Carsten Jung

Associate director for economic policy and AI

Carsten leads the economy team and is responsible for IPPR's economic policy work, including macroeconomics, growth and fiscal policy. This also includes IPPR's work on the economic and societal impacts of artificial intelligence (AI). He is based in the Westminster office. He is also a lecturer in economics at the University of Bayreuth, Germany.

Carsten has published reports on a wide range of macroeconomic policy issues and AI policy at IPPR. Before joining IPPR, Carsten worked for six years at the Bank of England. There he first worked on international macroeconomics, financial regulation, financial risks from climate change, and the regulation of AI in finance. Carsten also previously worked at the International Monetary Fund on fiscal policy.

He is an experienced media spokesperson and contributor, having appeared in national and international media including BBC News, Sky News, and the Today programme on Radio 4, and has written for outlets such as the Guardian.

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