Experts

Dr Karen Bonner is a Senior Economist at the Ulster University Economic Policy Centre (EPC) and a Research Associate of the Enterprise Research Centre.  Prior to joining the EPC Karen was a lecturer in entrepreneurship at Queen’s University. Karen’s research interests have a policy focus and lie within the area of entrepreneurship, innovation and small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) growth. Karen co-authors the UK Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) report and has extensive experience of

Daniel is currently an economics researcher at the University of Strathclyde and will join the University of Dundee as a Lecturer starting in Fall 2020. He is primarily an applied microeconomist with a strong focus on policy-relevant research topics in public economics. His recent research has looked at the effects of changes in tax/welfare policies on individual and household behaviour.

Konstantin is a PhD candidate at the University of Oxford’s Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment. His research explores the circular economy of minerals and metals, the impact of the energy transition on global metal value chains, and sustainability innovation dynamics in the mining sector. He has extensive experience in the mining and metals industry and continues to work with private and public entities to solve complex sustainability challenges faced by the mining sector.

Janine joined the Macro modelling and Forecasting team at NIESR in 2018 as an Economist. Her responsibilities include forecasting key macroeonomic variables for a variety of developing and emerging market economies during the quarterly forecast round. With a background in monetary policy and central banking, she is ideally placed to conduct NIESR’s inflation analysis, published monthly on the Institute’s website. Janine’s interest in big data and quantitative methods led to her involvement

Steven’s research uses microeconomic theory and controlled laboratory experiments to investigate how context, motivation and the social environment influence human cooperation. His published work has specifically examined how uncertainty about intentions can frustrate coordinated shifts to better practices, how the distribution of prosocial dispositions in society hinges on the prevalence of environments in which people are forced to compete, and how to think about the consequences of social

Before joining The King’s Fund in September 2017, Simon spent almost 10 years as Director of Policy at the older people’s charity Independent Age, researching and campaigning on issues including care home quality, unmet needs for care, social care funding and the social care workforce. He was vice-chair of the Care and Support Alliance in 2017. Simon has wide experience in policy, communications and journalism, including as Director of Communications at Citizens Advice. He has also worked for