Experts

An ongoing theme of Prof Koch’s research has been the ways in which political and economic restructuring are reflected in welfare and employment relations as well as in structures of social inequality. More recently, he started to combine these research interests with issues of ecological sustainability, particularly climate change, sustainable welfare and degrowth/postgrowth societies. He also carries out research into promoting synergy across economic, environmental and social

Zsoka Koczan is a Lead Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Prior to joining the EBRD Zsoka worked as an economist at the International Monetary Fund in the European and Research Departments. She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Cambridge. Her current research focuses on within-country income disparities, migration and inequality.

Felix Koenig studies the drivers of economic inequality and unemployment, focusing on the impact of technical change and labour market policies on the world of work. He is an Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University and an associate at the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) and the Institute of Labour Economics (IZA).

Santosh Koirala is an Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Birmingham. He holds a PhD in Finance from the University of Strathclyde. His research interest lies in corporate risk-taking, investment decisions and M&As, with a focus on law and regulatory interventions. Santosh was a commercial banker and public sector finance specialist, and thus brings 9 years of private and public sector insights to his academic research. He also specializes in emerging market finance. His

Martin Foureaux Koppensteiner is associate professor in economics at the University of Surrey. He is also Research Fellow at IZA and an advisor to the UK Evaluation and Trial Advise Panel. His research focuses on the evaluation of public policies contributing to the understanding of their intended and unintended consequences. He has a particular interest in understanding how individual shocks affect outcomes over the lifecycle and how public policies can moderate the impact of these

Iikka Korhonen works as the director of Bank of Finland Institute for Emerging Economies (BOFIT), which conducts research and analysis of major emerging market countries, especially Russia and China. He has been a visiting researcher at Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Kyiv School of Economics, Hitotsubashi and Yokohama National University. His research interests include monetary and exchange rate policies in emerging markets as well as effects of economic