Managing Editor, The Econometrics Journal | Tilburg University
University of Bristol
Professor Ábrahám’s research focuses on Distributional Impact of Tax and Transfer Policies; Insurance vs. Incentives when Designing Social Insurance Policies; Personal, Corporate or Sovereign Bankruptcy in Economic Crises; Supranational Institutions of Risk Sharing.
University of Birmingham
Apurav Bhatiya is an Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Economics at the University of Birmingham, UK. His research focuses on Political Economy, Development Economics, and Migration. He is affiliated with J-PAL as an Invited Researcher and with CAGE at Warwick.
UCL
João Pedro Braga is a Brazilian economist deeply committed to the field of sustainable development. He holds a Master’s degree in Economic Policies for the Global Transition (EPOG+) and has garnered more thantwo years of work experience in development finance in Brazil. João has recently joined University College London (UCL) to pursue a PhD at the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) under the guidance of Dr. Carolina Alves and Dr. Josh Ryan-Collins. His research centres on addressing global disparities within the context of the climate crisis in emerging countries.
Prior to joining the IIPP, João’s academic journey began at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), where he specialised in development economics, with a particular focus on sustainable finance within the BRICS+ countries.. He also supplemented his academic endeavours with hands-on experience, including research internships at the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) and the French Development Agency (AFD). Furthermore, he provided consulting services to Brazilian civil society organisations advocating for a just transition.
Resolution Foundation
Mike is Interim Chief Executive of the Resolution Foundation. He is also a visiting Professor at the Department of Social Policy at the LSE. Between 2011 and 2020, he was a Professor of Economics at the University of Essex. He has also worked at the Institute for Fiscal Studies and HM Treasury.
Mike is interested in all aspects of inequality in income and wealth, including the role of the labour market and the tax and benefit system. He also has a long background in using microsimulation methods. He is the author of a book, What Do We Know And What Should We Do About Inequality?, published by SAGE in 2019. Mike has a PhD in Economics from the University of Essex.
Low Pay Commission
Tim is the Chief Economist and Deputy Secretary at the Low Pay Commission, where he advises on economic and statistical issues. He leads on analysis of the impact of the minimum wage and manages the research programme. He advised the German and Irish Governments when they set up their minimum wage commissions. He has been at the Low Pay Commission since 2003. In that time he has also been seconded to the Office for Budget Responsibility and spent a week in industry at Tesco. He is also a Policy Fellow of the German research institute, IZA.
Prior to this, he worked for the Department for Trade and Industry working on employment relations issues and regional policy. Before joining the Government Economic Service in December 2001, he held academic positions at Queen Mary and Westfield, Royal Holloway, and the University of Essex, publishing work on a range of labour market issues.
Health Foundation
Anita Charlesworth is a health economist based at the Health Foundation, where she will co-chair the forthcoming commission on NHS productivity. At the Health Foundation, Anita founded the REAL Centre and was director of research for 8 years.
Anita is deputy chair of North-West London NHS Integrated Care Board and a council member of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). She is a member of DWP’s Labour Market Advisory Board and the Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) Advisory Panel.
Anita is a member of the Council of the Royal Economic Society and University of Bath, Institute for Policy Research Advisory Board. She is Honorary Professor in the College of Social Sciences at the Health Services Management Centre (HSMC) at the University of Birmingham.
Anita has a background in government and public policy. She had roles as Chief Analyst at DCMS, Director of Public Spending at the Treasury and worked as an Economic Advisor at the Department of Health. Anita was specialist advisor to the House of Lords’ Select Committee on the long-term sustainability of the NHS in 2016/17 and a member of the Health and Social Care Select Committee expert panel between 2020 and 2024.
Anita has an MSc in Health Economics from the University of York. She is a Trustee for Tommy’s, the baby charity, and chair of the Office of Health Economics. She was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s 2017 Birthday Honours List for Services to Economics and Health Policy. In 2024 Anita was made a fellow of the Academy of Social Science.
UCL
King’s College London
Michelle completed her PhD on ‘The Art of Delivery: Sir Michael Barber and the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit 2001 to 2005’. The PhD is the first academic study of the PMDU with access to Barber’s unpublished diaries from the period.
Michelle is researcher in residence at No.10 Downing Street and a lecturer in the Strand Group, Policy Institute at King’s, where she teaches on the MA Government Studies on ‘The History of the Prime Minister’, ‘The History of the Civil Service’, ‘The New Labour Years’ and ‘The Treasury and an Introduction to Economic History’. Michelle has worked at the British Academy as a policy adviser and at Queen Mary, University of London as strategic partnerships co-ordinator (Tech City) where she worked closely with government, academia, digital and creative industries to facilitate collaboration.
Michelle’s research focuses on British government and public service reform – how Prime Ministers and cabinet craft policy programmes and create effective mechanisms to deliver.
