Prof Jolene Skordis

Professor of Economics, UCL Institute for Global Health and Vice-Dean (International and Advancement), Faculty of Population Health Sciences, University College London

Prof Jolene Skordis is a Professor of Economics, specialising in Health and Development. She is Vice-Dean (International and Advancement) for UCL’s Faculty of Population Health Sciences, Chair of the European Global Health Research Institutes Network, a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for the Future of Work, a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health and a Fellow of the Royal Economic Society. She is a regular advisor to the World Bank and the Global Fund. Her research spans the evaluation of complex public health interventions, fiscal space for sustainable and scalable health service delivery, anti-poverty programmes, gender empowerment, social networks, equity and the impact of technology on the future of work and wellness. Her work has directly influenced government policy in a range of countries.