Experts

Giray Gözgör is a Professor at the Istanbul Medeniyet University, Faculty of Political Sciences in Istanbul. He is also an affiliate of the CESifo Network. He has also worked at Ghent University and the University of California, Irvine, as a visiting scholar. He has been listed in the IDEAS/RePEc Economist Rankings (Top 5% Authors, Last 10 Years Publications). Dr. Gözgör’s research interests include a variety of topics in international economics and political economy, as well as international

Willem Buiter is an independent economic consultant. He was Global Chief Economist at Citigroup from 2010 till 2018. Previously he was Chief Economist and Special Counselor to the President of the EBRD and a founding member of the MPC of the Bank of England. He was a Professor of Economics at the LSE, Cambridge University and Yale university. He is the author of 78 refereed articles in professional economics journals and seven books.

Alexander Haas is a PhD Candidate in Economics at the University of Oxford. He is also affiliated with the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin). Over the course of his PhD, Alex has spent several months visiting the Bank of England and the European Central Bank. His research interests are in macroeconomics, monetary policy, and financial intermediation.

Dr. Hassan Hakimian is Professor of Economics and Director of the Middle Eastern Studies Department (MESD) at the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. During 2010-19, he was Director of the London Middle East Institute (LMEI) and Reader in the Economics Department at SOAS University of London. Prior to that, he was an Associate Dean at Cass Business School, London, where he was responsible for Executive MBA Programs and set up pioneering EMBA programs in Shanghai and Dubai. His research

Sarah Hall is Professor of Economic Geography at the University of Nottingham and a Senior Fellow at the UK in a Changing Europe. Her research centres on services trade, particularly financial services, with a focus on the uneven economic geographies of post-Brexit UK. She has provided evidence to a range of trade bodies, policy makers and the media including at Westminster, to the Scottish Parliament, The Financial Times, the BBC, The New York Times and The Daily Telegraph.

Lucy is a Research Assistant at the Bennett Institute for Public Policy working on the Sectoral Productivity project, which investigates the patterns and drivers of productivity in different sectors. Her research interests include the economic impacts of artificial intelligence, research productivity, the science of science, and economic growth. She holds a BA in PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) from the University of Oxford and an MSc in Economics from the University of Warwick.