CAGE/ GES Policy Fellows announced for 2023/4

The CAGE Research Centre and the Government Economic Service (GES) are pleased to announce the CAGE/GES Policy Fellows for the year 2023/24:

Carl Comer (Economic Advisor, Department for Business and Trade)

Jacob Gibbs (Economic Advisor, Department for Energy, Security and Net Zero)

These prestigious policy fellowships are awarded on a yearly basis to foster knowledge exchange between researchers and policymakers. Policy Fellows visit the CAGE Research Centre to meet with academics, attend events and network. Throughout the year they will be encouraged to participate in the Centre's research events and activities.

This year, for the first time, the fellowships will focus on a specific theme: The economic, environmental and health costs of living: designing effective policies on energy, environment and housing.

This theme represents an area of research strength at CAGE. CAGE associates are currently working on a number of new ambitious projects which seek to understand both the effects of and responses to environmental and housing policies.

The policy fellows have been selected for their interest and expertise on this theme. They will have the opportunity to meet with CAGE academics and to discuss these research projects, offering a policy perspective.

CAGE Director, Mirko Draca, said, ‘We are very pleased to welcome two new policy fellows to the CAGE Research Centre in the next academic year. These fellowships have always been an excellent method to build lasting networks between policymakers and researchers, and in 2023 we mark ten years since the scheme was initiated. We are proud that the scheme is still attracting such excellent candidates from the Government Economic Service.

CAGE Impact Director, Dennis Novy said, 'The theme of the fellowships this year speaks to some of the most pressing policy concerns in the UK right now. I’m excited to see how these partnerships will shape policy research and approaches in this area.’