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Resolution Foundation

Mike Brewer

Mike Brewer’s research has covered aspects of inequality in income and wealth, including the role of the labour market and the impact of personal taxes and the social security system. He also has a long background in using microsimulation methods. He is the author of a book, What Do We Know And What Should We Do About Inequality?, published by SAGE in 2019

University of Bristol

Anna Brian

Anna Brian is a final year BSc economics student at the University of Bristol, currently studying abroad at KU Leuven.

University of Manchester

Alison Briggs

Alison is a final year PhD Research Student in the Department of Geography, at the University of Manchester. Alison’s research explores food insecurity through the relational spaces of family, friendships and other social relations. This research aims to offer nuanced understanding of the ways in which food insecurity affects everyday lives and (re) configures relationships. To do this, Alison has adopted a feminist approach and employed ethnography. Alison undertook research into period

Paris School of Economics & J-PAL

Simon Briole

Simon Briole is a postdoc researcher at JPAL-Europe / Paris School of Economics. His main research topics are Labour Economics, Education and Family Economics, with a focus on socio-economic inequalities and public policy evaluation. Since 2017, he is also working on the randomized evaluation of a European program (Active Citizenship) designed to enhance middle school students’ civic skills, tolerance and democratic engagement.

Nuffield College, University of Oxford

Stephen Broadberry

Stephen Broadberry is a Professor of Economic History, Oxford University, Director of the CEPR Economic History Programme and a theme leader at CAGE, University of Warwick. His books include British Economic Growth, 1270-1870, co-authored with Bruce Campbell, Alexander Klein, Mark Overton and Bas van Leeuwen (2015) and The Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World, co-edited with Kyoji Fukao (2021).

University of East Anglia

Mike Brock

Mike is currently in his seventh academic year as a member of staff in the School of Economics based at the University of East Anglia (UEA). He teaches a wide range of subject disciplines, including mathematics and econometrics, behavioural economics and environmental & natural resource economics. His research expertise spans these fields, with his major focus being the value and opportunities which people derive from their local environment, alongside examining the ways in which behavioural