Andrew J Scott

Andrew J Scott is Professor of Economics and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research.

His research focuses on longevity and an ageing society and has been widely published in leading journals in economics and health. His work is extensively and regularly covered across a range of global media and his writing, research and teaching have received multiple awards. His global best-seller, The 100-Year Life, was runner-up in both the FT/McKinsey and Japanese Business Book of the Year Awards and his most recent book is The Longevity Imperative, published in 2024.

He was Managing Editor for the Royal Economic Society’s Economic Journal and Non-Executive Director for the UK’s Financial Services Authority 2009-2013. He has been an advisor on policy to a range of governments and senior leaders. He is currently on the advisory board of the UK’s Office for Budget Responsibility, the Cabinet Office Honours Committee (Science and Technology), co-founder of The Longevity Forum, a member of the National Academy of Medicine’s International Commission on Health Longevity and the WEF council on Healthy Ageing and Longevity.

Andrew previously held positions at Oxford University, London School of Economics and Harvard University. His MA is from Oxford, his M.Sc. from the London School of Economics and his D.Phil from Oxford University.