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1 JULIAN LE GRAND SUMMARY CURRICULUM VITAE *** Julian Le Grand Has Been Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Econo JULIAN LE GRAND SUMMARY CURRICULUM VITAE *** Julian Le Grand has been Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics since 1993. He was awarded a knighthood in the 2015 New Year's Honour's list for services to social sciences and public service. He is an economist by training, with a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author, co-author or editor of over twenty books, and more than one hundred refereed journal articles and book chapters on economics, philosophy and public policy. He has taught at the Universities of Sussex, Bristol and California, Santa Barbara, as well as the LSE. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, a Founding Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences, and an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine. He was a Trustee of the Kings Fund from 2007 to 2016. In 2006 he was awarded an honorary doctorate (D.Litt) by the University of Sussex. In 2012 he was awarded the Eupolis prize for Public Policy by the Eupolis Institute, Milan, and his submission for the Wolfson economics prize received ‘a special category' prize. He has been listed as one of the Guardian's and Prospect’s top British public intellectuals, the ESRC’s Heroes of Dissemination, the Evening Standard's most influential people in London, and the Local Government Chronicle's most influential people in local government. From 2003 to 2005 he was seconded to No 10 Downing St to serve as Senior Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister. In 2007 he was Chairman of the Social Work Practices Working Group for the UK Department for Children, Families and Schools. From 2007 to 2009 he was Chair of Health England: the National Reference Group for Health and Well Being for the UK Department of Health. From 2011 to 2013, he was Chair of the UK Cabinet Office's Mutuals TaskForce. In 2013 and 2014, he was the Chair of the Panels reviewing Doncaster's and Birmingham's Children's Services for the Department for Education and wrote the Panels' reports. As well as these positions, he has acted as an adviser to the President of the European Commission, the World Bank, the World Health Organisation, the OECD, HM Treasury, the UK Department of Work and Pensions and the BBC. He has been Vice-Chairman of a major teaching hospital, a Commissioner on the Commission for Health Improvement, and a non- executive director of several health authorities. He has served on many National Health Service working parties, on several think-tank commissions and on two grants boards for the Economic and Social Research Council. He is one of the principal architect of the UK’s public service reforms, empowering users and introducing contestability into health care and education. His other policy innovations include the Pupil Premium for the less well-off and for looked after children, now Government policy; the Social Work Practices established by the Department for Education and the Department of 1 Health; Patient Budgets piloted by the Department of Health; the Partnership Scheme for funding long term care endorsed by the 2005 Wanless Report Securing Good Care for Older People; and the Child Trust Fund, government policy from 2002-2010. He writes regularly for the national and international press. He also appears frequently on television and radio, including the Today Programme, The World at One, The World Tonight and The Politics Show. He has been several times a member of Radio 4’s Any Questions panel and has presented editions of Radio 4’s Analysis and BBC 2’s The Big Idea. 2 FULL CURRICULUM VITAE Name Julian LE GRAND Address Marshall Institute London School of Economics 5 Lincoln’s Inn Fields London WC2A 3BP United Kingdom Telephone LSE phone: +44 207 955 7353 Home phone: +44 117 973 0975 Mobile: +44 7771 985 294 E-mail: [email protected] Nationality British Degrees BA Economics, University of Sussex, 1967. Upper second. PhD Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 1972 Honours and Awards 2014 Knight Bachelor (for services to social science and public service) 2012 Fellow of the British Academy 2012 Eupolis Prize 2012, Eupolis Institute, Milan 2012 Wolfson prize, special mention category 2008 Institute of Healthcare Management, Companion 2007 Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. 2006 Honorary Doctorate (D.Litt), University of Sussex. 1999 Founding Academician, Academy of Social Sciences 1997 Honorary Fellow, Faculty of Public Health Medicine 1967-71 Thouron Scholar, University of Pennsylvania Present Post 1993-present Professor of Social Policy, London School of Economics Previous Posts 2003-2005 Senior Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister, No.10 Downing St (on secondment) 1987-93 Professor of Public Policy, and (1990-93) Director, School for Advanced Urban Studies, University of Bristol. 