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Franz is a labour economist with more than 15 years of research experience. Research interests include education economics, labour economics and econometrics. Franz has published in leading journals such as the European Economic Review, Economics of Education Review, the Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, the British Journal of Political Science and the British Journal of Sociology and contributed to numerous policy reports for UK government departments (including DFE, HMRC, BIS, MOD, and HMT). His research has been covered by various media outlets such as the BBC News, BBC Radio 4, The Economist, The Guardian, The Times and the Huffington Post. Franz has held various academic roles and is currently the faculty director of research for the Westminster Business School. In this role he is responsible for the faculty's research strategy and oversees the research activities of 200 members of staff.