Experts

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

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.

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).

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

Anne Brockmeyer is the Research Director for the tax & development group at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Honorary Associate Professor at University College London and a Senior Economist at the World Bank (?currently on leave). Her research lies at the intersection of development economics and public finance, with a focus on the design of tax systems in the context of weak institutional capacity and high informality. Anne holds a PhD from the London School of Economics.

Sarah’s research interests lie in labour and education economics, and household finance. She is a director of Sheffield Household Finance Group, an IZA Research Fellow and a Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute Associate Fellow. She has been a member of the DWP Steering Committee for the Work, Pensions and Labour Economics Study Group since 2001. She is a member of the Money and Pensions Service Research and Evaluation Group. Since 2015, Sarah has been a Low Pay Commissioner.