Apart from her role as a Senior Policy Fellow at the CEP, Anna is also the Deputy Director of the Programme on Innovation and Diffusion (POID), an Associate of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change, and a member of the Steering group of the Resolution Foundation - CEP Economy 2030 Inquiry.

Her research is focused on the drivers of productivity and innovation in firms and regions, and in particular the role of skills and universities in explaining differences in economic performance. She has also been working on UK growth policy more broadly, with a particular focus on policies for environmentally sustainable and inclusive growth.