Jonathan Leape

Jonathan Leape is the Executive Director of the International Growth Centre, and an Associate Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science.[1]

Jonathan Leape
InstitutionInternational Growth Centre, London School of Economics
FieldDevelopment economics
Alma mater
University of Oxford
Harvard University

His areas of research include public economics, teaching and learning in higher education, financial sector reforms, taxation, congestion charging, and capital flows.[2] He has a PhD in Economics from Harvard University.[2]

Career

Jonathan Leape has been at the London School of Economics and Political Science since 1985. In 1990, after a request from the Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia), he set up the Centre for Research into Economics and Finance in Southern Africa, based at the LSE.[3]

In 2009 Jonathan Leape became the Director of LSE:100, an LSE course that introduces undergraduate students to social science.[4] He became the Executive Director of the International Growth Centre in 2013.[3]

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References
  1. Science, London School of Economics and Political. "Search People". London School of Economics and Political Science.
  2. Science, London School of Economics and Political. "Jonathan Leape". London School of Economics and Political Science.
  3. Science, London School of Economics and Political. "LSE Connect". London School of Economics and Political Science.
  4. "Jonathan Leape". IGC.
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