Royal Economic Society, Silver Anniversary Women’s Committee Report

This year marks the Silver Anniversary of the Royal Economic Society’s Women’s Committee.

The Committee’s July 2021 Gender Diversity Report highlights women’s representation in UK economics – from the undergraduate level through to the professorship – and how far we’ve come in the last twenty-five years.  The data reveals a mix of improvement, stagnation and retreat, while comparisons show that academic economics has fallen behind policymaking on the gender diversity front. 

This webinar aims to continue the much-needed discussion, providing an opportunity for knowledge exchange between academia and policymaking and for two-way engagement within the academic profession itself.

Chaired by Professor Tim Besley, LSE and the President of the RES, the event will feature a short summary of the report’s findings, delivered by co-author Dr Victoria Bateman, University of Cambridge, along with a panel of speakers…