Supervision and Mentorship

PhD Supervision (co-supervisor or second supervisor in parenthesis).

Current PhD Students:

  1. Surayabi Ramirez (S. Chen) (2024 -)
  2. Deeptha Sharon Samuel (A. Sevilla) (2023 -)
  3. Robert Falconer (L. Platt) (2022 -)
  4. Juliet Nil Uraz (J. Koehler and F. Ferreira) (2021- )
  5. Anirudha Talukdar (K. Stewart and F. Ferreira) (2021-22)
  6. Eugenia Bilbayo-Goyaga (T Biegert and S.P. Jenkins)
  7. Mary-Alice Doyle (S.P. Jenkins) (2019- )

Former PhD Students (Co- or second supervisor in parenthesis):

12. Antonio “Toni” Roldán Monés (2022-2024)
“Three experiments on technology, inequality and ideology”
Examiners: Kai Spiekermann and Kostantinos Matakos
Job Market Outcome: Director, ESADE EcPol Centre for Economic Policy

11. Magdalena Rosetti(S.P. Jenkins) (2020-2024)
“Place Matters: The Roles of Poverty, Natural Disasters, and Economic Shocks on Well-being”
Examiners: Philippe Van Kerm and Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay
Job Market Outcome: Policy Researcher, Inter-American Development Bank (IAB).

10. Dijana Spasenoska (A. Gjonca) (2019-2024)
“Changes in population health in the context of socio-economic and political changes”
Examiners: Martin Bobak and Alyson A. van Raalte
Job Market Outcome: Consultant at World Health Organisation (WHO)

9.  Michaela Šedovič(with L. Platt) (2018- 2023)
“Immigrants’ wellbeing in Europe: How it changes with the hostility and hospitality of their environment?
Examiners: Alita Nandi and Patrick McGovern
Job Market Outcome: Research Fellow (Surveys) at Institute of Education, UCL.

8. Valentina Contreras Silva (with S.P. Jenkins) (2018- 2022)
“Essays on gender and higher education”
Examiners: Almudena Sevilla and Lindsey MacMillan
Job Market Outcome: Research Fellow at International Inequalities Institute (III), LSE.

7.  Orsola Torrisi(with A. Gjonca) (2017- 2022)
“Armed conflict and family outcomes”
Examiners: Jane Falkingham and Eric Schneider
Job Market Outcome: Post-Doctoral Researcher, New York University (Abu Dhabi).

6. Grace Chang (with S.P. Jenkins) (2018- 2022)
“Essays on adolescents’ time allocation and development”
Examiners: Emilia Del Bono and Ingrid Schoon
Job Market Outcome: Post-Doctoral Researcher, Univ. of Southampton & Oxford University. 

5.  Julia K Philipp  (with J. Costa-Font) (2015- 2020)
Essays on sources of gender inequality in labour market outcomes”.
Examiners: Lucinda Platt and Almudena Sevilla
Job Market Outcome: Research Director, NatCen Social Research, UK

4. Rafael Carranza(with S.P. Jenkins) (2017- 2020)
“Essays on Inequality of Opportunity”
Examiners: Xavier Ramos and Francisco D. Ferreira
Job Market Outcome: Post-Doctoral Researcher, INET, Oxford University.

3. Antonella Bancalari (with J. Costa-Font) (2016-2020)
Public Infrastructure and Health in Low-and Middle-Income Countries: The Case of the Sanitation Market”
Examiners: Sandra Sequeira and Sebastian Galiani
Job Market Outcome: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of St. Andrews

2. Wilson Guzman (with S. Jenkins) (2014-18)
“Social Policies in Ecuador: The Effects of Minimum Wages and Conditional Cash Transfers”
Examiners: Climent Quintana Domeque, Joana Naritomi
Job Market Outcome: Assistant Professor, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito

  1. Elena Mariani(with S. Jenkins) (2013-16)
    “The Relationship between Family Context and Job Satisfaction”
    Examiners: Andrew Clarke, John Ermisch
    Job Market Outcome: Senior Statistician at Pearson Inc., NY.

Mentoring Post-Doctoral Researchers & LSE Fellows

  • Iva Tasseva: Career Development Advisee 2021. Mentee (2022-2023). Current Position: LSE Social Policy Assistant Professor.
  • Jesus Gabriel Gutierrez Cofre: Co-Sponsored Academic Mentee ESRC Post Doc.  2019 – 21
  • David Garcés Urzanqui: Career Development Advisee/Mentee 2019-20. Current Position: Research Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen.
  • Jorge Garcia Hombrados: Career Development Advisee/Mentee, 2017-19. Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, UAM.
  • Marco Tosi: Career Development Advisee/Co-sponsored Mentee. 2017-19. Current Position: Research Fellow, Sociology, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin, Italy.