Distinguished Fellows

In 2019, CEPR established a new category of affiliation. CEPR Distinguished Fellows are eminent economists who enjoy a high standing in the profession.

Distinguished Fellows have typically had a research career; have held office in high level policy institutions; and have rendered service to CEPR and the profession. Appointments are effective for a period of six years, renewable. 

Distinguished Fellows can participate in research and policy conferences and advise CEPR leadership. 

Philippe Aghion

Professor Collège De France; The Kurt Björklund Chaired Professor in Innovation and Growth Insead; Visiting Professor London School Of Economics And Political Science

Charles Bean

Professor of Economics and Co-director, Executive Masters in Public Administration/Policy London School Of Economics And Political Science

Agnès Bénassy-Quéré

Deputy-Governor Banque De France; Distinguished Fellow Centre for Economic Policy Research; Professor (on Leave) Pantheon-Sorbonne University; Professor (on Leave) Paris School of Economics (PSE)

Distinguished Fellow / Advisory Group Member / RPN Member, European Economic Policy

Lorenzo Bini Smaghi

Chairman Italgas; Chairman Société Générale; Honorary Professor, UCL Policy Lab University College London

Distinguished Fellow / Advisory Group Member

Olivier Blanchard

Robert M. Solow Professor of Economics emeritus Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Professor of Economics Paris School of Economics (PSE); Senior Fellow Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

Laurence Boone

Chief Economist, Head of the Economics Department and Deputy Secretary-General Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)

Distinguished Fellow / Advisory Group Member

Vitor Constancio

former Vice-President European Central Bank; Professor University of Navarra

Distinguished Fellow / Advisory Group Member

Esther Duflo

Co-Director Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL); Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); President Paris School of Economics (PSE)

Fellow, Public Economics / Fellow, Development Economics / Fellow, Climate Change and the Environment / Distinguished Fellow / Advisory Group Member

Linda Goldberg

Financial Research Adviser Federal Reserve Bank Of New York

Distinguished Fellow / RPN Member, Geoeconomics / Advisory Group Member

Linda S. Goldberg

Financial Research Adviser Federal Reserve Bank Of New York

Distinguished Fellow / RPN Member, Geoeconomics

Pinelopi Goldberg

Elihu Professor of Economics Yale University

Distinguished Fellow / Advisory Group Member

Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas

Research Director and Economic Counsellor International Monetary Fund; Director, Clausen Center for International Business and Policy; S.K. and Angela Chan Professor of Global Management in the Department of Economics and Haas School of Business University of California, Berkeley

Fellow, International Macroeconomics and Finance / Distinguished Fellow / Advisory Group Member / RPN Member, European Economic Policy

Martin Hellwig

Director (em.) Max Planck Institute For Research On Collective Goods

Distinguished Fellow / Advisory Group Member

Pascal Lamy

President Paris Peace Forum

Distinguished Fellow / Advisory Group Member

Catherine L. Mann

Monetary Policy Committee, Bank Of England

Distinguished Fellow / Advisory Group Member

Mario Monti

President Bocconi University, former Prime Minister of Italy Bocconi University

Distinguished Fellow / Advisory Group Member

Maurice Obstfeld

C. Fred Bergsten Senior Fellow Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

Distinguished Fellow / Fellow, Economic History / Fellow, International Macroeconomics and Finance / Advisory Group Member

Lucas Papademos

Chair in Economic Sciences and former President Academy of Athens; former Vice-President European Central Bank; Former Prime Minister Government of Greece

Distinguished Fellow / Advisory Group Member

Ceyla Pazarbasioglu

Director of the Strategy, Policy, and Review Department International Monetary Fund

Distinguished Fellow / Advisory Group Member

Jean Pisani-Ferry

Senior Fellow Bruegel; Non-resident Senior Fellow Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

Peter Praet

Former Chief Economist and Member of the Executive Board European Central Bank

Distinguished Fellow / Advisory Group Member

Lucrezia Reichlin

Fellow British Academy; Fellow Econometric Society; Chair of the fellows IFRS International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation; Professor of Economics London Business School

Carmen Reinhart

Minos A. Zombanakis Professor of the International Financial System Harvard Kennedy School

Lars Hendrik Röller

Chairman Berlin Global Dialogue; Professor of Economics European School of Management and Technology; Chair The Green Guarantee Group

Fellow, Industrial Organization / Distinguished Fellow / Advisory Group Member

Andrew Rose

Professor Emeritus Dean of the NUS Business School National University Of Singapore; Dean National University of Singapore Business School; Professor Emeritus at the Haas School of Business University of California, Berkeley

Isabel Schnabel

Member of the Executive Board European Central Bank; Professor of Financial Economics (on leave) University Of Bonn

RPN Member, European Financial Architecture / Fellow, Banking and Corporate Finance / Distinguished Fellow / Advisory Group Member