Head of the Department of Economics at SOAS
Dr Ulrich Volz is Head of the Department of Economics and Reader in Economics at SOAS University of London. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at the German Development Institute and Honorary Professor of Economics at the University of Leipzig. Ulrich serves as a member of the Advisory Council of the Asian Development Bank Institute in Tokyo, chairman of the Japan Economy Network, and co-editor-in-chief of the Asia Europe Journal. Ulrich is a lead author of a recent report commissioned by UN Environment on Climate Change and the Cost of Capital in Developing Countries and co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of Banking and Finance in Asia.