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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  1. The Houses of Parliament and Big Ben, River Thames and Westminster Bridge

    Fairness first: How the budget can make life better and the economy stronger

    The chancellor faces a daunting task at the upcoming budget. A fiscal gap sets the stage, putting the chancellor in the unenviable position of having to raise taxes.

  2. Pranesh Narayanan giving evidence to Treasury Select Committee on National Wealth Fund

  3. Train and cars on a motorway with London skyline in background

    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. 

  4. Avoiding austerity 2.0: Why is the government considering tax rises at the budget?

    Whether we look at the courts, hospitals, prisons or GP services, the nation’s public services are in a dire state.

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

  6. Uk money coins and notes

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

    Ahead of the new government’s first budget, the chancellor’s challenge is twofold.