Professor Kevin Dowd, Senior Fellow

Kevin Dowd is a professor of finance and economics at Durham University and a partner in Cobden Partners in London. Dowd’s main subject of research is private money and free banking, and he is the author of a number of books on the subject, including New Private Monies – A Bit-Part Player? (2014) and Money and the Market (2001).

He holds a BA (first class honours) in economics from the University of Sheffield, an MA in economics from the University of Western Ontario, and a PhD in macroeconomics from the University of Sheffield. He has held previous positions with the Ontario Economic Council in Toronto, Sheffield Hallam University, the University of Sheffield and the University of Nottingham.