Experts

Holding a PhD in Economics from the University of Cambridge, Dominic Rohner is a Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC) of the University of Lausanne. He is a Research Fellow of CEPR, CESifo, OxCarre and HiCN, Associate Editor at the Economic Journal and leader of the CEPR Research and Policy Network (RPN) on Preventing Conflict. He has published articles in various international journals, including AER, Econometrica, JPE, QJE, ReStud.

Alba Roldan is an Assistant Professor at the University of Alicante and is part of the Institute of International Economics of the Valencian Community and the Jordi Nadal Study Center. She has been a visiting researcher at the University of York and at the University of Zaragoza. She obtained her PhD in the Economic History program at the University Carlos III of Madrid and the University of Barcelona in 2019. She obtained the Ramón Carande award in 2019 (Spanish Economic History Association award

Richard is Professor of Housing and Chair of Political and Economic Geographies (PEG) at the University of Amsterdam. His research, focusing on housing in relation to social, economic and urban transformations in Europe and Asia Pacific, has been funded by, among others, the European Research Council, the Australian Research Council, The Dutch Ministry of the Interior, the Japan Foundation and the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science. He has been Visiting Professor at National University

Stephen Roper is Professor of Enterprise at Warwick Business School, Director of the Enterprise Research Centre (www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk) and Co-Director of the National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise. His research interests include innovation and innovation policy, SME growth and policy. Stephen regularly acts as an expert advisor for OECD and the World Bank on issues related to small business development and innovation policy including projects in Austria, Abu Dhabi, Mexico, Israel,

Rebecca Rose is a PhD candidate in Economics at the London School of Economics. Her expertise is occupational choice and racial discrimination in labour markets.

Joan R Rosés is head of Department of Economic History at LSE and CEPR research fellow. He is editor of the European Review of Economic History. He has published widely in different aspects of historical economic geography and long-run growth including regional inequality, land markets, industrialization, technological change, labour markets and housing. Recently, he has investigated the distributional consequences of the Spanish Flu.