Experts

Nicolò Bandera is a PhD student in Economics at the University of St Andrews. His main areas of research are macroeconomics and monetary economics. He is also particularly interested in China’s monetary policy. Before joining St Andrews, he worked at Eurizon SLJ Capital in a macro research role.

Oriana Bandiera is the Sir Anthony Atkinson Professor of Economics and the Director of the Suntory and Toyota Centre for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD) at the London School of Economics. She is vice-president of the European Economic Association, and director of the Gender, Growth and Labour Markets in Low-Income Countries programme and of the research programme in Development Economics at CEPR. She is co-editor of Microeconomic Insights, and Economica, and serves on the board of the

Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay is Reader in Economics and the Deputy Director of the Centre for Globalisation Research at Queen Mary University of London. She specialises in the economics of growth and development and the measurement of inequality and poverty. Her recent work focusses on the persistence of inequality and how to measure inequality over time. Sanghamitra is the founder of the Research Circle for the Study of Inequality and Poverty, a UK-wide research group based at Queen Mary University

Josh is an economic historian specialised in macro-economic history and economic policy. His research incorporates both econometric modelling and historical analysis, examining a variety of themes such as the impact of fiscal policy on the UK’s current account balance, to the effects of North Sea oil on the UK’s exchange rate and trade in manufactured goods.  He was the recipient of an ESRC doctoral grant to conduct research into the post-war British economy, based at the LSE.

James Banks’ interests and research are on all aspects of the economics of ageing, including: life-cycle consumption and spending behaviour, savings and pensions; cognition and financial decision making; work, retirement, health and disability at older ages. He has served on expert advisory groups for ESRC, DWP, DH, ONS, and the Government Office for Science. He is also Co-PI of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing and collaborates with or advises similar large-scale interdisciplinary ageing

Helen Barnard is Director of Research and Policy at Pro Bono Economics and Associate Director of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). Previously she was Director of JRF, after leading JRF’s analysis and policy teams.  Helen is a leading national expert on poverty, inequality and social policy. Her extensive body of research and policy work have covered poverty, destitution, labour markets, housing, social security and civil society. Earlier in her career Helen worked for Opinion Leader Research