Ian Preston

Room: Drayton House 2.07
Office Hour (by appointment):
For teaching (ECON0013, ECON0061): Tue (in person, DH 2.07): 14:00-15:00
For personal tutees: Mon (online): 16:00-17:00; Fri (in person, DH 2.07): 15:30-16:30
Extension: 5836
Email: i.preston@ucl.ac.uk
Bluesky: ianpreston.bsky.social

Research Interests

Consumer demand
Distribution of Living Standards
Immigration
Public Spending and Taxation
Political economy
Sport

I also maintain a site on the History of Economics and Statistics in London

Teaching

Undergraduate
- ECON0013: Intermediate Microeconomics
Postgraduate
- ECON0061: Public Microeconomics

Professional Details

Professor of Economics, University College London

Research Director, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration

Research Fellow, Institute for Fiscal Studies

Personal Details

Born, Birmingham, 1964.

Married to Vandana Desai. Two children: Nayantara, born 1996, and Dhruva, born 1998.

Ian Preston
Department of Economics
University College London
Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
Email: i.preston@ucl.ac.uk