Affiliated Researchers

Thomas Aubrey is the founder of Credit Capital Advisory. He has written widely on financial and economic issues including All Roads Lead to Serfdom (2022), Profiting from Monetary Policy (2012)...

Dr Matthew Agarwala is an economist interested in wealth-based approaches to measuring and delivering sustainability, wellbeing, and productivity. His research is motivated by the belief that 21st century progress cannot...

Dr Craig Berry is an experienced academic researcher and policy practitioner. He is a political economist with expertise in economic policy, including industrial policy, and welfare provision, principally pensions. His...

Reda Cherif is a Senior Economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He joined the IMF in 2008. His research covers development economics, natural resources, industrial policy, and growth and...

Dr Ramit Debnath is a university assistant professor and an academic director at the University of Cambridge; leading the Collective Intelligence & Design Group and co-director of Cambridge ClimaTRACES Lab. He is a fellow...

Maria is an incoming Lecturer at University College London in the Computer Science department. Her research draws from network science, natural language processing, as well as agent-based modeling and focuses...

Eliza Easton is a creative industries expert, who has spent the last five years as Head of Policy and then Deputy Director of the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (Creative PEC)...

Mark Fabian is Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the University of Warwick and an Affiliated Researcher at the Bennett Institute for Public Policy. He continues to work with colleagues...

Dr Tanya Filer lectures and supervises on the MPhil in Public Policy and is a Teaching Associate at the University’s Centre for Latin American Studies. She has taught previously at...

Luca Gamberi is the Research Lead in Anmut’s Research & Development (R&D) team. His work centres on the development of methods for valuing and managing intangible assets throughout their lifecycle,...

Sam Gilbert is an entrepreneur and researcher working at the intersection of politics and technology. An expert in data-driven marketing, Sam was Employee No.1 and Chief Marketing Officer at Bought...

Jonathan Grant is founding Director of Different Angles Ltd, a consultancy that focuses on the social impact of universities and research.  His main interests are in biomedical and health R&D...

Fuad Hasanov is a Senior Economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and an Adjunct Professor of Economics at Georgetown University. Before joining the IMF in 2007, Fuad was an...

Helen Johnson is a researcher specialising in the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods in political decision-making, including approaches for accounting for uncertainty, reducing bias and ensuring representation. Between 2017...

Andrew Kelly served as Director of Bristol Ideas 1993-2022. During that period, he has been involved in leading and working on many projects in Bristol. These include the cultural renewal...

Halima Khan has worked in national, regional and local government and at Nesta, the UK’s innovation agency for social good. Her interests are in approaches to public service innovation which...

Pati Klusak is a co-founder and director of Wealth Fair Economics, Professor in Accounting and Finance at Edinburgh Business School at Heriot-Watt University and an Affiliated Researcher at Bennett Institute...

Saite Lu is an Affiliated Researcher at the Bennett Institute for Public Policy, and the Mead Fellow in Economics at Emmanuel College where he supervises College economists on a range of...

Ron Martin is Emeritus Professor of Economic Geography at the University of Cambridge, UK, and Emeritus Professorial Fellow of St Catharine’s  College, Cambridge, UK. From 2015 to 2020 he was...

Ailbhe McNabola is Director of Policy and Communications at Power to Change, a charitable trust that supports communities to run businesses that reinvest profits into their local area. She is...

Michael McNair is the Global Managing Director of the advisory team at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change – supporting reforming leaders worldwide on strategy, policy and delivery. Michael...

Dr Jen-Chung Mei is a Lecturer in Economics at Westminster Business School, and a member of the Productivity Institute. He was a Postdoc Research Associate at the Bennett Institute for Public...

Claire Melamed is the CEO of the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data. This growing network brings together several hundred members – governments, private sector, and civil society – to...

Rehema Msulwa was previously a Research Associate at the Bennett Institute. She currently works in infrastructure advisory as part of Agilia Infrastructure Partners, a specialist infrastructure consultancy. Her interests lay...

Walter is an advisor, researcher and speaker on generative AI, data and synthetic realities. Leading advisory and editorial programmes at The Economist Group, Walter operated at the forefront of technological...

Joel Rogers de Waal is the Academic Director at YouGov and an affiliated researcher at the Bennett Institute for Public Policy, focused on research collaborations between YouGov and the Institute.

Andres Roman-Urrestarazu, MD, PhD, MSc, is a 2021–22 UK Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy and Practice. He is a psychiatrist, public health clinician, and Senior Research Associate at the University...

Philip Rycroft worked in DExEU from March 2017 to March 2019, from October 2017 as its Permanent Secretary. He was responsible for leading the department in all its work on the...

Jack Shaw is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Mile End Institute and an Affiliated Researcher at the Bennett Institute for Public Policy. He works across regional economic policy, devolution...

Ray Shostak, CBE is an international adviser in education, government performance and public service reform. He was Head of the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit, Director General Performance Management and member...

Annabel is Head of Place & Practice at the Centre for Progressive Policy (CPP) and is responsible for leading the Inclusive Growth Network, working with cities and regions across the UK to build...

Alwyn Spencer is a senior government official currently focused on the political economy implications of spatial inequalities, including the consequences for both domestic and international policy.  He has previous experience...

Alessio Terzi is an economist working at the intersection of academia, think-tanks, and policy. He is a Lecturer in Public Policy at Cambridge University and an Adjunct Professor in Economics...

Flavio Toxvaerd is Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge and a fellow of Clare College. He holds degrees from the University of...

Pete Tyler is Emeritus Professor of Urban and Regional Economics at the University of Cambridge, UK, and Emeritus Professorial Fellow of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, UK. His research interests cover...

Steve Unger was until recently a Board member of Ofcom, the UK regulator responsible for digital communications. He had various responsibilities, including setting regulatory strategy for the UK, representing the...

Antonio Weiss is a Senior Partner at The PSC, a public services consultancy, advising senior clients on AI, user-centred design, innovation thinking, and utilising technology to redesign public services to...

Dr Steven Wooding is Head of Research on Research in the Research Strategy Office at the University of Cambridge, a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Science Policy and...