Jonathan Leape

Jonathan Leape is the executive director of the International Growth Centre, and an associate professor of economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

His areas of research include public economics, teaching and learning in higher education, financial sector reforms, taxation, congestion charging, and capital flows. He has a PhD in Economics from Harvard University.

In 2009 Jonathan Leape became the Director of LSE:100, an LSE course that introduces undergraduate students to social science. He became the executive director of the International Growth Centre in 2013.