Experts

Kevin T. Smiley is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Louisiana State University. Dr. Smiley is an environmental and urban social scientist who focuses on disaster vulnerability and resilience from an environmental justice perspective. This work on disasters often centres on analysing race, climate change, spatial inequalities, health, and social capital. Smiley is also the author of Market Cities, People Cities (NYU Press 2018).

Kate is an Associate Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies and a PhD student at the Department of Economics, University College London. Her research interests span public economics, household finance and empirical industrial organisation. She has published research on the effectiveness of public policy in retail markets and on how to tax small businesses.

Sarah Smith is Professor of Economics at the University of Bristol. Her research interests are in public policy, including gender and charitable giving/ pro-social behaviour. She is looking at the impact of COVID19 on the allocation of childcare and analysing expert economist views on COVID19. She set up a COVID-economics blog targeted at 6th formers wanting a taste of economics.

Before moving to Cambridge (2009-2022), Susan worked in the Centre for Housing Research at Glasgow University (1985-90), held the Ogilvie Chair of Geography at the University of Edinburgh (1990-2004), and was Professor of Geography and an inaugural Director of the Institute of Advanced Study at Durham University (2004-9). Her work has embraced themes as diverse as residential segregation, housing for health and fear of crime, but is anchored on the changing character of economic inequality in the

Professor Maggie Snowling is President of St. John’s College and Professor of Psychology, University of Oxford. She is also professionally qualified as a clinical psychologist. Her research on children’s reading and language is at the interface of psychology and education. In Oxford, she has served as Chair of the Admissions Committee (2018-2020) and in this role steered the development of major Access initiatives.

Tayfun Sönmez a Professor of Economics at Boston College, and a Fellow of the Econometric Society. His research agenda focuses on the theory and practice of market design, with an emphasis on its applications in matching markets. He is best known for my contributions to the formulation, analysis, and practical design of kidney exchange and school choice. His current research interests include design and analysis of transplant organ allocation policies,  affirmative action schemes, pandemic medical