John Whittaker

Dr. John Whittaker is a Senior Teaching Fellow in the Department of Economics at Lancaster University's Management School. He holds a PhD in Nuclear Physics from the University of Cape Town, alongside degrees in Economics and Physics. His career spans academia and business, with prior teaching roles at the University of Cape Town, City University Business School, and Nottingham University. His research focuses on monetary policy, macroeconomics, and financial economics, particularly addressing eurozone sovereign debt challenges and policy responses to financial crises. He currently teaches Econ 404/454: International Money and Banking. From 2004–2009, he served as a Member of the European Parliament for the UK Independence Party, representing North West England.

His recent work includes analyzing costless financial support mechanisms for Italy and contributing to discussions on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). He is affiliated with the Macroeconomics and Financial Markets research group and has presented at events like the Working Capital Conference on inflation's impact on working capital.