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Professor Michael Waterson

Michael Waterson

Reporting Panel Member

Biography

Professor Michael Waterson (appointed in 2005) is Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick. He held previous academic posts at the Universities of Reading and Newcastle and was President of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics and Chair of the (UK) Network of Industrial Economists. He was also General Editor of the ‘Journal of Industrial Economics’. He has published widely in a variety of areas of industrial economics. He has served as Specialist Adviser to Subcommittee B of the European Union Committee of the House of Lords.

Register of interests

  • Professor of Economics, University of Warwick
  • Member, Economics Advisory Group, Cooperation and Competition Panel for NHS services
  • Member, Scientific Advisory Panel, DIW Berlin
  • Previously: Chair, Network of Industrial Economics (until end 2009)
  • Previously: member, Advisory Panel, Centre for Competition Policy UEA (until September 2009)
  • Previously: Chairman, Utility Appeals Panel, Bailiwick of Guernsey (until end 2007)
  • Previously: member, Home Office Advisory Panel, (2006-2008)
  • Previously: external examiner, undergraduate degrees in Economics, University of Edinburgh (until September 2008); former external examiner and assessor, MSc Management/Interdisciplinary Institute of Management, London School of Economics (until November 2005)
  • Previously: training lecturer for Europe Economics on behalf of government clients including the Office of Fair Trading and others involved in competition matters (now ceased)
  • Previously: ad hoc advice on switching project for Ofgem, Frontier Economics (until March 2004); ad hoc report on some old cases, provision of economic advice, Competition Commission (until April 2005); ad hoc discussion of supply competition in electricity/gas, DTe (Dutch Energy Regulator) (until April 2004); ad hoc work on consumer empowerment issues, DTI (until December 2004)
  • Previously: Special Advisor, Subcommittee B of the European Union Committee, House of Lords (until October 2006); adviser on promotions, London School of Economics (no longer active)
  • Previously: member, Expert Panel, West Midlands Transport Infrastructure Forum (2006 and 2007)
  • As an academic competition economist he has written, and had published, articles relating to various sectors.