Experts

Neil’s research looks at labour exploitation and social marginalisation. He examines the impact of economic shocks on labour ‘freedom’ and studies social protection interventions such as cash transfers and basic income. He has worked for extensive periods in West Africa and currently manages two research projects in India and Bangladesh.

Helen is a Research Officer at the London School of Economics, where she has contributed to research on tax policy, inequality, migration, including the work of the UK Wealth Tax Commission. Previously, she worked for five years at the Reserve Bank of Australia on labour market and international developments, and co-authored working papers on household responses to monetary policy and the market for overnight cash in Australia. Helen has an MSc Economics from University College London.

Charles Hulme is Professor of Psychology and Education at the University of Oxford. His research interests span reading, language and memory processes and their development and is an expert on randomized controlled trials in Education. His work on reading development has made important contributions to understanding the role of phonological skills in learning to read. He has also worked to develop early language intervention programmes for young children.

John Eric Humphries is an assistant professor of economics at Yale University. His research focuses on topics in labor economics and applied microeconomics. In particular, he studies education, career dynamics, and self-employment. Much of his work considers how policies affect the acquisition of human capital and labor market dynamics. His publications include work on the GED high school equivalency exam, information frictions for small businesses, and the estimation of dynamic treatment

Leonardo Iacovone is Lead Economist at the World Bank and Adjunct Professor of Economics at Hertie School. His area of research expertise include development economics, business dynamics, productivity, entrepreneurship, innovation, trade and youth unemployment, with a special focus on policy evaluation. His research has been published in numerous renowned journals such as Science, Economic Journal, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of International Economics, World Development, etc

Gbenga is a Professor of Finance at the University of Edinburgh, the Director for Industry, Economy and Society at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, the Deputy Scientific Director at the European Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre in Pescara and a Research Fellow at the RoZetta Institute in Sydney. His research interests include market microstructure, asset pricing, financial econometrics, financial technology/innovation and the application of machine learning and AI in finance.