Richard Portes cited for service as Secretary-General of Royal Economic Society
Six RES Presidents honour Richard Portes, Professor of Economics, for his achievements as longest-serving (16 years) Secretary-General of the Society since Keynes
Richard held the post for the second longest period in the Society's history (since 1890). A tribute to Richard's achievements written by the six RES Presidents with whom he served cites a range of new initiatives during this period. These included the Women's Committee, the Econometrics Journal, the economics Media Initiative, the Ph.D. job market, and the Young Economist of the Year competition and annual public lectures, as well as strengthening the Economic Journal produced by the society.
The statement by the six Presidents said: "We wish to honour what Richard has achieved, and continues to achieve, for economics in the UK and beyond. It is in good part thanks to his efforts, and the tone he has set, that the UK economics profession has flourished. We are undoubtedly stronger because of Richard's influence and the values he embodies".
The statement stressed that besides his research and teaching, Richard continues to make important contributions to economics through the Centre for Economic Policy Research, of which he was founder and remains President (http://www.cepr.org/). ‘Richard is an out and out internationalist', the Presidents said, and CEPR, a research network of 750 European economists, embodies this commitment.
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