(PhD) is Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London (UCL), where she is Founding Director of the UCL (IIPP). She received her BA from Tufts University and her MA and PhD from the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research. Her previous posts include the RM Phillips Professorial Chair at the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at Sussex University. She is a selected fellow of the UK鈥檚 Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) and of the Italian National Science Academy (Lincei).
She is winner of international prizes including the , the 2019 , and the 2018 Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought. She was named as one of the ‘’ by The New Republic, in 2020 by Fast Company, and of the 25 leaders shaping the future of capitalism by WIRED.
Her highly-acclaimed book (2013) investigates the critical role the state plays in driving growth—and her book The Value of Everything: making and taking in the global economy (2018) looks at how value creation needs to be rewarded over value extraction. Her latest book will be released on 28 January in the UK (Allen Lane) and 23 March in the US (Harper Collins).
She advises policy makers around the world on innovation-led inclusive and sustainable growth. Her current roles include being Chair of the World Health Organization’s Council on the Economics of Health for All and a member of the Scottish Government鈥檚 Council of Economic Advisors; the South African President鈥檚 Economic Advisory Council; the OECD Secretary General鈥檚 Advisory Group on a New Growth Narrative; the UN鈥檚 Committee for Development Policy (CDP), Vinnova鈥檚 Advisory Panel in Sweden, and Norway鈥檚 Research Council. She is a Special Economic Advisor for the Italian Prime Minister (2020), and through her role as Special Advisor for the EC Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation (2017-2019), she authored the high impact report on , turning 鈥渕issions鈥� into a crucial new instrument in the European Commission鈥檚 Horizon innovation program.
