Carys Roberts is a British economist and civil society leader, working as the executive director of the

Institute for Public Policy Research The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is a Progressivism, progressive think tank based in London. It was founded in 1988 by Clive Hollick, Baron Hollick, Lord Hollick and John Eatwell, Baron Eatwell, Lord Eatwell, and is an independen ...

progressive

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since 2020. Roberts read PPE at

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, and then for an MSc in social policy research from the

London School of Economics The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), established in 1895, is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the University of London. The school specialises in the social sciences. Founded ...

, and worked for the Social Mobility Foundation, the

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, the

Institute for Fiscal Studies The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) is an independent economic research institute based in London, United Kingdom, which specialises in UK taxation and public policy. It produces both academic and policy-related findings. The institute's ...

, and other places before joining the IPPR in 2015 as Senior Economist, promoted to Chief Economist in 2019 and to executive director the next year, replacing Tom Kibasi. Roberts has been named by the ''New Statesman'' as the forty-sixth most powerful person in British left-wing politics. She was named one of the 100 most influential women in the UK by ''The House'' in 2020, and again in their updated list in 2024.

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An index of Roberts's articles
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Living people British activists Alumni of the University of Oxford Alumni of the London School of Economics Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-poli-stub