▪️Full name: John Van Reenen (1965)
🏫Education:
BA in Economics and Social and Political Sciences (University of Cambridge)
M.S. in Industrial Relations (London School of Economics)
Ph.D. in Economics (UCL)
▪️Position:
Ronald Coase School Professor, Department of Economics, London School of Economics (2016-present)
Digital Fellow, MIT Initiative for the Digital Economy (since 2020)
Associate Editor, Econometrica (2021-present)
Editorial Board Member, MicroEconomic Insights (2018-present)
Fellow of the Econometric Society (2012-present)
Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (2006-present)
▪️Field: Applied Microeconomics, Innovation, Productivity, Labour Economics, Industrial Economics
📝Top 3 Papers:
Measuring and explaining management practices across firms and countries (The quarterly journal of Economics
Mapping the two faces of R&D: Productivity growth in a panel of OECD industries (Review of economics and statistics
Market share, market value and innovation in a panel of British manufacturing firms (The review of economic studies)
🎧Podcast:
Are We Running Out of Ideas? (Freakonomics)
Going for Growth (LSE: Public lectures and events)
📽Presentation:
ECB COVID 19 Webinars: John Van Reenen – The COVID Recovery and Beyond: Going for Growth (European Central Bank)
Going for Growth (Center for Economic Performance)
Prof. John Van Reenen, MIT, on how MIT is one of the most unique places to study in the world (MIT Sloan)
👩🎓Famous Students:
Nicholas Bloom (Stanford University)
Ari Bronsoler (Google)
Sharon Belenzon (Duke University)
🏆Honors & Awards:
Awarded Honorary Foreign Membership of the American Economic Association (2022)
OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) awarded by the Queen for “For services to
Economics and Public Policy Making” (2016)
Excellence in Refereeing Award, American Economic Review (2010-2013)
📚Top Books:
Investing for Prosperity: A Manifesto for Growth (LSE)
Image credit:
1-© The Knowledge Exchange Lecture by Professor John Van Reenen “Management and the Wealth of Nations
2-© M. Scott Brauer
3-©M. Scott Brauer
Author: Hasti Mighati
