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Dr Arthur Turrell is an economic data scientist at Google. He is a former No10 Innovation Fellow, Research and Data Manager at the Bank of England, and Deputy Director and Acting Director of the ONS Data Science Campus. He started his career in physics and remains a visitor to the plasma physics group at Imperial College London. Today, his research covers the intersection between economics and data science—including AI.

As well as research, Arthur is passionate about making science and economics more accessible — mostly because scientists shouldn’t be allowed to have all the fun. You can find more information about his outreach activities and links to some of his writing on the public talks and media page, while information on The Star Builders, his popular science book on nuclear fusion, can be found here.

While previously at the Bank of England, Arthur was lucky enough to be asked to help to design a new bank note featuring Alan Turing. Arthur chose the mathematical elements from Turing’s work to feature on the note. If you’re lucky enough to have a £50 note in your wallet or purse, you can have a look at how it turned out for yourself!