Our People

Prof. David Paton

BSc MA PhD

Governor

Prof. David Paton is Professor of Industrial Economics at the Nottingham University Business School, where he is also Associate Dean for Faculty and Resources. He completed his PhD at University College London in 1997 and has published widely in journals such as Economic Journal, Economica, Journal of Health Economics, Public Choice, Social Science & Medicine, Small Business Economics and the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organisation. He has acted as an adviser to several Government departments including HM Revenue and Customs, DCMS and the DTI, and has particular expertise in teenage pregnancy, gambling taxation, the post-Brexit economy, and the economics of cricket.

Sincerest Thanks for Your Support

Staff are grateful to all those who sustained the Centre in the past by their prayers and the generous financial support from trusts, organisations, communities and especially from individual donors, including the core funding that came through the Day for Life fund and so from the generosity of many thousands of parishioners. We would finally like to acknowledge the support the Centre has received from the Catholic community in Ireland, especially during the pandemic when second collections were not possible.

We would like to emphasise that, though the Centre is now closed, these donations have not been wasted but have helped educate and support generations of conscientious healthcare professionals, clerics, and lay people over almost 50 years. This support has also helped prevent repeated attempts to legalise euthanasia or assisted suicide in Britain and Ireland from 1993 till the end of the Centre’s work on 31 July 2025.