Pranesh Narayanan

Senior research fellow

Pranesh is a senior research fellow within IPPR’s Centre for Economic Justice, focusing on the intersection between environmental and economic justice.

He specialises in analysis of companies and sectors, with particular expertise in quantitative methods. This includes financial microsimulation modelling, policy costings, regression analysis and input-output analysis. He also has experience in public finance and qualitative methods such as surveys.

Before joining IPPR, Pranesh was an economist at HM Treasury where he advised policymakers on the impacts of the pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent energy crisis on UK businesses. He started his career as an economist at Defra, working on agricultural policy and the crisis response to Covid-19.

Pranesh holds a BSc in Economics (University of Southampton) and an MSc in International Public Policy (UCL).

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    Planes, trains and automobiles: How green transport can drive manufacturing growth in the UK

    Transport is essential to our lives. Unfortunately, it is currently also the largest source of UK domestic carbon emissions. 

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  4. Sky News discussion of IPPR's report on Capital Gains Tax featuring Julia Davies & Pranesh Narayanan

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    Low capital gains tax is not a sensible way to support entrepreneurs

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    Heat pump manufacturing is a strategic priority for the UK economy.