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title: 'Regional Research Economist, Economic Research at Anthropic'
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# Regional Research Economist, Economic Research at Anthropic

- **Company:** Anthropic
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Compensation:** £195k–£245k
- **Posted:** 2026-06-01
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-16
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5231200008

## Job description

## About Anthropic

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

## About the Role

As a Regional Research Economist at Anthropic, you will work to collaborate with governments, academia, industry, and civil society in your region to measure and understand AI's effects on the economy and explore research-driven policy interventions. You will contribute to the development of the Anthropic Economic Index and its extension to generate regionally-relevant insights, establish new methodologies to measure the usage, diffusion, and impact of AI throughout the economy, and work to broaden access to and usage of the insights generated by the Index. You will use frontier methods in econometrics, machine learning, and structural estimation. Such rigour will drive impact, shaping both policy discussions externally and informing Anthropic’s internal business and product decisions.

Our team combines rigorous empirical methods with novel measurement approaches. We're building first-of-its-kind datasets tracking AI's impact on labor markets, productivity, and economic transformation. Using our privacy-preserving measurement system ([Clio](https://www.anthropic.com/research/clio)), we [analyze millions of real-world AI interactions](https://assets.anthropic.com/m/2e23255f1e84ca97/original/Economic_Tasks_AI_Paper.pdf) to understand how AI augments and automates work across different occupations and tasks.

## Key responsibilities

- Build and maintain relationships with academic institutions, policy think tanks, and other research partners as the primary point of contact for these organizations on economic impact work in your region
- Advance research collaborations that answer country- or regional-specific economic impact questions
- Translate research insights into actionable recommendations for policy discussions
- Make fundamental contributions to the development and expansion of the [Anthropic Economic Index](https://www.anthropic.com/economic-index), including country/regional-specific analysis
- Design and collaborate on empirical research on AI's economic effects with governments, academia, industry, and civil society in your region
- Develop new methodological approaches, in collaboration with partners in your region, for studying AI's impact on:
- Labor markets and the future of work
- Productivity and task transformation
- Economic inequality and displacement
- Industry-specific disruption and adaptation
- Aggregate economic trajectories (GDP, productivity, unemployment) under varying AI-adoption scenarios
- Work cross-functionally with other technical teams to improve our measurement infrastructure and data collection
- Amplify external engagement through research publications, policy briefs, and presentations to diverse stakeholders

## Minimum qualifications

- PhD in Economics
- Strong track record of empirical research, particularly studies combining novel data sources and economic theory or those implementing frontier methods in causal inference and machine learning
- Demonstrated experience working in and relevant relationships across the region
- Experience relevant to the study of AI’s impact on the economy, including:
- Labor market analysis and occupational change
- Task-based approaches to technological transformation
- Large-scale data analysis and econometric methods
- Large language models for social science research
- Policy-relevant economic research
- Experimental and quasi-experimental methods for causal inference
- Macroeconomic modeling and time series forecasting
- Agent-based modeling or large-scale simulation
- Technical skills including:
- Proficiency in Python, R, SQL, or similar tools for large-scale data analysis
- Experience working with novel datasets and measurement systems
- Comfort learning new technical tools and frameworks
- Demonstrated ability to:
- Lead complex research projects from conception to publication
- Communicate technical findings to diverse audiences
- Build relationships across academic, policy, and industry communities
- Strong interest in ensuring AI development benefits humanity
- Comfort working with AI systems and ability to think critically about their capabilities and limitations

Representative projects

- [How Australia Uses Claude: Findings from the Anthropic Economic Index](https://www.anthropic.com/research/how-australia-uses-claude)
- [Anthropic Economic Index Report: Economic Primitives](https://www.anthropic.com/research/anthropic-economic-index-january-2026-report)
- [Anthropic Economic Index Report: Uneven Geographic and Enterprise AI Adoption](https://www.anthropic.com/research/anthropic-economic-index-september-2025-report)
- [Estimating AI productivity gains from Claude conversations](https://www.anthropic.com/research/estimating-productivity-gains)
- [The Anthropic Economic Index](https://www.anthropic.com/economic-index)

Additional Information

For this role, we're looking for candidates who can combine rigorous economic analysis with novel measurement approaches to understand AI's transformative effects on the economy. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working at the intersection of empirical economics, technological change, and policy impact. The annual compensation range for this role is listed below.

For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role.

Annual Salary: £195,000—£245,000 GBP

Logistics

Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience

Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience

Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position

Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.

Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.

We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed.  Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy, so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if you're interested in this work. We think AI systems like the ones we're building have enormous social and ethical implications. We think this makes representation even more important, and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team.

