Previous Speakers

We have running a guest lecture series since 2014 and have hosted a wide range of speakers from policy-makers and politicians to prominent business figures.

Below is a list of guests who have been invited to speak as part of our lecture series;

Date	Speaker
November 2022	Johanna Rickne 'Sexual Harassment and Gender Inequality in the Workplace '	Professor of Economics at the Swedish Institute for Social Research
October 2022	George Chouliarakis 'Europe's Sovereign Debt Problem: Past Crises and Future Challenges'	Senior Fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and Economics Advisor to the Governor of the Bank of Greece
May 2022	Mark Esho MBE 'Grit - What you Need to Succeed and Thrive'	Entrepreneur
April 2022	Dr Tymofiy Mylovanov 'War in Ukraine - a personal view'	President of the Kyiv School of Economics
March 2022	Meredith A. Crowley 'The Future of Trade in the Post-Pandemic World?'	Professor of International Economics and Fellow of St. John's College, University of Cambridge
February 2022	Katy Chakrabortty 'Campaigning to end poverty. What's inequality got to do with it?'	Head of Policy, Oxfam UK
November 2021	Jon Franklin 'Counting What Counts - the Quiet Wellbeing Revolution in Public Economics'	Chief Economist, Pro Bono Economics
February 2019	Bridget Rosewell CBE 'Planning Our Infrastructure - Dealing with Long Term Uncertainty'	Commissioner with the NIC, Experienced Director, Policy Maker and Economist
January 2019	Martin Reeves 'A Tale of Two Cities Within a City - A Search for a New Model of Inclusive Sustainable Economic Growth in the UK'	Chief Executive of Coventry City Council
October 2018	Paul Seabright 'Religions as Competing Platforms - What Has Happened to Religion Across The World Since The Second World War?'	Professor at The Toulouse School of Economics, Director of The Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse and Member of The Institut d'Economie Industrielle
April 2018	Angus Armstrong 'Why Rebuild Macroeconomics?'	Director of Rebuilding Macroeconomics and Chief Economic Adviser at Lloyds Bank Group
April 2018	Andy Haldane 'Growth, Finance and Institutions'	Chief Economics and Executive Director of Monetary Analysis and Statistics, Bank of England
February 2018	Sumit Dey-Chowdhury 'Is GDP Fit for Purpose?'	Senior Economist at the Office for National Statistics
January 2018	Vinay Gupta 'Blockchain Beyond Bitcoin'	Co-founder of Mattereum
January 2018	David Goodhart 'Anywheres and Somewheres: The New Tribes Shaping British Politics'	Journalist, author and think tanker
November 2017	Dr Mike Walker 'Why is Competition Policy Becoming so Difficult?'	Chief Economist, Competition Market Authority (CMA)
November 2017	Margaret Gilmore 'The Terrorist Hunters'	Writer, broadcaster and security analyst
May 2016	Ciaran Martin 'What would Machiavelli do about Cyber Security'	Director General Cyber Security GCHQ
April 2016	Melanie Dawes 'Place, partnership and power: local leadership and local growth'	Permanent Secretary for DCLG
March 2016	Jeremy Wright 'Making law and politics work together at the centre of government'	Attorney General for England and Wales
March 2016	Dr Kanayo F. Nwanze 'Connecting the dots: how development grows peace and stability'	President of The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
February 2016	Professor Franceso Giavazzi 'The Macroeconomic Effects of Fiscal Adjustment Plans: Disaggregating Taxes and Spending'	Full Professor of Economics at Universita Bocconi
January 2016	Sir Vince Cable 'Are we heading for a fresh economic crisis'	British politician who was the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, and Skills.
November 2015	Vicky Pryce 'Britain and the EU – the economic case for staying in.'	Greek-born British Economist, Business Consultant and author of 'Greekonomics'
October 2015	Sir Nicholas MacPherson 'The Global Economic & Financial Crisis: What we have learnt 7 years on'	Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury
February 2015	Minouche Shafik	Deputy Governor, Markets & Banking at the Bank of England
February 2015	Professor David Soskice	LSE Professor of Political Science and Economics
January 2015	Dr Kanayo Nwanze	President of The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
December 2014	Jonathan Portes	Director of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research
March 2014	Right Reverend James Jones	Former Bishop of Liverpool
March 2014	Alexander Stevenson	Co-founder of Rse Consulting, a public sector consultancy specialising in strategic services for local government
February 2014	Faisal Islam	Award-winning English journalist and economics editor for Channel 4