Ben holds a PhD from UCL and is a lecturer in economics at the University of Essex. He is a research associate at the Institute for Fiscal Studies and a researcher at the Centre for Microsocial Change at Essex. He works on various aspects of economic inequality and wellbeing, with a focus on decisions made at the household level. During the covid19 crisis he has researched declines in mental wellbeing during the lockdown.
University of Essex and Institute for Fiscal Studies
Ben Etheridge
Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics
Andrew Eyles
Andrew Eyles is a research economist at the Centre for Economic Performance, LSE. His current research interests are in the economics of education, the economic determinants of criminality, and social mobility.
Climate Econometrics, Nuffield College, Oxford
David F. Hendry
David F. Hendry Kt is Co-director of Climate Econometrics & Senior Research Fellow, Nuffield College, previously Professor and Chairman, Oxford University Economics Department. He is past President, Royal Economic Society; Fellow, British Academy, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Econometric Society, & Academy of Social Sciences; Foreign Honorary Member, American Economic Association & American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He researches econometrics, macroeconomics, climate & forecasting.
University College London
Daisy Fancourt
Dr Daisy Fancourt is Associate Professor of Psychobiology & Epidemiology and a Wellcome Research Fellow at University College London. Her work focuses on the effects of social, cultural and community engagement on health. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Daisy is leading a team running the UK’s largest study into the psychological and social impact of the virus and is leading the COVID-MINDS Network: an international network of over 140 longitudinal studies exploring the global mental health
Cathy Farmer
Cathy Farmer is a freelance journalist. She has communicated the impact of education in the UK and around the world alongside senior academics and education researchers. She also works in the charity sector, and was a BBC News producer, having worked on numerous UK and global stories.
IFS
Christine Farquharson
Christine joined the IFS in 2015 in the Education and Skills sector. Her work focuses on early intervention, child development, and programme evaluation. Current projects include assessing the impact Sure Start has on children’s health outcomes, piloting an early intervention programme in Peterborough, and modelling the relationship between parental labour supply, childcare choices, and child development.
