Experts

Steven’s research uses microeconomic theory and controlled laboratory experiments to investigate how context, motivation and the social environment influence human cooperation. His published work has specifically examined how uncertainty about intentions can frustrate coordinated shifts to better practices, how the distribution of prosocial dispositions in society hinges on the prevalence of environments in which people are forced to compete, and how to think about the consequences of social

Before joining The King’s Fund in September 2017, Simon spent almost 10 years as Director of Policy at the older people’s charity Independent Age, researching and campaigning on issues including care home quality, unmet needs for care, social care funding and the social care workforce. He was vice-chair of the Care and Support Alliance in 2017. Simon has wide experience in policy, communications and journalism, including as Director of Communications at Citizens Advice. He has also worked for

Deborah Boucoyannis works on the historical and theoretical origins of liberalism and the state. She has published an award-winning book on the origins of parliaments and constitutionalism in Europe, as well as on historical political economy and international relations theory. She teaches Comparative Politics at George Washington University and previously at the University of Virginia, was a predoctoral fellow at Harvard University, and received a PhD from the University of Chicago.

Stefan Bouzarovski is a an internationally leading expert in energy poverty and sustainability policy, having written over 120 scientific publications on these topics. He has more than 25 years of experience in inequality measurement, identification, socio-demographics, as well as best-practice policy development and evaluation. He has provided expert advice to multiple government agencies, European Parliament, European Commission, United Nations, World Bank and International Energy Agency.

Vincenzo Bove is Professor of Political Science in the Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) of the University of Warwick. His research interests include civil-military relations, defence economics, international migration, military interventions, and terrorism. His research has been funded by the AXA Research Fund, the British Academy, the ESRC, the Folke Bernadotte Academy, the Swedish Research Council, UNU-WIDER and the World Bank.

Samuel Bowles, (PhD, Economics, Harvard University) heads the Behavioural Sciences Programme at the Santa Fe Institute. Bowles’ research includes theoretical and empirical studies of political hierarchy and wealth inequality and their evolution over the very long run. Recent books are The Moral Economy:  Why good laws are no substitute for good citizens (2016) and A Cooperative Species: Human reciprocity and its evolution (with Herbert Gintis, 2011). With CORE he has produced a new free