Experts

Giuliana is a Professor of the Economics of Innovation at Warwick Business School. She has been reading and researching innovation, industrial economics and policy for the past 25 years. She is particularly interested in the generation, uptake and economic impact of innovations and new technologies. Her research has been supported by over 15 grants and has appeared in several leading journals. She held visiting professorships in the USA and mainland Europe and has been advising on industrial and

Charles Bean is Professor of Economics at LSE and Chairman of the Centre for Economic Policy Research. Between 2016 and 2021, he was the economy expert at the Office for Budget Responsibility. From 2000 to 2014, he served at the Bank of England as Chief Economist and then Deputy Governor for Monetary Policy. Before joining the Bank, he was a member of the economics faculty at LSE. He was knighted in 2014 and was President of the Royal Economic Society from 2013 to 2015. He holds a PhD from MIT.

Laia is a Senior Lecturer and Co-Director of the Centre for Innovation and Research in Wellbeing at the University of Sussex. Her research interests are in studying the pathways by which the discrimination and marginalisation of people and places lead to social and health inequalities across the life course, with a specific focus on racism and heteronormativity as systems of oppression.

Areas of expertise: Risk and Risk Management, Health Management, Public Private Partnership, Public Sector Management.

Thorsten Beck is professor of banking and finance at Cass Business School and CEPR research fellow. His research and policy work have focused, among other issues, on bank resolution, macroprudential policies, SME finance, competition in banking, household access to finance and cross-border banking. He has worked as consultant for central banks and international financial institutions and has ample policy experience across advanced and emerging countries.

Ralf has been teaching mathematics, statistics and econometrics at all levels at the University of Manchester since 2005. His research interest is in time-series and financial econometrics and also in the pedagogy of teaching economics, and quantitative skills in particular. He has particular expertise in helping students to learn coding skills as well as in the use of online clips and discussion boards as part of a blended learning offer.