Personal statement
Mairi Spowage is a Principal Knowledge Exchange Fellow and the Deputy Director of the Fraser of Allander Institute.
Her areas of expertise include economic policy, economic statistics, national accounting, public sector finances, and economic and fiscal forecasting.
Mairi leads on the Institute's work with various partners, including those in business, the public and third sector. She is regularly asked to give evidence on economic and fiscal matters at Parliamentary Committees, such as the Finance and Constitution Committee and the Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Committee.
Mairi is leading on various projects to improve regional economic statistics, looking at inter-regional trade, business engagement and encouraging graduates into careers in analysis through the Economic Futures programme. She is also developing the Fraser’s capacity building CPD programme in the use of national and local economic data and statistics.
Previously, Mairi was the Deputy Chief Executive of the Scottish Fiscal Commission and the Head of National Accounts at the Scottish Government, and has over a decade of experience working in different areas of statistics and analysis, including transport, household surveys and performance measurement.
Research interests
Economic Policy
Economic Measurement & Statistics
National Accounts - Input-Output Analysis
Economic and Fiscal Forecasting
Public Sector Finances
Professional activities
- Fraser of Allander/Resolution COVID-19 Webinar
- Participant
- 19/5/2020
- Fraser of Allander COVID-19 Webinar
- Participant
- 15/5/2020
- Post-UK Budget Briefing
- Participant
- 13/3/2020
- Fraser of Allander Podcast series
- Contributor
- 3/2020
- Economic Futures Career Event
- Recipient
- 20/11/2019
- Scotland's Budget 2019 Report Launch
- Participant
- 12/11/2019
More professional activities
Projects
- Appearance at Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Committee
- Spowage, Mairi (Principal Investigator)
- Appearance as a witness at the EJFW Committee's Inquiry into the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the Scottish Economy and Businesses
- 18-Jan-2020 - 18-Jan-2020
- The Economic Impact of Projected Affordable Housing Developments
- Connolly, Kevin (Researcher) Spowage, Mairi (Fellow) McGregor, Peter (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 01-Jan-2020
- Development of IO and CGE model for Glasgow City Region
- Connolly, Kevin (Researcher) Spowage, Mairi (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 01-Jan-2020
- Improving Regional Economic Indicators – Regional Consumer Prices
- Connolly, Kevin (Researcher) Spowage, Mairi (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2019
- Economic Futures Initiative
- Roy, Graeme (Principal Investigator) Spowage, Mairi (Principal Investigator)
- 3 year Scottish Funding Council award - £225,000 - to promote applied economics capacity in Scotland
- 01-Jan-2019 - 31-Jan-2021
- Understanding the Scottish Economy
- Roy, Graeme (Principal Investigator) Spowage, Mairi (Co-investigator)
- CPD course for Scottish Government
- 01-Jan-2018
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