Experts

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.

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).

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.

I am a Lecturer in Economics at the University of Strathclyde. My primary fields of interest are health and labour economics. My research focuses on estimating the effects of public policy changes. The overarching theme of my research agenda is studying health and labor market effects of policy changes that alter individuals’ income security, such as changes to income assistance programs, minimum wages, insurance coverage, and maternal benefits.

Jason Lennard is an Associate Professor at the London School of Economics, a Research Affiliate at the Centre for Economic Policy Research, a Member of the Centre for Macroeconomics, and a Research Associate at the Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence. He was previously a Houblon-Norman/George Fellow at the Bank of England and a Senior Economist at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research. He studies the macroeconomic history of the United Kingdom. His work has been published in