Leadership team

Mariana Mazzucato
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Mariana Mazzucato

Founding Director and Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value

Rainer Kattel
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Rainer Kattel

Co-Deputy Director and Professor of Innovation and Public Governance

David Eaves
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David Eaves

Co-Deputy Director and Associate Professor in Digital Government

Our team includes economists, political scientists, philosophers, anthropologists, engineers and natural scientists, working together to change how public value is imagined, practised and evaluated to tackle societal challenges.

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Academics and Research Fellows

Damon Aitken
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Damon Aitken

Research Fellow

Carolina Alves
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Carolina Alves

Associate Professor in Economics

Kwame Baafi
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Kwame Baafi

Research Fellow in Data Analytics and Visualisation

Ryan Bellinson
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Ryan Bellinson

Honorary Senior Research Fellow

Geert Bouckaert
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Geert Bouckaert

Honorary Professor

Mike Bracken
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Mike Bracken

Visiting Professor of Practice

Francesca Bria
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Francesca Bria

Honorary Professor

Bec Chau
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Bec Chau

Senior Research Fellow

Salah Chafik
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Salah Chafik

Honorary Research Fellow

Rowan Conway
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Rowan Conway

Visiting Professor

Jose Alejandro Coronado
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Jose Alejandro Coronado

Honorary Senior Research Fellow

Hilary Cottam
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Hilary Cottam

Honorary Professor

Wolfgang Drechsler
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Wolfgang Drechsler

Honorary Professor

Gabriella Gómez-Mont
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Gabriella Gómez-Mont

Honorary Senior Research Fellow

Keith Magee
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Keith Magee

Visiting Professor of Practice

Eduardo González de Molina
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Eduardo González de Molina

Honorary Research Fellow

Dan Hill
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Dan Hill

Visiting Professor of Practice

Josh Ryan-Collins
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Josh Ryan-Collins

Professor in Economics and Finance, and Graduate Tutor

Katie Kedward
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Katie Kedward

Senior Research Fellow

Erika Kraemer-Mbula
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Erika Kraemer-Mbula

Visiting Professor

Martin Guzman
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Martin Guzman

Honorary Professor

Lorenza Monaco
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Lorenza Monaco

Honorary Research Fellow

Carlota Perez
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Carlota Perez

Honorary Professor 

Ruth Puttick
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Ruth Puttick

Honorary Senior Research Fellow

Giulio Quaggiotto
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Giulio Quaggiotto

Honorary Research Fellow

Erik Reinert
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Erik Reinert

Honorary Professor

Henk Ovink
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Henk Ovink

Honorary Lecturer

Kate Riggs
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Kate Riggs

Senior Research Fellow

Cecilia Rikap
Cecilia Rikap

Cecilia Rikap

Head of Research and Associate Professor in Economics

Kate Roll
Kate Roll

Kate Roll

Associate Professor in Innovation, Development and Public Policy and Head of Teaching

Saskia Sassen
Saskia Sassen

Saskia Sassen

Honorary Professor

Damon Silvers
Damon Silvers

Damon Silvers

Honorary Professor

Antonio Andreoni
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Antonio Andreoni

Honorary Professor

Beth Stratford
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Beth Stratford

Honorary Research Fellow

Romain Svartzman
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Romain Svartzman

Honorary Senior Research Fellow

Anna Hope Emerson
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Anna Hope Emerson

Research Fellow (Economics of Ecological Transitions in the UK)

Donal Brown
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Donal Brown

Honorary Research Assistant

Lydia Marsden
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Lydia Marsden

Research Fellow

Irene Selwaness
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Irene Selwaness

Research Fellow

Daniel Sherrell
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Daniel Sherrell

Honorary Research Fellow

Damian Tambini
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Damian Tambini

Honorary Fellow

Lara Merling
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Lara Merling

Research Fellow (Industrial Strategy)

Giorgos Gouzoulis
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Giorgos Gouzoulis

Honorary Research Fellow

Harry Baigent
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Harry Baigent

Research Fellow in Computational Public Policy

Maria Nieto Rodriguez
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Maria Nieto Rodriguez

Research Fellow Public Sector Economics