Len Shackleton joined Buckingham in September 2011 as Professor of Economics. He was previously Dean of the Royal Docks Business School at the University of East London and prior to that was Dean of the Westminster Business School. He has also taught at Queen Mary, University of London and worked as an economist in the Civil Service. His research and teaching interests are primarily in labour economics and he is Course Director of the online MA in Political Economy by Research. He has worked with many think tanks, most closely with the Institute of Economic Affairs, where he is currently a Research and Editorial Fellow. He edits the international journal Economic Affairs, which is co-published by the IEA and The University of Buckingham. Professor Shackleton has published widely in books and academic journals and is a frequent media commentator on economic issues.
Selected Publications
- J. R. Shackleton (2024) Unions Resurgent? The Past, Present and Uncertain Future of Trade Unions in Britain Institute of Economic Affairs.
- Alex Edmans and J. R. Shackleton ‘High CEO Pay is Not a Simple Story of Rent Seeking’ in Ryan A. Bourne (ed). The War on Prices Cato Institute.
- J. R. Shackleton and Victoria Hewson (2022) Red Card: Why English football doesn’t need an independent regulator Institute of Economic Affairs Current Controversies 84.
- J. R. Shackleton (2021) Editor and Contributor Having Your Say: Threats to Free Speech in the 21st Century Institute of Economic Affairs.
- Julian Jessop and J. R. Shackleton (2020) Rebooting Britain: How the UK Economy can recover from Coronavirus IEA and Civitas.
- J. R. Shackleton (2019) Editor and Contributor, Top Dogs and Fat Cats Institute of Economic Affairs.
- J. R. Shackleton (2018) Robocalypse Now? Why we shouldn’t panic about automation, algorithms and artificial intelligence Institute of Economic Affairs Current Controversies 61.
- J. R. Shackleton (2017) Working to Rule: The Damaging Economics of UK Employment Regulation Institute of Economic Affairs.
- Patrick Minford and J. R. Shackleton (2016) Editors and Contributors Breaking Up is Hard to Do: Britain and Europe’s Dysfunctional Relationship Institute of Economic Affairs.
- J. R. Shackleton (2016) ‘Trade-offs and synergies in higher education: where our government gets it wrong’ in James Croft and G. Heller Sahlgren (eds) Steps forward, steps backward: What to make of the government’s plans for higher education market reform Centre for Market Reform of Education.