Experts

Thomas J Scotto is a Professor of Politics at the University of Glasgow. His research interests lie in the areas of voting behaviour, measuring and explaining public opinion on foreign policy issues, and latent variable modelling. His recent peer reviewed work appears in outlets such as International Studies Quarterly, Political Behaviour, and the European Journal of Political Research.

Petr Sedlá?ek is a CEPR Research Affiliate. His research mainly deals with macroeconomic questions, with a focus on business cycles, firm and worker heterogeneity. He has obtained the Starting Grant of the European Research Council for his project studying how entrepreneurship, startups and young firms impact the aggregate economy.

Marie Segger is a data journalist for The Economist in London. She covers a broad range of subjects from a quantitative perspective. She often reports on inequality, climate change and cultural trends and she is the editor of The Economist’s data newsletter ‘Off the Charts’.

Rodolfo is currently researching the relationship between real estate markets and wealth redistribution and the redistributional effects of behavioural public policies. His previous research has studied behavioural (psychological) biases in functioning markets and the effects of information disclosure policies on retrofitting.

Reema is the Head of Policy and International at DACS, a non-profit organisation that manages artists’ copyright. She advocates on behalf of visual artists to champion their vital contribution to the UK’s creative industries, and on the importance of their intellectual property rights. She leads DACS’ policy work on the intersection of AI and copyright and campaigns to safeguard artists’ IP rights. She is a UK lawyer, and sits on Boards of arts organisations and IP trade bodies.

Marianne Sensier is an Economist and Research Fellow at the Alliance Manchester Business School. Marianne has worked on a number of ESRC, Leverhulme Trust and ESPON funded research projects. Research projects include the Industrial Strategy Commission and the Audit of Productivity for the Greater Manchester Independent Prosperity Review. Marianne is an associate member of the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research at the AMBS.