Experts

Richard Layard is a labour economist who worked for most of his life on how to reduce unemployment and inequality. He is also one of the first economists to work on happiness, and his main current interest is how better mental health could improve our social and economic life.

David is a behavioural data scientist interested in using big data to understand and support human decision-making. He currently leads a team of behavioural scientists at Lloyds Banking Group, having held similar roles at Barclays Wealth, PwC, and hedge funds including First New York Securities and Tradelink LLC. David’s PhD is in Psychology from the University of Warwick.

Lee’s work focuses on innovation, labour markets, and economic development. He has also been Visiting Professor at Science Po Toulouse and before joining academia was Head of Socio-Economic Research at The Work Foundation, a think-tank. He has acted as consultant for projects for organisations ranging from the OECD, the British government, the World Bank, and the Kuwaiti government. He is Chair of the Policy Committee for the Regional Studies Association (RSA).

Bill Lee is a Professor of accounting at the University of Sheffield Management School. He is a leading authority on the use and application of qualitative research methods in accounting and he has a deep interest in the operation, strengths and merits of credit unions, both in the UK and internationally.

Yassine Lefouili is an associate professor at the Toulouse School of Economics. His main research fields are industrial organization, competition policy, digital economics, and the law and economics of intellectual property. He is the director of the executive education program and the master’s program in competition law and economics at TSE, and an associate editor at the International Journal of Industrial Organization.

Professor Chris Leishman is a housing economist, best known for his work on modelling housing supply and housing need in Australia and the UK, as well as hedonic, time series and panel econometric analysis of housing markets, systems and submarkets. He works extensively with government at national, state and local levels and is focused on research projects that make a difference to people either directly, or through influencing policy change.