Leanne Ussher

Background

About Leanne Ussher

Dr Leanne Ussher is an economist and monetary theorist working on projects at Copenhagen Business School, Wolfram Blockchain Labs, and Bard College. She is an Associate Editor of Frontiers Blockchain. Leanne’s introduction into monetary systems began as a Securities Analyst at the Reserve Bank of Australia, and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance. Her interest in heterodox economics led her to graduate studies in the US at The New School for Social Research in New York. After receiving a PhD in (post Keynesian) Economics she has spent the past 14 years in academia and research. Her research and publications have focused on the microstructure of financial systems, systemic risk, agent based modeling or bottom up macroeconomics, network analysis of corporate finance, network analysis of local currencies, redesigning the international monetary system, and looking into the applications of blockchain and decentralized ledgers. Outside of academia Leanne was a Senior Researcher on blockchain ecosystems at Consensys, consultant to the CFA Institute on international monetary reform, and Senior Economist at the Hudson Valley Current (a local currency cooperative). Leanne is a co-founder of the New York City Computational Economics and Complexity Workshop, an Affiliate Scholar with the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam Berlin, a Blockchain Research Fellow at Wolfram Research, Advisor to the Economic Space Agency, and Economist with Open Farming. In her spare time Leanne likes to bake bread, compost, and nurture a garden for butterflies, bees and humming birds.