Robin Burgess

Robin Burgess FBA is a British economist who is professor of economics, co-founder and director of the International Growth Centre, as well as co-founder and director of the Economics of Energy and the Environment (EEE) program at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

His areas of research interest include environmental economics, development economics and political economy. He has also worked in labour economics and public economics. He has published on a variety of topics, including natural disasters, mass media, rural banks, land reform, labour regulation, industrial policy, taxation, poverty and growth.