Rosie Collington
Rosie Collington is a political economist, writer, and PhD candidate at the University College London Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, where she researches the political economy of outsourcing. Her research explores the political economy of health innovation, the role of the state in value creation, climate governance, and public sector reform. Collington is the co-author with Mariana Mazzucato of The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilizes our Governments and Warps our Economies. She also regularly provides policy advice to think tanks, trade unions, and other nonprofit and for-profit organizations. Previously, she held roles in policy and advocacy at the British Heart Foundation, and most recently as a Researcher for a project led by Professor William Lazonick on pharmaceutical industry financialization, funded by the Institute for New Economic Thinking.
Rosie Collington Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Senior Postgraduate Teaching Assistant
Academic History
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M.Phil., Ph.D., Innovation and Public Policy
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M.Sc., Political Science, International Political Economy
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B.A., Politics and Arabic
RESEARCH & EARLY CAREER
Collington has worked as an Adjunct Lecturer in Political Economy and a Seminar Lead at both undergraduate and Master's level at UCL.
She has conducted policy research for the CommonWealth and the British Heart Foundation, where she also previously worked within an outsourced team from Deloitte.
She is a Coordinator of the Economics of Innovation Working Group with the Institute for New Economic Thinking’s Young Scholars Initiative.
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
Collington has written for The Guardian, openDemocracy, and The Independent.
She has published with New Political Economy and the Institute for New Economic Thinking.
She has been invited to provide Guest Lectures at universities in Denmark and the United States, as well as act as a discussant at public events.
She has presented ongoing research at various academic conferences and workshops.