Experts

Elena Magrini is a senior analyst at Centre for Cities, where she leads work on the labour market, employment and skills policy. Elena’s recent research focuses on the impact of Coronavirus on the labour market, the future of work and inclusive growth in the UK largest cities and towns.

Miltos Makris is a Professor of Economics at the University of Kent UK  (is joining Essex in September 2021). After finishing his graduated studies in the Athens University of Economics and Business, he was awarded a Phd in Economics by the University of Essex, UK. He has published in leading peer-reviewed economics journals such as International Economic Review, Journal of Economic Theory, Games and Economic Behaviour, Journal of Public Economics. He is an expert in microeconomics, game theory,

James Malley is a Professor of Economics at the University of Glasgow, Adam Smith Business School. He holds a PhD from the University of Glasgow. His full-time posts include positions at Glasgow and Stirling Universities and the US federal government. He has also held visiting appointments at several US and European universities, Central Banks, and Research Institutes. He has published extensively in applied macroeconomic theory and policy.

Alan Manning is professor of economics at the London School of Economics and is director of the Centre for Economic Performance’s research programme on Community. From 2009 to 2012 he was Head of the Economics department at LSE, from 2004 to 2011 he was a member of the NHS Pay Review Body and from 2016-2020 was Chair of the UK Migration Advisory Committee. His expertise is on labour markets including monopsony, minimum wages, immigration and the impact of technology.

Kalina Manova is a Harvard AB/AM/PhD and was previously professor at Stanford, Princeton and Oxford. She is CEPR Research Fellow, Bank of England Consultant and EEA Executive Committee Member. She has received a Leverhulme Prize in Economics and a €1.5M European Research Council grant. Her research examines financial frictions in international trade and investment; firm productivity and management; and global value chains. She has expertise on Europe, China and the US.

Charles F. Manski is Board of Trustees Professor in Economics at Northwestern University. His research spans econometrics, judgment and decision, medical economics, and analysis of public policy. He is author of Patient Care under Uncertainty (Princeton, 2019) and Public Policy in an Uncertain World (Harvard 2013). He is a Member of the National Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy.