Professor Robin Burgess

Position

Professor of Economics

• Research Centres:
  IGC: Director
  STICERD: Economic Organisation and Public Policy Programme Co-Director
   
• Teaching outside the Department:
  IPA

• External Affiliations: 
  Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR): Director, Development Economics Programme
  Bureau for Research in Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD): Board Member
  Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL): Affiliated Professor 
  Centre for Effective Global Action (CEGA), UC Berkeley: Board Member

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Contact Details

• Email: r.burgess@lse.ac.uk
• Telephone: +44 (0)20 7955 6676
• Office: 32L.3.03
• Address: Department of Economics and STICERD
                   London School of Economics and Political Science
                   Houghton Street
                   London WC2A 2AE
• Admin Support: Rhoda Frith                                 
  •   Room number: 32L.3.06                  
  •   Email: r.m.frith@lse.ac.uk                               
  •   Telephone: +44 (0)20 7955 6674                  
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Research Interests

• Development Economics
• Public Economics
• Political Economy
• Labour Economics
• Environmental Economics 

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Teaching

• EC428: Development and Growth
• EC454: Development Economics
• EC535: Development Economics for Research Students

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Papers

Please visit my papers page. 

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Other Webpages

• LSE Experts Directory  
• IGC Webpage
• STICERD Webpage 
• IPA Webpage 

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Education

DPhil in Economics, Oxford University
MSc in Economics, LSE
BSc (Hons) in Biological Sciences, Edinburgh University 

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Personal Details

Married to Bronwen Burgess, with two daughters: Isla Macbeth Burgess, born 2005; Romilly Belle Burgess, born 2009

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