Dr Saite Lu

Saite is currently Mead Fellow and College Lecturer in Economics at Emmanuel College. He is also one of the College Inclusion, Discrimination and Harassment Contacts (CIDHCs).

Biography

Saite previously served as Assistant Professor in Public Policy at the Department of Politics and International Studies and as Senior Teaching Associate at the Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge. He has also held a stipendiary lectureship in Economics at Pembroke College, University of Oxford. In addition, he is Visiting Professor at ISM University of Management and Economics and an affiliated researcher at the Bennett Institute for Public Policy.

Teaching

Saite supervises in Macroeconomics and Development Economics. 

Research

His research centres on macroeconomics and macroeconometric forecasting models. He is currently developing an empirical Stock–Flow Consistent (SFC) forecasting model for the UK economy to advance understanding of the interlinkages between the real economy and the financial sector. The model provides a framework for simulating and forecasting the effects of major policy changes, thereby contributing to contemporary economic debates, including the productivity puzzle.

 A complementary strand of his research focuses on national accounting and its application to sustainable development policy. At the Bennett Institute for Public Policy, he has examined the role of ‘missing capitals’—natural, human, and social capital—within the national balance sheet, and how the wealth approach can inform strategies for sustainable growth and wellbeing. His recent project, funded jointly by the Nuffield Foundation and the British Academy, explores whether administrative data can be ethically employed to generate insights into community wellbeing and policy design.

Saite also serves as a member of the Northern Ireland Statistics Advisory Committee, where he contributes to shaping the development of official statistics and research priorities. He has also served as a Global Future Council Fellow on the New Agenda for Fiscal and Monetary Policy at the World Economic Forum. His work on macroeconomic forecasting frameworks has been directly applied in policy contexts, particularly in budget preparation and fiscal strategy during acute crises, including the Ebola outbreak, the Covid–19 pandemic, and the Gaza war. Drawing on this expertise, he has advised the governments of Oman, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Ethiopia, and the Palestinian Authority on behalf of the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), the World Bank, and the Gates Foundation.