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I am a freelance writer, editor and communications consultant based in London. I specialise in economics, policy and international affairs, and in how best to communicate and amplify research findings. I also regularly write about UK public data. I hold a visiting fellowship at the London School of Economics (LSE) within the School of Public Policy, and am Managing Editor of La Fonte – an online blog I co-founded to promote the latest research from economists based at the European University

Jo Michell is Professor of Economics at UWE Bristol. He studied Economics at SOAS before joining UWE. His research interests include macroeconomics, finance and development. He is Chair of the Post-Keynesian Economics Society, Council member of the Progressive Economy Forum and a Fellow of the Forum for Macroeconomics and Macroeconomic Policy of the Hans-Böckler Foundation.

Giovanna Michelon is Professor of Accounting at the University of Bristol, where she co-leads the Accountability Sustainability and Governance Research Group. Her research interests are in the field of sustainability accounting and reporting, and her published work has focused on the governance process and systems that underpin corporate actions and accountability on sustainability issues. and the role that sustainability information plays in capital markets. Her work has been published in many

Lucie Middlemiss’s research focuses on the intersection between environmental and social problems, with a particular interest in finding solutions to fuel poverty, and other forms of vulnerability as part of the Net Zero transition. She has also been part of a team who developed a social relations approach to energy research, understanding the role of relationships and identities in shaping people’s energy consumption.

Doriane Mignon is a Research Fellow in health economics in the Health Organisation, Policy and Economics (HOPE) group at the University of Manchester and is currently funded by The Productivity Institute. Her research examines the links between health and economic outcomes, with a particular focus on work, productivity and education. She is interested in how health inequalities, including differences in mental health, contribute to wider social and economic inequalities. 

Luis Miguel Castilla is a Visiting Senior Fellow at the School of Public Policy at the London School of Economics and Executive Director of Videnza Instituto, a leading Peruvian think tank. He served as Peru’s Minister of Economy and Finance from 2011 to 2014 and as Ambassador to the United States, and earlier held senior positions at the Inter-American Development Bank and CAF-Development Bank of Latin America. He holds a PhD in Economics from Johns Hopkins University.