Professor Houston has over 20 years’ experience of research on the implications of urban and regional change for labour market disadvantage, particularly the roles of migration, transport, health, socio-economic segregation and housing in urban economic development. Public policy implications feature strongly in his work. He has previously held appointments at the Universities of Dundee, Glasgow and St Andrews, and is currently professor of Economic Geography at the University of Portsmouth.
University of Portsmouth
Donald Houston
University of Bath
Neil Howard
Neil’s research looks at labour exploitation and social marginalisation. He examines the impact of economic shocks on labour ‘freedom’ and studies social protection interventions such as cash transfers and basic income. He has worked for extensive periods in West Africa and currently manages two research projects in India and Bangladesh.
London School of Economics
Helen Hughson
Helen is a Research Officer at the London School of Economics, where she has contributed to research on tax policy, inequality, migration, including the work of the UK Wealth Tax Commission. Previously, she worked for five years at the Reserve Bank of Australia on labour market and international developments, and co-authored working papers on household responses to monetary policy and the market for overnight cash in Australia. Helen has an MSc Economics from University College London.
University of Oxford
Charles Hulme
Charles Hulme is Professor of Psychology and Education at the University of Oxford. His research interests span reading, language and memory processes and their development and is an expert on randomized controlled trials in Education. His work on reading development has made important contributions to understanding the role of phonological skills in learning to read. He has also worked to develop early language intervention programmes for young children.
Yale University
John Eric Humphries
John Eric Humphries is an assistant professor of economics at Yale University. His research focuses on topics in labor economics and applied microeconomics. In particular, he studies education, career dynamics, and self-employment. Much of his work considers how policies affect the acquisition of human capital and labor market dynamics. His publications include work on the GED high school equivalency exam, information frictions for small businesses, and the estimation of dynamic treatment
