Taylor Pearce is a PhD candidate and doctoral researcher within the ReSpend project. She holds a B.A. in International Relations from Brown University and an MSc in International Policy Economy from LSE. Taylor’s research interests include the political economy of industrial policy and strategic state finance. Before starting her PhD, she worked as an economist covering global and European macro topics with a focus on public investors’ asset allocation strategies. Taylor has experience interning at the US Mission to the UN and the Deutscher Bundestag.