Profile
I am Professor of Economics of the Creative Industries and Director of the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (Creative PEC), which is led by Â鶹´«Ã½ with the RSA, and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. The Creative PEC is charged with improving the evidence base for policies to support the UK’s creative industries.
Prior to joining Â鶹´«Ã½ in 2023, I was Executive Director, Creative Economy and Data Analytics at the innovation foundation, Nesta. In the earlier part of my career I worked as Executive Director, Global Economics at Lehman Brothers, Deputy Chief Economist at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and as an economist at the Bank of England.
I have a BA in Economics from Cambridge University and an MPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford. In 2013, I was awarded an honorary Doctorate from the University of Brighton for my work on economic policy for the creative industries. In the 2015 New Year’s Honours I was awarded an MBE for services to the creative industries.
In my non-academic work, I am a founder member of the government’s Creative Industries Council and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s Advisory Board for its Culture and Heritage Capital Framework. I was elected as member of the Royal Economic Society Council from 2017-2022. I have been trustee of several arts organisations over the years, including Culture 24, The Creative Society and Darbar Arts. I currently serve on the board of .
Research
My current research focus is the economics of the creative and cultural industries, including R&D and innovation, technological change and labour markets. Cutting across all these topics is a keen interest in quantitative data and measurement. I have a particular interest in using novel data sources and data analysis methodologies.
Selected publications
I have published widely in academic journals and policy publications on topics ranging from technological progress and inflation dynamics to the economics of the creative and cultural sector.
Hasan Bakhshi, Callum Newton, Maarya Omar, Justin Tsui & Henry Whorwood High-growth potential firms (HGPFs) in the Creative Industries’
Wang, Z., Baksy, A., Bakhshi, H. and Siepel, J. (2025) Creativity and AI in the Post-ChatGPT Labour Market: Evidence from UK Job Vacancies. Creative PEC Discussion Papers Series No. 2025/2. Doi: 10.5281/zenodo.17589979
Bakhshi, H, Siepel, J, Carmona, L and Tarr, A, 2025, “”, Creative PEC and Creative UK
Bakhshi, H, Michel, R and Bezzano, M, 2024, “”, Department for Culture, Media & Sport
Bakhshi, H et. al., 2023, “”, Creative PEC
Bakhshi, H, and Puttick, R, 2022, , Journal of the British Academy, Volume 10
Bakhshi, H, Di Novo, S and Fazio, G, 2022, , Journal of Cultural Economics,
Bakhshi, H and Maggs, D, 2022, , in The Next Renaissance, Odile Jacob
Bakhshi, H, 2022, , Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre Research Report
Johannes, N, Dienlin, T, Bakhshi, H and Przybylski, A, 2022, , Scientific Reports, 12(1)
Siepel, J, Bakhshi, H, Bloom, M and Velez-Ospina, J, 2022, , Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre Research Report
Bakhshi, H, Breckon, J and Puttick, R, 2021, , Journal of the British Academy, Volume 9
Bakhshi, H, 2021, , Media International Australia, 182(1): 21-27
Lawton, R, Fujiwara, D, Mourato, S and Bakhshi, H, 2021, , City, Culture and Society, 26(2)
Bakhshi, H, 2020, “Measuring the creative economy”, in Bille, T., Mignosa, A. and Towse, R. Teaching Cultural Economics, Edward Elgar
Bakhshi, H, 2020, , Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre Discussion Paper 2020/01
Lawton, R, Mourato, S, Fujiwara, D and Bakhshi, H, 2019, , Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy, Volume 9:338-354
Bakhshi, H, 2019, “The creative industries and industrial policy: The UK case”, in Cunningham, S. and Flew, T, A Research Agenda for the Creative Industries, Edward Elgar
Bakhshi, H, Djumalieva, J and Easton, E, , Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre Research Report
Bakhshi, H and Spilsbury, M, , Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre Research Report
Borowiecki, K. and Bakhshi, H, 2018, , Research in Economics, 72(2): 313-326
Bakhshi, H., Flew, T., Hearn, G and Stewart, C., 2018, , Journal of Creative Industries and Cultural Studies, Vol. 2 No. 2, pp. 30-45.
