete the programme often embark on an academic career. Our graduates have also gone on to work in the public sector and government as well as for international agencies.

Further information on graduate destinations for this programme

Support for your career

Many leading organisations give careers presentations at the School during the year, and LSE Careers has a wide range of resources available to assist students in their job search. Find out more about the  support available to students through LSE Careers .

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Come on a guided campus tour, attend an undergraduate open day, drop into our office or go on a self-guided tour.  Find out about opportunities to visit LSE . 

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