Experts

Valeria Rueda is an Assistant Professor in the School of Economics at the University of Nottingham. She received a PhD in Economics from Sciences Po, Paris in 2016. After that, she was a Career Development Fellow at Pembroke College, Oxford, where she was associated with the Economic and Social History Research Group. Her research investigates historical determinants of spatial inequalities of economic outcomes, health, and political participation. She has devoted significant attention to the role

I am an Associate Professor and Fellow in Economics at Harris Manchester College and the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. I am also an Associate Editor for the Oxford Review of Economic Policy (OxREP).I work on areas of labour, development and political economy. My most recent work focuses on the economics of migration – with an emphasis on forced migration. I am co-convener of the Economics of Forced Migration project, Econforced, a research initiative which

Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela (Phd Economics, European University Institute, 2014) is a Research Economist at the Centre for Economic Performance (London School of Economics) and Research Coordinator of the Centre for Vocational Education Research. Her research spans a variety of topics in the Economics of Education including: the impacts of parental job loss on child outcomes, the consequences of failing high-stake exams, the value-added of post-16 institutions and gender gaps in education.

Johnny Runge is a Senior Social Researcher at NIESR and a Research Associate at ESCoE. His research focuses on public attitudes and perceptions, including on immigration and the economy, and across a number of labour market and employment issues, including recruitment, pay, welfare, and barriers experienced by disadvantaged groups. He is currently doing research on the public understanding of economics and economic statistics.

Jason Russ is a Senior Economist in the Office of the Chief Economist of the Sustainable Development Practice at the World Bank. His professional interests center on using econometrics and data analytics to diagnose development challenges, and quantify the economic and social impacts of environmental externalities. Prior to joining the World Bank he was an analyst at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from George Washington University.

Dr Simon Russell is a Senior Research Fellow and Unit Manager of the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Obesity. Simon’s role within the unit is to coordinate the activities of the research programme and develop, implement, and monitor systems for the operational management of the programme. Simon also manages and conducts research that meets the programme’s aims and objectives, contributes to the national health research strategy, and provides evidence to inform the thinking of policy makers.