Experts

I am Associate Professor of Behavioural Science and Co-Director of the Executive MSc in Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics, Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science. I am a behavioural and experimental economist working on health and public policy. I have founded the Behavioural Experiments in Health Network (BEH-net) and the Data Linking Initiative in Behavioural Science (DLIBS). I serve as the LSE local lead of the UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN).

Ronan is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Finance at the University of Edinburgh where he teaches on postgraduate finance programmes and the Executive MBA .  His primary research interests are in empirical corporate finance with particular focus on corporate pension funds and payout policy. He holds a PhD in Finance from Queens University Belfast and is a CFA Charterholder. He has prior industrial experience in Corporate Finance at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Ana Beatriz Galvão research on empirical macroeconomics and forecasting has been widely published in leading academic researchers. Her recent research has focused on the measurement and communication of data uncertainty, asymmetries in the transmission of shocks to the macroeconomy, the impact of expert judgment in forecasting and applications of mixed frequency models.

Laura oversees the Resolution Foundation’s work in a range of areas including the labour market, taxes, welfare and social mobility. She also specialises in intergenerational issues, and during 2016-18 was secretary to the Intergenerational Commission. Prior to joining the Resolution Foundation Laura spent four years at the Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion, where she worked on unemployment, young people, welfare reform and housing.

Owen Garling is the Bennett Institute’s Knowledge Transfer Facilitator. He provides an important conduit between the institutes own researchers and policymakers in the UK and internationally.

Michael Gasiorek is a Professor of Economics at the University of Sussex, Director of the UK Trade Policy Observatory and Managing Director of a University spin-out company, InterAnalysis. Michael Gasiorek is a specialist in international trade policy and regional integration. He has extensive experience modelling the impacts of changes in trade policy, recently focusing on how firms engage in international trade, the impact of Brexit on UK manufacturing, and the impact of GSP preferences on