Experts

Giulia Giupponi is Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. She will join Bocconi University as Assistant Professor in 2020. She earned a PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2019. She has worked on the employment and welfare effects of social insurance programs, the impact of minimum wages on firm behaviour and the wage structure, the rise of alternative work arrangements, and inequalities in the labour market.

Terri Givens is a Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. She is the author/editor of books and articles on immigration policy, European politics and right-wing politics. Her most recent published books are Reckoning: Creating Positive Change through Radical Empathy and the best-seller Radical Empathy: Finding a Path to Bridging Racial Divides, both from Policy Press as well as The Roots of Racism: The Politics of White Supremacy in the US and Europe,

Delfina is a Policy Analyst and Research Advisor to Nicholas Stern at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, specialising in climate policy. She graduated with Distinction from the MSc in Environmental Policy and Regulation at LSE (dissertation on steel decarbonisation pathways) and achieved the highest overall performance in the MA in Economics and Law of Climate Change at FLACSO (dissertation on subnational energy transition plans). Prior to the Grantham Institute,

Satyam Goel is a doctoral researcher in economics at the University of Liverpool with research interests in macroeconomics, monetary policy, housing markets, and financial stability. He has contributed to research projects involving the UK, Australian, and Canadian economies and housing markets. Satyam holds an M.Res. degree in Economics from Bristol University, an M.Sc. in Financial Economics from Glasgow University, and an undergraduate honours degree in Economics from Delhi University.

Aditya Goenka, Chair in Economics, University of Birmingham, is a pioneer in studying interaction of epidemiology and dynamic general equilibrium models. His other work is on business cycles (sunspots and chaos), growth theory, pollution, and financial crises. He is co-editing a special issue in Journal of Mathematical Economics on economics of epidemics and infectious diseases. He has taught in Mexico, Singapore, UK, USA and Vietnam.

Andy has over 30 years’ experience in the education, sport and business sectors as a Lecturer, Director, Principal and Consultant, providing services to individuals and organisations globally. He is a former rugby player at age group county (Middlesex)  and London divisional level, senior club and National League. Retiring early in his playing career due to injury, Andy has been Head Coach, Director of Rugby and Chair at a semi-professional rugby club, providing strategic direction for success