Experts

Kathleen leads Resolution Foundation’s research on post-16 skills, training and education. She also works on issues related to youth employment and disadvantaged groups in the labour market. Prior to joining Resolution Foundation, Kathleen worked at Universities UK, where she focused on graduate employment outcomes and learning and teaching policy. She has a PhD in Political Science from the London School of Economics.

Erin is an economist with research interests in applied micro economic theory and gender economics. She is a member of the Royal Economic Society Women’s Committee and has a PhD in economics from the University of Cambridge.

Andrew Henley is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Economics at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University. He has published extensively on labour economics, regional economics and on small business and entrepreneurship, He is a member of the project teams for both the ESRC Productivity Insights Network and the ESRC Productivity Institute, as well as co-investigator on a current ESRC project on the impact of COVID on self-employment. He has a long and extensive record of policy and business

Amanda is a PhD student interested in the links between emotion, cognition and behaviour. She studied psychology to Masters level at the University of St Andrews and has a wealth of practical experience working within health technology and mental health care settings. More specifically, her research focuses on how changes in emotion can be used to facilitate changes cognition and behaviour in order to tackle important social issues and promote wellbeing.

Cameron Hepburn is Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Oxford, and Director of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment. He also serves as the Director of the Economics of Sustainability Programme, based at the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School. Cameron has published widely on energy, resources and environmental challenges across disciplines. He has co-founded three successful businesses and provides advice on energy and environmental

Professor James Higham’s research addresses the broad theme of ‘Tourism and global environmental change’. His research explores aspects of sustainable tourism in relation to anthropogenic climate change, ecosystems and biodiversity. His research on tourism and climate change centres on decarbonisation with a particular focus on international transportation, and the challenges and opportunities of transitioning to low-carbon tourism.