Experts

Michael Weber is an Associate Professor of Finance at Chicago Booth. He is also a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research in the Monetary Economics and Asset Pricing groups, a member of the Macro Finance Society, and a research affiliate at the CESifo Research Network. His research interests include asset pricing, macroeconomics, international finance, and household finance.

Seth Weisz is a masters student at Cambridge University. He is currently studying for an MPhil in International Development, and has an BA in History. His undergraduate dissertation is on the assassination of Patrice Lumumba and the origins of the Congo Crisis. His MPhil dissertation will explore how governments in low-income countries have responded to social media radicalisation.

Martin is a Senior Advisor at the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT), where his research explores how social connections shape economic opportunity. He is also a PhD candidate at UCL’s Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities (CEPEO)

Stian Westlake is Executive Chair of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Previously, he served as Chief Executive of the Royal Statistical Society, Executive Director of Policy and Research at Nesta, adviser to three UK science ministers, and as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company. Stian’s research interests include the economics and politics of innovation, research, and technology. He is a regular commentator on science and innovation policy, and co-author of two

Andy Westwood is Professor of Government Practice at the University of Manchester. An expert in further and higher education, science policy and local/regional economic development and has worked regularly as an adviser for the OECD, IMF and the EU and the House of Lords select committee on Economic Affairs and Digital Skills. He has also worked in the UK government as a political and special adviser and civil servant in a variety of departments. He is a Co-Investigator at The Productivity Institute.

Christine Whitehead is Emeritus Professor in Housing Economics at the London School of Economics. She is an internationally respected applied economist concentrating in the fields of housing economics, finance and policy.  She has worked with a wide range of international agencies as well as regularly for the UK government and Parliament. She is currently specialist adviser to the Levelling Up Select Committee. Her latest book with Geoff Meen is Understanding Affordability published in 2020.