Lucas Siga is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Essex. Prior to joining the University of Essex, he taught for 10 years at New York University Abu Dhabi. He was also a Consultant for the World Bank's Chief Economist for Latin America.

His main research areas are information economics, political economy, and game theory. His current work focuses on understanding instances where institutions, such as  markets and elections, promote the aggregation of information dispersed in an economy, and instances where the wisdom of crowds may fail. 

Lucas Siga's website

He will present a paper at the next Roy-ADRES Seminar on the topic:

The Cherry-Picking Trap

The next Roy-ADRES Seminar will host Cuimin BA (UPitt) on October 13th.