“I'm most interested in the way that public policy affects people's choices,” our Research Director says, “and the way that we can use public policy to help people make better choices about their life.”

Of her 26 years at the IFS, Rachel says:

“It's incredibly friendly, dynamic and supportive and I feel very much a part of having created what it is now, which I think is a rather unique institution in the way it combines academic work with policy influence.”