Our Executive Group contribute to all aspects of the Network's activities including research; planning and presenting workshops; and authoring resources, such as handbook chapters, case studies and documentation (for example for workshop endorsement). This group also offer advice and support to the Network on its provision and how it can better serve the discipline.
The Executive Group is drawn from the Associates of the Economics Network. These are experienced members of the higher education economics community with a passion for developing and evaluating effective pedagogic innovation. Their role is to promote and engage with the activities of the Network such as running events or workshops, contributing teaching resources to the website, writing newsletter articles and taking part in research projects.
We occasionally call for applications for new Associates. If you are interested in applying, keep an eye on our email newsletter where we announce opportunities.
In October 2026 we announced new additions to the Executive Group and Associates.
Current Executive Group
Rules and responsibilities for the Executive, including term limits, are described here.
| Name | Institution | End of tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prof Fabio Arico | University of East Anglia | f.arico at uea.ac.uk | Sept 2028 |
| Dr Lory Barile | University of Warwick | Lory.Barile at warwick.ac.uk | Sept 2029* |
| Prof Steven Cook | Swansea University | s.cook at swan.ac.uk | Sept 2028 |
| Prof Carlos Cortinhas | University of Exeter | C.Cortinhas at exeter.ac.uk | Sept 2029* |
| Prof Caroline Elliott | University of Warwick | Caroline.Elliott at warwick.ac.uk | Sept 2028 |
| Dr Atisha Ghosh | University of Bath | ag880 at bath.ac.uk | Sept 2029* |
| Dr Sofia Izquierdo Sanchez | University of Manchester | sofia.izquierdosanchez at manchester.ac.uk | Sept 2028* |
| Prof Emanuela Lotti | University of Southampton | e.lotti at soton.ac.uk | Sept 2028* |
| Dr Lauren McInally | University of Strathclyde | lauren.mcinally at strath.ac.uk | Sept 2029* |
| Dr Andrew Mearman | University of Leeds | a.j.mearman at leeds.ac.uk | Sept 2028* |
| Dr Matt Olczak | Aston University | m.olczak at aston.ac.uk | Sept 2028* |
| Prof Steven Proud | University of Bristol | steven.proud at bristol.ac.uk | Sept 2027 |
| Dr Jana Sadeh | University of Southampton | Jana.Sadeh at soton.ac.uk | Sept 2029* |
| Dr Christopher Wilson | Loughborough University | c.m.wilson at lboro.ac.uk | Sept 2029* |
*These Exec members will have the option to take another three-year term when their first three-year term ends.
Current Associates
The Associates role description (PDF) explains the responsibilities and expectations attached to the role.
| Dr Panagiotis Arsenis | University of Surrey | p.arsenis at surrey.ac.uk | profile |
| Dr Ruth Badru | University of Bristol | r.badru at bristol.ac.uk | profile |
| Dr Harminder Battu | University of Aberdeen | h.battu at abdn.ac.uk | profile |
| Prof Ralf Becker | University of Manchester | ralf.becker at manchester.ac.uk | profile |
| Dr Andrea Calef | University College London | a.calef at ucl.ac.uk | profile |
| Dr Gemma Blackledge-Foughali | Queen Margaret University | GBlackledgeFoughali at qmu.ac.uk | profile |
| Prof Edmund Cannon | University of Bristol | Edmund.Cannon at bristol.ac.uk | profile |
| Prof Edward Cartwright | De Montfort University | edward.cartwright at dmu.ac.uk | profile |
| Prof Parama Chaudhury | University College London | p.chaudhury at ucl.ac.uk | profile |
| Dr William Collier | University of Kent | w.j.collier at kent.ac.uk | profile |
| Dr Chris Colvin | Queen's University Belfast | chris.colvin at qub.ac.uk | profile |
| Dr Paul Cowell | Forward College | paul.cowell at forward-college.eu | profile |
| Dr Adam Cox | University of Portsmouth | adam.cox at port.ac.uk | profile |
| Dr Peter Dawson | University of East Anglia | peter.dawson at uea.ac.uk | profile |
| Dr Miguel Flores Sandoval | National College of Ireland | miguel.flores at ncirl.ie | profile |
| Dr Dean Garratt | Aston University | d.garratt at aston.ac.uk | profile |
| Dr Arpita Ghosh | University of Exeter | A.Ghosh2 at exeter.ac.uk | profile |
| Dr Panagiotis Giannarakis | City St George’s, London | Panagiotis.Giannarakis at citystgeorges.ac.uk | profile |
| Jon Guest | Aston University | j.guest1 at aston.ac.uk | profile |
| Dr Liliana Harding | University of East Anglia | liliana.harding at uea.ac.uk | profile |
| Prof Cloda Jenkins | Imperial College London | c.jenkins at imperial.ac.uk | profile |
| Dr Annika Johnson | University of Bristol | annika.johnson at bristol.ac.uk | profile |
| Dr Linda Juleff | Open University | l.e.juleff at open.ac.uk | profile |
| Dr Oleg Kitov | University of Cambridge | oik22 at cam.ac.uk | |
| Dr Maria Kozlovskaya | Aston University | m.kozlovskaya at aston.ac.uk | profile |
| Dr Dunli Li | University College London | dunli.li at ucl.ac.uk | profile |
| Dr Iain Long | Cardiff University | longiw at cardiff.ac.uk | profile |
| Dr Michael McCann | Nottingham Trent University | michael.mccann at ntu.ac.uk | profile |
| Prof David McCausland | University of Aberdeen | d.mccausland at abdn.ac.uk | profile |
| Dr Kulnicha Meechaiyo | University of St Andrews | km364 at st-andrews.ac.uk | profile |
| Dr Paul Middleditch | University of Manchester | paul.middleditch a manchester.ac.uk | profile |
| Prof Wyn Morgan | University of Sheffield | w.morgan at sheffield.ac.uk | profile |
| Ros O'Leary | University of Bristol | ros.oleary at bristol.ac.uk | profile |
| Dr Karishma Patel | Aston University | k.patel72 at aston.ac.uk | profile |
| Dr Mathilde Péron | University of York | mathilde.peron at york.ac.uk | profile |
| Prof Dimitra Petropoulou | London School of Economics | d.petropoulou at lse.ac.uk | profile |
| Prof Mario Pezzino | University of Manchester | mario.pezzino at manchester.ac.uk | profile |
| Dr Mike Reynolds | University of Leeds | m.m.reynolds at leeds.ac.uk | profile |
| Dr Robert Riegler | Aston University | r.riegler at aston.ac.uk | profile |
| Dr Judith Shapiro | London School of Economics | j.c.shapiro at lse.ac.uk | profile |
| Prof Christian Spielmann | University of Bristol | christian.spielmann at bristol.ac.uk | profile |
| Dr Alexander Squires | University of Manchester | alexander.squires at manchester.ac.uk | profile |
| Dr Petar Stankov | Royal Holloway, University of London | petar.stankov at rhul.ac.uk | profile |
| Dr William Tayler | Lancaster University | w.tayler at lancaster.ac.uk | profile |
| Dr Adam Thompson | Aston University | a.thompson7 at aston.ac.uk | |
| Dr Swati Virmani | De Montfort University | swati.virmani3 at dmu.ac.uk | profile |
| Prof Guglielmo Volpe | City St George's, London | guglielmo.volpe at citystgeorges.ac.uk | profile |
| Prof Duncan Watson | University of East Anglia | duncan.watson at uea.ac.uk | profile |
| Dr Melisa Williams-Higgins | University of Bristol | melisa.williams at bristol.ac.uk | profile |
