Tony Atkinson#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 18 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ECONOMICS, BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1988 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Tony Atkinson passed away January 1, 2017.
Positions Held
- since 2010 Centennial Professor, London School of Economics
- 2009-2011 F W Taussig Visiting Professor of Economics, Harvard University
- 2007-2009 Professor of Economics, University of Oxford
- 2006-2007 Holder of Chaire Blaise Pascal, Paris School of Economics
- since 2005 Fellow of Nuffield College
- 1994-2005 Warden, Nuffield College, Oxford
- 1992-1994 Professor of Political Economy, University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Churchill College
- 1980-1992 Tooke Professor of Economic Science and Statistics, London School of Economics
- 1976-1979 Professor of Political Economy, University College, London
- 1973 Visiting Professor of Economics at MIT
- 1971-1976 Professor of Economics, University of Essex
- 1967-1971 Fellow of St. John’s College, Cambridge
Fields of Scholarship
- Economics of income distribution and poverty
- Microeconomics
- Public economics
- Economics of income distribution
- Poverty and security
Honours and Awards
- 2015 EIB Outstanding Contribution Award for excellence in economic and social research for his contributions to the field of the economics of inequality
- 2012-2014 President, Human Development and Capabilities Association
- 2007 A.SK Social Science Prize, WZB, Berlin
- 2005 Professor Luigi Tartafuri Prize
- 2004 Honorary Fellow, London School of Economics
- 1995 Frank E Seidman Distinguished Award in Political Economy
- 1986 UAP Scientific Prize, Paris
- 1997 President, Section F, British Association for the Advancement of Science
- 1995-1998 President, Royal Economic Society
- Member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- 1994 Foreign Honorary Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1989-1992 President, International Economic Association
- 1989 President, European Economic Association
- 1988 Founding Member of the Academia Europaea
- 1985 Honorary Member of the American Economic Association
- 1984 Fellow of the British Academy (Vice President 1988-90)
- 1974 Fellow of the Econometric Society (President, 1988)
