Wendy Carlin Receives Royal Economic Society Medal for Services to the Economics Profession

This article originally appeared in the UCL Policy Lab Magazine.

Wendy Carlin, UCL Professor of Economics and Co-Director of the Stone Centre, was awarded the Royal Economic Society Medal for Services to the Economics Profession. The inaugural medal honours Professor Carlin’s ‘outstanding and lasting contribution to the economics profession’ with a particular recognition for her ‘outstanding work on CORE Econ and contribution to improving diversity in the profession.’

On receiving the award, Professor Carlin said “I’m delighted to have been awarded the inaugural RES Medal for Services to the Economics Profession. This is tremendous recognition for CORE Econ – which recently celebrated its tenth anniversary – and will provide more impetus to its work for a more just, sustainable, and democratic world in which citizens are empowered to address the most pressing societal problems.” Wendy will receive the medal at the Royal Economic Society Annual Conference in April.

Professor Carlin works with the UCL Policy Lab on its theme of Tackling Inequality, you can read about the collaboration and more about Wendy’s research in the inaugural edition of our magazine.

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