Economics and Management London School of Economics and Political Science

Overview

The Economics and Management programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science is part of a rigorous and interdisciplinary graduate training programme. It is designed to stimulate critical thinking and provide you with the training to conduct research to advance the frontier of applied Economics in the field of Managerial Economics, broadly defined to include topics from organisational economics to personnel economics, to entrepreneurship, to political economy. It is a specialised programme closely aligned with the PhD in Economics (and including the same core sequence of courses) but allowing for the more specialised study of organisations and institutions, and for more personal supervision by scholars in these fields within the Department of Management.

As a research-led department of management at the heart of LSE’s academic community in central London we are ranked #2 in our field. The programme includes a comprehensive methodological training with the opportunity to specialise in the designated field of Economics and Managerial Economics.

You will work closely with international and world-class faculty as part of a vibrant doctoral student community, all of whom are pursuing varied research in different fields of management. The approaches employed by the Managerial Economics and Strategy group embody the rigour appropriate to scientific investigation. In addition to a group of economic theorists, a wide variety of empirical approaches flourish from lab experiments, to field experiments, to the analysis of administrative data. The group's research interests include entrepreneurship; insurance markets; incentives and communication within organisations; incentives within state bureaucracies; the economics of China; multinational firms; supply chains; firms and trade in developing countries; behavioural economics; and political economy.

Careers

Students who successfully complete the programme often embark on an academic career.

The Department aims to give all qualified doctoral students the opportunity to teach. Developing teaching skills and experience is an important component of the students' career development and prepare you for future academic roles. 

LSE Careers has a team dedicated to PhD students offering a wide range of resources and advice. You will receive regular updates on career events and workshops offered by LSE Careers and the LSE’s PhD Academy. Research based employment opportunities are communicated to students in our newsletters and email updates.