Richard Wellings Author & Editor

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.