Experts

Dan Todman is a historian of war and remembrance, specialising in the history of Britain, the British Commonwealth and Empire during the two world wars. He has written a two-volume history of Britain’s Second World War, entitled Britain’s War, to great acclaim. He has worked closely with the Imperial War Museum, advising on its First and Second World War gallery redesign, and also advised the BBC on the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of D-Day.

Yerzhan is a Lecturer in Finance at Queen’s University Belfast. His research focuses on corporate finance and governance issues, including mergers and acquisitions, divestments, board of directors, and shareholder voting.

Emma Tominey is a Professor of Economics at the University of York. She specialises in is child development – evaluating the role of parent behaviours in reaction to unexpected events and of public policy. Recent research explores socio-economic gaps in child cognitive and socio-emotional skills. Emma has expertise in policy analysis and has analysed the effect of youth unemployment, government incentive schemes and currently the effect of universal credit.

Manuel is a member of the Trade, Investment and Productivity team of NIESR. His interest lies in International Trade and his research focuses on export dynamics at the country, industry and firm level, and the role of trade shocks like trade liberalisation or Brexit in shaping export and investment decisions. Manuel holds a PhD in Economics from University of Sussex, with a focus on multi-product firm export dynamics and trade liberalisation. Manuel has gained expertise in applied micro-econometrics

Mirco Tonin is an applied economist with research interests in public, behavioural and experimental economics, dealing with issues such as charitable giving, motivation of employees, consumer behaviour, economics of education and economics of crime. He got his PhD from Stockholm University, Sweden, and before joining the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano in Italy, he was Professor of Economics at the University of Southampton and UniCredit Fellow at the Central European University, Budapest.

Ian Tonks is an expert in the field of financial markets and his research focuses on pension economics; fund management; corporate governance and directors’ trading; and market microstructure. He has published more than 50 outputs in leading finance, economics, accounting and management journals. He was a member of: ESRC’s Grant Advisory Panels 2012-2018; UKRI future leader fellowship scheme, 2019-2023; B&M panel REF2014; co-deputy chair of B&M panel REF2021; convenor Economics and