Roger Bate
Nonresident Scholar
International Center for Law & Economics
Roger Bate is a nonresident scholar at the International Center for Law & Economics. His research examines international and domestic health policy, with a particular focus on medicines, public-health risks from substandard and counterfeit drugs, and aid policy in developing countries.
He has held a range of policy and research positions at market-oriented research organizations. He served as a fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs in London and as a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He also advised the South African government on health-policy matters and serves on the board of Africa Fighting Malaria, which he co-founded. Earlier, he founded the European Science and Environment Forum and directed research initiatives on environmental and public-health policy. He also co-founded the Frederic Bastiat Journalism Prize with Julian Morris.
He earned a Ph.D. in applied economics from the University of Cambridge. He also earned a master’s in environmental resource management from University College London and a master of philosophy in land economy from the University of Cambridge. He holds a bachelor’s from Thames Valley University.
