Sarah Smith OBE
Professor of Economics
University of Bristol
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Co-chair, Discover Economics
Lead Editor, Economics Observatory
Research Fellow, CEPR
Research Associate, IFS
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I am an applied micro-economist whose research covers public and labour economics. I am currently working on issues in both pro-social behaviour and gender. I am founder and co-chair of Discover Economics, a campaign to increase diversity among economics students. I have been chair of the Royal Economic Society’s (RES) Women’s Committee (2017-20), an elected member of the RES council (2012-2017) and the European Economics Association council (2014-2018), and Deputy Chair of the REF2021 Economics and Econometrics sub-panel. I was awarded an OBE in the 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to economics and education. I have three children (born 2001, 2004 and 2006) and, when I have time, I enjoy trail running and wild swimming
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