William D. Phillips

William Phillips is a research assistant at RAND Europe working in the area of defence, security and infrastructure. He has worked across a range of topics including transport, defence and security, and health and wellbeing. He has also developed expertise in particular methodologies including discrete choice modelling and future scenario development. 

Phillips holds an M.Phil. in economics from the University of Cambridge and a B.Sc. in mathematical economics and statistics from the University of Birmingham. After completing his M.Phil., he worked at a boutique talent strategy consultancy, advising tier one management consultancies on their future business challenges. During his studies, he pursued a wide range of research areas of interest, including in the spheres of democracy, immigration, subjective wellbeing and behavioural economics.