Sir Nicholas Stern is currently the IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government at the London School of Economics, heading a new India Observatory within the LSE's Asia Research Centre and also a Visiting Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford. He was Adviser to the UK Government on the Economics of Climate Change and Development, reporting to the Prime Minister from 2003-2007 and during that period, headed both the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change and the Government Economic Service. From 2003-2005, he was Second Permanent Secretary to Her Majesty's Treasury and from 2004-2005, Director of Policy and Research for the Prime Minister's Commission for Africa.
From 2000-2003, Sir Nicholas was World Bank Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, Development Economics. From 1994 until late 1999, he was Chief Economist and Special Counsellor to the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Before 1994, Sir Nicholas' roles were mostly academic: including 1986-1993 at the London School of Economics (LSE), where he became the Sir John Hicks Chair in Economics. He taught and researched at many places including Oxford and Warwick universities, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, the Indian Statistical Institute in Bangalore and Delhi, and the People's University of China in Beijing.
His research and publications have focused on economic development and growth, economic theory, tax reform, public policy and the role of the state and economies in transition. He has written books on crime and the criminal statistics in the UK, on public finance and development, as well as on tea in Kenya and the Green Revolution in India. His most recent book "Growth & Empowerment: Making Development Happen" was published in April 2005. The Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change was published in October 2006.
Sir Nicholas has served on committees of OXFAM, ODA, and the UN. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (July 1993), a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1998) and in 2004, was made a Knight Bachelor for services to economics. He holds a BA Cambridge (Mathematics), D.Phil Oxford (Economics) and has the following honorary degrees and fellowships: Honorary Doctorate, University of Warwick, Honorary Doctorate, University of Cambridge, Honorary Fellow St Catherine's College, Oxford, Honorary Fellow Peterhouse, Cambridge, Honorary Fellow, The Queen's College, Oxford.