Lima, A, and Bakhshi, H, 2018, , ESCoE Discussion paper 2018-08
Bakhshi, H, Downing, J, Osborne, M and Schneider, P, 2017, , London: Nesta and Pearson
Bakhshi, H, 2016, , Significance 13(3)
Bakhshi, H, Fujiwara, D, Lawton, R, Mourato, S and Dolan, 2015, , Arts and Humanities Research Council
Bakhshi, H, Frey, C B and Osborne, M 2015, , Nesta Research Report
Bakhshi, H, Edwards, J, Roper, S, Scully, J, Shaw, D, Morley, L and Rathbone, N, 2015, , Research Policy 44(8): 1462-1472
Bakhshi, H, Davies, J and Mateos-Garcia, J, 2015, , Nesta Research Report
Bakhshi, H, Schneider, P, Soendermann, J and Whitby, A, 2015, , Nesta Research Report
Mateos-Garcia, J, Bakhshi, H and Windsor, G, 2015, , Nesta Research Report
Bakhshi, H, Mateos-Garcia, J and Whitby, A, 2014, , Nesta Research Report
Bakhshi, H and Whitby, A, 2014, , Nesta Working Paper 14/04
Bakhshi, H and Throsby, D, 2014, , Journal of Cultural Economics 38(1): 1-8
Bakhshi, H, 2014, , Cultural Trends, Vol 23 (4): 304-307
Bakhshi, H and Mateos-Garcia, J, 2014, , Nesta: London
Bakhshi, H, Lee, N and Mateos-Garcia, J, 2013, “Capital of Culture? An Econometric Analysis of the Relationship between Arts and Cultural Clusters, Wages, and the Creative Economy in English Cities”, in Creative Communities: Art Works in Economic Development, Brookings Institution
Bakhshi, H, Cunningham, S and Mateos-Garcia, J, 2013, “Public policy and the creative industries” in Jones, C., Lorenzen, M. and Sapsed, J. The Oxford Handbook of Creative Industries, Oxford University Press
Bakhshi, H, Hargreaves, I and Mateos-Garcia, J, 2013, , Nesta
Bakhshi, H, Freeman, A and Higgs, P, 2013, , Nesta Research Report
Westlake, S, Macaulay, B, Gratzke, P, Bravo-Biosca, A and Bakhshi, H, 2012, “The Innovation Index: Measuring the UK’s Investment in Innovation and its Effects”, in Cooke, P, Parrilli, M and Curbelo, J Innovation, Global Change and Territorial Resilience, Edward Elgar
Bakhshi, H and Schneider, P 2012, , Nesta Research Report
Bakhshi, H and Throsby, D, 2012, , International Journal of Cultural Policy, 18(2): 205-222
Bakhshi, H, Freeman, A and Potts, J, 2011, , NESTA Provocation 14
Bakhshi, H and Mateos-Garcia, J, 2011, , NESTA
Bakhshi, H and Throsby, D, 2010, , NESTA
Bakhshi, H, Mateos-Garcia, J and Throsby, D, 2010, , NESTA: London
Bakhshi, H, Schneider, P and Walker, C, 2009, , Cultural Science, Vol 2, No 1
Bakhshi, H, Desai, R and Freeman, A, 2009, , Mission, Models, Money: London
Bakhshi, H and McVittie, E, 2009, , Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice, Volume 11(2): 169-189
Bakhshi, H, Freeman, A and Hitchen, G, 2009, , Mission, Models, Money: London
Bakhshi, H, Khan, H and Rudolf, A, 2007, , Journal of Monetary Economics, 54(8): 2321-2345
Bakhshi, H, Khan, H, Burriel-Llombart, P and Rudolf, B, , Journal of Macroeconomics, 29(1): 37-59
Bakhshi, H and Larsen, J, 2005, , Journal of Macroeconomics, 27(4): 648-669
Bakhshi, H, 2002, , Economics Letters, 76: 27-33
Bakhshi, H, 1999, , Applied Economics Letters, 6(10): 669-671
Bakhshi, H, 1999, , in Feldstein, M (ed) The Costs and Benefits of Price Stability, NBER
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