Experts

Laura Outhwaite is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities – a new interdisciplinary research centre at UCL Institute of Education, focused on identifying and reducing structural barriers to opportunities across the life course. Her expertise lies in psychology applied to education in understanding the design and impact of interventions on child outcomes, with a focus on early years, mathematical and cognitive development, and educational technology.

Henry Overman is Professor of Economic Geography at the London School of Economics. He is also the Research Director of the Centre for Economic Performance and the director of the What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth. His research interests include the causes and consequences of spatial disparities and the impact of urban and regional policy.

Ece Ozdemiroglu is an environmental economist specialising in valuing nature’s benefits for human health and wellbeing. Her focus is on pushing the boundaries of what’s included in economic analysis and making better cases the business case for investing in natural capital. Her current work is particularly relevant agriculture, water and land management and adaptation to climate change. She is the founding director of eftec and a member of the UK Committee on Climate Change – Adaptation.

Gulcin Ozkan is Professor of Finance at King’s College London. Previously, she held academic positions at METU, Durham University and the University of York. She has also been the Managing Editor of the Bulletin of Economic Research since 2013. Her research focuses on the intersection of macroeconomics and finance covering financial crises; financial stability; fiscal policy and financial constraints; monetary and macroprudential policies; emerging markets; and the economics of

Eli Fenichel is the Knobloch Family Professor of Natural Resources at Yale. For nearly 20 years, he has studied the economics of infectious disease. His first paper on the economics of social distancing was published in 2011 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Prof Fenichel’s 20+ papers on the economics of infectious disease and behavioral policies also appear in outlets such as the Journal of Health Economics, Lancet Public Health, and Proceedings of the Royal Society.

Dr Juan Pablo Rud is a Reader of Economics at Royal Holloway, University of London and a Research Associate at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. His research focuses on low-income countries includes topics related to natural resources, environment and climate change, agriculture, infrastructure provision and regulation, public sector and labour markets.