Joel Gould
Markets & Policy Lead
Joel Gould's interests
Causal inference
Data science
Environmental economics
Mathematics
Physics
Economics
Policy Development
Joel Gould is a policy expert with master's degrees in both economics and chemistry. His chemistry master's research studied the impact of biogenic, short-lived hydrocarbons on climate while his economics master's research applied causal inference techniques to examine the impact of EU R&D policy on national innovation performance.
Before joining BeZero, Joel was Head of R&D Investment Strategy at the UK's Department for Science, Innovation & Technology. He has experience across a range of policy areas in UK Government including science & innovation, economic shocks and air quality.
Education
Birkbeck, University of London, MSc in Economics
University of Cambridge, BA & MSci in Natural Sciences (Chemistry)
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