Experts

Chris Colvin is Reader in Economic History at Queen’s University Belfast, where he is a director of the Centre for Economics, Policy and History (CEPH). He has written extensively on the interwar economy and specialises in the causes, anatomy and consequences of historical financial crises. He is also interested in measuring the long-run consequences of health crises and has worked on quantifying the demographic impact of the Great Irish Famine and the 1918 influenza pandemic.

I have a broad spectrum of interests across applied economics, but especially in environmental and energy economics, trade, inequality and macroeconomics. Amongst other projects, I have worked on the link between state size and productivity using trade models, the problem of optimal climate change policy using models with credit frictions, and I have studied inequality using microsimulation models. The common theme to my work is studying and trying to inform long term policy issues.

David Comerford is a Professor at the University of Stirling. He researches and teaches in the economics division and the Behavioural Science Centre.

Paola Conconi is a Professor of Economics at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, a member of the European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and Research Associate of the Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS). She is a Research Fellow of the CEPR International Trade and Regional Economics Program, a CESifo Research Fellow, a Research Associate of the Centre for Economic Performance of the London School of Economics, and the Director of the CEPR Research Network on Global

Emma Congreve is an economist at the Fraser of Allander Institute (FAI), leading the Institute’s work on poverty, inequality and inclusive growth. The FAI is long established as Scotland’s leading independent economic research institute with particular expertise in devolved policy. Emma’s particular area of expertise is economic policy relating to poverty and low income. Emma is an experienced economist and has previously held roles at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and within the Scottish

Gavan Conlon is an expert in education and labour market economics. He has 20 years of experience working with UK central government departments, non-departmental public bodies, university mission groups, universities, unions and representative bodies, charities, think-tanks, regulators and private sector organisations. He is an active researcher in the area of higher education fees and funding and has written about the impact of Covid-19 on university finances.