The Standards of Conduct Committee promotes high standards of behaviour across the Royal Economic Society, supporting an inclusive and diverse community. It works closely with other RES committees and leadership to advance the objectives of the Society’s Code of Conduct.
The Committee is responsible for maintaining and overseeing procedures for reviewing and investigating complaints under the RES Complaints Policy relating to alleged breaches of the Code of Conduct. It may also make recommendations to the Trustee Board regarding updates to the Code or Complaints Policy.
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.
Parama is Professor (Teaching) in the Department of Economics, Director of the Centre for Teaching and Learning Economics, and Pro-Vice Provost (Education) at University College London. Her research interests are in education, including the BAME awarding gap, access to higher education and how students learn (economics), and before coming to UCL, she taught at Oxford, Dartmouth and Yale. Parama is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Tina Fahm is the CEO of an international consulting firm that advises investors on business expansion into Africa. She has over 30 years’ experience in governance, risk and compliance across emerging markets in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Tina has served on the governing council of the London School of Economics and Political Science and as Commissioner at the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI), reporting directly to the UK Parliament.
Noah (Kofi) is Associate Professor responsible for Building African Links, Profile and Partnerships, and Deputy Head of School in the School of Economics, Finance and Law at Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge. Noah is a Land Economist with experience of teaching and researching property and urban systems from an interdisciplinary (but predominantly economic) perspective. Noah is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Clare is a regulatory consultant and former solicitor with extensive experience of regulation, competition and governance. As a partner at international law firm Simmons & Simmons she advised clients in the regulated sectors, regulators and governments on structuring of privatisations. She was General Counsel to the Competition Commission and a member of the Competition Appeal Tribunal 2011-19. She has had a variety of non-executive roles including serving as a member of the Ofgem Challenge groups on recent price controls.
Neil is Professor of Economics at the University of Surrey. He has been Chair of CHUDE and RES Conference Secretary, and was a member of the Economics and Econometrics sub-panel in the recent REF exercise.
Sonia Bhalotra is Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick. She is a labour economist with research expertise relating to gender, health and political representation. She currently holds an ERC Advanced Grant on the economics of violence against women. She leads the families stream of the ESRC research centre MiSoC at Essex and she leads the mental health and wellbeing stream of CAGE at Warwick. Through 2015-2021, Sonia was leading the health rights stream on an ESRC grant to the Human Rights Centre at Essex. Sonia is a Research Fellow at the IFS and CEPR, Fellow of the International Economic Association and the Academy of Social Sciences, and an Associate Editor of the Economic Journal.
Katy Peters is Chief Economist at HM Revenue and Customs, using economics to enable better decision making and supporting numerous UK Budgets. She has provided advice on a wide range of issues including economic growth, the environment and housing. Katy has extensive experience of applied economics, having worked in the Department of Health, the Treasury, investment banking and the Bank of England. She uses large data sets and works with other professions, especially statistics and operational research, to raise standards in economics. She also leads a large community of economists, strengthening alternative routes into the economics profession.
