Increasing diversity in economics

Arun Advani, Rachel Griffith, Sarah Smith interviewed by Tim Phillips, 16 October 2019

The Royal Economic Society has launched Discover Economics, an ambitious three-year campaign to attract more women, minority students and students from state schools to study the subject. Sarah Smith and Arun Advani, co-chairs of the campaign, plus Rachel Griffith, RES president, tell Tim Phillips about how they plan to make this happen.

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Topics:  Education Gender

Tags:  #DiscoverEconomics, diversity, Economics, students

Arun Advani

Assistant Professor, University of Warwick

Rachel Griffith

Research Director, IFS; Professor of Economics, University of Manchester; CEPR Research Fellow

Sarah Smith

Professor of Economics, Bristol University

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