Experts

Ana Tur-Prats is Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of California, Merced. Her research spans topics in culture and institutions, gender economics, economic history and political economy. Some of her work examines the cultural norms that sustain intimate-partner violence and conflict-related sexual violence. Other recent work focuses on the formation and persistence of social capital, and on the long-term consequences of conflict on interpersonal trust and political behavior.

John Turner is a Professor of Finance and Financial History at Queen’s University Belfast and director of the Queen’s University Centre for Economic History. He has been a Houblon-Norman Fellow at the Bank of England and an Alfred D. Chandler Fellow at Harvard Business School. He is currently the editor of the Economic History Review. John has published an award-winning book entitled Banking in Crisis. His forthcoming book is entitled Boom and Bust: A Global History of Financial Bubbles.

Stefanie is a Research Associate in the Climate Resilience Practice (CRP) within WRI’s Center for Equitable Development. Stefanie co-develops technical guidance, information and tools to help national and subnational decision-makers plan for and implement climate adaptation and resilience.

Gabriel Ulyssea is an associate professor in the economics department at UCL and a Research Fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. He is also a Research Fellow at IZA and a Research Affiliate at CEPR. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago and his main research interests include economic development and labor economics. His current, non-covid related work focuses on informality, the labor market effects of labor regulation and trade and the role of firms in economic

Dr Andrew Urquhart is Associate Professor of Finance at the ICMA Centre, Henley Business School where he is Research Division Lead. Andrew has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles and his research has gathered more than 3,000 citations. He is currently associate editor at Economics Letters, the European Journal of Finance, International Review of Financial Analysis and Research in International Business and Finance.

Romesh Vaitilingam is an economics writer, communications consultant and Editor-in-Chief of the Economics Observatory (ECO). He is the author of several books and reports on economics, finance, business and public policy. His work also involves consultancy for the economic research and policy-making community, including the Centre for Economic Policy Research and VoxEU, the European Economic Association, the IGM Forum’s Economic Experts Panels and the Royal Economic Society.