Your safety matters to us. To protect yourself from potential scams, remember that Anthropic recruiters only contact you from @anthropic.com email addresses. In some cases, we may partner with vetted recruiting agencies who will identify themselves as working on behalf of Anthropic. Be cautious of emails from other domains. Legitimate Anthropic recruiters will never ask for money, fees, or banking information before your first day. If you're ever unsure about a communication, don't click any links—visit [anthropic.com/careers](http://anthropic.com/careers) directly for confirmed position openings.

## How we're different

We believe that the highest-impact AI research will be big science. At Anthropic we work as a single cohesive team on just a few large-scale research efforts. And we value impact — advancing our long-term goals of steerable, trustworthy AI — rather than work on smaller and more specific puzzles. We view AI research as an empirical science, which has as much in common with physics and biology as with traditional efforts in computer science. We're an extremely collaborative group, and we host frequent research discussions to ensure that we are pursuing the highest-impact work at any given time. As such, we greatly value communication skills.

The easiest way to understand our research directions is to read our recent research. This research continues many of the directions our team worked on prior to Anthropic, including: GPT-3, Circuit-Based Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, Scaling Laws, AI & Compute, Concrete Problems in AI Safety, and Learning from Human Preferences.

Come work with us!

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues. Guidance on Candidates' AI Usage: Learn about [our policy](https://www.anthropic.com/candidate-ai-guidance) for using AI in our application process.

## About Anthropic

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Anthropic is an AI safety and research company building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Public Benefit Corporation) – [anthropic.com](https://www.anthropic.com/company)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, CA, USA – inferred from job listings on [anthropic.com/jobs](https://www.anthropic.com/jobs?lang=us)
- **Founded**: Not publicly available
- **Founders**: Not publicly available (the company website lists Dario Amodei and Daniela Amodei on the Board of Directors but does not explicitly identify them as founders – [anthropic.com/company](https://www.anthropic.com/company))

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: AI safety and research; frontier AI model development
- **Target customers**: B2B – businesses, nonprofits, civil society groups, and end-users of its AI tools (e.g., Claude)
- **Mission/purpose**: “Making AI systems you can rely on” and “the responsible development and maintenance of advanced AI for the long-term benefit of humanity” – [anthropic.com](https://www.anthropic.com/) and [anthropic.com/company](https://www.anthropic.com/company)

## Products & Services
- **Claude**: AI assistant “designed to be helpful, honest, and harmless.” Deployed via API and direct interfaces for businesses, nonprofits, and individuals. Type: SaaS/API – [anthropic.com/careers](https://www.anthropic.com/careers) and [anthropic.com](https://www.anthropic.com/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding not disclosed in provided sources; the company operates with a large team and active hiring (56 open roles as of the search date)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly available from the provided search results (the company page lists board members including Reed Hastings and Vas Narasimhan, but does not specify investors)
- **Growth Signals**: 56 open roles across research, engineering, product, and operations; emphasis on scaling the team while maintaining a “high-trust, low ego” culture – [anthropic.com/jobs](https://www.anthropic.com/jobs?lang=us)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Safety-first differentiation**: Anthropic treats AI safety as a systematic science, investing heavily in interpretability, steerability, and reliability research.
- **Interdisciplinary team**: Researchers, engineers, policy experts, and operators work closely together; engineers often co-author research papers.
- **Public Benefit Corporation structure**: Legally committed to long-term benefit of humanity, not just shareholder value – [anthropic.com/company](https://www.anthropic.com/company)

## Strategic Focus
- **“Ignite a race to the top on safety”**: Pushing the industry toward safer AI through research, product deployment, and collaboration with governments and civil society.
- **Act for the global good**: Making decisions that maximize positive long-term outcomes for humanity, including bold safety measures – [anthropic.com/careers](https://www.anthropic.com/careers)

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “High-trust, low ego” organization that values what you can do over pedigree. About half of technical staff have no prior ML experience; half have PhDs. Engineers do research and researchers do engineering.
- **Remote/hybrid policy**: Most staff are in the Bay Area and come to the office regularly; some work remotely and visit one week per month. Flexible during relocation.
- **Benefits**: Comprehensive health/dental/vision, 22 weeks paid parental leave, fertility benefits (Carrot), $500/month wellness stipend, annual education stipend, home office stipend, daily meals in office, retirement matching, equity donation matching, visa sponsorship for eligible roles.
- **Interview process**: Technical roles use live coding (Colab/CodeSignal); non-technical roles are conversational. Accommodations available. No internships currently – [anthropic.com/careers](https://www.anthropic.com/careers)

## Sources
1. [Anthropic Company Page](https://www.anthropic.com/company)
2. [Anthropic Homepage](https://www.anthropic.com/)
3. [Anthropic Careers Page](https://www.anthropic.com/careers)
4. [Anthropic Jobs Board](https://www.anthropic.com/jobs?lang=us)

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