Professor Richard Harris (appointed 2014)
Richard is the Professor of Economics/HOD of
Accounting & Finance and Economics in the
Business School at Durham University. Before
joining Durham, Richard held the positions of Alec
Cairncross Professor of Applied Economics and
Director of the Centre for Public Policy for Regions
at Glasgow University.
He previously worked at the Universities of
Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham and Portsmouth
in the UK and Waikato in New Zealand. He holds
degrees in economics from the Universities of
Belfast, Lancaster and Kent.