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14 Facts About Wendy Carlin

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Wendy Carlin's research focuses on macroeconomics, institutions and economic performance, and the economics of transition.

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Carlin was born in 1957, her father Brian Frederick Carlin was an agricultural scientist.

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Wendy Carlin completed her undergraduate education at Murdoch University, Australia in 1978.

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Wendy Carlin then went on to study for a master's degree and a DPhil degree at the University of Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship, finishing in 1987.

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In 2000, Wendy Carlin became a research fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research.

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Since 2011, Wendy Carlin has been a member of the expert advisory board to the Office for Budget Responsibility.

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In 2013, Wendy Carlin was one of the founders of Curriculum Open-access Resources in Economics, for which she is the director.

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Wendy Carlin has written three books, all coauthored with David Soskice:.

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Since 2019, Wendy Carlin has served as an External Professor to the Santa Fe Institute.

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In September 2014, Wendy Carlin was awarded an honorary degree in economics from Murdoch University.

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In 2016, Wendy Carlin was appointed a CBE in the New Year Honours, for services to economics and public finance.

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Wendy Carlin received the 2019 Economics Network Outstanding Career Achievement in Economics Education award.

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Wendy Carlin is a fellow of the European Economic Association and was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2023.

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Wendy Carlin was married to University of Oxford economics lecturer Andrew Glyn, with whom she had two children.