Books by Pete Lunn

Dr Pete Lunn is a behavioural economist, author and former BBC journalist, who joined the ESRI in 2006. He has produced over 30 peer-reviewed publications for policymakers in a range of government departments and state agencies, as well as contributing directly to the policymaking process in a number of areas. He has also written for numerous national newspapers and magazines, including The Irish Times, Irish Independent, New Scientist and Prospect. Prof. Frances Ruane, Director of the ESRI, has previously lectured in the Department of Economics in Trinity College Dublin, where she also held the posts of Director of the Policy Institute and Director of the MSc programme in Economic Policy Studies. Her work in the IDA, the Central Bank of Ireland, on numerous boards and governmental advisory committees/groups contributes to her experience of the Irish policy process. She has written extensively on Irish policy issues, most recently on the issue of evidence for policy.