Experts

Professor Helen Thompson is Professor of Political Economy in the Department of Politics and International Studies at Cambridge University. Her most recent book Disorder: Hard Times in the 21stCentury was published by Oxford University Press this year. Her articles have appeared in the Review of International Political Economy, Research in Political Sociology, the British Journal of Politics and International Relations, New Political Economy, Government and Opposition, and Economy and Society.

Gregory Thwaites is an economist on sabbatical from the Bank of England, where his most recent job was as Head of International Research. Gregory is an Associate Professor in Economics at Nottingham University. He is currently working on consulting projects and as a part-time Research Associate at the Resolution Foundation and visiting fellow at the LSE Centre for Macroeconomics. He has also worked as an economist for the United Nations Mission in Kosovo and the Independent Commission on Banking

Helen Tilley is a Senior Research Fellow at the Wales Centre for Public Policy, where she leads on the economy. Her experience has focused on building government capacity to use evidence in policy formulation, to manage public finances and implement budgetary reforms, and to develop policies in areas including climate, education, health, economic growth and poverty reduction. Helen holds a PhD and an MSc in Economics from SOAS, and a BA in Economics from the University of Cambridge.

Daniel is a Senior Consultant at Metro Dynamics. His interests include redressing the balance between different UK regions through devolution and targeted support for high value industry; helping cities to build coalitions to grow investment and tackle inequality; and finding imaginative ways of presenting data. He is a Crook Public Service Fellow at the University of Sheffield, leading a research project focused on economic resilience and vulnerability, to support the UK Commission 2070.

Dan Todman is a historian of war and remembrance, specialising in the history of Britain, the British Commonwealth and Empire during the two world wars. He has written a two-volume history of Britain’s Second World War, entitled Britain’s War, to great acclaim. He has worked closely with the Imperial War Museum, advising on its First and Second World War gallery redesign, and also advised the BBC on the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of D-Day.

Emma Tominey is a Professor of Economics at the University of York. She specialises in is child development – evaluating the role of parent behaviours in reaction to unexpected events and of public policy. Recent research explores socio-economic gaps in child cognitive and socio-emotional skills. Emma has expertise in policy analysis and has analysed the effect of youth unemployment, government incentive schemes and currently the effect of universal credit.