Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions, Nuffield & University of Oxford, FBA.
http://benansell.substack.com. BBC Reith Lecturer 2023. Host BBC Radio 4 Rethink. Columnist for Prospect. Director, Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods (CASSM).
Economist at Resolution Foundation
Cardiff University PhD Graduate
Professor of Economic Geography, LSE
The National Bureau of Economic Research is dedicated to conducting and disseminating nonpartisan economic research.
nber.org
Research and Policy Lead at Nest Insight
UK & EU refugees & migration. LGBTI+, feminism & generalised incoherent ranting to boot. She/Her. I do policy, research & campaigns.
zoegardner.net
Policy wonk at Health Foundation, interested in health system performance, health care quality and role of policy in driving improvement. Also cycling, coffee, cake. Views personal, etc.
Statistics expert and author of 'Sum of Us' (2025) and 'Bad Data' (2022). Research Affiliate at the Oxford Migration Observatory.
Formerly of the House of Commons Library. Now writing and podcasting on Substack
georginasturge.substack.com
Social policy researcher (though sometimes pretends to be a philosopher), Prof co-leading WelfareExperiences project and
kcl.ac.uk/csmh work & welfare strand. Was at @BenBaumberg at the other place.
Chief Executive, Learning and Work Institute.
Ex HMT, SMF and London government.
Learning, skills, labour markets & public policy.
Views my own.
Senior Policy Advisor at Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Interested in employment policy, labour migration, and making cities more liveable.
Lead analyst at JRF researching and posting on social security, tax, the cost of living and other things too. Previously NEF, policy in Practice
Civil servant on DWP's Pensions Commission, from December 2025 until its final report in 2027. Tweets will be infrequent and objective.
Chief Executive, Nuffield Foundation
Previous lives:
Chief Executive & Exec. Chair, Resolution Foundation
Founding Chair, Living Wage Commission
Deputy Chief of Staff, 10 Downing Street
Council of Economic Advisors, HMT
Deputy Chief Executive Resolution Foundation & Visiting Prof in Practice at LSE Social Policy. 'Calm, Measured, Withering'
tinyurl.com/y6wxlxhj). 'Cool, calm analysis' (More or Less, 8/10/25). He/him
Reader (Associate Prof) in Employment, Head of the Decent Work and Productivity Research Centre at Manchester Met University
Political columnist, The Guardian
Author, Politics, A Survivor's Guide
Website:
rafaelbehr.com
Senior economist at the Resolution Foundation, mainly covering the labour market.
Director of Migration Observatory @ University of Oxford. I research migration policy, mostly in the UK
Solicitor. Head of Immigration at the Work Rights Centre. All things U.K. immigration law / policy mainly. Yorkshireman in Bristol.
The Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford provides independent, authoritative, evidence-based analysis on UK migration.
Journalist. Used to work for the Home Office, now report on it. 'Anywhere But Here', my book on the small boats crisis, out now.
Enquiries via IG DM @nicolakellywrites.
linktr.ee/nicolakellywrites
Economist and occasional politics dabbler. Working on a project to improve labour markets. Associate fellow, Centre for European Reform. Visiting fellow, Institute for Policy Research, Bath University.
Professor of Economics and Public Policy, King's College London; Senior Fellow, UK in a Changing Europe. Immigration, economics, public policy. Personal views only; usual disclaimers apply.
Books: Immigration (Sage), Capitalism (Quercus)
![]()
Day job: climate change, heat pumps, energy at Nesta
Other stuff: low-fi economics on growth, cities & economic geography, general UK policy, occasional basic charts
Bristol, he/him, lots of parenting / caring.
Personal account.
At Resolution Foundation covering labour market, low pay, living wage.
![]()
The Resolution Foundation is an independent think-tank dedicated to lifting living standards in the UK.
Senior Economist at the Resolution Foundation, focusing on employment, young people and health | views my own
