Dr Sam Perlo-Freeman
Born: 1969
Citizenship: United Kingdom / United States
Position at SIPRI: Head of Military Expenditure Project
Subject expertise: Military expenditure issues and methodology; arms production issues
and methodology; economics of military expenditure; economics of arms trade; arms trade corruption.
Regional expertise:
Europe, Israel/Palestine
Languages: English, French, Swedish
Education: PhD in Economics, University of the West of England. PhD In Mathematics, University of Warwick.
Contact: Email; Phone: +46 8 655 97 37
Dr Sam Perlo-Freeman is a Senior Researcher with the SIPRI Military Expenditure and Arms Production Programme, responsible for monitoring data on military expenditure worldwide. Previously he was a Senior Lecturer at the University of the West of England, working in the field of defense and peace economics.
Current activities
- SIPRI Military Expenditure Project
- Security, Democratization and Good Governance in Africa: the Impact of External Actors Project
Former positions
- Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of the West of England, Bristol, 2003-2007
- Research Assistant, SIPRI Military Expenditure Project, 2002–2003
Professional affiliations
- Economists for Peace and Security, Member.
- Economics of Peace and Security, Editorial Board Member.
Recent publications
- Dunne, P., Perlo-Freeman, S. and Smith, R., ‘The demand for military expenditure in developing countries: hostility versus capability’, Defence & Peace Economics, vol. 19, no. 4 (Aug. 2008).
- Perlo-Freeman, S. and Webber, D., ‘Basic needs, government debt and economic growth’, The World Economy, vol. 32, no. 6 (June 2009).
- Perlo-Freeman, S., ‘The UK arms industry in a globalised world’, ed. A. Tan, The Global Arms Trade: A Handbook (Europa/Routledge, forthcoming).
- Perlo-Freeman, S. et al., ‘Military expenditure’, SIPRI Yearbook 2009: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security (Oxford University Press, 2009).
- Perlo-Freeman, S., ‘Arms production’, SIPRI Yearbook 2009
- Perlo-Freeman, S., and Sköns, E., ‘The private military services industry’, SIPRI Insights on Peace and Security no. 2008/01, Sep. 2008.