UCL
Department of Business & Trade
Neil is a Government Economic Service badged economist who leads a mixed team of analysts who provide advice on company law, corporate reporting, audit and corporate governance. The team has commissioned and published extensive research related to the links between executive pay, investment and share buybacks and the economic value of incorporation, companies house data and non-financial reporting. Neil has spent over 30 years in the Civil Service as a professional economist where he has worked on innovation policy, industrial policy, climate change policy, international relations, and labour markets. He also developed the standard and end point assessment for the Level 7 (Masters equivalent) Senior Professional Economist Apprenticeship.
Administrative Data Research UK
Dr Emma Gordon is the Director of the Administrative Data Research UK (ADR UK) programme at the Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC), which is opening up secure access to government administrative data across the UK, to support research and inform policy decisions. Emma joined ADR UK from HM Treasury, managing the Government Economic Service and Government Social Research profession, and prior to this was Head of Health Analysis at the Office for National Statistics (ONS). At the start of her career, Emma was a post-doctoral researcher on the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). Emma sits on the Executive Committee of the International Population Data Linkage Network (IPDLN), and is Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Population Data Science (IJPDS).
Royal Economic Society
Joe is a former Director of Macroeconomic Policy at HM Treasury, Chief Economist & Executive Director at the ONS, and Deputy Head of the Government Economic Service. He has been chairman of the EU Economic Policy Committee and was an ex officio member of the EU’s Ministerial Council. He was also elected chairman of the OECD’s Committee on Macroeconomic & Structural Policy Issues. Currently, he is co-leading an Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE) project to compile natural capital accounts for the UK. He is also a former RES Council Member.
King’s College London
Denise is Professor of Economics Education at the King’s Business School. She is the co-lead of the Centre for Innovation, Leadership, Education and Development (I-LEAD) and a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEA). Denise is an applied education economist and truly multi-disciplinary, applying econometric techniques to topics from higher education transitions, equality, diversity and inclusion in higher education and the value of doctoral education.
Editor-in-Chief, The Economic Journal | LUISS University
Francesco Lippi is a Professor of Economics at LUISS University and a Senior Fellow at the Einaudi Institute of Economics and Finance (EIEF). His research concerns monetary economics, inflation and the interactions between wage-setting and monetary institutions. Francesco previously served as a Joint Managing Editor of The Economic Journal and as an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Central Banking.
LSE
Mary is the Albert O. Hirschman Professor of History and Philosophy of Economics at the London School of Economics; she is a Fellow of the British Academy (and served as Vice President 2014-8), and an Overseas Fellow of the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences.
University of Bristol
Steven Proud is currently the Director of Undergraduate Studies and a Professor of Economics Education within the School of Economics at the University of Bristol.
Alongside this, he is part of the Executive Group of the Economics Network, and provides leadership and training for people who teach economics within the Higher Education sector. He is also an editor for the International Review of Economics Education, and of the Economic Review.
In 2019, Steven Proud was awarded the “Outstanding Contribution to Economics Education”, a national award, presented biennially, by the Economics Network.
Associate Editor The Economic Journal | Freie Universität Berlin
Twitter: @DrAnjaPrummer
King’s College London (ESCoE)
Rebecca Riley is Professor of Practice in Economics at King’s Business School, King’s College London. She is Director of the Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE). She also leads the measurement and methods research theme of the ESRC funded Productivity Institute.
University of Nottingham
Martina is an Assistant Professor at the University of Nottingham. She received her Ph.D. in Economics from MIT, and spent one year as a Postdoctoral Scholar at IZA.
Martina is a labor economist interested in gender gaps and labor market institutions. Her first area of researchstudies the causes of the motherhood penalty in the labor market. In her second strand of research, Martina investigates how labor market institutions, such as employment protection legislation and collective bargaining, alter firms’ incentives and technological choices and affect inequality in the labor market.
UWE Bristol
Damian is an Associate Professor in Economics, Programme Manager of the Wage and Employment Dynamics Project, and an Academic Assessor for the Government Economic Service. He is also a Research Fellow funded by ADR UK (Administrative Data Research UK), an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) investment (part of UK Research and Innovation). Damian has a passion for applying economics to solve real world problems. Recently completed research projects of his have impacted on policy and practice for organisations such as the Open Data Institute, the Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International, Low Pay Commission, West of England Local Enterprise Partnership and Power to Change. He also undertakes pro bono work by providing economic advice to the local economic development community.
University of Exeter
Joerg Weber is a behavioural economist who is researching topics on household finance, choice, and preferences. He is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of Exeter Business School. As the Director of Research & Impact for Economics, he’s a permanent member of the School’s recruitment committee. Joerg is also the coordinator for the School’s REF2029 submission for Economics & Econometrics.
