Professor Nicholas Barr Elected as Founding Fellow of the Royal Economic Society (RES)

Congratulations to Professor Nicholas Barr, Professor of Public Economics at the LSE European Institute and School of Public Policy, for having been elected as a founding fellow of the Royal Economic Society (RES).

RES President Prof Sir Chris Pissarides, who chaired the judging panel, said:

The panel was impressed by the depth and breadth of the applications it considered, with representation from academia, the public and private sectors and those working in schools. Through their applications our new Fellows demonstrated the impact they have made not just in their roles, but to the wider economics profession. We congratulate them and look forward to working with them to advance the RES vision: that economics be understood, advanced and applied for the good of society and the world around us.