Main Positions
Professor, Department of Economics, Mathematics and Statistics, Birkbeck, University of London, 1997 – present
Economic Policy Appointments
Member, London Times, Shadow Monetary Policy Committee, May 2015 - present
Member, Panel of Economic and Monetary Experts, Committee for Economic and Monetary Affairs, European Parliament, 2003 – 2014
External Member, Monetary Policy Committee, Central Bank of Iceland, 2009 - 2012
Member, Council of Economic Advisors to the Opposition Front Bench, UK, 1999 - 2006
Participant, HM Treasury’s Productivity and Employment Roundtable 2005 - 2008
Member, Shadow Monetary Policy Committee, UK, 1997 - 2009
Member, Conservative Party Commission on the Independence of the Bank of England, 1999 - 2000
Financial Times Economists’ Forum, 2006
Founding Contributor, VoxEU.org, 2006 - present
Consultant, Center for the Economic Analysis of Law, Washington, CE, 1996 - 2003
Non-Academic Appointments
Member, Board of Trustees, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 2013 - present
Other Academic Appointments
Adjunct Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, autumn 2019 - spring 2022
Visiting Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, autumn 2018 - spring 2019
Research Fellow, Centre for Economic Policy Research, London, UK, 1995 - present
Research Fellow, CESifo Research Network, Munich, Germany, 2000 - present
International Research Fellow, Kiel Institute for World Economics, Kiel, Germany 2006 - present
Fellow, European Economic Association, 2004 - present
Member, Council of the European Economic Association, 2000 - 2005
Member, Council of the Royal Economic Society, 2002 - 2007
Member, ESRC Research Grants Board, 1 September 2000 - 1 September 2002
ESRC Politics, Economics and Geography Research College, 1999 - 2000
Associate Editor, Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2006 - 2009
Panel Member, Economic Policy, 2006 - 2007
Editorial Board, Journal of Macroeconomics, 1998 - present
Editorial Council, Review of International Economics, 1997 - present
Editorial Board, East-West Journal of Economic Issues, 1997 - present
Associate Editor, Economic Journal, 1998 - 2004
Editorial Board, International Tax and Public Finance, 1999 - 2004
Past Full-time Positions
Reader, Birkbeck, University of London, London, UK, 1995 - 1997
Associate Professor of Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, 1993 – 1995
Associate Professor of Economics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA, 1991 – 1993
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA, 1986 – 1991
Division of International Finance, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC, USA, 1982 – 1986
Teaching Fellow, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 1980 – 1982
Visiting Positions
Visiting Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, autumn 2016–2017
Hong Kong Monetary Authority, May-June 2002
Center for Economic Studies, University of Munich, Germany, December 1997
IGIER, Universita’ L. Bocconi, Milan, Italy, November 1997
University of Frankfurt, Germany, June 1997
Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm, Sweden, December 1996
European Policy Research Unit, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, February 1996
Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, February 1995
University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, August 1993
International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC, USA, December 1992–March 1993
University of California at Santa Cruz, USA, Winter 1992
Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics, USA, Summer 1990
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, 1988–1991
Fudan University, Shanghai, PRC, Spring 1988
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, USA, Summer 1987
Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden, May 1986
Education
PhD Economics, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1982
MS Economics, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1979
AB Mathematical Economics, Brown University, 1977
Grants
ESCR ROPA Award R0222032: "The Ins and Outs of Staggered Economic and Monetary Union in Europe," with Willem Buiter
Teaching Awards
Outstanding Educator Award for Fall of 1989, presented by the honor student society, Mortar Board, University of Kansas
Administrative Positions
Head of the School of Economics, Mathematics and Statistics, Birkbeck, University of London, 2000–2007
PhD Coordinator, Department of Economics, Birkbeck, University of London , 1998–2000
Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1994–1995