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W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University

Alexander Bick

Alexander Bick is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University. He is a macroeconomist with interests in labour economics. His research focuses on cross-country differences in labour supply, how hours worked are related to current and future wages, and on tracking the labour market in real-time during the COVID-19 pandemic and providing additional insights not available from existing labour market surveys.

London School of Economics

Sam Bickel-Barlow

Sam Bickel-Barlow is an MPA candidate in the Data Science for Public Policy programme at the London School of Economics and holds a B.A. in Economics from Emory University. Before studying at LSE, Sam worked in public health policy at the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and government contract compliance at BDO in Washington, DC. Sam is interested in applying innovative data science techniques and improved data visualisation to better evidence-based policy-making, particularly for sustainable

Bielefeld University and Centre for Economic Performance

Marcus Biermann

Marcus Biermann is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Bielefeld University and an associate at the Centre for Economic Performance. His research studies firms in the global economy, in particular the shock transmission through the internal capital markets of multinational firms and the determinants of foreign direct investment.

Ulster University

Stephen Billington

Stephen Billington is a Lecturer in Economics at Ulster University. His research focuses on how institutional change influenced the incentives governing inventive activity across British economic history. His recent projects include the study of British patenting history, as well as applying new text analysis methods to the study of patent documents.

University of Cologne

Anna Bindler

Anna Bindler is an Associate Professor of Economics, University of Cologne. She obtained her PhD in Economics from University College London in 2015. Her research interests include economics of crime, labour economics and empirical law and economics.

University of Bristol, Economics Network

Alvin Birdi

Alvin Birdi is Associate Pro Vice Chancellor for Education Innovation at the University of Bristol where he works on curriculum and pedagogical enhancement of the University’s education. He is also Director of the Economics Network, a UK wide institution which promotes evidence-based improvements in economics education through training and symposia. He has contributed to the education resources of the CORE and currently chairs the Education Committee of the European Economic Association.