The Leverhulme Trust has awarded £3 million to 30 outstanding researchers, six of which in Economics.

The Leverhulme Trust has announced the winners of the 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prizes. Chosen from over 350 nominations, the Trust offered five prizes in each of the following subject areas: Archaeology, Chemistry, Economics, Engineering, Geography, and Languages and Literatures. There are six winners for each prize, with each winner receives an award of £100,000 which may be used for any purpose that advances the prize winner’s research.

The winners in the economics category for 2025 were:

Dr Clare Balboni, Department of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, for their work on environmental economics, trade, development economics and spatial economics.

Professor Felipe González, Department of Economics, King’s College London, for their work on political economy, economic history, development economics and public economics.

Professor Attila Lindner, Department of Economics, University College London, for their work on applied microeconomics, specialising in labour markets and public finance.

Dr Ludvig Sinander, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, for their work on economic theory.

Professor Constantine Yannelis, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, for their work on financial economics, human capital investment, corporate finance, applied microeconomics and student loans.

Announcing the awards, Professor Anna Vignoles, Director of the Leverhulme Trust, said:

"We continue our centenary celebrations with the announcement of this year’s prize winners. The Trust is delighted to support them through the next stage of their careers."

She also noted the high quality of nominations, saying: 

"Selecting the winners becomes increasingly challenging year-on-year due to the extraordinarily high calibre of those nominated. We are immensely grateful to the reviewers and panel members who help us in our decision-making."

Now in its twenty-fourth year, this scheme commemorates the contribution to the work of the Trust made by Philip, Third Viscount Leverhulme and grandson of William Lever, the founder of the Trust. The prizes recognise and celebrate the achievements of outstanding researchers whose work has already attracted international recognition and whose future careers are exceptionally promising.

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