Anna Valero
Anna Valero
Distinguished Policy Fellow
LSE, United Kingdom
Dr Anna Valero is a Distinguished Policy Fellow and Director of the Growth Programme at the LSE's Centre for Economic Performance, Deputy Director of the Programme on Innovation and Diffusion (POID), and an Associate of the Grantham Research Institute, LSE. Her academic and policy research is focused on the drivers of productivity and innovation in firms and regions. She also works on UK policy more broadly, with a focus on identifying and realising sustainable and inclusive growth opportunities in the transition to Net Zero. Anna makes frequent media appearances and contributions to events on these topics.
Anna was a member of the Steering Group of the Economy 2030 Inquiry – a three-year collaboration between the CEP and Resolution Foundation which produced 70 reports and published its final report “Ending Stagnation: A New Economic Strategy for Britain” in December 2023. She was also a Commissioner for the Royal Society of the Arts - Core Cities UK Urban Futures Commission, and Research Director for the LSE Growth Commission. She has held a number of advisory positions, including currently as a member of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s advisory panel, the government’s Green Jobs Delivery Group, and South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority Economic Advisory Council, and previously as a member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. At the LSE, Anna is a member of the Knowledge Exchange and Innovation Strategy Committee.
Anna obtained a PhD in Economics at the LSE in 2018. Previously, she worked at Deloitte in Economic Consulting, where she qualified as a Chartered Accountant advised large companies on economic and regulatory issues.
Thursday 11
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09.15 - 09.50
Will Technology Exacerbate Inequality and Polarization, or Can it Be an Effective Tool to Reduce Disparities?
Amphictyon Hall | Anemolia Hotel, Arachova
Programming partner: World Bank
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13.30 - 14.15
Must Government Be Bigger? | By invitation only
Ianthi Room | Amalia Hotel
Programming Partner: London School of Economics (LSE)
Many of the big issues facing governments in the future – climate change; energy supply; security; welfare with an ageing population, for example – seem to require governments to do more, prompted by public expectations about delivery. But, with huge public debts, lower economic growth, and high borrowing costs, can we sustain big government? And, should we?