Economics Section

President 2019: Professor Hélène Rey, London Business School
President 2018: Professor Barbara Petrongolo, Queen Mary University
President 2017: Professor Oriana Bandiera, London School of Economics
President 2016: Professor Christian Dustmann, University College London
President 2015: Professor David Miles, Imperial College London and Bank of England
President 2014: Professor John Van Reenan, London School of Economics

Recorder: Professor Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay, University of Birmingham
Past-Recorder: Professor David Dickinson, University of Birmingham
Treasurer: Donald Anderson, OBE

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Our Incoming President, Professor Ara Darzi, gives his Presidential Address for 2020

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Supporting communities to trial new engagement approaches ahead of British Science Week 2021

Learn more about our 'COVID-19 Community Innovation Grants', our recipient cohort and their upcoming series of blogs. Encompassing motivations, learnings and aspirations, we hope they serve as inspiration for prospective BSW 2021 grant applicants in how community science projects can be developed and delivered despite uncertainty.
Constructing quantum computers

Dr Euan Allen is the 2020 Rosalind Franklin Award Lecture winner for physical sciences and mathematics. He is working at the Quantum Engineering Technology Labs at the University of Bristol and is investigating how to apply it to the construction of quantum computers. This emergent technology could offer unprecedented computing power. But how easy is it to develop, and who will reap the benefits?
Teachers: Welcome back - we are with you

It has been a long, hard road for schools throughout the United Kingdom. But as students start to return, we wanted to say one thing to teachers: thank you.