Who we are

The Outsourcing Unit draws upon unrivalled contacts with outsourcing researchers throughout the world, and has within the LSE Information Systems Information Group over 20 full time researchers, 50 PHD students and 120 MSc dissertation students.

Professor Leslie Willcocks Director
Dr Carsten Sørensen Senior Lecturer: Mobile, new technologies, networks
Dr Will Venters Lecturer: Networked Infrastructures, Utility Computing, Distributed Organisations
Dr Edgar Whitley Reader: outsourcing, privacy, identity
Catherine Griffiths Business Development Manager
Andrew Craig Senior Visiting Research Fellow and Operations
Dr. Maha Shaikh Research Fellow  
Dr. Ilan Oshri Associate  
Dr. Julia Kotlarsky Associate  
Professor Mary Lacity Associate  
Dr. Joe Rottman Associate  
Dr. Peter Seddon Associate  
Dr. Sara Cullen Associate  
Dr. Peter Reynolds Associate  

PhD Students

Eleni Lioliou Outsourcing and Governance
Jae Yong Lee IT Outsourcing and Innovation in public sector contexts
Raj Mitra Outsourcing, India and the global ICT revolution