1985-1987 Senior Research Fellow and Director of Welfare State Programme, Suntory-Toyota International Centre for Economics and Related 3 Disciplines, London School of Economics 1978-1985 Lecturer in Economics, London School of Economics 1977-1978 Visiting Professor in Economics, University of California at Santa Barbara 1971-1977 Lecturer in Economics, University of Sussex Curent Public Service 2014 – present Board member Think Ahead Previous Public Service 2014 Chair, Panel reviewing Birmingham Children's Services 2013 Chair, Panel reviewing Doncaster Children’s Services 2011-2013 Chair, Cabinet Office Mutuals Task Force 2008-2013 Expert Advisory Group, Social Work Practices, Department for Children, Schools and Families 2009-2010 Visiting Fellow, Bureau of European Policy Advisors, European Commission, Brussels 2007-2009 Chair, Health England: the National Reference Group for Health and Well-being, Department of Health. 2006-2007 Chair, Working Group on Social Care Practices, Department for Education and Skills 2004-2009 Member, Group of Societal Policy Analysts, European Commission, Brussels 2007-2008 Member, Steering Panel, Science Review, Department of Health 1999-2003 Commissioner, Commission for Health Improvement 1996-1999 Vice-Chair and Non-Executive Director, Frenchay NHS Healthcare Trust 1994-1999 Member, General Officer Commanding's Health Service Advisory Board, British Forces Germany Health Commission 1994-1995 Non-Executive Director, Avon Health Authority 1990-1995 Member, Avon Family Health Service Authority 1988-1992 Member, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Research Grants Board 1982-1986 Member, ESRC Social Affairs Committee Current Professional Activities 2016- present Editorial Board, Journal of Behavioural Public Policy 2007- present Editorial Board, Political Quarterly 2005- present International Advisory Board, Health Economics, Policy and Law Previous Professional Activities 2007- 2016 Trustee, Kings Fund 2013- 14 Member, Kings Fund Commission on Health and Socal Care 2013- 14 Member, Mutuals Advisory Panel 4 2011-2012 Member, OHE Commission on Competition in the NHS 2004-2011 Chairman, Harkness Fellowship Selection Committee, New York Commonwealth Fund 2007-2011 Member, Research Awards Advisory Committee, Leverhulme Trust 2007-2008 Member, Local Government Association Health Commission 1993-2007 Fellow and Senior Associate, Kings Fund 1999-2003 Governor and Member of Council, London School of Economics. 1999-2001 Member, Institute of Public Policy Research Commission on Public/Private Partnerships 1998-2000 Member, Fabian Commission on Taxation and Citizenship 1996-1997 Member of Council, Policy Studies Institute 1983 Visiting Research Fellow, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra 1984-1986 Editorial Board, Quarterly Journal of Social Affairs 1988-1992 Editorial Board, Policy and Politics 1991-1998 Editorial Board, Consumer Policy Review At various times Consultant for the World Health Organisation, the World Bank, the European Commission, the OECD, the BBC, HM Treasury, the UK National Audit Office, the UK Department of Health and le Ministere de l'Urbanisme et du Logement, Paris. 5 PUBLICATIONS Authored Books 1976 The Economics of Social Problems (with R. Robinson) Houndmills: Macmillan. 1980 The Economics of Social Problems (with R. Robinson) US edition, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 1982 The Strategy of Equality: Redistribution and the Social Services, London: Allen and Unwin. 1984 The Economics of Social Problems (with R. Robinson) 1984, 2nd edition, Houndmills: Macmillan. 1988 Not Only the Poor: The Middle Classes and the Welfare State (with R. Goodin et al), London: Allen and Unwin. 1991 Equity and Choice: An Essay in Economics and Applied Philosophy, London: Harper Collins (now Routledge). 1992 The Economics of Social Problems 3rd edition, (with R. Robinson and C. Propper) Houndmills: Macmillan. Chinese translation. 1996 Rationing in the NHS: Principles and Pragmatism (with B. New), London: Kings Fund. 2003 Motivation, Agency and Public Policy: Of Knights and Knaves, Pawns and Queens, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Greek translation 2007. Japanese translation 2008. 2006 Motivation, Agency and Public Policy: Of Knights and Knaves, Pawns and Queens, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Revised Paperback Edition. 2007 The Other Invisible Hand: Delivering Public Services through Choice and Competition Oxford: Princeton University Press. Translated into Chinese, Russian, Japanese and Portuguese. 2008 The Economics of Social Problems 4th edition, (with C. Propper and S. Smith) Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan. 2015 Government Paternalism: Nanny State or Helpful Friend? (with Bill New). Princeton: Princeton University Press 6 Edited Books 1984 Privatisation and the
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