Mr Ben Cooper
Knowledge Exchange Fellow
Economics
Personal statement
Personal statement
Ben is a Knowledge Exchange Associate at the Fraser of Allander Institute working across a number of projects areas. He has a Masters in Economics from the University of Edinburgh, and a degree in Economics from the University of Strathclyde. His main areas of focus are on health, social care and the economics related to the criminal justice system. He also has experience in business survey design and dissemination; a host of commissioned research projects for private, public and third sector organisations; and, economic modelling.
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Publications
- The Economic Contribution of Colleges in Scotland
- Spowage Mairi, Cooper Benjamin, Milne Katherine, Connolly Kevin
- (2023)
- Economic commentary [March 2024]
- Spowage Mairi, Cooper Benjamin, Sousa Joao P, Congreve Emma, Crummey Ciara, Gillan Brodie, Milne Katherine, Fox Calum
- Fraser of Allander Economic Commentary Vol 48 (2024)
- Drink, death and driving : do blood alcohol content limit reductions improve road safety?
- Cooper Benjamin, Gehrsitz Markus, McIntyre Stuart G
- Health Economics Vol 29, pp. 841-847 (2020)
- https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4016
- Discussion Paper: An Illustrative Model for Estimating the Cost Savings Supported by Early Years Programme Intervention
- Randolph Hannah L, Cooper Benjamin, Marryat Louise, Robertson Senga
- (2026)
- Mapping the potential, an illustrative model for estimating the cost savings supported by mentoring-based throughcare programmes
- Cooper Ben
- (2025)
- Evaluating the Wise Group and Partners Fair Start Scotland Service
- Cooper Ben
- (2025)
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Professional Activities
- Economic Futures Careers Fair 2025
- Host
- 8/10/2025
- To Evaluate or Not to Evaluate
- Speaker
- 18/9/2025
- Podcast: The Fraser of Allander Institute's 50th anniversary
- Participant
- 18/6/2025
- Podcast: Our take on the UK Government’s spending review
- Recipient
- 12/6/2025
- The Sannox sets sail, but is Ardrossan being left behind?
- Contributor
- 5/2/2025
- Podcast: Post Budget Thoughts and 2024 Review
- Participant
- 18/12/2024
Projects
- CMS Leadership in Turbulent Times
- Spowage, Mairi (Principal Investigator) Cooper, Benjamin (Co-investigator)
- 11-Jan-2026 - 30-Jan-2026
- SFHA Spending Commitment Analysis
- Cooper, Benjamin (Principal Investigator) Hampson, Josh (Co-investigator) Sousa, Joao (Co-investigator) Spowage, Mairi (Co-investigator)
- 11-Jan-2026 - 30-Jan-2026
- Public Spending Distributional Analysis
- Thompson, Spencer (Principal Investigator) Cooper, Benjamin (Co-investigator)
- 05-Jan-2026 - 05-Jan-2026
- Unite Partnership Proposal
- Cooper, Benjamin (Principal Investigator) Rooney, Aidan (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 23-Jan-2026
- Aberlour Early Years Evaluation
- Randolph, Hannah (Principal Investigator) Cooper, Benjamin (Co-investigator)
- 14-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
- Estimating the economic impact of the Caledonian Sleeper service in Scotland
- Cooper, Benjamin (Principal Investigator) Spowage, Mairi (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2024
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Contact
Mr
Ben
Cooper
Knowledge Exchange Fellow
Economics
Email: benjamin.cooper@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 553 6079