Professor Sir Paul Collier FBA

The economic development of Africa; the causes of state fragility and implications for public policy; the management of natural resources; the management of urbanization
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2017

Current post

Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford; Director, International Growth Centre

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor James Poterba FBA

The economics of taxation and government spending, with a particular focus on policies that affect retirement security and capital formation

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Professor Martin Browning FBA

Applied microeconometrics with an emphasis on structural modelling of individual behaviour; intra-household decision making; demand analysis; accounting for heterogeneity; survey design

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Professor Stephen Broadberry FBA

Economic history; development of the world economy since AD 1000; the Great Divergence; international comparisons of productivity; wars and economic performance

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