Experts

Vis Taraz is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Smith College. Her research sits at the intersection of development, environmental, and agricultural economics, with a primary regional focus on India. and a secondary focus on Africa. Areas of expertise include the impact of climate change on agriculture in low- and middle-income countries; the impact of climate change on migration and labor markets; and the role of social safety net programs in cushioning households from climate change.

Hannah is a research officer at the London School of Economics, currently working on tax policy, inequality and measurement issues. Prior to joining LSE, she completed an MPhil in Economics at the University of Oxford.

Iva Tasseva is a researcher in the Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research focuses on income inequality and poverty and the redistributive effect of tax-benefit policies within specific countries and in a cross-country comparative perspective. She also has extensive experience of tax-benefit microsimulation models for distributional analysis.

Anna joined the Food Foundation as its first Executive Director at the beginning of June 2015 after 5 years at the Department for International Development.  At DFID Anna led the policy team on nutrition and supported the delivery of the UK’s global commitments to tackle undernutrition. She is a Board member for Veg Power and on the Strategic Policy Council for the International Food Policy Research

Karl is a Professor of Economics at the University of Sheffield and an IZA research fellow. He is a member of the Grant Assessment Panel C of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Employing secondary data research interests include applied micro-econometric analysis, e.g. labour economics and health economics. He has also examined macro-economic policy relevant questions usually from a micro perspective, e.g. household finances, financial expectations, consumption and business

Greg’s work focuses on the industrial economics of technology markets and digital goods, particularly competition policy and industrial regulation for the tech sector. Recent more specific examples of research topics include: the competitive effects of data, intermediary bias, the bundling of digital goods, and online advertising. He holds a PhD from the University of Southampton and is an Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford.