Richard Blundell - Curriculum vitae#

Ricardo Professor of Economics, University College London
Research Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Date of Birth: May 1952

1970-1973 B.Sc. University of Bristol. (First Class)
1973-1975 M.Sc. London School of Economics (Econometrics)
1975-1984 Lecturer in Econometrics, University of Manchester
1984- Professor of Economics. University College London
1986- Research Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies

Honorary Doctorates

• 1999 University of St Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland 2003
  
• 2000 NHH, Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen, Norway 2011
  
• 2001 University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany 2011
  

Presidency of Professional Organizations

• 2004 President, European Economics Association
  
• 2006 President, Econometric Society
  
• 2010 President, Society for Labor Economics
  
• 2010-13 President, Royal Economic Society
  

Honours and Prizes

• Fellow of the Econometric Society 1991
  
• Yrjö Jahnsson Prize 1995
  
• FBA: Fellow of the British Academy 1997
  
• Frisch Prize, Econometric Society 2000
  
• Honorary Member of the American Economic Association 2001
  
• American Academy of Arts and Science 2002
  
• Honorary Fellow: Institute of Actuaries 2003
  
• Fellow: Society of Labor Economists 2005
  
• CBE: New Years Honors List 2006
  
• Jean-Jacques Laffont Prize, 2008
  
• CES Prize Fellow 2010, Munich 2010
  
• Downing Fellow, University of Melbourne 2011
  
• IZA Prize in Labor Economics 2012
  
• Carlos Lloyd Braga Chair, Minho, Portugal 2013
  
• Knighthood: New Years Honors List 2014
  

Editorial Positions

• Review of Economic Studies, Associate Editor (1984-1988)
  
• Journal of Econometrics, Co-Editor (1991-1997); Executive Council 1997-
  
• Econometrica, Co-Editor (July 1997- 2001)
  
• Mirrlees Review, Editor, 2006-2011
  
• Annual Reviews (Economics), Editorial Board, 2011 -
  

Scientific Advisory Positions

• CentER, Tilburg: Scientific Council: 2001 –
  
• CEPR: Scientific Advisory Committee: 2003 – 2007
  
• CERGE-EI: Scientific Advisory Committee: 2003 – 2006
  
• PSE (Paris School of Economics): Scientific Council: 2005 – 2009
  
• Barcelona GSE (Graduate School in Economics): External Advisory Scientific Board: 2007 –
  
• Toulouse School of Economics: President, Scientific Council: 2009 – 2013
  
• CEMFI: Board of Trustees: 2009 –
  
• CFS-SAFE: Centre of Excellence, Scientific Council, Goethe University, 2013 -
  
• ERC Panel SH1, Panel Chair; Consolidator Grant Fellowships: 2014