The Lord Stern of Brentford | |
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| President of the British Academy | |
| In office 2013–2017 | |
| Preceded by | Adam Roberts |
| Succeeded by | David Cannadine |
| Chief Economist of the World Bank | |
| In office July 2000 – 2003 | |
| President | James Wolfensohn |
| Preceded by | Joseph Stiglitz |
| Succeeded by | François Bourguignon |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 10 December 2007 Life Peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nicholas Herbert Stern 22 April 1946 London, England |
| Political party | Crossbench |
| Education | Peterhouse, Cambridge (BA) Nuffield College, Oxford (MA, DPhil) |
| Website | Official website |
| Known for | Stern Review (2006) |
| Awards | Fellow of the British Academy (1993) Blue Planet Prize (2009) Fellow of the Royal Society (2014) Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (2017) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Oxford University of Warwick London School of Economics Collège de France British Academy |
| Thesis | Location and the Rate of Development: A Study in the Theory of Optimum Planning (1971) |
| Doctoral advisor | James Mirrlees[1] |
Nicholas Herbert Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford, CH, FRS, FBA, FAcSS (born 22 April 1946 in Hammersmith[2]) is a British economist, banker, and academic. He is the IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government and Chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics (LSE), and 2010 Professor of Collège de France. He was President of the British Academy from 2013 to 2017, and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 2014.[3][4]
- ^ Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ "Stern of Brentford". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Nicholas H. Stern". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ "Past Presidents of the British Academy". The British Academy. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.