Richard Wellings

Richard Wellings is Acting Academic and Research Director & Head of Transport at the Institute of Economic Affairs. He was educated at Oxford and the London School of Economics, completing a PhD on transport and environmental policy at the latter in 2004. He joined the IEA in 2006 as Deputy Editorial Director. Richard is the author, co-author or editor of several papers, books and reports, including 'Towards Better Transport' (Policy Exchange, 2008), 'A Beginner's Guide to Liberty' (Adam Smith...See more

Richard Wellings is Acting Academic and Research Director & Head of Transport at the Institute of Economic Affairs. He was educated at Oxford and the London School of Economics, completing a PhD on transport and environmental policy at the latter in 2004. He joined the IEA in 2006 as Deputy Editorial Director. Richard is the author, co-author or editor of several papers, books and reports, including 'Towards Better Transport' (Policy Exchange, 2008), 'A Beginner's Guide to Liberty' (Adam Smith Institute, 2009), 'High Speed 2: The Next Government Project Disaster?' (IEA , 2011) and 'Which Road Ahead - Government or Market?' (IEA, 2012). He is a Senior Fellow of the Cobden Centre and the Economic Policy Centre. See less