University of Sussex
Nicholas Crafts CBE FBA is Professor of Economic History (0.3FTE) at the University of Sussex. He is also Emeritus Professor of Economic History, University of Warwick where he was Director of CAGE, the ESRC Research Centre on Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy from 2010 to 2019.
He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and his earlier career included faculty positions at Oxford University and the London School of Economics and visiting appointments at UC Berkeley and Stanford University. At various times, he has been a consultant for HM Treasury, International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
He was President of the Economic History Society from 2004 to 2007 and is President-Elect of the Royal Economic Society for 2022/23. His research interests centre on the long-run economic performance of the British economy.