Summary
Liam Beiser-McGrath is an Associate Professor at LSE specializing in the political economy of climate change, combining experimental research designs with machine learning to study public policy and environmental governance. He chairs the Sustainable Social Policy and Welfare States Research Hub, is affiliated with the Grantham Research Institute and LSE’s Data Science Institute, and edits for Environmental Politics while convening a long-running seminar series on environmental governance. His work appears in top outlets including Nature Climate Change, Science Advances and the Journal of Politics, reflecting a rare blend of rigorous causal methods and computational approaches. With eight years of experience across leading European research institutions and a track record of directing a climate politics lab, he bridges academic leadership, data-intensive methods, and policy-relevant insights. An understated strength is his practice of translating complex ML-driven experimental findings into accessible guidance for policymakers and interdisciplinary teams.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Political Science and Government, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Political Science and Government at University of Essex
Visiting Graduate Student, Political Science and Government, Visiting Graduate Student, Political Science and Government at University of Rochester
EITM Summer Institute, Political Science and Government, EITM Summer Institute, Political Science and Government at Princeton University
English, German