Dr Laura Harvey

Pronouns: She/her
  • Lecturer in Economics

Expertise: labour economics, economics of education, inequality and social mobility.

Research groups and centres

Please call the press office on 01509 223491 to arrange an interview with Dr Laura Harvey. Bookings can also be made online at globelynx.com.

Dr Laura Harvey is a labour economist and applied econometrician. The overarching theme of her research is economic inequality and social mobility, with two strands: education and labour economics. She is particularly interested on the interrelationship between poverty, inequality, and economic growth as well as education policy.

Laura joined the Economics discipline group in September 2023. Before joining Loughborough, she worked at the University of East Anglia as a Lecturer in Economics.

Laura is passionate about widening participation and increasing diversity in the economics discipline.