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Professor Diane Coyle CBE
FAcSS
Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the Bennett Institute, University of Cambridge
About me
Diane co-directs the Bennett Institute(Opens in a new window) where she leads research under the themes of progress and productivity. She is the author of many books, most recently Cogs and Monsters, and is a world expert on economic measurement ‘Beyond GDP’.
Her research focuses on inclusive wealth, productivity, the digital economy and digital policy. Diane is also a Director of the Productivity Institute, a Fellow of the Office for National Statistics, an adviser to the Competition and Markets Authority and a Senior Independent Member of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
She has served in a number of public service roles including as Vice-Chair of the BBC Trust, as a member of the Competition Commission, and of the Natural Capital Committee. Diane was previously Professor of Economics at the University of Manchester and gained her PhD in Economics at Harvard University.
Awards
Honorary Doctor of the University, University of York, 2022
Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Bristol, 2019
Honorary Fellow, Brasenose College, Oxford, 2018
Honorary Doctor of Letters, University of Portsmouth, 2015
Honorary Fellow, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
CBE for contribution to public understanding of economics January 2018
Publications
From Covid19 to green recovery with natural capital accounting (with Michael Vardon & others), Ambio, 2022.
Shaping successful mega-project investments, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Volume 38, Issue 5, Spring 2022.
Natural Capital in Climate Models (with Matthew Agarwala). Nature Sustainability. Issue X, 28 September 2020, DOI 10.1038/s41893-020-00618-x
The Value of Data: Policy Implications(Opens in a new window), with Stephanie Diepeveen, Lawrence Kay, Jeni Tennison, Julia Wdowin, Bennett Institute, February 2020
GDP: A Brief but Affectionate History, March 2014, Princeton University Press, revised edition 2015.