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Education and research interests

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MA Philosophy, Politics and Economics - Keble College, Oxford

I have recently finished the first taught year of the four-year PhD programme at the Institute of Complex Systems Simulation. This year I've completed an individual research project on the issues of evolvability and robustness in network structures and am beginning a summer project related to the simulation of the growth and expansion of cities. Subsequently, my thesis is likely to focus on understanding the evolution and development of norms and institutions in cities, their role in creating stable social structures, and the resulting economic and devleopmental consequences.

Previous experience

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Assistant Financial Analyst - Office of Fair Trading, London

Associate Economist - Ofcom, London

Senior Associate Economist and Economic Modeller - Ofcom, London

Senior Consultant - Perspective Associates, London

I have worked as an economist in both the public and private sector, the main focus of my work has been in competition economics, the economics of mobile networks, modelling the economic benefits from technological change and the design of regulation: including media funding structure, electromagnetic spectrum auctions and working for the UK Government to resolve industry disputes.

Published work includes a major report on the economic benefits of licence-exempt radio spectrum (such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth) in the US, which can be found here, and most of the analysis underlying the UK government's revised spectrum policy in the Digital Britain Bill, which can be found here.

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