Emma Soane

Emma Soane is Associate Professor of Management at LSE, specializing in organizational risk, leadership psychology, and employee engagement. Her work examines decision-making under uncertainty, team dynamics, and behavioral responses to incentives.

Research addresses risk governance during crises (e.g., COVID-19), bonus regulation in finance, and simulation-based training for healthcare safety. Experimental studies analyze how tasks and incentives shape risk-taking variability.

Recent publications develop frameworks for risk analysis quality and paradox-based risk management. She co-authored Traders: Risks, decisions, and management in financial markets and studies employee engagement in high-stakes environments.

Soane collaborates with financial institutions and healthcare organizations to translate research into practice. She teaches organizational behavior and risk management to executives and postgraduate students.