Johannes Spinnewijn

Johannes Spinnewijn is an Associate Professor in Economics at the London School of Economics. His research focuses on various topics in public economics, including the design of social insurance and tax systems. An important theme in his work is the design of policies when people are subject to behavioural biases. In 2015 he won the British Academy’s annual Wiley Prize for outstanding early career achievement in research. Johannes is affiliated with the CEPR and the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Prior to joining LSE, he completed his PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Research Interests: Public Economics, Social Insurance, Behavioral Economics, Health Economics

APPOINTMENTS

• London School of Economics and Political Science
  • 2017 – Associate Professor in Economics
  • 2014 – 2017 Tenured Lecturer in Economics
  • 2009 – 2014 Lecturer in Economics
• 2018 – 2019 Visiting scholar at UC Berkeley
• 2016 Spring Visiting scholar at MIT
• 2014 – Visiting position at KULeuven
• 2009 – 2014 Visiting position at Ecares, ULB

EDUCATION

• 2009 Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Ph.D. in Economics
• 2004 Universite Libre de Bruxelles - M.A. in Economics
• 2003 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - B.A. in Economics